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Plaza P9 Brilliance P14 2 MARCH 06, 2019 • MANHATTAN TIMES • Child Abuse Prosecutor and a Democrat MARCH 06 - MARCH 12, 2019 • VOL. 20 • No. 10 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS • INWOOD • HARLEM • EAST HARLEM NORTHERN MANHATTAN’S BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER EL PERIODICO BILINGUE DEL NORTE DE MANHATTAN NOW EVERY WEDNESDAY TODOS LOS MIERCOLES Will at Winp4 Capacitación y computación p4 Photo: Sherry Mazzocchi Plaza p9 Brilliance p14 2 MARCH 06, 2019 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com child abuse prosecutor and a Democrat. Jessica lives in Westchester. Lauren lives on On widows, wheels and writing 181st Street in Washington Heights. Though Lauren resents Jessica, she doesn’t actually hate her. Her husband Brian Local author was a serial philanderer. The marriage was in bad shape even before he met Jessica; their releases new thriller relationship was merely the straw that broke the marriage’s back. Ultimately, Lauren By Sherry Mazzocchi is glad the marriage broke up because she didn’t have the strength to kick her husband hen Lauren’s ex-husband dies out. in a terrible accident, she Lauren is the child of addicts and suffered W abuse as a child. “Her back story is that she has to cooperate with the woman was in the mindset that the abusive home you she dislikes the most—her former know is better than the unknown,” explains husband’s “trophy” wife—for the Miller. “As the child of addicts, she was a sake of her own daughter. homeless teenager. She’s halfway grateful, although disdainful of the second wife.” Lauren thinks Jessica – whom she feels Streetwise Lauren and snooty Jessica has a perfect pedigree and a perfect body tolerate each other in the company of Emily, – has never suffered a day in her life. Later the teenage daughter. But when the trio she finds out that is untrue. Throughout the uncovers unseemly secrets about the dead book, both female protagonists discover man they thought they knew, they have to each other’s hidden flaws and strengths. work together in order to save their lives. When Miller isn’t writing novels, Widows-In-Law, the latest in thrillers she’s a high profile attorney. Miller is the by Washington Heights author Michele Director of Enforcement for the New York Weinstat Miller, is a fast-paced page-turner Washington Heights author Michele City Conflicts of Interest Board. “I have by Blackstone Publishing. The culture site Weinstat Miller (with Hazel). jurisdiction over everyone from the Mayor Crimereads.com selected it as one of the down to the sanitation workers,” she said. most anticipated crime novels of the year. widow-in-law doing?’ That’s where the term daughter cared for,” Miller said. “She has Miller has devoted her life to public Miller said the story idea began came from.” regular working-class concerns about taking service for the past 25 years. Like her percolating after her own sister’s husband In the new novel, Lauren views the second care of her kid while still making money character Lauren, she was also an attorney passed away. Her sister and the second wife wife Jessica as shallow and doesn’t really want herself.” and later Associate General Counsel for both raised Miller’s niece. “It was not a her daughter raised by her. But she doesn’t On the surface, the fictional women are very the New York City Administration for natural relationship,” said Miller. “I thought want to disrupt her education by pulling her different. Children’s Services (ACS). of all sorts of crime scenarios around it. I out of a stable Westchester school. The second wife Jessica is an upper-class would snarkily say to my sister, ‘How’s the “The first wife is desperate to have her Republican, while Lauren is a gritty Manhattan See WIDOWS p13 MARCH 06, 2019 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com 3 Will at Win Dr. Darlene Williams, Win’s Chief Program Women’s program Officer, said, “Families come to Win, and although every family’s story is different, they provides skills training all need a little support.” At the graduation ceremony, Win President By Sherry Mazzocchi and CEO Christine Quinn said stable employment keeps families out of shelters. t‘s been seven years since Win partners with hotel unions and food Miriam Domenech had a job. A industries to prepare women for jobs in those I fields. It is also developing a program for mother of two, she wanted to return training home health aides. “We want to make to work but her skills were out of sure our Income Building Program is targeted The Income Building Program date. and specific. It’s not just resume writing graduates pose for a group shot. or interview training. It’s very targeted to a After six weeks of intensive Word, Excel particular workforce and particular jobs.” in Rwanda. The women are provided with At the graduation ceremony, LeFrak and PowerPoint training, she can confidently Computer training is Win’s newest tools and training to make jewelry. According presented the women with bracelets made by tackle any spreadsheet or presentation that initiative. Quinn, former Speaker of the New to Same Sky, the women earn eight times the Rwandan women from Same Sky. comes her way. York City Council, said, “Moms have said to the median Rwandan hourly wage. The “This bracelet is called a prosperity bracelet. “It was such a wonderful us, ‘I’d like to do this—this is Foundation also works with Hudson County It not only brought prosperity to the women, experience,” she said. “I can’t the kind of work I’d like to Jail in New Jersey to provide training and but it gave them a life and their families a wait for the job fair.” do.’ And it’s thrilling to me education to female ex-offenders living in life. It reminded them of how talented they Domenech was one of 12 that Win can be responsive.” half-way houses. are and how they could succeed,” she said. women graduating from an Funding for the program “I was fortunate enough to come to Win’s “I wanted this to be a reminder that women Income Building Program on was provided by the United benefit event last year, and this is the first a world away—that they’ve had it hard—and March 5 run by Win. Win, or Nations Federal Credit donation from my foundation to the Women they have overcome unbelievable odds. And Women In Need, is a non-profit Union and The Francine In Need shelter. It’s exactly what we love now you’re overcoming unbelievable odds.” organization and the largest A. LeFrak Foundation to do. Our dream is to train and empower After the training, the women attend a provider of shelter for homeless families in Computer Training Program. as many women to get jobs, to follow their job fair. LeFrak said even after the women New York City. With 10 locations city-wide, Philanthropist Francine LeFrak, daughter of progress and the impact they make,” she graduate, they can come back for more it serves approximately 10,000 homeless the real estate tycoon Samuel J. LeFrak, also said. “They are our first graduates and it’s support. “That’s what’s great about the women and children annually. Last year, the has a history of working with women in need. very exciting. We have a whole course of program,” she said. “The way they take care Income Building Program served about 3,175 Ten years ago she founded an initiative, Same graduates coming up at Win.” clients. Sky, which works with genocide survivors See WIN p23 “Están ahí a cada paso del camino”, dijo Britany Oliveras. Capacitación y computación Por Sherry Mazzocchi “No puedo esperar a la feria de empleo”. Domenech fue una de las 12 mujeres que se an pasado siete años desde que graduaron de un Programa de Construcción de Miriam Domenech tuvo un trabajo. Ingresos el 5 de marzo dirigido por Win. Win, H o Women In Need (Mujeres con Necesidades, Madre de dos hijos, quería volver en español), es una organización sin fines de trabajar, pero sus habilidades no lucro y el proveedor más grande de refugio estaban actualizadas. para familias sin hogar en la ciudad de Nueva York. Con diez ubicaciones en toda la ciudad, Después de seis semanas de entrenamiento atiende a aproximadamente 10,000 mujeres y intensivo de Word, Excel y PowerPoint, puede niños sin hogar anualmente. El año pasado, el abordar con confianza cualquier hoja de cálculo Programa de Construcción de Ingresos atendió o presentación con la que se encuentre. a cerca de 3,175 clientes. “Fue una experiencia tan maravillosa”, dijo. Vea WIN p23 4 MARCH 06, 2019 • MANHATTAN TIMES • www.manhattantimesnews.com A Supercentenarian Celebration By Sherry Mazzocchi Like his grandfather, Norman Cave has an affinity for ships. He was in the Merchant century? So ten years ago. Marines for 32 years, and sailed around the globe three times, visiting nearly every A When Violet Cave celebrated her country. His mother was also an adventurer. 110th birthday, numerous family members Violet, along with her two sisters and a flocked to her side to wish the matriarch a cousin, traveled all over the world, including very happy birthday on Thurs., Feb. 28th. Europe, China and Japan. The supercentenarian is the oldest resident “You name it, they have been there,” he of ArchCare’s Terence Cardinal Cooke Health said. Care Center in East Harlem. Norman Cave established a home base in Cave, whose favorite foods include platters New York in 1955. He moved into a huge of chicken and turkey, is a regular churchgoer apartment at 770 St. Nicholas Avenue at 147th Street.
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