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DOE ADDRESSES
LEHMAN CHAOS
Meeting demands a school security director
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
The recent wave of disorder
at the Lehman Educational
Campus appears to be getting
under control.
Department of Education
brass met with stakeholders,
including elected officials,
Community Board 10, the 45th
Precinct and parents on Fri-
day, January 8 to discuss the
chaos that has engulfed the
building’s six high schools
near Westchester Square
since December.
After massive police inter-
vention, the DOE is now taking
steps to correct the situation,
including having students
check their cellphones at the
door.
This comes after a beefed
up NYPD presence, arrests
of youth for pulling false fire
alarms and a stabbing inci-
dent.
BP Diaz Hosts 3 Kings Day
Youngster Anyrai Fisher, 8, joins Borough President Ruben Diaz,
Project slated for Mott Haven
Jr. during a Three Kings Party and Toy Giveaway at P.S. 5 on Sat-
urday, January 9. The party was co-hosted by Senator Ruben Diaz, BY ROBERT WIRSING
Sr., Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda An ambitious three build-
and community activist Rafael Salamanca. For more pictures, see ing project is slated for Mott
Haven.
page 48. Photo by Miriam Quin
The fi led plans include
two affordable rental build-
ings located at 530 Exterior
Street and 491 Gerard Ave-
nue and a Hampton Inn at 110
E. 149th Street.
The threesome are de-
signed by Dattner Archi-
tects and will be developed
by Monadnock Development
and Signature Urban Proper-
ties LLC.
This development will
comprise a former industrial
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The incidents have dis-
rupted the Westchester Square
Business Improvement Dis-
trict.
Merchants have had to
close their doors early due to
marauding students engaging
in gang-related street fights
since December 9.
Senator Jeff Klein, a meet-
ing attendee, called the con-
ference an important one
given the recent events at the
Lehman.
“I am not pleased that it
was able to go this far without
(DOE) action,” he said.
Assemblyman Michael
Benedetto also agreed that ac-
tion needs to be taken within
the school and in the sur-
rounding area.
“This is very disturbing,
we have to come to grips with
the problem – the incidents
that have occurred at Leh-
site bordered by East 149th
Street, East 146th Street, Ge-
rard Avenue and Exterior
Street, not far from the Har-
lem River.
Situated at the lot’s west-
ern edge, 530 Exterior Street
is a 13-story building offering
157 apartments and 142,939
square feet of residential
space, with units averaging
910 square feet.
All units are low-income
affordable housing, accord-
ing to Monadnock Develop-
ment.
The New York City Depart-
ment of Buildings recently
75 cents
man in the past few weeks,” he
said. “I am happy the school
has taken measures, like the
blue dye on the fire alarms to
thwart false alarms.”
Councilman James Vacca,
who also attended the meet-
ing, said that what the school
needs is security, program-
ming, cooperation, responsi-
bility and accountability.
“We cannot ask pretty
please, there must be a penalty
for bad behavior,” said Vacca.
DOE Chancellor Carmen
Farina will be formulating a
plan in the next two weeks, he
said.
Both the assemblyman and
the councilman thanked 45th
Precinct Captain Danielle
Raia for her handing of the in-
cidents at Lehman.
Lisa Sorin, Westchester
Square BID executive direc-
Continued on Page 70
approved work permits for
530 Exterior Street and the
start of construction will be
announced shortly.
As of press time, the con-
struction documents for both
491 Gerard Avenue and 110 E.
149th Street are under review
by DOB and the developers
are in the process of securing
fi nancing for the projects.
The 12-story development
at 491 Gerard Avenue occu-
pies the property’s eastern
portion and will house 136
apartments spread across
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Maria del Carmen Arroyo, who
served as councilwoman for District

COST 17 up until last month is boosting her

former city salary by $100,000.
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Health
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as vice president of administration,
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vacating her elected seat with one

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year still remaining due to “press-
ing family needs”, many believed her
real motivation was to accept a high-
paying position with a not-for-profit.
Acacia Network is the largest
Puerto Rican-founded organization
in the country.
The nonprofit provides health George Alvarez is among the many candi-
care, housing services and economic dates running for City Council District 17.
development assistance. The election will take place Tuesday, Febru-
Arroyo released a statement ex-
ary 23. Photo Courtesy of George Alvarez
pressing her excitement at starting
a new chapter in her professional ca-
reer. with the Board of Elections for Coun-
“I look forward to working with cil District 17.
the team in addressing the profound They are Alvarez, Curry, Fore-
needs of our population,” she said. man-Hines, Molina, Joann Otero, Ju-
As for who will replace her in the lio Pabon, James Russell, Rafael Sal-
council, voters will have their pick. amanca, Amanda Septimo.
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candidates.
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on running for city council in 2017,
but since the opportunity arose he
felt he could make an impact in the
community he grew up in.
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of the race.
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Bronx Democratic Party.
The last day to fi le nominating pe-
titions is coming up on January 19.
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 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sudden closing Poorly located
was a shock (The following letter was
Dear editor,
I’m writing to inform you
in regard to the very unex-
pected, abrupt and very sad
closing of McDonald’s, located
at 3440 Jerome Avenue.
As is my usual habit, when-
ever running errands or gro-
cery shopping in the Norwood
neighborhood I would stop at
McDonald’s to enjoy a light
snack and/or a cup of coffee.
On Friday, January 8, I found
the entrance door locked. It
was then, much to my sur-
prise, dismay and disappoint-
ment, I found two pink-colored
‘Closed,’ signs on the entrance
doors.
McDonald’s will be greatly
missed. Especially unfortu-
nate and sad, as well, is the
great loss of jobs.
E. Perez
Trampling
our rights
Dear editor,
A recent letter to the editor
denounced Frank Vernuccio
as presenting falsehoods in his
columns. Almost everything
in the letter was inaccurate.
It’s said that progressives be-
lieve strongly in the rights of
individuals.That is the oppo-
site of the truth. Individual
rights are regularly trampled
in favor of ‘the greater good’
as seen by the progressives
themselves. In the name of
some imaginary equality, peo-
ple’s individual rights are be-
ing eroded.
Fascism, it goes onto say,
involves citizens following a
demagogue because they are
brainwashed by propaganda.
That seems to describe the fol-
lowers of the current leader-
ship in Washington.
The letter refers to Vernuc-
cio as trashing higher educa-
tion for its ‘supposed’ left wing
sent to the Bronx Department
of Transportation commis-
sioner.)
Dear Commissioner Mo-
ran:
We write to you today
about the variable messaging
signs you installed last month
to warn passing motorists of
the deer population within
Pelham Bay Park. While we
sincerely appreciate that the
Department of Transporta-
tion has taken action in re-
sponse to our longstanding
concerns, we believe the loca-
tion you have selected at Pel-
ham Bridge Road is not visible
to many motorists who travel
through Pelham Bay Park.
Although we have been in
communication with your of-
fice for years on this problem,
we were not consulted as to the
best location for these signs,
and as a result we were unable
to advise you of this inadvis-
ability of this location before
the sign was placed. We would
have suggested an alternative
location either before or at the
Pelham Bay Bridge or as one
exits at Exit 5 of the Hutchin-
son River Parkway.
Furthermore, although the
temporary variable messaging
is better than doing nothing at
all, the fact remains that these
signs can be relocated and
moved at any time. Therefore,
we would like to reiterate our
initial request for permanent
signage. It is important that
these signs be installed before
the summer season on City
Island, which starts in April
and ends in September.
Signage in and of itself
will not stop all accidents, but
properly and permanent sig-
nage can serve as a reminder
to many of the usual wildlife
(and roadway abnormality)
many face when entering Pel-
ham Bay Park.
The City Island Civic
Association
the hours of operation have
been significantly curtailed,
there are lead remediation and
waste removal procedures in
place,” she stated. “Rodman’s
Neck will be undergoing sig-
nificant renovation which in-
cludes sound baffling.’”
This is complete nonsense.
If anything the hours are be-
ing expanded, the noise is as
bad as ever, even worse, and I
can’t believe there are sound
barriers present. Lead reme-
diation is being done but in a
half-hearted way, and we don’t
care about waste removal. We
have been told that there will
be significant renovation but
no timetable has been given
other than “maybe by 2020”
which is not acceptable.
Barbara Burn Dolensek
Republican
leadership
Dear editor,
Letter writer Larry Penner
is on point opining that the
‘Bronx GOP is Out of Touch’.
In his letter to the editor he
states that in the Bronx reg-
istered Democrats outnumber
Republicans ten to one; 496,543
to 37,664.
What is happening in the
Bronx is also a statewide prob-
lem, but with vision and new
leadership a GOP resurgence
is possible.
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After spending our tax
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 TNMA Restaurant Week offers great deals
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
The Throggs Neck Mer-
chants Association is looking
to add a little spice and flavor
– and more customers – to lo-
cal restaurants through an
upcoming event.
The first annual Throggs
Neck Restaurant Week is
slated for Monday, January
18 through Sunday, Janu-
ary 24, with about 26 partici-
pating restaurants not only
in Throggs Neck, but also in
nearby east Bronx communi-
ties, participating.
The idea for the week, which
includes restaurants featuring
Italian, Latin, Irish, American
and Asian cuisine, originated
with Travesias Café owner
Brian Martinez, who first sug-
gested the it about two months
ago to the TNMA.
“January is usually a slow
month for restaurants and
this is a great way to bring in
some old customers and maybe
some new customers to the es-
tablishments by offering them
a deal,” said Martinez.
During the week, partici-
pating eateries will be offer-
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and a $15 lunch option.
At Travesias, for example,
a $35 three-course meal will
be offered, said Martinez.
The Latin Fusion restau-
rant, known for its Oxtail Riz-
zoto and its To’chimi Sliders,
a Dominican and Venezuelan
appetizer, is located at 3834 E.
Tremont Avenue.
It is just one of the fine eat-
eries taking part in the week-
long event and promotion that
Steve Kaufman, TNMA presi-
dent, said is a testament to the
ingenuity of many of the com-
(l-r) Ed Angelino, Throggs Neck Merchants Association vice president; Geri Colon, TNMA; Steve Kaufman, TNMA
munity’s restaurants.
“It shows that these restau-
president; Brian Martinez, owner of Travesias Café; Bailey Provetto, Tasty Ladies blogger and Hussein Nouri,
rateurs are alert in terms of TNMA technology director cut a ribbon on Monday, January 11 at Travesias celebrating restaurant week festivi-
what is going on in the neigh- ties. Community News Group / Patrick Rocchio
borhood, and that they want
it to flourish,” said Kaufman, the week is an opportunity to grow into a ‘restaurant row.’ Among those taking part
adding that normally the come and taste the fine cui- A ribbon cutting ceremony are Havana Cafe, Icehouse
week is a difficult one for res- sine in the area. for restaurant week took place Cafe, Throggs Neck Clipper,
taurant owners, and that the Hussein Nouri, a TNMA at Travesias on Monday, Janu- Tosca Cafe, Wicked Wolf, P.J.
merchants hope to turn it into board member, said that there ary 11. Brady’s, Alley Cat Smoke-
a hot week for dining. are a number of traditional At the event, Baily Provetto, house, Frank’s Pizza, Louis
“The community is burst- restaurants and many new a food blogger at tastyladiesny. Seafood Restaurant, Cross-
ing at the seams with restau- places that people can visit. com, said she plans on review- town Diner, Brewski’s Bar and
rants,” he said, adding “East “What we want is the com- ing up to 20 of the participat- Grill, Rino’s, Made in Puerto
Tremont Avenue is really be- munity to experience all of the ing establishments during the Rico, Casa Mama Puebla, Spo-
coming the food spot.” restaurants, not just the ones week. to’s, Yamada, Outback Steak-
Participation has been ex- that they are used to,” said Participating restaurants house in Co-op City, DaFranco
cellent, and no one hesitated Nouri, who added that the will have a yellow poster in and Tony in Pelham Bay, with
to take part, he said, adding, merchants would like the area their windows, said Nouri. more to come.
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a quarter in all five boroughs
as of Jan. 11.
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which comes just seven
months after the News hiked
its copies to $1.25 each. Some
print pundits speculated the
News drove up sales with its
strong gun-control advocacy
after the San Bernardino
shootings, while others cred-
ited its financial fluidity to a
fresh round of layoffs.
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liber, president and chief exec-
utive officer of the Daily News,
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Consider the quarter sav-
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ers,” said Ricardo Flattes, cir-
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 McDonald’s stabbing
suspect surrenders
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
The suspect in a McDon-
ald’s stabbing has surren-
dered to the NYPD.
On Wednesday, January
6, at about 11 a.m., the man
wanted in last week’s inci-
dent at a McDonald’s in Kings-
bridge turned himself in to
the 50th Precinct.
The suspect, 43-year-old
Rafael Gonzalez, was charged
with second degree inten-
tional murder and manslaugh-
ter with intent to cause physi-
cal injury, after he allegedly
stabbed McDonald’s night
manager Adam Garcia in the
parking lot of the 5765 Broad-
way restaurant, just a block
from the 50th Precinct, two
days earlier.
Garcia, who was working
after hours with a co-worker
who he had planned to give
a ride home to, found Gonza-
lez, a homeless man who fre-
quented that McDonald’s lo-
cation on several occasions,
18 BRONX TIMES REPORTER, JANUARY 15-21, 2016
loitering in one of the bath-
room stalls just after 4 a.m. on
Monday morning.
After Gonzalez was re-
moved from the bathroom,
they got into an altercation in
the parking lot, where Gonza-
lez allegedly slashed Garcia in
the neck and stabbed him mul-
tiple times in the chest.
Gonzalez fled the scene, but
was captured on surveillance
footage.
EMS responded to the
scene and transported the
Kingsbridge resident to New
York Presbyterian Hospital
Allen Pavilion, where he was
pronounced deceased.
“This is a terrible loss suf-
fered by our community,” said
a spokesperson from Com-
munity Board 8. “Garcia, a
lifelong Bronx resident and
described by a cousin as a ‘re-
ally sweet person’, was work-
ing his way up at the McDon-
ald’s organization to make a
better life for his family. On
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usual work shift to help out his
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dent and our entire (McDon-
ald’s) family is grieving over
Adam (Garcia’s) senseless
death,” said Chris Trefz, Mc-
Donald’s owner and operator.
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an example to all who worked
alongside of him. My heart
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friends and, most importantly,
his young son, through whom
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be heard again.”
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Shoe designer a step closer to success
BY MADELINE ANTHONY
Sherwayne Mahoney has
always dreamed of being an
entrepreneur.
At 38 he’s making it hap-
pen with a new line of women
shoes he designed, set to
launch next fall.
As a creative tot growing
up near Bronx Community
College, Mahoney remembers
loving to dress well even at
an age and in an environment
where clothes were generally
utilitarian rather than styl-
ish.
His real love of fashion,
though, began in high school
when he and a friend were
walking the halls trying to de-
cide which elective to take.
“We were talking about
what to pick when we suddenly
heard a bunch of giggling,”
said Mahoney. “We walked to-
wards the noise and found a
classroom full of girls...at that
point we looked at each other
and said ‘we’re taking this
class’.”
The course turned out to
be a fashion illustration class
and Mahoney inadvertently
found his passion.
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until he graduated, and im-
mersed himself in his de-
signs well after his friend
had moved on.
It was during this class
that Sherwayne came up with
the name that stuck with him
over the years, and is now the
name of his company - ‘Things
II Come’.
Having found his inspira-
tion, Mahoney went on to Par-
sons School of Design think-
ing of himself as the epitome
of an artist.
“I realized I needed to be
more humble,” said Mahoney,
laughing, “Everyone there
was as talented or more tal-
ented than I was.”
From Parsons Mahoney
went on to the Fashion Insti-
tute of Technology (FIT) and
began working for designer
firms like Tommy Hilfiger
and Nine West in the sales and
merchandising departments.
It was at Nine West that he
decided to create his own shoe
line.
“At Nine West I was sur-
rounded by the footwear in-
dustry. I sat in meetings with
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where I really got a grasp on
shoe design, and how to talk to
factories,” said Mahoney.
While Sherwayne was at
FIT he did a personal study of
luxury and minored in luxury
studies.
“I know that’s different
than a guy growing up in the
south Bronx,” said Mahoney,
“Growing up in the inner city
people tend to do jeans and T-
shirts that are manufactured
very easily in China, but I
wanted to create space in the
luxury market. I loved the
craftsmanship and wanted
to create a business in that
space. It’s a challenge to be one
of the few.”
The new line will be hand-
made in Le Marche Italy,
where Mahoney is working
Designer Sherwayne Mahoney with his new line of shoes
with a manufacturer and an Photo Courtesy of Sherwayne Mahoney
Italian team.
The up and coming de- his business out of his Aller- Nordstrom and will be pre-
signer longs to bring renewed ton apartment and is in talks senting his designs at the next
attention to the Bronx scene, with an investment firm based footwear show in May or June
mentioning that Ralph Lauren in Jamaica in hopes of open- of this year.
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Villa Maria plans Paint Nite fundraiser
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
Paint Nite is coming to an east
Bronx school.
Villa Maria Academy is hosting a
Ladies Paint Nite Fundraiser at the
Country Club school to benefit its year-
book committee and an eighth grade
year-end dance.
The event, capped at 100 partici-
pants, costs $45 per person and will
take place at the school’s cafeteria on
Saturday, January 30. Local Pelham
Bay artist Nikki Doniere will host it.
Doniere said that during Paint Nite
events, which have become a popu-
A recent PaintNite event was hosted at Tosca in Throggs Neck.
Crowley honors Bronx Holocaust survivors
BY ROBERT WIRSING
Holocaust survivors from the
Bronx prove even the most tragic of
stories can have a happy ending.
On Friday, December 4, Con-
gressman Joseph Crowley met with
several Holocaust survivors from
the Self Help’s Holocaust Survivor
Program at Bronx House to formally
recognize their courage and extraor-
dinary personal experiences during
one of history’s darkest chapters.
At the event, Crowley presented
Congressional Citations to 32 survi-
vors from the program and spoke of
their perseverance.
“We are honored to have so many
survivors with us and in our com-
munity who have shared their pow-
erful testimonies of one of the most
horrific tragedies of our time,” said
the congressman, adding. “Their
stories are ones of courage and hope
and it’s critical we do all we can to
share those stories with future gen-
erations.”
One such survivor, Helen Lawsky,
87, shared her incredible tale of sur-
vival and romance in Nazi occupied
Poland.
Born Helena Szulevitz in Lodz,
Poland, Lawsky was 12-years old
when her family experienced the
horrors of WWII.
22 BRONX TIMES REPORTER, JANUARY 15-21, 2016
lar activity in bars and restaurants
throughout the city and the country,
participants work together following
artists’ instructions and create their
own versions of the same painting.
She added that public events are
available virtually any night of the
week at various locations around New
York City and Westchester.
“Most of the people who come to
Paint Nite don’t paint or do anything
artistic, so it is a really fun way to do
something you don’t normally do and
have a great time,” she said, whose
own art work consists of installation,
Photo courtesy of Nikki Doniere
A large industrial town located
in central Poland, Lodz was estab-
lished as the Lodz Ghetto shortly af-
ter the Nazis’ September 1, 1939 oc-
cupation.
Lawsky described the ghetto’s de-
plorable conditions where she wit-
nessed her neighbors suffering from
starvation and coping with death
daily.
As too often was the case,
Lawsky’s family was divided among
different concentration camps for
the war’s duration.
Helen’s mother and cousins were
sent to Auchswitz; her father and her
brother, Abram to Dachau and Helen
and her sister, Rose to Mittelsteine,
a female concentration camp and the
sisters to a slave-labor camp.
Though Lawsky said she did not
witness any deaths at the camp, the
experience has haunted her.
“I used to wake up screaming be-
cause I thought they were going to
put me in the grave. My experience
is something I do not like to think
about, but it is something I will
never forget,” she said.
Following Grafenort’s 1945 lib-
eration by the Russian army, Helen
and her sister returned to Lodz in
search for Abram after discovering
he was alive.
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sculpture, video and mixed media
painting.
Blanca Zigrossi, parent and chair-
woman of the Villa Maria Academy
yearbook committee said that differ-
ent parents have used various meth-
ods to offset the cost of the yearbook
and dance.
At least once a month the commit-
tee holds an event, from bake sales to
selling ‘spiritware,’ items with the
name of the school on them, and Paint
Nite is something new that they are
trying this year.
The company that hosts the event
will provide all supplies for the eve-
ning, said Rosemary Haney, a teach-
er’s aide at the school who is helping to
coordinate the event.
“It supports the class of 2016; any
fundraiser at this time is really a good
thing,” said Haney. “The kids get their
yearbooks and it takes a lot of pressure
off the parents.”
The event is not only to raise
money, but is also for the parents to get
together socially, she said, adding that
she expects there to be a nice group of
people, and that some attendees will
likely invite friends and family, as well
as alumni.
Creating a painting from a blank
canvas is often a thrill for the partic-
ipants at Paint Nite events, indicated
Doniere.
Congressman Crowley stands with Holocaust
survivor, Helen Lawsky, who was honored
along with 31 other survivors last month.
Photo courtesy of Congressman Joseph Crowley’s
Office
While at Lodz, they met a 17-year
old Auchswitz survivor named He-
niek Wroczlawski who lost both his
Pelham Bay artist Nikki Doniere will lead the
Ladies PaintNite Fundrasier at Villa Maria
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“We get people who say that they
can only draw a stick figure and they
wind up creating these beautiful
works,” said Doniere, who added the
activity is a great way to spend an eve-
ning with your friends.
People are encouraged to bring
their own wine or beverages to the
Villa Maria event.
To learn more about a Paint Nite
near you, go to www.paintnite.com.
Tickets to the Villa Maria event
must be paid for in advance and will be
sold on a first come, first serve basis.
For more information on that spe-
cific event, visit: www.paintnite.com/
pages/events/view/newyork/92629.
parents and brother before his de-
portation.
Helen and Heniek soon began dat-
ing and Rose met her future hus-
band, Felix during this time.
The sisters reunited with their
brother, Abram, who informed them
that neither of their parents had sur-
vived the Holocaust.
The five survivors left Lodz and
traveled through Czechoslovakia
and Vienna before settling in the
American controlled Frankfurt am
Main, Germany in 1946.
Heniek and Helen married on Au-
gust 31, 1948 and in 1949, the happy
couple embarked for America to
start a new life.
She said they adapted their name
to Lawsky and settled down in the
Grand Concourse where they had
their sons, Richard and Harold.
Happily married for 67 years,
both Harry and Helen have resided
in Co-op City for the past 45 years
and have three granddaughters,
Penny, Allison and Samantha; a
grandson, David and a great grand-
son, Noah.
“We’re very happy to be living
here especially after everything we
went through,” said Lawsky. “Like
my husband always says, ‘there’s
nothing like America’.”
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 Assembly Speaker Heastie
discusses legislative agenda
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
Assembly Speaker Carl
Heastie articulated an ambi-
tious agenda for the upcoming
legislative session in Albany.
Heastie, the leader of the
New York State Assembly who
represents Williamsbridge
and Baychester, spoke of the
chamber’s legislative goals in
an interview with the Bronx
Times on Thursday, January
7.
“It is a continuation of last
year,” said the speaker of his
agenda, adding “All elements
of the agenda are important.”
Key to the Assembly Demo-
crats for the new Albany ses-
sion, which began on Wednes-
day, January 6 and lasts until
June, is improving the situa-
tions of families through fund-
ing for childcare and educa-
tion, as well as advocating for
a higher minimum wage, the
speaker said.
They are also focusing on
trying to help with the plight
of homelessness, and protect-
ing middle class tax cuts, he
said.
The Assembly Democrats
will advocate for keeping the
middle class tax breaks that
were put into place during the
recession, he confirmed.
“If we can get an agreement
on that it will not only give
middle class families or mid-
dle class workers a tax break,
it will increase some revenue
to spend on other things we
think we think are priorities,”
he said.
The assembly leadership
will likely seek an extension
of the higher tax rate on the
wealthiest New Yorkers to
pay for continuation of mid-
dle class tax cuts, according to
published reports.
The legislator said that he
would continue to advocate for
the New York Dream Act, leg-
islation yet to be passed that
would allow the children of il-
legal immigrants to apply for
college financial aid.
With Governor Cuomo
raising the minimum wage at
state colleges to $15 per hour
T H E P R E S TO N P L AY E R S P R O U D LY P R E S E N T
recently, there is speculation
that he may try to push for an
even larger minimum wage
than he had previously called
for, according to published re-
ports.
Heastie stressed that the
Assembly initiated a bill to
phase in a $15 statewide min-
imum before the governor
started advocating for it at
state universities.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who represented several north Bronx
He said that passing more
minimum wage increase leg-
communities, has an ambitious legislative agenda for the upcoming ses-
islation would hinge on Cuo- sion. Silvio J. Pacifico
mo’s as yet unreleased bud-
get plans and the Republicans The speaker said that the of campaign funds;
who control the state senate. state assembly will also con- • closing a loophole on Lim-
“Republicans don’t really tinue to work with the rest of ited Liability Corporation
want it and we will have to state government on ethics re- campaign finance;
compromise on something form, and he highlighted what • coming to an agreement
they want,” he said. has already been done on the with the senate and the gover-
Additional funding to help matter: nor on pension forfeiture.
schools that have been failing • a more stringent disclo- “That being said, we are
will also be a priority he said. sure process on members with still going to have a discus-
The assemblyman also said outside income; sion on outside income: ban-
he will work to increase fund- • enhanced per diem re- ning it, limiting it, whatever
ing for the Educational Op- imbursement process where we can do so that legislators
portunity Program, an initia- members now have to verify don’t have conflicts of inter-
tive that helps college students that they are in Albany; est,” he said of continued eth-
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 Stand Up to Violence
addresses at-risk youth
BY ROBERT WIRSING
During this season of a giv-
ing, a local violence preven-
tion group gave back to at-risk
Bronx youth.
Sponsored by Stand Up to
Violence, a Tuesday, December
22 holiday toy drive was held
at Stratford House for children
and their families.
Erika Mendelsohn, SUV
program director, said this was
the Jacobi Medical Violence In-
terruption Program’s first time
hosting an event at this loca-
tion.
In the same vein as SUV-
sponsored holiday events at
the Gun Hill Houses, Sound-
view Houses and Bronx River
Houses in previous years,
Stratford House’s residents
enjoyed a festive celebration
complete with music, deli-
cious food and many gifts do-
nated to SUV by local commu-
nity members.
The holiday festivities be-
gan with the children and staff
performing a jovial rendition
26 BRONX TIMES REPORTER, JANUARY 15-21, 2016
of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’
before eager guests.
Santa Claus met with the
residence’s youngsters to dis-
tribute play mats, magic sets,
dolls, mini basketballs and
basketball hoops and bracelet
crafting kits.
Spreading holiday cheer to
all, jolly old Saint Nick also pre-
sented Stratford House teenag-
ers with AMC movie theatre
gift cards.
Mendelsohn said this suc-
cessful celebration attracted
nearly 100 people, young and
old alike.
“This holiday event is a
way for Stand Up to Violence
to gain the community’s trust
and build a much stronger rela-
tionship with everyone we are
working with,” said Mendel-
sohn. “We want them to know
that our program doesn’t just
show up in their community
after a shooting takes place.
The reason for events such as
last month’s toy drive is to let
everyone know that we are al-
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ways there for them and their
families.”
In addition to community
shooting response rallies, SUV
lends their support to local ar-
eas with high concentration of
gun violence through monthly
events such as holiday toy
drives while raising residents’
awareness and promoting
neighborhood safety.
Located at 1168 Stratford
Avenue, Stratford House func-
tions as a supportive housing
program serving 60 formerly
homeless families.
Robert Pruit, Stratford
House program director, stated
the residence is home to 76 chil-
dren under age 18 and nearly 20
youth over 18-years old.
Due to Stratford House’s lo-
cation in a high crime area,
Pruit said SUV’s work is vital
for their at-risk teens’ future.
According to Pruit, Strat-
ford House shared in the sea-
son by raffling 13 donated Dell
desktop computers that were
less than six months old.
(l-r) Edwin Mendoza, SUV outreach worker; Richard James, SUV outreach
worker and Minister Kwame Thompson, SUV outreach director were on-
site to distribute gifts to Stratford House children.
Photo courtesy of Jacobi Medical Center
While Stratford House has children’s futures. We are in-
held holiday events before, credibly grateful to be working
Pruit said last month’s cele- with SUV and look forward to
bration was the first to feature continue doing so.”
music performed by an on-site Pruit would like to thank
deejay which had children and Mendelsohn and the SUV staff;
their parents moving to the Jacobi Medical Center; Donna
beat. Colonna, SUS CEO and her
SUV met with the teen’s par- staff; Wanda Cruz Lopez, Be-
ents on Thursday, January 7 to havioral Health senior vice
discuss how SUV can help men- president; the 43rd Precinct’s
tor their young. Lt. Coleman, community af-
“Stand Up to Violence’s staff fairs officer Hernandez and Do-
are sincere and generously car- mestic Violence Unit officer Da-
ing people,” said Pruit. “By ley; Judith Jackson, Stratford
them coming back here, every- House chief of staff and Strat-
one at Stratford House gained a ford House’s staff members,
sense that they really do care teens and parents for making
about our residents and their this event successful.
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 BJ’s opens 2nd box store in Bronx
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
The second BJ’s Wholesale
Club in the Bronx has opened
its doors.
On Thursday, January 7, the
box store hosted a private com-
munity celebration, officially
introducing themselves at 184
W. 237th Street in Riverdale.
The 110,500 square foot
warehouse offers over 7,500
items, from food products,
home appliances and home
goods to electronics, school
supplies and patio furniture,
among other merchandise.
The store, which had been
planning table for the past
five years, also offers seasonal
merchandise, including items
for Halloween, Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Superbowl
food and items.
The store amenities in-
clude an on-premise bakery,
self checkout and a grocery
pick-up service.
The private community cel-
ebration, which had a Bronx
Zoo theme, was kicked off by
the Children’s Arts & Science
Workshop of P.S./M.S. 37 The
Multiple Intelligence School,
who participated in a dance
performance.
Following the perfor-
mance, elected officials in-
cluding Borough President
Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Senator
Jeff Klein spoke about the im-
portance of having another
BJ’s Wholesale Club in the
Bronx, particularly to service
Kingsbridge.
The store, in which 80%
of it’s employees are from the
Bronx, will have a positive im-
pact on the neighborhood, he
said.
“This store will be a ma-
jor catalyst for the revitaliza-
tion of the (Broadway) corri-
dor,” said BJ’s Wholesale Club (l-r) Joe Farkas, Metropolitan Realty Associaties; Dave Shaw, general manager of the BJ’s Wholesale Club’s
member Ruben Diaz, Jr. about Bronx Riverdale location; Racine Rodriguez, senior manager of food sourcing at City Harvest; Echo Shumaker-
the store, which has created
Pruitt, quality assurance manager of Kingsbridge Heights Community Center; Eileen Torres, executive director
185 full and part time jobs.
of BronxWorks; Kenneth Petriccione, principal of P.S./M.S. 37 The Multiple Intelligence School; and Chris Bald-
“Within this company,
workers will learn about busi-
win, president and COO of BJ’s Wholesale Club, during the bread breaking ceremony.
ness, grow and become entre- Photo courtesy of BJ’s Wholesale Club
preneurs in their borough,”
he said. bon-cutting, BJ’s Wholesale CEO on Monday, February 1. mising value to our Members
During the private cel- Club held a bread breaking “If our other New York area with a particular emphasis on
ebration, four $2,500 checks ceremony to officially open the clubs are any indication, the fresh produce, meat, seafood
were donated by the business store. Bronx will be a great place to and the latest in home goods
to four local organizations, “We are looking forward to do business for our company,” and electronics.”
City Harvest, BronxWorks, building our business in the he said. The Riverdale BJ’s Whole-
Kingsbridge Heights Commu- Bronx,” said BJ’s president “We will provide great op- sale Club, officially opens on
nity Center and BJ’s Adopt-A- and chief operating officer portunity for our Team Mem- Saturday, January 16. The
School partner P.S./M.S. 37. Chris Baldwin, who will offi- bers in the new Club and we other BJ’s is located at 610 Ex-
Instead of a traditional rib- cially be BJ’s Wholesale Club’s will also provide uncompro- terior Street.

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 Cuban-born realtor celebrates new office
BY MADELINE ANTHONY
The Pantiga Real Estate
Group has opened a location
in Morris Park.
The new store, located
at 847 Morris Park Avenue,
opened after a ribbon cutting
celebration on January 6 at-
tended by community leaders
and local politicans.
Sonny Vitaj, chief of staff at
Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj’s
office, Nunzio del Greco, presi-
dent of the Bronx Chamber of
Commerce and Edward Ange-
lino, vice president at Power
Express Mortgage Bank were
among attendees.
Manny Pantiga, owner of
the realty said he chose the
new location because it allows
for better community interac-
tion since the old store was on
the second level and this loca-
tion is on the ground floor.
Pantiga says he looks for-
ward to getting involved in
community organizations and
building relationships.
“We have 25 agents, we’ve
created jobs, and we hope to
provide our community with
great real estate services, and
also a good resource,” he said.
The owner says many resi-
dents come by just to ask ques-
tions and interact in a non-
business related manner.
Pantiga came to the Bronx
from Cuba in 1997 and has
lived in the borough ever
since.
He’s proud of his back-
ground and the fact that the
group is registered as a minor-
ity-owned business.
“I’m part of the Bronx and
the Bronx is part of me,” he
said, “If you can dream it and
are willing to work hard for it,
no matter how much the odds
are against you, you can ac-
complish it.”
Pantiga has overcome many (l-r) Manny Pantiga, owner of Pantiga Realty,Edward Angelino, vice presi-
dent of Powers Express Mortgage Bank and Nunzio Del Greco, president
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a time when any business, let
alone real estate, was strug-
gling due to the recession.
Today however business is
thriving and the realty group
has grown to be one of the top
agencies in the Bronx.
“I’m so happy about it,” said
Mohamed Zahirudin owner of
D Kingsbridge Upholstery and
Pantiga’s new neighbor. “It’s
good for me because they fi xed
Nunzio Del Greco and Manny Pantiga cut the ribbon with the help of family and friends. Photo by Silvio J. Pacifico up the building,” he said.
piece of the Bronx, and Pant-
iga says he has noticed store
fronts popping up at a rapid
rate recently.
“I think its a positive indi-
cation of where the Bronx is
going,” said Pantiga. “It’s good
because it changes the way the
borough is perceived, creates
jobs and helps the local econ-
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FIAME announces 2016 award recepients
BY ROBERT WIRSING
A group of unsung com-
munity members were recog-
nized for their various contri-
butions to Italian American
education.
On Sunday, January 10, the
Forum of Italian American
Educators hosted its annual
Epiphany Dinner at Fratelli’s
Restaurant to celebrate the
end of the Christmas season
and announce this year’s FI-
AME honorees.
According to Josephine
Fanelli, FIAME president and
St. Theresa School principal,
the honorees include Joanne
Rubino, P.S. 83 guidance coun-
selor; Tony Signorile, Morris
Park Community Association
president; Alessandra Mer-
cora, 1st grade teacher at St.
Theresa School; Carmelina
Fasolino, RTI teacher at P.S.
97; Jennifer Lana Etzel, P.S.
83 assistant principal; Angela
Deegan, St. Francis Xavier
School principal; Mark Can-
nizzaro, executive vice presi-
dent, counsel of school super-
visors and administrators;
Ann Marie Anibale Baumis,
associate superintendent for
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of Brooklyn and Jeannine
Petraglia, P.S. 498 guidance
counselor.
Each honoree will receive
an award recognizing their
unique service to the commu-
nity and educational field, she
explained.
The recipient of the 2016
Dominick Capone Service
Award, Rubino has served as
an educator for 25 years and
as a guidance counselor for
two decades.
Rubino, a seven-year FI-
AME executive board member,
taught English and Social Stud-
FIAME members celebrated their 2016 honorees’ service at Sunday, January 10’s annual Epiphany Dinner at
ies at P.S. 135 before transfer-
Fratelli’s Restaurant. Photo courtesy of Joanne Rubino
ring to P.S. 78 to serve as a guid-
ance counselor from 1998 to
2006. She presently works as a and Westchester. Signorile also serves as the Special Education Award.
guidance counselor at P.S. 83. The only non-educator hon- chairman for Bronx Colum- In addition, Fanelli said
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dance and scholarships pre- 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for seniors. and Baumis will be awarded the plained.
sented to a select few Italian The classes are made possible Thomas Giordano Leadership If interested in becoming
American college bound high through funding provided by in Education Award and Petra- involved with FIAME, contact
school seniors from the Bronx Councilman James Vacca. glia will earn the Andy Galdi Fanelli at (718) 792-3688.
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 Owen Dolen Center’s 3 Kings Day
It was a celebration fit for a king! In recognition of the Feast of the Epiphany, the Owen Dolen Recreational Center presented a 3 Kings Day celebration
on Friday, January 8 to mark the conclusion of the holiday season. Students from the Owen Dolen After School Program gave a stirring stage perfor-
mance of the Nativity of Jesus while dressed in full costume. Last Friday also featured live music performed by BombaYo, a youth project dedicated
to preserving the Afro Puerto Rican tradition of bomba where singing, dancing and drumming unite in a community celebration of life and an awe-
inspiring bomba dance performance by the Bombazo Dance Company and Owen Dolen After School Program students throughout the celebration.

Curtis Jackson, event organizer (l), Brigitte Lozada (1st on right) and Sasha Edwards (2nd on right) from the Owen Dolen After Jailyn Hort gave a radiant performance as the
School program stand proudly with their Three Kings Day performers. Photo by Laura Stone North Star. Photo by Laura Stone

Event organizer Brigitte Lozada (l) takes

a brief break from the holiday festivities Janessa Gennedy and Joseph Amin por-
to pose with Owen Dolen Center manager trayed Mary and Joseph for this year’s
(l-r) BombaYo members Cosetta Cuchie, Louis Ramos , Tita Ramos, Emerita Foster and Kathleen Walker-Pinckney. Three Kings Day stage performance.
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Photo by Laura Stone

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Nazareth Housing, Inc., absorbs Thorpe Family Residence, Inc.
When the clock struck midnight
on January 1, 2016, Nazareth Hous-
ing Inc. officially absorbed Thorpe
Family Residence, Inc. into its port-
folio of housing services. The Board
of Directors, executive director and
staff of both organizations were
pleased to welcome the New Year
with the announcement of the final-
ization of the merger, a culmination
of a multiyear process of prepara-
tion and alignment of programs.
Since July 2013, Nazareth Housing
has managed the various projects of
Thorpe including emergency family
shelter, supportive housing, domes-
tic violence prevention, and food se-
curity. The highly respected work of
Thorpe is strongly aligned with the
mission, vision, and values of Naza-
reth Housing. With nearly 22% of its
historic clientele from Bronx commu-
nities, the addition of housing sites
and service locations enhances Naz-
areth Housing’s capacity to respond
to the growing challenges in housing
and economic stability experienced
by low-income households.
The Joint Merger Committee,
with board members from Nazareth
Housing, Thorpe Family Residence
and its sponsoring organization,
the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill,
worked on the details of the merger
during a multiyear deliberative pro-
cess. Debevoise and Plimpton LP
provided pro bono legal service to
the process for Nazareth Housing.
The integration of Thorpe staff and
programs over the past two years
into Nazareth Housing as the sur-
viving organization ensures the
sustainability and success of Thor-
pe’s historical mission in the Bronx
communities it has served since its
founding in 1985.
***
On Saturday, February 13, Bronx
House will be offering High School
students an ACT Prep Course.
Whether you’re taking the ACT for
the first time or retaking it for a
higher score, the expert instruc-
tors will provide comprehensive and
proven test-taking strategies, so you
can be calm and confident on test
day.. Contact Fred Lopez at (718) 792-
1800 ext. 229 or Fred@Bronxhouse.
org for more information.
***
The Mosholu Montefiore Com-
munity Center will offer a wide se-
lection of classes, clubs and group
activities for children, teens, adults
and senior citizens starting in Janu-
ary. Many have fees that are afford-
able and others are completely free.
Saturday classes start the second
week in January for 5 to 12 year olds
36 BRONX TIMES REPORTER, JANUARY 15-21, 2016
with ballet, karate, basketball, cook-
ing, jazz, hip hop, dance and much
more.
The karate school is for 5 to 12
year olds as well as teens and adults,
starting Saturday at its main build-
ing on Gun Hill Road.
GED classes, culinary, job intern-
ships and counseling programs are
available free in the main building.
For further information call (718)
882-4000.
***
An Information Session for the
spring semester of the Lehman
Academy for Children and Teens
will be offered by the Lehman Col-
lege School of Continuing and Pro-
fessional Studies on Saturday, Janu-
ary 23 at 10:30 a.m.
Expert guidance will be pro-
vided on a wide range of enrich-
ment courses: academic including
English language arts, math, and
test prep for the SAT and NYC Spe-
cialized High Schools exam; Span-
ish, French, and Italian languages
and cultures; technology; creative
arts with classes in art, crafts, act-
ing, piano, and guitar; physical fit-
ness including Zumba, basketball,
rhythmic gymnastics, and all levels
of swimming.
Most classes start at the begin-
ning of March. In addition, informa-
tion will be given on the very popu-
lar summer camp program, More
Than a Camp, which provides chil-
dren with the opportunity for en-
richment, creativity, physical fit-
ness and socialization, all on the
campus of Lehman College.
Numerous convenient schedules
are offered in this camp licensed
by the NYC Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene. Additional in-
formation sessions will be offered
on February 6, April 16, May 7, and
June 4. The sessions will be on the
Lehman College campus, 250 Bed-
ford Park Boulevard West, in Car-
man Hall, Room B08.
For additional information and
a catalog of all spring and summer
classes for adults and children, call
(718) 960-8512 or visit www.lehman.
edu/ce.
***
A panel discussion, Powerful
Women in Science, Research and
Medicine: On a Collision Course?
will be held at the College of New
Rochelle on Thursday, January
21, featuring a group of renowned
women in the industry. The event
which is co-sponsored by The Col-
lege of New Rochelle and Westfair
Communications, offers an oppor-
tunity to hear leaders in their fields
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discuss thought-provoking issues
and respond to questions from the
audience.
Panelists include:
Jane Brody, personal health col-
umnist for the New York Times; El-
len Levee, BA, DVM Senior Director
of Veterinary Services and Vivar-
ium Operations for Regeneron Phar-
maceuticals Inc.; Elizabeth Frost,
MD Professor of Anesthesiology,
Icahn Medical Center at Mount Si-
nai Hospital; and Sharon Kiely, MD,
MPM, Senior Vice President, Medi-
cal Affairs and Chief Medical Offi-
cer at Stamford Hospital.
This is the fifth year that the Pow-
erful Women Roundtable Discussion
series will take place at the College,
which is located at 29 Castle Place
in New Rochelle. The event will be
held in Maura Ballroom and in-
cludes a light lunch at 11:30 a.m. fol-
lowed by the panel discussion from
noon to 1:30 p.m. It is free and open
to the public, but space is limited. To
register visit http://westfaironline.
com/powerful-women-in-science-re-
search-and-medicine-rsvp/.
***
All of the Bronx is buzzing about
the ultimate family experience,
Billy Beez indoor play park. The lat-
est video adventure features Caleb
Brown, also starring in the upcom-
ing Jennifer Aniston/Kate Hudson/
Julia Roberts/Jason Sudeikis film,
Mother’s Day, out in April. Watch as
Caleb explores his way through the
17,000 sq. ft. play park, racing friends
down the Rainbow Wave slide, start-
ing a friendly ball fight in the one-
of-a-kind ballistics arena and hav-
ing a blast with his pals.
Come in with your friends and
family to create your own adventure!
Billy Beez offers a variety of ways to
play, including unlimited re-entry
day passes, 10-Pack multi-use passes,
Drop-Off service, birthday parties
and group events. Get the best buzz
for your buck with our 10-Pack op-
tion, which includes up to 40% ad-
mission rates plus one free adult per
visit! The Drop-Off service is ideal
for date night, after school activities
and for busy adults who just need
some time to themselves. The highly
trained, professional and engaging
Play Attendants can provide supervi-
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child their best birthday yet! Party
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NYC Health + Hospitals presi-
dent Dr. Ram Raju today announced
17 students who under the CityDoc-
tors scholarship program will re-
ceive scholarships worth $1.8 mil-
lion to attend St. George’s University
School of Medicine. In return, the stu-
dents have committed to give back to
their communities by practicing pri-
mary care medicine in NYC’s public
health system after completing their
medical educations. Dr. Raju cited
this scholarship program as a model
and urged other medical schools and
health systems to make similar in-
vestments to address the growing
shortage of primary care physicians
in NYC and the US.
To be eligible for CityDoctors
scholarship, students must fulfill all
the requirements to be accepted to
medical school and also meet at least
one of the following criteria: gradu-
ated from a NYC high school; have
five years of residency in NYC; have
a parent employed by NYC Health +
Hospitals or the City of New York;
or be employed themselves by NYC
Health + Hospitals or the City of
New York for at least five years.
In return for their scholarships,
for each equivalent year of tuition
they receive each student has com-
mitted to provide one year of service
as a primary care attending phy-
sician at one of 11 hospitals within
the public health system. Several of
the students have already completed
part of the medical school educa-
tions, while others are beginning
their studies this term.
The 2016 CityDoctors Bronx schol-
arship recipients are: Shelley Per-
saud, Fayeza Aliou, Tomasz Wasik
and Kandance LaMonica.
***
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinow-
itz has announced that he was suc-
cessful in convincing the NYC De-
partment of Transportation to
install traffic calming measures in
North Riverdale. After numerous
complaints from constituents about
vehicles traveling at dangerously
high speeds in the residential neigh-
borhood of North Riverdale, Assem-
blyman Dinowitz urged the Depart-
ment of Transportation to install a
two speed humps in the area. After
conducting a survey of the area ear-
lier this year, the DOT informed As-
semblyman Dinowitz of their inten-
tion to address the safety concerns
he raised by installing two speed
humps.
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 BronxNet held its holiday party on Friday, December 18 for content producers, staff and friends. The party took place at BronxNet’s studios at Lehman College. The festive party-
goers recorded holiday greetings to their friends and family for broadcast on the borough’s public access television.
Pictured above Handel Abdeliahim, BronxNet facilities coordinator, checks out the food. Photo by Miriam Quin

Michael Max Knobbe, (l) executive director of BronxNet, Bronx Times Reporter publisher Laura Guerriero and At the party were (l-r) Andre Vargas, Rafael Vargas
and Gary Axelbank, host of BronxTalk. Phil Lane, director of business affairs for BronxNet. and Thomas Vargas of Zoraida’s Coquito, award-
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BTR BRONX TIMES REPORTER, JANUARY 15-21, 2016 41
 TEMPLE HATIVKA’S HANUKKAH CELEBRATION
Temple Hativka’s Hanukkah services concluded on Monday, December 11 with a holiday sing-along and a festive Kiddush featuring traditional holiday decorations, potato latkes, apple-
sauce and sufganiyot, spinning dreidels and chocolate Hanukkah gelt. This fun holiday celebration was made possible through the Bronx Jewish Community Board and its executive
director, Brad Silver’s generous sponsorship. Below Temple Hatikva’s congregation celebrates Hanukkah together. Photo courtesy of Temple Hatikva

BUDDIES VISIT FORT SCHUYLER HOUSE DREISER LOOP RETIREES HOST HOLIDAY PARTY
Last month, scholars from P&J Beacon’s Buddies Program, which is a collaboration proj- The Retirees of Dreiser Loop recently held a party at Marina del Ray to celebrate the holidays.
ect between Community Board 10, Fort Schuyler House and Phipps After-School Program, The organization has provided social activities to the residents of Co-op City for 25 years.
visited Fort Schuyler House to celebrate the Christmas holiday season. Students of the
after-school program, who were accompanied by their parents, visit the residents of Fort
Schuyler once a week during the year, where they play games, sing, play musical instru-
ments and exchange stories with the residents.

(No particular order) Joyce Kemp, LaVern Clarke, Joanie Drummond, Lorraine Parker, Joyce
Residents of FSH gather with scholars from P&J Beacon’s Buddies Program during the party. Chaney, Auwal Anderson, Anita Taborn and Dolores Debnam gather during the holiday party
Photo courtesy of the Buddies Program Photo by Walter Pofeldt

COUNCILMAN ANDY KING CELEBRATES KWANZAA

Councilman Andy King hosted a Kwanzaa Celebration at the Bartow Mall Shopping Center. The event, which was attended by hundreds of Co-op City and 12th District residents, was spon-
sored by the Coalition of African American Churches and Community Organizations of Co-Op City. It featured songs, cultural performances and guest speakers, including Brother Bernard
White, who received the Cultural/Political Leadership Award. The celebration was held on the second day of Kwanzaa, also known as Kujichagulia, which means self-determination.

Andy King with local community activists during the Kwanzaa celebration. Photo courtesy of Councilman Andy King’s Office

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 FORMER KNICK, NBA PLAYERS HOST CLINIC
On Thursday, January 7, former New York
Knicks player John Wallace and former NBA
player Felipe Lopez held a basketball clinic
for local youth at St. Mary’s Recreation
Center, located at 450 St. Anns Avenue. The
clinic was attended by 75 youngsters, ages
7 to 14, who took part in various basketball
drills and exercises. The event was a part of
the Knicks Basketball in the Boroughs initia-
tive presented by Chase, which is in its fifth
season.
(Left) Former New York Knicks player John
Wallace and former NBA player Felipe Lopez
gather with (l-r) Ebrahim Massa, Rosalyn
Plant, Lea Duenas, Saniyah Basley and Maya
Wellington during the basketball clinic.
Photo courtesy of Madison Square Garden

(Right) Bobby Harris dribbles two basket-

balls during the clinic.
Photo courtesy of Madison Square Garden

BRONXWORKS HOSTS GIVING TUESDAY LATINOS NYC 3 KINGS DAY CELEBRATION

Last month, BronxWorks hosted a special event in honor of Giving Tuesday at Pio Pio Res-
taurant. Over 60 people attended the event to recognize the global day of giving and to
show their support to the organization. All proceeds from the Giving Tuesday event were
used towards programs that support BronxWorks efforts in training and placing working
age adults into employment.
Latinos NYC, a non-profit organization designed to help the homeless hosted its fifth annual
Three Kings Toy Distribution on Friday, January 8 at Citizen’s Daycare Center in Harlem.
Former gang member and drug dealer, Bronx native Raul Rios, now serves as Latinos NYC’s
director distributed 200 toys.

(l-r) Eileen Torres, BronxWorks executive director, Henry Timms, executive director of the
92nd Street Y and founder of Giving Tuesday, Tom Watson, BronxWorks board member and
president of Cause Wired, Colleen Timms and Gianna Dell’Olio, BronxWorks director of Ad- Children from Citizen’s Daycare Center were ecstatic receiving toys from the non-profit
vancement and Communications gather during the event. Photo courtesy of BronxWorks organization, Latinos NYC. Photo courtesy of Latinos NYC

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 MADE IN PUERTO RICO DISTRIBUTES SAMPLES
Made In Puerto Rico offered free food samples from their restaurant at the Throggs Neck
Christmas Tree Lighting and Toy Giveaway. The food samples included calamari and chicken,
among other choices, which were handed out by restaurant manager Febricio Alonzo and
other staff members from the restaurant.

BRONX RED HAT ROSES GIVE TO FDNY

The Bronx Red Hat Roses, who gather together regularly in Pelham Bay, have been in the
giving spirit this holiday season. The group made a sizeable toy donation to FDNY at their
(l-r) Waiter Franklin Vega, manager Febricio Alonzo and staff member Carol Diaz hold up annual Christmas party. Donations included dolls, stuffed animals and board games.
Made In Puerto Rico cards while offering free food samples to the crowd. Above, The Bronx Red Hat Roses celebrate the holidays at Patricia’s. Madeline Anthony
Photo by Laura Stone

SWINTON AVENUE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SANTA AT LONGWOOD

Embodying the holiday spirit, local residents, Millie and Albert Stone decorated their 462 Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., New York State Repub-
Swinton Avenue home with a festive outdoor display of Christmas lights. According to Al- lican County chairman Ed Cox and Rafael Sala-
bert, the extensive decorating process began at the end of October. manca hosted ‘Santa is Coming to the Bronx’
at I.S. 216 in Longwood on Tuesday, December
15. When Santa Claus arrived at the event, he
distributed toys to the first 1,000 children up
to age 9.

(r-l, back) Rafael Salamanca, Community

Board 2 district manager; Senator Ruben
Diaz Sr. and Ed Cox, New York State Repub-
lican Party chairman with (l-r, front) Gloria
Almonte, Mellissa Verde and Henry Borgas.
Photo by Silvio Pacifico

SACKWERN HOUSES 3 KINGS DAY CELEBRATION

In partnership with Sackwern Houses Resident Association and Clason Point Gardens Tenant As-
sociation, Senator Jeff Klein hosted a 3 Kings Day celebration last Saturday, January 9 at Sackw-
ern Houses. Children from the local residence received presents and dined on tasty snacks while
celebrating the final day of the holiday season.
Pictures above, (l-r) Loretta Masterson, Sackwern Houses Resident Association president;
Diamond McGee; Senator Klein; Anari McGee; Alaysia Alston; Khiarra Cantave; Alyssa Peña
(l-r) Albert and Millie Stone, in front of their yuletide themed home on 462 Swinton Avenue. and Geraldine Hopper, Clason Point Gardens Tenant Association president had a great time
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 JACOBI, NCBH WORLD AIDS DAY
Jacobi Medical Center and North Central Bronx held events for Worlds AIDS Day recently. The
large public informational event drew awareness to HIV/AIDS issues and included firsthand
patients’ accounts, an address from Councilman Ritchie Torres and a video presentation.

(l-r) Christine Mastin, Councilman Ritchie Torres and Dr. Jason Leider.
Photo courtesy of Jacobi Medical Center BP DIAZ, POLS HOST 3 KINGS CELEBRATION
On Saturday, January 9, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., As-

SAY HELLO TO FIRST BRONX BABIES OF 2016 semblyman Marcos Crespo, Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda and Community Board 2 chairman
Rafael Salamanca hosted a 3 Kings Party and Toy Giveaway at P.S. 5. The event celebrated the
‘Feast of the Epiphany’, also known as the 12th day of Christmas.
Pictured, Borough President Diaz, Jr. gathers with (l-r) Jose Juliano, Hector Castillo,
Roberto Fisher and Anyari Fisher during the Three Kings party. Photo by Miriam Quin

NYC Health & Hospitals announced the first

births of the new year at its two Bronx fa- Borough President Diaz, Jr. honors Taiwan Universities and Colleges Alumni Association of
cilities. The first baby of 2016 was Emma New York, the Taiwanese American Association of New York, the National Women League of
Singh, a baby girl born at 12:13 a.m. at North the Roc NY Chapter and the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple of New York during the Three
Central Bronx to Ravina and Chaitram Singh, Kings party. Photo by Miriam Quin
Norwood natives. Little Emma was born 6
pounds, 12 ounces and 20 inches long. Baby
boy Jesaiah O’Neil Riviere was born at 6:26
a.m. on New Year’s Day and was the first
baby of the new year born at Jacobi. Jesa-
iah was born 8 pounds, 6 ounces, and 21.25
inches long to parents Sean and Jesma Riv-
iere, who reside in Wakefield.
Both mamas were feeling well and excited to
return home after giving birth.
Pictured above, Baby boy Jesaiah O’Neil
Riviere is held by his mother, Jesma Riviere.
Photo Courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals

(Right) Baby girl Emma Singh with her par-

ents Ravina and Chaitram Singh
Photo Courtesy of NYC Health + Hospitals Attendees enjoy the festivities of the Three Kings party. Photo by Miriam Quin

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 Play dates and the end of play
A
s Brooklyn mom Ta-
mara R. Mose was
preparing for a play
date with a mom and child
she didn’t know well yet,
she paused to look at her
home: “All the bathrooms
are clean, dishes put away,
beds made, floors Swiffered,
laundry folded, garbage
cans emptied, and toys put
in their place and sorted for
age appropriateness.”
And then there was the food:
“The kitchen is full of aromas,
boiling pasta, simmering sauce,
freshly sliced carrots, celery,
and oranges, all displayed on
sparkling white plates. Lined up
are juice boxes boasting their
100 percent organic label, plas-
tic forks and plates, and beside
them some half-folded dispos-
able white napkins.”
Add to this some whole-
wheat crackers, cheeses (three
varieties), and the fact her
daughter had straightened up
her room, too, and Mose, a so-
ciology professor at Brooklyn
College, couldn’t help but no-
tice: This was not just about fun.
This was a performance — “an
effort to present ourselves as a
decent black family.”
From there it was just a hop,
skip, and a jump — and a year
of interviewing a broad swath of
New York parents -- to writing,
“The Playdate: Parents, Chil-
dren, and the New Expectations
of Play,” which will be published
by NYU Press this spring.
A play date, Mose argues,
is really sort of a double date
— “You’re essentially dating
the other parent. You’re check-
ing them out. What do they do
for a living?” Parents arrange
play dates ostensibly for their
children’s fun and enrichment,
but really, there’s a lot more
going on. Yes, they want their
kids to make friends and play,
but the parents want to make
friends, too. And usually, Mose
observed, they want to make
friends with other parents de-
mographically the same as
them — friends who might even
be able to help them in the job
world.
At one play date Mose ar-
ranged at her son’s request, she
and her then-husband invited
over two couples. One was a
lawyer married to an artist, the
other was a screenwriter mar-
ried to the curator of a book
lecture series. By the end of the
play date, Mose and the curator
realized that they knew some-
one in common and he invited
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WITH CRAZY
C\efi\Jb\eXqp
Mose to give a lecture at his se-
ries.
“It was at this moment that
I started to realize how many
times the parents I had in-
vited to a play date either knew
someone I knew,” says Mose, or
they offered some kind of con-
necting: Come to this show with
us, let me introduce you to so-
and-so.
The upside is obvious:
friendship, networking, even
babysitting backup. But Mose’s
book looks at the downsides,
too, starting with the way play
date culture perpetuates class
stratifications. The parents who
believe in organic hummus and
no television are unlikely to
have many play dates with the
parents who put out soda and
chips with SpongeBob in the
background — even if the kids
really like each other at school.
What’s more, simply by
perpetuating the play date
imperative — that is, the idea
that of course children need
constant supervision either by
parents or caregivers — the
idea of kids running around
on their own seems prepos-
terous. When she was grow-
ing up, Mose recalls, she’d go
down the street knocking on
friends’ doors, asking them to
come out to play.
“Almost all the parents
that I interviewed did the
same thing,” she says. Play
was kid-driven and often out
in public.
Now that kind of fun is
considered too dangerous
(even though crime is back to
the level of 1963). The mod-
ern play date is organized, su-
pervised, and private.
“So if Joe and John get in
a fight and they’re in the room
next door, they can come out
and complain to me to make it
better,” says Mose. “Whereas
if they’re out on the street
playing they need to figure
it out.” Play date-raised kids
lose out on certain childhood
lessons their parents got just
as a matter of course: How to
deal with a quarrel, or even a
bully. Is this one reason we
have so many anti-bullying
assemblies today? Kids just
don’t get any real-world prac-
tice in standing up for them-
selves, or shrugging off an
insult?
What’s more, Mose says:
Kids who are indoors, sur-
rounded by amusements, may
not learn how to make a sword
out of stick, or a boat out of
square of pavement. They do,
however, learn how to speak
to adults. And in the end, she
says, that confidence and
poise may serve them well in
the business world.
In fact, play dates may
help both generations in the
business world. They just
might not help children actu-
ally learn how to play.
Lenore Skenazy is a key-
note speaker and author and
founder of the book and blog
Free-Range Kids.

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KLEIN HOSTS 3 KINGS DAY CELEBRATION

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landers and New York Rangers visited a New Day celebration at Holy Family Church on Saturday, January 9. Guests enjoyed lunch, a
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GENTRIFICATION CONFERENCE IN MOUNT EDEN
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facility in Hunts Point. Photo by Silvio Pacifico Blasio administration plan to rezone 73 blocks along Jerome Avenue for new development,
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BEAUTY & THE BEAST, JR.

REHEARSALS AT BX HOUSE
Recently, the children of Bronx House have been holding rehearsals for the Bronx House’s
production, ‘Beauty & the Beast, Jr., based on the original Broadway production that ran
for over 13 years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards and the Academy Award-winning
motion picture. The production, which is a collaboration between Bronx House and the Riv-
erdale Children’s Theatre and is directed by Jazmine Dinkins, and includes a cast of over
30 children, marks the fifth time the two organizations have collaborated on a production.
Tickets for the show, which begins on Friday, February 19, can be purchased online at www.
bronxhouse.org The event drew a diverse group of participants. Here, they watch a film called Decade of Fire.
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BP DIAZ HOLDS
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GUN VIOLENCE
Last weekend, Borough President Ruben
Diaz, Jr. held a rally against gun violence
at E. 137th Street and Lincoln Avenue. The
rally was held in response to the shooting
of 25-year-old NYPD officer Sherrod Stuart
who was shot while attempting to diffuse a
massive street fight in Mott Haven.
Borough President Diaz, Jr. speaks against
gun violence at the rally last weekend.
Children from Bronx House and the Riverdale Children’s Theatre rehearse for an upcoming
Photo courtesy of Borough President Ruben Diaz,
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RECYCLING DAY HELD AT KINGSBRIDGE ARMORY

Pro-recycling group, ‘PS Recycle It’ put together a five borough styrofoam recycling day on
January 9th. The Bronx location was sponsored by Councilman Fernando Cabrera and was
held at the Kingsbridge Armory at 10 W. 195th Street. The event was held to encourage the
recycling of waste that is usually discarded during the holiday season.
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Grafstract: The Bronx Street Art
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the Bronx, the birthplace of graffiti,
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Ridgewood Savings Bank is now offering a new
mobile application for customers to enable real time
balance alerts and more secure control of debit card
spending habits. In addition to real time alerts this
mobile app called, “CardValet” (offered in both Google
Play & iTunes app stores from Fiserv, Inc) offers the
following additional features:
s Turn your debit card on and off
s Establish transaction controls for dollar amount
limits, merchant categories and geographic locations
s Receive alerts when the debit card is used, approved or
exceeds the transaction controls set by the customer
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attempted, declined transactions
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Ridgewood Savings Bank’s VP of Branch Operations,
Louann Mannino stated, “we are pleased to rollout this
new app in time for the holiday shopping season which
will help our customers to protect and manage their
debit card activity during the holidays”. According to
pymts.com, there were more then 11.4 million fraud
attempts that took place during the 2014 holiday
season, and with CardValet, Ridgewood Savings Bank
customers will be better prepared to monitor their
financial activity to spot any potential fraud.
To find out more information about the CardValet app
visit www.RidgewoodBank.com or any Ridgewood
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About Ridgewood Savings Bank
Founded in 1921, Ridgewood Savings Bank is the
largest mutual savings bank in New York State, with
over $5 billion dollars in assets. With 35 branches in
the New York area, Ridgewood Savings Bank continues
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 BY SANDI LUSK
This column is entitled
“How did we get here?”
Call me Cassandra (apolo-
gies to Herman Melville in
Moby Dick).
Lehman High School is out
of control and has been get-
ting worse the past few years.
When my sons went there and
for decades before, it was con-
sidered one of the best public
schools in the Bronx. How did
we get here?
Lehman has become an-
other victim of the misguided
‘educational reform’ policies
that were implemented in the
past decade. Although educa-
tional reform policies did not
begin with the Bloomberg ad-
ministration, his ‘slash and
burn’ implementation of them
is mainly responsible for the
chaos in NYC public schools
today.
Main policies to blame:
Failure of the State to
honor the CFE lawsuit fund-
ing ruling; school ‘choice’:
charters and vouchers; No
Child Left Behind (thankfully
revoked recently) and its NYS
counterpart; small academies.
Standardized testing linked to
performance and funding.
Failure to comply with CFE
vs NYS ruling: The NYS con-
stitution guarantees all chil-
dren a ‘sound basic education.’
From the Report Students vs
State of New York by the Alli-
ance for Quality Education: “It
has been ten years since New
York State’s highest court, the
Court of Appeals, affirmed the
state’s obligation to adequately
fund its schools and found that
the state was failing to fulfi ll
that obligation. Yet, ten years
later, the state refuses its obli-
gation, thereby perpetuating
educational inequality, and
continuing to defer the dream
for hundreds of thousands of
students. … That’s what the
Campaign for Fiscal Equity
funding was supposed to do.
NYS and Governor Cuomo
owe public schools across the
state $4.8 billion according to
the New York State Education
Department. Seventy two per-
cent (72%) of the $4.8 billion is
owed to high needs schools.”
For more, See: http://www.
aqeny.org /w p - content /up -
loads/2016/01/stud ents-v.-
state-of-new-york-to-print1.pdf
for report on the case.
Result: Critical programs
underfunded; school construc-
tion not keeping pace with
population (overcrowding in
schools; for more see http://
www.classsizematters.org/);
special needs students main-
streamed whether appropri-
ate or not to save money.
School choice: Charters
54 BRONX TIMES REPORTER, JANUARY 15-21, 2016
and vouchers; No Child Left city step up and really take Mayor DeBlasio has the
Behind and it’s NYS counter- responsibility to begin to cor- right ideas. For decades prior
part; small academies. These rect these issues, and how long administrations have focused
choice options allowed par- will it take? Hopefully before almost exclusively on creat-
ents to either opt out of their another generation is cheated ing luxury housing (decreas-
local failing public schools of their sound basic education ing the required percentage
and send their kids to private by the state. of affordable housing for land-
schools often being operated Homeless crisis: How did lords to get tax breaks). Some
at public expense (with highly placing education as we knew we get here? of these white elephants have
selective entry criteria, eg, few it, chaos in communities when Now, everyone is waking become luxury homeless shel-
special needs or ESL students, schools are opened and closed, up to the great humanitar- ters. Now with his Affordable
or lotteries) or send them to with students fleeing their lo- ian crisis caused by yet more Housing Plan he tried to ad-
any school they choose in the cal community schools for failed city and state policies. dress these issues with new
city. those who have not failed else- For a thorough understanding policies increasing affordable
Result: New York State/ where, further destabilizing of the magnitude of the crisis and supportive housing units
City felt no obligation to ad- communities and compromis- see the State of the Homeless and reviving policies to tran-
equately fund all local public ing students’ education, and Report available here: http:// sition the homeless from shel-
schools or bring them up to de- thus, their future. We are see- www.coalitionforthehome- ter to transitional housing to
cent standards (evading their ing the effects of this now. less.org/the-catastrophe-of- regular housing with subsi-
constitutional responsibility), We have written about homelessness/state - of-the - dies.
giving over the responsibility these policies and their con- homeless/. However, his plan was uni-
to private corporations, non- sequences for more than a de- Failed policies: The loss of versally rejected by all the
profits in many cases, creat- cade now. As these misguided housing subsidies (recently re- community boards in the city,
ing an exodus from these to and often destructive policies vived), corrupt shelter leasing and he will need to go back to
the few non-failing schools, continued over many years we practices, lack of affordable the drawing board to refine
swamping them with students have seen the state of public and supportive housing, and his ideas. But for the first time,
from outside their communi- education in New York erode lack of mental health in-pa- a mayoral administration has
ties and creating overcrowd- and begin to collapse. tient treatment facilities due its eye on the donut and not
ing. Local community schools Nothing comes from a vac- to underfunding has taken its the hole. Good for him.
in high needs areas, starved uum. Lehman’s destruction toll over the past decades. To recap: these disasters
for funds and with a higher was a logical outcome of many Results: 59,929 homeless were a long time in coming and
concentration of special needs years of failed policies. The people in shelters, almost 4,000 could have been prevented.
and ESL learners, failed the question is: Will the state and sleeping on the street. TTFN.
required tests (see below) and
lost even more resources/
funding.
These neglected failing
schools were then shut down
FATAL CAR ACCIDENT OFF BRONXWOOD AVENUE
and reopened as multiple On Monday morning, at about 5:15 a.m., a car accident occurred at 222nd Street, off of Bronxwood
small academies/charters, Avenue. Four cars, two moving and two parked, were damaged in the accident. One of the drivers was
with each having a separate killed and a passenger was injured and taken to Jacobi Hospital. The property at 840 E. 222nd Street
principal and admin staff. was also damaged in the incident.
Bloomberg targeted Le-
hman rather late in his re-
form crusade. First principal
Leder was removed. Then the
school was broken up into six
academies. I was among those
who went to the public hear-
ings about this closure and
reopening several years ago.
Lehman now houses differ-
ent schools with kids of differ-
ent ages and educational stan-
dards, from all over the city
fleeing already failing schools
in other areas. The school lost
its identity and overcrowding
skyrocketed, as these acade-
mies (although touted as new
The wreckage of the car accident outside of 840 E. 222nd Street. Photo by Edwin Soto
schools by the Bloomberg ad-
ministration) all coexist in the
same structure, which was al-
ready very overcrowded, with
desperately needed classroom
space being taken away by the
separate administrative staff,
etc. Chaos has ensued.
Punitive testing practices:
Schools with too many stu-
dents not meeting the stan-
dardized passing test scores
were punished with failing
grades; and threatened with
closure, teacher removals,
loss of funding.
Result: Rampant testing
fraud; teaching to the test
(memorization by rote with lit- Four cars were damaged. Photo by Edwin Soto
tle need for understanding) re-
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Saturday, January 23; Sun-
day, January 24: Family Art
Project: Hoot And Howl: Hear
about the folklore surround-
ing two wonderfully mysteri-
ous creatures—the owl and
the coyote. Together with vis-
iting artist Roxanne Jackson,
learn about these local ani-
mals and their habits and attri-
butes as we sculpt our own owl
and coyote creatures in air-
dry clay. Embellish your proj-
ects with bits of natural mate-
rials—feathers; rich, natural
pigments; and more. Free, and
admission to the grounds is
free until noon. Hoot and Howl
Weekend event.
Saturday, January 23: Tai
Chi Chuan.
Saturday, January 23: Win-
ter Workspace Workshop:
Sarah Zapata—Basketry, Func-
tional & Wearable Art: Sarah
Zapata plans to continue sew-
ing arpilleras (wall hangings
traditionally made by women)
to address savage abuses of hu-
man rights in Peru and Chile
during times of guerilla occu-
pation. Using fibers and native
grasses, participants fabricate
wearable or decorative baskets
while exploring traditional, as
well as modern, South Ameri-
can cultures.
Saturday, January 23: Coy-
ote Information Station: The
Urban Park Rangers explain
the history of coyotes in New
York City and suggest tips for
living peacefully with these
wild neighbors.
January 23: Nature Talk:
Coyotes In The Big Apple: Dr.
Mark Weckel of the American
Museum of Natural History
and his team of high school stu-
dent-scientists have been gath-
ering information about these
clever canines as part of the
Gotham City Coyote Project.
Saturday, January 23; Sun-
day, January 24: In The Shop:
Meet The Author: Enjoy a se-
lection of special owl and coy-
ote merchandise, then join au-
thor Emily Fisher for a signing
of her delightful book for young
birders and readers, Owls:
Birds of the Night.
Sunday, January 24: Hatha
Yoga.
Sunday, Janaury 24: Win-
ter Workspace Workshop: Den-
nis Redmoon Darkeem—Spirit Wave Hill Owl Pellet Dissection participants. Photo courtey of Joshua Bright
Guides, Walking Sticks & Owl
Totems: Bronx-based Dennis Sunday, January 24: Nature Nature Program: Whoo’s Who
Redmoon Darkeem creates Talk: Urban Owls—Finding In Your Neighborhood: Dis-
sculptures and performances A Home In NYC: . Wildlife bi- cover how owls adapt to life in
based on Native American and ologist Chris Nagy, Director the forest and the city with Carl
African American forms and of Research and Land Man- Heitmuller, an environmen-
narratives. Create your own agement at the Mianus River tal educator from the Hudson
walking sticks and medicine Gorge, studied small popula- Highlands Nature Museum.
bags. tions of eastern screech owls in Sunday, January 24 Gar-
Sunday, January 24: Owl New York City parks for over 10 den & Conservatory Highlights
Pellet Dissection: Drop-in for years. Walk.
this exploratory workshop, and Sunday, January 24: Medi- Wave Hill is located at 675
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 Early distinugished engravers lived in Morrisania
Among the very early resi-
dents of Morrisania was the
Hall family. Henry Bryan
Hall was born in London in
1808 and moved to America
in 1850 with his eldest son and
the following year he sent for
the rest of the family and they
settled in Morrisania. He was
a well-known engraver and
portrait artist who enjoyed
painting miniatures on ivory
but was best known for his
engravings. Among his early
works produced in England
was his portrait of Napoleon
III and in America he became
famous for his renderings of
George Washington.
When he settled in Mor-
risania, his reputation as a
fine engraver followed him.
He had eight children, four
sons and four daughters and
three of the boys, Henry Jr.,
Charles and Alfred eventually
went into the engraving busi-
ness with him and they kept
their office at 22 Park Place.
Henry Bryan Hall Junior’s
works are often confused with
his father’s and it still creates
problems for those who study
art. All four boys fought in the
Civil War and Ernest, liking
the military service, enlisted
Place in the first house west of 25, 1884. He had been associ-
Boston Road and had his office ated with the Putnam publish-
on the south side of Fifth Street ing family and was especially
(167th Street) near Washington noted for engraving impor-
Avenue. He later also worked tant participants in the Amer-
from his office at 64 William ican Revolution. He died from
Street. He died from pneumo- blood poisoning after an ill-
again, this time in the Navy. of Union Avenue. His brother, nia at age 76. Many of the old ness of several weeks. Most
After being mustered out, he Alfred, is listed as an engraver street names have, of course, of his works are in private col-
went to law school and became residing on the north side of been changed. lections but should you come
a well-respected lawyer who Garden Street (143rd Street) in Henry Bryan Hall Sr. was across one in an art gallery
defended many of the cases the sixth house west of College the most famous of the Hall or museum, remember that
against the City of New York. Avenue. Ernest, the lawyer, re- engravers and he passed away it was probably created right
He was elected a judge of the sided at the south side of Spring at his Bronx home on April here in the Bronx.
City Court in 1881. Two of the
four daughters, Anne and Em-
ily, married and the other two,
Alice and Eliza, remained sin-
gle. Henry Jr. made good use
of his Civil War experience
by engraving scenes and im-
portant military figures from
that war. All Hall engravings
and paintings are now quite
valuable.
An 1871 Morrisania direc-
tory lists four Halls from this
family. H. B. Hall (senior) is REPRINTED FROM 1/14/2010
listed as an engraver living on
the south side of George Street
(now 166th Street) between
Forest Avenue and Boston
Road. H. B. junior is also listed
as an engraver living on the
south side of 6th Street (168th
Street) in the first house west An engraving by Henry Bryan Hall, Sr. of George Washington at age 30 at his home in Mount Vernon.
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BY CHRYS NAPOLITANO
My order of FEDCO Seeds
arrived in the mail and one
of my tasks this week is to
review the Farmer’s Alma-
nac seed starting chart. I’m
chomping at the bit this year
to get my seeds started and
my gardens planned. Seeds
are the future, what is a lo-
cavore to do in the middle of
the winter with no CSA and
only some herbs growing in
the greenhouse?
Well, if you read my col-
umn and my facebook posts
on the Food Friends of the
Bronx page, you know that
I have a ‘well stocked pan-
try’ filled with my winter
essentials: dried beans,
grains, flour on the laundry
room shelves, bags of tomato
sauce, greens and pureed
vegetables and fruit in the
freezer and jars of chicken
and beef stock in the fridge.
To supplement that, most of
us would go to the local gro-
cer and I’m not going to tell
you to stop that. Please do so
keeping in mind what is in
season and checking labels
to see if the produce is from
the USA or China.
Hardy greens like kale and
collards, cauliflowers and
cabbages, winter squashes
and root vegetables can all
be grown within 500 miles
of NYC and stored for sale
locally. It is so important
that we know where our food
comes from and while many
will make it seem like this is
a huge task that requires tre-
mendous amounts of govern-
ment regulation and over-
sight, I say, it just takes a
little effort on the part of the
consumer - you. Go to your
local markets or grocery
store and if the produce is
not labelled with country of
origin, ask. As store owners
and managers see that their
customers are concerned
about this issue, they will
ask the same questions from
their suppliers. When they
see that produce from China
and Peru are not selling, they
will stop buying.
Many family farms in
New York and New Jersey
are closing, it’s our responsi-
bility to make this stop. Dur-
ing the season, the Bronx
has farmers markets open
and accessible every day of
the week except Mondays.
But so far, winter farm-
ers markets are only avail-
able in the other boroughs.
There is one in Inwood Park
on Saturdays (Isham Street
between Seaman and Coo-
per streets). If you work in
Manhattan, there is the Port
Authority Bus Terminal
Market on Thursdays or the
Tompkins Square market on
Sundays.
If you have a car, there is
a winter Farmer’s Market in
Mamaroneck at the church
on the corner of Post Road
and Mamaroneck Avenue.
The market is open Satur-
days from now until May
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. We went
this past weekend, I needed
to make some stock and I
got some beautiful carrots,
garlic and parsnips to help
flavor it. If you arrive after
10 a.m., go downstairs and
check out the Church Thrift
Store. We went a number
of times last year and were
happy to see many of the
same vendors back again.
What was really interesting
was the increase in the ven-
dors offering ‘value added’
items such as soup, salads,
pot pies and frozen pops
made from locally sourced
ingredients.
I was focused on getting
what I needed, I have a ten-
dency to go nuts at a Farmers
Market, but luckily my hus-
band was there to keep me in
control. We left with only a
couple of ‘extras’: apple cider
donuts (they were delicious
once popped in the oven for 10
minutes at 375 degrees) and a
beautiful baguette that we
tore into while fi nishing up
our errands. Next time, I am
checking out and spending
money at the Asian Farmer
Dumplings stand - handmade
from scratch in NY - how can
I resist?
Tomorrow will be the first
of two stock days this week.
I’ll start with the poultry
stock, utilizing the frozen
bones from two Thanksgiv-
ing turkeys, a few nights of
chicken wings and a bunch
of roasted chickens - all grass
fed and locally sourced. Beef
stock will be the next day.
We don’t eat a lot of beef, so
I never have enough bones
and instead order them from
Lewis Waite Farm. Either
way, the recipe is basically
the same: I spread the bones
in an even layer in a large
roasting pan, add an onion,
a couple of carrots, a hand-
ful of garlic cloves and what-
ever else I can get a hand on
salt in my stock.
Once you’ve added enough
water to the pot, you can top
the liquid with a layer of
fresh parsley, celery or fen-
nel fronds. Turn up the heat
and set up a thermometer so
that you can keep track of
the temperature. You do not
want the mixture to get to a
rolling boil, keep it between
180 and 200 degrees. Once
you get it to this tempera-
ture, lower the heat and let it
simmer for at least 8 hours.
Do not mess with it - no stir-
ring or poking around, just
let it simmer! Once it’s done,
let it cool slightly and then
pour into sterilized (use
your dishwasher to do this)
quart jars. Refrigerate jars
once cooled.
Some ratios: 10 pounds of
beef bones or three-gallon
freezer bags of poultry bones
will be enough for 12 quarts
of stock.
I use the stock for soups,
stews and braised dishes
all year long. Nutritionally
dense, dishes made with this
stock are satisfying and stick
to your ribs good. Having
jars of stock on hand make
dinner on the fly easy - how
many times have I served egg
drop soup made with pastina
and frozen mixed vegetables?
I recently did a little online

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cores. Toss with some olive
oil and apple cider vinegar
and put in a 425 degree oven
for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and let
cool. Get a large stock pot
with a pasta insert and load
all of the roasted bones and
vegetables into the insert,
scraping the bottom of the
pan to get the browned bits.
Storm is a Pit Bull Mix who is sweet and loving. He If you don’t have an insert,
loves people but would prefer to be the only pet it will just mean you’ll have
in a household. to strain the stock through
Mitch is a 3-year old Hound mix who is very sweet
a colander before jarring it.
and good with everyone. He would make a won-
Fill the stockpot with water,
derful pet to a very lucky family. keeping track of how much
water you use. This will help
you prep your bottles while
the stock cooks. I don’t use
research and found a com-
pany selling a similar stock,
except they cooked theirs for
24 hours as opposed to my 8
hours. Nevertheless, they
were selling 24 oz pouches
for over $17 each (a quart is
32 ounces). Considering that
the poultry stock is made
from leftover bones with $5
worth of vegetables at most,
how can you not make stock?
The beef stock bones cost
me $2.99 a pound or $30 to-
tal plus a couple of dollars
worth of vegetables, so more
expensive, but still worth it
for 12 quarts of stock.
Give it a try, it will really
help you ‘get your cook on’
this year.

AARP Driver Safety Program

Assemblyman Michael R.
Benedetto will be sponsor-
Scrappy is a Hound mix that was surrendered five ing an AARP Driver Safety
years ago. At ten years old, he is still active and course on Saturday, February
Buckley is a six-year old Bull dog who is looking very affectionate. He loves to go for walks and is 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This
for his ‘forever’ home. He loves to go for walks and a sweet boy. Please consider opening your heart course is a closed class with
needs someone to be patient with him because he and home to this wonderful and let him live out AARP.
has been in the kennel for quite a few years. his life spoiling you instead of living at a shelter. Space is limited. Registra-
tion for this class begins on
New Beginning Animal Rescue will hold a Pit Bull/Large Dog Adoption Event on Saturday, January 23 from Tuesday, January 19, at 9:30
noon to 4 p.m. at 2515 Newbold Avenue. a.m.
If you are intersted in adopting any of these pets, email newbeginninganimalrescue@gmail.com or call No reservations will be
347-691-3282. New Beginning Animal Rescue is located at 2515 Newbold Avenue. taken prior to that time.
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 East Bronx History Forum highlights
BY THOMAS X. CASEY
The Huntington Free Li-
brary and Reading Room an-
nounces the East Bronx His-
tory Forum will hold its next
meeting on Wednesday, Janu-
ary 20 at 7:30 p.m.
This is the first meeting of
2016 and is very special and
historic. The historic part is
very simple. On October 17,
1891 the Huntington Free Li-
brary opened its doors to the
public for the very first time,
as it was reported in the New
York Times. During 2016, the
Huntington Free Library will
therefore have been in opera-
tion for 125 years, with Octo-
BY GENE DEFRANCIS
Urgent care. That’s the
word of the year. The Aller-
ton community has a vacant
property that use to be the old
BlockBuster Video store. We
want the property owners and
fellow community leaders to
know that we are encourag-
ing, asking, and insisting that
this location be leased by an
urgent care facility.
The Allerton community
does not have an urgent care.
If our children or neighbors
get sick, we have to travel into
other neighborhoods. That is
not an extremely terrible in-
convenience given what we
had to endure prior to urgent
care being introduced.
But Allerton deserves to
have a location of its own for
the convenience of our neigh-
bors. Plus with a location of
our own,free it will encour-
BY PAUL GOLLUSCIO
Hello all!
Here’s one from Ed Mc-
Carthy: free entrance to the
Intrepid and Space Museum
for vets. Just show your ID,
214, VA Card or service orga-
nization membership card.
Thanks Ed.
Dues are still due. Each
BY TONY SALIMBENE
Hi again everyone. Just
a quick note to remind ev-
eryone of our 3rd Sunday
meeting on the17th at 11 a.m.
sharp, at American Turn-
ers NY - the Turner Club.
We start out at 10:30 a.m. for
coffee then after the meeting
at noon, we adjourn to the
Turner’s club room.
Bronx County American
Legion meetings remain on
ber 16, 2016 completing our
125th year.
It is special because the
topic and presentation will be
‘Researching Bronx History’.
It is also special because the
presenter is Angel Hernan-
dez. He is the Bronx County
Historical Society educational
director and he always brings
a special passion during his
presentations at the Hunting-
ton Free Library. His past pre-
sentations were the ‘Birth of
the Bronx through 1898’ and
‘Bronx Golden Years, 1898 –
2014’.
Since Hernandez has pre-
sented all of Bronx history,
age getting illnesses checked
more frequently.
Also we would welcome the
added security that this would
provide the area. The urgent
care will provide the lighting
and traffic that this area is
in need of. Not to mention the
foot traffic to visit all of our
merchants.
It is a win-win proposition
that we hope all community
leaders and those involved can
get together and support.
We salute police officer Sher-
rod Stuart for his bravery and
sacrifice. We wish him a speedy
recovery from his injury and
thank him for his service.
Police officer Stuart is a
resident of Allerton Avenue
and was involved in a shoot
out in Mott Haven this past
week during which he was
injured. His training helped
him survive and the bad guys
SAL member, go on out and
recruit one new member.
There’s a membership push
on for Bronx County.
Post 620’s next member
meeting is at 1 p.m., Saturday,
February 6.
Not much going on this
month. I’m waiting for my
PowerBall numbers to be
the fi rst Tuesday of the month
at 7:30 p.m., location to be an-
nounced by the commander.
And like the county organi-
zation, we would like to see
what is there left to find out
now? On Wednesday, January
20 at 7:30 p.m. he will reveal
the secrets of that ‘Special
Sauce’ that historians draw
upon to develop clues to get
the real facts. Hernandez will
present the sources of infor-
mation and how to draw out
the research facts from insti-
tutions and the internet.
Back to the Huntington,
did the New York City Land-
marks Preservation Commis-
sion get the name of the archi-
tect and date wrong? Find out
why it is important to double
check your facts.
All meetings are free and
are off the street. We are so
extremely proud of him and
grateful to have him in our
community.
In response to a recent
incident in one of our local
schools,we reached out to the
community for feedback. All
of our merchants state that
they feel safe on Allerton.
We did however discover
that a few residents were not
shopping at certain stores be-
cause they were owned and op-
erated by Muslims. This is not
acceptable even though it is a
small number it needs to be ad-
dressed.
called.
Trivia Time
more Sons of the American
Legion participation, sons
and the lady’s unit members
are always welcome as an im-
portant part of the Legion
family.
Sick call: We hope Joe Ga-
rafolo is doing better along
with Al Masser, in need of
some shoulder repair work.
Until next time: Bring a
new patriotic hero next meet-
ing to join with us.
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1928 Image, the Huntington Free Library
open to the public at library lo-
cated at 9 Westchester Square
next to the Apple Bank. Park-
ing is free after 7 p.m. Please
Therefore we are hosting
an educational mixer event.
We will call it Understanding
Islam Unity Within the Com-
munity. It will be an opportu-
nity for residents to meet and
get to know our Muslim store
owners.
The event will begin 7:30
p.m. at 815 Allerton Avenue,
The Sanz on Monday January
25 with light refreshments. At
8 p.m., we will begin a Q&A
discussion with our special
guest Imam, Muddasir Hus-
sain from Masjid Noor-Ul-
Huda Islamic Center.
RSVP at AllertonMer-
chants@gmail.com and sub-
mit any questions you would
like asked at the event. Space
is limited and we expect to
have our elected officials and
community leaders present
for this serious discussion.
We are also excited to an-
On January 10, 49 BC, Cae-
sar crossed the Rubicon.
The world’s first subway
opened in London on January
10, 1863.
The Throgs Neck Bridge
opened on January 11, 1961. I
think the toll was a quarter.
The first gold arrived at Ft.
Knox on January 13, 1937.
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view the East Bronx History
Forum web page at Bronx-
NYC.com for details, or follow
us on Facebook.
nounce that this year we will
celebrate our 3rd Anniversary
at The Sanz. It will be a Red
Carpet Cocktail celebration
on March 30 at 7 p.m. Tickets
for the event will be $75. If you
are interested in attending,
email us and we will give you
advance information on how
to receive your tickets. You
can also email us if you would
like to place an as in the event
journal.
Remember to join us on Fa-
cebook. Any questions or con-
cerns can be sent to us at Al-
lertonMerchant@gmail.com.
Our next meeting will be
on Tuesday, February 2 at
7:30 p.m. at The Sanz, 815 Al-
lerton Avenue. Our guest will
be Rosemary DeLuca from the
Bronx Zoo to discuss all their
exciting upcoming events. We
will also raffle a Family Pass
to the Bronx Zoo.
January 15, 1943, The ‘Puz-
zle Palace’ opened. That’s the
Pentagon.
On the same date in 2009,
Flight 1549 landed in the Hud-
son River, brought down by
suicidal geese.
Keep the troops in your
prayers, take a vet to lunch
and God bless.
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 Holy Name societies and Big Deal Supermarket Lenten fundraiser
The St. Francis Xavier and
St. Clare of Assisi Holy Name
societies and Big Deal Super-
market are sponsoring their
annual Lenten fundraiser to
raise funds for these two Mor-
ris Park parishes.
Beginning on Friday,
February 5, and continu-
ing through Easter Sunday,
BY FRANK V. VERNUCCIO, JR.
We are continuing to
track the worrisome attacks
on free speech on America’s
campuses. The latest exam-
ple comes from Yale, one of
the nation’s most prestigious
institutions.
Indeed, recent events at a
Yale University free speech
conference conjured images
of the worst aspects of Chi-
na’s ‘Cultural Revolution,’ in
which independent thought
of any sort that differed
even minutely from official
party doctrine was harshly
restricted and severely pun-
ished.
The event, which came
at a time when, as this col-
umn reported several weeks
ago, conservative-minded
students have been substan-
tially pressured to remain
silent on many campuses,
discussed the necessity of un-
restricted discourse and de-
bate. This enraged ‘progres-
sive’ students, who attempted
to storm the building where
it was being held. When their
attempt to do so was halted by
security guards, the furious
leftist youth, as reported by
Jack Fowler of the National
Review Institute, resorted to
noise-making tactics in an ef-
fort to prevent the conference
from proceeding. The meet-
ing attendees were forced to
leave the premises, and were
subjected to a gauntlet of
hate-fi lled rants. The protes-
tors spat on several unlucky
participants.
The incident is not an iso-
lated example.
The Foundation for Indi-
vidual Rights in Education
BY LYNN GERBINO
We hope you had a wonder-
ful holiday season. We con-
tinue our meetings in March
and will be very happy if you
join us then.
We welcome our old mem-
bers back and new members
who would like to join can do
so by sending a check for $15
to : Throggs Neck Homeown-
ers Association, P.O. Box 25,
March 27, parishioners shop-
ping at Big Deal Supermar-
ket, located at 1018 Morris
Park Avenue, can contribute
to the fundraiser by dropping
their sales receipt into the
large jar located in the front
of the store after they have
checked out.
A percentage of all sales
conducted three consecu-
tive national surveys which
found that “the majority of
our nation’s colleges and uni-
versities violate students’
and faculty members’ right
to freedom of expression.
Of the 364 institutions sur-
veyed … approximately 270
of them—74 percent—main-
tain policies that clearly re-
strict speech that would oth-
erwise be protected by the
First Amendment. FIRE’s
annual report is based on
a comprehensive analysis
of the policies restricting
speech maintained by col-
leges and universities. In re-
searching school policies for
the past seven years, FIRE
attorneys have noticed that
nearly every speech code—
that is, nearly every regula-
tion prohibiting expression
that would be constitution-
ally protected in society at
large—is an example of one
of several commonly made
mistakes in policy language
or application.”
According to The College
Fix, students who differ with
the prevailing leftist views
are frequently “smeared, at-
tacked and harassed by the
very peers who demand tol-
erance, inclusion and diver-
sity.”
Socially conservative stu-
dents are the hardest hit. The
Family Foundation notes
that “As academia has em-
braced the progressive lib-
eral agenda, students who
are socially conservative
have felt less and less wel-
come on college campuses.
We’ve all heard the horror
stories about professors fail-
Throggs Neck Station, Bronx,
NY 10465. We welcome home-
owners and apartment dwell-
ers to our association and
hope that you will join us.
If you are interested in
yacht and ship building there
will be an interesting lecture
on Sunday, January, 17 at 2
p.m. at the Nautical Museum
on City Island at 190 Ford-
ham Street. Tom Nye will be
during this period will be
donated to each church. Rev.
Matthew Furey, pastor of St.
Francis Xavier Churchp Rev.
Robert Aufieri, pastor of St.
Clare of Assisi Church; and
the Holy Name Societies of
each church noted that the
Lenten fundraiser, which
has become an annual tradi-
Action
Association
ing students for refusing to
back down from their be-
liefs, but the problem runs
deeper than that. The con-
servative shaming on college
campuses has trickled down
from the academia and into
the brains of the students
themselves…Basically, if
you are a college student who
holds politically conserva-
tive beliefs, and in particular
social conservative beliefs,
you are considered less intel-
ligent than your fellow peers.
There aren’t any professors
involved in this one: this is
all students shaming other
students.”
As a result of the dramatic
loss, both on campus and
elsewhere, more traditional
Democrats are beginning to
break ranks with their pro-
gressive colleagues. The Hill
reports: “The blatant attacks
on free speech seen recently
on college campuses pose a
special challenge to Demo-
crats and liberals. This, be-
cause the illiberalism in-
herent in the conjuring-up
by campus progressives of
things like ‘trigger warn-
ings,’ ‘microaggressions’ and
‘safe spaces’ is an outgrowth
of the identity politics and
victim culture that have been
promoted by Democrats and
liberals generally…the cam-
pus challenge is great and
growing, and will require a
the lecturer and I understand
he is is amazing. Enjoy it if
you can. You will also get to
ride on the temporary bridge
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tion, raises funds for needed
repairs, school and church
programs, and other projects
without having to ask parish-
ioners for monetary dona-
tions.
Shoppers are happy to con-
tribute to the fundraiser by
fi lling their shopping carts at
Big Deal with delicious and
much more principled effort
by liberals and Democrats if
they are to rescue their party
and their ideology from what
Alan Dershowitz recently
characterized, with perhaps
no more than a skosh of hy-
perbole, as a descending ‘fog
of Fascism.’
At least one university
has also moved to counter
the rising Fascism of the
progressive movement on
campus. The Committee on
Freedom of Expression at the
University of Chicago was
appointed in July 2014 “in
light of recent events nation-
wide that have tested institu-
tional commitments to free
and open discourse.”
The result was a state-
ment of principles in support
of free speech, which noted:
“…It is not the proper role of
the university to attempt to
shield individuals from ideas
and opinions they fi nd unwel-
come, disagreeable, or even
deeply offensive. Although
the university greatly val-
ues civility, and although
all members of the univer-
sity community share in the
responsibility for maintain-
ing a climate of mutual re-
spect, concerns about civil-
ity and mutual respect can
never be used as a justifica-
tion for closing off discussion
of ideas, however offensive or
disagreeable those ideas may
be to some members of our
community…
“In a word, the university’s
fundamental commitment is
to the principle that debate or
deliberation may not be sup-
pressed because the ideas put
forth are thought by some or
to City Island.
Community Board 10 is
offering a mobile mammog-
raphy screening on Monday,
January 25, starting at 10
a.m. for women 40 and older
who have not had a mammo-
gram in the past year. All in-
surance plans are accepted
and co-payments and deduct-
ibles are waived. The mam-
mogram will be free for un-
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nutritious foods, desserts,
and fresh fruits from the su-
permarket’s gourmet produce
department.
Delivery service and phone
orders available at (718) 824-
7571
For phone orders, be sure
to tell Big Deal to drop your
sales receipt into the jar.
even by most members of the
university community to be
offensive, unwise, immoral,
or wrong-headed. It is for the
individual members of the
university community, not
for the university as an in-
stitution, to make those judg-
ments for themselves, and to
act on those judgments not by
seeking to suppress speech,
but by openly and vigorously
contesting the ideas that
they oppose. Indeed, foster-
ing the ability of members of
the university community to
engage in such debate and de-
liberation in an effective and
responsible manner is an es-
sential part of the universi-
ty’s educational mission…
“Although members of the
university community are
free to criticize and contest the
views expressed on campus,
and to criticize and contest
speakers who are invited to ex-
press their views on campus,
they may not obstruct or oth-
erwise interfere with the free-
dom of others to express views
they reject or even loathe. To
this end, the university has a
solemn responsibility not only
to promote a lively and fear-
less freedom of debate and de-
liberation, but also to protect
that freedom when others at-
tempt to restrict it. As Robert
M. Hutchins observed, with-
out a vibrant commitment to
free and open inquiry, a uni-
versity ceases to be a univer-
sity.”
Contact COMACTA at ny-
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com; tune into our radio
broadcasts at amfm247.com,
and visit our website at co-
mactainc.com.
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For an appointment, call
(800) 564-6868.
The Edgewater Park Vol-
unteer Fire Department will
hold a Night at the Races on
Saturday, January 16 at 6
p.m. at the fi rehouse.
You must be 18 years or
older to attend. It sounds like
fun and it is for a very good
cause.
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From page 1
tor, said that the merchants are wait-
ing to see the results of the DOE initia-
tives.
“The right people were at the table
and we know that the chancellor has
visited the school with no prior no-
tification,” she said, adding that the
creation of a new safety, security and
campus operations director at Leh-
man reporting directly to DOE’s upper
echelons is a positive development.
She said that Ramon Garcia Jr.,
NYPD’s School Safety Division direc-
tor of patrol operations, has agreed to
go door-to-door in Westchester Square
and speak to merchants about the situ-
ation.
Meanwhile, more details have
emerged about the stabbing incident in
Westchester Square at Benson Street
on Monday, January 4.
A 16-year-old was walking with
Three-building complex slated for vacant Mott Haven site
From page 1
130,880 square feet, featuring units
averaging 962 square feet.
The third development, a 10-story
Hampton Inn at 110 E. 149th Street
will host 152 rooms distributed
across 88,090 square feet of commer-
cial space at the lot’s northern half.
The Hampton Inn will have retail
space on the ground floor, topped by
19 rooms per story.
“Monadnock Development and
Signature Urban Properties are
excited to be working on low and
mixed-income affordable housing in
Mott Haven,” said George Tsiatis,
Monadnock Development managing
director. “Affordability remains a
priority for rentals throughout the
city and we are proud to expand the
market for the many hard-working
New Yorkers in the south Bronx who
qualify for affordable housing.”
Tsiatis added that Monadnock De-
velopment is grateful to the Mott Ha-
ven community for welcoming this
project and to the support of the NYC
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70 BRONX TIMES REPORTER, JANUARY 15-21, 2016
his 17-year-old girlfriend when eight
teenagers, two of whom were arrested
shortly afterwards, assaulted him
near a McDonald’s restaurant on Lane
Street, according to police sources.
Police arrested Michael Ortiz, 16,
and a 15-year old juvenile offender.
Both were subsequently charged,
according to a complaint report, with
attempted murder, assault, gang as-
sault, menacing, harassment and
criminal possession of a weapon.
According to a police source, the
victim is expected to recover, and it
also appears that the location of the as-
sault might have been selected to avoid
the increased police presence around
the Lehman campus.
The victim suffered four stab
wounds, including a punctured lung,
and was kicked and stomped.
Additional reporting by Steven Senator Jeff Klein (r) and Councilman James Vacca at the CB 10 office on Friday, January 8.
Goodstein. Photo courtesy of Senator Jeff Klein
Council; Borough President Ruben
Diaz, Jr.; Council Speaker Melissa
Mark-Viverito and New York City
Housing Preservation and Develop-
ment.
Monadnock Development also
thanked Dattner Architects for their
expertise in designing beautiful and
affordable housing.
As of press time, Tsiatis said ren-
derings for all three buildings were
not yet fi nalized.
“We welcome these developments
into our district and we are sure they
will help in addressing housing is-
sues,” said Cedric Loftin, Commu-
nity Board 1 district manager.
He added CB 1 has met several
times with Signature Urban Proper-
ties LLC to discuss the project and
how it can help residents seeking af- A multi-building development is set for construction at a large former industrial property
fordable housing. bordered by East 149th Street, East 146th Street, Gerard Avenue and Exterior Street.
With the addition of 1,500 housing Photo by Silvio Pacifico
units and an influx of residents com-
ing into CB 1 over the last five years, ever-growing neighborhood. thority and NYC Department of
Loftin said the three building com- CB 1 said they will collaborate Transportation to ensure the project
plex will help meet the needs of the with the Metropolitan Transit Au- is properly served by mass transit.
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Hayes holds
on to top
Ravens after
star ejected
BY FAUSTO RODRIGUEZ
Cardinal Hayes picked up
its biggest win of the season
because of Clive Allen, but
he wasn’t around to see its
completion.
The senior guard scored a
game-high 28 points through
three quarters before being
ejected late in the frame af-
ter a scuffle with St. Ray-
mond point guard Isaiah
Washington.
Allen scored 10 of his
team’s 15 first-quarter
points, including a buzzer-
beating three that energized
the home fans. His quick-
ness to find openings in the
defense and his ability to fin-
ish through contact were vi-
tal. Allen scored 10 points in
the third quarter before ex-
iting to help Cardinal Hayes
secure a 76-63 win over di-
vision-leading and rival St.
Raymond in CHSAA Arch-
diocesan Class AA boys’ bas-
ketball on Jan. 8
Cardinals coach Joe Lods
called Allen’s performance
basketball wise, the best he’s
seen from him all season.
“To have that many points
in three quarters and he was
even sharing the ball, re-
bounding; he was doing ev-
erything.” Lods said. “I just
wish I could’ve seen eight
more minutes of it.”
However, with nine sec-
onds left in the third, the
game’s intensity hit a fever
pitch. Bodies hit the floor
in an attempt to grab a re-
bound that never was, as a
shot dramatically rolled in.
Players had to be separated
and the game’s two biggest
stars, Washington and Clive
Allen were both ejected for
fighting.
Cardinal Hayes’ Victor
Montenegro and Marques
Drakeford and St. Raymond’s
forward Brian Adams were
also ejected. Ejected players
are suspended for two games
by league rule. Despite the
Continued on Page 72
“How great of a win would it be for you guys if
you guys played together right now and find a
way to win without our captain?”
COACH JOE LODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
RICHMOND SNAPS RAMS’
HOME WINNING STREAK
BY DAVID RUSSELL
Fordham saw a 15-point
lead and a 10-game home win-
ning streak disappear at the
hands of Richmond.
ShawnDre’ Jones scored a
game-high 35 points and Mar-
shall Wood added 29 to lead the
Spiders to a 93-82 victory over
the Rams on Jan. 10 at Rose
Hill Gym. Wood, whose previ-
ous season-high was 18, scored
22 in the first half, making six
three-pointers.
“That’s exactly what Rich-
mond does,” said Fordham
coach Jeff Neubauer. “They
spread the floor, they have ter-
rific passers, their assist to
turnover ratio in every game
is terrific, and they had a good
plan as far as exposing our de-
fense.”
Although Fordham has
held most opponents to less
than 70 points per game, Rich-
mond had a feeling they could
do some damage.
“We kind of had an idea,”
Wood said. “They kind of play
a sporadic run and jump zone
type zone. So we knew areas
would be open.”
It was a rare shootout for
Fordham. The Rams shot 60
percent from the field and had
four players in double-dig-
its. Thomas Mandell led the
Rams with 22 points and Ryan
Rhoomes had 18.
Jones, Wood, Terry Allen,
and T.J. Cline combined for
all 93 Richmond points. Trey
Davis didn’t take a single shot
but dished out 11 assists with-
out turning the ball over.
“You just don’t see that Ryan Rhoomes, who scored 18 points against Richmond, goes up stong to the hoop. Photo by Robert Cole
very often for any player at
any level,” said Richmond (9-6, 1-2) answered back with the shot clock,” Neubauer said. “When you play against an
coach Chris Mooney on Davis’ an Allen layup and a Jones “Our effort was terrific on that offensive juggernaut like
performance. “Eleven assists, 3-pointer. Richmond led 82-78 possession. He’s a tall shooter Richmond is, there are go-
four steals, no turnovers. I when Wood hit a corner three and he’s hard to guard.” ing to be certain nights
thought he was in the running to beat the shot clock with 1:24 After a 9-2 start, the where they shoot the ball
for player of the game, a guy remaining, further thwarting Rams (10-4, 1-2) have lost well, and they do that on a
that didn’t even score.” a Rams’ comeback attempt. two of its first three confer- lot of afternoons or nights.
The Rams led 32-17 but the “It was a four-point game ence games. Still, that’s no Every game is unique, this
Spiders ended the half on a 30-7 with under two minutes, and need to hit the panic button isn’t a trend or anything, it’s
run. Trailing 60-49, Fordham we got everything we wanted if you asked their coach. just that Richmond played
scored 12 straight points to re- out of that possession, except “I just think every game well and they deserve a lot
gain the lead but Richmond he made a three with one on is unique,” Neubauer said. of credit.”
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Hayes’ bench being down to
just two players – sophomore
guard Tyrese Williams is
out for a month because of
a broken foot – the fourth
quarter was all Cardinals.
“We challenged the other
kids to step up,” Lods said.
“I said, ‘How great of a win
would it be for you guys if
you guys played together
right now and find a way to
win without our captain?’”
Pedro Marquez scored
eight of his 14 points in the
fourth. He hit a pair of big
threes, including a dagger
at the 2:40 mark to put the
game out of reach for Hayes
(7-3, 4-2)
“When my number is
called, I just have to be
ready,” Marquez said. “With
Clive being out, at a time
of adversity, we just had to
stick it out and get the win.”
Freshman Joe Toussaint
scored six points in the final
quarter and was instrumen-
tal in breaking the Ravens’
press. Underclassman’s ef-
forts impressed his team-
mates.
“They had no answer [for
him] on defense,” Marquez
said.
Sophomore guard Omar
Silvario kept the Ravens (8-
4, 5-1) in the game with a
strong first quarter. Wash-
ington took over at the end
of the second, trading bas-
kets with Allen and giv-
ing the Ravens a healthy
lead heading into the half.
He scored 12 of their last 14
points, including their last
nine, to take a 40-33 lead at
the break.
The second half started
the same way the first one
did with Allen was all over
the place making plays. Al-
len had himself another
10-point quarter, including
a one-man 8-0 run to bring
Hayes back.
Cardinal Hayes’ Clive Allen dribbles pass a defender during the SNY Invitational.
His teammates did the
Photo by Robert Cole
rest without him.

Late tip in does

in Manhattan
BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI
It took a last second tip in and a
waved off game winning to end Man-
hattan College’s hot streak.
The Jaspers men’s basketball team
saw its three-game MAAC confer-
ence win steak ended with a 55-53 loss
at Niagara on Jan. 9. Justin Satchell’s
put back with 1.2 seconds left gave the
Purples Eagles the lead and RaShawn
Stores’ banked-in three was disallowed
because it was ruled to have come after
the final buzzer.
Shane Richards led Manhattan (6-9,
3-3) with 12 points. Zane Waterman and
Rich Williams each chipped in 11. Mar-
vin Prochet paced Niagara (5-12, 3-3)
with 12 points.
Niagara used a 14-1 run to erase a
five-point Manhattan lead in midway
through the second half and grabbed a
51-43 lead with 7:43 to play in the game.
A layup from Richards with the score
at 53-53 with 1:21 to go, setting up Satch-
ell’s late tip in.
The defeat slowed down the Jaspers
recent resurgence after starting the
72 BRONX TIMES REPORTER, JANUARY 15-21, 2016
year 1-7 while dealing with injuries and
the departure of Jermaine Lawrence.
Manhattan, the two-time defending
MAAC champion, have gone 5-2 since
then, including conference wins over
Fairfield, Siena and Canisius. Coach
Steve Massiello all alone has said to
trust the process of the team improv-
ing and finding its identity.
His team beat Canisius behind a
career-high 32 points from Shane Rich-
ards on Jan 7. The senior needed just 14
shots to so. Richard hit six 3-pointers
and misfired just three times from the
field all game. Calvin Crawford chipped
in 13 points.
It was all part of a blistering shoot-
ing performance for the Jaspers. The
shot 14 of 22 from three, one shy of the
program record of 15 set back in 1994.
Manhattan also went 29-for-52 from the
field.
Manhattan will look to put another
winning streak together with three
straight home games starting on Jan 15
at 7 p.m. against Canisius. Manhattan’s Shane Richards, a senior, score a career-high 32 points in a win over Canisus
last week. Photo by William Thomas
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 EmblemHealth Sponsors Largest High School
Sports Meet in the Country
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Noah Lyles to Participate in 2016 EmblemHealth Hispanic Games
The 2016 EmblemHealth Hispanic
Games. the largest high school
sports meet in the country, took
place at the Armory’s New Balance
Track and Field Center on Friday,
January 8 and Saturday, January 9.
This is the second year that Em-
blemHealth sponsored the Hispanic
Games. The event was created in
1994 to honor Washington Heights
and its Latino community. It has
since expanded to include over 5,000
student athletes from around the
country and features freshman,
sophomore, and novice track and
varsity events.
The opening ceremonies began
at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, with Sena-
tor Adriano Espaillat in attendance
as one of the honored guests. Em-
blemHealth’s new company mascot,
Emblem the Wellness Dog, was in-
troduced at the event.
There was also a special “Lead-
ers of Tomorrow” recognition event
honoring six high school boys and
six high school girls – all student
Pictured, JFK High school participants.
athletes – who excel in the class-
room.
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 Bronx high school student breaks 32-year old
Shot put record at colgate games third prelim
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn (1/8 – 1/10)
…… Thousands of girls and young women
from Georgia to Massachusetts competed
in Brooklyn this weekend at the third pre-
liminary meet of the nation’s largest track
and field series for women.
Also in the High School division, Brook-
lyn’s Paul Robeson relay champions con-
tinue to lead their respective events; Alyssa
Sandy won the 55-meter hurdles in her per-
sonal best (8.0) of all Colgate Games’ meets,
continuing undefeated through all of last
season as well; Latoya Stewart placed first
in the 200 Meters in 25.37, her best time this
season as well; and Amanda Crawford won
the 400 meters in 58.22. Iantha Wright of
St. John’s Prep in Queens, won her third
straight 55 meters, crossing the tape in 7.0.
Brooklyn’s Charnice Anderson, the fourth
teammate of the Paul Robeson champion
relay team, finished a close second in 7.06. Meet director Cheryl Toussaint with Egypt Parker of the Bronx who broke a 32-year old Egypt Parker of St. Catharine Academy
Meet Director Cheryl Toussaint said Colgate Women’s Games Record in the High School Shot Put with a toss of 14.665.5M this breaks the High School Division Shot Put re-
performances improved in every division Friday, January 8. cord at the 3rd Preliminary meet of the 42nd
for newcomers and seasoned competitors annual Colgate Women’s Games with a toss
alike. “It’s always exciting to watch some this year, scoring a third straight double competed Sunday to a packed house of ex- of 14.66.5M
of the nation’s top athletic talent perform, win in 7.61 in the 55 meters, and 27.43 in tended family and friends, Colgate-Pal-
but especially gratifying when long-time the 200 meters. Meet officials continue to molive Company’s Bright Smiles Bright
participants set a new record, or achieve call Avery one of the nation’s fastest 10 year Future mobile oral care van was on site sion.
their personal best.” olds. offering free oral care screenings to girls The Colgate Women’s Games have pro-
On Saturday in the Mid School Di- Toussaint added that the Colgate Wom- through age 12. duced more than 20 Olympians, hundreds
vision, Brianna Brown of Bronx Middle en’s Games are not just about national Next week’s final preliminary meet, of age/grade division national champi-
School scored her third double win, finish- champions or veteran participants. “Each followed by a semi-finals at Pratt will deter- ons, and countless changed lives. Each
ing the 55m in her season’s best time, 7.14; week it’s just as pleasing to see thousands of mine who will compete at the New Balance year, High school participants are among
and the 200 meters in 26.27. newcomers being cheered on by family and Track and Field Center at the Armory, NYC the most heavily recruited athletes by col-
Philadelphia’s Avery Lewis, who set fans, and gaining confidence in themselves on Saturday, February 13, 2016, where tro- leges and universities across the nation.
two Elementary A records last year as a that has the power to positively change the phies and educational grants-in-aid from Coaches, recruiters, athletes and fans can
third grader in the 55 Meters and 200 me- course of their lives,” she said. Colgate-Palmolive Company are awarded follow scores each week at Colgategames.
ters, leads in the Elementary B division As the series youngest participants to top place finishers in each grade divi- com.

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Cardinal Hayes Invitational at Ford- spots in the Varsity Triple Jump.
ham University on Friday, January Jawan Devone of Hayes won the

8, but Hayes, relying on its domi-
nance in the field events, took the
Varsity division, scoring 58 points
to Fordham Prep’s 42. Mount St. Mi-
chael came in third, with 27 points.
Fordham easily won the Fresh-
man division, scoring 79 points to
Hayes’s 29. Archbishop Stepinac fol-
lowed with 23 points.
The Hayes combination of Na-
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feet, 11 and a half inches.
Prince Forson of Archbishop
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of 35.93. He was the meet MVP.
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