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It’s become a dog walk!” jeered Frank Agovino, drawing Dramatic boro results applause from a packed crowd at the Morris Park Community BY BOB KAPPSTATTER limited Joel Rivera’s seat in the 15th C.D., grabbing 36% of the Continued on page 63 AND DAVID CRUZ Tuesday’s Democratic Primary vote. was just about as dramatic as you Assemblywoman Vanessa Gib- can get, with a nail-biting cliff- son handily beat back seven chal- hanger, a couple of heavy beat- lengers to fi ll the Highbridge City ings, and a heavy borough loss for Council seat of term-limited and a mayoral candidate who had the absentee lawmaker Helen Foster. strong backing of the Bronx ma- Council incumbents easily chine and borough president. held on to their seats, even with The most dramatic race - likely a bit of controversy hanging over to head into the courts, even with Mott Haven Councilwoman Ma- MAILING ADDRESS GOES HERE a fi nal recount - was for disgraced ria del Carmen Arroyo, who beat former west Bronx Assemblyman back challenger Julio Pabon. She Nelson Castro’s seat in the 86th narrowly made it on to the ballot Assembly District. after most of the signatures on her The vote count this close be- nominating petitions, including tween the heavily fi nanced and “Derek Jeter” and model “Kate party machine-backed political Moss,” were invalidated. newbie Victor Pichardo and former And Borough President Ru- district leader Hector Ramirez. ben Diaz Jr. easily trounced chal- In the central Bronx, 25-year- lenger Mark Escoffery-Bey, basi- old Ritchie Torres stomped a fi eld cally assuring Diaz a win in the of six other candidates for term- Continued on page 63 Ritchie Torres is the winner of the primary race in the 15th Council District, de- feating six opponents in a crowded race. He stands alongside Councilman Jimmy SEE FULL BRONX PRIMARY RESULTS ON PAGE 18 Vacca (l) and campaign manager Jeff Lynch (back). 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North project is still in await word on whether roots of existing trees “Our suspicion is that the design phase,” they the city plans to lay down along the parkway. they are planning to go said. “At this time, park- a sidewalk on the north- “It would kill trees, ahead with the sidewalk land alienation is not be- ern mall side of the park- because...the root sys- and spring it on the pub- ing considered.” way. tems are right there,” lic,” said Zulch. They also added that Members of the Pelham said George Zulch, one of If that happens, he “Throughout the course Parkway Preservation Al- the leaders of the PPPA. said, it would leave the of this project, we will liance, a grassroots group “Some of the trees would organization with only a take great care to pre- that has banded together actually have to go.” few months to protest the serve the Parkway’s can- since 2010 to save as many The PPPA is currently plans. opy of mature trees.” trees as possible during planning a Sept. 28 march Community Board 11 Zulch said that he be- the ongoing Pelham Park- and rally to protest what chairman Anthony Vi- lieved that a good area to way reconstruction proj- they see as the indecision taliano said that the De- focus on would be repairs ect, are concerned about of the DDC and other city partment of Design and to an asphalt center bike as-yet-fi nalized plans to agencies to craft a fi nal Construction is supposed lane and walking path in build a sidewalk oppo- plan for Pelham Parkway to meet with the board serious need of repair. site homes along Pelham North’s reconstruction. prior to approving any Zulch said he would not Parkway North. A sidewalk along the fi nal plans for the north- rule out the city trying to The move would re- northside greenway was side reconstruction. narrow the service road, quire the city Department fl oated by the City at a “We don’t have a which already raised an of Design and Construc- planning meeting, said clue right now,” said Vi- outcry from residents tion to alienate parkland, Zulch. taliano. “We won’t have along the south service requiring approval of the The march will start any idea until they call us road of the parkway, fear- The PPPA is concerned that the city may put a sidewalk next to Parks Department or the at 1 p.m. at Pelham Park- up and say ‘These are the ing the narrowed street state legislature. way and Stillwell Avenue, plans.’” might block emergency Pelham Parkway North service road and the greenway. 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