August 14, 2015 - Rising Media Group

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WESTCHESTER’S OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED NEWSPAPERS
Vol 25 Number 33
Death of Woman in Mount
Vernon Jail an Outrage
‘A Petty Larceny and She’s Dead’
By Dan Murphy
The words of Herman Turner above, sadly
ring true as he asks answers in the death of his
wife, Raynette Turner, who died July 27 in a Mt.
Vernon jail. Raynette Turner, 42, was arrested on
a shoplifting charge Saturday July 25, and held
for two days before dying in her cell.
Turner’s death is in some ways similar to the
death of Sandra Bland in Texas, who hung herself
after spending three days in jail for a traffic stop
for failure to signal a lane change, which led to an
assault charge. But Turner’s death happened here
in Westchester, with many county residents from
Mt. Vernon and beyond wondering why Turner’s
death happened, and why it had to happen.
Turner, a mother of eight, had prior arrests
for shoplifting that were leaked to the media at
the time of her death, in an attempt to discredit
her and to divert attention from the horror of what
had happened.
We see the three critical situations surrounding Turner’s death to be:
I – Turner was taken to Mt. Vernon Hospital the day before her death. After she returned to
her cell, Turner was said to have been sick and
vomiting. She was deemed to be “sleeping” before her 2 p.m. death. What were the decisions
made to continue to keep her in jail for a petty
larceny charge?
II – The “weekend arrest” of Turner may
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Harckham’s Old BOL Seat
In 2nd District in Play:
Coalition Makes Backup Plan for Loss of Perez or Marcotte
Second District BOL candidate Francis Corcoran
Herman Turner holds up a photo of his wife,
Raynette Turner.
have also played a role in her death. With most
local courthouses closed over the weekend,
defendants like Turner have to wait for court
to open on Monday, unless a city has a special
By Dan Murphy
The political playing field in Westchester
County for the 17 seats on the County Board
of Legislators up for election this year has expanded to now include up to six seats and races
that both parties think they can win – and can
help them hold onto, or re-take control of – the
BOL in November.
The current 9-8 majority on the BOL consists of a bipartisan coalition of seven Republicans and two Democrats. Three of the seats
held by coalition legislators are considered
competitive and have the possibility of new
representation.
The two most competitive races remain
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Schumer, Engel, Lowey Vote
‘No’ on Iran Nuclear Deal
Maloney TBD; Gillibrand a ‘Yes’
Women’s Club Donates
Defibrillator to Seniors
Rep. Eliot Engel, left, opposes the Iran nuclear deal, while Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney is
undecided.
World View by Joel J. Sprayregen
President Barack Obama apparently lacks
confidence to rest on the merits of his nuclear deal
with Iran. In a series of extraordinary vituperations, he has chosen – rather than defend the substance of his deal – to smear the loyalty of Americans who believe his Iran deal endangers world
peace. One of the ugliest of these attacks came
in Obama’s American University speech when
he equated his domestic political opponents with
Tehran’s terrorists:
“Those Iranian hard-liners chanting ‘Death
to America’ who have been most opposed to the
deal…are making common cause with the Republican Caucus,” he said.
The targets of this presidential bigotry include Democrats Sen. Chuck Schumer and two of
our three Westchester Congress members, namely,
Eliot Engel and Nita Lowey. Each has issued wellreasoned statements opposing Obama’s capitulation to Iran. I urge you to read them.
We are awaiting word from Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-NY 18th. However, we are encouraged by what Maloney said last month: “Any
deal must prevent Iran from possessing nuclear
weapons. There must be robust and ongoing verification that Iran has dismantled its critical nuclear
infrastructure before we lift the sanctions.”
Obama’s deal manifestly fails to meet Maloney’s requirements in that it guarantees Iran nuclear bombs with intercontinental missiles within 10
or 15 years. An Aug. 3 Quinnipiac University poll
found that 57 percent of Americans oppose the
deal and only 28 percent support it. I do not suggest that the polling is definitive or that it should
determine the congressional votes. But Obama
is surely reading the polls and this may drive his
desperate demonization of dissenting Americans.
Obama surely noticed that the Iranians hold him
in such contempt that last week they sent Qassem
Soleimani – chief of their arch-terrorist Revolutionary Guards, which has killed hundreds of
Americans – to Moscow for arms talks in violation
of existing sanctions.
The tropes spieled from the White House include accusations that Americans who oppose the
deal are warmongers and/or they are motivated by
money. In the past, outrages of the kind now heard
from “On High” would have been stigmatized as
McCarthyism. What’s the difference between the
late Wisconsin senator’s impugning the loyalty of
patriotic Americans and Obama’s saying that his
political opponents “are making common cause”
with Iranian terrorists?
The divisiveness of Obama’s rhetoric is not
going unchallenged. Last week, Tablet – an online
Jewish magazine which is widely respected and
not at all “right wing” – editorialized with clear
alarm:
“Accusing senators and congressmen whose
misgivings about the Iran deal are shared by a majority of the U.S. electorate as being agents of a
foreign power, or of selling their votes to shadowy
lobbyists…is the kind of naked appeal to bigotry
and prejudice that would be familiar in the politics
of the pre-Civil Rights-era South. The use of antiJewish incitement as a political tool is a sickening
new development in American political discourse,
and we have heard too much of it lately – some
coming, ominously, from our own White House.”
Which brings us back to our own Rep. Maloney. We trust he will have the courage to stand
with the majority of the American people – and his
own prior statement – to oppose Obama’s capitulation to Iran. A majority of Congress will surely
vote to disapprove the deal. What are needed are
enough Democratic votes to override Obama’s
veto. Maloney’s vote is vital.
Editor’s Note: Following are statements from
Westchester representatives.
Rep. Eliot Engel, the leading Democrat on
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made
the following statement on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action:
“Over the last two years, I’ve supported our
negotiating team in the P5+1, seeking to give them
time and space to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough and foreclose Iran’s pathways to a nuclear weapon. I’m grateful for the tireless efforts
by President Obama, Secretary Kerry, Secretary
Moniz, Secretary Lew and Undersecretary Sherman, as well as our P5+1 partners in concluding
an agreement with Iran. Unfortunately, I cannot
support the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
“At the outset, I was troubled that Iran was
not asked to stop enriching despite the fact that
there were several separate UN Security Council resolutions compelling them to do so. I have
raised questions and concerns throughout the neContinued on Page 8
From left are (front row) Women’s Club member Dottie Buccheri, Vice President Ann Pezzola,
President Doris Kramer, (second row) Paula Tarrantino, Treasurer Julie Lanza, Senior Center
Director Edith Cirrincione and Director of Senior Services Gilda Press.
The Eastchester Women’s Club on Aug.
3 presented the Town of Eastchester’s Lake
Isle Senior Center with a defibrillator for use
at the center. An instructor from Advantage
Emergency Devices, Inc. was on site to teach
members and staff how to use the defibrillator,
as well as how to perform CPR.
“This is a terrific gift,” said Gilda Press,
director of Eastchester Senior Programs and
Services. “We are so thankful to the Eastchester Women’s Club for this wonderful donation.”
The club donates to local organizations
and projects and also presents four scholarships to Eastchester and Tuckahoe graduating
seniors each year.
Westchester Tennis Star
Takes on the U.S. Open
Westchester native Jamie Loeb, a 20-yearold University of North Carolina star, will appear in her first U.S. Open this August.
Jamie, who was born and bred in Ossining,
was the first Carolina women’s tennis player to
be ranked number one in singles. She has received many titles during her first collegiate season, such as ITA National Player of the year, ITA
Rookie of the Year, ACC Player of the Year and
was the first freshman in almost 30 years to win
both the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American
Championship and USTA/ITA National Indoor
Intercollegiate Championship.
Jamie began her junior tennis career at the
John McEnroe Tennis Academy in New York.
During her training she was named the number
one prospect of her class and was faced with the
difficult decision to go pro or go to college, and
ultimately chose college so she could grow and
mature physically and mentally.
This season, Jamie won a national championship title, which gains her entry to the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational for the
U.S. Open. Growing up, Jamie attended the U.S.
Open every year with her family and it has been
a dream of hers to play in the tournament.
She first became interested in the sport by
watching her older sister play, and the rest was
history.
Jamie recently returned to Ossining for a
special proclamation from village officials de-
Look for and root for Westchester native Jamie Loeb at this year’s U.S. Open in Queens.
claring Aug. 3 as “Jamie Loeb Day.” Following
the proclamation, the 2015 NCAA Women’s Singles Tennis National Champion instructed young
tennis players from the Ossining Day Camp program on the Nelson Park Tennis Courts.
“Jamie Loeb is an inspiration to aspiring
young athletes,” said Village of Ossining Mayor
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State Delegation Announces Flood Mitigation Act
At a location with persistent flooding
in East Yonkers, Assembly member Shelley
Mayer, State Sen. George Latimer, Assemblyman Gary Pretlow and local elected officials,
residents and community groups last week announced that the New York State Senate and
Assembly had unanimously passed the flood
mitigation council act (A 1345/S4940).
This legislation grew out of Mayer and
Latimer’s attempts to respond to residents’ frustrations with persistent flooding and the lack of
coordination among levels of government or
relevant agencies. This bill establishes a statewide flood mitigation and flood prevention task
force based within the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, which
will consist of 11 members representing various agencies and local representatives charged
with identifying regions most affected by flooding, prioritizing mitigation efforts, identifying
sources of funding, and supporting additional
research on mitigation efforts.
In the wake of the storms of April 2007 and
August 2011, more than two-dozen houses and
as many ground-floor co-op units in the neighborhood were uninhabitable due to severe flooding that caused millions of dollars in damage.
Residents and elected leaders grew frustrated
by a tangle of overlapping levels of government
agencies and departments, none of which was
charged with addressing or preventing flooding.
Mayer and Latimer drafted this bill seeking
to address this lack of coordination and communication.
“I have worked with residents, my partners
in the Legislature, the governor’s office, mayor’s office and City Council to ensure Yonkers
residents and residents across New York State
can protect themselves from persistent flooding,” said Mayer. ‘I appreciate that the residents
across Yonkers have worked with us as we
sought a comprehensive solution. This legislation goes a long way in providing a comprehensive, coordinated approach to a problem that
has plagued Yonkers and so much of the state.”
Latimer added: “New York State must be
a partner with local governments to solve the
Assembly member Shelley Mayer with State Sen. George Latimer, Councilman Mike Breen and others announcing a flood remediation plan
for east Yonkers.
problems of flooding. We must cut through the
bureaucracy of varied agencies and work alongside city, town, village and county officials.
People expect to see results, and they deserve
to see results.”
Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, the Senate Democratic Leader, voiced her support of
the bill.
“We’ve seen the devastating consequences
of flooding in Yonkers, across my district, and
our state,” she said. “It is time to work together to find practical, coordinated solutions for
flood-prone areas in order to protect people and
property.”
“I commend our partners Assembly member Shelley Mayer and Sen. George Latimer for
giving a voice to our Yonkers residents on the
state level to help protect them from ongoing
flooding issues,” added Mayor Mike Spano.
“Together with our state delegation and the
flood prevention task force, the city will continue to diligently work on the local level to assist
with any flood mitigation efforts to create an
inclusive and managed solution to this persistent problem that unfortunately affects certain
Yonkers neighborhoods.”
Persistent flooding is an epidemic that
costs the City of Yonkers and its residents an
exorbitant amount of money every year, according to Congressman Eliot Engel, a senior
member of the New York Congressional Delegation.
“We have seen a surge in more powerful storms hitting the New York area in recent
years, and as these storms become bigger, so
does the problem of flooding,” he said. “I applaud Assembly member Mayer and Sen. Latimer for taking the lead on this issue by passing
comprehensive state legislation that addresses
the need for a coordinated flood prevention effort. I urge Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo to sign this
bill immediately.”
The bill, which was sponsored by Mayer
and State Sen. David Carlucci this year, has
been passed unanimously by both the New York
State Senate and Assembly, but still requires approval from Cuomo. If the governor signs the
bill into law, members of the task force will be
appointed from the Departments of Environmental Conservation, General Services, Transportation, State Emergency Management and
Homeland Security (New York State Division),
and representatives appointed by legislative
leaders.
This legislation also authorizes the task
force to hold public hearings to further engage
residents and the public.
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America’s Suffering and
Neglected Middle Class
Op-Ed by Frank V. Vernuccio Jr., J.D.
The bad news for America’s middle class continues, as the real unemployment rate (the Bureau
of Labor Statistics U6 number) remains high, at
10.5 percent, with long-term unemployment representing between a quarter and a third of all those
without jobs. For those with jobs, salaries have not
improved in relation to inflation rates.
While more federal dollars went to the poor,
and the wealthy benefited from President Barack
Obama’s policies (the Federal Reserve notes that
during the Obama Administration, only the wealthiest 10 percent saw their median income rise during
the 2010-13 period), the middle class has suffered.
According to the Federal Reserve: “Families
in the middle to upper-middle parts (between the
40th and 90th percentiles) of the income distribution saw little change in average real incomes
between 2010 and 2013, and thus have failed to
recover the losses experienced between 2007 and
2010. Only families at the very top of the income
distribution saw widespread income gains between
2010 and 2013, although mean and median incomes were still below 2007 levels.
“Consistent with income trends and differential holdings of housing and corporate equities,
families at the bottom of the income distribution
saw continued substantial declines in real net
worth between 2010 and 2013, while those in the
top half saw, on average, modest gains,” according
to the Federal Reserve. “Ownership rates of housing and businesses fell substantially between 2010
and 2013. Retirement plan participation in 2013
continued on the downward trajectory observed
between the 2007 and 2010 surveys for families
in the bottom half of the income distribution. Participation rebounded slightly for upper-middleincome families, but it did not move back to the
levels observed in 2007.”
The National Employment Law Project notes:
“Since employment hit bottom in February 2010,
employment growth during the early recovery was
heavily concentrated in lower-wage industries and
occupations…We find that low-wage job creation
was not simply a characteristic of the first phase of
the recovery, but rather a pattern that has persisted
for more than four years now. Deep into the recovery, job growth is still heavily concentrated in
lower-wage industries. As a result of unbalanced
employment growth, the types of jobs available to
unemployed workers, new labor market entrants,
and individuals looking to move up the career ladder are distinctly different today than they were
prior to the recession.
“There continues to be an imbalance between
the industries where the recession’s job losses occurred and the industries experiencing the greatest
growth four years into the recovery. Lower-wage
industries accounted for 22 percent of job losses
during the recession, but 44 percent of employment
growth over the past four years. Today, lower-wage
industries employ 1.85 million more workers than
at the start of the recession. Mid-wage industries
accounted for 37 percent of job losses, but 26 percent of recent employment growth.
“There are now 958,000 fewer jobs in midwage industries than at the start of the recession,”
the National Employment Law Project continues.
“Higher-wage industries accounted 41 percent of
job losses, but 30 percent of recent employment
growth. There are now 976,000 fewer jobs in higher-wage industries than at the start of the recession.
Private sector employment growth over the current
recovery is stronger than it was following the 2001
recession, but job growth is more concentrated in
lower-wage industries.”
A Townhall review of the ongoing plight of
the middle class states: “…middle class Americans are the backbone of the country, yet their interests always seem to take a backseat to those of
the wealthy, the poor and the naked self-interest of
both political parties. There’s nothing wrong with
giving the poor a hand up, or making sure the rich
are treated fairly, but looking after the interests of
America’s middle class should be priority number
one for both parties. Instead of treating the interests of the middle class as a star for both parties to
follow to take this country into the future, they’ve
been getting screwed over. How?
“Obamacare: Millions of middle-class small
business owners have already lost their insurance
and tens of millions of Americans will lose their
insurance because of the employer mandate. However, the most devastating lie to the middle class
was Obama’s false claim that the ACA would save
the average family of four $2,500 a year in premiums. Instead, premiums skyrocketed by as much as
78 percent for some groups, and there were ‘$643
billion in new taxes, penalties and fees’ to cover
the $50,000-a-head it’s costing Americans to pay
for each person who gets on Obamacare…
“Soaring college prices: Even though median
household income has declined across the board
for Americans in all income groups since 2000, the
price of a college education rose at 7.45 percent
per year from 1978 to 2011…”
The review continues:
“Trade policies: A lot of jobs that had to be
done locally have moved overseas…As a nation
that has embraced free trade policies, we’ve been
far too reluctant to throw our weight around to
ensure that markets are opened to American products…We don’t make radios and TVs here anymore. No cell phones are made here. Over 42,000
factories have closed since 2001. The villain isn’t
free trade so much as politicians who aren’t willing
to demand that other countries give our businesses
staffed by middle-class workers the same opportunity to sell our products overseas as we give other
nations.
“Immigration and illegal immigration: Illegal
immigration mainly hurts poor Americans…However, there are also middle-class Americans losing
jobs and seeing their wages driven down because
they have to compete with foreigners who don’t
have the same expenses they do because they’re
above the law…Government data show that since
2000, all of the net gain in the number of working-age (16 to 65) people holding a job has gone
to immigrants (legal and illegal). This is remarkable given that native-born Americans accounted
for two-thirds of the growth in the total workingage population. Although there has been some recovery from the Great Recession, there were still
fewer working-age natives holding a job in the first
quarter of 2014 than in 2000, while the number of
immigrants with a job was 5.7 million above the
2000 level.
“The Debt: The more money the Fed prints,
the more inflation we’re going to ultimately have.
The more inflation we have, the less the money that
middle-class Americans have saved over a lifetime
is going to be worth,” concludes the report.
A CNN Money study confirms this.
“Workers are taking home their smallest slice
of U.S. income on record…That means the richest 1 percent of American families have captured
95 percent of the income gains in the recovery, according to economists at the forefront of income
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SPCA Teams Up With NBC
For Pet Adoption Initiative
One of the puppies and two of the kittens that will be available at Clear the Shelter Day this
Saturday.
The SPCA will be
hosting an adoption extravaganza Aug. 15, waiving all adoption fees in
hopes that more families
will come out that day to
adopt a shelter dog, cat,
puppy or kitten in need of
a loving home.
Clear the Shelter Day,
which is taking place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
is part of a national initiative spearheaded by NBC
Universal, which is pairing
up its local affiliate television stations with participating animal shelters
across the country to find
new homes for homeless
pets.
“The SPCA of Westchester is so pleased to be
participating in Clear the
Shelters,” said Executive
Director Shannon Laukhuf.
“Finding homes for abused
and abandoned animals is,
and has been, our mission
since our founding. We’re
proud to be a part of this
national event to shine a
light on the need for people to adopt shelter cats
and dogs, who through no fault of their own need
a second chance at a happy life.”
According to NBC, Clear the Shelter Day
was initiated last year in the Dallas-Fort Worth
market as a partnership between NBC Universal
and dozens of North Texas animal shelters. The
day resulted in the adoption of more than 2,200
homeless animals, the most adopted in one day in
North Texas.
The approval process will be the same as
any other day, to ensure all animals get adopted
into qualified homes. Potential adopters are en-
couraged to submit an application in advance –
although this isn’t required – in order to adopt
that day. All animals adopted through the SPCA
of Westchester come spayed/neutered, microchipped, up to date on vaccines and include a free
veterinarian check-up within 30 days with a participating veterinarian.
To view all the wonderful animals at the
SPCA of Westchester who will be available during this special event, log on to www.spca914.
org. For more information about this national pet
adoption drive, visit www.ClearTheShelters.com.
The SPCA of Westchester is located at 590
N. State Road, Briarcliff Manor.
DID YOU KNOW?
More than 3% of Harrison’s residents are of Japanese
descent. The Harrison Public Library has one of the largest
and best collections of Japanese language books in America.
Learn more, see more, do more at the New Harrison Public
Library. Grand Opening Saturday, September 12, 2015.
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Giant Book Sale at
Greenburgh Library
The Friends of the Greenburgh Library will
hold its annual book sale from Saturday, Sept.
18 through Monday, Sept. 20 at the Greenburgh
Public Library, 300 Tarrytown Road (Route
119), Elmsford. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Monday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Thousands of almost-new and out-of-print
best sellers, classics, biographies and fiction
with topics ranging from parenting, cooking,
arts and antiques, humor, self-help, religion
and more will be available. There will also be a
large selection of books for children of all ages,
and new books will be added to the sale daily.
Proceeds from the sale support library pro-
grams and projects – including Musical Munchkins, Teen Poetry Slam and Senior Medicare
Information.
A members of the Friends’ preview sale
will be held Friday, Sept. 18 from 3 to 8 p.m.;
new members may join at the door that evening.
Also, on Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 10 a.m.
to noon, all nonprofit organizations are invited
to send a representative to take any books that
might be useful to them. Identification is required; bring your own boxes. Call for details.
For more information, email friendsgpl@
aol.com or call 914-574-6582, or visit friendsofthegreenburghlibrary.org.
Weekend Events at
Area Nature Centers
There are a number of events scheduled
for the weekend of Aug. 22 to 24 at Westchester
County parks and nature centers.
On Saturday, Aug. 22 from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
at Lenoir Preserve on Dudley Street in Yonkers,
take a walk to observe the flora and fauna and
search for birds, butterflies and dragonflies beginning to migrate. For more information, call
914-968-5851.
Also on Saturday, there will be an insect
walk, “Who’s Out There and What Are They
Doing?” from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Read Wildlife
Sanctuary at Playland Park in Rye. Find out
about these vital creatures as you scout for them
at the preserve. 914-967-8720.
Death of
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weekend session of court to release defendants
for a future court date, or send more serious offenders to county court and the county jail. The
City of Yonkers arraigns defendants on a Saturday, but Turner had to wait until late Monday to
get her day in court, but by 2 p.m. Monday she
had died.
III – Why was Turner jailed, awaiting arraignment from a judge, for the charge of petty
larceny? The answer to this question has less to
do with the City of Mt. Vernon’s actions in this
case than our New York State Criminal Code, and
the way that our courts handle smaller offenses.
Even if this was not Turner’s first offense,
do we want to spend our valuable resources jailing shoplifters? If we put ourselves in Herman
Turner’s shoes, would we want a member of our
family jailed for the weekend for stealing at item
at a store or restaurant?
This way of meting out justice should not
continue, not only for the cost it puts on our taxpayers, but for the way in which it incarcerates
the poor and minority communities in our county.
Whether fatal mistakes were made in the
jailing, medical treatment and oversight of
Raynette Turner will come from an autopsy and
upcoming lawsuit against the City of Mt. Vernon
from the Turner family.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has taken over the case from Westchester
District Attorney Janet DiFiore, whose office had
assisted in the investigation over Turner’s death.
The AG’s office has recently been empowered
to serve as a special state prosecutor concerning
police-involved deaths.
Turner’s death is the first case given to
Schneiderman’s office since the change and he
has sent a team to investigate.
A funeral was held for Raynette Turner at
the Holy Tabernacle Church in Mount Vernon on
Aug. 7. Mayor Ernie Davis, former Mayor Clinton Young, City Councilman Richard Thomas
and Roberta Apuzzo were among the mourners.
Davis, Young and Thomas are all running for
Mt. Vernon mayor and will face off, along with
four other candidates – State Sen. Ruth HassellThompson, Comptroller Maureen Walker, City
Councilwoman Deborah Reynolds and Mark
Stuckey – in a Democratic primary Sept. 10.
The death of Turner will only strengthen the
calls for Davis to resign, or not get re-elected on
Primary Day. With six opponents standing forward to make sure Davis doesn’t serve another
four years, politicos are mixed as to whether there
are too many candidates that will split the antiErnie vote, or so much opposition to the mayor
that multiple candidates may get more votes than
Davis on Primary Day.
Recent published reports highlighted a
shooting-high speed chase and murder that started out at Sue’s Rendezvous, a hot spot of trouble
on Mt. Vernon’s “Main Street,” Gramatan Av-
On Sunday, Aug. 23, tour the main house at
Lasdon Park, Arboretum and Veterans Memorial on Route 35 in Katonah, from 2 to 3 p.m.
Learn about the history of the park from a horticulturist. Pre-registration is required at 914864-7263.
On Monday, Aug. 24 l be the Fourth Monday Bird Walk from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Croton
Point Park in Croton-on-Hudson. Join members
of Saw Mill River Audubon for a walk at this
National Audubon “Important Bird Area.” Meet
in the ball field parking lot. 914-862-5297.
For more information about events at
Westchester County parks and nature centers,
visit www.parks.westchestergov.com.
enue, earlier this summer.
The incident resulted in a BMW 650i convertible speeding through the streets of Mt. Vernon at 100 MPH one night and flipped over, with
Mayor Davis claiming that a third passenger in
the car shot the two other men and then jumped
out of the car before it flipped.
The BlogSpot http://mountvernonexposed.
blogspot.com called this version of events “something we would see in a ‘Die Hard’ movie.”
“Mayor Davis and his band of criminals
running the MVPD came up with this theory to
protect his friend and longtime financial donor
Gaetano ‘Tony’ Gizzo of the troubled adult establishment Sue’s Rendezvous.
“Sue’s Rendezvous has been the scene of
several violent stabbings, shootings and even homicides. Despite all of these acts, Mayor Ernie
Davis has instructed the Mount Vernon Police
Department not to report these incidents to the
New York State Liquor Authority.
“Former City Council member and current
County Legislator Lyndon Williams put legislation in place, while he was on the Mount Vernon City Council, to prohibit Sue’s Rendezvous
from expanding. At the time, Sue’s Rendezvous
wanted to make ‘the entire’ Gramatan Avenue an
entire red light district and Mayor Ernie Davis
was all for it.
“The proprietors of Sue’s Rendezvous have
given generous donations to Mayor Davis over
the years and Mayor Davis uses, without hesitation, another facility owned by the same proprietors. That facility is called the Surf Club located
in New Rochelle. Mayor Davis held several fundraisers there and even had his inaugural ball and
introduced the proprietor of Sue’s Rendezvous
as a generous campaign supporter and ‘businessman of the year.’
“According to the New York State Board of
Elections, Mount Vernon pols have spent a whopping $103,621.73 at the Surf Club over the past
few years,” wrote Democrats Exposed.
Councilman Thomas, who is also a 32-yearold candidate for mayor, has stated that Mayor
Davis should have resigned after he pled guilty
two misdemeanor counts of income tax evasion.
The Mount Vernon City Charter, Article IV, Section 25 states:
“Any officer or employee who willfully violates or evades any provision of law, or of this
chapter, or by culpable neglect of duty allows
any public property to be lost to the city, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition
to the penalties imposed by law, shall on conviction forfeit his office or employment.”
Whatever analogy you use – the captain of
a ship or the manager of a ball team – the political leader of a city takes the credit when things
are good and take the blame when things go bad.
Because Mayor Davis will not step down and
continues to run for another term, we ask the
people of Mt. Vernon to elect one of the six other
candidates running in the Democratic primary for
Mayor.
And our prayers go out to the Turner family.
Purchase College Offers
Tattoo Illustration Course
Purchase College will
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Open to the public, students
will learn illustration concepts and techniques that are
integral to tattooing on skin.
This noncredit course
will be held Saturdays from
Sept. 19 to Dec. 12. Offered
through the School of Liberal
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tailored for anyone interested
in pursuing a tattoo apprenticeship or hand illustration
work.
“We are pleased to offer
this unique course that furthers the skills of those who
aspire to heighten the artistic
nature of their tattoo art or
hand illustrations,” said Kelly Jackson, director of continuing education.
The intensive 10-week,
10-session course will be
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Miguel Torres.
“Tattooing is now a part
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Free Rabies Clinic
In Briarcliff Manor
Westchester County residents can bring
their dogs, cats and ferrets in for free rabies vaccinations Saturday, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. at the SPCA of Westchester, 590 N. State
Road, Briarcliff Manor. Call 914-941-2896, ext.
10, to schedule a required appointment.
Cats and ferrets must be in carriers and
dogs must be on a leash; aggressive dogs must
be muzzled. No examinations will be given and
all pets must be supervised by an adult.
“Vaccinating your pet against rabies will
protect your pet and your family in case your
pet has contact with a rabid or potentially rabid
animal,” said Dr. Sherlita Amler, Westchester
County health commissioner.
Under New York State law, dogs and cats
must receive their first rabies vaccine no later
than four months after birth. A second rabies
shot must be given within one year of the first
vaccine, with additional booster shots given every one or three years after that, depending on
the vaccine used. Owners who fail to get their
pets vaccinated and keep the vaccinations upto-date may be fined up to $2,000.
Rabies is a fatal disease that is spread
through the bite or saliva of infected animals.
Those animals most commonly infected are
raccoons, skunks, bats and foxes. However, domestic animals such as cats and dogs are also
at risk, because they can easily contract rabies
from wild or stray animals.
A pet that is up-to-date with its rabies vaccinations would only need to get a booster dose
of vaccine within five days of the pet’s exposure
to a known or suspect rabid animal. Animals not
up-to-date with rabies vaccinations would need
to be quarantined or potentially euthanized following contact with a rabid or suspect rabid
animal.
A change in an animal’s behavior is often
the first sign of rabies. A rabid animal may become either abnormally aggressive or unusually
tame. It may lose fear of people and become
docile, or it may become particularly excited
and irritable. Staggering, spitting and frothing
at the mouth are sometimes noted in infected
animals.
Adults should encourage children to avoid
touching unfamiliar animals and to immediately
tell an adult if they have been bitten or scratched
by an animal.
All animal bites or contact with animals
suspected of having rabies must be reported
to the Westchester County Health Department,
available 24 hours a day at 914-813-5000. After
hours, callers should follow instructions in the
recorded message for reporting public health
emergencies.
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FRIdAy, AUGUST 14, 2015 - WESTCHESTER’S MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPERS - PAGE 5
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
Index No.: 065031/2013
Date of Filing: August 6, 2015
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
TD BANK, N.A. Plaintiff,
-againstELIEZER MIZRAHI, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND
FINANCE; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC; GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC.; ONEWEST BANK, F.S.B., SUCCESSOR
IN INTEREST TO INDYMAC FEDERAL BANK, F.S.B. AND “JOHN DOE #1”
THROUGH “JOHN DOE #100”,
the names of the last 100 defendants being fictitious, the true names of said defendants being unknown to plaintiff, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants
or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties having or claiming an
interest in or lien upon the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual defendants are
living, and if the any or all of said individuals defendants be dead, their heirs at law,
next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees,
legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them,
and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said
defendants named as a class, of and right, title or interest in or lien upon the premises
described in the complaint herein, Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, and to serve
a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve
a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorneys within thirty (30) days after the
service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60)
days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be
taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
Westchester County is designated as the place of trial.
NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding
against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered
and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case
is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your
property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON
THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF, TD BANK, N.A., AND FILING THE ANSWER
WITH THE COURT.
The basis of venue is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.
The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of
the Honorable Robert DiBella of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County
of Westchester, signed on July 16, 2015, and filed with supporting papers in the Office
of the Clerk of the County of Westchester, State of New York.
The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described
below, executed by ELIEZER MIZRAHI to TD BANK, N.A. in the principal amount of
$200,000.00, which mortgage was recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County
of Westchester, State of New York, on February 13, 2012, in Control No. 512503377.
Said premises being known as and by 213 Union Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 11050,
Section 165.79, Block 3154, Lot 1.
Date: August 4, 2015
New York, New York
Patrick J. Holston, Esq.
DUANE MORRIS LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiff
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
Telephone: (215) 979-1963
HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE
New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure
process. Please read it carefully.
Summons and Complaint
You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and
complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully, You should immediately contact an attorney or your
local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.
Sources of Information and Assistance
The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure.
In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information
about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process.
To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New
York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the
Department’s website at www.banking.state.ny.us.
Foreclosure Rescue Scams
Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are
individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from
a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises
and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law
requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully
describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits
them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised
services.
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08/14 – 09/04
I, Too, Was in
Airbnb Bunk Bed #3
By Eric W. Schoen
dress, and in 5 minutes I
Airbnb, Uber, Lyft, the
was there. With the keypad
Citi Bike bicycle-sharing
entry you put your palm on
program…You have heard
the keypad, numbers come
of them all!
up, you enter the code proDining at new Resvided to you and then you
taurants; trying new foods
open the door. At this point,
manufacturers come out
everything was great.
with; being among the first
I enter the house – a
on new rides at Universal
classic row house beautifulStudios and Disney World
ly furnished. The fresh fruit
in Orlando; staying on top of
was there, as were granola
what’s going on in the world
bars. I head to my room on
– that’s me!
the second floor, enter the
It’s an election year,
code in the keypad to let
Eric W. Schoen
and the Westchester County
me in, and nothing happens.
powers-that-be finally approved money to repair I then go up a floor, not knowing if the entrance
the long-neglected Sprain Ridge Pool.
floor was considered floor one or the ground floor.
Everyone is out of town somewhere; that of- There are two bedrooms on the floor. I enter the
ten includes me. So, sit back, relax, and we will go keypad code, and the lights go on and I wake up
lightly this week and introduce you to something two people sleeping in a bunk bed. I apologize and
millions of people all over the world are doing.
move to the next room.
At this stage of my life, should I be sleeping
My keypad allows me to enter the next room
in the top bed of a bunk bed? Frankly, I never did it – a nice spacious room with a double bed. Wow!
before. My recent experience in Philadelphia tops I was in heaven. The only problem? There was a
the time I camped out with the Cub Scouts in a backpack in the room, dresses hanging in the clossleeping bag in a tent in the middle of the woods et, and several pairs of female sandals on the floor.
with only a thin tarp between me and the bumpy Maybe a previous guest had left them there? So I
ground. It even tops my experience camping at went to sleep.
Robin Hill Day Camp on Jackson Avenue when I
An hour later a young couple entered the
went home with more than 50 mosquito bites cov- room and woke me up. They said the room I was
ering my body.
in was their room. They were nice, and agreed to
Welcome to the World of Airbnb. For those move downstairs to the other room, which was
unfamiliar, Airbnb allows you to rent unique plac- supposed to be my room. Five minutes later they
es to stay from local hosts in 190-plus countries. came back and said they wanted their room and
Discover amazing places; find hosts with extra I would have to move to my room downstairs. It
rooms, entire homes and unique accommodations was 2:30 a.m….in the morning, what else did I
like castles and igloos; book a stay; connect with have to do?
I enter the room that was supposed to be my
hosts; confirm travel dates and pay – all through
room, and my bed was the top level of a bunk bed.
Airbnb’s trusted services.
It works just like booking a hotel room: You The room consisted of two bunk beds in extremely
put the location you want in the app, your travel tight quarters, and three of the bunks were filled
dates, and whether you want a whole house, a with sleeping travelers. There was little head room
private room or a shared space where unrelated for a tall person like me to get into the bunk bed,
people share the same room, and your requests are a thin ladder to climb up – and I was doing this all
matched with rooms listed by people at the desti- in the dark.
I felt like I was on a trapeze in the circus. It
nation you are going to.
You know what amenities the property comes took me 10 minutes in the dark to climb into the
with, like parking, breakfast and a full bed or twin bed, and 10 minutes to get down. At least there
bed – or if you will be staying in a tree house or ig- was some light coming through the windows at 10
loo. No joke, tree houses and igloos are available! a.m. when I was climbing down to hop into the
You will also know the neighborhood. Like elaborately furnished shower and be on my way
the Champs Élysées in Paris, London Bridge in to Boy George and Culture club in Atlantic City.
Moral of the story: When using services like
London, the Red Light District with hookers in
the window in Amsterdam, or north Yonkers near Airbnb, make sure you communicate with your
hosts so you know what the accommodations conbeautiful Untermyer Park?
Yes there are even Airbnb rentals in Yonkers. sist of. Get to the house/apartment/igloo early to
make sure you won’t be climbing into a bunk bed
No igloos, unfortunately.
So I was invited to a party in Philadelphia re- in the dark at 2 o’clock in the morning. If there is a
cently. I knew I would be out late and not arrive problem even at a.m., call your hosts (who in this
to my room until 1 or 2 in the morning. I needed case did not live in the house) to deal with it.
Remember, this is not a hotel where the cona comfortable bed, air conditioning, safe location
and parking for my car close to the Fishtown sec- cierge can switch you to another room. This is a
house/apartment/igloo with a fixed (usually two to
tion of Philadelphia. Simple!
So I found a listing for $41 in Fishtown in three) number of rooms and beds.
The room I was in was packed so tight with
what looked online like a great house listed by
Scott and Ed. The details: “Comfy hostel with bunk beds and travelers’ suitcases and clearly was
amenities. Shared bedroom. Four guests in total a fire hazard. The use of the house as a hostel or
will share the bedroom. Keypad entry into the boarding house is probably illegal. Don’t worry, I
house and into your room. Free parking. Neigh- notified the Philadelphia authorities so no one else
borhood surrounded by plenty of places to get a has to experience what I experienced.
I am always up for an adventure. Airbnb is
classic Philadelphia cheese steak. Fresh fruit and
an adventure people are taking all over the world
even beer in the fridge.
It was highly rated by guests who had stayed with truly positive experiences. You can even find
a room in little old Yonkers – but sadly, no igloo.
there and sounded wonderful.
Reach Eric Schoen at thistooisyonkers@aol.
I booked the listing, and within two hours
Scott and Ed had confirmed my reservation. I was com and follow him on Twitter @ericyonkers.
all set. I could arrive at 2 a.m., sleep, shower and Catch the Westchester Rising Radio Show featurbe on my way to Atlantic City to see Boy George ing Dan Murphy and Eric Schoen on Thursdays at
10 a.m. on WVOX 1460 on the A.M. dial, at wvox.
and Culture Club Saturday night.
I went to my party, had my usual three club com and click on listen live, or via the mobile apsodas with a twist of lime, set my GPS for the ad- plication for download free from the APP store.
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SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff against SIDNEY I. BERGER, LAUREN BERGER A/K/A LAUREN IRMA, YETERIAN BERGER A/K/A IRMA YETERIAN, et al
Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and
dated June 30, 2015, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the
Lobby of the Westchester County Courthouse, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.,
White Plains, NY on September 1, 2015 at 9:00 am premises
situate, lying and being in the City of New Rochelle, County of Westchester and State
of New York, known and designated as Lot Numbers 16, 27 and the westerly portion
of Lot 102 including all that part of the lane lying between the Northerly line of Lot
Number 27 and the southerly line of Lot Number 16, as shown and designated on
a certain map entitled, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Sea View Avenue, where the division line
between Lots 15 and 16 on said map; RUNNING THENCE along the said division
between Lots 15 and 16 on said ma, 1225.55 feet to land formerly of Stephenson Estate; THENCE along land formerly of the Stephenson Estate and through the center
of a stone wall, the following courses and distances: 1. South East 34 feet; 2. South
East 25.22 feet; 3. South East 52.75 feet; 4. South East 38.07 feet; 5. South East 29.3
feet; 6. South East 33.64 feet; 7. South East 87.73 feet; 8. South East 109.86 feet;
THENCE along the shore of Echo Bay and along the face of a retaining wall, North
East 19.34 feet; THENCE still along the same, North East 53.3 feet to a cross on said
wall; THENCE North West 155.02 feet; THENCE North West 117.74 feet; THENCE
crossing said lane, the followings courses and distances: 1. North West 1.55 feet; 2.
North East 6.6 feet to the southerly line of Sea View Avenue the running Westerly
along the Southerly line of Sea View Avenue, on a curve having a radius of 223.0 feet,
a distance of 50 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.
Notice of formation of PersonalityBest, LLC Arts. Of
Org. filed with the Sect’y
of State of NY (SSNY) on
June 29, 2015. Office location: Westchester County.
The street address is: 15
Rambling Brook Rd., Chappaqua, NY 10514. SSNY has
been designated as agent of
the LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process
served to: Pamela Brown, 15
Rambling Brook Rd., Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose:
any lawful act.
Notice of formation of TANGLED CROWNS LLC Arts.
Of Org. filed with the Sect’y
6/16/2015. Office location:
Westchester County. The
street address is: 57 Ashland
Street New Rochelle, NY
10801. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process served to:
TANGLED CROWNS LLC
57 Ashland Street New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose:
any lawful act.
Notice of formation of RANDOM THOUGHTS LLC Arts.
Of Org. filed with the Sect’y
January 29th, 2015. Office location: Westchester
County. The street address
is: 1 Martin Rd. Yonkers, NY
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process served to: Alexandra Carolina Vivas Lopez,
559 West 149th St. Apt 4.
New York, NY 10031. Purpose: any lawful act.
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Notice of formation of Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation
LLC: Art. of Org. filed with
Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY)
on 5/26/15. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has
SSNY shall mail process to:
200 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose:
any lawful purpose.
Notice of formation of Ema
Saito, LLC, a domestic
Limited Liability Company
(LLC), filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY)
on 05/22/15. Office location:
Westchester County. Principal office of LLC: 7014 13th
Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn,
NY 11228. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon who
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail process to United State Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th
Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn
NY 11228.
Notice of formation of Hurricane & Lighting, LLC, a
domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with
the Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 06/12/15. Office
location: Westchester County. Principal office of LLC:
7014 13th Avenue, Suite
202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon who process
SSNY shall mail process to
United State Corporation
Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn
NY 11228.
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Notice of Formation of Macula Designs, LLC Art. Of Org.
filed with SSNY on 7/6/15.
Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty.
SSNY desig. as agent of the
LLC upon whom process
SSNY shall mail process to
the LLC, 144 Hidden Hollow
Lane Millwood, NY 10546.
Purpose: any lawful.
#6652 07/24 - 08/28
Notice of Formation of Do
Honest Work LLC. Art. of
Org. filed with Secy. of State
of NY (SSNY) on 05/01/2015.
Office: Westchester County.
SSNY designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
SSNY shall mail copy of process to: LLC, 209 Garth RD,
5F, Scarsdale, NY 10583.
Purpose: any lawful business, purpose or activity.
#6651 07/17 - 08/21
#6650--7/17--8/21
Notice of formation of Zero
Feet Per Second Media LLC.
Arts. Of Org. filed with the
Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY)
on July 6, 2015. Office location: Westchester County.
Eagle Bay Drive, Ossining,
NY 10562. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the
served to: Alexander Middleton, 1707 Eagle Bay Drive,
Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful act.
#6653 07/24 – 08/28
Notice of formation of Sunshines Funding, LLC Arts. Of
Org. filed with the Sect’y of
State of NY (SSNY) on May
13, 2015. Office location:
Westchester. The street address is: 1333A North Avenue #309, New Rochelle, NY
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process served to: Tanika Hanks, 1333A North Avenue #309, New Rochelle,
NY 10804 . Purpose: any
lawful act.
#6654 07/31 – 09/04
Notice of formation of SOUZA FIT LLC Arts. Of Org.
filed with the Sect’y of State
of NY (SSNY) on June 17,
2015. Office location: Westchester. The street address
is: 75 West Lincoln Avenue,
Mt Vernon, NY 10550. SSNY
has been designated as
agent of the LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail process served to: SOUZA FIT
LLC, 75 West Lincoln Avenue, Mt Vernon, NY 10550.
Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice of formation of Athenity, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed
with the Sect’y of State of NY
(SSNY) on June 23, 2015.
Office location: Westchester. The street address is: 8
Pheasant Run, Larchmont,
NY 10538. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the
served to: Laxmi Wordham,
8 Pheasant Run, Larchmont,
NY 10538. Purpose: any
lawful act.
#6655
#6656 08/14 - 09/18
08/07- 09/11
Notice of formation of Lomma LLC Arts. Of Org. filed
with the Sect’y of State of
NY (SSNY) on 3/20/2015.
Office location: Westchester.
Boston Post Road, Mt. Vernon, NY 10466. SSNY has
served to: Jennifer Gabel, 25
Berkshire Valley Road, Kenvil, NJ 07847. Purpose: any
lawful act.
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS INDEX NO. 52109/2015 SUPREME COURT OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Plaintiff designates
Westchester County as the place of trial situs of the real property NATIONSTAR
MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs. FRANK
SCHAEFER if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff,
claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the
real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally
described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife,
widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees
of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said
real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives,
widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns,
all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; SECRETARY
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE
#12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or
parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint,
Defendants. MORTGAGED PREMISES: 409 2nd Avenue, Pelham, New York 10803
Section: 158.84, Block: 1, Lot: 66 F/K/A Section: 1, Block: 138, Lot: 26 To the above
named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this
action and to serve a copy of your answer or, if the complaint is not served with this
summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days
after service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after
service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State
of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the
time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment
will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE
OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $900,000.00 and interest,
recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Westchester on April 5, 2010 at
Control Number 500813077, covering premises known as 409 2nd Avenue, Pelham,
New York 10803. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing
the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage
described above. Westchester County is designated as the place of trial because the
real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN
DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. If you do not respond to this summons and
complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company
who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court,
a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to
answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage
company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A
COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE
COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: July 8, 2015
RAS Boriskin, LLC, Attorney for Plaintiff By: Thomas Zegarelli, Esq. 900 Merchants
Concourse, Suite LL-5, Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 280-7675 15-002643
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ALSO ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the South side of Seaview Avenue at the dividing
line between Lot Numbers 15 and 16 as laid down on said map; RUNNING THENCE
South West 122.55 feet; THENCE North West 50 feet; THENCE Northerly through
Lot No. 15 to a point in the southerly boundary line of Sea View Avenue; THENCE
Easterly the curved Southerly line of Seaview Avenue, 25 feet to the point or place of
BEGINNING.
Said premises known as 49 SEAVIEW AVENUE, NEW ROCHELLE, NY
Approximate amount of lien $ 1,472,614.98 plus interest & costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.
If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only
to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against
the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
Index Number 69065/2013.
CHARLES A. D’AGOSTINO, ESQ., Referee
Sweeney Gallo Reich & Bolz, LLP
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff
95-25 Queens Blvd, 11th Floor, Rego Park, NY 11374
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Friday, August 14, 2015 - WESTCHESTER’S MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPERS - PAGE 7
Seniors and Health Care
Dr. Hochfelder Joins
Ortho Staff at Phelps
Yoga Teachers Assoc. Hosts
Master Yogi Glenn Black
New York
University
Known for being on
the leading edge in orthoSchool of Medicine, Hochpedics, surgeons at Phelps
felder served his residency
Memorial Hospital Center
in orthopedic surgery at the
excel at performing adHospital for Joint Diseases
vanced, complex proceOrthopaedic Institute and
dures – from sports injury
his fellowship in hip and
surgeries to joint replaceknee surgery at the Insall
ments. The breadth of
Scott Kelly Institute, both
orthopedics continues to
in New York City.
expand with the addition
Phelps’ excellence in
of orthopedic surgeon Dr.
performing joint replaceJason Hochfelder to the
ments was recognized in
Phelps medical staff.
July in the annual hospiHochfelder
brings
tal rankings published by
expertise in hip and knee
U.S. News and World Rereplacement and hip arport, which rated Phelps as
Dr. Jason Hochfelder
throscopy. He is also ex“high performing” for hip
perienced in autologous chondrocyte implanta- and knee replacement. The same report ranked
tion, a treatment for cartilage damage that is an Phelps 16th out of 250 hospitals.
option for people who are too young for knee
For more information about orthopedic serreplacement.
vices at Phelps, go to www.phelpshospital.org/
After receiving his medical degree from orthopedics or call 914-366-3367.
Yoga Teachers Asgan kriya yoga studies in
sociation of the Hudson
the mid-1970s with the
Valley kicks off its fall
Bihar School’s Swami
workshop season SaturVivekananda. He studied
day, Sept. 12 with “Kriya
with B.Y.S. Iyengar in
Yoga and Yoga Nidra,”
India and is a longtime
student of Swami Satypresented by Master Yogi
ananda.
Glenn Black.
Like the ancient “forDuring the three-hour
est yogis,” Black has deworkshop, Black will
voted years to intensive
guide participants through
practice in solitude. He
an exploration of the transleads workshops and reformative practices of kritreats internationally.
ya yoga and yoga nidra.
The workshop will be
The workshop will introheld at Club Fit Briarcliff,
duce Chankramanam (yo584 North State Road,
gic roving or movement),
Master Yogi Glenn Black
Briarcliff Manor, on Sata practice of awareness
urday, Sept. 12 from 1:30
and presence in all activities, including walking and eating. Addition- to 4:30 p.m. The cost is $35 for YTA memally, instruction on arohan and awarohan will bers and $45 for non-members who register in
enable participants to access the ascending advance, or $45 and $55 at the door, respectively. Preregistration is requested in order to
and descending internal energy pathways.
Together these practices form the essen- receive materials from the instructor. Register
tial foundation of kriya yoga, one of the most at YTAYoga.com.
Bring a yoga mat and arrive early to
powerful methods for yogic development.
Black will also present pranayama breath- check in and set up. For more information,
ing techniques to relax the body and prepare contact Michael Sassano at yogadad@optonfor yoga nidra (yogic sleep), a systematic line.net or 914-709-4150.
YTA, a membership organization for
method for moving into deeper realms of conyoga teachers and yoga students, was created
sciousness similar to the dream state.
Black, a renowned and highly respected in 1979. Its mission is to provide quality conyoga teacher with 40-plus years of intensive tinuing education to yoga teachers and create
study of yoga, meditation and movement, be- a community of people interested in yoga.
Health Dept. Offers
Back-to-School Shots
To help families prepare for a new school
year, the Westchester County Health Department will offer free immunizations to children
who are uninsured or whose insurance doesn’t
cover vaccines.
The vaccines will be available by appointment Fridays in August and September at health
department clinics in White Plains and Yonkers.
During the county’s back-to-school vaccine
clinics, health navigators will be on hand to help
parents and guardians sign their children up for
the health insurance they need. Families without
a regular doctor also will receive information
about where to go for ongoing pediatric primary
care.
Appointments will be made on a firstcome, first-serve basis for vaccine clinic sessions scheduled through Sept. 25 at the clinics.
To schedule an appointment at Yonkers location,
at 20 S. Broadway, call 914-231-2500. Dates are
Fridays, Aug. 28, Sept. 11 and Sept. 25 from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m.
To schedule an appointment at the White
Plains location, at 134 Court St., call 914-9955800. Dates are Fridays, Aug. 21 and Sept. 18
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
According to Westchester County Health
Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler, the measles
vaccination is extremely important. “Immunizing your children on time against vaccine-preventable diseases like measles is critical,” she
said.
Measles is highly contagious even before
the rash starts and is easily spread when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. If
you’re not protected, you can get measles just
by walking into a room where someone with the
disease has been in the past couple of hours.
Children should be vaccinated with two
doses of the MMR vaccine, with the first dose
between 12 and 15 months and the second at
four-to-six years. Adults born after 1956 should
have at least one measles vaccination; some
people need two.
Regulations for school admissions require
schools to more closely scrutinize children’s immunization records and could result in a child
not being allowed to start or continue in school
if immunizations are not current. These updated
regulations provide increased protection against
illnesses like whooping cough that have been
reported in school-aged children in Westchester,
as well as measles and mumps, which have had
recent outbreaks.
Additional news is available at www.
health.westchestergov.com/health.
Get Help Finding a
Job and Getting Hired
In a proactive effort to continue distinguishing itself from other mental health agencies in the area, CHOICE of NY is actively
developing a jobs program to support clients
who need help in getting hired and remaining
employed.
The first phase in the program is a series
of cycling job-readiness workshops that are
offered in the New Rochelle location every
Wednesday from 11a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Led by
Jobs Program Administrator Rudy Borges, the
workshops run in four-week cycles and participants can join at any time.
The workshop covers four different topics
and is appropriate for anyone looking for employment or planning to look for employment.
They include: week one – “General Ticket to
Work” information and “Goal Setting 101;”
week two – “Job Applications 101;” week three
– “Resumes 101” and “Interviewing 101, Part
1;” and week four – “Interviewing 101, Part 2.”
In addition to offering these workshops,
CHOICE has an extensive jobs support program
that includes helping clients obtain the right
clothes for interviewing and providing transportation to job fairs and interviews. CHOICE will
even go so far as to join clients in interviews or
wait in the lobby to help reduce job application
anxieties.
CHOICE continues support after a client
obtains a job, maintaining regular contact to
help with life’s stresses that often impede a person’s motivation and ability to continue working.
“Our goal is to prepare our clients with person-centered, pre-vocational services in a fun
and interactive setting,” said Borges. “Everyone participates and you can feel the personal
development, confidence and pride grow with
every workshop.”
For more information, call CHOICE at
914-576-0173.
Town of Eastchester
Senior Programs & Services
The Center at Lake Isle
Monday, Aug. 17
8 a.m. Early bird swim at Lake Isle
9:30 a.m. Line dancing with Theresa
12:45 Bridge/cards/Mahjong
12:45 No exercise with Linda
Tuesday, Aug. 18
8:30 a.m. Exercise video with Grace
10 a.m. Exercise with Patricia
12:30 p.m. Bridge/cards/Mahjong
Wednesday, Aug. 19
9:30 a.m. Tap dancing with Paula
9:30 a.m. No drawing class with Stephanie
12:15 p.m. Bingo Bash
1 p.m. Mahjong/Bridge/cards
1 p.m. No Zumba today
Thursday, Aug. 20
9:30 a.m. Intermediate line dancing
12 p.m. Mini trip to Arthur Avenue (reservations required/space limited)
1 p.m. Mahjong/Pokeno/cards
Friday, Aug. 21
8:30 a.m. Exercise video
9:30 a.m. Exercise with Sonya
10:30 a.m. Current events with Maryann
12:30 p.m. Bridge/cards/Mahjong
1 p.m. Yoga with Susan
The Center at Lake Isle is located at 660
White Plains Road, Eastchester. For more information or transportation, call 914-337-0390.
Advertise on our Seniors and Health Care
Page! Call today: 914-965-4000
Health Conference for
Spanish-Speaking Seniors
The 21st annual Healthy Living Conference for Spanish-speaking seniors will take
place Saturday, Sept. 12 at White Plains Hospital. The free event for people 60 and older will
take place from 8:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in the
hospital’s Marion W. Fried Auditorium, located
at 41 E. Post Road, White Plains (entrance on
Davis Avenue).
“Being proactive about our health helps us
live longer and better lives,” said Westchester
County Executive Robert Astorino. “It also is
important to be mindful of new technologies
in the medical field that can help us improve
our quality of life. I encourage all Spanishspeaking seniors to attend our Healthy Living
Conference.”
Registration is required by contacting Corina Sonara at 914-813-6393 or [email protected]. Seniors who live in Yonkers,
New Rochelle, Mamaroneck or Port Chester
who need transportation should also contact
Sonara for bus reservations.
Complimentary continental breakfast and
lunch will be provided.
Topics covered at this year’s program will
include preventive health care and fall prevention.
Dr. Sonia Velez, director of the Family Practice Residency Program at New York
Medical College at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in
Yonkers, will speak about preventive health
care for seniors; Dr. Howard Rosas, podiatrist
with a private practice in New York City, will
discuss foot care and fall prevention.
The conference was organized by members of the Coalition on Hispanic Aging and is
sponsored by the Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services, White
Plains Hospital, CenterLight Health System
and Visiting Nurse Services Westchester.
For more information, visit www.westchestergov.com/seniors.
Schumer, Engel
gotiating phase and review period. The answers
I’ve received simply don’t convince me that this
deal will keep a nuclear weapon out of Iran’s
hands, and may in fact strengthen Iran’s position
as a destabilizing and destructive influence across
the Middle East.
“First, I don’t believe this deal gives international inspectors adequate access to undeclared
sites,” said Engel. “I’m especially troubled by
reports about how the Iranian military base at
Parchin will be inspected. With these potential
roadblocks, IAEA inspectors may be unable to
finish their investigation into the potential military
dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program.
“I also view as a dangerous concession the
sunset of the international sanctions on advanced
conventional weapons and ballistic missiles. I was
told these issues weren’t on the table during the
talks. So it’s unacceptable to me that after a maximum of five and eight years, respectively, the deal
lifts these restrictions. Worse, if Iran were to repeat past behavior and violate the arms embargo
or restrictions on its ballistic missile program,
such an action wouldn’t violate the JCPOA and
wouldn’t be subject to snapback sanctions.
“In my view, Iran is a grave threat to international stability. It is the largest state sponsor of terror in the world and continues to hold
American citizens behind bars on bogus charges.
Its actions have made a bad situation in a chaotic
region worse. Even under the weight of international sanctions, Iran was able to support terrorist
groups, such as Hezbollah, Hamas and other violent extremists. Awash in new cash provided by
sanctions relief, Iran will be poised to inflict even
greater damage to our Gulf partners.
“We can have no illusions about what Iran
will do with its newfound wealth,” continued Engel. “We can have no doubt about the malevolent
intent of a country’s leaders who chant ‘Death to
America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ just days after concluding a deal.
“Finally, I have a fundamental concern that
15 years from now, Iran’s leaders will be free to
produce weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium
without any limitation. This amounts to Iran as a
legitimized nuclear threshold state after the year
2030, with advanced centrifuges and the ability to
produce without restriction a stockpile of enriched
uranium. If Iran pursues that course, I fear it could
spark a nuclear arms race across the region.
“I still believe that a negotiated solution is the
best course of action,” Engel concluded. “That’s
the path I believe we should pursue. But after careful consideration of all of the material, more than a
dozen hearings since the beginning of the negotiating period, and conversations with administration
officials, experts and many of my constituents, I
regret that I cannot support this deal.”
Congresswoman Nita Lowey issued the following statement on the plan:
“Preventing Iran from developing a nuclear
weapon is an essential national security imperative. Since the nuclear agreement was reached
between Iran and the P5+1 countries, I have reviewed its details and consulted with officials in
the Obama Administration, regional experts, foreign leaders, congressional colleagues and my
constituents.
“In my judgment, sufficient safeguards are
not in place to address the risks associated with
the agreement. Relieving UN sanctions on conventional arms and ballistic missiles and releasing
billions of dollars to the Iranian regime could lead
to a dangerous regional weapons race and enable
Iran to bolster its funding of terrorists. The deal
does not explicitly require Iran to fully disclose its
previous military work to the IAEA’s satisfaction
before sanctions relief is provided, and inspectors
will not have immediate access to the most suspicious facilities. There are no clear accountability
measures regarding punishment for minor violations, which could encourage Iran to cheat.
“This agreement will leave the international
community with limited options in 15 years to
prevent nuclear breakout in Iran, which will be an
internationally-recognized nuclear threshold state,
capable of producing highly-enriched uranium,”
continued Lowey. “I am greatly concerned that the
agreement lacks a crystal clear statement that the
international community reserves the right to take
all military, economic and diplomatic measures
necessary during the course of the deal and beyond to deter Iran from ever developing a nuclear
weapon.
“Since the U.S. and Iran severed relations in
1980, the Iranian regime has become increasingly
aggressive, openly anti-America and anti-Israel,
extremely anti-Semitic, and the largest sponsor of
terrorism in the world. Even today, the regime has
made no good-faith demonstration toward bringing home four Americans who are held prisoner or
missing in Iran. Given these realities, the negotiating process alone was a diplomatic feat of tremendous proportion. I commend President Obama,
Secretary Kerry, Wendy Sherman and our entire
team. They have worked tirelessly to bring about
this agreement, and I continue to have confidence
in their service to our country.
“Congress’ role has been invaluable, in partnership with the administration, in implementing
the crippling sanctions that brought Iran to the ta-
America’s Suffering
inequality research, Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez. The job market still faces a gaping
hole…The poverty rate has barely budged during
Obama’s presidency, marking the first time it has
remained at or above 15 percent for three consecutive years since 1965…
“A record number of Americans are on food
stamps,” continued the study. “Amid the recession, the food stamp rolls surged, and as of 2013,
48 million Americans were receiving the benefits
ble,” Lowey concluded. “I remain hopeful that the
administration and Congress, in concert with our
P5+1 and regional allies, can prevent Iran from
obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, I cannot
support this agreement before Congress.”
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer had the following to say about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action:
“While we have come to different conclusions, I give tremendous credit to President
Obama for his work on this issue. The president,
Secretary Kerry and their team have spent painstaking months and years pushing Iran to come to
an agreement. Iran would not have come to the
table without the president’s persistent efforts to
convince the Europeans, the Russians and the Chinese to join in the sanctions.
“In making my decision, I examined this deal
in three parts: nuclear restrictions on Iran in the
first 10 years, nuclear restrictions on Iran after 10
years, and non-nuclear components and consequences of a deal. In each case I have asked: Are
we better off with the agreement or without it?
“In the first 10 years of the deal, there are
serious weaknesses in the agreement,” continued
Schumer. “First, inspections are not ‘anywhere,
anytime;’ the 24-day delay before we can inspect
is troubling. While inspectors would likely be
able to detect radioactive isotopes at a site after
24 days, that delay would enable Iran to escape
detection of any illicit building and improving of
possible military dimensions – the tools that go
into building a bomb but don’t emit radioactivity.
“Furthermore, even when we detect radioactivity at a site where Iran is illicitly advancing its
bomb-making capability, the 24-day delay would
hinder our ability to determine precisely what was
being done at that site.
“Even more troubling is the fact that the U.S.
cannot demand inspections unilaterally. By requiring the majority of the eight-member Joint Commission, and assuming that China, Russia and Iran
will not cooperate, inspections would require the
votes of all three European members of the P5+1,
as well as the EU representative. It is reasonable to
fear that, once the Europeans become entangled in
lucrative economic relations with Iran, they may
well be inclined not to rock the boat by voting to
allow inspections.
“Additionally, the ‘snapback’ provisions in
the agreement seem cumbersome and difficult to
use,” said Schumer. “While the U.S. could unilaterally cause snapback of all sanctions, there will
be instances where it would be more appropriate
to snapback some but not all of the sanctions, because the violation is significant but not severe. A
partial snapback of multilateral sanctions could be
difficult to obtain, because the U.S. would require
the cooperation of other nations. If the U.S. insists
on snapback of all the provisions, which it can do
unilaterally, and the Europeans, Russians or Chinese feel is too severe a punishment, they may not
comply.
“Those who argue for the agreement say it is
better to have an imperfect deal than to have nothing; that without the agreement, there would be no
inspections, no snapback. When you consider only
this portion of the deal – nuclear restrictions for
the first 10 years – that line of thinking is plausible, but even for this part of the agreement, the
weaknesses mentioned above make this argument
less compelling.
“Second, we must evaluate how this deal
would restrict Iran’s nuclear development after 10
years.
“If Iran’s true intent is to get a nuclear weapon, under this agreement, it must simply exercise
patience. After 10 years, it can be very close to
achieving that goal and, unlike its current unsanctioned pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Iran’s nuclear
program will be codified in an agreement signed
by the United States and other nations. To me,
after 10 years, if Iran is the same nation as it is
today, we will be worse off with this agreement
than without it.
Schumer added: “When it comes to the nonnuclear aspects of the deal, I think there is a strong
case that we are better off without an agreement
than with one.
“Using the proponents’ overall standard –
which is not whether the agreement is ideal, but
whether we are better with or without it – it seems
to me, when it comes to the nuclear aspects of the
agreement within 10 years, we might be slightly
better off with it. However, when it comes to the
nuclear aspects after 10 years and the non-nuclear
aspects, we would be better off without it.
“To me, the very real risk that Iran will not
moderate and will, instead, use the agreement to
pursue its nefarious goals is too great.
“Therefore, I will vote to disapprove the
agreement, not because I believe war is a viable
or desirable option, nor to challenge the path of
diplomacy. It is because I believe Iran will not
change, and under this agreement it will be able
to achieve its dual goals of eliminating sanctions
while ultimately retaining its nuclear and non-nuclear power,” Schumer concluded. “Better to keep
U.S. sanctions in place, strengthen them, enforce
secondary sanctions on other nations, and pursue
the hard-trodden path of diplomacy once more,
difficult as it may be. For all of these reasons, I
believe the vote to disapprove is the right one.”
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Sean Maloney’s stances on Iran will be included in next
week’s issue.
– the highest number since the program began in
1969…The manufacturing revival was a mirage:
manufacturers…are operating with a U.S. workforce that’s a small fraction of the size it was two
decades ago.”
The programs and benefits provided to the
poor continue to be favored by politicians who see
them as an effective method to secure their loyalty
in upcoming elections. The wealthy use influence,
connections and contributions to enhance their position. The middle class, the backbone of the nation, continues to suffer.
Frank Vernuccio serves as editor-in-chief of
the New York Analysis of Policy and Government.
College Essay Boot Camp
Workshop in Ossining
In an effort to ease the sometimes challenging college application process, Eduscape Associates has collaborated with the Ossining School
District to present a series of workshops created
to educate students and parents throughout Westchester County.
The first session of the OSD Community
Partnership Program will be College Essay Boot
Camp, a comprehensive eight-hour workshop
that will take place over two days – Wednesday
and Thursday, Aug. 26 and 27, from 5 to 9 p.m. at
the Ossining Public Library.
The College Essay Boot Camp “six step
process” provides the opportunity for showcasing and packaging the students’ experiences
and interests in an attractive way that is proven
to gain the attention of the college admissions
reader. According to Eduscape Associates President and Founder Gayle Marchica, this six-step
process has been proven to successfully capture
the essence of each writer’s thoughts regardless
Harckham’s Old
– in the 10th District, including Eastchester,
Tuckahoe and parts of New Rochelle, between
Republican Legislator Sheila Marcotte and
Democratic challenger Haina Just-Michael;
and in the 17th District, including southwest
Yonkers, between Democrat (and BOL coalition member) Virginia Perez and Democrat
Piedad Abreu, who will face off in a primary
Sept. 10.
Also, we highlighted the race to succeed
Republican Legislator Michael Smith in the
3rd District, including Mount Pleasant, North
Castle and Pleasantville, between Republican
Margaret Cunzio and Democrat John Diaconis,
in last week’s Rising papers.
The decision by Legislator Peter Harckham, a Democrat in the 2nd District, including Bedford, Mt. Kisco, Pound Ridge, North
Salem, Lewisboro and parts of Somers, to step
down from his seat to take a position with Gov.
Andrew Cuomo, has resulted in an open election and an opportunity for Republicans to pick
up a seat, and for the coalition on the BOL to
continue even with a loss by either Marcotte,
Perez or Cunzio.
Bedford Town Councilman Francis Corcoran is the Republican candidate for Harckham’s
seat in the 2nd District. He will face off against
Democrat Karen Schleimer, a Mount Kisco
trustee. Democrat Alan Cole was appointed
to complete Harckham’s term this year on the
County Board, but will not run for the seat in
November.
Corcoran is a “man of Westchester,” having grown up in the county and remained here
to raise his family.
“Westchester is where I grew up, went to
school, met my wife and raised my daughters,”
he said. “This is my home, and it’s been good
to me. However, I also want it to be a place
where others can live that dream, and it’s getting harder and harder. Westchester is becoming unaffordable – including the highest property tax load in the United States, the federal
government won’t allow us to govern ourselves
as we know best, and our open spaces, environment and quality of life are in constant need of
preservation.
“What’s worse, the atmosphere in the
County Legislature has become toxic, killing
the bipartisan spirit that has marked my 12
years on the Bedford Town Board,” he continued. “With your support, I will revive that spirit
of bipartisanship in White Plains, and help restore the dream my family and I have made for
ourselves in Westchester. I will work hard to
help make it available once again to everyone:
teachers, first responders, single parents, working families...everyone.”
Corcoran’s professional experience includes serving as an outside board director for
the New York State Environmental Facilities
Corporation, and a 30-year career in financial
and capital markets.
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and former Congresswoman Sue Kelly
were on hand to introduce and support Corcoran’s campaign.
In Mt. Kisco, Democrat Karen Schleimer
recently kicked off her campaign in the 2nd
BOL District. Vowing to “fight for each and
every one of you to provide the best quality of
life we can possibly provide,” Schleimer, like
Corcoran, has served locally as a Mount Kisco
village trustee since 2012, and has lived in the
village since the late 1970s.
Schleimer, an attorney, has also served on
the Mt. Kisco Zoning Board and Architectural
Review Board, and helped craft the consolidation agreement between the county and Mt.
Kisco for police service.
Former Legislator Harckham, and County
Board Chairman Michael Kaplowitz, were on
hand to support Schleimer’s kick off.
The 2nd District has become more important in northern Westchester because of the
races in southern Westchester, with Legislators
Marcotte and Perez facing serious challenges.
Perez’s challenger in the 17th District, Democrat Piedad Abreu, will run against Perez in a
primary in Yonkers that includes another BOL
race (Legislator Ken Jenkins against Democrat
Nicole Benjamin), and two City Council Democratic primaries.
First-time Democratic candidate Abreu,
who has lived in southwest Yonkers for the past
23 years, has stepped forward to challenge Per-
of learning style or academic ability.
Attendees of the workshop will “graduate”
from College Essay Boot Camp armed and ready
with an essay suitable for any college application.
“Each student will work closely with our
education professionals to create an impressive
and edited college essay that provides a glimpse
of the individual as a competitive candidate interested in attending their college or university
of choice,” said Marchica. “We are excited to
have the opportunity to partner with the Ossining School District and continue our mission of
offering specialized educational resources that
are customized to each student’s unique needs.
At Eduscape Associates we strive to assist each
student in achieving greater results and taking
their performance to a higher level.”
To register for College Essay Boot Camp
and for a complete list of TACHS Prep class
schedules and locations, visit www.eduscapeassociates.com.
ez, and her record on the BOL for the district.
“It’s time the residents of southwest Yonkers had a strong, reliable voice on the County
Board of Legislators,” said Abreu. “They deserve an untiring advocate for their needs rather
than a backroom participant in bad deals that
have hurt our community.”
Abreu has also effectively outlined several
issues of concern to Democrats in the district,
ranging from the odors from the county treatment plant, to Perez’ support of pay raises for
county commissioners, and her unwillingness
to support a contract for county CSEA workers.
Abreu’s endorsement from the Hispanic
Democrats of Westchester highlights the political argument that Perez hasn’t served the needs
of the community.
“Piedad Abreu, a longtime community
activist, has the right sense of priorities and
the energy and ability to have a positive impact for change in the community,” said Robin
Bikkal, founder and co-chairperson of the Hispanic Democrats of Westchester, who endorsed
Abreu and added that the 17th District under
Perez “has been neglected in every way by
county government, and as it has a significant
population of Hispanics and those in need, the
district deserves honest and competent representation.
“Instead of addressing the district’s needs,
the incumbent, Virginia Perez, has proved herself a Democrat in name only, as she has sided
with Republicans to cut the social services
and day care availability that her constituents
need,” said Bikkal. “We feel strongly that she
has failed in her responsibilities while defying
the compassion of her heritage.”
Abreu highlighted the issue of odor coming from the county-operated waste treatment
plant in the district, which has become an issue
of concern for all of southwest Yonkers. Abreu
called on county officials to “quit dragging their
feet” and complete the odor remediation projects at the plant. The three-stage project, initiated in 2009, stands in limbo right now, with
construction work that was supposed to begin
this summer stalled due to bidding problems.
“The odor from the treatment plant, even
on a good day, is awful, and the county should
be working as quickly as possible to alleviate
this problem,” said Abreu. “Since funding for
the second phase of the remediation project was
approved long ago, it unconscionable to make
the residents living near the facility, especially
those in Ludlow Park, wait another day longer
for work to begin. County Executive Rob Astorino and administration officials have to quit
dragging their feet on this – or come to Yonkers
and explain the delays to our residents here.”
When sewage from three new parcels in
the Town of New Castle was diverted to Yonkers four years ago, several proposed remediation projects either haven’t worked or have
been pushed back.
Abreu’s attacks on Perez have continued
and have heated up, including the following
from recent releases:
“Choosing politics over the public health
of her constituents shows how little Virginia
Perez values the importance of her position
on the Board of Legislators,” said Abreu. “She
should be up in White Plains raising her voice
and loudly pushing for more odor remediation
work at the plant to start right away. Instead,
she is keeping her mouth shut and doing exactly what her political bosses expect her to
do. That’s not the kind of representative to the
Board of Legislators that southwest Yonkers
needs.”
Abreu noted that BOL Chairman Michael
Kaplowitz, Perez’s political patron and whom
she has voted with to cut day care and social
services funding the past two years, led the way
in bringing Northern Sewer Districts 1, 2 and
3 in the Town of New Castle, which he represents, to the Saw Mill Valley Sanitary Sewer
District and down to the Yonkers treatment
plant in 2011.
“If Virginia Perez really cares about her
constituents, she’ll join me in calling for the
odor remediation work at the Yonkers plant to
resume as soon as possible,” said Abreu. “I look
forward to her agreeing to do this and showing
that Yonkers Democrats, no matter what, stand
together in getting this work back on track.”
Perez has won two times without the support or endorsement of the Yonkers Democratic
Party. She will have to win her race a third time
without that support, and with Yonkers – and
county Democrats – more actively working to
bring about her defeat this year.
Friday, August 14, 2015 - MOUNT VERNON RISING - PAGE 9
Water Quality Monitoring
Effort Begins in Saw Mill
Calpulli Mexican Dance
Performance at Library
Westchester High School student Chelsea Mora takes a water sample from the Saw Mill
River. Photo by Clare Francis.
Community scientists in Westchester
County have launched a new effort to understand contamination in the Saw Mill River, and
to renew attention to the beleaguered waterway.
Riverkeeper, the Center for the Urban River at
Beczak (part of Sarah Lawrence College) and the
Yonkers Paddling and Rowing Club are leading
the effort, with the support of many other organizations and individuals – including Groundwork
Hudson Valley, which conducted water quality
monitoring studies from 200812.
Using Environmental Protection Agency
approved methods designed to assess water for
safe swimming, community scientists are sampling for Enterococci, bacteria that indicate the
presence of fecal contamination, such as untreated sewage. The EPA guidelines are meant
to protect people who may ingest water not only
while swimming, but also during a variety of
recreational activities, including the splashing of
children playing at the water’s edge.
“Water quality in the Hudson has improved
dramatically over the years, but our water quality
monitoring projects have documented concerning levels of contamination in many of the rivers
and creeks that feed it,” said Riverkeeper Water
Quality Associate Jen Epstein. “The first step in
cleaning up our water is understanding where it
needs to be cleaned up. This project will help accomplish that on one of the lower Hudson’s most
important tributaries.”
The Saw Mill River sampling effort builds
on a Riverkeeper project launched in 2008 to
monitor water quality in the Hudson River Estuary, in partnership with CUNY Queens College and Columbia University’s LamontDoherty
Earth Observatory. The Saw Mill River is the
eighth tributary of the Hudson River to be routinely monitored by Riverkeeper and a growing
number of partners.
Other tributaries being monitored include
the Pocantico and Wallkill rivers, and the Sparkill,
Quassaick, Rondout, Esopus and Catskill creeks.
“When we launched CURB two years ago,
our vision was to create a hub for research, education and community engagement focused on
urban watershed issues that would advance regional efforts and spark new collaborative partnerships,” said Ryan Palmer, director of CURB.
“We are excited about the potential of this project
and deeply committed to providing long-term
leadership in the study and restoration of the Saw
Mill and Hudson rivers.”
The New York City Water Trail Association
and The River Project also partner with Riverkeeper and dozens of others to sample waterfront
locations in and around New York City. The Yonkers Paddling and Rowing Club has been part of
this effort, sampling at the Yonkers waterfront
since 2011, and the daylighted section of the Saw
Mill River since 2013.
The Saw Mill River had the dubious distinction of winning the Association’s “Golden Toilet” award in 2014, because it failed to meet safe
swimming standards more frequently than any
other location sampled as part of the New York
Cityarea sampling effort.
“YPRC members are first and foremost
paddling enthusiasts who love the Hudson River,” explained longtime YPRC member Gerald
Blackstone. “Our initial interest came from simply wanting to understand the condition of the
river we spend so much time in. We’re thrilled
our initial efforts have garnered so much interest
from the public and the support of Riverkeeper
and Sarah Lawrence College. We’re hopeful this
effort will lead to healthier and safer Saw Mill
and Hudson rivers for all to enjoy.”
Water samples will be gathered on the Saw
Mill River by community scientists every other
week, at 18 locations in Chappaqua, Pleasantville, Hawthorne, Elmsford, Ardsley, Hastings
and Yonkers. Organizations involved in sampling
include CURB, Yonkers Paddling and Rowing
Club, Saunders Trades and Technical School,
Village of Pleasantville Conservation Advisory
Council and the Saw Mill River Coalition. The
concentration of Enterococci in water samples
will be measured using an IDEXX Enterolert lab
at CURB, where students and community members will be a part of the process.
The monitoring program will be supplemented with research by Sarah Lawrence College faculty and students. For example, under the
guidance of college faculty member Dr. Michelle
Hersh, additional water samples will be collected
this summer and fall from the recently daylighted
portion of the Saw Mill River, which was previously paved over. Since it is known that exposure to sunlight can kill certain types of bacteria,
the researchers are examining whether levels of
contamination are reduced as the Saw Mill flows
through the exposed section.
All data gathered as part of these monitoring
studies are publicly available at www.riverkeeper.org/waterquality/testing.
Westchester Tennis
her home town.”
Jamie ended her sophomore season at the
University of North Carolina by winning the
2015 NCAA Women’s Singles Tennis National
Championship, becoming the first singles national champion in UNC’s long history. She claimed
the International Tennis Federation’s Hunt 2015
$25,000 Women’s Tennis Classic (singles) and
$50,000 Pro Circuit Tournament (doubles) just
weeks ago and has earned entry into the main
draw of the U.S. Open, which begins Aug. 31.
“I am honored that my accomplishments
are being recognized by the Village and Town
of Ossining – the place where I grew up and my
current residence,” said Jamie. “Tennis is a huge
part of my life and I have sacrificed so much to
be where I am now. I wouldn’t be the person and
athlete that I am without the support from my
family, friends and coaches.
“My goal is to help the youth and hopefully get them to live a proactive and healthy life
through sports,” she continued. “I hope my story
will have a positive impact on the community
and will send a message that anyone can achieve
greatness if they set their mind to it.”
Victoria Gearity. “We are delighted to have a
chance to celebrate her success, and grateful for
her willingness to share her skills with kids in
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The Calpulli Mexican Dance Company is coming to the New Rochelle Library.
The Calpulli Mexican Dance Company
(Calpulli Danza Mexicana) will present a free,
festive program celebrating the diverse regional dance traditions of Mexico’s rich cultural
history Saturday, Aug. 22 at 4 p.m. in the Ossie
Davis Theater of the New Rochelle Public Library.
In colorful costumes and with skill and
artistry, the members of the acclaimed dance
company will perform dances specific to various regions of Mexico.
For a segment of the show, the professional dancers will be joined by New Rochelle
children ages 6 to 16 years who have been
studying with the dancers in a free, seven-week
class made possible by the Friends of the New
Rochelle Public Library and the New Rochelle
Public Library Foundation. More than 40 boys
and girls participated in the rigorous weekly
sessions, experiencing the sounds, movement,
history and culture of Mexico.
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company was
founded in 2003 by a group of artists who
sought to enrich the quality of Mexican traditional dance in New York City. As a not-for
profit organization, its mission is to teach and
produce dance-based programming, incorporating live music and theatre to promote a diverse image of Mexican cultural heritage.
The company has toured nationally from
coast to coast and has performed in premier
venues in New York City and beyond, including Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space, CalTech
University, Colgate University, the Schimmel
Center for the Arts and, most recently, at the
New York Botanical Garden in conjunction
with the Frida Kahlo Exhibition.
The Mexican Dance classes at the New
Rochelle Public Library were one of more
than 300 workshops, performances, films and
classes held at the main library and Huguenot
Children’s Library this summer.
Ice Bucket Challenge
Reboots at Yonkers Raceway
The Ice Bucket Challenge lives on, with, from left, Ryan Patrick McLaughlin, City Council
President Liam McLaughlin, Jennifer Quinn, challenge creator Pat Quinn, Mayor Mike Spano
and Assemblymember Shelley Mayer Taking the plunge at Yonkers Raceway.
The City of Yonkers recently rallied behind
resident Pat Quinn, who last year co-founded
the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge which became a
global phenomenon with more than 17 million
videos of people taking the challenge posted on
Facebook last year.
Last weekend, Quinn was joined by supporters and volunteers, including Mayor Mike
Spano, City Council President Liam McLaughlin, and the Empire City Casino at Yonkers
Raceway to renew the Ice Bucket Challenge and
continue Quinn’s efforts to raise funds for ALS
research.
Quinn, who has ALS, led hundreds of participants in a simultaneous ice bucket challenge
to reignite the viral social media movement
through the month of August to benefit ALS
research, by dumping a bucket of ice and water over his or her head, and challenging three
friends to either do the same, donate to the ALS
charity of their choice, or both.
Members of the Yonkers Fire Department
helped load the buckets up with ice for the effort, which to date has generated more than $220
million in donations for ALS-oriented nonprofits. Many of those donations have been invested
or allocated to support new ALS research efforts,
increased advocacy and expanded and improved
local care and services for people diagnosed with
ALS, their families and care providers.
There is no known cure for the disease.
However, as a result of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, significant new investments in research
on the cause of and potential treatments for ALS
have been made. For the first time in a long time,
the ALS community has reason to hope.
“Pat Quinn’s fight and determination to
combat this horrible disease has been nothing
short of inspirational,” said Spano. “With Pat as
our fearless leader, the City of Yonkers hopes to
recharge the energy we all felt last summer as
part of the Ice Bucket Challenge.”
“We are excited and proud to be involved
in such an important effort,” said Tim Rooney,
president and CEO of Empire City Casino at
Yonkers Raceway. “Having lost my uncle Fr. Silas Rooney to this disease, my family is all too
familiar with its devastating effects. Efforts to
raise awareness and research funds are vital and
must continue.”
For more information, visit www.facebook.
com/pages/Quinn-for-the-win.
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Advocates for Life
Protest Planned Parenthood
Mercedes-Benz Raises $25K
For My Sisters’ Place
Members of Advocates for Life protest recently outside of Planned Parenthood in Yonkers.
From left are CEO Karen Cheeks-Lomax, Esq., of MSP; Gary Turco, general manager of
Mercedes Benz of White Plains; and Eva Dolgin, L.M.S.W, director of community education
and Prevention Programs at MSP.
Answering a call by the Virginia-based
Students for Life, the local Advocates of Life
recently sponsored a rally outside the Yonkers
Planned Parenthood in Getty Square titled
“Women and Families Betrayed.”
Holding signs with messages such as
“Planned Parenthood Lies,” “Planned Parenthood Betrays Women and Families,” “Planned
Parenthood Sells Aborted Baby Parts” and “It
Is Disgusting To Sell Aborted Baby Parts,” prolife activists demanded that state and federal
government officials investigate and de-fund
Planned Parenthood.
This demand came in response to the release of an undercover video of Planned Parenthood abortionist Dr. Deborah Nucatola casually
discussing the selling of aborted baby parts.
Since the Yonkers protest, other videos have
been released.
“Multiple high-level Planned Parenthood
executives have been caught on tape negotiating prices for the bodies of aborted pre-born
children while they cavalierly talk about ‘crushing’ certain body parts to preserve ‘five-star’
organs for sale,” said Lila Rose of the Virginiabased Live Action.
The four recently released videos on the
subject, with more to be released in the near
future, are the work of The Center for Medical
Progress in Irvine, Calif., which describes itself
as “a group of citizen journalists dedicated to
monitoring and reporting on medical ethics and
advances.”
“We are concerned about contemporary
bioethical issues that impact human dignity,
and we oppose any interventions, procedures
and experiments that exploit the unequal legal
status of any class of human beings,” the group
states. “We envision a world in which medical
practice and biotechnology ally with and serve
the goods of human nature and do not destroy,
disfigure or work against them.”
Despite Planned Parenthood’s contention that the videos are not accurate, a former
Planned Parenthood director in Texas admitted
that counselors had incentives to use “coercive”
tactics to manipulate women into donating their
unborn child for research purposes. The former
director, Abby Johnson, revealed that “at that
time – and this was of course when I worked
there until 2009 – we as staff members were
compensated for every patient that we were able
to enroll in a study. It creates coercive tactics.”
The incentive to provide research material
was in addition to the pressure Planned Parenthood placed on Johnson to increase the number
of abortions performed at her facility, she said.
Johnson was told by her superiors to “double
the number of abortions” in order to bring in
more revenue.
The pro-life community states that the reason for Planned Parenthood’s keen interest in
fetal research is the profit that Planned Parenthood would realize.
“From CEO Cecile Richards down through
the ranks, it is clear that Planned Parenthood is
engaging in a system-wide enterprise of prof-
iting from the calculated destruction of human
life,” said Lila Rose about Planned Parenthood
executives. “First, Planned Parenthood sells an
abortion for several hundred to thousands of
dollars, ending the life of a helpless pre-born
child. Then Planned Parenthood seeks to maximize its profit by selling the baby’s remains.”
The selling of body parts is illegal in the
United States, but research facilities can pay
the donating organizations for the expenses of
shipping and handling. Pro-life advocates point
out that the wrangling over prices for particular
body parts, shown in the undercover investigative videos, proves that Planned Parenthood is
in blatant violation of the law.
None of these Planned Parenthood practices surprises Anthony Felicissimo, president
of the Yonkers-based Advocates of Life.
“Those who know about Planned Parenthood realize this scandal is just the latest of revelations about the inner workings of the organization,” he said. “Earlier investigations have
caught Planned Parenthood aiding and abetting
sex traffickers, covering up the sexual abuse of
children, scheduling sex-selective abortions,
promoting unhealthy and dangerous sexual advice to young people, accepting money to abort
black babies, falsely claiming they provide
mammogram testing, double-billing taxpayers
and providing medical misinformation on the
unborn child.”
Planned Parenthood operates approximately 700 facilities in the country. According
to the Susan B. Anthony List, located in Washington, D.C., Planned Parenthood’s latest annual report shows that the organization has more
than $1 billion in net assets. In 2014 alone, data
shows Planned Parenthood’s revenue exceeded
expenses by more than $90 million. That year
the government also provided more than $500
million of taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood.
Data also shows that since 1970, Planned
Parenthood has performed more than 6 million
abortions; in 2013 alone, it performed a record
357,653 abortions. While national abortion
rates have been consistently decreasing, the
abortion rate at Planned Parenthood facilities
has been consistently increasing.
When asked where women would go to
receive medical care if the government did defund Planned Parenthood, Felicissimo stated:
“There are plenty of excellent medical clinics
in the area which provide many of the same
services as Planned Parenthood (except abortion). Redirect taxpayer money to those clinics.
In addition, take the approximate $380,000 salary (including benefits and other compensation)
given to Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic’s
CEO Reina Schifrrin (the local Planned Parenthood affiliate, which includes 10 facilities), and
give that to worthy medical centers. Planned
Parenthood is not needed. Women and their
families deserve better.”
For more information, visit www.advocatesoflife.net, or “like” the organization on
Facebook.
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Mercedes-Benz of White Plains hosted
the sixth annual Savor and Support at the CV
Rich Mansion on Aug. 4 to benefit My Sisters’
Place. More than 200 guests attended this successful event, which raised more than $25,000.
Mercedes-Benz of White Plains has supported hundreds of local organizations through
various philanthropic efforts over the years.
However, My Sisters’ Place, a White Plains
based organization that provides education,
awareness and legal services to those suffering
from or at risk of domestic violence, has developed an excellent partnership with Mercedes
Benz of White Plains.
This after-work affair served to highlight
this partnership, as MSP awarded General
Manager Gary Turco with a plaque for five
years of outstanding service. “It has been a
pleasure getting to know this wonderful organization,” he said. “We are so lucky to be in
the position to support them and help them to
truly change the lives of so many people in our
community.”
Turco presented MSP with a $10,000
check and announced that Mercedes-Benz of
White Plains will donate $50 to MSP for every
new vehicle sold during the month of August,
and $1,000 for anyone who mentions MSP
when purchasing a car.
“We are deeply appreciative of our partnership with Mercedes-Benz of White Plains,”
said My Sisters’ Place CEO Karen CheeksLomax, Esq. “Savor and Support is now a
summer party staple driven by Gary Turco’s
commitment to stand with MSP and raise
awareness about and shed light on intimate
partner violence and human trafficking.”
The event featured a silent auction, raffle,
live music, massage lounge from Oasis Day
Spa, and a special vodka bar, which featured
Chazz and Gianna Palminteri’s new vodka,
Bivi. Sponsors of Savor and Support included
Hollywood Mom, Auto Trader, Revo Marketing, Edmunds, Titan Outdoor, Motor Trek,
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