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Vol. V No. XXIX Thursday, August 4, 2011 Westchester’s Most Influential Weekly

Seeing the Light. Page 3

Yo Momma Page 7

Fancy Footwork Page 11

Mr Astorino Goes to Washington Page 16

Critical and Praiseworthy Comments Page 16

Death Penalty, Medical Marijuana... Page 19

Norway’s Terrorism Page 21

Suffer Little Children Page 22

westchesterguardian.com Page 2 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 Of Significance CommunitySection Community Section...... 2 Books...... 2 BOOKS Community...... 3 Energy Issues...... 4 The Retired (Try To) Strike Back—Chapter 13 – My Health Finances...... 5 By ALLAN LUKS Health...... 6 “Please tell the group what “Ready--?” Humor...... 7 the doctor said,” his wife repeats. “I first need to say something and it’s not Learning...... 8 “Your friends’ support will help about my film character,” interrupts Kenny, his Ed Koch Movie Reviews...... 9 you.” tall body rising behind the Councilman’s desk. He “No, it’s just for you and me smiles to his friends and keeps smiling. Music...... 10 to know, not even our kids. I don’t want to be one “I’m trying to get the words out. We’ve all The Spoof...... 10 more retiree known by his health problem.” known each other a long time. I received some Sports...... 10 Kenny looks into his coffee cup as he sits across medical tests about my liver. There’s no real treat- Eye On Theatre...... 11 from Roz in their small dining room. “All of us ment. It could worsen soon, although it may not making the film are nearing seventy. The others for many years. But if it does while we’re filming Government Section...... 13 have to have health problems. But they’re not during the next nine months or so, and there are Analysis...... 13 saying.” still scenes to shoot for my character, then I’d Government...... 14 “The doctor said people with your liver like you to divide up among your characters the Campaign Trail...... 15 problem can live many, many years, and you will. different experiences that mine is going through. It’s just that it’s a rare condition, the research Especially his political dreams at age seventy. I Finances...... 15 doesn’t know enough.” believe in my character, I’ve spent a lot of time Housing...... 16 “He also said it can suddenly get worse, over- talking to myself and then writing his scenes. . . . OpEd Section...... 18 night. In six or nine months, whenever we finish, But hopefully my luck will hold out—“ we’re going to have to get publicity for The Retired Mimi suddenly leaves her chair near the office Ed Koch Commentary...... 19 Person’s Dating Film. I’ve told you, if Bob and the entrance, and walks quickly behind the desk and New York Civic...... 22 others knew someone in the group might not be kisses Kenny’s cheek. Legal Notices...... 23 around to publicize the finished film, their scenes Continued on page 3 would get a lot shorter, edited down. Bob might not do it consciously. But be honest, for all eight of us, the film has become very important. No one is Host your own going to reveal that they have a health problem.” Radio Show!

The four couples are scheduled to film this New prime time avails on both Whitney stations! Sunday morning in the empty City Council office Westchester’s Most Influential Weekly of a friend of Bob, the director. They’ve taken the Councilman’s picture off the wall behind the large desk, and have hung a blow-up of Kenny, to get

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BOOKS The Retired (Try To) Strike Back—Chapter 13–My Health honesty and their need to get it right now. everything. I can write it in quickly.” Voters know we hear our clocks ticking.” Allan Luks is a nationally recognized Continued from page 2 The four women wipe at their eyes, “You’ve already written the scene,” social works leader and advocate for volun- She smiles, “Actors like feedback.” while the men smile at Kenny. says Bob, “but considering your discussion teerism. He is the former head of Big Mimi wipes at her eyes. “Bob, let’s start filming,” says Kenny. this morning: Will voters question if older Brothers, Big Sisters of New York and is “See!” Kenny shouts. “You all thought, “In this scene I try to get Steve’s and politicians are honest about their health currently a visiting professor at Fordham because of our long rehearsals, that Mimi Nancy’s characters to volunteer for my problems, which could distract signifi- University, where he teaches several courses and I, in real life…we were having—you campaign. To convince them that a retired cantly from their work?” in nonprofit leadership. You can learn more know. We knew how you were thinking. man with little political experience, except “I appreciate that,” says Kenny. “I’ll about Allan Luks at http://allanluks.com. But you see, just a small cheek kiss. That’s for being on a community school board, add dialogue to this scene for my character all.” He smiles at his wife, Roz. “At our has advantages over much younger politi- to explain how retirees running as candi- ages, it can get crazy too.” cians. And a main advantage is the retirees’ dates have to be especially honest about CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Vitale who immediately agreed to join Issaq unusual for a new company like ours but they and Chehlaoui to launch Noor on June 2010 are our partners given the great expectations Seeing the Light with one aim to support artist from Middle they see in Noor” By SHERIF AWAD Eastern decent to present their work to the But according to many Arab American audience. filmmakers, the interest in stories backdrop Noor means light in “We choose this name because it Middle Eastern diminished as compared both Arabic and Farsi represents light--shedding light on issues; to the aftermath of 9/11. In the theatrical languages. That’s why it enlightening audiences; spreading light scene, Chehlaoui argues: “Maybe there also became the name through art and theater and live performance. is only a fatigue from war stories because chosen by a trio of Arab It represents hope, joy, creativity and truth, theatre troupes won’t do it season after American young ladies for AWAD Noor Founders adds Issaq who gradually started to join the season. Also, a war story is a tough sell now. their newly established theatre company in been creating art here for decades. What’s writer’s rank after years of performing on Vitale continues:”I got many emails from Manhattan, New York. Through Noor, Maha new about us here in Noor, is that we try here stage. “I love our Arab American community. theatrical companies across the States that Chehlaoui, Nancy Vitale and Lameece Issaq to reach a diverse audience”, she says. They are smart, funny, and talented. They are looking for writer from Middle Eastern have many projects they want to achieve, The two other driving forces behind have very strong and important voices. I want descents because they are looking to repre- varying between producing contemporary Noor are Artistic Directors Nancy Vitale and to see these artists thrive, and make profound sent the broad diversity of Arabs and also plays by writers of Middle East descents in Lameece Issaq. They met each other while changes in our cultural and artistic landscape. Iranians. Since 9/11, there has been an addition to the showing of translated clas- working on the theatrical scene of New And they are doing it”, she says. interest in Middle East subjects and some sical Arab theatre. Last June, Noor celebrated Jersey. At the time, Nancy was a drama- Starting from last fall, Noor hosted once theatrical troupes embraced these stories but their first anniversary after a year of multiple turge and Lameece was acting on stage. a month a series of play readings performed not as if they were written by or to Middle activities where they hosted a series of read- But shortly, Nancy moved to New York and by professional young actors in addition Easterners. There are diverse plays authenti- ings while raising the funds for their debut started to work with Lameece and Maha some Broadway veterans. “Although this cally speaking to the heart of Middle Eastern production, Lameece Issaq’s own play Food in many projects at the Arab American highlight series was done relatively inexpen- audience hearts. For instance, two years ago, and Fadwa, which will open in 2012. Comedy Festival that brought many talents sive, it has shed the lights on many talents Syrian American David Adjimi presented Syrian Filipino Maha Chehlaoui is the altogether and also encouraged many actors that we might use in the future when we his debut play Stunning and Lebanese- Executive Director of Noor Theatre. She to write their own material and to perform start to produce our own plays. Because it is American actress/ playwright Leila Buck was acting in theatrical plays when she was in short sketches. “One of these actors was expensive to for rising theatrical troupes to gave us The Crossing. Those were examples of a child but went to study international rela- Lameece who started to write her debut have their own spaces in the beginning, we the diversity of styles and subjects related to tions focusing on the Middle East in the three-act play that got the interest of the are keen to use the mobility factor to our own ethnic identity, says Vitale. University. When she got to New York thir- New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW), good to reach out more audience nation- Issaq has been developing her first full teen years ago, Chehlaoui wanted to figure the remarkable off-Broadway theatre noted wide”, explains Vitale adds. length play, Food and Fadwa (conceived out a way to use her whole background alto- for its acclaimed and innovative produc- Chehlaoui picks up the conversation: and developed with fellow Arab-American gether. “I started meeting Middle Eastern tions such as Rent, Homebody Kabul and the “We launched while we know that we will be artist, Jacob Kader), with New York Theatre artists living in the Big Apple; writers, direc- recent hit, Aftermath. They invited us, as a having a production in a year and half on the Workshop (where she is a Usual Suspect) tors and filmmakers. This community was company-in-residence with focus on the main stage of New York Theatre Workshop, through several readings, and two of emerging and I took an active part in it. Middle East, to make our first theatrical which a very unique unprecedented status, NYTW’s Summer Artist Residency Actually, I see Noor as the next wave of these production in a couple of years”, explains given the fact we were just starting. It was activities because Middle Eastern artists have Continued on page 4 Page 4 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011

CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ENERGY ISSUES Seeing the Light Continued from page 3 The End of the NRC Rubber Stamp? Programs; one at Vasser College in 2008 and one at Dartmouth in 2009. After seeing a reading of Food and Fadwa By ABBY LUBY at Dartmouth, director Lisa Peterson commissioned Lameece A major victory by with scheduled appeals and hotly to write a short Middle Eastern focused piece for a compila- New York State upset debated contentions, have slowed tion play called Motherhood Outloud; the piece, called Nooha’s the Nuclear Regulatory some relicensing procedures to List, was optioned by the producers, and will premiere at Commission’s rubber a glacial pace. Today, relicensing Hartford Stage in March 2010. It is the story of a woman stamp process to reli- applicants may encounter who is having a cooking show in the West Bank. cense the Indian Point Nuclear Power committed opposition in high “We continue to learn and grow”, says Issaq. “It is very Plant. In mid July, an historical decision places they didn’t bargain for. by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Entergy, the utility company humbling to be a part of this community of artists, and I hope requiring thousands of documents for Board ruled in favor of a petition served that owns the Indian Point Nuclear we can create the space for artists to work and thrive. I really the NRC and specially formed review PAGE 20 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 by New York Attorney General Eric Power plants in Westchester, New York, think the future rests on Middle Easterners in general. We boards. The boards conduct public Schneiderman that argued the NRC’s applied for a new license in 2007 to have the artists and we have a pretty strong American audi- hearings – a practice supposed to CLASSIFIED environmental review violated the law. keep their twin reactors running until ence, I think. But in order to really see the work spread and demonstrate transparency but which Schneiderman’s successful motion 2033 and 2035. Their licenses expire Employment Real Estate move, we need the support of our Middle Eastern-Americans. rarely amounts to more than a masked Exp’d drivers wanted. CDL & TLC INVESTMENT was the first of its kind and it heralds in 2013 and 2015. Entergy’s applica- Lic. needed. PROPERTY UNIMPROVED We need their support both financially an as audience dog and pony show. The real, laborious the growing trend to battle ‘business tion incensed then Attorney General 914.663.1006 Mount Vernon - Commercial bldg lot, members. Get to the theater! I think we have to get them to reviews take place inside the NRC’s 9500 sq. ft. Corner bldg. Apts with as usual’ when it comes to relicensing of New York, Andrew Cuomo, who For Rent stores. Must sell. $875K. Make offer. understand that these stories are about them. That in order to administrative law process within its aging nuclear power plants that want claimed that a plethora of issues had OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT 914.632.1230 really make significant changes and see more work by artists of licensing body, the Atomic Safety and Prime Ossining loc - Rt. 9. to stay in business by pushing the limits been blatantly ignored. Last week, Middle Eastern origin, they will have to demand it. Once the Licensing Board (ASLB ). But these are 950 sq. ft. & 500 sq. ft. beyond their 40-year life expectancy. now Governor Cuomo, met with demand is there, more work will be created and seen, Food and tightly controlled and severely restricted 917.363.4366 The AG alleged that the NRC and Entergy officials reiterating his fight Fadwa examines a family living in occupied Bethlehem--it in scope to one item: the safe manage- Indian Point owner Entergy violated to shutter the Indian Point. http:// LEGAL NOTICES explores with love, family, and celebration under very difficult ment of the reactor’s aging components. federal regulations which allowed the www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/ circumstances. The eldest daughter, Fadwa is unmarried and The reviews typically and glaringly omit utility company to omit key safety items nyregion/cuomo-emphasizes-aim-to- awaits the return of her love from America, and copes with such considerations as terrorism, health that address accident analyses as part of close-indian-point-plant.html the challenges of her daily life through her cooking show. No effects – think cancer clusters near nuke their relicensing application. Cuomo now has at his back a new casting details yet! plants – safety procedures, evacuations. The victory signals that the culture law that streamlines the siting of new Stay tuned.... When Entergy applied to renew presumptive relicensing is finally begin- power plants that could potentially Indian Point’s license, several organi- Born in Cairo, Egypt, Sherif Awad is a film/video critic and ning to change replace electricity from Indian Point. zations filed contentions raising these curator. He is the film editor of Egypt Today Magazine, and the The usual nod from the Nuclear The State has put another roadblock sorts of considerations shortly after in artistic director for both the Alexandria Film Festival, in Egypt, Regulatory Commission has been the in the way of relicensing the plant by 2008, only to be systematically turned and the Arab Rotterdam Festival, in The Netherlands. He also status quo for an approval that, so far denying Entergy’s application for a down as irrelevant by the ASLB. It contributes to Variety, in the United States, and Variety Arabia, in at least, has been just about guaranteed. Water Quality Certification, which is rejected former Westchester County the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The NRC, the federal oversight agency required for a new operating license. Executive Andy Spano who argued that for nuclear power plants, has never The New York State Department of the NRC should hold Indian Point to rejected a single applica- Environmental Conservation said the same standards as they do for newly tion tendered by any utility Entergy was appealing the deci- built reactors, especially in population Mission Statement company seeking to keep sion. http://green.blogs.nytimes. density. e Westchester Guardian is a weekly newspaper devot- their reactors on line. com/2011/06/21/n-y-missed-dead- Other hot-button contentions ed to the unbiased reporting of events and developments Recently, the NRC line-on-indian-point-decision-oper- that are newsworthy and signi cant to readers living in, argued by both New York State and rubber-stamped two new ator-says/ and/or employed in, Westchester County. e Guardian Riverkeeper were likewise rejected: will strive to report fairly, and objectively, reliable informa- licenses for the Salem Entergy is also battling the state of failure of the applicant to address the tion without favor or compromise. Our  rst duty will be Generating Plants in New Vermont who ruled last year to close risk of a terrorist attack on Indian to the PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO KNOW, by the exposure Jersey. Owned by PSEG their Vermont Yankee plant by 2012. of truth, without fear or hesitation, no matter where the Point’s now full-to-capacity spent fuel (Public Service Enterprise Entergy, seeking to block the state pursuit may lead, in the  nest tradition of FREEDOM OF pools and underestimating the popu- THE PRESS. Group), the reactors are in decision, has filed a complaint against lation density around the plant and its e Guardian will cover news and events relevant to Salem County, about 40 Vermont in US District Court, although residents and businesses all over Westchester County. As a consequences for evacuation in case of miles south of Philadelphia. the NRC approved the relicensing for weekly, rather than focusing on the immediacy of delivery an accident or attack. more associated with daily journals, we will instead seek to The Salem reactors now top the plant in March, 2011 for an addi- http://www.opednews.com/ provide the broader, more comprehensive, chronological step-by-step ac- the list of the 66 nuclear tional 20 years. Vermont Yankee is not articles/THE-EVACUATION- counting of events, enlightened with analysis, where appropriate. power plants the NRC the only nuclear plant whose relicensing From amongst journalism’s classic key-words: who, what, when, where, VACUUM--Wh-by-Abby- has re-licensed for another application has dragged on for years. why, and how, the why and how will drive our pursuit. We will use our more Luby-110628-94.html abundant time, and our resources, to get past the initial ‘spin’ and ‘damage 20 years; the agency is The relicensing process for Entergy’s Just a few weeks ago the NRC gave control’ o­ en characteristic of immediate news releases, to reach the very reviewing applications for Pilgrim Station reactor in Plymouth, heart of the matter: the truth. We will take our readers to a point of under- Riverkeeper a “thumbs down” on two another 16 reactors. Massachusetts, whose current license standing and insight which cannot be obtained elsewhere. additional contentions: argued first was But the days of uncon- expires in June of 2012, has also gotten To succeed, we must recognize from the outset that bigger is not neces- that Indian Point emergency prepared- sarily better. And, furthermore, we will acknowledge that we cannot be all tested, rubber-stamp bogged down under a swelling list of ness was inadequate; and second, that things to all readers. We must carefully balance the presentation of relevant, relicensing may be drawing contentions. hard-hitting, Westchester news and commentary, with features and columns 1500 tons of highly radioactive spent useful in daily living and employment in, and around, the county. We must to an end. A new genera- For utility companies, applying stay trim and ƒ exible if we are to succeed. tion of legal warriors, armed for a new license is an arduous process Continued on page 5 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 Page 5

ENERGY ISSUES The End of the NRC Rubber Stamp? At present, notwithstanding dismissed contentions, the NRC has When was the last time Continued from page 4 found Entergy’s relicensing appli- nuclear fuel sitting in dry cask storage on cation for Indian Point, “acceptable.” A a tarmac next to the plant, was unsafe. Safety Evaluation Report will be issued by you dealt with (Considerably more spent fuel fills the Indian August 19, 2011, which is when “interve- Point spent fuel pools which contain roughly nors” with standing in the process can file three times the radioactivity of Fukushima new or amended contentions, which could Lexington Capital Associates? according to the recent Bob Alvarez study be addressed in a hearing as early as January, from IPS). http://www.ips-dc.org/media/ 2012. All told the filings are likely to turn the democracy_now_nuclear_dangers_in_fuku- Indian Point application into the most exten- shima_and_the_us. sive in NRC history. The NRC claims that contentions “Its fair to say that Indian Point’s appli- concerning spent fuel are not applicable to the cation will be the longest we’ve seen,” says relicensing process because the agency already Diane Screnci, spokesperson for the NRC. addresses radioactive waste on a regular basis. “By the time the hearing is held in early 2012, Also dismissed was the Hudson River it will be nearly five years since we’ve received Sloop Clearwater’s complaint that the regu- Entergy’s application.” latory process ignored higher-than average Scheiderman’s win will undoubtedly cancer rates in communities around Indian stretch out Indian Point’s application to the Point. That concern was echoed by the citi- unforeseeable future. Indian Point still can zen’s group Connecticut Residents Opposed operate legally past their license 2013 and to Relicensing of Indian Point (CRORIP), 2015 expiration dates until the NRC comes to which claimed the renewal application a final decision. But if that happens, it would didn’t look at negative health effects from be unprecedented, since no relicensing proce- cumulative radiation exposure from routine dure has yet continued past expiration dates. and accidental accidents. Meanwhile, inde- The way Indian Point, Vermont Yankee and pendent studies and investigative reporting, Pilgrim applications have departed from busi- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyL ness as usual may mean that the rubber-stamp, rd7O2IQ&feature=youtu.be continues to foregone-conclusion culture of relicensing has find escalating rates of thyroid cancer in and begun to change. But for plants like Indian around Indian Point. Point, the question remains: after years of In total, over 154 contentions were filed legal skirmishes topped by Scheiderman’s by 15 government entities and groups against winning petition, will the massive parade of the relicensing of Indian Point - the most of protest and contentions ultimately influence any license renewal in the history of the NRC. the NRC’s final decision? Now, well past four years of reviews, appeals, hearings and court appearances, the ASLB Abby Luby is a freelance journalist who has has rejected contentions from the Rockland covered the Indian Point nuclear power plant County Conservation Association, Public in New York for over eight years, and the author Health and Sustainable Energy, the Sierra of the forthcoming ebook, Nuclear Romance, a Club-Atlantic Chapter, WestCAN, then novel about nuclear dangers in New York. www. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, and many abbylu.com others. The original 154 contentions has been whittled down to 15. With over 50 years experience, Lexington Capital Associates FINANCES provides loans from $1m-$150m at some of the lowest interest rates available in the marketplace. Bill Clinton Calls a Hail Mary • For cash flowing loans- NO PERSONAL GUARANTEE By LARRY M. ELKIN • 30 year payouts When the clock is Democrats’ political position when former winding down and a team is President Bill Clinton has, in effect, called • Int. only loans available losing a hard-fought football for a Hail Mary in the contest over raising game, coaches sometimes call the federal debt ceiling. Coach Clinton’s for a Hail Mary: a long pass trick play is to have President Obama toward the other team’s goal that has only the declare himself able to unilaterally raise slimmest chance of success. the debt ceiling on the authority of the 14th Lexington Capital Associates, LLC. It occasionally works, and usually the Amendment, even if Congress fails to grant 240 North Avenue team throwing the Hail Mary has no other him the borrowing power he wants on terms New Rochelle, NY 10801 option. But most of the time the Hail Mary he is willing to accept. Phone (914) 632-1230 fax (914) 633-0806 is just the final step in a long march to defeat. Continued on page 6 So it should tell us something about the Page 6 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011

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at a distant end zone, and I doubt that his own authority than by a failure to reach a Bill Clinton Calls a Hail Mary Clinton, as president, really would have political outcome that one of our two parties taken such aggressive action. This was not desperately wants. Continued from page 5 the expression ‘the validity of the public debt’ the style favored by the president who sent The hard political truth is that while Most people know the 14th as embracing whatever concerns the integrity cruise missiles crashing into the sand while leaders of both parties want an agreement, Amendment as the Constitution’s guarantee of the public obligations.” al-Qaida hammered out plots from its safe Democrats’ rank-and-file wants and needs of equal protection and due process rights, Clinton and various House Democrats haven in Afghanistan, who intervened in the additional borrowing authority a lot but a lesser-known section addresses public argue that allowing the country to enter a Bosnia only after three years of slaughter more than the Republican back-benchers do debts. Section 4 of the amendment states: situation where it might default would violate culminated in the massacre at Srebrenica, (as became obvious last night, when House “The validity of the public debt of the United the country’s obligation under the amend- and who signed the Defense of Marriage Speaker John Boehner had to put off a vote States, authorized by law, including debts ment to respect the validity of its debts. Act despite claiming that he “strenuously on his own bill for lack of sufficient GOP incurred for payment of pensions and boun- Obama, they say, can and should act unilater- opposed discrimination of any kind.” support). This means Democrats are going ties for services in suppressing insurrection or ally to stop such a situation from occurring by Obama seems inclined toward a “do as I to have to give Republicans pretty much rebellion, shall not be questioned.” ignoring the debt ceiling and continuing to do, not as I say” interpretation of his prede- whatever they want in order to keep funding This clause was written in the wake of authorize new borrowing. Faced with ques- cessor’s advice. He said that he talked to his the government programs that Democrats, the Civil War to ensure that creditors who tions over whether such a move would be lawyers about the so-called “constitutional much more than Republicans, want to stay had supported the Union would not be stiffed legal, Clinton said that, if he were still presi- option” and that they are “not persuaded that funded. if legislators from the former Confederate dent, he would set aside such reservations that is a winning argument.” The Hail Mary that has a chance of states took control of Congress. However, and “force the courts to stop [him].” Whether it could be a “winning argu- working is a deal between the two parties’ in the 1935 case of Perry v. United States, Jack M. Balkin, a law professor at Yale, ment” depends on the courts. Harvard’s leaders in Congress, not a dubious assertion the Supreme Court held that the section also supported Clinton, saying “At the point at Laurence Tribe does not think the issue could of presidential borrowing power that, in all protected government bondholders from which the economy is melting down, who ever make it to the Supreme Court, since its likelihood, courts will rule the president does being repaid in currency other than what cares what the Supreme Court is going to say? political opponents would have a hard time not have. they had been promised. The court said that, It’s the president’s duty to save the Republic.” showing the sort of direct injury required to although the limited original intention was But the field looks different from the demonstrate standing. “This is not a circum- clear, it saw no reason “for not considering sidelines than it does when you’re staring stance in which the courts have any plausible point of entry,” he said. Larry M. 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COMMUNITY HEALTH Legislation, the State and Mental Illness By GLENN SLABY The structure of a can be implemented. society can be very complex I recently sat down with New York State and the freer a society is the Assemblyman George Latimer to outline more difficult it might be to issues dealing with those who like me suffer create positive changes for a from mental illness. I wanted an under- segment of that society. This sounds contra- standing of his views on mental illness and the dictory, but to honor the rights, interest, and constraints facing legislation. As expected he livelihoods for all the diverse segments of a was very open minded and progressive about society, great diligence must be taken when the umbrella of diseases that come under this considering legislative changes. Freedom must heading. be guaranteed, civil rights protected. To do Mr. Latimer sees mental illness “like any so, requires responsible, vigilant and difficult other illness not as a value judgment, char- work. Research is needed to help comprehend acter flaw or some sort of personality trait. the end results of future legislation. I always Institutionalizing is not the right path and took for granted or believed how easily change Continued on page 7 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 Page 7

COMMUNITY HEALTH Legislation, the State and Mental Illness Westchester County, Albany, and Mr. Latimer stated that even though the Washington, D.C. are each grappling with constraints facing mental illness and proper Continued from page 6 known about the biological components and monetary hardships. “This restricts or limits health care are enormous, the first step to never has been as history has shown. No the brain’s functions. Ordinary life can be our choices and actions,” advised Latimer. Job change begins with open and frank discus- longer should mental illness be discussed very complex and there are many influences training, public education, and housing avail- sions, seeking better relationships within the in whispers or those who suffer be treated on individual’s behavior as the mind “picks ability are all diminished. However, funding mental healthcare community, the commu- as outcasts. Those who cannot function in up” many traits to function in a community can only go so far. False images about mental nity at large, those who write the laws and society are the exception not the rule, and they and to preserve its integrity. Since there is no illness cannot be resolved by just throwing those who administer them. shall be treated as an exception.” He hopes to such thing as a blood test to clarify the illness, money at the concern. For example, the see this view become more common with the diagnosis and medication can only begin and Glenn Slaby is married and has one son. A former Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) syndrome account with an MBA, he suffers from mental desired path of having every individual able to end with observation and personal history. For might only be overcome by the actuality of a function in society. example, one with bi-polar disorder can be illness. He writes part-time and works at the group home in one’s neighborhood. He also New Rochelle Public Library and at St. Vincent’s Public perception of those with mental seen as also having Attention DeficitD isorder reminded me that once legislation is passed, illness must change, he says. There is some (ADD), or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Hospital in Harrison, New York, where he Albany is removed from the issue and the receives therapy. progress but we must find ways to fight the Disorder (ADHD), or possibly schizophrenia. work is passed on to the administration where old cultural biases and remove the stigma. Also, there is no way to test if a medication the processes of implementation take time and Preconceived ideas are dangerous, harmful is appropriate to all patients suffering from a new, unforeseen issues can arise. to individuals, families and our communi- disorder, much less for any specific patient. With all the obstacles facing the mental  ties. Through educating the public and the And no way to know if there will be side illness-health care connection it is difficult  disabled community, increasing outreach and affects. Only by taking the medications and to imagine that New York State has been  involvement, can the tide of generational prej- observing behavioral changes can one confirm given a B rating from the National Alliance udice be turned. “Even though the stigma has or deny the value of any particular medica- on Mental Illness (NAMI) in 2009. This was  decreased, mental illness is seen as a ‘Scarlet tion. It is hit or miss, and try again. Because their second “Grading the States” report (the  Letter’. Not knowing about mental illness medical and scientific research is in its infancy first was in 2006) with little overall improve- comes into play. We must increase education,  some say it is at a level where cancer was 50 ment in national and state grades. The national  but our resources are limited.” years ago, there is difficulty passing legisla- grade along with 20 states was a D; 18 received  There is another aspect that Assemblyman tion to benefit the afflicted community and C’s, no states received an A, 6 obtained failing  Latimer says about mental illness that differs the larger community that will be affected by  grades and the balance (6) states got a B. In  from other illnesses, it is that so little is really those changes. 2006, NYS obtained an incomplete grade. HUMOR 33. when she sits around the house, she really sits around the house. The Anatomy of Humor: 99 Yo Momma Jokes from the ‘Hood’ 34. her bellybutton’s got an echo. By THE WESTCHESTER JOKESTER 35. she has more chins than a Chinese phone Readers have asked for African-American community. In Britain, 14. the back of her neck looks like a pack of hot book. more insult jokes of the yo for example, the analogous usage is “Your dogs. 36. her belly button doesn’t have lint, it has momma genre. Here’s a mum.” With that background in mind, 15. her cereal bowl came with a lifeguard. sweaters. typical example of contempo- here are 98 more yo momma jokes gleaned 16. she has to iron her pants on the driveway. 37. the last time she saw 90210 was on a scale. rary yo momma humor: from many sources: 17. when she goes to a restaurant, she doesn’t get 38. a picture of her would fall off the wall. 39. when she gets on the scale, it says “To be Yo momma so fat, her bellybutton gets home a menu, she gets an estimate. Yo momma so fat continued.” 15 minutes before she does. 1. she had to go to Sea World to get baptized. 18. when she ran away, they had to use all four sides of the milk carton. 40. she sat on a dollar, and when she got up there These put-downs have their cultural 2. when she tripped over on Fourth Avenue, she were four quarters. roots in a game called “The Dozens,” landed on Twelfth. 19. she was zoned for commercial development. 20. when she sings, it’s over for everybody. 41. she fell in love and broke it. derived from West African tribal cultures 3. she’s got her own area code 42. when she takes a shower, her feet don’t get now part of an African-American tradition 4. when she talks to herself, it’s a long distance call 21. she looks like she’s smuggling a Volkswagen. 22. when she was walking down the street and I wet. The term “the dozens” may have origi- 5. she’s got smaller fat women orbiting around 43. you have to grease the door frame and hold nated at the New Orleans slave market, her swerved to miss her, I ran out of gas. 23. when she dances, she makes the band skip. a Twinkie on the other side just to get her where slaves that were maimed, infirm or 6. whenever she goes to the beach, the tide through. no longer capable of heavy labor were sold comes in 24. when she got her shoes shined, she had to take the guy’s word for it. 44. when she goes to an all-you-can-eat buffet, in batches by the dozen. To be included in 7. she was born on the fourth, fifth, and sixth they have to install speed bumps. these was considered degrading. of March 25. she gets group insurance. 45. when she wears a yellow raincoat people In this generally good-natured game 8. she was floating in the ocean, and Spain 26. she’s on both sides of the family. holler, “Taxi.” as played today, two contestants try to top claimed her for the New World 27. she can’t reach her back pocket. 46. when she gets in an elevator, it has to go one another by exchanging taunts or ribald 9. she wears aluminum siding. 28. she was born with a silver shovel in her down. insults about the adversary’s mother or 10. she could fall down and wouldn’t even know mouth. 47. she could sell shade. other family member until the opponent it. 29. when she fell over, she rocked herself to sleep 48. people jog around her for exercise. is at a loss to respond with a quip. Such 11. she got hit by a VW and had to go to the trying to get up again. contests test the players’ toughness, wit, hospital to have it removed. 30. when she hauls ass, she has to make two trips. 49. she gets runs in her jeans. self-control, verbal skills and mental agility 12. the sign inside one restaurant says, 31. when she was diagnosed with a flesh-eating 50. when she wears a Malcolm X T-shirt, heli- Interestingly, the yo momma format “Maximum occupancy: 512 or Yo momma.” disease, the doctor gave her ten years to live. copters try to land on her back. appears in other cultures outside the 13. she puts mayonnaise on aspirin. 32. we’re in her right now. Continued on page 8 Page 8 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011

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starts eating. The Anatomy of Humor: 99 Yo Momma Jokes from the ‘Hood’ 86. she’s half Italian, half Irish, and half American. Continued from page 7 63. when she was growing up she didn’t play with 74. she’s been declared a natural habitat for 87. she wakes up in sections. 51. she eats Wheat Thicks. dolls, she played with midgets. condors. 88. when she goes to the movies, she sits next to 52. light bends around her. 64. she uses two buses for roller-blades. 75. she sets off car alarms when she runs. everyone. 53. when she was born, she gave the hospital 65. when she goes to a buffet, she gets the group 76. when she goes to the zoo the elephants throw 89. when she goes in a restaurant she looks at the stretch marks. rate. her peanuts. menu and says, “Okay.” 54. her graduation picture was an aerial 66. she doesn’t eat with a fork, she eats with a 77. her blood type is Ragu. 90. she puts her lipstick on with a paint roller. photograph. forklift. 78. they had to let out the shower curtain. 91. she has to pull down her pants to get in her 55. her job title is spoon and fork operator. 67. Weight Watchers won’t look at her. 79. when she runs the fifty-yard dash she needs an pocket. 56. she left the house in high heels, and when she 68. the last time the landlord saw her, he doubled overnight bag. 92. her waist size is the Equator. came back she had on flip-flops. the rent. 80. she can’t even fit in the chat room. 93. she’s got her own zip code. 57. you have to take a train and two buses just to 69. she put on some BVDs and by the time she got 81. she gets her toenails painted at Lucky’s Auto 94. she has to buy two plane tickets. get on her good side. them on, they spelled “boulevard.” Body. 95. she stands in two time zones. 58. she has to wake up in sections. 70. I ran around her twice and got lost. 82. she doesn’t have a tailor, she has a contractor. 96. she fell and created the Grand Canyon. 59. she sat on a quarter and a booger popped out of 71. the shadow of her butt weighs 100 pounds. 83. she measures 36-24-36, and the other arm is 97. she can’t even jump to a conclusion. George Washington’s nose. 72. the National Weather Service names each one just as big. 98. she fell out of both sides of her bed. 60. she walked into the Gap and filled it. of her farts. 84. she was in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day The Westchester Jokester mines his voluminous 61. she has to put her belt on with a boomerang. 73. when she’s standing on the corner police drive Parade . .. wearing ropes. files of humor for the edification and amuse- 62. she comes at you from all directions. by and yell, “Hey, break it up!” 85. she went on a light diet. As soon as it’s light she ment of Westchester Guardian readers. LEARNING Neuroplasticity and The American Dream or How to Profit from A Growing Brain By DR DAVID ANDERSON AND THE UsCORP TEAM Welcome back for the second part in this known universe. The history of this concept offers the tantalizing conclusion that irrespec- are, and then visualize the ultimate desired series. What would you consider to be the when viewed in the context of brain and tive of whether brain and mind are one, human outcome. Studies by Gabriele Oettingen from greatest discovery thus far in human history?! mind is almost as exciting and convoluted as consciousness and human will (to borrow a New York University confirm the enhanced Einstein’s Theory of Relativity? Watson and the concept itself. Intriguingly many religious term that sadly departed from the psychological motivation using this contrast approach rather Crick’s 197-word letter to the journal Nature and mystical traditions, often although not literature after William James), are able to alter than merely visualizing the final outcome. describing the structure of DNA? Very diffi- always directly, have intimated a synonymous in very real ways the anatomy, physiology and Fifth, do not be ashamed of living vicari- cult to tell considering the several dozen relationship between Spirit and Soul. Idries molecular functioning of this wondrous organ, ously through inspirational biographies and spectacular discoveries during the past half- Shah’s milestone 1957 anthropological study which at best houses mind, will and conscious- movies of those you admire. millennium. Certainly Bill Gates was right still remains the landmark, at least in terms of ness and at the least acts as their fundamental Sixth, deliberately associate with those when he once stated that we tend to overes- the study of twelve spiritual traditions across conduit. Clinically, the treatment of obsessive- whose habits you wish to emulate. Never timate the amount of scientific progress that Europe, the Middle and Far East. In turn, compulsive disorder by changing our thoughts, forget, the world’s greatest investor, Warren will be made over the next two years and Soul has often maintained a similar, if not the landmark 2001 brain imaging study by Buffett travelled all the way from Nebraska to underestimate over the next twenty years. symbiotic relationship with Mind, sharing the James Carey in the journal Brain, one of a New York City to offer to work at no pay for Small wonder then how the approximately attributes of emotion and intellect. Some tradi- number of imaging studies and finally the labo- his mentor Benjamin Graham. 7,000 biomedical journals manage to survive. tions such as the Kabbalah according to Rabbi ratory studies spearheaded by Fred Gage of the Seventh, Buffett intuitively realized that But back to our promise in the July 28 edition Aryeh Kaplan, have delineated several levels Salk Institute clearly demonstrate the validity of feeding our brains is very much like feeding of The Westchester Guardian to provide our to the Soul, that is the Nefesh, Ruach and neuroplasticity. our bodies: If junk goes in, junk comes out. readers with the best tools, based on the latest Neshamah, the lowest level being the “inter- How do we then apply this? In a real Through the power of neuroplasticity, we can research in the brain sciences to survive, thrive face” with our corporeal, physical element. sense this entire series will address various change our brains to metaphorical Arnold and exceed your wildest expectations on the Until the end of the 19th century, psychology elements of neuroplasticity. There are a Schwarzeneggeresque-like proportions, business and domestic fronts, whilst being delineated the mind as being a distinct entity number of general principles that must prevail hopefully without messy divorce-like conse- mindful to contextualize these findings in a from the brain. This proposition began to when attempting to remold our thinking and quences. Until next time, feed your brains well practical and cultural context. Culture without erode in the early part of the 20th century when hence our brains and neuronal connections and dream big. science is lame, but science without culture the brilliant Nobelist and founder of neurosci- irrespective of whether trying to lose weight, is anhedonic, to artistically borrow parts of ence, Santiago Ramon Cajal demonstrated improve our memories, be a better presenter, a Einstein’s famous quotation. the changes that develop between brain cells wealthier or more creative person. With a certain degree of trepidation, we (neurons) and their connections (synapses). 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COMMUNITY LEGAL Yonkers Federation of Teachers Denounce the False and Inflammatory Statements Made by Yonkers Mayor Amicone YONKERS, NY -- Yonkers Federation Judge William J. Giacomo’s ruling ordering Transitional Finance Authority (TFA) from of Teachers President Pat Puleo said, “As the Inspector General of Yonkers not to going to the state in a timely manner. It was usual Mayor Amicone has his facts wrong. use or disclose to any third party or make his decision to pull the application for the The teachers union had little to nothing to public disclosure of the health information TFA after the state returned the application do with the recent court ruling; the issue provided by the Welfare Fund to the IG. He requiring changes to be made. The teachers was between Office of Inspector General went on to say, “…use the information only of Yonkers assisted the district by agreeing to Dan Schorr and the YFT Welfare Fund. for the audit for which such information concessions worth more than $5 million for The Welfare Fund is a totally separate entity was requested.” “The issue was always about this coming school year. At the same time from the union. The YFT Welfare Fund the proper use of people’s private health they face a wage freeze this coming school is comprised of teacher representatives, information,” continued Ms Puleo. year. Yet no teachers have been rehired,” administrator representatives, and a repre- “The Mayor of Yonkers went on in his continued Ms. Puleo. “The students suffer sentative of the Yonkers Board of Education statement to malign the leadership of the because of the mayor’s management style,” Trustee. [Editor’s Note: The Yonkers Board union, when the fact is, he can thank his poor concluded YFT President Puleo. of Education Trustee is an appointment handling of this year’s entire budget process made by Mayor Phil Amicone.] Teachers President Pat Puleo for the school district’s financial problems.,” The Welfare Fund was delighted to see said Ms. Puleo. “He and only he stopped the MOVIE REVIEW

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MUSIC Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band THE SOUNDS “How I Go” (Special Edition) OFBLUE Roadrunner Records By Bob Putignano Hunt’s vocal, but it doesn’t last long as It’s been about a year since Shepherd’s based tune that has Shepherd in his comfy when the band kicks in; man this crew Live disc, so the timing seems right to head SRV zone, plus the horns add a lot color rolls! Not sure if Bessie would approve, but back into the studio for a follow-up. Not to this hot number. “Heat of the Sun” it sure feels good to me. The instrumental surprisingly high-speed antics ensue on written by Sheperd, Tia Sillers, and Mark “Strut” singularly authored by Shepherd is the opening “Never Lookin’ Back” that’s Selby is a slow burner that simmers espe- a tour de force sort of country styled roller reminiscent of a mid seventies FM rocker. cially when Shepherd unloads a unearthly where Shepherd flies, there’s also a nice What’s apparent is the fact that The band tackles Lennon/McCartney’s sizzling guitar solo, the girl backup singers piano segment from Osbourn. There’s four this band is becoming well seasoned, “Yer Blues” sizzles, has a clever ending, also add a lot of drama. Shepherd, Sillers, so-called ‘bonus tracks” (never figured out the songs are solid, and the playing is and should be a crowd pleaser for their live and Selby’s “The Wire” makes for great why some bands call for “bonus tracks?) tight throughout. Hunt is also a very performances. “Cold” is a sad love song driving music, just watch out for the men But two standout; “Butterfly” is another strong vocalist, and Shepherd’s more “When did it get so cold” tells the story, a in blue. Another fine ballad by Shepherd fast paced rocker where Shepherd roars in (open minded) guitar work is exemplary welcomed departure by the band, that’s well and Maloy “Who’s Gonna Catch You a Hendrix like mode. The finale “Baby the throughout. At just thirty-four, the road written by Shepherd and Zac Maloy. AC Now” is pretty, and offers tasty and smart Rain Must Fall” closes “How I Go” more ahead of Shepherd and his band continues Williams “Oh Pretty Woman” is covered, solos courtesy of Shepherd. softly than I had expected, but it’s another to look very promising. adds horns, and offers two pretty bluesy The band even covers Bessie Smith’s well-crafted tune that works well and solos by Shepherd. Shepherd’s and Danny “Back Water Blues” starts traditionally leaves a lasting impression. Bob Putignano www.SoundsofBlue.com Tate’s “Dark Side of Love” is another blues with just Riley Osbourn’s piano and Noah THE SPOOF SPORTS Ivanka Trump Gives Birth to The Donald’s Third Grandchild FIFA Women’s World By GAIL FARRELLY Cup Carries the Heart Ivanka Trump and the crib. Folks were startled to see that babies, adding, “do you think it might be hubby Jared Kushner the littlest Trump let out with a big wail hereditary?” of a Nation are proud parents of the when she saw Grandpa Donald waving at “Don’t worry about it,” one of the third Trump grandchild, her through the big window in the hospital babies advised her, “just look at your mom’s By ALBERT CAAMANO Arabella Rose Kushner. The baby looked nursery. In fact, Arabella didn’t stop crying gorgeous hair.” Soccer is an enormously quite special in the hospital nursery. She until The Donald had left the hospital. Somewhat reassured, Arabella then popular sport throughout the wore a little cap (embroidered with the Onlookers thought maybe it was because turned her mind to career planning. world; and the sport continues to words 1 Apprentice) encrusted with she feared hearing those dreaded words, Real estate, publishing, or a career in TV grow in the United States. Even so, diamonds and was wrapped in a blanket “You’re fired.” are three options she’s considering. “I’m it is football that fills our stadiums made of thousand dollar bills. Reading Not so. A spy who understands baby remembering advice Grandpa Donald from coast to coast. material about news in real estate invest- talk infiltrated the hospital nursery after once offered,” she said, “As long as you’re Soccer is played with 11 players on each side ments was packed into her tiny crib, hours and reported the REAL reason going to be thinking anyway, think big.” of the field, comprised of three zones: the defense as was the latest issue of The New York for Arabella’s wailing and tears. “That Learn more about The Farrelly Sisters zone, mid-field, and offense zone. Players move the Observer (dad Jared is the publisher). A hair, that hair, it’s a total disgrace,” the - Authors online. ball by using their feet, you’re not allowed to touch set of solid gold golf clubs rested under worried Trump baby sniffed to the other the ball with your hands except by the goalie, and the ball can also be bounced off of your body. Many people have seen an amazing head kick. The strategy for moving the ball toward the opposing field and into the opponent’s goal post can be achieved by positioning more forward players up or more defensive players back; basic formations are four defense, four mid-fielders, and three forwards. The object of game is to pass and move the ball to the forwards whose primary role is to score goals. On July 17, 2011, at 2:40 p.m., the final game of the 2011 Women’s Soccer World Cup would open before a filled stadium on which TeamUS A would come to meet Team Japan in Frankfurt, Germany. Initially 16 teams qualified for top standing among the women’s world cup. Japan and the Continued on page 11 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 Page 11

SPORTS FIFA Women’s World Cup Carries the Heart of a Nation to handle the maneuvers. bigger Team USA, The two halves ended with a tie: Team Continued from page 10 from behind several times before concluding especially against USA missing prime opportunities with 22 United States would meet in Frankfurt to in victory. their number one shots missed. celebrate the winner among these two teams. During the last couple of games, Team goalie Hope Solo Overtime did not produce a winner; USA kept repeating to shoot on goal without who, with her move to shootout. What Team USA didn’t count on was bringing enough players to the front finding height differen- Team USA should have had the advan- Team Japan carrying the heart of their nation, themselves stranded without having a team tial expected to tage with Hope Solo regarded as the best still aching from an earthquake, tsunami and member to pass the ball to or a one timer. present difficulties goalie of the games, and many good scorers. nuclear scare that devastated the Japanese Abby Wombach, attempted to motivate for Team Japan Team Japan goalie Ayumi Kaihuri had people. the team led by example when she succeeded their ability to score. This was especially been struggling and is of much smaller stature, Team Japan came to play for their nation in scoring when needed despite being often- evident when hitting a ball from outside or but the Japanese team had been studying and bring hope to their people, proving it is times outnumbered while fighting for position corner kicks with her being able to see and out Team USA’s players tendencies in shootouts. the Land of the Rising Sun, smiling, bowing and breaking free, just in time to score. It was jump the smaller Team Japan. and showing respect to all teams. Team USA The Tie-breaking Shoot Out as if Abby Wombach and Hope Solo (goalie) Team USA played their best game by on the other hand, showing bouts of anger Goalies: Team USA: Hope Solo; Team where alone in their willingness to do what- forming an evenly distributed field of players, and entitlement during the tournament Japan: Ayumi Kaihori ever it took to get a goal . breaking their previous strategy of playing seemed nervous and exhibited stress and a lot 1st Round Team USA came into the final with a back or playing forward with individuals of tension; Team USA’s warm-up seemed lazy, Team USA: Shannon Boxx’s shot was mindset that has proven to be the downfall of breaking for the net. skipping around and not making eye contact denied; many teams, that is, making it a “we” against Team Japan was nonchalant, as far as with their teammates, this, while Team Japan Team Japan: Aya Miyama scores “you.” This mindset creates a sense of sepa- they were concerned, regardless of outcome, was working out and getting prepared for the 2nd Round ratism and an anti-social atmosphere which just getting to this point was an accomplish- physical strain of the game. Team USA: Carli Lloyd shoots over net Team USA seems to repeatedly bring to the ment of its own, and they were proud of their Team USA team had not won a World Team Japan: Yuki Nagasato’s shot is saved field; it’s not a “can” it destroy you, it’s a “when” performance. Cup in 12 years and had not lost to Japan in rd will it destroy you attitude. Team Japan played a passing and control- 3 Round 25 games, sporting a 22-0-3 record. The championship game started off very ling game to bring them to the final game. Team USA: Tobin Heath’s shot is saved Coming into this championship game th well Team USA. They scored in the 9 minute. They would not waver from focusing on their Team Japan: Mizuo’s shot goes off Hope Team USA had played against Team France It looked as if Team Japan would not be able winning game plan. While playing against Solo’s hand and Team Japan wins. and Team Brazil, managing a win, playing Team USA, whenever outnumbered, Team This loss suggests that skills are not always Japan brought the play back forcing Team enough to earn a win; it is about having heart USA to attack and thereby forming vulner- and will, when there is nothing else. abilities for which they had little defensive EYE ON THEATRE

and lights it. So Zach Braff’s (center) comedy Fancy Footwork earns the first of many laughs. By John Simon In barges pretty Emma, a garrulous young woman, whose very entrance causes When the two plastic Charlie to slip, knocking the chair from under scrim panels that serve as him. The noose tightly grabs about his neck curtains for The Second as Charlie struggles to avoid choking to death. Stage’s All New People sepa- Emma looks horrified and at first tries to grab rate, Charlie, a barefoot man him; she does so successfully, gets the chair in pajamas is standing on a stool with a noose and places it back under his feet and helps him around his neck made of an extension cord get down from the hanging position. Charlie attached to the ceiling. He hesitates, then eventually dismounts. reaching to a nearby table, grabs a cigarette Continued on page 12 Page 12 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011

EYE ON THEATRE to itch and get rashes all over.” Or this, about Fancy Footwork Charlie’s alleged past: “He has flown hundreds of sorties to Iraq. Kim: Why would a sorority Continued from page 11 want to go to Iraq?” Or Myron’s comment Emma is British, and though sorely on Charlie’s trying to pass himself off as lacking a Green Card, acts as realtor for a something more than he is just before offing couple seeking to rent this very stylish summer himself: “It’s like a drowning man wanting the home on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island for lifeguard to know he’s a good swimmer.” next summer. She now assumes the role of Braff, who among his diverse credits a heaven-sent rescuer and gradually sucks counts a major role on television’s Scrubs, has and who was hired by the house’s owner to Charlie into a reluctant conversation. mastered insouciant, in-your-face, scabrous provide depressed Charlie with sex and a lease She is clever in a somewhat flighty way, comedy, has written a play that goes a step or on life. An adorable mixture of naïveté and full of jovial ironies somewhere on the border two beyond TV farce,, and Peter DuBois has raunchiness, she staggers the others when she between smart and smartass. She fends off directed its attractive cast for maximum verbal accedes to stating her enormous fee. Charlie’s attempts to get rid of her, receives and emotional hijinks. Alexander Dodge’s The action is periodically interrupted by a call on her cell phone from a suitor named set is the last word in sophistication, and the brief closing of those panels, onto which Myron, a curious character both local fire Bobby Frederick Tilley’s costumes, like Japhy are projected telling episodes from the char- chief and high school drama teacher (though Weideman’s lighting, have all the needed dash. acters’ past, each revealing a guilty secret. They sacked for turning on with his students), who You may call All New People slick and feature noted actors Kevin Conway, Tony duly shows up and makes himself at home two-dimensional, but it will keep you amused Goldwyn and S. Epatha Merkerson. But in the fancy house lent Charlie by a wealthy for a couple of hours, which is more than the protagonist out of his shop’s walls. This protag- no less persuasive is the live quartet of Justin friend. fifteen minutes of happiness that, according to onist is a first-generation Italian-American Bartha (Charlie), Krysten Ritter (Emma), Drinks proliferate, and talk becomes more Emma, is all that is allotted any of us. Jew, who has a relationship of sorts with two agitated as Charlie claims to have killed six David Wilson Barnes (Myron) and Ana of his female customers. He also keeps going Danny Aiello. Photo by and courtesy of Ben Hider. people and claims to be a fighter pilot in both Camp (Kim). on about his brilliant but willful daughter. The Shoemaker, at the Acorn Theatre on It mostly comes down to witty dialogue. There is not an ounce of originality to the Afghan and Iraqi conflicts. Myron is skep- West 42nd Street, by the prolific, improbably Take this. “Kim: I thought I had crabs once, recommend the work (the playwright’s, not the tical and even more ironic than Emma, who named Susan Charlotte, is a commonplace but it turned out to be just scabies. Emma: shoemaker’s), which was originally a one-acter likes but does not love him. There is a three- two-act play that tries to capitalize on both What are scabies? Kim: They’re these tiny and then, incredibly a movie, which, however, way tension that soon becomes four-way with the Holocaust and the Twin Towers, not microscopic bugs that crawl under your skin no one I know has seen. All three versions the arrival of extremely sexy Kim, 22 and stun- to mention a dead father who talks to the ning. A jolly call girl who calls herself an escort, and take tiny microscopic shits. So you start Continued on page 13 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 Page 13

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Cuervo and Lucy DeVito, do not manage to tran- Fancy Footwork scend their roles in this cobbled-together would-be shocker. Photography by and courtesy of Joan Marcus. John Simon has written for over 50 years on theatre, film, literature, music and fine arts for the Hudson Review, New Leader, New Criterion, National Review, New York Magazine, Opera News, Weekly Standard, Broadway.com and Bloomberg News. Mr. Simon holds a PhD from Harvard University in Comparative Literature and has taught at MIT, Harvard University, Bard College and Marymount Manhattan College. Continued from page 12 To learn more, visit the JohnSimon-Uncensored. have starred that fine actor Danny Aiello, who is com website. good even here, although the two women, Alma GovernmentSection analysis Yonkers Mayor Amicone Continues to Play the Blame Game By HEZI ARIS YONKERS, and by his implied direction, NY -- Yonkers especially in their communica- Mayor Amicone tion with Governor Cuomo. addressed Mayor Amicone Assemblymen continued his verbal assault Mike Spano. J. Gary Pretlow, and asserting that the Albany Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins Delegation egregiously by letter admonishing them with mischaracterized the cause regard to their letter of July 21, 2011, of the financial crisis facing to Governor Andrew Cuomo, in the YPS. He cast his finger which they requested discretionary of blame primarily upon the funding for pre-kindergarten draconian cuts to education (Pre-K) and sports programs to funding in the New York benefit the Yonkers Public School State budget. Never once does District. Mayor Amicone admon- Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone he look inwardly at his admin- ished the three most prominent istration’s inability to earn any members of the Albany Delegation in his letter o credence to the arguments with which he continued them dated July 25, 2011 to blame the Albany delegation. Mayor Amicone’s Mayor Amicone’s seething verbal dressing tirade is a wild display of personal frustration with down of the Albany Delegation asserts that Yonkers his own inability to lead the Albany Delegation Board of Education (YBoE) Superintendent under his aegis. There is no passion in his written Bernard Pierorazio informed him that neither he tongue lashing of the Albany delegation’s credible nor the Board of Education Trustees, appointed to conduct on behalf of Yonkersites. Were the Albany the board by Mayor Amicone, were consulted prior Delegation conducting themselves anathema to his to the Albany Delegation addressing Governor concepts, Mayor Amicone best look into a mirror, Cuomo. Mayor Amicone’s tirade grew to greater and reflect on blaming himself for his inability to heights of termerity when Mayor Amicone convince anyone of the integrity of his argument. suggested the Albany Delegation is ignorant of Former Mayor John Spencer verbalized the needed resources required by the YPS. His the allegedly unfair funding formula that short- harangue continued when he stated further that he changes the YPS District. Phil Amicone served has implored them to comprehend that the YPS are the Spencer Adminisration as its deputy mayor for desperately in need of and deserving to receive a fair eight years before acceding to the office of mayor share of education funding. Mayor Amicone esca- for the next 7½ years. Many in Yonkers gravi- lated his contention that the Albany Delegation had tated to Mayor Spencer’s plausible concept of the acted on their own rather than having acted in unison Continued on page 14 Page 14 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011

Government Yonkers Mayor Amicone Continues to Play the Blame Game intestinal fortitude to deal with the adversity people when we work together. The letter and and calamity of his almost 16 years of inepti- our efforts to date demonstrate that, as legis- Continued from page 13 not challenged the so-called funding formula. tude and failure. Yonkers will soon be rid of lators, we will continue to fight in every way disparate funding formula as it related to the Lawsuits once challenging Albany’s funding this inept mayor. and on all fronts to help Yonkers’ schools. To funding of the YPS. Yet Mayor Amicone was formula were initiated and then withdrawn. Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins was that end, I look forward to working with the not as enamored by his predecessor’s argu- The legal undertaking cost the YboE over asked to comment on Mayor Amicone’s Mayor-- for the childrens’ sake,” concluded ment. Mayor Amicone dropped the argument $2 million yet have not been returned to the undeserved albeit accusatory letter of her. She Senator Stewart-Cousins. for over three years time. In order to deflect YBoE coffers. The cost of enticing a minor wrote the following statement: Assemblyman Mike Spano’s office has possible blame by Yonkersites of his inability baseball league to play in a yet to be built “There are currently many issues and chosen not to respond believing that in doing to grow the economy to manage the growing baseball stadium cost $670,000 take from challenges facing the Yonkers Public School so, no productive outcome would be reached. student population, Mayor Amicone dusted the coffers of the YBoE but not yet returned. District that I am aware of and continue to A response will be posted if/when received. off Mayor Spencer’s concept and flogged the There are many similar anomalies. None work to address at the State level, stated Senator Assemblyman Pretlow was not asked for Albany Delegation whenever his financial will be investigated; no wrongdoings will be Stewart-Cousins. “The letter to the Governor comment because he has only once in 11 years resources placed his leadership qualities at discovered. It is these cover-ups and others is just one of a myriad of letters, legislation, responded to a question of him by this reporter issue. Mayor Amicone’s offense blasted the rarely discussed that engage Yonkersites in a requests, and initiatives we, individually and as and that was only based on a face to face Albany Delegation without retort by them. soap opera like saga of deception. a delegation, have put forth to help Yonkers confrontation in the City of Mount Vernon. Never once did Mayor Amicone or Were Mayor Amicone concerned about and the school district. We all continue the Read the Mayor’s letter herein and the Superintendent Pierorazio promote how to the YPS student, he would have planned fight to appropriately address the varied needs Albany Delegation’s letter addressed to New York right what they assert is the unfair funding corrective measures. He did not. Mayor of the 26,000 students served by the district. State Governor Andrew Cuomo. Download formula under which Yonkers has suffered Amicone prefers to point at others for his As a matter of course, and especially during Letter from Mayor Amicone re Funding for financially. The Amicone Administration has failures because he does not possess the these difficult fiscal times, we better serve the Pre-K and Sports Programs 7-25-11

MAYOR Marvin’s COLUMN GOVERNMENT News, Issues and Activities Specific to the Remainder of the Summer By MARY C. MARVIN As has been my custom, Board learned by experience that the $25 this will be the final Mayor’s fine was no deterrent to use but was merely column until Labor Day. In light of this, I being absorbed by area landscapers as a want to alert residents to news, issues and cost of doing business. To give everyone activities specific to the remainder of the fair notice of the new fine structure, viola- summer. tors will be issued a warning on their first There are still several free band concerts offense. on tap for the summer. Our 37 year old Paving will begin soon on Kraft Avenue Bronxville Pops will have their season finale from Cedar Street to Pondfield Road. on Wednesday, July 27th at 8PM on the When the paving is complete and conduits Bronxville School lawn so bring a chair, in place, the traffic light will then be opera- pack a picnic and enjoy. tional at Kraft and Cedar. Some other minor The Bronxville Chamber of Commerce paving/patching will be done in residential is hosting a concert at Leonard Morange areas as well. The Village is also installing Park on Thursday, August 25th featuring new curbing from Toni Toni around the “Third Stone.” Both concerts take place corner to Andre’s Hardware in conjunction from 6:30PM – 8:30PM and local with the replacement of the sidewalk by the merchants will have food and drinks for landlord. purchase. The Village will be going out to bid The summer also brings a revised on Phase I of the refurbishment of both schedule of operations at our Library: Sagamore Park and Maltby Field in the Monday 9:30AM – 5:30PM, Tuesday 1PM coming weeks with a contractor selected in – 9PM, Wednesday 9:30AM – 5:30PM, the fall. The process was slowed quite a bit Thursday 1PM – 5:30PM, Friday 9:30AM due to the delay in receiving a guarantee that – 5:30PM and Saturday 9:30AM – 1PM. our State grant monies were in the pipeline. Note that the morning hours have been As a point of information, when you greatly expanded. see yellow flags on lawns indicating that Now is also the time to put the gas the grass was treated, it does not neces- powered leaf blowers away until fall. Fines sarily mean pesticides were used. According for summer use have increased from $25 to New York State law, even organic lawn to $250 for a first violation and escalate treatment requires these signs and the State to $1,000 for a third offense. The Village Continued on page 15 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 Page 15

MAYOR Marvin’s COLUMN GOVERNMENT News, Issues and Activities Specific to the Remainder of the Summer Scarsdale. We do, however, have three nota- ries on the Village staff. Continued from page 14 stopped a vehicle for another legitimate New York City hospitals, birth certificates Our staff feels so badly, especially on has yet to produce a sign that differenti- violation such as speeding or broken tail are available on-line or at the 125 Worth these hot summer days when folks travel to ates between the application of chemical vs. lights. The new law now treats texting while Street office of VitalR ecords. Village Hall for services we cannot legally organic lawn products. driving on a par with driving while talking Likewise, handicap permits may only be provide. To update, just this past week, Governor on a cell phone. issued by the community to which one pays Have a safe, happy and peaceful summer Cuomo signed into law a bill making texting Finally, just a few points of clarifica- taxes. Sharing a common postal address and remember we are available to help at while driving a primary offense punishable tion about Village services. Only individuals does not meet this criteria. Village Hall if you need us. by a $150 fine and 2 points on one’s license. who are born at Lawrence Hospital can The Village also does not issue marriage Mary C. Marvin is the mayor of the Village of Prior to this, texting was only a secondary obtain copies of their birth certificates at licenses. They can be processed in nearby Bronxville. offense punishable only if a police officer Village Hall. If you were born in any of the Mount Vernon, Yonkers, Eastchester and CAMPAIGN TRAIL

has within his community.” Its Official: Murphy Nominated As Republican Candidate “This election is not YORKTOWN, NY -- On Tuesday colleagues recklessly continued down the during the last redistricting process about me but it is a recall evening Yorktown Councilman Dr. Terrence road of financial disaster.” to avoid a formidable candidate, are of the sitting incumbents Murphy, formally accepted the Republican Dr. Murphy’s nomination comes on a blatant insult to the institution of who have led our county nomination for Westchester’s Fourth the heels of a redistricting process which democracy,” continued Dr. Murphy. down the road of fiscal Legislative District. Murphy, who is also was decried by the Westchester League of “As a result of these heinous actions my ruin. Westchester County seeking the Conservative and Independence Women Voters as messy at best. In a press opponent has attempted to take away is exporting people, both endorsements, called this year the continu- release dated May 9, 2011 the League stated, one of the greatest rights Americans are young and old, because the cost of living is ation of the tax revolt started by County “…the LWVW believes it cannot endorse bestowed which is the right to choose.” simply too high,” concluded Dr. Murphy. Executive Rob Astorino in 2009. the county redistricting process, and we “Dr. Murphy is exactly the kind of prin- “I will bring my experiences as a successful “The facts speak for themselves; for the wish to distance ourselves from the resulting cipled leader County Executive Astorino businessman to White Plains and partner fourth time in the last five years Westchester process.” In fact, despite Dr. Murphy’s efforts, needs beside him if we are to reign in county with County Executive Astorino to restore County is the highest taxed county in the his opponent had the fourth district redrawn spending, reduce the size of government, fiscal sanity to our county. The future of United States of America,” said Dr. Murphy. so it excluded Dr. Murphy’s residence which and make Westchester County more afford- Westchester will be determined this fall and “My opponent, who claims to be a successful has been situated in the fourth legislative able for our families to enjoy,” commented for the sake of my children I refuse to let the financial planner, has sat at the helm as our district for over twenty years. Westchester County Republican Chairman same stale individuals go unchallenged.” county’s government expanded exponentially “We the people have watched time Doug Colety. “The unanimous nomina- costing millions of taxpayer dollars. Despite and again entrenched incumbents abuse tion of Dr. Murphy by the towns within the County Executive Astorino’s efforts to the public trust for self preservation and fourth legislative district reverse these poor policies my opponent has self indulgence. The actions taken by my only further proves the Yonkers Downtown BID continued to standby while his Democratic opponent, which were the same tactics used abundant support he Jazz & Blues @ Dusk 2011

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Governor Cuomo Signs Land Bank Legislation August 5th Luiz Simas August 12th The Eli Yamin Blues Band Land Banks Will Revitalize Communities by Allowing Localities to August 19th The Mala Waldron Project August 26th Joan Crowe & The Jesters of Jive September 2nd Tom Flammia Quartet Redevelop Abandoned Properties Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Friday, July 29,

2011, signed a law allowing municipalities to create land Yonkers Downtown/Waterfront BID presents the banks to convert vacant properties into uses that support Fifth Annual FREE community revitalization. Jazz, Blues & More @ Dusk Land banks are local entities authorized to take Summer Concert Series every Friday @ 6:30pm control and redevelop vacant or abandoned properties at the Yonkers Waterfront Amphitheatre to where they can better serve the public interest. With many Upstate municipalities suffering from an over- abundance in vacant and abandoned properties due to population losses, land banks will give cities and coun- ties a new tool to rebuild communities and foster local Special Thanks to Our Sponsors: economic development. Governor Andrew Cuomo “Land banks will finally give local authorities the will allow for new economic development projects and Domino Sugar of Yonkers much-needed ability to take community redevelop- improve neighborhoods across New York state. I included July 1st to September 2nd, the Key Bank ment into their own hands,” Governor Cuomo said. Yonkers waterfront will be filled the creation of land banks in my urban agenda as a way with the cool sounds of live “Abandoned buildings and properties have brought blight jazz, blues and more! Sound Associates Inc. Continued on page 16 www.YonkersDowntown.com and desolation to many communities. This legislation

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GOVERNMENT Governor Cuomo Signs Impediments be sure that it will be provided, case by case, (AI). So what’s as needed. Land Bank Legislation Mr. Astorino Goes to Washington the problem now? But what really has we, the residents Continued from page 15 By NANCY KING Plenty, if you are and taxpayers of Westchester scratching our to help transform our struggling urban On July 27th, County to buy into HUD’s heads over this latest bill we’re being asked communities. I thank Senator Valesky, Executive Rob Astorino demands. So far it’s bathrooms that are too to foot is where actually are these new edicts Assemblyman Hoyt, and the Legislature and several of his aides trav- small and a lack of a third bedroom for those coming from? Sadly enough, it seems to be who have children. I guess nobody who coming from the most prestigious address for their attention to this issue and eled to Washington D.C., worked at HUD ever had to share a bedroom one could have, that is 1600 Pennsylvania working to pass this bill.” to meet with House and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary with a sibling. It’s also about location… again. Avenue. With each rejection letter that the The new law will allow cities and If it is near a railroad station, that’s unac- County receives, it becomes clearer and counties to create and administer land Shaun Donovan. At stake is the future of the affordable housing plan mandated by HUD ceptable. While the rest of us are doing the clearer that President Obama is making an banks to convert vacant, abandoned or after former County Executive Andrew happy dance of joy being near mass transit, example of us. If he ever reads this article, tax-delinquent properties into productive Spano accepted HUD money for affordable HUD has been deemed it to be exclusionary. I feel that I could speak for the residents of use. These properties could be redevel- housing, spent it, and then lost the election Being near a rail station doesn’t always mean Westchester. We don’t think we’re exclu- oped or resold to better balance the supply leaving the Astorino administration holding that you are living on “the wrong side of the sionary by nature, we just realize that it is very of buildings with the local demand for an empty bag. In that bag is a plan which was tracks.” expensive to live here. Most of us, despite them. The land banks will operate under originally intended to provide safe affordable One of the more inane clauses in our color, live in a community where we the New York State Urban Development housing to those residents who seek a better HUD’s rejection of Westchester County’s can not only afford to live but where we are substandard housing proposal was our lack comfortable and accepted. And speaking of Corporation. life. What we have however, is the accusation of “mobility counseling.” When I first read acceptance, we accept the US Census’ report Governor Cuomo’s Regional Councils that we, the residents of Westchester County oppose affordable housing and are indeed it, all that I could think about were those that we are the fourth most diverse county in will also benefit from the creation of land commercials offering a conversation with New York State. banks because it will create an inventory nothing but a bunch of racists. Westchester County was to leverage $51.6 a mobility counselor to see if you qualified Let us also not forget the clear fact that if of land that the councils can use when million to provide that housing in Westchester for a power chair. Though I am sure HUD HUD and Mr. Obama get their way on this developing their plans. communities over a period of 7 years. And it wants us to counsel new residents on how issue, it paves the way for the Federal govern- seemed that we were moving forward until to get around, they fail to give their new ment to reach beyond the county and oversee June 11th, tenants any credit for reading. I’m pretty sure housing in local municipalities. Ugh. The when the that even the most timid of our new tenants only thing that this brings to mind is George county could read a bus map and a Welcome Wagon Orwell’s 1984 and our reintroduction to big received packet. Ditto on HUD’s request for the sign brother. yet another language interpreter for the deaf and a reader Truthfully, shouldn’t Mr. Obama and rejection for the blind. Surely not all families seeking HUD be more concerned with raising the (the 5th to affordable housing need this sort of hand debt ceiling? No wait… silly question, we in be exact) holding. Not having these sort of counselors Westchester will probably get blamed and to the on staff doesn’t make us racist or exclusionary. billed for that mess, too. Analysis of It makes Westchester County prudent with a Nancy King is a resident of Greenburgh, New buck and believe me, if any of those support York. services are needed for a new tenant, you can HOUSING Freeman: Boards Must Take “Critical and Praiseworthy Comments” By Peggy Godfrey Three basic understandings Government, introduced himself to the large crowd were promoted at the forum spon- which had gathered at he Weaver Street firehouse in sored by Assemblyman George Mamaroneck on July 21, 2011, by saying, “I am here Latimer and the Larchmont- for you.” He emphasized his agency was very small Mamaroneck League of Women and consisted of only two people. Voters on Open Government: A booklet prepared by his Committee, “Your Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), open meet- Right to Know,” (also on the web), was distributed ings, and personal privacy laws. Elizabeth Radow, to the audience and was considered essential in president of the Larchmont-Mamaroneck League understanding State laws on this topic. This booklet of Women Voters, made introductory remarks can also be accessed on the website by search on the challenging the group by asking: How can elected Internet for “Committee on Open Government,” or officials be up front on all issues? Why can’t we get http://www.dos.state.ny.us/coog/coogwww.html. access to information we need? Latimer was cited for legislation he sponsored The featured speaker, Bob Freeman, executive which was approved on July 26, 2006. That law director of the New York State Committee on Open Continued on page 17 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 Page 17

HOUSING Freeman: Boards Must Take “Critical and Praiseworthy Comments” supposed to provide a “records access officer.” The intent of the FOIL is to have “an open Continued from page 16 meeting be made available on the agency’s The subject of Executive Sessions elicited decision making process.” changed the relationship between the people website.” Freeman asked the group to contact a surprising conclusion by Freeman, “A public The word “confidential” does not mean and government. It amended the “public Governor Cuomo and urge him to sign the body cannot schedule an Executive Session in a thing. Freeman emphasized boards must officers law and the state technology law, in bill, which has passed both houses. Cuomo’s advance.” A motion must say what the group take “critical and praiseworthy comments.” relation to electronic access to public records.” telephone is 518-474-8390, or you can access wants to talk about. Referring to page 14 of the He added, “If they don’t , vote the rascals out.” The law requires “The Committee on Open Governor Andrew Cuomo in a search engine booklet, “Your Right to Know,” he noted eight Then he said, “Some agencies are beyond Government to develop a form that will be and get his website. Freeman added, “the real proper grounds for Executive Sessions, such embarrassment,” so he urged they be voted available on the Internet to be used by the question is what would happen (on any given as “matters which will imperil public safety.” “out of office.” public when requesting a record.” FOIL issue) if the government had to discuss tits No other subjects are properly addressed in Freeman asserts a board member “has an requests can be sent or answered via email. merit or demerits in public?” Then he asked, Executive Sessions. Temporary committees obligation to express his viewpoint.” Having The audience was urged to contact “Would it hurt?” are not covered under FOIL. Exemptions for people present at a meeting makes a difference Governor Andrew Cuomo and ask Open meetings refer to both elected Executive Sessions and other meetings are in compliance. He added it is wrong to think him to sign a proposed law, A00072 by or appointed bodies of two of more people. listed on page 16 of the “Your Right to Know” you can’t have the minutes of a group until Assemblywoman Amy Paulin. That bill Answers to the question, “What is a meeting booklet. An example listed is “deliberations after they are approved. requires records or proposed resolutions on of a public body?” included formal and of political committees.” A question arose on laws or regulations “scheduled to be presented informal meetings or workshops and any time access to records and whether every agency Peggy Godfrey is a freelance writer, and former and discussed by a public body at an open there is a quorum of two or more members. had a “records access officer.” Every agency is educator.

GOVERNMENT Brook for maintenance and operating proto- will begin to review the infrastructure needs cols. The IMA will go before Rye Brook for of the City. With some improvement, roads Rye City Council Updates—July 26, 2011 approval. That is the last step in the planning continue to be in poor condition overall and By DOUGLAS FRENCH process and now that funding is in place, the there are several infrastructure needs. The CIP Managing within the Property Tax Cap City will then be moving forward to bid the identifies projects and acquisitions of infra- project out and begin the construction phase. structure, buildings, land, facilities, vehicles and The passage and signing a few hundred thousand dollars to $1M. The The automated sluice gate will reduce flood equipment that also include areas of drainage, into law of the New York goal is to make the assessment process more elevations during peak storm events. flood mitigation, sewer, transportation and State Property Tax Cap of equitable and in short, roughly one-third Playland’s Citizen Committee Report on recreation. Traditionally capital projects are 2%, or the rate of inflation of the properties end up getting a higher funded through general fund surplus, grants, if it is lower provides necessary property tax assessment and tax bill, one-third get a lower Proposals debt or tax increases. With limited funding relief, but also poses challenges for municipali- assessment and tax bill, and one-third stay at After more than 3 months and several and the cap, the City will need to determine ties in balancing service levels -- particularly the same rate. Outside of a City-wide reas- meetings, the 19-member Citizen Committee how best to fund essential improvements both without any relief in State mandates. In Rye, sessment, property owners can file a grievance established by the County Executive in March in the short and long-term. a 1% increase in tax revenue is $190,000 so with Rye’s Board of Assessment Review to try and is representative of many stakeholders is Congratulations to Laura Slack on her the City will be capped at roughly $380,000 to get their taxes lowered, but under the NYS on track to release its final report in the next appointment as President of the Board of or lower since the rate of inflation is lower, yet Real Property Law, tax assessments cannot few weeks. The Committee’s charge is to eval- Education. The Council and I look forward pass-through costs and far exceed that dollar be raised in the grievance process. Grievances uate the feasibility of proposals in response to to continuing our work and collaboration with threshold. As we approach the budget season, have cost the City about $1.2M each of the the Westchester County request for proposals the Board. the City will continue to use this opportunity last two years in 2009 and 2010, but grievance to “Re-invent Playland Park for the 21st Visit the City of Rye Website at www. to explore all revenue and budget options with filings have dropped by 25% in 2011. In terms Century”. We are in phase two of a four phase ryeny.gov or contact me, City Council our departments, organizations and other of all relevant measures that look at the need process and have focused on determining members or the City Manager should you local governments. for revaluation, Rye currently sits at around the which proposals of the 12 that were submitted want more information. Sign up on our should move on to the next phase which is for The Basics on Property Revaluation median the committee noted. website for City announcements through the County staff to review the financial and legal City of Rye listserv or emergency notifications As Westchester communities work Flood Mitigation: The Sluice Gate Project viability of the proposals. The final phase will through the nixle.com service. together to standardize the property records The City took the next step in progressing establish a future direction. process and more and more municipalities are with the flood mitigation sluice gate project at Doug French is the mayor of the City of Rye, N›ew conducting full reassessments of their prop- Bowman Avenue Dam by authorizing the Capital Improvement Planning Rork, [email protected]. erties - Rye Town, Bronxville and Pelham City Manager to complete an Inter-Municipal At the next City Council most recently and Mamaroneck, Scarsdale Agreement (IMA) with the Village of Rye meeting on August 10th, the Council and New Castle in process, the Council got a briefing on the pros and cons of revaluation from our Government Policy and Research Before speaking to the police... call Committee. There are no plans to conduct a City-wide revaluation, but the objective of George Weinbaum the report was to inform the Council and the ATTORNEY AT LAW public on this hot topic. Rye last had a full reas- FREE CONSULTATION: Criminal, Medicaid, Medicare sessment in 1972 (the City of Mount Vernon Professional Dominican was pre-Civil War) and since then, proper- Fraud, White-Collar Crime & Hairstylists & Nail Technicians Health Care Prosecutions. T. 914.948.0044 Hair Cuts • Styling • Wash & Set • Perming ties are reassessed as improvements are made. Pedicure • Acrylic Nails • Fill Ins • Silk Wraps • Nail Art Designs F. 914.686.4873 Highights • Coloring • Extensions • Manicure • Eyebrow Waxing The committee reported that revaluation is a complex and expensive process ranging from 175 MAIN ST., SUITE 711-7 • WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601 Yudi’s Salon 610 Main St, New Rochelle, NY 10801 914.633.7600 Page 18 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 OpEdSection Contemplating the Function Demanded of Governance By DAMON K. JONES A truly effective city While city government certainly of Mt. Vernon, the silence of our elected elected official, any loss of life in the city government treats public should rely on their police executives officials on guns, gangs, and crime has they are elected to serve should be too safety as a government to understand public safety and crime been deafening! many. It is no secret that Mt. Vernon has function, not just a police prevention in depth, elected officials As citizens, we must ask if Mt. Vernon had 27 homicides in a 24 month span. function. should also know enough to ensure that High School is averaging a 59% graduation This means 27 young men have lost their Every city government elected offi- police and other local government func- rate (according to www.publicschoolre- lives and 27 families have been affected cial should be held accountable for public tions are being carried out effectively, view.com), and the majority of the gun forever! safety, and the perception thereof, in our efficiently, and fairly. violence are perpetrated by 16 to 22 year- Where is the sense of responsibility community. In turn, our elected officials For any city to have a nickname of olds, who have dropped out of school, and urgency from our Mt. Vernon elected delegate to our police agency the primary “Murderville” should be of great concern can’t find the means to earn a living and officials for Mt. Vernon residents, espe- responsibility for public safety, at least that to not only the residents but should be a turn to guns, gangs, and violence for the cially those that live on the south side? part which pertains to crime, nuisances, focus for change among city elected offi- means of survival. Why have city elected Has a murder become another photo disorder, and traffic safety. cials. To the detriment of the residents officials NOT seen a greater need to opportunity for publicity but with no real invest in our youth and in intentions on fixing the problems that is our community? now holding our community hostage? If you ask the resi- As I stated many times, as a Correction dents of Mt. Vernon why Officer with over twenty years work expe- this hard shift in life and rience, I have watched many men, women attitude about the City and children come through the doors of Mt. Vernon, some of our county jail. Many are discharged will blame the youth and without any support system from the gangs and lack of educa- county or city government and they have tion and others will blame no choice but to resort back to the life the family structure. To be of crime because the criminal element is honest, youth, gangs and more supportive than the element of the violence are the “effect.” city government. If we want a safer Mt. The true “cause” of the Vernon, we have to address the challenge problem is that many many neighborhoods face, with respect to of our city leaders have persons who are coming out of prison and failed to give Mt. Vernon going back to the community. citizens any true quality- It is clear that we simply cannot of-life investment for the “arrest” ourselves out of our current crime residents. problem. There must be a comprehensive There was a teen change in the mindset of the people. A recently arrested with truly effective city government treats a fully loaded gun, in public safety as a government function, another incident a man not just a police function. To achieve was shot, a recent murder any sustainable reduction in crime, our in a park and a young girl elected officials must engage in an aggres- sexually assaulted at gun sive plan to identify and promote social point. The Mt. Vernon service programs that provide mean- Police Department is ingful assistance for families in need. doing the best they can. This is especially critical to those fami- sofritony.com Unfortunately, there are lies with children, to prevent the youth so many children on the from growing up being/feeling neglected A Taste of Puerto Rico In The Heart of New York! streets and no programs and joining on to so-called gangs and to channel their energy engaging in criminal actives. Dinner 7 Days a Week I Bar I Catering I Entertainment in a positive direction, our Damon K. Jones is the Executive Director of elderly and families feel Westchester Blacks in Law Enforcement. I our streets are not safe. has a hot little sister and her name is Our city official will like Now Open at 105 Reade St., Tribeca to say that two homicides

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Thanks to business aviation, Potpourri: Death Penalty, Medical we’re bringing cancer patients closer to their cure. Marijuana, Easing Up on Bankers, and Taxes “After her cancer treatment, By ED KOCH she could not The death penalty was would be the recent Connecticut case recently the subject of a where perpetrators raped and killed a Times op ed by David woman and her two daughters, clubbing fly commercially. R. Dow, entitled “Death the husband unconscious but fortunately Penalty, Still Racist And Arbitrary.” In not killing him, leaving him to spend the What a relief she a letter to the editor, James A. Dueholm rest of his days bereft of their company. wrote in response, “David R. Dow attacks Another horrific case is the killing of the could fly with capital punishment on its statistical bias 8-year-old Jewish child in New York City against minorities. Death penalty oppo- within the last few weeks, the child alleg- nents have brought arbitrariness upon edly seeking guidance from a stranger, Corporate Angel Network.” themselves.” The writer pointed out state being lost. He was allegedly sedated, laws were enacted to assure fairness and choked to death and then dismembered. equal treatment by “assur[ing] that a first No, I would not be satisfied upon degree murderer would die regardless of conviction with a sentence of life in prison the race of the victim or defendant.” without parole. Would you? However, the writer went on to point New Jersey has enacted a medical out, “A closely divided Supreme Court marijuana law, allowing its use to relieve with the hearty concurrence of those who the pain and suffering of those who now complain about the arbitrary nature could receive pain relief and comfort of capital punishment struck down these while living with a disabling disease. The laws making discretion an inescapable 2-year-old law has not been implemented O C I A

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circumstances in hearings following a and distributing the marijuana would P H O finding of guilt. not be prosecuted by federal law officials, It is true that whites generally kill marijuana possession being illegal under other whites and blacks and Hispanics federal law. Governor Christie is now Through the generosity of corporations flying generally kill other blacks and Hispanics. satisfied the program can go forward. business aircraft, Corporate Angel Network arranges It is also true that while minorities kill The states that now permit medical free travel for cancer patients using the empty seats more victims than whites do, juries find marijuana use are: Alaska, Arizona, on corporate jets. more whites subject to the death penalty California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, than they do minorities after hearing the Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, This service is vitally important to cancer patients. various mitigating circumstances in the New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Some simply can’t afford the cost to fly commercially. different cases. Is that discrimination? I Island, Vermont and Washington. The Others can’t handle the stress of navigating airports. don’t believe so. District of Columbia also permits its use. Still others can’t risk the exposure of crowded The opponents of the death penalty It makes no sense to deprive the resi- airports because of immune system deficiencies. have been successful in creating the dents of New York of this medical benefit. groundless fear and illusion in many fair Paul Krugman had a Times column in Since 1981, Corporate Angel Network, a not-for-profit minded people that racial discrimina- which he writes “Ever since the current organization, has worked with U.S. corporations to tion is at play and that more blacks and economic crisis began, it has seemed that schedule nearly 40,000 cancer-patient flights and Hispanics are executed than whites. The five words sum up the central principles currently transports between 250 and 300 patients a facts are just the other way: more whites of United States financial policy: Go easy month to and from treatment. The process is simple. are executed than blacks. The discrimi- on the bankers.” He went on, “As federal Corporate Angel Network’s staff does all the work. nation allegedly being that the lives of officials press state attorneys general to After all, patients and their families have enough to white victims are deemed more precious accept a very modest settlement from worry about. than black victims. Nevertheless, there banks that engaged in abusive mortgage is still a significant majority out there practices.” supportive of the death penalty. That If the practices were illegal, as surely majority is significantly smaller than it some were, possibly involving fraud, Cancer patients fly free in once was because of the false charges of shouldn’t some of these people respon- Corporate Angel Network the empty seats on corporate jets. discrimination. sible for families losing their homes and I believe there are some criminal acts having their lives disrupted, subjecting Corporate Angel Network, Inc. that are so horrific that society rightfully perhaps tens of thousands of people (866) 328-1313 www.corpangelnetwork.org demands the death penalty. Two examples Continued on page 20 Page 20 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011

ED KOCH COMMENTARY Potpourri: Death Penalty, Medical Marijuana, Easing Up on Bankers, and Taxes subject to a 15 percent capital gains tax, instead of “earned” income, which most Continued from page 19 preventing any revenue increases from of the tax code (loopholes) that he pays a of us receive for employment, subject to to despair and a significant period of being imposed on the two percent of tax of 14.7 percent on his annual income, much higher tax brackets. Is that fair? I misery and hopelessness, receive prison taxpayers – those making more than although one would think because of don’t think so and neither does he. sentences? $250,000 annually, or as some suggest, on his income, he would be in a category It is surely hard for people to those making a million or more annually. subject to a 35 percent tax, the highest The Honorable Edward Irving Koch served understand why it is the Republican Warren Buffett, one of our richest tax bracket. He is able to manipulate his New York City as its105th Mayor from Congressional leaders think it fair to citizens who is also one of our most civic income as many wealthy people do so that 1978 to 1089. protect millionaires and billionaires by minded, announced recently with the aid his income is described as “unearned,” OPED

of exchange” of the New Rochelle city-suburb with no accounting for Stemming the Flight of New Rochelle’s Human Capital discrepancies between their contri- By STEPHEN I. MAYO bution to the city treasury and the return in services. Now that the city’s People are disap- them away. This is a sophisticated popu- the city’s highest residential assessments coffers are depleted, is it not fair for those pearing from the streets lation, situated in an expensive region. “District Sixers” have begun questioning who have uncomplainingly shouldered of New Rochelle! Good Worldly inhabitants who never expected New Rochelle’s “Value Proposition.” past burdens to expect an equitable supply people who hold impor- to live cheaply amidst some of the With some of the finest talents and of services? tant jobs, own businesses, choicest real estate on the planet; espe- educational and achievement records Oliver Wendell Holmes once said send their kids to local schools, make cially after experiencing the alternative of anywhere (leading the region in lead- “Taxes are the price we pay to live in a them do their homework, practice their apartment-living when they got married. ership in finance, law, health care and civil society.” “District Sixers,” practiced violins and play a sport or two. People What propels them is New Rochelle loss administration), who better to judge the in money matters, but inclined to a caring who care about their neighbors, obey the of “value.” As kids enter college parents unique set of attributes and qualities and liberal orientation, might respond, law and, with little complaint until now, wonder if they can continue in their roomy that constitute the “Value Proposition” “Agreed. And pothole repairs and snow pay the city’s bills. abodes and pay for “free” public educa- of everyday commodities that we are and leaf disposal, as provincial as they may They are my neighbors and maybe tion, a splendid, full-time fire department accustomed to as consumers and citizens sound, are the solemn responsibilities of yours. Like most in New Rochelle’s and a police department worthy of a city - hard goods, services and presently, public bureaucrats in a civil and just locality. The “North End,” they own single-family much more perilous than theirs. accommodations? proper handling of these tasks by city offi- homes and consequently pay sky-high Few Republicans or Democrats ques- In light of the degeneration of cials is no less fundamental to the conduct property taxes in a county with the highest tion the accustomed subsidy of infirm or services like: street repair, leaf/snow of our civic and commercial life than the taxes in the entire country. They are unemployed neighbors who can’t support clearing, safety improvements to Quaker maintenance of national defense and law fleeing the “Queen City of the Sound” in themselves or dependents. This has Ridge Road and Pinebrook Boulevard; and order by the nation and states.” record numbers to cost-of-living “garden become a responsibility of the wealthy grooming of parks and roadway medians, We can retain our upper middle- spots” like Stamford, White Plains and to deserving others; virtually imposed by the city no longer warrants the taxes, class foundation by re-igniting faith in Greenwich (!). Others want to, but can’t national citizenship and state residence. fees and excises that once were collected the city’s administrative competence because they haven’t been offered their However, some have begun challenging without protest. Potholes are only the through: prudent public finance, modest “magic number.” You know it; an amount the reach of this “social contract” into their most obvious examples of the dilapida- personnel and collective bargaining strat- approximating the exorbitant price they their town Is it not enough to provide tion of our public works. Yet, it is in the egies (with lower starting wages, more paid for the overvalued parcel at the access to public schools, emergency care neglect of potholes, snow and leaves that the part-time workers, higher health co-pays/ height of the 1980s real estate boom. This and “affordable” housing for others? How incumbent council and management have co-insurance), stringent ethical standards state of suspension is compounded by the many other societal outcomes are to be displayed their most callous indifference to the and, strict oversight of middle manage- burdens of state, county, school and New guaranteed? And is there any limit to the everyday, workaday concerns of the common, ment practices (as revealed in the recent Rochelle municipal tax districts which taxpayer-funded generosity of city politicians forgotten stakeholders of New Rochelle. Department of Public Works criminal few buyers want to accept. to those employed by government itself? In the best of times, district citizens indictment). Let business executive-like It is not taxes alone that are driving As they continue bearing some of were willing participants in the vague “life entrepreneurial savvy become the new standard of excellence in New Rochelle’s municipal administration. Stop treating this class of community LETTERS TO THE EDITOR wealth-providers as “tax farmers,” and Please submit your Letter to the Editor electronically, that is by directing email to WHYTeditor@ offer a more alluring “Value Proposition,” and we will stem this great flight of gmail.com Please confine your writing to between 350 and 500 words. Your name, address, and human capital. Let’s begin now. telephone contact is requested for verification purpose only. A Letter to the Editor will be accepted Stephen I. Mayo, manufacturing executive, at the editor’s discretion when space permits. attorney and candidate for New Rochelle A maximum of one submission per month may be accepted. 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Many moderate cultural conservatives resistance. have suggested that banning Sharia will solve In a similar spirit, he writes: “America as a Norway’s Terrorism in Context all our problems and force the Muslims to polity is scr*wed, and thank the gods for that.” integrate. Unfortunately, Islam is a lot more By extension, Behring Breivik may By DANIEL PIPES resilient than most people can comprehend. . well have wanted to harm those analysts of Published with Add to these two Timothy McVeigh (the . . Taking Sharia (and all political aspects) out Islam cited in the manifesto. He calls me a express permission 1995 Oklahoma City bomber) and Baruch of Islam is simply not possible. “moderate,” which obviously is not meant as by the author and Goldstein (the 1994 Hebron mass killer) and This position differs fundamentally from a compliment, and dismisses even the hardest- replicated herein; one has the four outstanding exceptions to the my own, which holds that “radical Islam is line critics of Islam as lacking in courage: first published in the dominant rule of Islamist mass murder. One the problem, moderate Islam is the solution.” The reason why authors on the Eurabia National Review Online on July 27, 2011. website,TheReligionOfPeace.com, counts While sharing common opponents, these related issues/Islamisation of Europe — http://www.danielpipes.org/10007/ 17,500 terrorist incidents on behalf of Islam two outlooks differ on the nature of Islam, Fjordman, Spencer, [Bat] Ye’or, Bostom norway-terrorism-in-context in the past ten years; extrapolating, that comes its potential for change, and the possibility of etc. aren’t actively discussing deportation is Scandinavia may look idyllic from a to some 25,000 since 1994. We are dealing allying with Muslims. because the method is considered too extreme distance, what with royal families and prime with two very different orders of magni- Beyond massacring innocent Norwegians, (and thus would damage their reputational ministers almost without security, but it has tude. As David P. Goldman notes, “there is Behring Breivik damaged conservatism, the shields). . . . If these authors are to [sic] scared endured its fair share of violence, from the a world of difference between the organized counterjihad, and (in particular) those authors to propagate a conservative revolution and assassination of Swedish prime minister Olof use of horror by terrorist movements and the he cited in his writings, including myself. A armed resistance then other authors will have Palme to two school massacres in one year depraved actions of individuals.” Yes, we must close reading of his manifesto suggests this to. in Finland, one killing eight, the other ten. worry about non-Islamist violence too, but may have been purposeful. Noting that his Behring Breivik hopes to undermine Anders Behring Breivik’s rampage, in other the Islamist variety prevails and, being a vital former membership in Norway’s conservative anyone he perceives as obstructing his words, was hardly unprecedented. extremist movement, will continue to do so. Progress Party would do it harm, he evinces dreamed-for revolution. Temporarily, at least, In the past, one had the cold comfort Ravi Shankar, executive editor of the New satisfaction that this will forward his revolu- he has succeeded. tionary goals: of knowing that deranged acts such as his Indian Express, writes that “What happened Daniel Pipes is president of the Middle East I anticipate that the Norwegian media will were carried out by individuals under the in Oslo Friday may be the early beginning of Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at persecute and undermine the Progress Party sway of extremist ideologies. Not so Behring a new civil war — Europeans fighting each the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. © for my earlier involvement in the organisation. Breivik. This terrorist lists among his favorite other, both Muslim and Christian.” He could 2011 by Daniel Pipes. All rights reserved. authors George Orwell, Thomas Hobbes, well be right. As I argued in a 2007 analysis, This is not a negative thing as an increasing John Stuart Mill, John Locke, Adam Smith, “Europe’s Stark Options,” the continent’s amount of Norwegians will then have their Edmund Burke, Ayn Rand, and William future is likely to consist of either Islamization “illusions of democratic change” crushed (if James. The disconnect between Behring or protracted civil conflict. I sketched the the Progress Party is annihilated by the multi- Breivik’s mainstream political conservatism possibility of “indigenous Europeans — who culturalist media) and rather resorts to armed and his psychological derangement presents a do still constitute 95 percent of the conti- shocking new dilemma and challenge. nent’s population — waking up one day and That said, there is no reason to think that asserting themselves. ‘Basta!’ they will say, Behring Breivik has a single follower, that any and reclaim their historic order. This is not Direct Hard Money other mainstream political conservative will so remote; a chafing among Europeans, less emulate him and massacre socialists. This among elites than the masses, loudly protests has never happened before and will prob- changes already underway.” Lender ably never happen again. This is a gruesome, Although he attacked socialists, not freakish exception. Muslims, Behring Breivik clearly fits this 14% Interest And yet, this exception does tell conser- chafing. More broadly, he fits into a pattern vatives that we have to be aware of a danger of growing Christian-Muslim violence visible 1 Year Bridge Loans we had not thought of before. We may oppose from Nigeria to Iraq to the Philippines. socialists, but not vilify them. Not surprisingly, Behring Breivik belongs Given how meticulously Behring Breivik to the “Islam is evil” school of thought, as he planned not just his bombing attack and gun frequently signaled in his manifesto: $20,000-$1 Million rampage but also his posting of a manifesto . . . a tolerant Islam is a contradiction, and and a video, and given his plans to turn his trial the “creation” of a tolerant past for Islam to Secured by Real Estate into political theater, his terrorism appears ulti- appease the position of liberal Muslims is a lie. mately intended primarily to bring attention . . . to take the violence out of Islam would Immediate Answer to his political views. Indeed, during his initial require it to jettison two things: the Quran as court appearance on July 25, the Associated the word of Allah and Muhammad as Allah’s Closing in 7 Days Press reports, he presented the violence “as prophet. In other words, to pacify Islam would ‘marketing’ for his manifesto,” 2083 — A require its transformation into something that European Declaration of Independence. it is not. In this way, Behring Breivik resembles Islam today is what it has been fourteen the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, who engaged centuries: violent, intolerant, and expansionary. in violence as a means to market his 1995 It is folly to think that we, in the course of a Call G. Morales manifesto, Industrial Society and Its Future. few years or decades, are going to be able to Indeed, the tie between these two is very close: change the basic world outlook of a foreign 914.632.1243 Hans Rustad documents how extensively civilisation. Islam’s violent nature must be Behring Breivik plagiarized from Kaczynski, accepted as given. T. 914.632.1243 • Mon.-Fri. 10AM-6PM changing only some key words. Page 22 The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011

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Suffer Little Children Mattingly Leaves ACS, Presided Over Tragedies but Reformed the Agency. By HENRY J. STERN Judge Richter is Successor.

John B. Mattingly is to deal with, and the financial chasm in the media, and the more people are That column, which is almost lyrical retiring as Commissioner between receipts and expenditures had shocked by the tragedy, which can often in tone, begins with the poem, “Who of the Administration for only widened, although through no fault be traced to the negligence or incompe- killed Cock Robin”. It continues with Children’s Services (ACS) after seven of Walder’s. tence of employees of the Administration a contemporary version of the children’s years in the trenches. At the age of 66, he John Mattingly stayed for the long for Children’s Services. rhyme. I strongly recommend that you will return to the child welfare foundation haul in what is probably the most thank- The nadir in this agency came five read it; you will not be disappointed. he headed in Baltimore. less position in city government. You get and one half years ago, when the police AFTER THE TRAGEDIES His departure is in striking contrast into the news only when a child under found the lifeless and emaciated body to Jay Walder’s jumping ship after 21 your protection is murdered, usually by of Nixzmary Brown in an apartment in With the support of Mayor months at the MTA to take a far more the mother’s boyfriend, or when the child Bedford-Stuyvesant. We reported on Bloomberg, Commissioner Mattingly lucrative position running a railroad in the starves to death after months or years of the case on January 13, 2006, and you survived these disasters and went on Orient. Yet Walder may have performed a neglect and abuse. The more grotesque can read our analysis of the situation by to institute numerous reforms in the service by his surprise exit. His manner the death, the more attention it receives clicking here. We reproduce the headline beleaguered agency. More caseworkers had alienated many of the people he had over the story. were hired, and their training improved. Supervision was increased, and super- TORTURE AND MURDER OF A visors were held responsible for their 7-YEAR OLD GIRL LIVING WITH employees’ misconduct. Child welfare FAMILY UNDER ACS SUPERVISION advocates, generally critical of public LEADS TO DEMANDS FOR FULL agencies, gave Mattingly good marks on INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW OF the whole upon his departure. ACS’ FAMILY-FIRST ATTITUDE. However, since no one can entirely With additional information, we believe the words of public officials, (look, wrote another article five days later, which for example, at the hosannahs which you can read here. By January 18, similar exalted Joel I. Klein upon his departure horror stories were coming to light. This from the Department of Education to was the headline on the second article: enter the service of Rupert Murdoch) we OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEATH OF cannot say for certain what, if any, skel- AN AMIABLE CHILD, TORTURED etons remain in the closet at ACS. BY ADULTS AND IGNORED BY We commend Commissioner AUTHORITIES. Mattingly for his service and dedica- tion over seven long and arduous years. The reference to an amiable child Mayor Bloomberg was courageous for not is from the caption on a small statue in yielding to those demanding Mattingly’s Riverside Park, just west of Grant’s Tomb, immediate dismissal after the tragedies. which commemorates the life of St. We have just learned that the mayor Claire Pollock, a young boy who, on July has appointed Ronald E. Richter, a Family 15, 1797, fell to his death from the edge of Court judge, to succeed Mattingly. Richter a cliff overlooking the Hudson River. We was formerly a Deputy Commissioner at feel sadness over the centuries at the loss ACS, in charge of Family Court cases of an innocent child. When the tragedy involving child abuse, neglect and custo- is caused in part by official misconduct, dial rights. He is married to Franklin people feel anger as well as sorrow. Cogliano, and they have a 14-month A roster of murdered children daughter, Maya. appeared in a third story, which was Mayor Bloomberg said that the published on January 23. Compare the Commissioner’s sexual preference had no unusual, hopeful names their mothers relevance to his appointment. gave them with their sordid and pitiful deaths. Click here to read the article Henry J. Stern writes as StarQuest. Direct headlined: mailto:[email protected]. Peruse Mr. Stern’s writing at New York Civic. SIERRA, DAHQUAY, JOZIAH, NIXZMARY; FOUR CHILDREN DIE IN FOUR MONTHS WHILE UNDER THE CARE OF CITY ACS. The Westchester Guardian THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 Page 23 2 column 1 column CLASSIFIED ADS LEGAL NOTICES

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