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News & Notes Northern Westchester Back to the Future MARK JEFFERS Page 4

Hybrid Music SHERIF AWAD Page 7

Mount Vernon Trees v Parking Lot SHANNON AYALA Page 9 Argentine Kleptomania LARRY M. ELKIN Page 13

North Pole Marriage GAIL FARRELLY Page 19

By HEZI ARIS, Page 27 Leaping Lizards JOHN SIMON Page 22

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By MARY C. MARVIN, Page 23 Violation v Misdmeanor EDWARD I. KOCH Page 29 WWW.WESTCHESTERGUARDIAN.COM Page 26 The WesTchesTer Guardian ThursdaY, FeBruarY 23, 2012

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CommunityCALENDAR Section Volunteers Sought for New Rochelle’s 325th Anniversary Celebration NEW ROCHELLE, NY -- In 2013, the City of New Rochelle will celebrate the 325th anniversary of our founding in 1688. During the year-long observance, our culture, diversity and identity will be commemorated, alongside our rich history and growth from a small French- speaking settlement to our present-day emi- nence as a thriving first-tier suburb. To organize and facilitate the celebration, a volunteer committee has been formed, spearheaded by former City Councilwoman, the Hon. Marianne L. Sussman, and com- Sussman. “We invite all members of the community volunteers are sought for every aspect munity to join in planning the events and activi- of planning. A kickoff meeting will be held for ties that will mark this important milestone.” all interested New Rochelle organizations and A webpage has been set up on the City’s individuals on Wednesday, May 16 at 7:30PM website www.newrochelleny.com/325, which at City Hall, Council Chambers, 515 North Av- will contain information on events and activi- enue, New Rochelle, NY 10801. ties as they evolve. Also, to brand the anniver- “Our 325th anniversary is a celebration of sary, the New Rochelle Council on the Arts has the founding of New Rochelle by the Hugue- launched a design contest for a special “325th nots of La Rochelle, France and the centuries of Anniversary” logo. Full details can be found at growth and development that have made us the www.newrochellearts.org. unique and diverse City we are today,” said Ms. Yonkers Hosts First Books Without Borders

YONKERS, NY -- The joy of reading available, allowing the public to become will be celebrated at the first free Books acquainted with the bookstores in the without Borders, to be presented from 10 Westchester and New York area. am to 4 pm, Saturday, June 9, 2012, at Books without Borders will also be a the Yonkers Riverfront Library, 1 Larkin festive event, offering music, clowns and Plaza, Yonkers. face painters and the opportunity to enjoy The event is being sponsored by the Yonkers the venue’s beautiful Hudson River setting. Downtown Waterfront Business Improvement Steve Sansone, executive director of the Yon- District in collaboration with the Yonkers Pub- kers Downtown BID, said: “We are thrilled to lic Library, The Westchester Guardian, its publisher, co-sponsor this first-ever Books without Borders Sam Zherka, and Yonkers Tribune, its publisher, which will no doubt fire the imaginations of read- Hezi Aris, Westchester On the Level radio pro- ers of all ages. This has all the earmarks of another gram, and author Dennis Sheehan. event that will be of broad interest to both our The first of its kind to be held in the area, community and the region.” Books without Borders will put the spotlight on Susan Thaler, branch administrator of the every aspect of the book publishing world and of- Yonkers Riverfront Library, stated: “It is fitting fer something for everyone. Parents will be able to that this branch, the most modern and spacious find books for their children and the public will in the Yonkers Library system, will host the first have a chance to meet some of their favorite au- Books without Borders. We look forward to thors and discover new ones as well. welcoming readers of all ages and inspiring new In addition, aspiring and seasoned authors ones during the all-day celebration of the written will have an opportunity to meet and greet. Au- word.” thors and publishers will preset seminars, which Hezi Aris, editor of The Westchester Guardian will be open and free of charge to the public. and publisher of the Yonkers Tribune, said: “The Literary agents will be on hand to help guide City of Yonkers can at long last begin to celebrate new and unpublished authors through a series of the value of its majestic vistas along the Hudson workshops. River waterfront with awe and purpose. The Publishers will have the opportunity to net- Books without Borders event is a celebration of work with authors, agents and distributors and the discipline of growth, not only in economic de- discuss strategies to allow all aspects of publishing velopment venues but also in the world of writing, to coexist and prosper-digital, traditional print and the appreciation of the written word for young online book sales. and old, and the creativity and exploration it per- In the library’s atrium, booksellers will be Continued on page 4 Page 4 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

CALENDAR COMPETITION Yonkers Hosts First Books Without Borders Hastings High School Advances to Statewide Envirothon Finals Students from Hastings High School are go- Continued from page 3 ing on to compete in the statewide Envirothon, after topping ten other Westchester high school mits us to seek. These are the freedoms we explore teams in the regional competition last month through books. Words are our passport. Come to that tested them on such things as aquatics, soil, Yonkers to learn and explore.” Speaking about the vision for Books without forestry and wildlife. Borders in a column that he recently wrote for The The teams competed at the 21st Annual Westchester Guardian, Mr. Sheehan noted: “Books Hudson Valley Envirothon held on April 27 in bring us knowledge, as well as allow us to escape Fishkill, NY. Hastings’ team came in 4th overall to anywhere our imaginations might take us. They among the 30 high schools from the Hudson allow us to discover, learn and enjoy. They offer a Valley that competed. world of knowledge in a way more intimate and The other Westchester teams to have comfortable than any other medium.” competed are from Woodlands High School, Those wishing to sell books must complete Greenburgh; Yorktown High School; Ossining a registration packet which includes the City of High School; Walter Panas High School, Lake- Yonkers vendors permit application. The applica- land School District, Cortlandt; John Jay High tion requires a fee and must be completed and School; and Putnam-Northern Westchester returned with a photo ID. BOCES. Westchester entered more teams in The packets are available upon request by the competition than any other county, with The team members are Berenice Tompkins, Lydia Lichtiger, Veronica Erdman, Clara Weinstein and emailing Dennis Sheehan at purchasedpower- some schools sending more than one team. Ariadne Bozigos. [email protected] or calling 914-262-1730, “Congratulations to the team from Hast- at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, in Gene- courage students to learn about becoming good or directing email to Jessica Ardrey at jardrey@ ings High School,” said County Executive Rob va. The winning team from the state Envirothon stewards of the land. The teams are each made yonkersdowntown.com or 914-969-6660. Book- Astorino. I am proud of their achievement as in May, will represent New York State at the up of five to seven students. sellers are invited to bring their own tables. A table well as the excellent effort of all the participants. may be rented in advance through the Yonkers Canon National Envirothon at Susquehanna The regional competition was co-sponsored Events such as this encourage our students to Downtown BID for a rental fee of $10. Those University, Pennsylvania in July. by the Westchester County Department of expand their interest in science and our environ- wishing to rent a table are advised to check the The team members are Berenice Tompkins, Planning and the county’s Soil and Water Con- ment.” appropriate box in the registration packet and Lydia Lichtiger, Veronica Erdman, Clara Wein- servation District. The Mount Academy team of The Hasting team, led by teacher Melissa include the required fee. Registration deadline is stein and Ariadne Bozigos. Orange County placed first and second. Shandroff, will represent Westchester at the May 11. Click onto the information hyperlink to The Envirothon’s primary goal is to en- learn more. New York State Envirothon on May 23 and 24

the Bedford Hills Neighborhood Association, eatery in Bedford Hills called MeMe’s Treats News & Notes from Northern Westchester the good folks with the pickup trucks from the Bakery located right across from the train sta- Chowder and March and everyone who picked tion. They are open 7 days a week with home- By MARK JEFFERS Menken sure is on a roll, he currently has three up a piece of trash along the road. Even my made baked goods, excellent coffee, delicious I had a delightful lunch the musicals on Broadway with “Sister Act,” “News- daughter (who I can’t get to clean her room…) wraps for lunch and too many treats to chose other day with The Westches- ies,” and “Leap of Faith” all doing pretty well at and I filled up a few of those orange bags you from! Just in time for summer, they will be offer- ter Guardian’s editor-in-chief the box office. Alan even found time to appear may have seen on the side of the road! ing homemade gelato. Yummmmmmm! Stop at Stepinac High School in White Plains on I get a little tipsy just writing about this… by and welcome them to the neighborhood. Hezi Aris; we solved many th world problems and then my May 15 for a meet-and-greet to help their mu- a Tap Takeover Tasting Event (try saying that How about a 21-gun salute to three area boss gave me a direct order… sic program. Way to go Alan, I can’t even read 3 times fast), will be held at the Green Growler young men; Austin Rivera from White Plains, Craft Beer Grocery in Croton-on-Hudson on Nicholas Mriraglia of Somers, and Jack O’Brien French fries, no just kidding, and chew gum at the same time… th what he did say was that he hopes all of you will Great job and thanks to everyone who par- May 12 , I’m available for any free samples. from Cortlandt, as these cadets recently received enjoy this week’s “News and Notes…” ticipated in last weekend’s cleanup effort includ- We want to wish good luck to Greg and awards from the Civil Air Patrol. Our northern Westchester neighbor Alan ing the Katonah Village Improvement Society, Dawn White as they have opened a great new Here are two things I like to do, read and eat, so I’ll be sure to stop by the Greenbugh Public Library on May 21st to catch “Books and Cooks: A Literary Feast.” Call 914-747-0519 for details. Congratulations to the organizers of the 2012 annual Bedford Elementary School Bike Run. The event is sold out and the waiting list is full, but you can still go to the Fox Lane Cam- pus on Sunday morning, May 20th, to cheer the kids from the five Bedford Central elementary schools. The Bike Run is an endeavor bringing together the community, youth and families, in a productive and fun way to promote health, fitness and wellness goals of the district. It’s not a competitive or a fundraising event… now that is something different! Go paint your thumb green and head over

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Spreadsheets Changed Our Lives, 3 committed to keep supporting that market also. the screen was quite readable (the quality of monitors Sometime later, Jim Manzi, CEO of Lotus had much improved since Version 1) and, more impor- Continued from page 5 add these features: “Sidekick” f rom Borland and was asked if, since Lotus was now developing a tantly, there was quality software that ran under it as “Spotlite” f rom Software Arts to allow contact delivered the first version of “1-2-3.” GUI version of 1-2-3, it would now create one Microsoft was able to transport its Microsoft Of- phone books, calculators, and other basic func- The Lisa was a failure for many reasons -- it of Windows. I can still hear Manzi replying “No, fice Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) from the tions that could be brought up and used without was more expensive than competing MS-DOS you heard Bill say that Windows would be for the Macintosh to MS-DOS / Windows systems. having to quit another application program (the machines, it was a “closed computer,” running only individual or home office market and that is not our Even with the enhancements, “techies” still technology to do this was called “Terminate and software developed by Apple, and was, in the market.” WordPerfect made the same decision. saw Windows 3.0 as a resource waste and inef- Stay Resident” or “TSR”), Novell “Netware” words of industry guru Peter Norton, “ahead of its Conspiracy theorists over the years have suspected ficient and, besides, “1-2-3” didn’t run on it. It, Networking Software to allow multi-user “client- time.” I remember being in many computer stores that Gates saw the future and sandbagged both therefore, would not have received widespread use server” sharing and Windows to allow access of and seeing customers gathered around Lisas go- Lotus and WordPerfect. I certainly can’t ascertain were it not for the arrival of “Mosaic,” a free graph- more than 640K by swapping memory addressing “wow” and “that’s nice” while they waited to whether that is true or not -- but that decision ef- ic browser for the “World Wide Web.” In Au- ing to fool the operating system. The downside take their IBM-PCXTs home. fectively eventually killed both companies. gust 1991, Tim Berners-Lee, working at CERN of these products was that, as one added each to There was a continuing debate as to whether In 1989, Lotus began marketing “Notes,” a (“The Particle Physics Laboratory” in Geneva, MS-DOS, the system became less and less stable. the VisiCorp approach or the Microsoft one system that integrated all commonly used com- Switzerland) introduced a client / server method I did not add the lack of a “GUI” to the list of would be the successful one. I sat in Rosen Fo- puter functions – spreadsheets, word processing, of finding and exchanging information through- “defects” in MS-DOS because a) it was not avail- rums and other conferences and listened to Visi- e-mail, database, etc. into one format that would out the Internet which he named the World able when MS-DOS was developed and, more im- Corp’s Dan Fylstra and Microsoft’s Bill Gates be accessible to users. Each document or sheet Wide Web. Berners-Lee published standards for portantly, b) the “technie” community saw little value debate the rationales of their approaches -- Gates developed in any software was a “note,” accessible developing web pages (“HTML”), publishing the in GUIs as “real computer people worked at the com- maintaining that the user interface belonged as through a Notes database or e-mail. The system pages (“HTTP”) and providing an addressing mand line,” “the Macintosh was not a real computer part of the operating system (which he would re- was a “client / server” system with an OS/2 server standard for the finding the pages (“URL”). but an end-user device,” and the overhead of the GUI state in the mid-1990’s referring to the Web Browser) as the centerpiece and clients to be developed for Berners-Lee’s client was text-based and was a degraded the performance of the system. They would while Fylstra insisting that the interface was sepa- OS/2, Windows, UNIX, and the Macintosh. really innovative use of the “Telnet” / “Terminal” later have to be forced into the GUI world. rate -- an “environment” -- which was much more Notes was originally developed by Isis As- utility found on all computers. It was extremely During the same period, IBM had lost con- efficient when maintained as a separate entity. sociates, a firm founded by Data General, Soft- interesting and useful for experienced computer trol of the platform that it had brought into being. It turned out that both approaches were ware Arts, and Lotus veteran Ray Ozzie (later and Internet users but of little interest to the in- The ability of the Compaq Portable to run “1-2- doomed to, at least, initial failure. VisiCorp, fol- the founder of Groove Networks and, after Groove’s experienced user. 3” had shown that full “PC-Compatibility” was lowing the loss of its “cash cow,” VisiCalc,” could acquisition by Microsoft in 2005, Microsoft’s Chief Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, graduate possible and other manufacturers soon followed not support the ongoing development and mar- Software Architect. Ozzie left Microsoft at the end of students at the University of Illinois Urbana- with many, such as Dell, Gateway, and AST, hav- keting of VisiOn and was acquired by Paladin 2010 and, in January of this year, founded Cocomo, Champaign and working at its National Center ing much lower prices than IBM and Compaq Software in November 1985. Microsoft did not a company presently recruiting with an as yet publi- for Supercomputing Applications (“NCSA”), taking over the lead in innovation (with the first release Windows until 1985 and it was less than cally unannounced direction). Lotus acquired Isis in saw an opportunity to expand the use of the Web release of an 80386-based machine). IBM saw an impressive, to say the least. Bit-mapped text was 1994. by developing a client or “browser” with a graphic opportunity to regain the standard with the intro- close to unreadable (not really Microsoft’s fault -- the All might have been well for Lotus and interface. Development of Mosaic was begun in duction of a new and faster I/O gear that would resolution on 1985 PC monitors did not provide for Word Perfect had OS/2 gone as announced but December 1992 and a version for “X-Windows,” only run with a new operating system. It entered quality display of text) and the applications writ- major problems developed. IBM’s hardware plan a GUI for UNIX, was released in April 1993 with into an agreement with Microsoft under which ten for Windows were less powerful than those for MicroChannel would have involved purchas- other versions for Windows, the Macintosh, and Microsoft would develop a new GUI-based, running under straight DOS; Windows added ers replacing all of their I/O interface cards with the Commodore Amiga released by October of multi-user, multi-program operating system to an overhead that degraded the performance of new MicroChannel cards. IBM’s competitors the same year. The graphic browser spread like be called “OS/2”; IBM would simultaneously the PC). seized on this weakness and came together to wildfire and became the “killer app” that moved introduce both an expanded version of OS/2 to On January 24, 1984, Apple introduced the form a group to work on an “EISA” (“Enhanced personal computers into the home (as Visicalc had be called Macintosh, the first GUI system that not only Industry Standard Architecture”) standard that been the killer app for the Apple II and 1-2-3 had been “OS/2EE” (“OS/2 Extended Edition”) captivated the public but also generated sales. It did would allow its members (Compaq, H-P, Tandy, for PCs in the business world. We are still looking for which would support a much faster “Input / Out- not have the baggage of the Lisa; it was cheaper and AST, and others) to develop equipment with slots the next killer app). put BUS” called “MicroChannel” and a group of was relatively open (it ran “third party software” that that would both support “short cards” (the older Once the ball started rolling on the graphic computer models called “PS/2” containing “Mi- conformed to the requirements of the GUI). Microsoft “ISA” (“Industry Standard Architecture”) and web browser, techies had to recognize that GUIs croChannel.” IBM and Microsoft signed a “Joint and others had Macintosh software available on the the new long and faster EISA cards. The new ma- were here to stay and businesses began to accept Development Agreement” in August 1985 and announcement. Apple, while trying to seduce users chines would have the same speed and features as and support them – and 1-2-3 was not available announced OS/2 in April 1987. away from the MS-DOS platform, attracted a new the IBM PS/2 and would invariably be cheaper. under Windows – but Excel was! – and Word- I was at the April announcement and saw group of users -- artists, writers, and, after the intro- Additionally, IBM and Microsoft had difficulty Perfect was not available – but Word was! Game the announcement of one of the worst business duction of “Page Layout” capability with the Apple working together for a variety of reasons: the over!! decisions made in the short history of microcom- “LaserWriter,” Adobe “PostScript” and “Illustra- firms had different cultures; IBM saw Microsoft’s Ironically, Lotus suffered the same fate as puter development. Once the benefits of the new tor,” and Aldus “PageMaker,” magazine publish- continued develop of Windows as a dilution of its Software Arts and VisiCorp – with a cash cow operating system were described with both Mi- ers and advertising agencies. It was less successful OS/2 effort; Microsoft saw IBM’s main interest – VisiCalc, in the case of Software Arts and Visi- crosoft and IBM maintaining that the new op- in attracting MS-DOS users because the file struc- as selling hardware; the firms developed a lack of Corp, and 1-2-3, in the case of Lotus, each firm erating system would be “the business operating tures were not compatible and the most important respect for the other’s technical competence; and embarked on the development and marketing of system,” the rest of the presentation dealt with the MS-DOS program, 1-2-3, was not available on the initial releases of OS/2 were panned by critics an innovative product – TK!Solver, VisiOn, and many software firms who had signed on to de- the Macintosh. as resource hogs and overly slow. Industry pundit Notes respectively. When the cash cow disap- velop versions of their software for OS/2. Among The Downfall Stewart Alsop referred to OS/2 as “A Fascist Op- peared suddenly, it was game over time for the the many firms were the leaders in DOS-based As the use of personal computers expanded erating System” for the way it took away the control firm and Lotus was sold to IBM in 1995 (Word- software, Lotus Development Corporation and through businesses, the shortcomings of MS- of the system from the user (in later years, Alsop Perfect suffered a similar fate and was sold twice, first WordPerfect Corporation. DOS became more and more apparent. It was recanted this judgment but it was too late). to Novell in June 1994 who then sold it a year and a When the presentation went to Question only able to address 640K of memory (and that Meanwhile, Microsoft continued to have lack half later to Corel). and Answer, Bill Gates was asked whether with included both the operating system and application of commercial success with Windows until it re- As for Barbara and I, we slowly moved into the introduction of OS/2, Microsoft would stop program) even though the 80386 and 80486 Intel leased version 3.0 for MS-DOS in 1990; a GUI full time college teaching and writing and have its development of Windows. Gates replied that Chips could address millions of bytes of internal that, like the previous versions, sat on top of MS- taught and/ or held administrative positions at it would not because OS/2 would require a great memory, it could only run a single program at a DOS rather than replacing it -- it was, therefore NYU, The New School for Social Research, deal more resources than the individual or home time, and was a single user, non-networkable sys- not an Operating System but, rather just a “user Marist College, Tufts University, office business would require and Microsoft was interface.” Unlike the previous versions, however, tem. There were many DOS-add-ons to try to Continued on page 7 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012 Page 7

CREATIVE DISRUPTION CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Spreadsheets Changed Our Lives, 3 Continued from page 6 to Haunt, Even Kill – In retrospect, it is obvious Hybrid Music Westchester Community College, Monroe that Lotus made a major “you bet your company” By SHERIF AWAD blunder in not developing for Windows. Per- College, Purchase College of SUNY, and Iona Hybrid Records’ logo is College – I was 12 years at Monroe and Barbara haps, if it had done a better job of understanding the wants / needs of Macintosh users, it would evocative and provocative: was at Marist for 15 years in two terms. I have the head of an electric gui- also expanded my writing breadth and have a have developed a much better product for the Macintosh than “Jazz “ and staved off Micro- tar wriggling its way to the fiction work, “The Inwood Book” (which contains heart of a tambourine. This a novel, “Offering It Up”), and a book of poetry soft’s success with Excel – Macintosh users Azzam and Ghorab in concert. wanted a spreadsheet from Lotus but not an in- is not about music fusion, it “New & Collected Poems by johnmac the bard”, declares, but creation; mar- available on Amazon. ferior one. Perhaps, if it had developed a successful version of 1-2-3 for the Macintosh, it would rying traditional music with contemporary in- Looking back at the spreadsheet history and struments to produce not just a completely new our involvement, a few things stand out: have had a product ready to port to Windows and done so – BUT it didn’t. sound, but a bridge between cultures. Luck – we were incredibly lucky to have The company is the brainchild of Ahmed run into Seth Gersch at that elevator and taken If You Love What You Are Doing and Keep Learning and Adapting – you can have a Azzam and Mohamed Ghorab, themselves ex- his advice to go up to see Ben Rosen and his emplars of two cultures. In 2009, they set out to computer. That one incident set the tone of our very happy career and life! And so it goes (with credit to Kurt Vonne- create a whole new genre that would rediscover thirty-five year business life. Microsoft had simi- Egypt’s musical heritage and infuse it with the lar luck when the graphic browser “came out of gut’s Billy Pilgrim) Creative Disruption is a continuing series spirit of the 21st century. nowhere” to drive people to GUI environments Born in Cairo, Egypt, Azzam grew up in (Microsoft repaid the debt later by driving Andrees- examining the impact of constantly accelerating technology on the world around us. These changers London, England, where he started studying sen’s company, Netscape, out of business) music at the age of seven. Over the last 15 years, All Eggs In One Basket – Software Arts, normally happen under our personal radar until we Aref Shawky, a discovery by Azzam. find that the world as we knew it is no more. Azzam has lived in San Francisco, California, VisiCorp, and Lotus relied on one cash cow to where he worked as a session drummer and a stint as a TV producer for the Cairo branches fund heavy development and marketing of new John F. McMullen has been involved in tech- music producer at his recording studio Arabic of international advertising firms, he founded products. This is very dangerous and must not be nology for over 40 years and has written about it Breakbeats. During the course of his career, he Tree Films in 2005, which produces documen- done lightly. for major publications. He may be found on Face- collaborated with many award-winning art- taries, commercials, and other TV programming. There Are Some Things That Can’t Be book and his current non-technical writing, a novel, ists, such as Chaka Khan, Jerry Garcia and Joss When Ghorab and Azzam met in America sev- Predicted – Neither Lotus nor Microsoft could “The Inwood Book” and “New & Collected Poems Stone. Ghorab’s youth was split between Egypt en years ago, they discovered they shared a com- have predicted the World Wide Web / Mosaic by johnmac the bard” are available on Amazon. He and the U.S. After he graduated from the Cairo mon goal — to use the eternal language of music but Microsoft was in a position to benefit from is a professor at Purchase College and has previously American College in Maadi, he moved to Spain to break down cultural barriers. They dreamed of it while Lotus was not. taught at Monroe College, Marist College and the to study at the City University of Madrid. After Bad Work and Bad Decisions Come Back New School For Social Research. Continued on page 8 Page 8 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

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with Ioda, a subsidiary of Sony Records Interna- Hybrid Music tional, to distribute Hybrid’s repertoire to more than 400 websites. It seems to be paying off, as Continued from page 7 Hybrid’s website received 160,000 hits in one a modern project with a deep-rooted Egyptian month. flavor, creating songs that would appeal to East- “Album sales are in decline so record- ern and Western audiences alike. ing companies like ours promote their artists Thus was born Hybrid Records, with of- throughout the digital media,” said Ghorab. fices in Cairo and San Francisco. First step: find “Back in the 1960s, musical bands used to go the talent. The duo spent five years traveling on tours to promote their albums. But right now, […] hits on YouTube and similar websites promote the band in shoped for viral campaigns. Ring tones, sponsors and royalties are the basic sources of income for recording companies nowadays.”

Azzam in one of his Music Video. Ahmed Azzam in San Francisco Studio. musically artistic talents from vocalists to all generations — the core of Egypt’s true identity. throughout Egypt in search of tracking down kinds of culturally historic musicians.” We wanted to show people the truth — that it artists practicing the myriad forms of traditional The Hybrid team found that because the has, in fact, not been lost,” Ghorab continues. music. “We were really looking for true, unheard musical traditions were being handed down to “Though we might live in a ‘globalized’ world to- of, authentic talents; covering Egypt from bor- new generations by practice, their heritage re- day, we can forever maintain and understand our der to border, tribe to tribe,” Ghorab explains. mained mostly unrecorded. Some of the music roots and identity through music. Furthermore, “Through regions such as Nubia, Al-Saaid (Up- was on the verge of dying out, as children of the we can export our culture to the world with a per Egypt) and al-falaheen (rural) areas. We old singers took more modern jobs instead of new refined image that would help bridge the searched different cities; Port Said and Behira; carrying on the family profession. gap between the Middle Eastern and Western desert towns from Siwa to Arish; and we have “Our aim was to deliver Egypt the voice cultures.” realized that Egypt still possessed incredible, of its youth, as well as the older, culturally lost The Hybrid team recorded the traditional tunes, and began to thereafter re-synthesize them into a modern sound with electronic mu- 202 Coligni Avenue • New Rochelle, New York sic. Hybrid Records’ first major album “Ze- This special home offers comfort, curb appeal and an ideal location. nouba” showcases this bridge between old and new, East and West. The first single, “Yama Mohamed Ghorab singing some tunes Dagit” (Whenever It Hammers), features the vocals of blind singer Aref Shawky, dubbed ‘Ste- vie Wonder of Upper Egypt’ by music produc- Because major websites such as iTunes ers. Shawky’s vocals reflect feelings as old as the and Amazon do not yet offer legal downloads Pharaohs, with bluesy lyrics describing the day- through Egypt-based Internet providers, Gho- to-day pressures people suffer. rab made a deal with Mazzika.com, an Egyptian Instrumentally, “Yama Dagit” fuses the site for music downloads. “It is the legal portal in musical mysticism of Upper Egypt reflected in the Middle East with a large library valid for le- the sounds of the rababa (spike fiddle) and nay gal download. We, like other companies, receive (bamboo flute) with western funk and hip-hop royalties when users download our music. I think elements, including bass guitar and synthesizer. it is the first step for us to enter the digital audio- The video, currently on Melody, uses a kaleido- visual sales market,” he says hopefully. scopic prism effect to visually morph the tradi- Ghorab also uses his marketing background tional and modern musicians. to promote Zenouba and Hybrid. “We know The next single is even more ambitious, fea- that pop music, and I mean Egyptian pop, dom- turing Azzam with Iraqi oud musician Naseer inates people’s listening habits,” Ghorab admits. Shamma on a remix of Elsira Elhelalia (Elhe- “But I am sure our new musical blend will be lalia’s Legacy). The album has a number of other of interest to different ages and tastes once we Robert J. Seitz, Jr. colorful talents like Reda Shiha from the Delta, complete our releases. Through social networks Licensed Real Estate Salesperson Salma Elasal and Adel Mohamed from Sudan, on the internet, we tend to build a personal rela- Robert J. 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DEVELOPMENT Mount Vernon Cedar Street Residents Fight Parking Lot in Favor of Saving Cedar Trees

By SHANNON AYALA she also says, “I don’t think any tree should be Various residents of and about chopped down unless it’s diseased... The trees are Cedar Street in the Mount more important.” Vernon section of Fleetwood Likewise, when Feldmann approached ten- are fighting to save the actual ants of 485 Gramatan and told them about the cedar trees on that street in threat to the trees, she says, most of them said light of a plan by a multi-family-building owner to lay down a 25-space parking lot. The initial plan that has already been approved by the Mount Vernon Zoning Board involves the demolition of a single-family house and clearing of some two- Trees Adorned with Signs. The Redbud. dozen trees, most of which are substantial in size. The heavy construction dozer meets great- PM onward, there are dozens of permit-spaces the paved space would reduce drainage. One er resistance from Mount Vernon’s Planning left unused. woman said, “I don’t think that the new plant- Board. At a hearing held by the Board on May Similarly, the abandoned bank across the ings that are being described can in any way 2nd, just as many people as threatened cedar street, which was pointed out for an alternative replace the cedar trees.” One man said rezoning trees showed up. Eight of the nine residents who space and as a current “eye sore,” is being reno- a residential block would set a bad precedent Cedar Street - Before. spoke, firmly opposed the lot; the remaining vated on the inside. Though it looks completely and scare investors. Several residents painted neighbor acknowledged two sides of the issue. vacant from the front, trucks and workers can be a large picture, saying they all invested a lot for 485 Gramatan Avenue on the corner of Ce- found in the back and inside. their homes and in the neighborhood so they dar is a building of some 85 apartments but no Another apparent solution would be to have wouldn’t want the rezoning next to their house parking lot. It is on the edge of the downtown, both parking lot and trees, as most of the trees if it were them. commercial area of Fleetwood (Northern Mt. line the far perimeter of the back yard. However, DeFeo legal counsel, Hannah S. Gross, Vernon). Behind the building is a slim fire-lane DeFeo’s lawyers, Gross & Stable LLP, conceded referred to the lot as an asset to the neighbor- that would be extended into the 50’ by 130’ lot, at the hearing that there would be root damage hood, reducing the circling of drivers looking for currently 8 Cedar Street, which is inhabited by a and the trees would die. spaces. She clarified that it wouldn’t be a com- family on a short lease. The Board sought a compromise from mercial space; it would be a residential space for Next door at 12 Cedar, Eveline Feldmann Gross & Stable. The law team proposed a 485 Gramatan. is fighting at length. When she moved in last researched-plan to put in plants and a handful Others referred to spaces that they have of Canadian Hemlock trees on a different part recently noticed as available since the issue had September, she didn’t know building owner Paul Cedar Street – Hypothetical Outcome. DeFeo had been trying to turn the property next of 485 Gramatan. Not finding satisfaction from arisen. One man said he staked out on his porch to her house into a parking lot. His plan had al- the Board, attorney Hannah S. Gross said she counting cars and couldn’t find a “circling” issue. ready been addressed by the Planning Board and they’d rather park on the street a few blocks away didn’t want to fight. The Board replied that her Throughout a typical weekday, a quick sur- a petition of opposition had already been signed than have the trees removed. team was avoiding the essence of the situation. vey will show parking spaces scattered about by forty homeowners. Feldmann took it further, Before this happened, when the application The issue was taken up as one that affected downtown Fleetwood. Overnight, residential putting up posters around town for the hearing was first filed, several tenants called to be on the one household and the whole community. Feld- parking, at least in the several-storied munici- and putting arrow-signs on her yard so people waiting list for a parking space. Though there isn’t mann says that the tree-loss will open up dozens pal lot bearing the name of Mt Vernon by the could view the trees on which more signs are a waiting list now, there is a 4 to 5-year waiting of apartment windows to a view of her backyard Parkway ramp, at least, according to the Mount hung. “Why Kill Me!” they say. list for permits at the municipal lot two blocks and that the combination of tree-loss and cars Vernon Parking Bureau, is a different story. Though residents of 485 Gramatan didn’t away, which neighbors at the hearing argued is will mean poorer air quality for the area. Roger Shannon Ayala is a Class of 2013 student at speak at the hearing to support DeFeo, two resi- empty all day. “My taxes went up to help build Brow, also from 12 Cedar Street, told the Board the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. He also dents of the building say parking is a huge issue. that parking lot. I was happy to see it go up,” that the trees help cool the area, and their loss, writes New York environmental news for Exam- “The worst disadvantage of living here is the said a Cedar Street resident of 40 years, at the plus the asphalt, would bear on energy costs even iner.com. His work can be found at SEArchives. parking situation,” says a tenant of ten years, who hearing. According to the Mt. Vernon Parking for 485 Gramatan. wordpress.com. says she’s seen people fight over spaces. However, Bureau, the lot is full overnight, though from 10 Neighbors had dynamic concerns. They said

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EDUCATION Westchester School Budgets Pare Down Below 2% Tax Cap By NANCY KING sented the public under the guise of providing wall that districts would be cutting programs and trict, the smallest district in Westchester County, The mantra from the 38 programs and services to thousands of students services for their children, have started a grass that sits squarely in the middle of the Rockefeller school districts during the an- in the county but in reality continued to add to roots initiative to help themselves and their chil- Estate, is appealing to the state to go over their nual budget process was that increased wages, benefits and pension packages dren navigate the already murky waters under two percent tax cap. It seems that 2% just isn’t for those employed by school districts. Programs the new spending freeze. enough money to keep a district that only goes it was always “about the kids.” th Since the economic collapse and services for children around the county have Governor Andrew Cuomo isn’t done with through the 8 grade afloat. This tiny little dis- and subsequent devaluation of remained flat and actually decreased since 2008. putting state school budgets on an austerity bud- trict like others in the county is banking on a property values in Westchester One of the hardest hit has been the special edu- get yet. Last week he named Richard Parsons, little known loophole that allows them to appeal County, taxpayers have finally woken up to the cation programs. formerly of Citigroup to chair the brand new, Governor Cuomo’s 2% tax cap. These districts realization that it isn’t about the kids at all; it’s Two weeks ago, a group of special educa- New York State Education Reform Committee. are able to put forth a budget above and beyond about the glut of administrators and teachers tion parents gathered at a local bistro to discuss Comprised of members from the state’s teach- the cap if the voters approve the budget by 60% who receive some of the highest paychecks in the cuts and the impact it would have on their ers’ union and others from the private sector, the or more. Sneaky huh? the United States. These same taxpayers have children. While parents of younger children committee will be evaluating student achieve- In the meantime, Westchester school dis- also realized that while the Westchester County were still able to have access to programs that are ment, teacher performance, and the state’s districts have started their media spin on how they Board of Legislators (WCBoL) and Westches- mandated on the federal level, parents of children mal graduation rate that sits at 38%, while our are responding to Albany’s mandate to tighten ter County Executive Rob Astorino continue to of middle school age and older saw significant rate of spending per student is #1 in the nation. their belts. Of course the battle cry is that the argue over which branch actually delivered us cuts in services. Particularly hard hit were those Parson’s and his committee have until December layoffs of teacher’s aides and programs are hurt- our whopping 2% decrease in taxes, the school parents whose children are severely handicapped 2012, to identify the problems and hopefully of- ing the kids and it probably is. What the school districts continue to raise theirs tax levies…all requiring out of district placement for special- fer some solutions to New York State’s educa- boards and business superintendents don’t want for the children. This year proves to be somewhat ized education programs that their districts are tional concerns. the voting public to realize is that even our paltry unable to provide. In cutting the funding for out In the meantime, Super Tuesday is looming. 2% school tax increase isn’t for the kids… it’s for different however. Governor Cuomo has set in th place his new 2% tax cap which actually seems to of district placements, these parents are finding It is nearly May 15 and the county’s school dis- the staff. It makes one wonder if districts can’t be reigning in the free spending school districts out that their home districts often plan to return tricts have been as quiet as church mice this year. start offering Lying 101 as a part of the FY2012- from about the state and in Westchester County their children to the district with one-on-one Could it be that they actually realize that those 2013 budget. in particular. aides, or are often told to see if they can get those good ole’ tax and spend days are over? Many of Nancy King is a freelance, investigative report- In other years, municipalities in the county educational services through their health insur- them have adjusted their budgets accordingly er; a resident of White Plains, New York. saw their school taxes raised anywhere from ance; that is, if they have health insurance. That but it isn’t always what it seems. Right here in 3.5% to nearly 8%. These tax increases were pre- group of parents, seeing the handwriting on the Westchester, in the Pocantico Hills Schools Dis- HEALTH Family Connections in White Plains Helps Families Through Borderline Personality Disorder

By RICH MONETTI parents have been through.” On the parents’ end, a similar recognition al- of an art form,” he says, and rehearsing scenarios Had the island stranding plane Their journey reached a crossroad in 2007. lows parents to face confrontation calmly. “What ahead of time gives parents the advantage. crash in the film Castaway trig- With a son who had long exhibited anger issues, I’m really feeling is sadness because you are afraid On the other hand, the ends of friendships gered a genetic predisposition to instability in relationships, while developing a sub- your child will not grow up into a normal life,” and relationships may not be avoidable. In the Borderline Personality Disorder stance abuse problem, he said, “We hit our limit in he says. “Once you get to those types of primary Costello’s case, their son reacted horribly to one in Tom Hanks’ character, the pos- that we could no longer live that way.” emotions it’s hard to become angry.” breakup but luckily DBT skills gave him a fall sibility of symptoms manifesting In real terms, the Costello’s informed their Dealing with perceptions - distorted or not - back. “The pain didn’t go away,” said Mr. Costello, would be about as likely as his one way conversa- then 18-year-old son that he would no longer be is also an important skill parents learn. “Validation “but he spent 70 days learning stress tolerance tions with “Wilson” the soccer ball turning in- welcome at home if he did not agree to medical is such a key and core skill,” he emphasis. skills and those skills helped him.” teractive. “It plays out within close relationships,” intervention to address the substance abuse and So if your adolescent or young adult child For parents, overcoming guilt is a key com- says Dr. Perry Hoffman. Leaving the patient in the underlying Borderline issue. That said, ultima- claims that no one in school likes him, what needs ponent needed to get by. With tremendous guilt, a consistent state of fearing abandonment - rage, tum does not define the scenario. to be validated is that the emotion exists. Not parents often think they triggered the onset of distorted perceptions and self-mutilating and “It’s your choice,” Mr. Costello told his son, hearing the concern or attempting to disprove the BPD. Teaching there’s no shame or guilt, he says, suicidal behavior are prevalent. But what of fam- and by acknowledging the breaking point, fami- data is invalidating, while “If the world and girlfriends, friends and parents ily members trying to navigate their loved ones lies begin to feel liberated. trying to understand where the emotion were perfect it would never happen but they have and themselves through a disorder that tears “You automatically start feeling better,” he comes from should be the approach. Then it be- a predisposition and the world can be an invali- lives apart. says. At the same time, since the child will or won’t comes a matter of, he says, “validating what can dating place.” That’s the question that prompted the Rye acquiesce, observation of this limit really isn’t di- be validated.” As it stands, about 3% of the population is based psychiatrist to found Family Connections. rected at them. In the process, though, the conversation can diagnosed with BPD, while many others are mis- “There was nothing out there for families so we “A lot of nuance and language,” he admits is put the parent on the defensive and staying tar- diagnosed or go undiagnosed. The seriousness of designed a twelve week program which provides the general strategy of a treatment known as Dia- geted without fighting back is hopefully learned. the condition is revealed when acknowledging that the most current information, teaches coping lectic Behavior Therapy (DBT), and families are “Ask questions, get more information on what 10% will commit suicide, but treatment has 34% of skills and creates a network of people who oth- clued in through Family Connections. triggered the feeling and then say I understand or patients recovering after two years, and 90% after erwise would be isolated because of the disorder,” As anger is the prevalent emotion, staying maybe you are right,” he says. This - without nec- that, according to Dr. Hoffman. For the most part, says the President of the National Education Al- calm is the best defense against a state of disregu- essarily agreeing - again provides validation and a she says, “You get better and you stay better.” liance for BPD. lation. “Borderlines take a very long time to come framework for ongoing conversation. The choice seems clear and hopefully more Matt and Ann Costello of Katonah can at- back down from anger,” he says, and meeting an That said, money often becomes an issue, and families recognize it. test from both sides of the classroom. “Having outburst with equal force only makes it worse. an immediate one. Gently validate and hear their For more info : www.borderlinepersonality- taken the course at New York Presbyterian in In turn, acquiring DBT skills allows the child reasoning, he said, “but step back and tell them disorder.com White Plains as parents of a child with Border- to understand where their anger comes from and you need time to think it over.” Rich Monetti lives in Somers. He’s been a freelance pause gives the family the chance to talk about the Hopefully, the disregulation passes and even- line,” says Mr. Costello, “My wife and I are class writer in Westchester since 2003. Peruse his work at rage once things have calmed down. tually parents won’t sound like a script. “It’s a bit leaders and we’ve been through everything these www. rmonetti.blogspot.com. THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012 Page 11

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By ROBERT SCOTT States largely written by his companion on their Today, the average new book joint trip to America. has a shelf life somewhere be- Tocqueville, 26, an assistant magistrate at tween milk and yogurt. Yet a the law court of Versailles, would later briefly be book published in 1835 con- France’s minister of foreign affairs. He and his tinues to command the at- friend Gustave de Beaumont, 29, also a magis- tention of scholars, politicians, trate, arrived in the United States early in May students of government and of 1831. the reading public. Commissioned by the French Minister of

Alexis de Tocqueville.

Democracy in America, by Alexis de Toc- Gustave de Beaumont. queville, remains a penetrating and astute picture of American politics, manners and morals 177 years ago. Unfortunately, the greatness of the Interior, they came to study American peni- Tocqueville’s book overshadows the earlier joint tentiaries. Their interest in prisons was actually report on the penitentiary systems of the United a cover for a private purpose: to understand the Continued on page 12 Page 12 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

HISTORY

Early Days at Sing Sing side of 50th Street between Fourth and Fifth Continued from page PB avenues. Another stop social and political institutions of the young re- was at the Bellevue public. Almshouse for the care In July of 1830, Charles X, the last Bourbon of the poor and indi- king of France, was overthrown in a revolution gent on First Avenue that installed Louis Philippe, initially called the between 27th and 28th ‘Citizen King.” Tocqueville and Beaumont were streets. Its infirmary unhappy with the new king and wanted an ex- ward would later grow cuse to leave the country. Prison reform was in into the oldest public the air, so they proposed to study American pris- hospital in America. ons. French government officials demanded they Their tour ended make the trip at their own expense. with a visit to a city pris- Much of the more than nine months the on holding 400 inmates Sing Sing Prison Tower with the Tappan Zee Bridge in the Sing Sing Prison. two spent in the United States was devoted to on Blackwell’s Island background. other matters, but they carried out their prison in the East River (later called Welfare Island country. provided with work in their cells, each of which investigations faithfully. Despite their subordi- With a frontier requiring settlement and exploi- had a small, walled backyard where individual nate status in the French bureaucracy, they were and now Roosevelt Island). After two hectic weeks, the two young tation, the growing feeling was that human re- exercise could be taken. lionized everywhere they went in America- sources were too scarce and too valuable to waste. Frenchmen were looking forward to escaping Opened in 1829, the Eastern State Peniten- -much to their surprise and delight. The American Revolution accelerated the from the city. “You can have no conception of tiary in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia They reached Newport, R.I., on May 9, growth of these sentiments. With freedom epitomized the Pennsylvania system of “solitude 1831, after a 37-day voyage from Le Havre. the activity of our existence,” Beaumont wrote from Britain came a reduction in the number of to his father. “We haven’t time to breathe. It’s a and labor,” and carried the principle of isolation With a crew of 18, their ship carried 165 pas- capital offenses. Punishment for lesser offenses to an extreme. sengers, a cow, and a donkey. Both Frenchmen creeping barrage of agreeable invitations, useful veered away from the infliction of pain and hu- occupations, official presentations, etc., etc.” To attend a religious service or lecture, at a worked hard to improve their knowledge of miliation to imprisonment. signal each convict in his cell placed a pillowcase English by conversing with as many English- The state prison at the village of Sing Sing Results, however, were not what were ex- in Westchester was the largest in the United over his head and stood by the cell door. Keepers speaking passengers as they could. pected. Prisoners of all ages, sexes, colors or then unlocked the doors; the convicts stepped States. Tocqueville and Beaumont decided to criminal experience were incarcerated together The food on board having almost run out, out and turned. With bodies pressed close to- make it the first institution studied on their trip. in large, unventilated, unclean and unhealth- the enterprising duo convinced the captain to gether and one hand on the shoulder of the man put them ashore at Newport. From there they Thanks to their nine-day visit and close ex- ful rooms. The overcrowded pestilential prisons soon became veritable training schools of crime in front, they were led single file into the audito- caught a steamboat for New York City. Arriving amination of both the prison and the village, we and vice. rium. The peculiar shuffling gait required in this the next day, they found lodging in a boarding have a clearer picture of this part of Westchester in the 1830s. [The village changed its name to One logical solution was detention in in- maneuver was called the “lockstep.” house at 66 Broadway, diagonally across from dividual cells, a movement begun by Quak- The auditorium was constructed with en- Trinity Church. Ossining in 1901 to distinguish itself from the prison.] ers in Pennsylvania. Rather than kill or punish closed seats and a small opening so each inmate The New York Evening Post of May 11, 1831, criminals, they argued it was a Christian duty to in the audience could see only the stage. After reported their arrival and predicted they would The Bad Old Days reform them. They believed strict solitary con- the event, the inmates donned their pillowcases find American prison authorities cooperative. The English colonists of America brought finement, night and day, would cause prisoners again and locksteppd their way back to their “Two magistrates, Messrs. De Beaumont and with them the harsh 17th and 18th century to repent. This new kind of prison was called a cells. de Tonqueville [sic] have arrived in the ship Havre, criminal code practiced in England and Scot- “penitentiary,” or house of penitence. In effect, America had two competing phi- sent by order of the Ministry of the Interior, to exam- land. Under that rigorous system, many offenses The Auburn System losophies and two systems of imprisonment: the ine the various prisons in our country, and make a were punishable by death--the easiest way for a Auburn system and the Pennsylvania system. report on their return to France. society to get rid of its objectionable criminals. In 1821, New York State decided to test the On May 28, 1831, Tocqueville wrote to “The French government have it in contem- In the words of historian Edward Chan- penitentiary theory on 80 convicts at the recently Abbé Lesueur, his former tutor in France: plation to improve their Penitentiary system, and ning, “Lesser offenders were treated with pitiless constructed Auburn Prison in the Finger Lakes “We are going tomorrow to Sing-Sing, a vil- take this means of obtaining all proper information. publicity combined with bodily pain--flogging, region. It soon became obvious that solitary lage ten leagues from New York and situated on the In our country, we have no doubt that every facil- mutilation and branding or public exposure to confinement broke the health and the spirit of North River. We shall stay there a week to study the ity will be extended to the gentlemen who have ar- the taunts and missiles of the populace.” prisoners. Within three years, so many had died discipline of a vast penitentiary system recently built or became ill or insane the governor pardoned rived.” The latter took place in the stocks--a heavy there. the survivors. timber frame with holes for confining the ankles “What we have seen up to now suffices to prove A New York Welcome and sometimes the wrists. Little concern was ex- Penology was still an infant science, but clearly it was better to employ convicts at useful to us that prisons attract general attention here and They were royally entertained and shown pressed for the rehabilitation or reformation of that in several respects they are much better than criminals. labor. Accordingly, during the day prisoners at some of the city’s places of detention. The House those of France. of Refuge for Delinquent Minors, housed in the There simply was no prison problem. The Auburn were brought together in shops to work in absolute silence with others at various tasks. “We are delighted to go to Sing-Sing. It is im- old arsenal near the northwest corner of what dead needed no confinement. Those who were To maintain their isolation, inmates were possible to imagine anything more beautiful than is now Madison Square Park, was of interest punished harshly were returned to society maimed and bruised--but alive. There was no not allowed to talk or communicate in any way. the North or Hudson River. The great width of the to them because a similar institution along the The whip enforced this rule; welts on a prisoner’s stream, the admirable richness of the north bank and same architectural plan was being constructed in middle ground. In the mother country, debtors and those awaiting trial were held in local jails. body left by a whipping were called “stripes.” The the steep mountains which border its eastern mar- Melun, a suburb of Paris. In the colonies, such practices became un- practice of solitary confinement by night and gins make it one of the most admirable sights in the Traveling in five carriages, the party next popular. Religious freedom gave rise to calls for group work by day--always in silence--became world.” visited the Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane, changes in the system. known as the Auburn system. On this hopeful note we take leave of our located in remote farmlands at what would be- two intrepid visitors until next week. come the Columbia University campus at 116th Prison Reform Begins The Pennsylvania System Robert Scott is a semi-retired book publisher and lo- Street and Broadway in 1894. One religious group in particular--members By contrast, the principle of total solitary cal historian. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. On the return trip, the official party stopped of the Society of Friends, known as “Quakers”- confinement was maintained in Pennsylvania, at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum on the south -opposed the harsh punishments of the mother but with a significant difference: Inmates were THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012 Page 13

LEGAL Grand Jury Finds White Plains Police Justified in the Shooting Death of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr.

By NANCY KING Service and Criminal Justice Administration at Westchester County Courthouse; “I await the WHITE PLAINS, NY -- the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In call- final decision, but what I will say is that if this A Grand Jury cleared White ing for this investigation, Mayor Roach stated officer is not charged here, we are going to im- Plains Police Officer Anthony the following: “I would like to thank DA Janet mediately see the U.S. Attorney’s office to press Carelli and the White Plains DiFiore and the Grand Jury for their hard work for a criminal investigation, an indictment of this Police Department (WPPD) reviewing this tragic incident. I respect the pro- officer and an investigation of the White Plains in the shooting death of cess they followed and commend them on carry- Police Department.” 68-year-old Kenneth Cham- ing out a thorough investigation, as I believe was All of this leaves the predominantly Afri- berlain, Sr., on November 19th, 2011, at the owed to the late Mr. Chamberlain, his family, the can-American community feeling angry and Winbrook Housing complex in White Plains. A police officers involved and our community.” vulnerable. By and large, residents of the Win- Grand Jury, summoned by Westchester County The White Plains Police Benevolent As- brook complex are fearful of calling on the same District Attorney Janet DiFiore found that Of- sociation issued the following statement: “We, police department that is presently in place to ficer Carelli was justified in the shooting of the the White Plains PBA, would like to say that we protect and allegedly serve them. They are afraid late Mr. Chamberlain in order to save the life of mourn the tragic death of Kenneth Chamber- of the “N” word being flung out so easily, and if Sgt. Keith Martin. It is said that Mr. Chamber- lain, Sr. Every officer’s worst nightmare is to be this is indeed the true feeling that these young lain had lunged at Sgt. Martin while wielding a forced to take a life. We would like to thank the police officers exhibit really aren’t sensitive to our kitchen hatchet. Evidence did show Chamber- Grand Jury for having the courage to objectively cultural and racial differences. In response to Of- lain was extremely agitated after officers had evaluate the evidence and reach the obvious con- ficer Hart’s usage of the word Nigger in describ- rammed the front door off its hinges to gain clusion that Officer Carelli’s actions were neces- ing the late Mr. Chamberlain, District Attorney entry into Mr Chamberlain’s apartment despite sary and justified to save the life of Sgt. Keith DiFiore did chastise Hart’s choice of words say- Martin. While we are grateful to the DA’s office ing it is “offensive to the dignity of any one of us.” his advising them he did not require their help. In response to Grand Jury’s findings and for their impartial investigation and their fair and While the Grand Jury exonerated the the statement from the White Plains PBA, Nancy King is a freelance, investigative reporter; a complete presentation of the facts and evidence White Plains Police Department and it’s of- Randolph McLaughlin the Chamberlain fam- resident of White Plains, New York. to the Grand Jury, we would like to call upon ficers, it has opened the door for an internal ily attorney made this statement outside the investigation of the WPPD’s conduct over this the DA to re-evaluate the decision to allow the happening. White Plains Mayor Tom Roach Chamberlain family attorneys access to evidence has advised his intention to ask the Common after these attorneys, in our opinion, repeatedly Council to conduct a thorough review of poli- demonstrated an utter disregard for the truth cies and procedures by the Public Safety Depart- and recklessly inflamed this tragic incident. The ment. It is anticipated this internal panel will be PBA strongly believes that the intentional, irre- chaired by Dr. Maria R. Haberfield, Professor sponsible and unethical actions of the Chamber- and Chair of the Department of Law, Police lain Family attorneys put the lives of our officers and our community at risk.” Join Us For A Mothers Day Serenade Saturday May 12th from 9am- 7pm, CURRENT COMMENTARY music by Chasing Sunday, Argentine Kleptomania Strikes Again Champagne served with purchase. We will donate 10% of all sales to Alliance for Safe Kids. By LARRY M. ELKIN has been named to help lead the newly nation- The line between buying some- alized company, called Repsol officials “morons” thing and stealing it isn’t all for thinking the Argentinean government is that fine, yet Argentina and its “stupid enough to buy everything.” president, Cristina Fernández Repsol acquired its stake in YPF, which de Kirchner, seem to have a was state-owned until 1993, for $15 billion in hard time staying on the right 1999. Before the newly announced national- side of it. ization, it owned 57 percent of the company. Faced with flagging oil and The move culminates a long dispute between gas production, Kirchner announced that her Kirchner’s government and the company. government will seize a majority stake in YPF, The two parties do agree that Argentina’s the country’s main oil producer, from Spain’s oil production has dropped precipitously in Repsol. recent years. Production declined 22 percent After unsuccessfully opposing the planned from 2000 to 2010, according to information Estate & Antique Jewelry • Engagement & Wedding Rings seizure, Repsol President Antonio Brufau now compiled by former energy secretary Emilio Special______Orders Design • Jewelry/Watch Repairs • Appraisals seeks compensation of $10.5 billion, which he Apud, based on data from the Argentine Oil WE BUY GOLD AND HIGH END WATCHES says is the market price for the seized shares. He and Gas Institute and the Energy Ministry, and isn’t likely to get it any time soon. Argentina’s reported by The Washington Post. (914) 245-1023 • [email protected] Kirchner says this is because the oil com- deputy economy minister, Axel Kicillof, has HOURS: Monday-Saturday 8:30am-6:30pm promised politicians in Buenos Aires, “We’re pany has refused to reinvest profits, instead not going to pay what they say.” Kicillof, who Continued on page 14 2008 CROMPOND RD., ROMA BLDG., YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, Page 14 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

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Argentine Kleptomania Strikes Again – and does so with the support of a large share 2010. As a result of the two offers, only about with reputable members of the global market of its citizens, at least when the property being $4 billion of defaulted debt is still held by litigat- and yoking themselves to a country that is pre- Continued from page 13 taken belongs to someone else. ing creditors, but the country has yet to sell any pared to take whatever it can grab. By barring In the summer of 2008, the government new bonds overseas. Bond buyers, at least, seem Falkland Islands vessels from their ports, they treating investors to oversized dividends. In a took control of Aerolineas Argentinas, which, to have learned their lesson about the hazards of have shown a tendency so far to side with their speech announcing the nationalization, she said like YPF, had been privatized in the 1990s and dealing with Argentina. neighbor, rather than with the rest of the inter- the use of profits to pay dividends, rather than was owned by a Spanish company, in this case Now the country faces a dilemma. With national community. Maybe the YPF expropria- to reinvest, was the reason Argentina had been Grupo Marsans. The amount of compensation Repsol out of its way, it is free to develop its shale tion will prompt them to reconsider, though I forced to begin importing fuel. for the former owners was likewise disputed, oil and gas reserves as it chooses, but it still needs have my doubts. Repsol, on the other hand, says Argentine and Marsans took its case before an arm of the to attract the necessary $25 billion a year in in- Argentine resources might seem tempting policies are responsible. Since Kirchner’s late World Bank. Later that year, the Buenos Aires vestments. to multinational oil companies that are always husband, former President Néstor Kirchner, government seized nearly $30 billion in private Target number one is the Brazilian oil giant on the prowl for the next big play. Don’t spare came to power in 2003, an array of subsidies, pension funds, allegedly to protect retirees from Petrobras. In exchange for a pinky-swear from too much sympathy, however, for any foreign en- price caps and export taxes has made investment the weak market. That decision came, conve- Argentinean Planning Minister Julio de Vido terprise that is foolish enough to disregard Re- in Argentina impractical, the company contends. niently, as the government was struggling to pay that Argentina won’t expropriate any of Petro- spol’s experience and put significant new capital The price of oil in Argentina is now capped at $22.4 billion in debt obligations and other pay- bras’ assets, the Brazilian company has agreed to work in Argentina. When you hop into bed $55 a barrel, compared to the world market price ments that were coming due – and as Kirchner to increase its Argentine market share from 8 with a thief, you are apt to find your own wallet of over $100 a barrel. was looking for ways to rebuild political support percent to 15 percent this year. In Brazil, how- Things heated up shortly before Kirchner’s after a four-month strike by farmers over export ever, de Vido’s promise rings hollow. “Argentina’s announcement, when Repsol increased an ear- taxes. capacity to err seems unlimited,” Míriam Leitão, lier estimate of how much shale oil and gas it Argentina is not content just to pursue busi- one of Brazil’s most influential columnists on has discovered in Argentina to nearly 23 billion nesses that control resources. It wants more of economic issues, wrote. missing in the morning. barrels, which would be enough to double the the resources themselves. As I wrote in January, De Vido is also pursuing possible invest- country’s output in a decade. In order to attract Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®, is president of Pali- Argentina’s suddenly renewed demands for con- ments from Chevron, Exxon, French-owned the $25 billion a year in investments necessary sades Hudson Financial Group a fee-only financial trol of the British-ruled Falkland Islands appear Total Austral and China’s Sinopec. to develop those resources, however, Argentina planning firm headquartered in Scarsdale, NY. to be motivated largely by the potential develop- Repsol has said it “reserves the right to take would need to make major changes to its energy The firm offers estate planning, insurance consult- ment of wells that could produce about 8.3 bil- legal action against companies’ investment in policies, Repsol said. That is something Kirchner, ing, trust planning, cross-border planning, business lion barrels of oil. YPF.” But these companies shouldn’t need any who has built political support on cheap energy, valuation, family office and business management, Argentina’s recent streak of deadbeat behav- added threats from Repsol to find Argentina is not willing to do. executive financial planning, and tax services. Its ior stretches back to the closing weeks of 2001, unappealing. There is no reason to believe that YPF’s nationalization would be worrisome sister firm, Palisades Hudson Asset Management, when the country defaulted on a then-record Argentina will treat any future partners better even in isolation, but it is only the most recent is an independent investment advisor with about $95 billion in debt. In 2005, two years into his than it treated Repsol. in a string of troublesome moves in Argentina. $950 million under management. Branch offices term, then-President Néstor Kirchner offered to Argentina’s trading partners in the Merco- In composite, these create a picture of a govern- are in Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale. Website:www. exchange defaulted bonds for new ones worth sur trading bloc – Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay ment that is prepared to take whatever it wants palisadeshudson.com. 70 percent less. His widow renewed that offer in – face a clear choice between aligning themselves LEISURE PEOPLE Argentine Tango Comes To The Beach At Rye Town Park Katie Guevarra Crowned Miss Westchester 2012

The public is invited to learn and enjoy Argen- EASTCHESTER, NY -- 19-year-old East- tine Tango dancing by the beach (Tangoplaya) chester resident, Katie Guevarra was crowned on Thursday evenings at Rye Town Park. They Miss Westchester 2012 a few weeks ago. Katie can experience “a taste of Buenos Aires” from 7 competed in five areas of competition: Inter- to 9:30 p.m. by the lifeguard station for the mod- view, On Stage Question, Swimwear, Talent, and est sum of $10 per session. Evening Wear. The scores from these competi- The sessions will begin on May 24th and run tions were added together to choose a new local weekly through September 6th, weather permit- titleholder who would advance to the state com- ting. Dress is casual -- smooth soled sneakers petition. Katie will be competing for the title of would work best on the sandy/fine gravel surface Miss New York 2012 in Staten Island at the St. which is the designated dance “floor”. George Theater with preliminaries beginning on The $10 weekly fee covers the cost of an Thursday, June 14th, culminating to the finale on hour lesson from 7-8 p.m., led by Rye resident the evening of June 16th. Jill Doornick and her assistants. Participants The Miss New York pageant is an official can join in practice and dancing until 9:30 p.m. preliminary to the Miss America pageant, which People can come alone or with friend(s). is the world’s largest scholarship provider for As Jill puts it, “everybody dances!” And, she young women, making available more than $45 adds, “If you can walk, you can tango!” million each year. The objective of the Miss New Jill Doornick is a well-known Westchester- gether in unison -- “One heart and 4 legs.” York Organization is not only to award young area dance instructor who has been teaching in For further information, or to sign up for women scholarship money to help meet their Rye and other sound shore communities for one or more sessions, contact Jill Doornick by educational goals but also working to mentor many years. She and her assistants will be teach- phone at 914 967-7826 or by email at tangopi- and empower each young woman to become ing the very simple fundamentals of Argentine [email protected] a community service leader by developing and You can book Miss Westchester for your Tango to beginners of all ages. The parking entrance to Rye Town Park is promoting a cause close to her heart. Katie’s upcoming event by contacting MissWC2012@ Jill explains that tango is about emotion, located at the east end of Dearborn Avenue in platform, which she will be promoting during gmail.com! inspired by music and shared between partners the City of Rye. For directions or other park in- her year of service, is “Silenced Cry: Domestic connected through embrace while walking to- formation, phone 914 967-0965. Violence Awareness.” THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012 Page 15

MOVIE REVIEW Ed Koch Movie Reviews By Edward I. Koch

Movie Review: “Marley” (+) The film shows clips of Marley’s concerts but Stephen Holden of The New York Times loved no songs are sung in their entirety. His style of music this film as did my friend, Peter Aschkenasy, who was Reggae which someone in the film defines as a urged me to see it. I didn’t think it was as fantastic mixture of Gospel, Soul, Rhythm and Blues, a touch as they did, but I certainly enjoyed it and came away of Jazz, and a host of other musical strains. I enjoyed with a deep appreciation of Marley’s talent and an listening to his music and particularly liked watching understanding of his fans’ devotion to him and his him dance during a concert. He dominated the stage music. The movie is definitely worth seeing. the way Mick Jagger does during his shows. In his New York Times review Holden wrote that Marley, a Rastafarian, was a short man with Marley “was the son of a young black woman, Ce- dreadlocks. He died of cancer at the age of 36. Ap- della Marley Booker, who had a passing relationship parently he did not seek adequate treatment when with the much older Norval Marley, a British Army he was diagnosed a few years earlier with malignant man of mixed race who was considered a white Ja- melanoma in one of his toes. He feared amputation maican. Because of his racially mixed parentage Bob which would affect his ability to dance. When his Marley found himself a social outcast.” hair fell out during cancer treatment, according to Interestingly, the film makes the point that while one observer, he became very tiny. Marley was beloved by blacks around the world, and Whether or not you are familiar with Marley’s particularly in Jamaica where he was born, he never music, you will enjoy this film. A lot of details about caught on with black Americans. His followers in the his life are provided by his friends and by Cynthia U.S. were overwhelmingly white. I saw the film at the Breakspeare, the mother of Marley’s son Damian, Landmark Sunshine Theater on East Houston Street also a musician. Marley left a permanent mark on life in Manhattan and was surprised that the audience and it was clearly a positive one. was 90 percent or more white.

Movie Review: “Bully” In some cases, the intimidation causes the victim to I was deeply disappointed after seeing this docu- commit suicide. mentary, because it didn’t adequately discuss or por- It is important that youngsters not subject to bul- tray the agonies suffered by children who are bullied. lying for whatever reasons – size, wealth, athleticism, Nevertheless, because few if any other movies have etc. – be made aware of their obligation to immedi- tackled this important topic, this picture should be ately assist a child being harassed or, if they lack the seen by as many people as possible in order to give its strength to put the individual in his/her place, then to subject matter the attention it deserves and get people immediately report the incident to school authorities, thinking and talking about what has to be done. so as to provide help to the victimized child. Children can be cruel, and bullying is a common Every state should adopt a model program to situation in many schools. The movie portrays some deal with the problem of bullying. Some states have. of the emotional problems that five children in dif- This picture makes it clear that many teachers and ferent schools in various states are experiencing after administrators do not know how to deal with the being harassed. Most children surviving such tor- situation, often not being able to distinguish between ment will suffer enormous psychological pain that the victim and the predator. may remain with them and affect their adulthood. Do see this movie.

Movie Review: which has as its setting a girls boarding school. An in- “The Moth Diaries”(-) nuendo is made of a “crush” between two of the girls, Rebecca (Sarah Bolger) and Lucie (Sarah Gadon), The critics are divided about this movie. I made but at that age, it is foolish to call it lesbianism which a mistake and relied on the review of The New York several critics do. The mystery deepens with the in- Times critic Jeannette Catsoulis who made it sound troduction into the school of a new student, Ernessa interesting. I hadn’t yet read the capsule review in The (Lily Cole), who looks peculiar. Rebecca believes she New York Daily News that stated, “Another teenage is a vampire intent on stealing Lucie’s affections. goth tale about a new student at a creepy prep school I thought the whole shebang was ridiculous and suspected by her classmates of being a vampire. The regretted having to stay to the end of the movie to moths that emerge from a room could just as easily fulfill my obligations as a critic. Do avoid unless you come from the hoary, ridiculous script.” That analysis are a masochist. made it clear that this picture is a stinker, and I concur, having seen the film. There are three major characters in the picture Continued on page 20 Page 16 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY, MAY 3 2012

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He stood in the corner of the room In fact, the ADA didn’t want to take a and a author of Rebels on the Mountain, available Bibiana Huang Matheis is a professional be bloody and you don’t have much time, I’ll get likeblogg a sentinel as she intermittently read the ar- chance on losing any cases by going to trial. She fine art photographer with a studio in VentureGalleries.com.er at JackDurish.com, TheWritersCollection.com, and at all eBook retailers, and a blogger at Pawling, New York. Her work has been out of your hair.” rest report and looked over her glasses at me. knew that every reduced charge conviction was published internationally and she regularly The Director smiled, “John, I owe you one” She was the first person to take charge of this still a win on her record. That’s the game being JackDurish.com, TheWritersCollection.com, exhibits nationwide. She studied at the Corcoran School of Art and the Maryland played by those in the so-called “Justice system.” and VentureGalleries.com. Caleb Pirtle III is the author of more than 55 published books, the “John turned and walked down the hall, “Di- new unit, which was specifically designed to be College of Art & A deal is made between the defense attorney screenwriter for three madeDesign. rector, its all part of the game.” a tough enforcement arm of the justice system; Jack Durish was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1943. He is a soldier and a www.bibiphoto.com assuring that sexually victimized women would and the prosecutor to give both of them a victo- Southern Living Magazine. Caleb Pirtle III is the author of more than 55 published books,sailor, a decorated veteran of Vietnam, a husband, father, and the grandfather. have a strong voice in the courtroom. After ry. Defense counsel gets the charge reduced (his S. 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The Writers Collection cause I forced the case to trial, and the defendant virtues as a “fierce proponent of law and order, believe that there really was justice in the world. was convicted on all charges. The victory was bit- and protector women’s rights.” I couldn’t help Continued from page 17 A different topic is addressed weekly on www. tersweet, because although I had vindicated my- laughing when I saw the posters of her stating TheWritersCollection.com. Each participant author, client is satisfied) and the ADA gets a conviction self and justice had prevailed, the ADA ended that she would fight for her sisters against the as well, as guest bloggers, are encouraged to write on (on paper it looks like a victory for the people). up with a win on a felony count, instead of the male dominated hierarchy. But I didn’t receive the chosen topic. The intriguing aspect of each of their Meanwhile, the victim is merely a pathetic pawn misdemeanor she had bargained for. I only ran true satisfaction until she ran for vice-president efforts is that by infusing their specific mood and / or in a corrupt numbers game, whose players are into her a few times after that, and it was always in 1984. President Reagan and VP, George genre, we can better appreciate the complexity, fri- less interested in justice than in scoring a win on in the courtroom, not in her office. Soon, she ran Bush, won a landslide victory over Walter Mon- volity, or seriousness of the issue they are challenged to their respective records. for and was elected District Attorney of Queens dale and his “crime fighting, women’s liberation- distill for all our readers to celebrate, critique, or be The game didn’t work in this situation be- County. Her propaganda machine extolled her ist” running mate, Geraldine Ferraro. I began to cajoled to delve in the joy of writing. BOOKS

ing personal responsibility to do something.” thank you, thank you. And now let my sister get Joan holds her umbrella and sign high—but her exercise,” and the wheelchair rolls ahead. The Retired (Try To) Strike Back suddenly feels a cold tightness across her chest, “Yes, the film will be remembered,” Joan Chapter 49 – No Stopping Now while she remembers her daughter-in-law tell- thinks. “I have that also as a success. Do I have to ing her she’s received a diagnosis of breast can- keep proving myself at my age? I can leave this By ALLAN LUKS our argument about senior honesty,” Joan says. cer, just as Joan has had. They now speak to each march now.” Joan enters the park where The other women nod. other every day. “She’s off from work today, I Joan continues to imagine her son, daugh- the marchers are gathering, Joan thinks: “If I just look back at my ad- should’ve gone over this morning,” Joan repeats ter-in-law and grandson watching her. “I told seeing the large group of se- vertising days, I can feel satisfied. I don’t have to to herself. “I shouldn’t be here.” them I’d be by this evening. But if yesterday, I nior women as well as young- keep proving myself. I should finish saying hello’s Joan then imagines her son appearing be- instead told them I wasn’t going to participate er women and a number of and leave.” hind his wife, and then her grandson on his at all in today’s march and go to a Talk Center, men, who, Joan guesses, are Since Mimi, Roz and Nancy had conflicts shoulders, smiling broadly at being lifted high, my son and daughter-in-law would have loudly husbands and boyfriends. this morning, Joan agreed to join today’s march and her son repeating that his editing job for a argued that I could see them tomorrow, that I Several women come because they strongly believed that one of the TV show ended three months ago and he’s look- needed to maintain my leadership. If, however, I over to say it’s their first Se- original march founders should always be pres- ing for new work. “He’d never ask for financial told them I couldn’t see them today and maybe nior Women’s March and thank Joan for being ent. Except Joan criticizes herself for being here help,” Joan thinks. “But Bob, though he’s his also tomorrow because of march responsibilities, one of the organizers who began the march as rather than with her son and daughter-in-law. stepfather, would surely agree to help him out. I then perhaps they’d have been surprised and a call for strangers to come together and speak The motorcycles’ engines start loudly and should be at their house now, saying this, and not silent, feeling that my important priorities had out against politicians who refuse to compromise the march begins. A cloudy day. Most march- here, marching.” changed.” with colleagues and have stopped major govern- ers carry umbrellas, waving them with one hand A fast-moving wheelchair comes alongside Joan waits for her thoughts to catch up and ment progress. while their other hands hold signs encouraging Joan, and the woman in it—about Joan’s age, at- connect: “With seniors getting so much atten- Two motorcycle police arrive. Opposition people to go to a local Talk Center. Many local tractive—smiles up at Joan, saying, “I can walk, tion now, yet no one sure what our roles will be, on the streets has been minor, although the me- restaurants reserve a table throughout the day but slowly, and when I get tired, then I need the the spotlight could easily begin to move away if dia has given opponents a lot of time to accuse where people drop by to see if they can agree on chair, but my sister says no problem, it’s her ex- too few are involved in it. And since I can be part the marchers of wanting to replace these politi- aspects of major public issues—and then com- ercise.” The woman pushing the chair, same face, of that decision—“ cians with their own candidates who have an un- municate any consensus to politicians and the smiles. One of the women walking near Joan asks disclosed agenda. “Can they really believe that?” media. “Someone pointed you out,” the woman which Talk Center she’s going to when the Joan often asks herself. The original Senior Women’s March had continues, “and I want to tell you I now have a march is over, if Joan has time. Two women tell Joan that they worked in spread to many cities over the last eight months. man in my life because of the senior dating video “I’m thinking,” Joan answers. advertising around the same time she did, and But observers had expected that the Talk Cen- you and your friends made. The film motivated Send me your experiences: This column tells the story the three discuss how commercials used to sell ters by now would have stopped attracting par- me to go, with my sister, to a party at our local of four retired couples, who want to show that seniors products by using comparative facts rather than ticipants, since anyone who wanted could have senior center. I had left the wheelchair in the are vital and discover that they also can offer new today’s commercials that rely on emotions to attended once or several times during this period. coatroom and this guy comes over, very good- leadership to society. Each column is based on conver- convince people. Commentators had predicted that conve- looking. About ten minutes into our conversa- sations I’ve had with seniors and non-seniors. I’ve Joan adds that she and her husband, Bob, nient computer discussion groups would replace tion, I tell him there are times I have to be in heard from many of you, and encourage other readers have been invited to do a commercial for a con- the Talk Centers. But people keep dropping by, a wheelchair. It was the influence of your film, to contact me with their related experiences so I can sumer product, using a senior woman as the Joan enjoys reminding herself, saying they want explaining that seniors want to feel they’re com- include them in the remaining columns about the re- spokesperson to replace the young, male actor to keep feeling that their ideas are needed, and pletely honest in their new relationships. He just tired’s story as they (try to) strike back. Direct email said, ‘Then I can tell you honestly I want to kiss who had been featured. they can’t experience this feeling from being in a to [email protected]. “This agency we’re working with believes large computer chat group without anyone hav- you right now,’ and he did. So, Joan, I say to you: No Guarantees: One Man’s Road Through the Darkness of Depression Chapter 36 – Man Repeating the Same Mistakes

By BOB MARRONE was catching up with the present. What was many opportunities to utilize them, and as you est series of circumstances to which damaging My therapy sessions moved becoming apparent, however slowly, was that get older your problems, and thus the required coping patterns will be applied. And, thus, the away from complaints about my life’s issues changed over time, but the pat- self deceit, becomes ever more complicated. doctor treating the depressed person, in my symptoms and my childhood, terns had not. Relationships, especially romantic ones, work, case the aforementioned John Casarino, will and more and more into what Lying to yourself and avoiding facing your responsibility for others, and health issues stress that life’s issues will be looked at as they was my life at the time. Indeed, problems are learned behaviors. They can, like present formidable challenges for anyone. For occur, and the associated feelings and patterns after many months, the past any skill, be improved over time. Life presents the self hating neurotic they are but the lat- Continued on page 19 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012 Page 19

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No Guarantees: One Man’s Road Through the Darkness of Depression abjectly immoral; so much so that we often ig- and my internal stuggle with who I was. And nore them or pretend they don’t exist. The best there were also Freud’s two favorite subjects, Continued from page 18 of right and wrong to define how one reacts example I can share is how, one day, when my love and work. in a given situation. “Was I wrong to tell that then baby daughter would not stop screaming As we have discussed earlier, I did what engendered will be examined, understood and from severe colic. Nothing I did helped. At people did in my time, I married my high filed away. girl I did not love her,” might come from the lips of a patient. Such statements would be the peak of my frustration I wanted to throw school sweetheart. We did have our ups and As John and I entered the here and now, her out the window and watch joyously as life downs and even broke our initial engagement I learned that it also frequently meant a look met by John Casarino with the very frustrat- ing, at first, but would be entirely instructive left her limp body. I was than angry! It was for more than a year. We both saw other peo- back to earlier times when my habits, emo- how I FELT, not what I believed. Of course I ple, but out of habit and affection returned to tions and attitudes were formed. It also meant over time, “I don’t know from right or wrong, Bob, what do you think?” Now some things would never hurt her and rarely even yelled at one another. The pressure to get married com- getting in touch with my feelings of inferior- her while she was growing up. I do not even ing from both convention and the prospective ity, the resultant placement of my sense of self are clearly and intuitively wrong. Walking into a day care center and shooting children and BELIEVE in spanking. bride were intense. As anyone with little self outside myself into the hands and judgments John would often ask me about this or esteem will tell you, the need to feel you did of others, and how I used my own sense of staff is clearly wrong, but telling off your boss is not. It might be ill advised and even place that problem I was confronting, “how to you the right thing will fall to convention and the right and wrong both to punish myself and feel about that,” or “how does that make you will of others much of the time. Accordingly, avoid real issues. I cannot stress enough, es- your job in jeopardy, but right or wrong simply does not apply. It is shocking, and this book is feel.” I made plans to marry. There was, however, a pecially for those of you trying to come to Pre-therapy,and for a while in therapy, I competing factor that complicated things and grips with what depression is like and what not long enough to cover all the circumstances in which even very stable people will let their would deny the honest feelings and allow guilt likely set the stage that no doubt broke the is involved in confronting it, that the road and moral self judgment to cover up those camel’s back of my psyche. to recovery is complex in a way that requires senses of right and wrong, guilt and religious training corrupt their rational thought. As for thoughts thinking that only an evil person I would proceed to deny my feelings, de- patience. It is necessary to calmly understand who did not love his child could have such ceive myself, and break my own heart and that the associations of what is happening now to the depressed person, he or she is always engaged in this self judgmental behavior in the emotions. Well, a great soul saving insight is of the woman I loved. After a lifetime of pre- what has gone on before, while at the same that emotionally healthy people have feelings tending who I was, what my name was, who time being careful not to look for some single quest for an outside source, be it a creed or another person, to make judgments for them. like this all the time. They know that you can my mother was and what I wanted, the die moment of epihany or great insight. It is more hate the mother you love, or depise the friend was cast for the implosion of my soul. useful to appreciate and understand the more In the months and years of my illness I would believe anything you said about me so long as you adore, from time to time. For many others, Bob Marrone is the host of the Good Morning subtle patterns of reactions to the events in our like me, it is a hard lesson to learn. lives, and allow the self knoweledge to become I was wrong and it was bad. Westchester with Bob Marrone, heard from Mon- Another subtle issue is understanding the The years just before things went off the day to Friday, from 6 – 8:30 a.m., on WVOX- a part, evolve really, into who we are. cliff were filled with “issues.” There was of One example of subtlety is the imposition difference between how one feels and what on 1460 AM. thinks or believes. 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Continued from page 15 “There is a scholarly, nerdy, completist the Conquistadors. Movie Review: sensibility at work here that is impressive until To top it all off, the U.S. government controls it becomes exhausting. Not content to toss off all that is happening. None of the cast mem- “The Cabin in the Woods” (-) just any horror movie, Mr. Goddard and Mr. bers did a particularly stunning job so instead This film is a real stinker. Whedon have taken it upon themselves to make of singling anyone out for praise or criticism, I don’t understand how the Daily News re- every horror movie. I, and they, mean this liter- I will simply list their names: Kristen Con- viewer Joe Neumaier could give this film four ally, but to say more would be to reveal too much nolly (Dana), Chris Hemsworth (Curt), Anna stars. In his review he wrote: and spoil the fun. Which, come to think of it, is Hutchison ( Jules), Fran Kranz (Marty), Jesse “Describing anything but the basic facts of exactly what the movie does in the end.” Williams (Holden), Richard Jenkins (Sitterson), ‘The Cabin in the Woods,’ could get into dan- The script of this picture includes the plots Bradley Whitford (Hadley), Brian White (Tru- gerous territory, as the foundation this horror of just about every scary film ever made. Five man), and Amy Acker (Lin.) thriller is built on is filled with tricks, traps and people spend their vacation at a deserted cabin When I left the theater and entered an ele- surprises. Not all of the twists work, but most are in the woods. The cabin has a cellar, which they vator with about ten other people, I asked if any- self-knowing enough to keep you guessing until foolishly enter and the action begins. Zombies, one liked the film. No one did. Frankly, I never its (literally) groundbreaking conclusion.” the living dead, etc., begin to appear. Each death covered my eyes to block out a frightening scene It is also beyond me how The New York is marked with dripping blood on a figure that as I did when I watched the first “Frankenstein” Times critic, A.O. Scott, could have taken this could have been drawn by an Aztec Indian as movie as a child. That was terrifying, this picture movie seriously. He stated: they killed their victims before the conquests of was not. It was ridiculous.

Movie Review: viced by the “gigolos” who appear to be paid for When I saw the film at the Cinema Village, “Whores’ Glory” (+) their service. the audience consisted of three single males, three In Bangladesh the women work under single females and six heterosexual couples. Some This excellent documentary examines pros- much worse conditions in what appears to be an might have been sociologists, others looking to be titution in Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico. It old part of the city. They are often yelled at, by the entertained. I’m sure the latter were disappointed. is a serious movie and more informative than the madam for not being sufficiently productive. Thirty or more years ago, in the days of Len- films used to discourage soldiers from visiting The prostitutes in Mexico appear to have ny Bruce, the exhibitor of such a film would have brothels during Word War II. their own rooms in what looks to be a motel-like been locked up. Today such a film received a fine An examination is made of the conditions in setting. The “johns” in Mexico, are interviewed by review from The New York Times critic Stephen which these women work. the filmmaker, Michael Glawogger, to a greater Holden. I much prefer our current times to the The prostitutes in Thailand appear to be in- extent than in the other two countries. Their rea- earlier era. dependent, and in control of their lives, and their sons for using the brothel while not surprising profession seems to be treated as simply a job. Visit the Mayor at the Movies to learn more: are interesting. Explicit sexual acts are filmed in http://www.mayorkoch.com/. The Honorable They sit together behind a window waiting to be Mexico but in a nonprurient way. selected by the “johns” who are told in a business- Edward Irving Koch served as a member of Con- To sum up, the film is appealing if you are in- gress from New York State from 1969 through like manner the specialty of each woman. Later terested in the sociology of prostitution but end- th on the women go next door to be sexually ser- 1977, and New York City as its 105 Mayor less (boring) if you are looking to be entertained. from 1978 to 1989.

MUSIC THE SOUNDS Dawn of the Dead & The Rise of the San Francisco Underground (DVD) OFBLUE MVD Visual By Bob Putignano “Flashbacking: Can You Pass the Acid Test?” Rating: 8

During the mid 60’psychedelic music became this revolutionary era eventually exploded and Quicksilver, Janis Joplin with Big Brother movement that was born out of San Fran- caught the nation and the world by storm, but & the Holding Company, and others are all cisco. The local scene and more specifically make no doubt about it that San Francisco shown performing live from way back in the the Bay Area musicians started experiment- was the epicenter of it all. day. ing (in more ways than with the music) with “Dawn of the Dead” is not just about the There are also many interview segments folk, country blues, and rock and roll. This Grateful Dead, though they are the main fo- with Rock Scully, Peter Albin of Big Brother, new blended elixir was typically created while cus. Other period bands are shown and talked Dead publicist Dennis McNally, the Grateful they were under the influence of drugs, and about to some degree: The Jefferson Airplane, Continued on page 22 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012 Page 21 Page 22 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

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The Sounds of Blue to learn how to work in the recording studio. tamont concert fiasco (with the Hells Angels) Bill Graham advising the Dead to write some is also featured with several performances. I Continued from page 20 songs! Garcia telling a story about how mad also really enjoyed watching footage of Bill he was with Phil Lesh after they performed, Graham tossing a musician out of his offices Dead Hour’s David Gans, Merry Prankster and threw him down a flight of stairs, Jerry for cursing him, Graham was definitely (and Ken Babbs, The Charlatans Mike Willhelm, also says he was pretty high. There’s talk about legendary) for being one tough guy who took and journalists: Robert Christgau, Ritchie how after “Anthem of the Sun” how Warner no bull, and this is very clear here. Unterberger, and my old grammar school Brothers was growing skeptical of the band, Whether you like this era and music or and high school buddy Anthony DeCurtis of and how the label wanted a live album, and not, there’s no denying that psychedelic mu- Rolling Stone magazine fame. the way the Dead were able to negotiate a sic changed the world. “Dawn of the Dead” For a two hour plus documentary this three record deal of the “Aoxomoxoa” studio shows how a lot of it went down and how the video moves along at a non-boring pace, as recording and the two LP (now legendary) counter-cultured movement soured too. So the performances and interview segments are “Live Dead.” Afterwards how the Hunter/ this documentary is fair at showing both sides sequenced smartly. Highlights include: Tom Garcia songwriting team gained “acces- of the rise and fall of what many thought was Canstanten saying how “Dark Star” was the sible” acceptance with the back to back (more going to be a new dawn. That being said: I perfect vehicle for the Dead to go all the way acoustic based) “Workingman’s Dead” and definitely enjoyed this video, and suspect you out there then coming back to some sort of “American Beauty,) that basically formulat- might too, especially if you are into flashback- reality. There’s also chapters on the making ed the band to begin to tour the world as a ing. of “Anthem of the Sun” which was the live tour-de-force powerhouse band. Plus the Al- Bob Putignano www.SoundsofBlue.com performance/studio LP, where the Dead paid

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not so bad. Not when you consider the alterna- Leaping Lizards tive.” Was that it? . . . Maybe it was the other way around. BEN: I’m scared. RITA: Of what? Jews By JOHN SIMON don’t believe in hell. Nicky Silver is a clever play- wright, but cleverness alone needs an additive to delve beneath surfaces. Charm, for example, or meaningful satire, or romance, or an underlying melancholy. Silver, as in “The Lyons,” which on the strength of a rave in The New York Times has now transferred from off Broadway to on, sports only one addendum:

Michael Esper as Curtis & Gregory Wooddell as Brian in The Lyons. And so it goes, with Ben’s fulminations and Rita’s heartlessness grimly funny for a while, Linda Lavin as Rita and Dick Latessan as Ben in The Lyons. but wearing thin. So Silver brings on Lisa, an alcoholic, unhappily divorced daughter, still not bitchiness, a dubious commodity. Bedouin motif might not be apt upon his proxi- over an ex-husband who beat her. Also Curtis, Act One takes place in a hospital room mous demise. After 40 years of loveless marriage, a homosexual son, hated by and hating his fa- with, facing us, a bed on which Ben Lyons, an she resents a living room “just some washed-out ther. Lisa, a mother herself, is developing a weird elderly curmudgeon, is dying of cancer. On a shade of dashed hopes.” crush on Leonard, a stranger dying in a nearby bedside chair, his bitchy wife, Rita, is leafing Herewith a sample of the humor…. RITA: room. Curtis, an unhappy loner, only lies about through House Beautiful, and prattling on about Is it wrong of me to want a new beginning? imaginary boyfriends. redecorating their living room, which Ben likes Now, you can participate or just complain. In Act Two, Scene One, we get a weird, just as it is. Steadily foul-mouthed, he berates her BEN: I’m dying, Rita. RITA: Yes, I know. Try ultimately brutal encounter between Brian, a as she sweetly wonders whether, for instance, a to be positive. My mother used to say, “Dying’s Continued on page 23 Brenda Pressley in The Lyons. Before speaking to the police... call George Weinbaum ATTORNEY AT LAW FREE CONSULTATION: Criminal, Medicaid, Medicare Professional Dominican Hairstylists & Nail Technicians Fraud, White-Collar Crime & Hair Cuts • Styling • Wash & Set • Perming Health Care Prosecutions. T. 914.948.0044 Pedicure • Acrylic Nails • Fill Ins • Silk Wraps • Nail Art Designs Highights • Coloring • Extensions • Manicure • Eyebrow Waxing F. 914.686.4873

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cast, heroically, does everything possible under Leaping Lizards Christopher Ashley’s determined direction, some endeavors are beyond evangelical salvation. Continued from page 22 The stalwart Alan Menken’s music (as also in the current “Newsies”) is no longer what it would-be actor and uneasy realtor, showing Cur- used to be, Glenn Slater’s lyrics were always less tis an empty apartment. Curtis, smitten from afar, than miraculous, and Robin Wagner’s good dé- has been unnoticed stalking Brian, himself a secret cor, like Sergio Trujillo’s sedulously foot-kicking homosexual, who upon discovering what Curtis is and thigh-slapping choreography, cannot prevail really up to, beats the crap out of him. against an ocean of incompetence. In Scene Two, ineptly introduced by Ben That ocean is, of course, the book, mainly by now a ghost, we find the severely injured Curtis Janus Cercone—what respectable female writer occupying the abovementioned hospital bed, with Michael Esper as Curtis, Dick Latessa as Ben, Kate Jennings Grant as Lisa and Michael Esper would misspell her own name, which, less two- the same sassy nurse now in charge. Rita and Lisa Linda Lavin as Rita and Kate Jenning Grant as as Curtin in The Lyons. facedly, should be Janis?—and which manifestly drop in fresh from Ben’s funeral, Rita about to Lisa in The Lyons. which makes the happy ending feel even more required her (luckily not dead) wealthy husband go off to Aruba with a much younger lover, who pasted-on. And what a quadruple miracle it is! to be the chief producer. happens to be Lisa’s new sobriety-sponsor. Wow! The musical “Leap of Faith” is not much of a leap—more like a pratfall. It concerns the The sun-scorched town desperately needs According to Rita, Lisa and the moribund rain, and gets it; Marla’s teen-aged son, Jake, para- Photos by and courtesy of Carol Rosegg. Leonard are a good match. “RITA: I think there’s tough fake evangelist Jonas Nightingale (even his name is phony) traveling with his entourage, the lyzed in a car accident (in which his father, Marla’s John Simon has written for over 50 years on theatre, a spark—and she could do worse. She’s done husband, conveniently cleared the decks by get- film, literature, music and fine arts for the Hudson worse. CURTIS: He’s dying. RITA: People aren’t Angels of Mercy, managed by his likewise tough kid sister, Sam, and headed by the black Ida Mae ting killed) walks again; and Jonas stops evan- Review, New Leader, New Criterion, National perfect, Curtis. You expect too much.” That’s what gelizing and Marla stops sheriffing as they head Review,New York Magazine, Opera News, Weekly most of the humor is like. But be it said for Silver Sturtevant, a sort of chorus leader, and her spunky daughter Ornelle, a sort of premier dancer. They for a happy marriage. You could say it is raining Standard, Broadway.com and Bloomberg News. that, though Rita is pretty much the Jewish moth- miracles by leaps and bounds when. fourthly, Isa- Mr. Simon holds a PhD from Harvard University er from hell, he manages considerable sympathy are stuck in the burg of Sweetwater, Kansas, where their bus broke down, needing three days of repair. iah, Ida Mae’s son, who is a serious theology stu- in Comparative Literature and has taught at MIT, for her. And Linda Lavin, an expert comedienne, dent and bitterly opposes his mother and sister’s Harvard University, Bard College and Marymount plays her, if anything, too well. So they run prayer meetings. The sheriff here is the steely Marla Mc- involvement with the Angels of Mercy, sees the Manhattan College. The others are good, too. Michael Esper is a light and takes over the Angels from Jonas, to lead delightful Curtis in a demanding role, and Kate Gowan, who has the power to throw the To learn more, visit the JohnSimon-Uncensored.com debt-riddled and permit-lacking Jonas into the them into what promises to be true evangelism. Jennings Grant manages to make the messy Lisa This nonsense is actor-proof. Though the appealingly so. Gregory Waddell handles Brian’s hoosegow, which she does for a while, but not transition from unctuous to brutish exemplarily, until she has lustily bedded him. Hey, what’s a roll and Brenda Pressley is admirably no-nonsense in the hay for a tough lady sheriff? The show has as the nurse. Mark Brokaw has directed them for a book by Ms. Janus Cercone (co-written with maximum efficiency, but it is hard to be as good as Warren Leight), based on a movie scripted by her gold in a Silver play. and starring Steve Martin, who, I’m told, played Curiously, the very title is a solecistic warn- Jonas more for comedy; in the musical, the good ing. The plural of Lyons is Lyonses, which, what Raul Esparza is rather more melodramatic. with four of them, is called for. But that would not It is a curious performance by a fine actor come trippingly off the tongue, and why should who could logically have deployed more of his Nicky Silver, unrealistic about everything else, usual charm, but chooses to be hard-bitten. Still make an exception of grammar? a commanding presence, he is too forbidding,

Government MAYOR Marvin’s COLUMN GOVERNMENTSection Whether on Four, Two or Three… The Village of Bronxville is a Wonderful Place to Live THE ROMA BUILDING By MARY C. MARVIN plan for the organization. Bronxville is a won- In my columns, I seem to fre- derful place to be a senior citizen (and for which 2022 Saw Mill River Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY quently write about Bronxville I now qualify!). Office & Store Space for Rent as a great place to be a young As I got to thinking about the concept, I person because of the excep- genuinely could not name another community Prime Yorktown Location that has so many amenities and conveniences for tional public school and the Office Space 965 sq ft.: Rent $ 1650/mo. safety and freedom for chil- seniors. dren to walk about and enjoy a A supermarket is just a walk away and truly Store Karl Ehmers: 1100 sq ft- $3100/mo. childhood much like our own. all one’s shopping needs can be met by the in- Store in back: 1300 sq ft. $2650/mo. This past week I spoke at the Bronxville Se- credible variety of stores we have within our one nior Citizens meeting and a light bulb went off square mile. Our merchants are also so accom- 914.632.1230 thanks to Karla Diserens who is doing a strategic modating to our seniors often delivering heavy Continued on page 24 Page 24 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

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Whether on Four, Two or Three… The Village of Bronxville is a Wonderful Place to Live local seniors with information and services en- abling them to age safely and confidentially in Continued from page 23 options in Bronxville for food for the body and seniors will be heading to Ellis Island, the Bruce their own home, thereby allowing them to age bundles, taking phone orders and helping with mind is unparalleled. Museum and the Botanical Gardens. Led by in place and stay in our community. Gramatan prescription needs. And, if Broadway calls, Metro North is in Sue Tozzi, who is a licensed social worker, her Village offers a wide spectrum of services includ- A walkable business district is vital to main- the center of the Village and Grand Central less skills are used to reach out to seniors via in-home ing transportation, help with errands, handyman taining a robust senior population. So when you than a half hour away. evaluations or referrals to connect them with referrals, recreational and educational opportu- shop in the Village, you not only send sales tax Our wonderful police department will even needed social services or medical support. nities and assistance with medical issues. They revenues to our Village and school and help to check on any senior if they so wish and also hold The Bronxville Seniors are also known for even have a service that connects our seniors keep home prices stable, you aid in maintain- a house key in case of emergency. their philanthropic work whether it is collecting with volunteer opportunities as our seniors al- ing age diversity in our Village. An inter-gen- In addition to all of the above amenities for cereal for a Head Start program, buying mittens for ways seem desirous of giving back. If you are erational community adds to the richness and seniors, the Village is also home to two vibrant the needy or delivering presents to hospital patients. interested in joining, contact Executive Director fabric of our Village and is so worth preserving. organizations specifically dedicated to the needs If you would like to join the seniors, reach Julie Dalton at 337-1338 or stop by their offices I cannot imagine Pondfield Road without tod- of seniors. out to Director Sue Tozzi at 793-2222 or at 85 Pondfield Road. dlers and seniors. The Senior Citizens’ of Bronxville has cared [email protected]. If you Gramatan is having a festive “May Magic” Seniors without cars can walk to medical for senior needs for over 40 years. The organiza- are not of age, but would like to support their ef- fundraiser on May 6th at Siwanoy Country specialists in every field, visit the dentist and even tion offers a wide variety of activities and servic- forts, donations are gratefully accepted. Purchas- Club where lifelong Village resident Mary Tay- walk to a hospital. es, most of which take place in Congregational ing tickets for the upcoming Free Parking Space lor Behrens will be honored for her many contri- We have a great variety of houses of wor- Hall, thanks to the kindness and support of the raffle will not only help the seniors but entitles butions to our Village. All are invited to attend. ship, all only a walk away as well as a post office, Reformed Church. the winner to a placard allowing free parking Your support of these two vital organiza- a college, movie theater, taxi service and a variety The founding premise of the Bronxville se- anywhere in the Village for a full year – one of tions will help to ensure the unique age diversity of restaurants to meet every price point. nior organization is that aging is a normal de- the best prizes ever!!! in our Village that enriches us all. velopmental process but those aging also need A recent addition to the Village’s array of Our library sponsors book clubs, computer Mary C. Marvin is the mayor of the Village of a way to meet their peers with whom they can senior services is Gramatan Village, which fills lessons and thanks to the efforts of the Friends of Bronxville, New York. If you have a suggestion or interact and serve as a source of encouragement. an important niche in our community. Founded the Library, cultural performances and readings. comment, consider directing your perspective by In that spirit, they sponsor a panoply of by your fellow Village residents several years The Bronxville Adult School offers a broad email to: [email protected]. array of classes, trips and recreational and cul- social and enrichment activities including lun- ago, Gramatan Village follows the very success- tural opportunities at very reasonable cost. The cheons with speakers, Tai Chi and yoga classes, ful model of a program first begun in Beacon knitting and bridge. In the next few weeks, our Hill, Boston. Gramatan’s mission is to provide FRENCH ON RYE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Congressional Candidate Joseph Diaferia’s Nominating 2011 Financial Petitions Ruled Valid by New York State Board of Elections Performance YONKERS, NY -- Green Party Congressional By DOUGLAS FRENCH candidate Joseph Diaferia, running in New York’s sky); we were interested only in presenting our While the final year-end finan- 16th District, has apparently turned back a chal- ideas—different though they were—and con- cials are still being prepared and lenge to his nominating petitions. The campaign ducting political campaigns that were, in and of will be presented by the City’s staff of U.S. Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY) themselves, aimed at providing a public service”, auditor at the May 23rd meeting mounted the challenge to Diaferia’s petition on said Diaferia. of the Council, the initial projec- grounds that a minor clerical inconsistency ren- Following the NYS BoE’s decision, Diaferia tions look promising. During a dered said petitions null and void. However, in also called for simplification of New York State’s time when governments at all a ruling issued on Thursday, May 3, 2012, the ballot access laws, charging that such laws, as levels are grappling with rising costs and drops New York State Board of Elections (NYS BoE) they are presently constituted, serve to facilitate in revenue, the City’s costs were $500,000 be- determined that Diaferia’s petitions were, in their candidate disqualification and thereby discour- low budget and revenues were $700,000 above entirety, valid and properly prepared. age democratic participation. budget for a net gain of $1.2M. This is good news as the City’s undesignated fund balance is Upon learning of the BOE’s decision, Di- While upholding the designation of Di- projected to be at $3.8M or 12% of our annual aferia commented, “We’re obviously very pleased aferia as the Green Party’s candidate, the Board apparently nullified the petitions of Aneillo operating budget. After several years of a rapidly that this is the Board’s finding; however we do declining fund balance, the City has been able to not believe any such challenges should have Grimaldi who had sought to wage a Democratic primary campaign against Congressman Engel. stem that trend the last two years in 2010 and been carried out in the first place.” Diaferia, 51, 2011. Having a healthy fund balance is good for a former Democratic nominee for the West- It also appears that the Conservative Party will have no standard bearer in the 16th District, as the City’s financial position and strengthens the chester County Board of Legislators, repeatedly City’s AAA rating. Restoring the City’s financial Joseph McLaughlin’s petitions were also ruled urged all candidates to end their respective peti- outlook was a key priority and the results speak invalid, and William Britt, Jr. is reported to have tions challenges, calling such endeavors politi- for themselves. cally repressive and Nixonian. Added Diaferia, declined a position on the Conservative primary “It is nothing short of duplicitous, that ballot. 1037 Boston Post Road Before speaking to the police... call politicians might rhapsodize about the In a departure from tradition, New York Decision blessings of American democracy, while State’s congressional primary will be held on George Weinbaum obstructing the very democratic pro- June 26th. The Council is to hold a special meeting on ATTORNEY AT LAW cess that they claim to extol.” Diaferia April 25th on a vote to authorize the first step FREE CONSULTATION: recalled that in 1987, neither he nor his For further information. Direct email to: Diaferia- of a potential sale of the property. The City pur- Criminal, Medicaid, Medicare Republican opponent in the County [email protected]. chased the property in 2006 for $5M (not in- Fraud, White-Collar Crime & Health Care Prosecutions. T. 914.948.0044 Legislative race indulged in any such cluding future lease payments that were offset) F. 914.686.4873 chicanery. “I had a very decent opponent on the property which was appraised at $4.5M 175 MAIN ST., SUITE 711-7 • WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601 (referring to the late Katherine Car- Continued on page 25 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012 Page 25

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2011 Financial Performance relationship, but it is important we begin to re- that are more responsive to current economic will make the appointment at our June 13th view our options and share them with you.” Two conditions, the suspension of the Wicks Law meeting, and I will ask those that are interested Continued from page 24 years later, the City has gone through an exhaus- which would also provide immediate savings in to address the Council and public at our May at the time, and a balloon payment that was due tive planning process and explored these options the cost of capital improvements by reducing the 23rd meeting. for the full amount in 2010 - but no money was with experts in the real estate market, City staff, requirements for multiple contractors on con- Building Permit 40 years ever put aside to pay for the building. In 2010 the the Planning Commission and the public. The struction projects, and limiting the costs of the City paid off the building. Here is what I wrote 2 action before the Council is to authorize the sale public employee pension contributions that are Later of the property to the current tenant with the increasing at a rate that is unsustainable with the years ago in this column as the City began to look On personal note as it drew some Council current exclusion language in the tax cap levy, at long-term options: “One option discussed is terms being presented at press time. attention, I received a retroactive building permit and should be limited so that the state-mandat- to address the City’s need for a larger court house for my rental property on work that was done Joint Resolution for ed employer contribution rates are capped at the and police facility by splitting the two and put- by the previous owner some 40 years ago. There same 2% growth rate increase as is allowed under ting the court at 1037, however, the City would Mandate Relief by the City was no illegal construction at the property as lose ongoing property tax revenue and the cost and School District the current tax cap. deemed by the building inspector, but this is an for transformation may be extremely high. Sell- issue many residents face when properties are At our joint meeting on April 21st, the Rye Appointment Process for ing the property for commercial use is another put up for sale and proper due diligence by the City Board of Education, Mayor and Council option, but commercial rates are low and could City Council Vacancy homeowner/buyer, legal community, real estate passed a joint resolution for meaningful man- result in a substantial loss to the City. Residen- Contact me or one of the Council members community and the City Building Department date relief to be enacted by the New York State tial use is the final option for co-ops or rentals if you are interested in being considered for the is required. government. Specific issues for change included: in the downtown area and may prove to increase vacancy on the Rye City Council. Based on our Suspending state statutes such as the Triborough For more information on these matters, visit the City the potential value. Any option, however, would charter, the Council will fill the vacancy for the Amendment that would immediately improve of Rye Website at www.ryeny.gov or contact me, need to include a shared municipal parking sce- balance of the year with a separate election to be the ability of the school district and city to con- your City Council members or the City Manager. nario. This is the beginning of a long planning held in November of 2012 to complete the term trol costs by improving the conduct of local col- Mayor Doug French, [email protected] process and we currently have a valued tenant which expires December of 2013. The Council lective bargaining by incentivizing negotiations INVESTIGATION Symbol of Bigotry Used to Tie a Noose Around the Neck of a Mount Vernon Firefighter and Department By HEZI ARIS this ploy a catalyst meant to disparage fellowship Lighty may not The dreaded noose that was among the rank and file or simply another big- fully comprehend or hung from the tallest trees in oted expression to cause friction between blacks appreciate the racial the most vile historical pages and whites despite the “prank” perpetrated by divide that Mount of American lore have not one black man onto another. Vernon has for years abated. The festering pain of This incident has been quietly covered up suffered when he is its being discovered in the by Mayor Ernie Davis (pictured top right) and attributed to have the Mount Vernon City Council, who would said, “From what we locker of a Mount Vernon brought up on charges and dismissed from duty. seemingly like to sweep this incident under the were told, it was a joke, but we need to find out Firefighter on April 8, 2012, The horror the noose conjures up in the minds of rug. Yet any thinking person would ask who is for sure.” allegedly placed there by fellow Mount Vernon those who endured its stranglehold on one’s life, being protected here? Is it the alleged perpetra- Mount Vernon Fire Commissioner James Firefighter Henry George Thomas as a practi- so much so that it would rob one of his life can- tor of this dastardly and bigoted deed, Mount Gleason has chosen to await the findings of the cal joke has been allowed to languish in the not be fathomed. Those who wretch at the pros- Vernon Firefighter Henry George Thomas? Is it Mount Vernon Police Department. expectation that no one in media will notice its pect of such terror will appreciate that no words the alleged perpetrator Henry George Thomas’ Mount Vernon’s silence will assure a repeti- horrid conduct or aftermath or the fact that the or regret or recant of fact can absolve the bias brother, Mount Vernon Councilman Richard tion of similar conduct that must not be permit- “prankster” is the brother of Mount Vernon City and bigotry from which this atrocity would be Thomas? Is this bigoted incident too difficult for ted reentry into the present day. It is sad enough Councilman Richard Thomas (pictured left). played on a colleague whose professionalism dic- Mount Vernon to handle so it chooses to hope similar conduct, condoned in the most sophisti- What was the purpose of this foul prank? tates he have the back and safety of all his fellow it will go away? cated venues, and supposedly expected in venues What was the meaning and expected result an- firefighters as his priority and first responsibility. Firefighter Henry George Thomas had ini- less sophisticated, at least that was the excuse, ticipated by Firefighter Henry George Thomas Deputy Fire Commissioner Noah Lighty tially admitted to his concocting and carrying should be permitted free reign in these days of when he conjured his malicious deed on a fellow (pictured center) has advised that upon hearing out his scheme against a fellow firefighter. Since so-called modernity. firefighter? Was it an assault on the sensibilities of this incident he had engaged Mount Vernon’s then he has recanted; he was evidently legally A month has passed since this incident oc- of the firefighter who upon opening the door to police, fire and law departments to launch a joint advised that his “prank” is grounds for dismissal. his locker would cause him fear or laughter? Was investigation. curred… where is the report? The recant is too little and too late. He must be

come legendary. An example of his politically worthy of representing Yonkers in any way. Ex- 100 Days Out tarnished patina revealed itself over the depar- posed for all the shenanigans she pulled in her Updating the Shifting Tectonic Political Plates in Yonkers ture first revealed by the Yonkers Tribune / The eights years in office exposed her ineptitude and Westchester Guardian of Yonkers City Clerk Joan corruption by our telling, despite the political By HEZI ARIS extremely astute, but too often conflicted Yon- Deierlein. Once revealed, the scramble to fill the cover and support she had to attempt to stymie kers City Council President had run out of op- It seemed as though the po- Republican seat and the long dormant Demo- our ethical and prudent efforts. The “Diva” has tions. His lack of garnering party support, he is litical prognosis for Chuck cratic seat consumed the backrooms of Yonkers quietly recoiled from the process; so much so, a Democrat, for the office of mayor against the Lesnick, serving the last two- political protagonists. she now resides in The Bronx with the intension victorious effort of now Mayor Mike Spano years of an eight-years-long, Former Yonkers City Council Majority of conceivably mounting an effort to represent seemed the beginning of a torturous slide into term limited stint in office Leader Patricia McDow was pushing her name constituents in The Bronx. I am getting sick just oblivion. would be his epitaph. Many to be the next Yonkers City Clerk. She was not writing this, but you can’t make this stuff up. His inability to be resolute on issues had be- had declared the affable and Continued on page 26 Page 26 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

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Lesnick’s Chief of Staff Rachelle “Rocky” Rich- Lesnick seems in a better place than ever before. for the City of Yonkers is the ticket for Lesnick 100 Days Out ard was in contention from the sidelines, but Since January 1, 2012, Lesnick could be achieving higher political office. The prospect Continued from page 25 Lesnick didn’t seem to have the juice to move quietly recognized to right his political aspira- of U.S. Congressman Chuck Lesnick may not José Alvarado, the Salvadorean wunderkind her candidacy forward. The residue left from tions closer to safer shores. He wasn’t so much be as farfetched as once conjectured in derisive that survived his disregard for the Yonkers con- the Yonkers Mayoralty race did not subside. The tempered by being exposed for the political tones. It has now become the second rail ancil- stituents he should have ably represented but Democrats were not pleased that Lesnick would games he played as he has learned to prudently lary to Lesnick’s future prospects. chose to instead serve the Westchester County not remove himself from contention. build and find consensus within his own circle In the meanwhile, Yonkers City Clerk Joan Board of Legislators (WCBoL) to a fault as Then Yonkers City Democratic Chairper- of influence. This, coupled with the impending Deierlein has yet to officially write a letter of “their boy” rather than respectfully serve those son Symra Brandon threw her name in the mix, conclusion to his final term in office, and the resignation that would supersede her verbal pro- who entrusted him to do just that. He fooled and others thereafter. All for naught. It became dimming prospects for higher office by circum- nouncement. The Yonkers City Council has yet Yonkersites over and over. Eventually they tired a free for all. Brandon had her own conflicts of stances of his own past doing, Lesnick may have to publicly announce its formal action. of his “game” and catapulted the unknown Vir- interest that caused people to rail at her mention. at last snatched victory from looming defeat. For those taking score… while Alvarado is ginia Perez to succeed his lazy, arrogant, and She was disliked by too many to be seriously No one except he has a six-year’s resume down, possibly out, Lesnick can stand up a win- dismissive demeanor. Despite the writing on the considered. on the Yonkers City Council. Three council- ner. wall, the WCBoL pushed for him to find safe The political tectonic plates upon which men have two-year’s tenure, and three council- It was anticipated early on that Lesnick haven in Mayor Mike Spano’s administration, Yonkers stand have now coalesced about George men are serving the first days of their four-years’ would challenge almost every task that would be specifically in the Office of Constituent Services. Kevgas, a fomer aide in Yonkers City Council long term. The young “elder statesman” is riding visited by the Yonkers City Council, Instead, and Believing he could continue his lazy way, he has President Chuck Lesnick’s Office, and a can- the coattails of Mayor Mike Spano in building because of the stated demeanor of Mayor Mike proven himself unworthy of being considered for didate whose recent run against Legislator Ber- consensus among the legislative representatives, Spano, there may just be a better appreciation Yonkers City Clerk, but he was heavy in the run- nice Spreckman faltered. Kevgas’ name solidifies specifically among the Democrats, and earning of the disparate agendas and people prudently ning. Not any more. Alvarado can no longer hide consensus about Lesnick’s growing political sup- the respect that has eluded him during his years needing to respectfully work together. Pragma- behind his crookedly feigned smile. So much for port within his party and opens doors to politi- in office. tism is a wonderful thing and may prove politi- the patronage mill; pathetic, isn’t it? cal office that had seen him at the losing end of Being supportive of Mayor Mike Spano in cally expedient. But, and this is a powerful but, Yonkers City Council President Chuck conjectured political confrontation. No longer, an ethical manner with deference to what is best only if Yonkersites come out on top. Page 26 The WesTchesTer Guardian ThursdaY, FeBruarY 23, 2012

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through the breadth of Manchuria to escape an A Bankrupt Criminal Justice System invading army, doomed to a 20-year fight over the depth of pigmentation in those people who No Charges Against Officers Involved in Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. survive in southern India opposite the island of Sri Lanka and within that island nation. The By HEZI ARIS lurked in Pandora’s Box. It is however not too rationale for those inclined to align themselves Killing fields of Kampuchea, the 20,000,000 The pronouncement West- late to distill the issues exacted by the death of on one side of the equation as opposed to oth- who perished by the bloody hand of Stalin, chester County District At- Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. ers who may no have the basis for that stance. Hitler, and Idi Amin. It is an endless loss of life torney Janet DiFiore made We have arrived at this juncture of mourn- That is the problem in a nutshell. Ignorance that is witnessed without seeming care or con- on Thursday, May 3, 2012, ing and loss because intolerance and misun- is being fanned into a raging fire of smoldering cern to the deaths of our brethren. was monotonously repeti- derstandings have been permitted to flourish human emotions. Societal constructs of law The days of quiet acceptance must end. tious of many previous simi- under the guise of civility. The past cannot be and order have not assuaged those who grieve Are there none among us who can lead the way lar circumstances. A grand redesigned. The debauched circumstances and the historical transcripts of centuries long gone toward accommodation and trust and respect? jury advised they had voted the people who will find any rationale to excuse or the fresh wounds or deaths exacted to this For every day collective wounds are left to ooze to not indict White Plains Police Department this horrific outcome are in part to blame. Then very day and expected to consume some of us putrid puss while bleeding about the perimeter, Officer Anthony Carelli, who shot the now de- again, they have been caught up in the “get into a disturbing future. appeasing some and unnerving others, we will ceased, 68-year-old, former U.S. Marine, Ken- along to get along” syndromes that have been Those who read these words will have come to fear the untimely deaths of our seniors neth Chamberlain, Sr., to death. This fast paced the cause behind so many similar deaths. missed the mark if they judge the words to only who may be too slow or befuddled to taunts scenario culminating in death began after a Neither will excuses nor the egregious refer to the days of slavery. No, this is a universal and ridicule due to their suffering various states barrage of racial slurs and epithets peppered misconduct or ignorance of a grand jury bring issue that has expunged life, by the tolerance of of dementia, their inability to afford medica- the mind of a senior citizen with taunting and about healing, no matter the input of cerebral those who would permit too many to be hung tion to maintain their lucidity, or because they insults that should have years ago been grounds prowess, or even empathic understanding and from the tallest trees, or left to hang in gallows were too slow to react to the demands of police for dismissal by a police force that to this day comprehension thought to be the make-up of built in central squares, or shot before pre-dug officers inexperienced in life and who believe claim a pristine wall of silence that seemingly human nature. It is often said that things must graves, or allowed murders to be perpetrated their badge permits them conduct outlawed perpetuates conduct anathema to public expec- get worse before they may become better. It because words would fall short of initiating everyone else. tation yet the proof is there for all to see other- seems that fork in the road is behind us. We are conduct that would bring about an end to the In the meanwhile all who had anything wise. But wait a minute. Some will be heard to most definitely on the road to worse. hatred infused atrocities in cities like White to do with this situation will hide in the hope say that there are circumstances that few have Government has yet to create a protocol Plains, the Borough of The Bronx, the streets of scrutiny will diminish exposing their resume been made aware that validate the outcome pertinent to societal needs about whom we live. Florida, or of those who lost arms and limbs in of results that should have shamed them to voted upon by the 23 people who sat on the The training, as demanded and tasked by Dis- Sierra Leone, are being starved in Zimbabwe, change but has not. It’s seemingly not their grand jury panel. And that is the disconnect trict Attorney DiFiore for a study of expected struggle for freedoms in China, suffer being life that is on the line. It has become as easy to and the ploy that continues to be used to be police conduct will be welcome. It is tiring to defiled after death by permitting husbands to take another person’s life as it is to spend other maintained in widening the societal divide over hear over and over that extenuating circum- have their last sexual intercourse before their people’s money. issues concerning people of color. It can be said stances, not shared with the public and that wife’s burial under religious edict, are bullied to that it is too late to close the evil demons that cannot be spoken, are acceptable ameliorating the point of committing suicide, were marched

Back to the Future: Now Rather Than Later frame by the storage of her BMW at the Buena million loan that continues unpaid way beyond Vista Parking Lot that was permitted her by the the 2-years maximum terms they were given. By HEZI ARIS often espoused to satiate those who hunger for Yonkers Parking Authority despite it being spe- Yonkers is out the $2 million and we are out Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano solutions, yet too quickly dismissed when the cifically not permitted in tenets written into the an additional $2 million that needed to be re- won the hearts of Yonker- metrics meant to measure performance are not Yonkers City Charter? turned to H.U.D. from whom the money was th sites with his penchant for met. The standard of duality, easily molded into When will the December 28 meeting of afforded. Yonkers is out $4 million in total be- discourse and the sincerity of doable goals or standards said, are too often dis- the Yonkers Board of Contract and Supplies re- cause of the conduct, or lack thereof, by Cappelli his smile while battling for his missed after they are mentioned. The con game scind or retract the $50,000 contract afforded the Fidelco, yet CoY still maintains Cappelli Fidelco political survival and polishing of duplicity that is seemingly tolerated under the former Yonkers City Council Minority Leader under the status of Master Developers for the the Spano name for posterity guise of double-speak. John Murtagh and now the senior counsel for Yonkers Downtown Waterfront that has atro- further into the future. At is- Conventional wisdom suggests Yonkersites the White Plains law firm of Gaines, Gruner, phied throughout their ever-changing corporate sue is just how much time does he have? Is it a are tired of the talk, the games, the cover-ups, Ponzini & Novick that is understood to be used restructuring since the days of elaborate render- full 4-year term or only a part thereof, that is, at the patronage, the sweet deals for the “family to defend the misconduct of former Yonkers ings / drawings of their mirage which have since the helm as a strong mayor in government, or and friends network,” and the mountain of debt Mayor Phil Amicone’s Chief of Staff Lisa Mir- blighted Yonkers of plans to which Cappelli Fi- hobbled by a financial review board to which he that has ravaged CoY of every cent and mount- jaj’s son Nikolai on the taxpayer’s dime? When delco did not have the wherewithal to complete. will be demanded to answer? Will Mayor Mike ing debt. At the top of this heap of ineptitude will Yonkers Corporation Counsel find the le- Cappelli is still stymied; Cappelli Enterprises are Spano be able to tackle the issues permitted to and the permissiveness afforded the protagonists gal acumen to nullify the $600,000 plus benefits for all intent and purpose bankrupt; they are all fester at the sinew of the City of Yonkers (CoY), of past administrations to get away with the contract under which now Yonkers Parking Au- talk and have no financial muscle to underwrite or will he have the mindset and the staff / team outright theft of the past, is the public still be- thority Executive Director Lisa Mirjaj maintains their verbose posturing. They are not shovel to devise a cohesive vision for CoY? ing kept in the dark by the new administration. employment? ready on any project, including a smaller imprint. Too often, analysis is conducted in hind- When will they let us know what transpired over When will services rendered to businesses When will Joe Cotter repay the largesse sight, awaiting the vision to be postulated, and the last 16 years of Phil Amicone’s tenure? operating under hefty P.I.L.O.T.s (payment on afforded him through Yonkers Industrial De- thereafter awaiting the steps or protocol that will When will Yonkers’ legal counsel, that is, lieu of taxes) benefits, or even those who do not velopment Agency (YIDA) and CoY funds have to be engaged in order to reach the goals Yonkers Corporation Counsel claw back the ap- receive such benefits pay for the services they and other “wink, wink” deals to which he is in set. While the cry of “be patient” is the mantra proximately $400,000 in personal debt exacted contracted? We have only learned of late that arrears? Despite the reality kept “hush, hush,” but uttered to appease criticism, it also suffocates the by the ploy of extortion from the 2011 Yonkers P.I.L.O.T.s can be renegotiated if the will exists known to the “family and friends network,” he distilling of goals and thereafter the sustained City Council by former Yonkers Mayor Phil or is demanded by circumstance. still demands rent from CoY. He owes Yonkers maintenance of prudent direction and the set- Amicone? When will Yonkers City Council When will Cappelli Fidelco pay the $2 mil- much more than CoY owes him? When will he ting up of defined metrics of performance stan- Majority Leader Patricia McDow pay for the lion signature loan afforded them during their dards. It is those standards of appeasement too theft of services accrued over a 7 years time- financial crisis be paid? CoY gave them a $2 Continued on page 28 Page 28 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

HEZITORIAL Back to the Future: Now Rather Than Later Continued from page 27 which Mayor Mike Spano is at the helm must be taken to court to get the taxpayer’s money? not be permitted to list. It must be set upright. Or, why are we paying him when he hasn’t paid The best way to do that is to learn the definition CoY? of transparency. When will those afforded not to pay real Yonkersites do not need a father figure; estate taxes for 10, 20, 30, even over 40 years, they need and demand an adult capable of de- be demanded to pay up or forfeit the property livering the honesty and benevolence of Mayor for which Mike Spano’s smile and the veracity of his very non-payment has been allowed to be being. It is the only way to knot a cohesive city forgotten, or has been specifically dismissed, supportive of its present Mayor Mike Spano. “wink, wink.” The Milio Management opera- Mayor Mike Spano must exude confi- tion in which the owners Antonio and Franco dence in himself to inspire all Yonkersites to do Milio admit to never paying any taxes of any their share to right a ship that even he has for- kind, including not paying Yonkers City Tax gotten was initially built to float upright. That for 15 plus years of their operation is the tem- must change. We are only 100-plus days out in plate afforded those in the “family and friends a treacherous and murky political sea. We must network.” When will CoY be permitted to start bailing out the putrid waters of the past chase these delinquents to fill the city coffers and dry the decks from the slime permitted to to overflowing? adhere to our very being. Has former Yonkers Inspector General These concerns will only be mitigated by Dan Schorr been afforded a “parachute” upon infusing growth through prudent investment his exit last week? He is not entitled to any- validated by incorruptible data founded by thing. How much has he been permitted to metrics. Politically, Yonkers must learn to find fleece the Yonkers taxpayer? mechanisms of consensus building rather than When will the cushy subsidy deals be- the imposition of the strong mayor form of tween restaurateurs and CoY be reduced, or government over a bickering feudal network of better still, totally dismissed. $250 per month to disparate districts, political agenda among their park as many cars as one can at the Buena Vista representatives, and their being quick to stymie Parking Lot, as is similarly done at other YPA discussion amongst themselves of pertinent is- Lots is absurd and fiscally unacceptable. Also, sues. American democracy is messy, that it is why is the Yonkers Parking Violations Bureau America’s strength; stopping the discourse is not permitted to ticket cars parked on Main anathema to “good” governance. Street from 5 p.m. onward? The restaurants do Consumed by many failed years in gov- not own the street. This, too, must stop. ernance, Yonkersites are still in search of the Why does present Mayor Mike Spano’s person who will bring a levelheadedness to the administration not investigate the alleged office of mayor to which they may turn in dif- business investments afforded former Yonkers ficult times. It is his demeanor that must bring Mayor Phil Amicone? He is an alleged part political and fiscal coherence. He must not owner of the Brio Tuscan Grill franchise op- be consumed by immediate results, inane an- erating in the Ridge Hill complex. Can anyone nouncements, or the need to impress his inter- say, “quid pro quo” three times? locutors to prove he has taken action. He must What can be done about the “friends and however delegate his vision and forge a strate- family network” deals that encumbered CoY in gic vision yet to be articulated to the public. contracts for rentals that are outrageously inap- He must further confront the problems propriate for the proposed purposes engaged that have caused the deterioration of the qual- and worse, alternative city owned property re- ity of life concerns often spoken about yet are mains unused? When will this misconduct be conveniently only illusory reference points onto corrected? which some still cling. Patronage was permitted to penetrate the Past failure has resulted in sustaining and embryonic days of Mayor Mike Spano’s build- imprisoning hackneyed social standards averse ing his administration staff. While it is accepted to the liberalism demanded in building a suc- as route for most, it is simply not appropriate cessful alternative model that will permit Yon- and should be reassessed for what it is, a deca- kers to thrive in times of modernity without dent, outrageous, and unseemly conduct by disregard of our collective history. those who do what they do because they can. The problems that have culminated in the Mayor Mike Spano can do better than abide failure in Yonkers will not be jettisoned over- by those who believe Yonkersites can continue night. That is why the public must be included to be browbeaten into the submissive, quiet lot in knowing the direction they are to be led. indicative of the Stockholm Syndrome hostage, Economic development, education, rule of law or of those who suffer battered spousal abuse. in the streets and the boardrooms, and fiscal To be berated and treated with outright arro- responsibility must be made to answer to the gance will not last forever. Perhaps it will last needs of Yonkersites because Yonkers can no beyond Mayor Mike Spano’s first term, perhaps longer afford talk. even his second, but it will not last. The ship at THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012 Page 29

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In 1977 in New York, POWERPLAY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, COMPETITIVE ROOF SERVICES LLC Articles of GEORGIO FAMILY III LLC Articles of Org. filed LLC Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/2/11. Of- NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 12/5/2011. Office in (SSNY) on 2/14/12. Office location: Westches- fice in Westchester Co. SSNY design. Agent Westchester Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC Personal Possession and ter Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/20/05 of LLC upon whom process may be served. upon whom process may be served. SSNY SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom SSNY shall mail copy 620 Park Ave. Yonkers, shall mail copy of process C/O Patricia G. process against it may be served. SSNY shall NY 10703. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Micek, Esq. 2180 Boston Post Rd. Larchmont, mail process to Corporation Service Company NY 10538. Purpose: Any lawful activity. Use of Marijuana Were 80 State ST Albany, NY 12207. DE address of RAAS PARTNERS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY LLC: 2711 Centerville RD STE 400 Wilmington, Sec. of State (SSNY) 1/27/12. Office in West- 26 SALISBURY ST, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY DE 19808. Arts. Of Org. filed with DE Secy. of chester Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/12/12. Office in West- Decriminalized State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: whom process may be served. SSNY shall chester Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon any lawful activity. mail copy of C/O Nancy Brady 125 Parkway whom process may be served. SSNY shall So Why Were 525,000 People Arrested for Rd. Ste. 1303 Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: mail copy of C/O Stern Keiser & Panken, LLP PLAY SOMETHING LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Any lawful activity. 1025 Westchester Ave. Ste. 305 White Plains, Such Possession and Use Since Then? Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/26/11. Office in West- NY 10604. Purpose: Any lawful activity. chester Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon TREMBLANT LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. By EDWARD I. KOCH whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail of State (SSNY) 2/22/12. Office in Westchester OFFICE SNIPER LLC Articles of Org. filed NY copy The LLC C/O Roman Fichman, ESQ. 245 8th Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon whom Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/13/12. Office in West- In 1977, I was the principal congressional Ave. No. 249 New York, NY 10011. Purpose: Any process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy chester Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon sponsor in the House of Representatives of lawful activity. of Patricia G. Micek, Esq. 2180 Boston Post whom process may be served. SSNY shall legislation that created the National Com- Rd. Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: Any law- mail copy of ALAN LOUGHLIN 325 MAIN ST. CK 465 BUILDING, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY mission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse. The ful activity. APT 3H WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601. Purpose: Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/2/12. Office in West- Any lawful activity. commission examined the aspects of decrimi- chester Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon nalization and legalization of marijuana. whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy David Kessler & Associates, L.L.C. My interest in pursuing the examination 1373 Broad St. Clifton, NJ 07013. Purpose: Any of the issues came as a result of millions of Americans having lawful activity. CLASSIFIED ADS experimented and used the drug for recreational purposes, there were hundreds of thousands, if not millions, particularly young 80 METROPOLITAN AVE. UNIT 1R, LLC Articles Office Space Available- Prime Retail - Westchester of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 3/20/12. Prime Location, Yorktown County people, who, over the course of time had been convicted of usage Office in Westchester Co. SSNY design. and had criminal records that would follow them for the rest of Agent of LLC upon whom process may be Heights Best Location in Yorktown Heights their lives. served. SSNY shall mail copy C/O Stern Keiser 1,000 Sq. Ft.: $1800. Contact Wilca: 1100 Sq. Ft. Store $3100; 1266 Sq. The commission, which became known as the Shafer & Panken, LLP 1025 Westchester Ave. Ste. 305 Ft. store $2800 and 450 Sq. Ft. Store White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: Any lawful 914.632.1230 Commission, recommended decriminalization for personal use activity. $1200. and possession of marijuana in a limited amount. Eight or nine states, New York being one of them, accepted the report and according to The New York Times in its editorial Continued on page 30 Page 30 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

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In 1977 in New York, Personal Possession and Use of Marijuana Were Decriminalized The answer is obvious. The state legisla- ture should make public possession of a small Continued from page 29 drugs into view.” the marijuana. This is an outrage, if The Times is amount for personal use a violation instead of a misdemeanor. Violations are not listed as crimes. of April 2, “Under the 1977 law, possession of 25 However, reports the editorial, “Marijuana correct. Even if the public display is otherwise arrests declined after passage of the 1977 law, inadvertent or the foolish act of a person, par- Let’s stop making criminals out of our grams or less of marijuana is a violation, subject young men and women, giving them criminal to a $100 fine for the first offense. But posses- but that changed in the 1990s. Between 1997 ticularly a young person, it should not constitute and 2010, the city arrested 525,000 people for a criminal act. records which will prevent them from getting sion of any amount that is in public view is a jobs and ruin their lives. misdemeanor punishable by up to three months low-level, public-view possession, according to The issue has heated up because as The in jail and a $500 fine. Civil rights lawyers say a legislative finding.” In effect, the editorial is Times editorial pointed out, “80 percent of those The Honorable Edward Irving Koch served as a that many of those stopped by city police were stating the arresting cop can cause the offense arrested in the city are black and Latino, despite member of member of Congress from New York to become a misdemeanor by requiring the indi- substantial data showing that whites are more State from 1969 through 1977, and New York City arrested after officers told them to empty their th pockets, which brought the small amount of vidual to empty his pockets and publicly display likely to use the drug.” as its 105 Mayor from 1978 to 1989. ED KOCH COMMENTARY never leaves my mind. It is, “Justice, justice shalt Justice: For the Innocent and the Guilty thou render, sayeth the Lord.” For me that means justice for the innocent and justice for the guilty. By EDWARD I. KOCH selling crack cocaine was subject to the same sen- same in sentencing.) It is not justice to keep people in prison lon- Two cases were before the U.S. tence as one selling 100 times as much powder.” In the two cases before the U.S. Supreme ger than reasonable. Here Congress, admitting Supreme Court late last month The effect was that blacks and Hispanics Court, the questions are how to sentence the its mistake in the past in providing prison terms concerning mandatory sen- dispensing crack cocaine to their customers were defendants who committed the crime before that were too harsh, has an obligation I believe tences meted out to sellers of subject to mandatory sentences of 5-10 years, the new law was passed but not yet sentenced, to apply the law retroactively to affect those ad- crack cocaine. whereas sellers of powder cocaine received much and should the sentences of those now in prison versely affected. The U.S. Supreme Court should Crack cocaine is a de- lower prison terms for selling the same quantity serving the harsher sentences be reduced. find the 1871 law unconstitutional on the basis rivative of cocaine. It is cheaper and were even released on probation for selling A legal problem exists with respect to mak- of lack of equal treatment required for all includ- than powder cocaine, and it is used more by small amounts, for which crack sellers received ing the new law apply retroactively, and that is ing those in prison. If that happens, thousands of blacks and Hispanics than whites whose drug prison sentences. an 1871 law. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. unreasonably punished prisoners would be liber- of choice is the more expensive powder cocaine. In 2001 Congress, realizing the unintended stated in the oral argument, that the 1871 law ated. If the court does not act and leaves it to the The penalty for selling crack cocaine is by law racist consequences, lowered the disparity in “required an express statement (of the Congress) Congress, nothing will happen. much harsher based on quantity. drug weights for sentencing purposes to 18 to 1 if they wanted to apply the change retroactively.” The Honorable Edward Irving Koch served as a In the April 18th New York Times article on instead of the 100 to 1 in the old law, thereby re- The Congress made no such statement in the member of member of Congress from New York the subject, Adam Liptak wrote: ducing the leniency provided to sellers of powder new law. State from 1969 through 1977, and New York City “Crack and powder cocaine are two forms cocaine. (Many experts believe sellers of the two There is a phrase in a religious book that I as its 105th Mayor from 1978 to 1989. of the same drug. But until recently, a drug dealer forms of the drug should be treated exactly the hold dear entitled “Ethics of Our Fathers” that WEIR ONLY HUMAN his ticker, but it probably made him miserable. removes the caffeine, might cause health prob- Wouldn’t he have been better off with a lems, therefore, those of us that stayed with the Can You Be Happy and Healthy? moderate diet and exercise program that at least leaded version have been better off all along. In By BOB WEIR shape. I just don’t think people should spend the allowed him some time to smell the pate de foie addition, we’re seeing new evidence all the time gras, enjoy some buttered popcorn with his mov- that indicates alcohol, in moderation, is actually Are you one of those people majority of their time trying to achieve something that they seldom have time to enjoy. Is it ies, and have a few puffs on a Macanudo after good for your heart. But the one that really blew who constantly worry about dinner? There must be a reason why these things my mind was a news report some time ago that your health? Do you exercise for really worth all that effort to be the healthiest 90-year-old in the senior citizens’ retirement are so satisfying. If it’s making you feel good, it alerted the public about the dangers of taking hours, take hands full of vitamins must have some salubrious advantages. You can’t too much vitamin C. We had always believed we daily and visit your doctor every community? What’s it gonna do, make you the best shuffleboard player in the home? How tell me that forcing yourself to eat some dry, pow- couldn’t overdose on it. Uh uh, say the latest pub- time you feel a bit sluggish or dery herbal concoction that practically makes lished reports, take only in moderation. have a slight ache? Sure, I know about enjoying some of the pleasures of life while you’re young? Okay, so a medium-rare steak and you wretch is ultimately going to make your life Okay, there you have it. Moderation is the it’s important to be in good physical condition, more pleasant. My theory is that when you en- key to optimum health. Instead of jogging 10 but what constitutes good? I’ve known people potatoes with butter contains some artery block- ing elements, but it tastes so darn good! A vodka joy something, the brain secretes a chemical that miles; jog 10 minutes. Weight training will help who jog ten miles a day, lift weights three times a creates a positive charge of energy, which flows keep your body toned even if you lift only once week, pour bottled water over their natural bran and tonic before dinner is a great way to open the appetite, relax the muscles and ease the stress. into your blood and brightens your view of the a week for half the time. No, you won’t look like flakes and practically choke on it as they chew. world. Conversely, when you experience some- Mr. Olympia, but you didn’t seriously think you They will only eat fat and cholesterol-free foods, Then, a glass of Merlot with the meal and you’re on cloud nine. You say alcohol is unhealthy? So thing distasteful, the chemical charge is designed would anyway. Did you? snack on carrot sticks and celery stalks during to ruin your attitude. Hence, the bright smile on the day and sip herb tea at night. The reason is obsessing about your health! We’ve all heard Bob Weir is a veteran of 20 years with the New York about the guy who was always popping pills, the face of someone placing a forkful of New Police Dept. (NYPD), ten of which were performed for this Spartan lifestyle is for them to enjoy the York cheesecake on their tongue, as opposed to highest level of health possible. Now, my ques- jogging, eating vegetable shakes and checking in plainclothes undercover assignments. Bob began a his blood pressure, and then drops dead from all the hideous frown displayed by one who is gag- writing career about 12 years ago and had his first tion is; what good is it to have maximum health ging on a broccoli and asparagus shake. if you must spend the great majority of your time the stress of worrying about his health. He gave book published in 1999. Bob went on to write and up all those mouth-watering lasagna dinners, Besides, can we actually count on the health publish a total of seven novels, “Murder in Black huffing and puffing, sweating and straining, info we’ve been receiving? It seems like every choking and sipping, all because you want to feel accompanied by fine Chianti, choosing instead, and White,” “City to Die For,” “Powers that Be,” insipid salads without dressing. All those delec- other week we’re reading about something that “Ruthie’s Kids,” “Deadly to Love,” “Short Stories of your best? It reminds me of the Joan Rivers line: used to be considered healthy, but new findings “I’ll start jogging the first time I see a jogger with table, after dinner slices of chocolate cake that he Life and Death,” and “Out of Sight.” He also became turned his nose up at, as he sucked on frozen, indicate the opposite. Decaffeinated coffee used a syndicated columnist under the title “Weir Only a smile on his face.” to be better than its pep-inducing counterpart. unsweetened yogurt, may have been better for Human.” Don’t get me wrong! I believe in staying in Then, it was discovered that the process, which THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012 Page 31 Page 32 THE WESTCHESTER GUARDIAN THURSDAY MAY 10, 2012

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