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WESTCHESTER’S OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED NEWSPAPERS
Vol 10 Number 43
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Belmont-Walsh Rematch
For Harrison Mayor
Harrison Mayor Ron Belmont
Former Mayor Joan Walsh
By Dan Murphy
In most elections, it is the best interests
of the voters to have at least two candidates to
choose from when they go to the polls. But in
some cases, and especially in some local elections in Westchester County, a competitive
election isn’t necessary, and the hyper-partisan politics that we see in Washington, D.C.,
and in Albany, doesn’t work on the local level.
This year’s election for Harrison mayor-
supervisor is an example of a race that didn’t
need to happen. Incumbent Ron Belmont is
running for re-election after serving his first
two-year term, and is being challenged by
Democrat Joan Walsh, who served for many
years at town clerk and served one term as
mayor but lost to Belmont two years ago.
Democrats in Harrison were seriously
considering not running a challenger to BelContinued on Page 8
Westchester Readies for
First NY-NJ Super Bowl
Friday, October 25, 2013
A Missed Opportunity for
Westchester Democrats?
County Board of Legislators Chairman
Ken Jenkins
New Rochelle Mayor and county executive
candidate Noam Bramson
By Dan Murphy
One political dynamic in the race for
county executive that hasn’t been reported
or discussed is the about-face that Westchester Democrats took in the spring of this year
when making their choice to run for county
executive against Republican incumbent Rob
Astorino.
Two Democrats, County Board Chairman
Ken Jenkins and New Rochelle Mayor Noam
Bramson, sought the Democratic nomination
for county executive at the party’s convention
in May, with Bramson winning a majority of
Democratic district leaders and both candidates agreeing not to challenge the other in a
primary.
Before Bramson’s entry into the race, for
two years (2010-12) Jenkins was the most
prominent Democrat in Westchester County,
working with the Democratic majority on
the County Board to oppose Astorino on key
Democratic issues like opposing increases to
child care contributions for working families,
Continued on Page 8
Idoni and Murphy Face Off
In County Clerk’s Race
County Executive Robert Astorino and his son, Sean, with the Sleepy Hollow High School
cheerleaders.
By Dan Murphy
Westchester County will play a big role in the
first Super Bowl ever to come to the Metropolitan Region, on Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East
Rutherford, N.J. County Executive Robert Astorino kicked off the festivities by highlighting the
NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee’s “Join the
Huddle” Tour, which stopped at Sleepy Hollow
High School last week.
The “Join the Huddole” tour gives football
fans a chance to view the Vince Lombardi Trophy,
tour a locker room full of Giants and Jets memorabilia, test their skills on the practice field, and
master their touchdown dance. Presented by P.C.
Richard & Son, the first “Huddle Shuttle” is rolling across the region in anticipation of Super Bowl
XLVIII.
“Westchester is loving all the football action
of the Huddle Tour and we’re thrilled the big game
will be right in our backyard this year,” said Astorino. “From where to watch to where to stay, we
Continued on Page 10
County Clerk Tim Idoni
Somers Town Supervisor and county clerk
candidate Mary Beth Murphy
By Dan Murphy
Every four years, Westchester voters cast
their ballots for the “Big Three” offices –county
executive, district attorney and county clerk. To
date, the race for Westchester County Executive
this fall has consumed a great deal of the medias,
and the public’s attention, while District Attorney Janet DiFiore is running unopposed.
But the race for county clerk, between incumbent Democrat Tim Idoni and Republican
Mary Beth Murphy, who is the current supervisor in the Town of Somers, deserves all of our
focus.
Idoni, seeking his third four-year term as
county clerk, is running on his record of modContinued on Page 8
Empire City Casino Celebrates Completed $50 Million Expansion
County Executive Rob Astorino, center; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, second from left and Stewart-Cousins, fourth from right, join with Empire Casino President Tim Rooney Sr. and his family in cutting the ribbon to celebrate the completion of a $50 million casino expansion. Photo by Donna Davis.
By Dan Murphy
Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway
celebrated its completed $50 million expansion
last week. With a large crowd congratulating Tim
Rooney, president and CEO, on his continued success that has provided the City of Yonkers and
Westchester County with a powerful boost to the
local economy, while providing $1.8 billion for
State Education funding.
The expansion includes two new restaurants,
along with a craft cocktail lounge featuring retro
bowling lanes, 30,000 square feet of new gaming
space and an expansive new casino entrance.
“The talent that brought this project to fruition is world-renowned,” said Rooney. “We are
proud of our success to date and will work to en-
sure that Empire City continues its development as
a premier entertainment destination.”
Designed by STUDIO V of New York City,
the new architecture of Empire City is a drastic
departure from ordinary casino design. A dramatic
curved facade features more than 45 feet of frameless low iron glass in a 300-foot arc that creates a
backdrop to the entry canopy and a window onto
the interior of the casino.
Lining the walls of the 35,000-square-foot
gaming floor are images of the New York City
Skyline,
The two new restaurants encompass a large
portion of the additional 66,000-square-foot expansion. The innovative casual grill, pinch AmeriContinued on Page 9
PAGE 2 - HARRISON RISING - FRIdAy, OCTObER 25, 2013
UJA-Federation of NY’s Women’s
Eastchester, Tuckahoe and Bronxville
Philanthropy Learn Organization Skills
To Celebrate 350 Years in 2014
From left are (top row) Wendy Zoland, Elyse Karow, Joy Zelin, Nancy Kanterman, (bottom row)
Melanie Herz, Leslie Josel, Franne Weinberg, Michele Sloane, Martha Friedland, Romy Kirwin
and Missy Mehler. Photo by Arthur Jacobs.
The UJA-Federation of New York’s Larchmont-Mamaroneck Women’s Philanthropy recently hosted an event featuring professional organizer
Leslie Josel of Larchmont to kick off its 2014 Annual Campaign.
Josel launched Order Out of Chaos, an organizing consultancy business, in 2004 after her
son was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and other learning differences.
The women also learned about the vital work of
UJA-Federation and the Larchmont-Mamaroneck
community’s involvement in making it possible.
“It’s not just an exercise, it’s not just because
philanthropy is the right thing to do, it’s not only
because we want to teach our kids about (charity) – although all of that is true,” said area Chairwoman Nancy Kanterman of Mamaroneck. “We
do what we do because it matters. It really does.”
Learn Which Animals Get
A Bad Rap at Teatown
Some animals always get a bad rap –
they’re maligned and misunderstood. See how
animals like snakes, bats and spiders have a
positive role to play in their environment, during “It’s a Bad Rap,” on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 1
to 2 p.m. at Teatown Lake Reservation.
The event is free for members and $5 for
non-members. Programs fill quickly, so registrations are strongly recommended; call 914762-2912, ext. 110.
Pictured at Town Hall are, from left, Linda Doherty, Bronxville Historian Eloise Morgan, and
Robert Riggs.
The Town of Eastchester – including the villages of Tuckahoe and Bronxville – is having a
birthday party…a year-long one!
Kicking off in January 2014 and continuing
throughout the year, Eastchester’s 350th Anniversary Celebration will roll out lectures, educational programs for all students, a gala, a community
day, a super-size exhibit and a richly illustrated
history book. Residents and community organizations are invited to participate, to support the
celebration with contributions and to volunteer
their own family and institutional memories.
For more than two years, a Steering Committee, comprised of volunteers appointed by
the three communities, has been developing varied programs for the anniversary of the town’s
founding in 1664. As Co-Chairs Linda Doherty
and Robert Riggs emphasized, Eastchester’s
350th Anniversary Celebration aims to offer
first-time programs with a strong emphasis on
revealing the town’s special history not understood by many.
Throughout the 2013-14 school year, students in all three districts, as well as private and
parochial schools, will be challenged to discover
their local history and to produce research essays
and projects across the creative spectrum. To start
the new year, the three public libraries will promote a town-wide reading and discussion of “97
Orchard,” a book focused on the social history of
our immigrant past.
Later in the spring, a gala party will be held
at Siwanoy and a community fun-filled day at
Lake Isle will lead up to the June 24 “birthday”
date. A large-scale exhibit of town residents’ legacies and structural landmarks will be displayed
at Concordia College’s OSilas Gallery in the fall.
The year will conclude with the publication
of a first volume – a hard-cover, well-researched
and richly illustrated history titled “Out of the
Wilderness: The Emergence of Eastchester,
Tuckahoe and Bronxville, 1664-2014.”
“Eastchester represents a microcosm of the
country’s development from a colonial farming settlement to immigrants arriving to work
the famed marble quarries and, then, to an increasingly suburban community as the railroads
pushed northward,” remarked Riggs. “Its citizens
have experienced all of the country’s history –
economic successes and struggles, population
growth, times of war and peace. Indeed, the
Revolutionary War was fought on its soil. This is
super-local American history!”
If the Steering Committee for the 350th Anniversary Celebration, Inc., has its way, current
residents will end the year with a greater understanding of this heritage and, hopefully, an appreciation of their own roots in town. A website
will soon be launched that will unveil the treasure
trove of Eastchester’s original founding documents, vintage and modern photographs and other images, such as maps, etchings and paintings.
It will invite contributions of family memories
and organizational histories.
“This celebration is a link to the efforts of
prior generations to preserve and make accessible
our historical records,” said Town Clerk Linda
Doherty. “In 1964, at the time of the 300th Anniversary, Eastchester Historical Society volunteers
Harriet Bianchi and Phyllis Knowles presented
the town with 10 volumes of transcriptions of the
earliest 17th and 18th century recordings of the
community’s founders. Because of these ladies,
we are now able to present clear evidence on our
website and in print version that Eastchester was
a participant in our nation’s founding, that some
very unique people have lived here and that 2014
will be a special celebratory year.”
In addition to Doherty and Riggs, the Steering Committee is comprised of Patty Dohrenwend, Joe Dooley, Mike Fix, Annmarie Flannery,
Dick Forliano, Sheila Marcotte, Eloise Morgan,
Les Vaccaro, Nancy Vittorini, Robert Wein and
Phil White. This small group has been supported
by a growing network of more than three dozen
town volunteers. Both long-term residents and
newcomers are serving on various committees.
All residents are welcome to assist with the
various projects and programs and lend their special talents and input; all local organizations are
encouraged to keep the town’s birthday in mind
when planning their own events.
Residents may contact individual Steering
Committee members or email Eastchester350@
eastchester.org.
Contributions to Eastchester 350th Anniversary, Inc., are tax deductible, since the group is a
501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. Checks may be
mailed to Eastchester 350th Anniversary, Inc., 40
Mill Road, Eastchester, NY 10709.
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First Muslim Appointed to County’s Human Rights Commission
Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino, center, with Sonia Chinn on his right, who is the ﬁrst Muslim to be appointed to the county’s Human Rights Commission, and her students
from the Andalusia School in Yonkers.
Sonia Chinn has been named to the Human
Rights Commission, being the first Muslim to
be appointed to the commission since it was established in 1999, announced County Executive
Robert Astorino last week.
“Westchester is a diverse community where
discrimination is not tolerated and dignity and
respect for all is a basic human right,” said Astorino. “Sonia is dedicated to these principles and
will defend them as our newest member of the
Human Rights Commission team.”
Chinn, who teaches social studies at the An-
dalusia School in Yonkers, earned her graduate
degree from Harvard University and is currently
pursuing a doctorate at Columbia University.
She is fluent in Russian.
A lifelong advocate for social justice, Chinn
worked with the Cultural Survival Organization
in South America and Russia to help indigenous
people defend their lands, languages and cultures.
“I feel honored to be the first Muslim appointed to the Human Rights Commission,” said
Chinn. “I look forward to reaching out not only
Archbishop Stepinac H.S.
Open House is Oct. 27
Stepinac High School will hold its fall open
house Sunday, Oct. 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 950
Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, when parents
and prospective students are invited to attend one
of the three scheduled presentation and tour sessions to learn more about the school’s academic
programs, including its new digital textbook library, as well as its sports and extra-curricular
activities.
As the nation’s first high school to have a
digital textbook library, innovative technology
will be the focus of the event. Recently, the school
has gained national attention for its digital textbook library; its 1,700-square-foot, state-of-the-
art technology center; as well its integrated use of
technology as a wireless campus.
With sessions at 1, 2 and 3 p.m., the open
house will feature a welcome from school officials
followed by presentations and school tours led by
current high school students, and displays in the
gymnasium with the use of tablets and laptops.
The event will conclude in the gymnasium where
teachers, coaches and students will be on hand to
provide information on various course offerings,
sports teams, clubs and other school activities.
For more information, contact Patsy Manganelli at 914-946-4800, ext. 263, or admissions@
stepinac.org.
to the Muslim community, but to all communities in Westchester to educate and advance equality and justice. When you promote human rights
education, you prevent human rights violations.”
Chinn will sit as one of 15 members of the
county’s Human Rights Commission. Among
other responsibilities, she will review cases involving allegations of discrimination and attend
a monthly meeting of the commission, which is
charged with enforcement of Westchester County’s Human Rights Law and Fair Housing Law.
The commission conducts education and
outreach to inform the community of its rights
and obligations under the county’s discrimination laws and promotes the furtherance of human
rights in employment, housing, public accommodation, schools, credit and any other area.
Earlier this year, the county entered into a
shared services agreement with the City of Yonkers, under which the commission maintains a
satellite office at Yonkers City Hall. This is an
arrangement that is projected to save the city
more than $150,000 annually, according to Astorino.
Town of Mamaroneck Holds
Leaf & Organic Waste Collection
From Oct. 28 through Dec. 20, the Mamaroneck Highway Department will collect fall
leaves, which are to be placed in piles on the curb
(not in the street) for pickup. Leaves may also be
put into biodegradable paper bags.
Depending on weather conditions, leaves
will be collected from each street every two to
two and a half weeks. Do not mix branches, logs
or brush with the leaves, as these will not be collected.
The Larchmont-Mamaroneck Joint Sanitation Commission will not collect organic waste
after Oct. 31. After this date, all organic waste
except fall leaves must be taken to the Maxwell
Avenue Recycling Center.
Current New York State and Westchester
County Solid Waste regulations prohibit mixing
organic waste with household waste. Organic
waste includes leaves, grass clippings plant trimmings, branches and twigs. Branches and twigs
cannot be longer than four feet and no more than
four inches in diameter; they must be bundled and
tied or put into biodegradable brown paper bags.
Plastic bags are prohibited.
Non-contaminated garbage cans weighing
no more than 60 pounds are also acceptable.
Failure to comply with these requirements
is in violation of town code and will subject the
homeowner to fines. For more information, call
the highway department at 914-381-7825.
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
We write in support of the re-election of
Justice Daniel Angiolillo to the New York State
Supreme Court for the Appellate Division of the
Second Department.
Justice Angiolillo has lived in Westchester
County for the past 55 years. He is a former assistant district attorney who has served as a Westchester County Court judge, and, for the past 14
years, as an elected justice of the Supreme Court
of New York. Gov. George Pataki appointed Justice Angiolillo to the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court in 2006, and Gov. David Paterson
appointed him as constitutional associate justice
to the Appellate Division in 2010.
Justice Angiolillo has been an exemplary jurist, respected by attorneys in all practices of law
for his integrity, intelligence, compassion, sensitivity and judicial temperament. His lucid and
well-reasoned judicial opinions have been cited
and relied upon by lawyers, law professors, appellate courts and by the Court of Appeals, the
highest court of New York. Justice Angiolillo is a
thoughtful, intelligent and fair jurist whose commitment to justice is unquestioned.
It should also not be overlooked that, just
this year, the Independent Judicial Election
Qualification Commission of the State of New
York Appellate Division rated Justice Angiolillo
“highly qualified” for his re-election, which is the
highest rating issued by the IJEQC, which also
rates judicial candidates as “qualified” or “not
qualified.” And the PACE University School of
law has thought so highly of Justice Angiolillo’s
service that it has awarded him its Distinguished
Service Award.
But despite his stellar judicial resume and
excellent personal attributes, Justice Angiolillo
faces a difficult re-election this year. The demo-
graphics of his five-county Ninth Judicial District
(all of Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange
and Dutchess counties) are decidedly not in his
favor and many may vote the party line without
considering the extraordinary achievements of
Justice Angiolillo.
It is essential that the citizens of the Ninth
Judicial District understand how important it is
to maintain high-quality appellate jurists on our
state’s intermediate appellate courts. As a practical matter, the Appellate Division for the Second
Department is the court of last resort for all people in the Ninth Judicial District. Justice Angiolillo has a proven record of excellence on a court
we characterize as the nation’s busiest appellate
court.
During his many years on the Appellate Division, he has gained unique experience and wisdom which benefits citizens in the Ninth Judicial
District. It is important that voters become aware
of how important it is to retain highly qualified
appellate jurists such as Justice Angiolillo.
On Nov. 5, we hope that voters in the Ninth
Judicial District vote not on a party line, but for
the most qualified candidates. Our hope is particularly applicable to appellate jurists. We have collectively known Justice Angiolillo for almost 100
years. We are familiar with his record and think
highly of his judicial accomplishments. We know
his primary goal is the speedy and fair dispensation of justice for all.
We urge you to re-elect Justice Daniel D. Angiolillo to the New York State Supreme Court for
the Appellate Division, Second Department.
Jay Carlisle, II
Bennett Gershman
Randolph McLaughlin
Merril Sobie
PAGE University School of Law professors
Dear Editor:
I am writing regarding the upcoming election for county executive; I believe there has
never been a clearer choice in an election.
The ultimate concern of every single Westchester County resident is the property tax level.
We continue to lead the nation with one of the
highest property tax burdens; however, for the
first time in my memory, I actually witnessed
my property tax bill decrease.
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino was able to reduce the county portion of the
property tax bill by 2 percent. While that may
not seem like a significant amount, it is none-
theless nothing short of a miracle in Westchester
County.
Finally, a politician has stood up for the
residents he represents and refuses to take the
easy way out and use taxpayers to balance outof-control budgets. County Executive Astorino
should be commended for his stance and for actually reducing property taxes over the past four
years.
But more than commendation, he should be
re-elected so that he can help further reduce taxes and remove Westchester from lists of counties
with the highest property tax burdens.
Lisa Molloy
Dear Editor:
In his television ad titled “We Care,” county executive candidate Noam Bramson lays out
an abridged version of his vision of the future
for Westchester County’s children; the only
problem is that his future is one of inconsistency and danger.
In his ad, Bramson says he is a proponent
of “a woman’s right to choose” (read: abortion), and stronger “gun safety laws,” and then
has the nerve to say that this is the Westchester
he wants for our children!
I’m sorry, but those two viewpoints show
that Bramson doesn’t care about our children the way he claims he does. Please, Mr.
Bramson, tell me: How in the world does abortion (or a mother’s “right” to choose abortion)
benefit children in any way at all?
Short answer: It doesn’t. Abortion, by definition, is the killing of a child in the womb; and
even if you don’t think that the life being destroyed by abortion is a child, there is no way
the destruction of “a blob of cells” benefits the
children of Westchester.
In fact, the only conceivable way Bramson
could claim that a woman’s right to choose an
abortion benefits children, is to believe that the
life inside the womb IS a child, and that killing
it would bring economic and social harmony to
our county’s families; and that, simply put, is
one of the most inhumane positions one could
hold.
So how bout it, Mr. Bramson? I challenge
you to explain to the voters how a mother’s
“right” to an abortion in any way possible
would make a better future for Westchester’s
children.
But Bramson’s inconsistencies were not
finished with abortion. Bramson also cites his
support for “stronger gun safety laws,” which
he thinks somehow would provide for a better
future for our kids.
Again, the problem is that this position is
totally antithetical to a safer future. Take, for
example, Chicago: the Windy City is one of
the strictest cities in the nation when it comes
to “gun safety laws,” and yet, according to the
FBI, it is now the murder capital of the United
States!
It’s staggering to think about; Chicago,
despite its extremely strict gun laws, now has
more murders in it than does New York City.
But even if you want to put Chicago aside,
just take the cases of Aurora, Sandy Hook and
the D.C. Navy shooting; Both Sandy Hook and
the Navy Yard are what is known as “gun-free
zones,” and the theater in Colorado likewise is
a “no gun’s allowed” business. It was in these
areas of strict gun protection laws and rules that
three of the most deadly shootings in recent
memory took place.
And why do you think that is? Simply put,
Mr. Bramson, it is because the “gun safety”
laws do nothing to stop criminals from obtaining guns and using them on their victims, but
rather, puts others in harm’s way because they
can’t protect themselves from the criminals.
Is that the future you want for Westchester’s kids, Mr. Bramson? Really? Because the
children at Sandy Hook were murdered, not
because gun laws were too loose, but because a
psychopath walked into a place where the children’s caretakers and teachers were not legally
allowed to carry the very thing that would have
ended the massacre the soonest.
If the laws allowed properly-trained teachers and principals to carry firearms, those
Sandy Hook children would most likely still
be alive today; but instead, laws like the ones
Noam Bramson advocates, prevented their adequate protection.
Now, I’m not saying that Bramson has
blood on his hands or anything (although he’d
gladly imply that Astorino does), but what I am
saying is that advocating for gun laws that only
help the criminal certainly does nothing to keep
our children safe.
This is the main problem with Noam
Bramson; he says he has a future in mind for
Westchester’s children, and then goes on to explain a future that promotes policies that would
do nothing but put our kids in danger. If abortion and “stricter gun safety laws” are part of
the future Bramson wants for our kids, then we
as residents of Westchester should want no part
in that future.
When it is time to cast your vote for County Executive in Westchester, the choice is clear:
Vote “yes” for Rob Astorino, and say “no” to
Noam.
Aaron Reale
Harrison
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Kurt Coble with his robot orchestra.
The P.A.M. Band robot orchestra will provide live accompaniment to the 1925 silent film
classic “Phantom of the Opera” on Friday, Nov.
1 and Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. at St. John’s
Lutheran Church, on the corner of Fenimore and
Cortlandt in Mamaroneck. The program is free
and open to the public.
The multi-media extravaganza will feature
an original music score by violinist/composer
Kurt Coble, inventor of the P.A.M. Band ensemble of robotic musicians that play drums, guitars,
violins, an electric bass and a theremin.
In 2012, this program was commissioned
by a grant from the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade,
to present the robotic musicians in 10 different
cultural centers across Serbia. Coble will demonstrate how the P.A.M. Band’s robots work and
will play musical selections that he has composed for them; the movie will follow.
Coble will also introduce “The Tesla Instrument Family,” instruments designed to allow
children with developmental challenges to make
music. A set of Tesla instruments has been installed at the Melan Petrovic School in Novi Sad
for research purposes.
Coble recently partnered with the Mercy
College Enactus Team to introduce his Tesla instruments in the U.S. Together they have been
working the SPARC Organization developing a
music therapy program.
Coble was a 2010 recipient of a Westchester
Arts Alive Project Grant. He is a member of the
orchestra for Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s “Phantom
of the Opera” on Broadway.
‘Bimah To Broadway’
Concert is October 26
Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and
Emanuel will sponsor a special benefit concert,
featuring six noted cantors performing an assortment of Broadway show music and selected liturgical melodies Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. at 2
Ogden Road, Scarsdale.
Tickets to the event, sponsored by the Synagogue’s Hershaft Music Fund, are $18 in advance
and $23 at the door, with proceeds going to the
Westchester Jewish Community Services’ Partners
in Caring initiative. Through this initiative, social
workers provide a range of support groups, including counseling and educational programs to meet
the needs of congregants, members and staff at
Westchester’s synagogues and Jewish community
centers.
This is not a religious event, and all members
of the community are welcome to attend.
For more information or to order tickets, call
914-725-5175, or email Teresa LaGreca at office@
sstte.org.
The six cantors, all well-regarded for their
command of both secular and religious repertoires,
include Chanin Becker of Scarsdale Synagogue;
Gerald Cohen of Shaarei Tikvah, Scarsdale; Leigh
Korn of Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, Ca.; Benjie Ellen Schiller of Bet Am Shalom, White Plains;
Amanda Kleinman, an intern at Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale; and Rachel Harrison
Rhodes, an intern at Bet Am Shalom, White Plains.
Musical accompaniment will be provided by
Eric Trudel, an international concert pianist and
recording artist.
“We all look forward to singing an exciting
and varied group of melodies, with lots of old favorites and some new music – both secular and
liturgical – that we hope will lift spirits and put a
song in the hearts of everyone who attends,” said
Becker. “It should be a fun and very worthwhile
evening, especially because it will also benefit
people in the Westchester community who need
help in coping with the challenges of our increasingly complex society.”
New Rochelle Opera Offers
‘The French Connection’
As part of the City of New Rochelle’s yearlong celebration to honor “all whose rich traditions and cultures have contributed to our rise
as a dynamic and vital suburban city,” New Rochelle Opera will present “The French Connection,” its second concert celebrating the city’s
325th anniversary.
The concert will be held Oct. 27 at 3 p.m.
at the Ossie Davis Theater at the New Rochelle
Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle.
The concert will feature soprano Kelli Butler, mezzo-soprano Sara Petrocelli, tenor Joshua
Benevento and baritone Chad Armstrong. The
singers will be accompanied by Renee Guerrero,
and NRO Artistic Director Camille Coppola will
narrate the program.
Arias from popular French operas such as
“Carmen,” “Faust,” “Lakme,” “Tales of Hoff-
man,” and more will be performed.
Reservations for the event are not necessary, and donations will be accepted at the door.
For more information, call 914-576-0365
or visit www.nropera.org.
New Rochelle Opera Company was formed
for the purpose of presenting imaginative and
appealing operatic productions to the Westchester community. It serves to create a deeper understanding and appreciation of live opera, and
make it accessible and affordable to a diverse
audience. The company presents the art form in
various capacities – fully staged performances,
concert, school programs, workshops and demonstrations – engaging aspiring young artists as
well as experienced professionals.
For more information, go to www.nropera.
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Four Westchester Mayors Endorse
Bramson for County Executive
Mayor MIke Spano, at the podium, and White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, right, recently endorsed Noam Bramson for county executive. Photo by Donna Davis.
New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson was
endorsed by fellow Mayors Mike Spano, Tom
Roach, Mary Foster and Ernie Davis during an
Oct. 15 press conference in Yonkers. With the
endorsements, Bramson has now been endorsed
by the mayors of every urban center in the county, collectively representing nearly half of Westchester’s population.
“I’m proud to endorse Noam Bramson
as Westchester’s next county executive,” said
Yonkers Mayor Spano. “Noam understands the
issues we face here in Yonkers and across the
county, and he knows that creating jobs is our
number-one priority.”
White Plains Mayor Roach said Bramson
understands the needs of Westchester’s urban
centers and the challenges of governing a city.
“As a mayor himself, Noam knows firsthand how important smart growth, public safety
and parks are to our communities,” said Roach.
“He has governed successfully through challenging times. As county executive, Noam will
bring this front-line experience to the county
level.”
“As a fellow mayor of one of Westchester’s cities, Noam understands the challenges I
and other mayors across the county are facing,”
added Peekskill Mayor Foster. “One of my top
priorities as mayor has been to work to revitalize our downtown and create jobs. I know Noam
has faced similar challenges in New Rochelle –
that gives him an important understanding of the
constructive role that the county can play in improving our economy. I look forward to working
with Noam to continue attracting businesses and
jobs to our main streets and downtowns.”
Mt. Vernon Mayor Davis also voiced his
support for Bramson.
“It’s vital that we attract jobs to Mount
Vernon and other cities where they are desperately needed,” he said. “Westchester County can
play a vital role in attracting new businesses to
downtowns like Mount Vernon. Our citizens
need active help from the county to let them
hold onto those jobs once they get them. So let
me be clear that although as mayor of the City of
Mount Vernon I take pictures with many people,
I endorse and wholeheartedly support the candidacy of Noam Bramson.”
A flier currently being circulated in Mount
Vernon by the Astorino campaign includes Davis pictured above a caption reading: “Endorsed
by top Mount Vernon community leaders.” Copies of the flier will be made available upon request.
“Together, we understand through direct
experience what it takes to attract private investment, create jobs and grow a local economy,
so that businesses and residents can succeed,”
said Bramson. “It takes good planning and active leadership, and it’s not getting done by this
county administration today.”
Is New Rochelle
Deluding its Youth?
By Peggy Godfrey
Democratic district leaders and some minorities expressed support for the Echo Bay
project at Citizens to be Heard on Oct. 8, where
youth expressed hope for jobs in the area. Putting our youth and unemployed adults to work
is a daunting challenge and a worthy goal, but
dangling this project far in the future for jobs is
not justified.
The young people who spoke are looking
forward to obtaining jobs either with the construction of Forest City’s Echo Bay Project or
the eventual retail jobs in the Echo Bay stores.
Do they understand how few jobs will be created
by this 25,000 square feet of retail space or how
low the typical retail salary is?
Robert Cox, editor of “Talk of the Sound,”
was watching these youth speak on television
and rushed to City Hall to express his dismay
that the City of New Rochelle had not lived up
to its obligations of a 15-year-old resolution that
the city is supposed to help these young people
qualify to enter the workforce.
Councilman Jared Rice represents this minority district and noted in his recent Newsletter
that the 14 youths had graduated from this New
York Youth Works program in December and
that their “skills” were integrated into the New
Rochelle Heritage Homes Development.
While 15 people spoke in favor of the Echo
Bay development at the Oct. 8 event, nine were
related to the New Ro Works program and some
of these may have been graduates of the program. At the end of Citizens to be Heard, Rice
said Forest City has agreed to make $50,000 of
the Echo Bay project available for graduates of
the New Ro program.
Joyce Furfero, co-chairwoman of the New
Rochelle Confederation of Neighborhood Associations, explained that if the five young people
who spoke about coming out of the New Ro
Works program get jobs on Echo Bay, that equals
$10,000 per youth ($50,000 divided by five.) If
these youth work 40-hour weeks, that will equal
25 weeks, which is not even enough to collect
unemployment when the Forest City job ends.
“The $50,000 is not even for jobs. It is for
more ‘training,’” said Furfero. “So, these youths
will certainly not be eligible to collect unemployment compensation at the end.”
Edgar Allan Poe to Visit
Larchmont Public Library
The real Edgar Allan Poe died in 1849 and
while the Larchmont Public Library is not in
the business of raising the dead, visitors will
swear that the man himself has returned from
the grave during a 7 p.m. event Monday, Oct.
28. He’ll scare the wits out of folks by reading
his most famous – or infamous – works right
in the midst of the Larchmont Public Library.
Frank Connelly, a reference librarian, is
set to channel the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe
through a public performance of Poe’s works,
set to include “The Cask of Amontillado,”
“The Masque of the Red Death,” “The TellTale Heart” and “The Raven.”
Connelly had originally been scheduled
to allow Poe’s spirit to inhabit his countenance
at this time last year, but instead the late Mr.
Poe thought we would all be better off with a
wee bit of storm called Sandy. Never one to
shy away from a challenge, Connelly will once
again don his frock coat and present himself as
the conduit for one of the most famous writers
of the macabre the world has ever known.
With just a bit of luck, and if Poe’s spirit is
in a good mood, perhaps the performance will
come off without the visitation of a natural disaster.
There are many uncanny similarities between Edgar Allan Poe and Frank Connelly
that defy logic and understanding: Consider
that Poe was born in Boston; Connelly wears
Bostonian footwear. Poe lived and died in Baltimore, Md.; Connelly claims to have never
known anyone named Mary from Baltimore
and couldn’t care less if she owned land.
Poe never actually owned a raven, although
through his works he claims to have been visited by one; Connelly once owned a parakeet
name Bernard who never uttered a word of
English and because of this he swore that he
would own another parakeet “nevermore.” Poe
was born the same year as Abraham Lincoln;
Connelly was not.
This is the stuff of mystery that should
serve to beckon everyone to come do something this Halloween season that is truly
unique. There is no other place in Westchester
County that will present such a performance
for Halloween; Frank Connelly as Edgar Allan
Poe is simply not to be missed.
For additional information about this or
any other program presented at the Larchmont
Public Library, call 914-834-2281 or visit
www.larchmontlibrary.org.
County Board 6th District:
Gelfarb Versus Jaffe
County Legislator David Gelfarb
Mark Jaffe
By Chris Eberhart
With all 17 seats on the Westchester
County Board of Legislators up for election
Nov. 5, the question that voters will answer
next month is: Will Democrats maintain their
current 10-7 majority for the next two years?
One important County Board race is in
the Sixth District, which includes Harrison,
Portchester and the Village of Rye Brook,
with Republican incumbent Legislator David
Gelfarb challenged by Democrat Mark Jaffe.
Gelfarb and Jaffe participated in a League
of Women Voters debate Oct. 17 at the Veteran’s Memorial Building in Harrison, where
they discussed property taxes, exclusionary
zoning and Playland.
Both candidates agreed that the biggest
concern for District Six voters is the high
property taxes, which was a question asked by
the audience. “People are very scared about
being taxed out of their home,” Gelfarb said
before the debate began. “People want to raise
their families here, seniors want to stay in their
homes, and we all want young people to move
into the community.”
Gelfarb admitted that lowering taxes has
become more and more of a challenge for
Westchester, as state-mandated spending such
as pensions and health insurance continues to
rise, and he stressed that he has spent the past
two years working toward easing the tax burden through monitoring spending and promoting economic growth.
“The way to keep taxes flat is two-fold:
watch how you spend money and promote
economic growth,” he said. “Economic
growth is a way to keep taxes flat because the
more taxpayers we have the, more people we
have moving into our community (and) the
more businesses we have moving into our
community, the more we will have the ability
to keep taxes flat. That’s why I’m very happy
that Pepsi is staying in purchase. And I’m very
Continued on Page 8
Zuber Riders Urge Former President
Clinton to End Support of Bramson
New Rochelle Lincoln Zuber Riders for
Justice, a local organization made up of prominent African-American and Latino leaders, is
calling on former President Bill Clinton to cancel a scheduled appearance at a fundraiser for
New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson.
Clinton has enjoyed a longstanding relationship with the black community, going so far
as to essentially apologize, on behalf of the entire country, for its role in slavery and the slave
trade. Albeit, Clinton was not responsible for
the actions of this country at that time, he saw it
fit to acknowledge the wrongs of the past.
Despite this laudable record, he will soon
host a fundraiser for Westchester County Executive Candidate Noam Bramson.
“As mayor and city councilman, Bramson
has voted to destroy the black district in New
Rochelle, supported a plan to remove blacks
from public housing and locked out the president of the New Rochelle NAACP from the
historic Lincoln Park,” said Mark McLean,
spokesperson for the Zuber Riders.
“We call on President Clinton to cancel his
fundraiser for Noam Bramson,” he continued.
“Noam is not deserving of the honor of standing with a real leader that respects the black
community…Our organization continues to call
on Noam Bramson to apologize for his hostility toward blacks and is offering a $500 reward
to anyone who can get Bramson to apologize
for his shoddy treatment of minorities in New
Rochelle.”
In addition to examples cited in an advertisement sponsored by the Zuber Riders, which
ran in several area newspapers but was banned
by the Journal News, the Zuber Riders has re-
cently uncovered more information demonstrating Bramson’s hostility toward blacks, going
back to his days growing up in New Rochelle
and while in college.
In a 1987, New York Times article,
Bramson described a segregated high school
experience where he associated almost entirely
with white students in honors classes, isolated
from black students, who Bramson described as
“hanging out” in “their” classes and eating in a
segregated “lower” lunchroom.
Continuing his “pattern of disrespect” only
two years after leaving high school, as vice
chair of the Harvard Student Council, Bramson
led the fight to defund an African student association.
According to Bramson, as quoted in the
Harvard Crimson, the African student association was not making “great enough efforts” to
meet Bramson’s prior conditions for funding
the group. However, Bramson was overruled by
the Student Council, which voted to continue
funding over Bramson’s objections.
“Black people know Bill Clinton – and
Noam Bramson is no Bill Clinton; Noam’s track
record in the black community has been detrimental,” said McLean.
New Rochelle Lincoln Zuber Riders for
Justice is an organization of committed community leaders who are dedicated to honoring
the memory of Paul Zuber and ensuring that all
Westchester County residents are aware that the
struggle for civil rights in New Rochelle are always persistent and never forgotten. Zuber was
an attorney for the Lincoln school children in
New Rochelle. He successfully fought for integration of New Rochelle’s school district.
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Westchester County Nature Center
Events in October and November
The Westchester County Nature Center will
hold a number of activities the weekends of Oct.
26 and 27, and Nov. 2 and 3.
A fall foliage walk will take place Saturday,
Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. at Lenoir Preserve on Dudley
Street in Yonkers. Participants will observe the
changing landscape at the preserve.
For more information, call 914-968-5851.
Then, Friends of Trailside will hold its annual meeting at noon at the Trailside Nature Museum at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Cross
River. All members and prospective members are
welcome to attend.
A “Halloween Hoopla” will also take place
the same day from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Cranberry
Lake Preserve on Old Orchard Street in north
White Plains. Wear a costume for a candy hunt,
and enjoy Halloween crafts and refreshments.
The cost is $7 per child, and pre-registration
is required; call 914-428-1005.
“Dig-a-Tree” will take place both Saturday
and Sunday, Oct. 26 and 27 from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. at the Marshlands Conservancy on Route 1
(Boston Post Road) in Rye. Participants should
bring work gloves and remove saplings from the
meadow to take home.
“Tracking and the Art of Seeing” will take
place Saturday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m. at the Lenoir
Preserve on Dudley Street in Yonkers. Take a hike
to sharpen your observation skills and look for
signs of wildlife.
Also, a “naturalist’s choice hike” will take
place at 10 a.m. at the Trailside Nature Museum
at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Cross River. Seasonal climate and weather will determine
where this hike will lead.
The annual Fall Festival will take place the
same day from noon to 5 p.m. at the Edith G.
Read Wildlife Sanctuary at Playland Park in Rye.
Enjoy a birds of prey demonstration, storytelling,
pumpkin patch, live music and activities for kids.
The cost is $10 for adults and $5 children; the
event is co-sponsored by Friends of Read Wildlife Sanctuary.
Lastly, view fall colors t the Marshlands
Conservancy on Route 1 (Boston Post Road) in
Rye, on Nov. 2 during a 2 p.m. hike. For more
information, call 914-835-4466.
On Sunday, Nov. 3, a fall “seining in the
marsh” will take place at 2 p.m. at the Marshlands
Conservancy. View the marine life of Long Island
Sound up close using a seine net. For more information, call 914-835-4466.
To learn about additional upcoming events,
go to www.westchestergov.com/parks or call 914864-PARK.
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75 Tax Foreclosed Properties Sell to the Highest Bidder.
Single & Multi-Family Homes, Prime Commercial Properties, Land & Large Acreage Lots.
EVERYTHING WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER (No Reserves)
Saturday, October 26, 2013 11:00 AM
Registration: 9:30 AM Auction Day.
Location: Schenectady County Community College, Carl B. Taylor Auditorium,
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Notice of formation of Mantuelle LLC. Arts. of Org filed
with the Sect’y of State of NY
(SSNY) on August 20, 2013.
Office location: Westchester. The street address is 81
Cottonwood Lane, Briarcliff
Manor, NY 10510. SSNY
shall mail process served to:
Mantuelle LLC, 80 Cottonwood Lane, Briarcliff Manor,
NY 10510. Purpose: any
lawful act.
#6455 9/13 – 10/25
Notice of formation of Tina’s
Party Supplies & Rentals,
LLC. Arts. of Org filed with
the Sect’y of State of NY
(SSNY) on June 21, 2013.
Office location: Westchester.
The street address is 600
Mamaroneck Avenue, Ste.
400, Harrison, NY, 10528.
SSNY shall mail process
served to: Tina’s Party Supplies & Rentals, LLC, 600
Mamaroneck Avenue, Ste.
400, Harrison, NY, 10528.
Purpose: any lawful act.
#6456 9/13 – 10/25
Notice of formation of CLEAN
HOME, LLC Arts. Of Org.
filed with the Sect’y of State
of NY (SSNY) on 5/29/13.
Office location: Westchester
County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY
shall mail process served
to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th
Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any
lawful act.
#6457 9/13 – 10/25
Notice of formation of American Rational Coaching LLC.
Arts. Of Org. filed with the
Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY)
on 09/05/2013. Office location: Westchester County.
The street address is: 123
Mamaroneck Ave Unit 312,
Mamaroneck, NY 10543.
SSNY has been designated
as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
process served to: I G Sam
Hayek, 123 Mamaroneck
Ave Unit 312, Mamaroneck,
NY 10543. Purpose: any
lawful act or activity.
# 6458 9/27/13 – 11/01/13
Notice of formation of a limited liability company (LLC):
Cognitive and Social Solutions, LLC, filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY)
on 9/16/13. Office location:
Westchester County. SSNY
designated as agent of Cognitive and Social Solutions,
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of
any process to: Cognitive
and Social Solutions, LLC,
15 Bronxville Road, #1G,
Bronxville, NY 10708, Attention: Janet Wetherbee.
Dissolution date: None. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
Notice of formation of a domestic Professional Limited
Liability Company (PLLC).
Name: Gen Ohkawa DDS
PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the
Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 09/03/2013. Office location: Westchester
County. SSNY is designated
as agent of the PLLC upon
whom process against the
PLLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of process
to: Gen Ohkawa DDS PLLC,
Attn: Gen Ohkawa, 133-47
Sanford Ave #5D, Flushing,
NY 11355. Purpose: Practice
of Dentistry
#6464 10/18 - 11/22
# 6460 10/4 - 11/08
#6459 9/27 - 11/01
Notice of formation of LAS
Country Properties Arts. Of
Org. filed with the Sect’y of
State of NY (SSNY) on June
20, 2013. Office location:
Westchester. The street address is: 3 Alden Place #3A,
Bronxville. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the
LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process
served to: Laura A. Szeliga,
3 Alden Place #3A, Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose:
any lawful act.
#6462 10/4 - 11/08
Notice of formation of East
West Home LLC Arts. Of
Org. filed with the Sect’y
of State of NY (SSNY) on
09/09/2013. Office location:
Westchester. The street address is: 230 Croton Ave,
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567.
process served to: United
States Corporation Agents,
Inc., 7014 13th Avenue,
Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY
11228. Purpose: any lawful
act.
# 6463 10/11 – 11/15
#6461 10/4/13 – 11-8/13
Notice of formation of NAME
OF LLC A. V. Plumbing and
Heating Arts. Of Org. filed
(SSNY) on DATE 10/1/13.
Office location: County of
Westchester. The street address is: ADDRESS P.O. Box
136 Thornwood, NY 10594.
process served to: NAME Arthur VonHagen, ADDRESS
32 Hyatt Ave Yonkers NY
10704. Purpose: any lawful
act.
Notice of formation of a limited liability company (LLC):
Betwixt, LLC, filed with the
Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 7/12/13.
Office location: Westchester
County. SSNY designated
as agent of Betwixt, LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of any
process to: Betwixt, LLC, 1
Beverly Place, Larchmont,
NY, 10538. Dissolution date:
None. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose.
Meade Engineering, PLLC
has filed articles of organization with the Secretary of
State of NYS on 09/30/2013.
The offices of this company
are located in Dutchess
County, NY. The Secretary
of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom
process against it may be
served.
The address to
which the Secretary of State
shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon
him or her is 28 Merrywood
Road, Wappingers Falls,
New York, 12590. The company is organized to conduct any lawful business for
which limited liability companies may be organized.
Notice of formation of ORDINARY SPORTS LLC Arts.
Of Org. filed with the Sect’y
Westchester. The street address is: 171 Pearsall Drive,
Mount Vernon 10552-3929.
process served to: Ordinary
Sports LLC, 171 Pearsall
Drive, Mount Vernon 105523929. Purpose: any lawful
act.
#646610/25/13-11/29/13
#6465 10/25/13-11/29/13
Notice of formation of RJAA&A Construction Management LLC Arts. Of Org. filed
(SSNY) on 8/22/2013. Office location: Westchester.
The street address is: 636
N. Terrace Avenue, Apt 5A,
Mount Vernon, NY, 10552.
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process served to: 636
N. Terrace Avenue, Apt 5A,
Mount Vernon, NY, 10552.
Notice of formation of Rich
Street Realty LLC Arts. Of
Org. filed with the Sect’y
Westchester County. The
street address is: 3 Tibbetts
Road Yonkers NY 10705.
process served to: United
States Corporation Agents,
Inc., 7014 13th Ave Suite
202, Brooklyn NY 11228.
#6467 10/25/13-11/29/13
#6468 10/25/13-11/29/13
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Notice is hereby given that
Los Molcajetes #2, LTD,
has applied for a license,
#1273368, to sell BEER, LIQUOR AND WINE at retail in
a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
at 142 Union Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10528, County:
Westchester for on premises
consumption.
#3081 10/4/13- 10/11/13
Legal Notice
Notice is hereby given that a
license, number pending, for
beer has been applied for by
El Rincon Ltd to sell BEER,
LIQUOR AND WINE at retail in a restaurant under the
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Law at 108, 110 Union Ave,
New Rochelle, NY 10528,
County: Westchester for on
premises consumption.
#3082 10/11/13- 10/18/13
Notice is hereby given that a
license, NUMBER 1273943
for beer and wine has been
applied by the undersigned
to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant under the
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Law at Sushi Castle, Inc., 36
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Town of Eastchester
Senior Programs and Services
the Center at Lake Isle
Monday, Oct. 28
9:30 a.m. Line dancing, Theresa Kover
12:30 p.m. Exercise, Linda Zeiss
1:15 p.m. Musical Memories, CDs, DVDs,
Bob Moynihan
Tuesday, Oct. 29
8:30 a.m. Exercise, Grace Kulinski
9:30 a.m. Exercise, Patricia Marinello
12:15 p.m. SNAP Nutrition Program, Christine Walters, Catholic Charities
12:30 p.m. Bridge and cards
Wednesday, Oct. 30
9:30 a.m. Tap dancing, Paula Tarantino
9:30 a.m. Drawing class, Stephanie Rocker
12:15 p.m. Medicare update with Judith Wank
12:30 p.m. Exercise, Evey Riccobono
12:30 p.m. Mahjong
Bob Moynihan
Thursday, Oct. 31
9:15 a.m. Country Western dancing, Theresa
Kover
10 a.m. Yiddish class
11 a.m. Halloween costume parade
12:30 p.m. Tai Chi with Christine
12:30 p.m. Mahjong
12:30 p.m. Pokeno and cards
1:30 p.m. Witches Brew, Betty Roberts
Friday, Nov. 1
8:30 a.m. Exercise video
9:30 a.m. Lite exercise, Sonya Louis
11 a.m. Gilda Press, information and conversations
12:30 p.m. Bridge and cards
Bob Moynihan.
The Center at Lake Isle is located at 660
White Plains Road, Eastchester. For more information or transportation, call 914-337-0390.
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Sharon Carberry, treasurer of Medical Outreach Mission; and Sean Almonte, project manager
at Wartburg.
Wartburg recently donated more than 30
medical beds, 60 night stands, and miscellaneous
furniture to the Faith Deliverance Tabernacle
Medical Outreach Mission in Yonkers, which
will be forwarding the items to hospitals and
other medical facilities in Jamaica, West Indies.
The furniture that has been donated was from the
Wartburg’s Pavilion Skilled Nursing Building on
their Mount Vernon Campus.
“Each day, Wartburg’s staff carries out our
mission to provide comprehensive services,
which nurture the body, mind and spirit of seniors
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Learn the Proper Shoe Fit
At the Mall Walk Program
Cinderella knew the importance of proper
fit in footwear, and so will you, on Friday, Nov.
1 at The Westchester in White Plains as part of
the Mall Walk program.
Glenn Teller from New Balance Footwear
in White Plains will discuss the dangers of illfitting shoes that cause pain and real damage to
your feet, and how to obtain a proper fitting and
correct sizing.
The program will begin at 9 a.m. at the
Food Court on Level 4; admission and parking
are free for Mall Walk members.
Sponsored by Westchester County Parks,
this program offers year-round indoor walking
at The Westchester on Tuesdays and Fridays
from 8 to 10 a.m.
To join the program, sign up at the horse
fountain plaza near Crate & Barrel on Retail
Level Two, on Tuesday and Friday mornings
during the program.
For more information, go to www.westchestergov.com/parks or call 914-231-4645.
NBC News Correspondent & Author
Fletcher to Speak at Temple Sholom
NBC News correspondent Martin Fletcher
will speak Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at Temple
Sholom, when he will share stories of his coverage of conflicts around the world and introduce us
to his new book, “Jacob’s Oath.”
Fletcher was an NBC correspondent for 32
years, serving as NBC News’ Middle East correspondent and Tel Aviv Bureau chief. He has received five Emmy Awards for his work, as well as
numerous other awards including the television
Pulitzer – the DuPont from Columbia University,
five Overseas Press Club awards, several Edward
R. Murrow awards, a Hugo gold medal for a documentary on Israel, and an award from the Royal
Society of Television in Britain.
Among his many journalistic endeavors, he
walked for three weeks across the Hindu Kush
mountains from Pakistan into Afghanistan with
the Mujahideen (today’s Taliban) to report on
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He was the
only television reporter to join the Khmer rouge
in Cambodia, and he was the only reporter to en-
ter the American embassy in Tehran when Iranian
students held American diplomats hostage for
444 days.
Martin retired from NBC in January 2010
to pursue his writing, but still works for them on
contract as a special correspondent.
He is the author of “Breaking News,’ published in New York by St. Martin’s Press in 2008.
It has received universal recognition as one of the
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Personal Search for the Soul of a Nation,” was
published in October 2010 and won the American
National Jewish Book Award.
His first novel, “The List,” published in
2011, was selected as the “One Book One Jewish
Community” book of the year. His second novel,
“Jacob’s Oath,” will be released this month.
This event is free and open to the community, with registration requested to Alice Schoen
at [email protected] or 203-5427165.
Special Events at Hilltop Farm
Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental
Center will host a slate of activities in the upcoming months.
A couples cooking class will take place
Friday, Nov. 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. in Barn F.
Participants will join Karen Symington Muendell, chef/owner of Serves You Right Culinary,
in making a farm-to-table dinner with a Creole
flair.
The class is limited to 12 couples, with a
fee of $75 per couple. Only online registration
will be accepted for this program; go to www.
hilltophanoverfarm.org/events.
A “spin and knit” class will take place Saturday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Building A. Beginning or experienced participants
can gather in an informal atmosphere to be part
of a monthly spinning and knitting group.
There is no fee or registration required for
first-time attendees, and there is a $5 fee for
each subsequent class. Pre-register at groups.
yahoo.com/group/HanoverSpinKnitIn/.
A “Farm Food Drive” will take place Tuesdays through Fridays in November and December, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Main Office/
Building C. The farm donates produce throughout the season to soup kitchens and groups in
need, and participants help continue to give back
to those in the community by dropping off nonperishable canned and dried goods at the farm.
Hilltop Hanover Farm and Environmental
Center is located at 1271 Hanover St., Yorktown
Heights. For more information and registration,
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The Westchester Sandbox Theatre is holding auditions for its Young People’s Theatre
production of “The One and Only Santa Claus,”
for performers in kindergarten through eighth
grade.
This hilarious play sets the tale of Santa
Claus against the backdrop of a modern-day
reality television show. Directed by Artistic Director Jason Summers, this production will be a
great showcase for young performers this holi-
day season.
Auditions will be held Sunday, Oct. 27 from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 5 to
7 p.m. at the Westchester Sandbox Theatre, 931c
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The show will run Dec. 19 to 22.
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supporting funding for Sprain Ridge Pool,
and working to settle disputes with the federal
government over affordable housing. Jenkins
was laying the groundwork – and creating a
blueprint – to run against Astorino.
And as the highest ranking African-American elected official in county government, the
belief among many Westchester Democrats
was that Jenkins could energize the Democratic base in Westchester and attempt to make
history and become the county’s first AfricanAmerican county executive.
But Jenkins’ biggest attribute, had he
been the Democratic nominee, is his record on
county budgets and property taxes, which the
Marist Poll recently identified as the number
one issue of concern for Westchester voters.
Jenkins joined with Astorino on a county
budget agreement for 2012 with a 0 percent
property tax increase; Jenkins also trumped
Astorino on the county budget of 2011, when
Democrats and Republicans on the County
Board, voting 16-1, opted for a budget with a
2 percent reduction in property taxes.
Jenkins could have rightfully argued in a
county executive race against Astorino that he
Idoni and Murphy
ernizing the County Clerk’s Office, eliminating
a backlog on mortgage filings, and reducing the
cost of running the office for the taxpayers.
“I’m the chief administrator of some of the
most important records in people’s lives. I take
pride in delivering the services of our office privately, efficiently and all while not overcharging
the public,” said Idoni. “When I first came to the
clerk’s office, we had a full-time staff of 110. We
now have a staff of 73 and it was done without
layoffs. We did it by investing in technology and
reorganizing our divisions a little better.”
A $500,000 investment made in software
for the Land Records Division, which now has
private businesses entering the information for
their real estate clients, has resulted in a savings of $1 million since 2007, and a reduction
in staff.
The Legal Division has begun to e-file
documents, which has resulted in a 25 percent
reduction of paper documents and a cost savings
of $400,000 per year.
During the real estate boom in Westchester last decade, the county clerk’s office developed a backlog of mortgage filings of up to nine
months. Idoni worked to support changes to
state law, which would allow electronic filing,
and now residents who sell their properties can
get their documents within a day.
Before his election to county clerk in 2005
and 2009, Idoni served as the mayor of New Rochelle and before that as the village manager for
Ardsley and deputy city manager in New Rochelle, two posts with similar responsibilities to
county clerk.
“I don’t find it boring to delve into the
inner-workings of government to find modern
management ways of making government work
better,” he said. “The people of Westchester
should elect someone with the management
acumen to save taxpayers money, and who can
make it easier for them to live their lives and
have the ability to access their documents.
“You have to be a good public sector manager to get people to do the job, and our staff
is working hard,” continued Idoni. “The clerk’s
office is the one place in government where you
have some controls over the costs. I’m proud of
the job I have done to manage the staff and be
innovative.”
The County Clerk’s Office is spending 18
percent less than it did in 2006; in 2005, overtime spending was more than $860,000, while
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was responsible for reducing taxes for Westchester residents, while protecting social services.
Bramson entered the race for county executive in January 2013. Prior to this year, he
had made no overtures to Democrats in Westchester expressing an interest in running for
county executive. He had long been rumored
to run for Congress and replace Rep. Nita
Lowey, but congressional redistricting moved
Lowey’s seat out of New Rochelle and into
northern Westchester and Rockland.
Several prominent Westchester Democrats, including Assemblywoman Amy Paulin
and County Clerk Tim Idoni, had reached out
and tested the waters for a county executive
run, but passed.
In the spring of 2013, Bramson and Jenkins made the rounds of Democratic meetings
throughout the county to win support, with
Lowey and other Democrats making calls supporting Bramson while Jenkins worked the
relationships he had built with elected Westchester Democrats.
What was the rationale for Democrats to
support Bramson over Jenkins? We heard very
few reasons during our reporting of the race,
except that Bramson is “more electable” (a
phrase stated again and again by several Westchester Democrats), and that Bramson could
raise enough money to run a competitive race
against Astorino.
What Westchester Democrats who passed
on Jenkins should have taken into account was
that Astorino would highlight his own record
on property taxes – three budgets with 0 percent, 0 percent and minus-2 percent tax adjustments – and contrast them with Bramson’s
record on property taxes as mayor of New Rochelle.
Astorino has pounded away at Bramson’s
record over 16 years on the New Rochelle
Council and as mayor, of raising property taxes by 109 percent. Over 16 years, this averages
out to a 6.8 percent property tax increase, and
overall Bramson’s record on taxes, fees and
the tax cap do not compare favorably to Astorino’s record. New Rochelle’s last two city
budgets have exceeded the property tax cap.
That is why the Bramson campaign has
discussed property taxes very little during
the campaign. Over the past month, Bramson
has recently tried to blame all of the property taxes that Westchester homeowners pay
on Astorino. As county executive, Astorino
is responsible for the county budget portion
of a homeowner’s tax bill, about 20 percent.
School taxes make up about 65 percent of a
homeowner’s tax bill, with town, village or
city taxes making up the rest.
“Ask yourself this: Have your taxes gone
up or down over the past four years? Westchester taxpayers have paid out more than
$800 million in total property tax increases
since Astorino came to office,” said Bramson
repeatedly in recent debates.
This effort is disingenuous and meant to
try and deceive the Westchester voter. Would
Ken Jenkins have had to use this type of tax
nonsense in his campaign, or highlight his record of cutting taxes?
Would Jenkins have received the same
criticism that Bramson has received in the
African-American community in New Rochelle, and the lack of support from AfricanAmericans like the Rev. Franklyn Richardson
in Mt. Vernon?
Would Jenkins have highlighted federal
issues in his campaign, or highlight his efforts
to protect Democratic issues and values on the
County Board?
As the first African-American candidate
for county executive, would there have been a
great excitement among Democrats – locally,
statewide and nationally – to support and raise
money for Jenkins?
We will never know. What we will know
is whether Democrats made the right choice in
their county executive candidate – in 11 days;
Election Day is Nov 5.
this year it is less than $25,000.
Innovations in Idoni’s office include having
Westchester file the first e-recorded land record
in New York State history in 2012. “I can say
that we have the most advanced County Clerk’s
Office in the State of New York,” he said.
By getting up to date on mortgage filings,
Idoni and his office can now provide more upto-date information on revenues coming in for
local governments, and the public at large.
“It’s a huge help for local governments to
get our analysis faster than they get for the state
and have up-to-date figures for the end of their
fiscal years. It may not be sexy work but it’s really important,” he said.
Idoni has also pursued more public outreach from his office, including mobile office
hours throughout the county. The county clerk’s
passport mobile office is one of the most popular, with 1,000 residents per year using the service. “
I made a promise in 2005 to get the clerk’s
office out to the towns and villages,” he said.
“We talk to senior about preventing fraud and
protecting their records. They are glad to get information that protects them.
The County Clerk’s Office, under Idoni,
has received state awards for technology and
management improvements, including having
all legal and land records online and available
so that residents don’t have to come to White
Plains to review them.
Idoni is campaigning hard “to make sure
that I’m running for re-election and that they
know what we are doing. I won’t use this election for a lack of effort. I have been working in
government for more than 30 years, but I still
love the job and bring all the modern technologies and methodologies to the office. I also give
a full day’s work and make sure that my office
staff does the same,” he said.
Mary Beth Murphy is completing her
eighth term as Somers town supervisor and
her election and re-election proves her ability
to serve and manage the Town of Somers, its
budget, and personnel management of policy
implementations. Under Murphy’s leadership,
Somers’ municipal tax rate remains the lowest in
Westchester County, and she wants to use these
skills to efficiently and effectively manage the
County Clerk’s Office.
While Murphy is certainly qualified to
serve the people of Westchester as county clerk,
her campaign has primarily focused on the issues of disclosing the gun permits of Westchester residents. Last year, The Journal News
posted an interactive map with the names and
address of Westchester and Rockland County
residents who have pistol permits.
The Journal News obtained the information through a Freedom of Information Request.
County Clerk Idoni and the county clerk in
Rockland complied with the law and provided
the information to the Journal News. Putnam
County did not comply with the request, and
they are now being sued by the Journal News
to do so.
Murphy’s campaign website features a
video on the issue, where she states: “I was absolutely appalled by the disclosure of the current
county clerk of the names and addresses of legal pistol permit holders in Westchester County.
The FOIL law has specific provisions which call
for an exemption for invasion of privacy or if it
concerns public safety.”
The video ends with the following statement: “What can we do to protect ourselves
from irresponsible bureaucrats?”
Murphy also got involved in a dispute with
Democratic county executive candidate Noam
Bramson over a sign that was taken down in
Somers, which read: “Protect The 2nd Amendment ”
Somers police say they took the sign down
because it was on public property. The Bramson
campaign and Murphy campaign went back and
forth on whether the removal of the sign was politically motivated. The dispute with Bramson,
who is running against Rob Astorino, not Murphy, for county clerk, is also featured on Murphy’s campaign website, www.marybethmurphy2013.com.
Murphy also attempted to draw the speaker of the New York Assembly into the race for
county clerk, by asking Idoni to state his opinion
on whether Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
should resign over sexual allegations involving
former Assemblyman Vito Lopez.
Westchester voters will elect their next
county clerk Nov. 5.
Belmont-Walsh
point financially,” he said.
One big issue that Walsh ran on two years
ago, and continues to run on this year, is the
large amount of debt owed by the Town of
Harrison. Most of the debt, incurred before
the economy changed in 2008, is for popular
capital improvements in the town, including
the town pool at the athletic fields in West
Harrison.
“We have borrowed in years past to invest in our town. We are not borrowing any
more and our debt is shrinking. It’s $2 million
less than three years ago (from $66 million to
$64 million) and we hope to pay it off sooner,” said Belmont, who was not on the board
when the borrowing took place.
Helping Harrison residents recover from
last year’s Superstorm Sandy was an opportunity for Belmont to lead. “Some people were
without power for nine days, and we helped a
lot of seniors make it through,” he said. “We
rolled up our sleeves and helped and kept the
public updated with phone alerts and messages.”
Belmont’s ability to move the town in
the right direction, through his visibility, outreach and bringing people together, cannot be
underscored and is what we hear from many
Harrison residents.
Mayor Belmont would not “toot his own
horn” during an interview with Rising Newspapers; he doesn’t want any credit. “We have
great employees who take pride in their jobs.
That’s who the people of Harrison should
thank,” he said.
“I’m the mayor of Harrison, but I also try
to act as a town-village manager. When the
people come out and vote, they shouldn’t be
voting for any party. They should vote for the
Town of Harrison because there are no party
issues in local government. It’s not about party,” he said. “I think the town is heading in
the right direction. Our revenues are up, home
sales are up, there aren’t any empty stores.
I’m trying to present a positive image of the
Town–Village of Harrison, and I think the
people see that and they want us to continue.”
mont, and instead focusing on the two seats
on the Town Board that are up for election this
November. But Walsh, as is her right, decided
to enter the race and challenge Belmont.
Belmont spent 36 years working in the
Harrison Recreation Department, during
which time he met and worked with many
Harrison residents, seniors and families. After Belmont announced his retirement, he was
urged to run for mayor two years ago, and he
defeated Walsh in a close race in 2011.
Over the past two years Belmont has
served in a non-political manner that befits
governing a town, village or city in Westchester. And while Belmont ran and won on
the Republican Party line two years ago and
is running again as a Republican this year,
Belmont was not enrolled to any party for the
three decades he served in the recreation department.
“Before I was asked to run for mayor I
didn’t even know what my party registration
was,” he said.
Belmont ran two years ago on the platform of bringing civility, professionalism
and respect back to Harrison town-village
government. “When someone who is considering moving into Harrison takes a look
at our meetings on TV, we should try and act
as professionals,” said the candidate, who has
presided over less confrontational town board
meetings.
Belmont’s first budget for the Town of
Harrison budget passed last year for 2013 had
a 2.94 percent tax levy increase, which fell
under the property tax cap. The second budget
under Belmont will be passed in December
2014, with Belmont vowing to keep his second budget under the tax cap.
“It’s a great challenge to keep our budget within the tax cap, and we have contracts
with our unions to negotiate, but some of our
homeowners and retirees are at their tipping
County Board
happy that Life Time Fitness is moving into
Harrison.”
Jaffe said the key to keeping taxes down
is to create partnerships with corporations, as
he did as treasurer of the Harrison athletic field
when private donations funded the construction of McGillicuddy Stadium in Harrison.
One question about exclusionary zoning
brought about Gelfarb’s most definitive and
passionate answer of the night. Harrison is one
of several Westchester communities named by
Federal Monitor James Johnson as having exclusionary zoning. Johnson is overseeing an
affordable housing settlement between the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Westchester County.
When Gelfarb was asked if Harrison partook in exclusionary zoning, he responded:
“I’ll get right to the point. No…I don’t need
to give a long speech about it; I will ask you
to use your common sense. The monitor has
said Rye, Scarsdale, Bronxville, Chappaqua
and Larchmont do not engage in exclusionary zoning…I ask you to look around your
neighborhoods and ask yourself if any of
those neighborhoods are more diverse than
Harrison…If you think that Scarsdale does
not have exclusionary zoning and Harrison
does, I submit that there’s something seriously
wrong with whatever thought process is going
on there, and that is in fact the thought process
of the monitor.”
Like Gelfarb, Jaffe he doesn’t believe
Harrison has a zoning problem and advocated
for affordable housing, but criticized the current administration for not defending the zoning codes enough.
“I’m going to go on the record right now.
I am for affordable housing, but I’m also a
staunch advocate of home rule,” said Jaffe.
“The zoning does not need to be changed, but
this lawsuit did not need to happen.”
Moderator and former Irvington Mayor
Erin Molloy asked the candidates if they agree
or disagree with County Executive Rob Astorino’s Sustainable Playland proposal.
“Overall I think it is a very good plan,”
said Gelfarb. “Clearly, Playland needs to be
brought into the 21st century. The plan proposes to keep a vast majority of the rides.
There will be enhancements and improvements to rides…I like the idea of bringing
sports facilities to the area…We also need upgraded restaurants, and we need to work on
the ice skating facility.”
Jaffe agreed with Gelfarb, saying it’s a
good deal, but he questions why Astorino
locked Westchester County in a 10-year deal
with Sustainable Playland, Inc., and said there
is $2.9 million in bonds and interest that is being paid for by the taxpayers.
“Sustainable Playland got a good deal,”
he said. “My concern with this deal is that the
taxpayer will now be responsible for too much
of the old debt and interest. I believe there
are $2.9 million in bonds and interest in this
year’s budget, and with this deal, the taxpayer
may be on the hook paying back bonds and
interests for years,” he said.
Jaffe born and raised in Westchester and
has lived in West Harrison since 1990, and
has more than 20 years of experience working with federal, state and local agencies. He
is president of the Greater New York Chamber
of Commerce and ran for Assembly in 2010.
Gelfarb said it’s his experience on the
County Board that separates him from his opponent, and he is proud of the council’s accomplishments over the past four years, which
includes a bipartisan budget with a zero property tax increase, work on animal-abuse legislation, and supporting economic development
and jobs in the county.
The Gelfarb-Jaffe race is competitive,
and important for several reasons. The seat
was held by Democrat Marty Rogowsky for
many years, and the district’s enrollment is
evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.
In addition to a county executive race
Nov. 5, voters in the Harrison portion of the
district will also be electing a new supervisormayor.
Republicans hope to keep this seat and reelect Gelfarb, while Democrats hope to pick
up a seat and maintain their majority.
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Dinner at Pinch includes beer taps at your table.
Enjoying the two bowling lanes upstairs at Dan Rooney’s Pub.
From left are Tim Rooney Jr., Chef Alain Ducasse, and Tim Rooney Sr.
Empire City
The bar at Don Rooney’s Pub.
DeCicco’s Celebrates Pizza Month
With Homemade Pies in Armonk
Chef Celestino Mazzotta, who has been making pizzas since 1975, slides a pie out of DeCicco’s brick oven in Armonk.
On the heels of requests from customers
across Northern Westchester, DeCicco’s Family Market in Armonk is once again preparing its pizzas completely in-house and from
scratch, relying on the skills of longtime pizza
chef Salvatore DiSenso.
The timing is serendipitous, as DeCicco’s
return to homemade pizza coincides with National Pizza Month this October – and their
pies have already garnered a devoted following.
“We started off catering to the lunchtime slice crowd, but the pies took off,” said
spokesman Andrew Mimran. “We can sell
more than 100 pies each at our Armonk and
Brewster locations in a single Friday night.”
Pizza guru DiSenso relies on flour imported from Italy and a wide selection of ingredients – from fresh mozzarella to Italian
olives – when preparing his pies. DiSenso has
been tossing pizzas for nearly 35 years and
previously operated pizzerias in the Bronx
and Rye. He is joined by team of seasoned
chefs, including 40-year pizza veteran Celestino Mazzotta.
“I have 50 different specialty pies,” he
said. “The best sellers are the tomato caprese,
margherita, and Florentine, which features
breaded eggplant, Portobello mushrooms and
sundried tomatoes.”
DiSenso’s pizza skills were on display
earlier this year, when he nabbed the gold
medal at the first Hudson Valley Pizza Fest in
Hopewell Junction. He competed against 20
other chefs and pizzerias at the April 29 event.
DeSenso and his team also prepare garlic
knots, strombolis and calzones.
DeCicco’s Armonk store is located at 17
Maple Ave.; its Brewster store is located near
Exit 19 off Route 84 at 50 Independent Way;
and its downtown Ardsley store is located at
21 Center St.
For more information, visit www.deciccos.com.
can Grill, is a collaboration between developer
Mark Advent, the creator of Las Vegas’ highly
successful New York New York Hotel and Casino;
and Ducasse Studio, the culinary consulting arm of
Alain Ducasse Enterprise.
Dan Rooney’s Sports Pub is a fun take on the
classic sports pub.
“It has been exciting to be a part of the dynamic future of Empire City Casino as it evolves
into a fun-filled entertainment, gaming, leisure and
dining destination,” said Mark Advent of Advent
Entertainment. “The new restaurants are innovative and exciting and complement the property and
its commitment to positively enhance and expand
the guest experience.”
Pinch American Grill features an open
kitchen, raw bar and pastry counter in a vintage
diner-style environment, but the beer program undoubtedly serves as a main attraction. Overseen
by Certified Cicerone James Tai, pinch American
Grill boasts a significant beer program with 100
New York beers on tap, and a unique beer offering
– “pour your own” with beer taps fixed to a handful of tables. A selective, dynamic, 80-bottle wine
list, curated by the beverage director of Ducasse
Studio, is also available.
The pinch menu, created by Chef Fabienne
Eymard (Taillevent in Paris, Caprice in Switzerland, Benoit in New York), offers a mix of updated
American and international classics.
Inspired by the original Dan Rooney’s Cafe
& Bar built and operated in the early 1900s in
Pittsburgh by the Rooney family, the new Dan
Rooney’s Sports Bar is warm, inviting and casual,
featuring dual flame rotisseries, private “snugs”
for intimate seating, two fireplaces, and plenty of
live musical entertainment.
On the second floor of the pub, Alley 810 features two vintage-style bowling lanes, inspired by
turn-of-the-century bowling alleys.
Empire City Casino has also tapped the talents of Clark Wolf, the renowned New York Cityand Sonoma-based restaurant consultant, to rehabilitate and refresh its current food and beverage
offerings on property.
Under Wolf’s direction, Empire City Casino’s
open station food court has undergone a complete
overhaul and has been re-introduced as The Big
Kitchen at Empire Plaza. With more than 340
plaza seats, The Big Kitchen will feature an all
new coffee bar and five distinct cooking stations,
including New Original Ray’s, The Fry Shack,
Empire Grill, Canton Kitchen and Noodle Shop,
and Corner Deli.
The Main Stage lounge and bar at the center
of the property entertains guests with an all-new
cocktail program that will feature signature mixes,
as well as an Empire twist on some of New York’s
classic cocktails. The popular Nonno’s Trattoria
and the lively trackside Empire Terrace Restaurant
will both enjoy menu enhancements and regular
promotional events.
Other upgrades and additions are planned for
the property in the near future, including the revamp of the conveniently located trackside Grab
‘N Go, which will not only be renamed but also
upgraded into a full service grill with a little Latin
flare.
“Having worked with some of the biggest
names in gaming throughout Las Vegas and Australia, I can tell you that these are world-class gaming floors and they deserve the kind of world-class
food and drink offerings people have come to expect from casino properties like these,” said Wolf.
“And that’s exactly what they’re going to get here
at Empire City.”
Empire City Casino and Yonkers Raceway
are the largest employers in Yonkers, and one of
the largest in Westchester County. In addition to
$1.8 billion in state education funding, the Casino
also provides $20 million in education funding to
the Yonkers Public Schools.
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano is one of the casino’s biggest supporters, and has been from his
days in the Assembly when he helped pass legislation providing the City of Yonkers with a stream of
much-needed education funding from the casino.
Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, who represents
Mt. Vernon and a small portion of Yonkers, is also
chairman of the Assembly Wager Racing and Wagering Committee and a partner with the casino.
Also on hand for the celebration were State Sen.
Andrea Stewart-Cousins and County Executive
Rob Astorino.
The Rooney family has been in Yonkers and
Westchester for decades. It kept the raceway up
and running through many difficult years, refusing
to sell the 97-acre property.
Further expansions are planned for Empire
Casino, in the hopes that when and if the state permits table gaming in non-Indian casinos that Yonkers will be one of the locations.
It’s time for any Westchester resident who
hasn’t paid a visit to Empire Casino to enjoy a day
or evening out. For more information, visit www.
EmpireCityCasino.com or call 914-968-4200.
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want to make sure Westchester is your end zone
for the big game.”
Astorino also encourages all high school students to enter for the chance to bring the “Huddle
Shuttle” to their school. High school students can
submit a 2 minute video demonstrating how their
school supports this year’s NY/NJ Super Bowl,
and how they exemplify the philanthropic Super
Bowl spirit in the region by giving back to the
community.
Entries must be submitted at www.Facebook.
com/NYNJSuperBowl by Nov. 3.
Natasha Caputo, director of Westchester County’s Department of Tourism and Film,
thanked the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee
for bringing the biggest and best “Huddle Shuttle”
for Sleepy Hollow’s homecoming against Ossining High School. She also recognized school and
village officials for working in partnership to bring
such a great experience to Westchester.
“This couldn’t have happened if it weren’t
for the great teamwork of everyone involved,” she
said. “Football fans all across Westchester have a
lot to be excited about as we continue our ‘super
celebration’ all the way up to game day.”
For all the latest on Westchester’s “super celebration,” go to www.escapes.visitwestchesterny.
com/football/.
Town of Eastchester Recreation and Parks Department
County Executive Rob Astorino with members of the Sleepy Hollow Football Team
Class of 1972.
OSBORN
We welcome all ghosts and goblins to come and play at this year’s
Rag-A-Muffin Parade
Sponsored by Comizio Orthodontics
SCARE
FAIR
Saturday, October 26, 2013 10am–3pm
Osborn School Grounds, Rye, NY • Silent Auction (closes at 3:30 PM)
NEW THIS YEAR:
“TUBS OF FUN”
JUMPING CASTLES
BODY ART
ROCK WALL
GAMES & PRIZES
CAKE WALK
PHOTO BOOTH
DUNK TANK
DELICIOUS FOOD
AND MUCH MORE!
Sunday, October 27th
Parade will start at 2:00pm at Eastchester Middle School
Join us for a fun-filled walk from Eastchester Middle School to Town Hall where
you will enjoy snacks provided by the Eastchester Little League. The parade is
open to all pre-schools through 6th graders.
NEW THIS YEAR:
Once at Town Hall join us for a Spooktacular Dance Party! A DJ will play
Halloween Favorites and Dance songs for all to enjoy! All participants will receive
a goodie bag.
DON’T MISS OUT on this fun filled community event with SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
Osborn School, an elementary school in the Rye City Public School District, is a National School of Excellence, located at the corner of Boston Post Road & Osborn Road in Rye, NY.
Vampires, witches,
zombies, goblins,
peer pressure, drugs,
and alcohol.
Some Halloween dangers
are much more real
than others.
Halloween is one of the biggest nights for teen drinking and drug use.
Combined with unsupervised parties and careless drivers, Halloween can
be a frightful night for families. Power to the Parent is here to empower
Westchester parents. Learn the facts, strategies and information to help
you get through to your teens. Teach your teen how not to get tricked this
Halloween. PowerToTheParent.org.
A program of the Westchester Coalition for Drug and Alcohol Free Youth. Funding was made possible (in part) by Grant Number 5U79SP01556 from Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) and through a Drug Free Community grant from SAMHSA. For more information call 914-332-1300 or email:[email protected]

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