FRIdAy, MARcH 27, 2015

WESTCHESTER’S OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED NEWSPAPERS
Vol 105 Number 13
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Friday, March 27, 2015
WWII Vet from New Rochelle Robert Durst, Jeanine Pirro &
Celebrates 100th Birthday The Cop Who Wouldn’t Give Up
County Legislator Jim Maisano with veteran Bill Moye and Habitat for Humanity Westchester
CEO Jim Killoran.
By Dan Murphy
World War II veteran and lifelong New
Rochelle resident Bill Moye celebrated his
100th birthday with a party at Habitat for Humanity’s Re-Store on Main Street in downtown
New Rochelle.
Moye was born in New Rochelle in 1915
and proudly served this country starting in
1942, when he completed basic training, and
training as a bugler.
He served at Oran, Algeria, for four and
Continued on Page 8
Senate & Assembly Submit
‘Wish List’ One-House Budgets
Education, Ethics Reform, Property
Tax Relief Needed in State Budget
By Dan Murphy
As negotiations continue on a $139 billion budget for New York State, the Democratic
majority in the Assembly, and the Republican
Majority in the Senate, each submitted their
one-house budget resolutions last week. The two
budget “wish lists” passed by the Assembly and
Senate provide insight into how the majorities of
each body want to proceed and negotiate with
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and his budget proposal.
Three key issues that Westchester residents
will be looking for in a final version of the state
budget will be property tax relief, education reform and ethics reform.
Assemblywoman Sandy Galef wrote a letter of support for Cuomo’s proposed property tax
credit.
“We have a real opportunity in this year’s
state budget to adopt a new tax relief program to
help those who pay too much of their household
income for property taxes,” she wrote. “If you
believe this could impact you and your family,
I hope you will be the strongest advocate for its
adoption within the next two weeks. Gov. Cuomo introduced this program in his proposed budget as the Property Tax Credit Program, which
was also included in the Assembly budget.
“I introduced the same concept many years
ago with Sen. Betty Little called the Circuit
Breaker Program. The concepts are similar: I believe this approach would help many New Yorkers who pay more than 6 percent of their household income for property taxes and have a total
adjusted gross income of less than $250,000. As
owners of homes, condos or co-ops, you would
be entitled to an income tax credit on a sliding
scale for property taxes you pay above the 6 percent level.
“On average, owners of property will receive a tax credit of between $781 and $1,500,”
wrote Galef. “That tax credit would help approximately 1.3 million middle-income households
in New York. Those who do not owe taxes at tax
time would get a reimbursement for their outlay
from the tax department.
“This program offers middle-class taxpayers a fair and balanced approach to property tax
relief based on need and income. This really targets those who are struggling the most with their
high property taxes and have less income to pay
them.
“I thank the governor and the NYS Assembly for being such strong advocates for this program, but be aware that during budget negotiations this important new tax relief program could
fall through the cracks. If you support the Circuit
Breaker, call your New York State Senate representative now to push for this tax relief program
in the 2015-16 state budget. This tax credit will
give tax help to many, which will help keep fam-
ilies in their homes,” wrote the assemblywoman.
Education and ethics reform may be the two
toughest hurdles to clear to be included in a final
budget deal.
Cuomo has proposed new education testing
for teachers and state takeover of failing schools
as part of his education reform package. He has
also tied increases in education funding to local
school district to his education reforms, a move
that so far has not been supported in either the
Assembly, Senate or by the powerful teachers
union.
But for the parents and students that are
some of the 178,000 students trapped in a failing
public school, the push for some remedy continues. A group called Mobilizing Preachers and
Communities, a non-profit coalition consisting
of more than 500 interdenominational churches,
recently launched a statewide education reform
campaign in support of Cuomo’s education Opportunity Agenda.
Clergy leaders throughout New York State,
representing nearly 75,000 congregants, have
launched an outreach effort to fight for every
child in New York State currently trapped in a
failing school; MPAC members have pledged to
reach out directly to their congregations.
Most of New York’s failing schools are in
New York City, with Westchester having nine
failing schools – eight in Yonkers and one in Mt.
Vernon
“We have seen so many parents and children in our communities struggle with failing
schools,” said the Rev. Patrick Young of First
Bible Church in East Elmhurst. “They are losing hope in a system they deeply rely on to help
educate their children. The governor’s education
agenda is the most promising solution we’ve
seen yet, and we promise to spread the message
far and wide that our children need action now.”
“It’s time for adults in this state to stop
fighting over their narrow political agendas and
get to work for our children,” added the Rev.
Dr. Johnnie Green Jr. of Mount Neboh Baptist
Church in Harlem. “Great schools can open the
doors of opportunity for our young people, and
our parents and our kids can’t afford to wait. On
behalf of our communities, we demand action.
Let’s implement Gov. Cuomo’s education Opportunity Agenda today and give our children the
opportunity they deserve to succeed.”
Cuomo and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie
reached an agreement on ethics reform that calls
for restrictions on how members can spend their
campaign funds and disclosure of outside income of $1,000, but no limit on how much outside income state legislators can earn.
Most believe this is a good start, but not
enough. Blair Horner, legislative director for
Continued on Page 8
Robert Durst
Jeanine Pirro
By Dan Murphy
The Westchester connections to the sad and
deranged life of Robert Durst, and the death of his
wife Kathie Durst in 1982, have returned to the
public eye and spotlight once again with the HBO
miniseries “The Jinx.”
Filmmaker Andrew Jerecki’s brilliant series
on the life of Robert Durst, and a review of his
possible involvement in the death of his wife, his
friend and confidant Susan Berman, and the murder of Morris Black, includes new evidence and a
lengthy interview with Durst.
His strange criminal odyssey began in Westchester back in 1982 when his wife Kathie Durst
disappeared from the couple’s South Salem home.
Robert said he drove his wife to the Katonah train
station one evening and never saw her again.
A missing person’s case was opened by the
New York City Police Department, but no charges
were ever filed against Robert in NYC, where the
couple also had an apartment; or in Westchester
County where the district attorney at the time was
Carl Vergari.
Despite Kathie’s friends and family pushing for someone to look into her disappearance
and alleged death (her body has never been recovered), the case remained unanswered and
without an investigation until 18 years later, when
Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro, and a little-know
New York State Police investigator-re-opened the
case and began to look for evidence at the Durst’s
South Salem home and Robert’s possible involvement in his wife’s death.
Pirro has stated that she re-opened the case
as a result of a tip. That tip may have come from
NYSP investigator Joseph Becerra, who in 1999
received information that sparked his interest and
resulted in an examination of the home and nearby Lake Truesdale.
One of the more interesting books on Robert
Durst was Matt Birkbeck’s book “A Deadly Secret,” which highlights Becerra and Pirro’s pursuit of justice for Kathie Durst’s family.
Becerra reinvestigated almost every aspect
of the case and, according to Birkbeck’s book,
concluded that police initially made wrong assumptions that hampered the case. Among other
things, they never got a search warrant for the
South Salem house even after learning about
Robert Durst’s odd behavior and Kathie Durst’s
intense unhappiness in what police were told was
an abusive marriage.
Becerra was transferred off the Durst case
at the time, with Birkbeck believing he was punished for discussing the case for the book.
Pirro was portrayed in an unfavorable light
in Birkbeck’s book, and claims Pirro wanted the
spotlight from the Durst investigation to shine on
her and her alone, and worked to punish Becerra
and squash his investigation.
One of the key witnesses in the death of
Kathy Durst was Susan Berman, a friend and
confidant of Robert Durst. Berman, who lived
in California in 2000, was never interviewed by
Pirro’s office before she was murdered on Christmas Eve.
Ellen Strauss, a friend of Kathie Durst, said
she told Pirro’s investigators to speak to Berman,
who may have had intimate details about Robert Durst’s cover up and misleading information
about his wife’s vanishing.
Strauss, who also spoke to Becerra about
the case, called Pirro’s actions against Becerra
“harmful to the case because, whether it is right
or wrong, she has called into question the integrity of the investigating officer. It’s pure ego and
bad karma. It makes her look petty and sad. This
policeman did nothing but honor his badge.”
Strauss, who now lives in Connecticut, recently told the Milford Mirror a few inaccuracies
in the Jinx documentary, with reporter Patricia
Gay writing: “She (Strauss) took issue with statements made by Jeanine Pirro, former Westchester
County district attorney, that investigators were
‘just about’ to interview Susan Berman when she
was killed.
“Ms. Strauss said she had given police a virtual ‘road map’ to Ms. Berman’s door in California, but investigators dragged their heels, and had
plenty of time to contact Ms. Berman before her
death, but didn’t.
“‘They didn’t move fast enough to see Susan. There was a delay. They made statements that
the general public needed to let the police do their
business, that they were working on the perimeter.
Had they gone to California when they got information from me, perhaps Susan Berman would
still be alive,’ said Strauss to Gay.”
Pirro, who never prosecuted anyone in Kathie Durst’s murder, was used by Robert Durst’s
defense team as part of the reason Durst killed
Morris Black in 2001.
Robert Durst admitted he killed Black, and
also admitted he chopped up and disposed his
body, but was found not guilty of murder in part
because he claimed that Pirro’s re-opening of the
case caused him to flee New York and escape Pirro and her unfair charges.
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FRIdAy, MARcH 27, 2015 - WESTcHESTER’S MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPERS - PAGE 3
By Joel J. Sprayregen
Girardi-Sweeney Wins
Larchmont 125 Logo Contest
Westchester Congress members Eliot Engel and Nita Lowey attended Israeli Prime Minister
Bibi Netanyahu’s recent speech to Congress.
Obama Bares His
Hatchet for Israel
By Joel J. Sprayregen
There were two major terrorist atrocities in
the Middle East last week and one major democratic achievement. How did President Obama
respond to tragedy and triumph?
In Tunis, the epicenter of the mirage misnamed “the Arab spring,” ISIL gunmen killed
20 innocents, mostly western tourists. In Yemen,
ISIL suicide bombers blew up two mosques, killing 137 Shia Muslims as they prayed.
ISIL became a formidable terrorist power after Obama prematurely pulled American
troops from Iraq in 2011, foolish ly minimized
the ISIL jihadis as “jayvees,” and repudiated his
own “red lines” in Syria. As recently as last September, Obama boasted of his “successful” policies in Yemen. Obama ritualistically condemned
both atrocities.
On Sunday, the U.S. announced without ostensible embarrassment the ignominious fleeing
from Yemen of our few-hundred Special Forces
troops as the country fell under the rule of the
Houthis, who are proxies for Obama’s emerging
détente allies in Tehran.
the triumph of a Democratic Election
The sole event in the region energizing
Obama’s wrath was Israel’s parliamentary election. Obama must know Israel is the only country for thousands of miles around which can hold
an election open to all citizens (including the 15
percent non-Jews) in which 72 percent of its citizens vote, with guaranteed free speech/press.
This is a remarkable achievement for a
country menaced on two borders by terrorist
forces possessing thousands of Iran-supplied
rockets and which endured a war last summer.
Many Sunni Arab leaders quietly applauded
Netanyahu’s victory because they see him as a
bulwark against Iran’s hegemonic aspirations.
Obama, however, did not like the results of the
Israeli election, so he pounced on some campaigning remarks of the Israeli Prime Minister.
Let’s look at what Netanyahu actually said
in text and context:
“I think anyone who moves to establish a
Palestinian state today, and to evacuate Israelis
from territory, is giving radical Islam an area
from which to attack the State of Israel. This is
the true reality that has been created in this area
in the past few years.”
The interviewer pursued: “If you’re reelected, there’ll be no Palestinian state?”
Netanyahu answered: “Indeed.”
a Demilitarized Palestinian State that
recognizes the Jewish State
When NBC asked if this was a repudiation
of his 2009 speech calling for two states living in
peace, Netanyahu reminded that six years ago he
called for “a demilitarized Palestinian state that
recognizes the Jewish state.” The Palestinians
never accepted these conditions.
The prime minister pointed to two significant changes since 2009: i.e., (1) the Palestinian
Authority, Israel’s putative “peace partner,” has
allied with Hamas, whose charter calls for destruction of Israel with killing of all Jews; and
(2) “every territory that is vacated is taken up by
Islamist forces.”
Also significant is that after a nine-month
Israeli settlement freeze, the Palestinians’ president refused to negotiate and ran to the Muslimmajority United Nations, a flagrant breach of the
1993 Oslo Accords. That Netanyahu’s apprehensions are realistic is proven by the fact that when
Israel withdrew per the Oslo Accords, Arafat unleashed the “Second Intifada” to murder 1,000
Israelis in 2000-05.
This is not really complicated if you can
read. Netanyahu explained what had changed in
the conditions precedent to a two-state solution.
Moreover, the Israeli government to be formed
has no binding policy until a coalition agreement
is ratified.
So why did Obama and his spokespersons
commence a week-long hatchet-baring with
threats to “reassess” policy and warnings that
the U.S. might break with the long tradition of
vetoing Security Council resolutions that endanger Israeli? There is an obvious reason and perhaps a hidden one.
Obama personally despises Netanyahu, who
– as a veteran of an elite commando unit – has
security credentials Obama will never possess.
Obama’s visceral disdain for the prime minister
is exhibited in his body language in every photo,
in policy initiatives the president unveiled twice
while Netanyahu was in flight to the U.S. and
in unparalleled rudeness when Obama went upstairs for dinner, leaving the prime minister alone
in the White House.
Obama pithily told people I know “Bibi pis-- on my foot” when he disagreed with Obama
in the Oval Office. The liberal media hides the
personalized petty Presidential pique.
Watching obama from the
West Bank of lake Michigan
The second reason is less easy to prove because Obama is nothing if not shrewd. Having
closely watched Obama’s ascension in Chicago
and met with him in the White House and elsewhere, I conclude that Obama just doesn’t like
Israel, but is not ready to jettison his admiring
Jewish liberal supporters who believe he is “proIsrael.”
Obama has displayed vast ignorance, as in
his 2009 Cairo Apologia, when he suggested
that Zionism is founded solely on the Holocaust.
Clearly, Obama – who has grievously misread
security issues in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Egypt and
elsewhere – has displayed scant comprehension of immanency of threats from a Palestinian
state, as well as what ensues when and if terrorist
Hamas takes full control of a Palestinian state by
vote or force (the Palestinian president is in the
10th year of his five-year term)..
There were many signs of Obama’s anti-Israel perspective when he first emerged as a candidate; e.g., his promises to an Arafat agent at a
2003 farewell dinner in Chicago, which are preserved in a videotape that the Los Angeles Time
still refuses to show. I can review other indicia in
a future column, in which I can also deal with the
canard that Bibi disparaged Arab voters.
But as I look to the future, I foresee an
Obama – freed from further campaigns – unshackled to erode bi-partisan domestic support
for Israel and to throw Israel to the wolves at the
United Nations. I acknowledge that Obama has
mostly met Israel’s security needs, but this will
not offset a sustained 20-month political hatcheting of the only democracy in the Middle East,
which is also one of the U.S.’s few consistent
supporters at the U.N.
Preserving Bi-Partisan Support
Preservation of bi-partisan support for the
historic U.S.-Israel alliance will depend significantly on our congressmen and senators, as well
as Hillary Clinton. It is not good for either country or the Democratic Party to allow Obama to
hack away at this alliance. Obama has the congresspeople distracted with machinations to exclude them from his dealings with Iran (which
of course provides another reason for Obama’s
animus against Israel).
I trust that Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand, as
well as Reps. Engel and Loewy plus Ms. Clinton, will speak up.
Editor’s Note: Westchester’s three members
of the U.S. House of Representatives attended
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
speech to Congress earlier this month.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu made a powerful presentation to members of Congress regarding the threat of a nuclear Iran,” said Congresswoman Nita Lowey, ranking member on the
House Appropriations Committee. “I share the
prime minister’s concerns regarding the P5+1
negotiations. The ultimate outcome needs to
verifiably prevent the regime from ever acquiring
nuclear weapons. The United States and Israel
must jointly confront the Iranian challenge.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech showed
that there remain serious and urgent concerns
about the nuclear negotiations with Iran, said
Congressman Eliot Engel.
“These are not new – and many of them are
shared by Republicans and Democrats, including officials in the Obama Administration,” he
said. “Together, we must work to curb Iran’s nuclear program and prevent them from accessing
any pathway to a bomb. I expect that Democrats
and Republicans will move forward together in
the interest of our national security and strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship.”
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney added: “Israel
and the U.S. have a uniquely strong alliance
built on our common values, principles and interests, and our support for our close friend will
never waver. Both the U.S. and Israel’s top security priority is preventing a weaponized program
in Iran, and any final agreement must ensure that
Iran does not obtain nuclear weapons. However,
a bad deal is worse than no deal, and we won’t
know what we have until the negotiations end.”
Maloney was considering boycotting the
speech, but in the end decided to attend, along
with New York’s two U.S. senators, Charles
Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand.
Sue Girardi-Sweeney, left, with Larchmont Mayor Anne McAndrews and the winning logo
design.
The winner of the Larchmont 125 logo contest at Village Hall was announced last week by
Larchmont Village Mayor Anne McAndrews.
The winning entrant, Sue Girardi-Sweeney, is a
local artist and art teacher, and her design will
become the signature mark to brand the quasquicentennial celebration, which kicks off in September.
“I entered the contest because, who doesn’t
like a little friendly competition – especially between creative types?” said Girardi-Sweeney.
“The recognition that goes along with having my
design selected to represent Larchmont’s 125year celebration is a real privilege.”
On hand for the announcement and unveiling were members of the Larchmont 125 Celebration Coordination Committee, as well as
board members of Celebrate Larchmont, Inc.,
the nonprofit organization responsible for funding the upcoming milestone celebration. Also
present were representatives from many local
organizations, community groups and houses of
worship.
The judges for the logo contest were Kaaren
Marcato and Maria Massimi, the logo contest
co-chairpersons; Palmer Davis and Amanda
Schlumberger, marketing and advertising profes-
sionals; and Mayor McAndrews.
“Larchmont is full of talented, artistic people, and they really rose to the challenge with
this contest,” said Davis. “I really enjoyed judging, seeing all the various entries…I love Larchmont.”
The logo design competition was open to
anyone of any age to bring early awareness of
the impending anniversary and to generate excitement in the community. The committee received more than 30 entries from artists as young
as 7 years old. Logo contest finalists were Henri
Kusbiantoro, Todd Nocero, and 15-year-old Mamaroneck High School student Emily Shen – all
Larchmont Village residents.
The winning logo will be used on the organization’s website, www.larchmont125.org, and
on commemorative merchandise. A poster, Tshirt, buttons and a banner bearing the new logo
were on display at the March 19 event.
Asked what she was looking for in the
Larchmont 125 logo, celebration chairperson
Dee van Eyck answered: “My only requirement
was that the design look good on a cupcake – this
one is going to look fantastic on cupcakes.”
Information about the upcoming festivities
can be found at www.Larchmont125.org.
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CEO of Food Distributors
Shares Business Expertise
Stanley Fleishman,
of nearly 100 health, huCEO of JRD Holdings,
man-service, educational
recently spoke to UJAand community agencies.
Federation of New York’s
The gathering also
Westchester Business and
heard from Rick Koh of ArProfessional
Division
monk, who served as event
about his company, the
chairman with Susan Taxin
food-service industry and
Baer of Scarsdale. Koh
new models of business at
spoke about UJA-FederOld Oaks Country Club in
ation’s advocacy work on
Purchase. JRD Holdings
behalf of the elderly, chiloperates two cash-and-cardren and families, and spery wholesale businesses,
cial populations, as well as
Jetro and Restaurant Deissues such as education,
pot, which see more than
economic self-sufficiency,
450,000 business custommental health, affordable
ers per week.
housing and health care.
The
event
took
“With our legislative
place at the division’s
expertise, we advocate to
Stanley Fleishman
spring breakfast reception
secure millions in funding
March 10, and the morning attracted more than on a range of issues important to New Yorkers –
150 guests, who came to hear from the Purchase from helping children with autism to seniors who
resident. Jetro is a wholesale distributor of retail deserve to age with dignity,” said Koh. “And evgroceries and food-service items that services in- ery dollar we distribute to our network of agencies
dependent small grocery stores in large cities, in- helps yield an additional $20 in government supcluding New York, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia port…It means that your donation generates adand Los Angeles.
ditional funds that help our agencies do what they
Restaurant Depot serves the independent do best.”
food-service operator – including restaurants, caThe table centerpieces were kosher-forterers and not-for-profits – through 112 distribu- Passover bags of food that will be delivered by
tion centers across the U.S.
UJA-Federation’s beneficiary agency, Westchester
Born in South Africa, Fleishman became a Jewish Community Services, to its clients for use
U.S. citizen in 1990 and has served in his current during the holiday.
position since 1992. He was joined at the event by
Budd Wiesenberg of Mamaroneck and Leslie
his wife, Martine, who serves as Westchester re- Effron Levin of White Plains serve as chairpergional chairwoman of UJA-Federation. The phil- sons of the Westchester Business and Professional
anthropic organization helps sustain the activities Division.
New State Regulations
Govern Invasive Plant Species
A half-day workshop titled “New York
State’s New Invasive Plant Species Regulations:
Impacts and How to Adapt” will be held Thursday, April 2 at the Westchester County Center in
White Plains. Offered by Westchester County’s
Department of Planning and Soil and Water Conservation District, it will address the portion of
the state’s new regulations intended to help control invasive plants by reducing the introduction
or spread of new and existing populations of
these species.
The workshop, geared toward landscape architects and professionals in nursery and garden
center management, landscape maintenance, garden design and property management and development, will also be relevant to homeowners and
gardeners who may be interested in attending.
“Westchester’s beautiful landscapes come to
life in the spring,” said County Executive Robert
Astorino. “As we work to maintain our lawns,
gardens, parks and corporate properties, it’s important that we strive to protect our native plants.
This workshop will advance the best practices in
landscape management consistent with the new
state regulations.”
The scheduled topics and speakers include
“New York’s Prohibited and Regulated Plant
Species: What You Need to Know,” by Leslie
Suprenant of the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation and Christopher
Logue of the NYS Department of Agriculture and
Markets;
“Native Plant Alternatives to Invasive Species by Carolyn Summers, author of “Designing
Gardens with Flora of the American East;” and
“Genetic Integrity of Native Plants: Provenance
is Forever” by Thomas Knezick, production analyst for Pinelands Nursery and Supply in Columbus, N.J.
The April 2 workshop will run from 8:45
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; registration and breakfast will
begin at 8 a.m. The $10 workshop fee includes
a continental breakfast and program materials.
Advance registration and payment is required by
March 31. Parking at the County Center, located
at 198 Central Ave., White Plains, is $7.
For additional information, download the
event flyer at www.westchestergov.com/soilwater or contact Robert Doscher at 914-995-4423 or
[email protected].
The workshop is New York State-approved
for 3 continuing education credits for licensed
landscape architects. It also is approved for 2.5
recertification credits for pesticide applicators by
the state DEC.
The workshop is co-sponsored by the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation
and Conservation, Cornell University’s Cooperative Extension of Westchester and the Native
Plant Center at Westchester Community College.
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor:
I read the article regarding Assemblyman
Steve Otis and the “Climate Change Work Group”
(March 13, Soundview Rising) and was taken
aback by the astonishingly uninformed statements
made by Otis and others in the group.
Boldly ignorant was this remark: “The
greater frequency of extreme weather events, like
Superstorm Sandy, leaves no doubt that climate
change is real.”
First, there are no more extreme weather
events now than in the past. Hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts and floods were just as frequent and
severe in the past, as NOAA and historical records
attest, and as we can conclude from geological
data and weather cycles. Otis can complain about
all the snow we’ve had on the East Coast, but there
is no scientific proof that this isn’t anything but the
result of a purely natural cycle of weather, spurred
on by cyclic warming of the Pacific Ocean.
Furthermore, Superstorm Sandy cannot be
scientifically linked to human activity. Storms just
as powerful as Sandy raged up the U.S. East Coast
in the 1950s, 1930s, and for that matter, in the
1800s and 1700s, pounding the New Jersey and
Long Island coastal areas just as intensely as Sandy. This was well before humans put up significant
amounts of CO2.
Sandy was destructive because of an unlikely
confluence of events which had nothing to do with
human activity. The tide was very high, another
storm from the west combined with Sandy, and
a pressure system in the North Atlantic diverted
Sandy toward land when most of these storms go
out to sea.
The geographical characteristics of the New
York City area helped: The way Long Island juts
out into the ocean amplifies and funnels a hurricane storm surge toward the low lying areas of
Staten Island the Manhattan. And please don’t
drone about sea level rise; it’s been rising for
12,000 years and the recent amount of sea level
rise wouldn’t have mattered anyhow, considering
that the high tide dwarfed the amount of sea level
rise.
And why the need to say “leaves no doubt”
that climate change is real? Of course climate
change is real, and it has existed for hundreds
of millions of years. Who in blazes says climate
change is not real?
Civilizations for thousands of years have had
to deal with climate change. You can do it rationally, or you can do it insanely – like throwing
people into volcanoes or blaming human activity
and spending 100s of billions of dollars to set the
Earth’s temperature to the “correct” value.
Try asking Otis and his friends what the temperature of the Earth is supposed to be!
Carlo Pagano
Westchester
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New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, second from left, accepts a $50,000 donation from the
Green Mountain Energy “Sun Club” for downtown BID.
A $50,000 grant to the City of New Rochelle’s Business Improvement District from
the Green Mountain Energy “Sun Club” will
light the way for a unique public art display in
the center of the downtown, powered entirely
by the sun. Joining Mayor Noam Bramson in
making the announcement were City Councilman Ivar Hyden, Development Commissioner
Luiz Aragon, BID Director Ralph DiBart and
Sun Club Program Manager for Green Mountain Energy Tony Napolillo.
The outdoor art project will begin this
spring and be installed in the vicinity of library
green, the home of the BID downtown farmers
market, of which Green Star Energy has been
a sponsor since its inception.
“This display is an exciting addition to our
growing mosaic of public art, and underscores
the city’s commitment to sustainable energy,”
said New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson.
“I applaud Green Mountain for their forward
thinking and appreciate their generosity.”
The BID’s grant is unique in that it will
combine the arts with clean energy, and further
establish the library green neighborhood as an
arts destination, complementing the BID’s
concerts, family days and farmers market.
“The installation of a solar public arts display right in the heart of the downtown will
support our sense of community, and the use
of clean energy demonstrates our commitment
to a sustainable future,” said BID Executive
Director Ralph DiBart.
Assisting BID will be public art curators
Joyce Pomeroy Schwartz and Kari Conte, who
worked with DiBart in conceiving of the arts
placemaking focus for the grant. Schwartz has
an extensive background in public arts commissions, including such prestigious projects
as Brian Tolle’s Irish Hunger Memorial at Battery Park City and Maya Lins’ placemaking
public spaces in downtown Grand Rapids, Mi.
Conte has curated or organized more than
30 international exhibitions, site-specific commissions and performances including contributions to the Aichi Triennale (2013) and Performa Biennial (2011).
For more information on the New Rochelle Business Improvement District, visit
www.newrochelledowntown.com.
Celebrate the Easter Vigil at
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
The Episcopal parishes of St. Thomas in
Mamaroneck and St. John’s in Larchmont will
join together to celebrate the Easter vigil at St.
Thomas Church on Saturday, April 4 at 7:30
p.m. The vigil is the culmination of Holy Week
and the first celebration of Easter, the most important feast of the Christian year.
This year marks the first time that the Episcopal parishes of Larchmont and Mamaroneck
will jointly celebrate the vigil, and all are welcome to attend.
A profoundly beautiful liturgy, the vigil
echoes an ancient practice dating back to the
early Christian church. The vigil consists of
four parts: the Service of Light; the Service of
Lessons; Christian Initiation; and the Eucharist.
The service begins outside in darkness, with the
kindling of a new fire from which the Paschal
candle is lit.
By candle light, readings from the Hebrew
scripture tell the story of our salvation history –
of God’s loving intervention to save his people
time and again. We renew our baptismal vows,
metaphorically dying to be to be reborn in Je-
sus and at last, with a clamor of loud noises, the
lights come on, darkness is defeated, the stone is
rolled away and we joyfully celebrate the risen
Christ.
The Rev. Carol Gadsden, rector of St.
Thomas and the Rev. Joseph Greene, rector of
St. John’s, have decided to make the joint celebration of the Easter vigil an annual event, with
St. John’s and St. Thomas hosting on alternate
years. Both parishes warmly welcome the wider
community of Larchmont and Mamaroneck to
join in this powerful and moving ceremony.
Founded in 1814, St. Thomas is an open
and affirming congregation, welcoming “seekers, searchers and doubters” of all backgrounds
with services on Sundays at 8 and 10 a.m. and
Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. The church is
also open for prayer and contemplation every
day from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
St. Thomas is located at 168 West Boston
Post Road (at the corner of Mt. Pleasant Avenue)
in Mamaroneck.
For more information, visit us at www.
saintthomasmmrk.org, call 914-698­0300.
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From the Mayor and Town Hall
On March 17, I had the
a fun-filled day that includes
pleasure of joining the Harrides, an Easter egg hunt and
rison High School band as it
visits with the Easter Bunny. I
marched in New York City’s
encourage all families to visit
annual St. Patrick’s Day pathe West Harrison pool comrade. The temperature was
plex, with their baskets, for
brisk but the enthusiasm of pawhat I’m sure will be a very
rade participants and viewers
exciting event.
made the atmosphere warm
For more information,
and welcoming. Marchers and
call 914-949-5265 (Mintzer
spectators lined the streets as
Center) or 914-670-3179 (Solpolitical leaders, civic associalazzo Center).
tions, schools, marching bands
The Harrison Public Liand cultural associations took
brary is the recipient of a grant
part in this year’s celebration.
for “Bridging Cultures: MusThe parade does a great
lim Voices,” a reading and
job of showcasing pride in our
discussion program for chilNew York-metropolitan comdren ages 5 through 12, made
munity. As onlookers cheered,
possible in partnership with
Mayor Ron Belmont
our high school students addthe New York Council for the
ed to this sentiment and did a wonderful job. I was Humanities. The program is free of charge and will
very proud of them and they should be commend- be conducted at the West Harrison Branch from
ed for their commitment and talent.
April 8 to 28.
Recently, residents received a letter from
Participation will be open for all interested
our commissioner of public works regarding or- area public, private and home-schooled students.
ganic yard waste. Under a directive from the New A multi-media approach will be used and it will inYork City Department of Environmental Protec- clude audio, video clips, displays, food and special
tion, Harrison is no longer permitted to accept features along with book discussions. Registration
and process grass clippings. Town personnel will will begin soon, with limited space available.
no longer collect grass clippings, either in piles or
For more information, contact Bonnie Tjombags, placed curbside. It is suggested that mowing stol at 914-835-0324.
equipment be retrofitted, adding blades that will efIn closing, take note of a change to the sanitaficiently mulch the grass as it is mowed, leaving tion schedule: Friday, April 3 is a holiday and town
the mulch to naturally fertilize the lawn.
offices will be closed. Garbage and/or recycling
For more information on this issue, and on normally collected Thursday, April 2 will be colmulching, visit our web site at www.harrison-ny. lected Wednesday, April 1. Garbage and/or recygov.
cling normally collected Friday, April 3 will be
On Saturday, March 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 collected Thursday, April 2.
p.m. (rain date Sunday, March 29 at 1 p.m.), the
There will be no bulk trash collection WednesHarrison Recreation Department will be hosting day, April 1.
Learn How One Scarsdale
Family Went Completely Solar
“Free Energy: A Local Family Saves by
Going Solar” will take place Wednesday, April
8 at 7:30 p.m. at Greenburgh Nature Center, 99
Dromore Road, Scarsdale; refreshments will be
served at 7 p.m.
Most months, GNC naturalist John Mancuso and his family of five pay nothing for electricity – that is, since the Mancuso family installed
solar panels on the roof three years ago. Hear the
family’s story and learn how you, too, can generate energy on your own property – free from
the sun!
Lee Streisfeld-Leitner of Sunrise Solar,
who worked with the Mancusos, will give a basic primer on the technical requirements and financing of residential solar installations.
For more information, visit www.SierraLowerHudson.org.
New Rochelle Library Hosts
Family & Children’s Programs
A captivating concert of classical chamber music will be performed in the Ossie Davis
Theater of the New Rochelle Public Library on
Sunday, March 29 from 3 to 4 p.m. The program
will include works by Georg Philipp Telemann,
Johannes Brahms, Clara Shumann and Albert
Franz Doppler.
The performing musicians, all students of
the Aaron Copland School of Music, CUNY, are
Peter Delgrosso on French horn, Simona Donova on flute, Edward Hardy on violin, Markus
Kaitila on piano, Morgan Pappas on flute, Tony
Park on clarinet and Qian Shen on piano.
The Aaron Copland School of Music is one
of the oldest and most distinguished departments
at Queens College, founded a year after the college opened in 1937. By 1981, the department
of music – with graduate and undergraduate programs – became the Aaron Copland School.
Now top-ranked, the Aaron Copland School
of Music is continuing its mission of educating
and training musicians and teachers, adhering to
the standards of its former and present faculty,
and looking forward to meeting the challenges
of a changing world of music and education successfully and creatively.
The concert is made possible by funding
from the Friends of the New Rochelle Public
Library, with a donation of $2 suggested at the
door.
For additional information, contact the
NRPL Community Relations Office at 914-6328254.
***
Elementary school-aged children in prekindergarten through grade give are invited to
participate in a variety of free programs being
held at the main New Rochelle Public Library
and the Huguenot Children’s Library during
spring vacation week. These programs are made
possible by the generosity of the Friends of the
New Rochelle Public Library and the Partnership for the Huguenot Children’s Library, both
501c3 non-profit organizations.
A “Spring has Sprung Gardening Adventure” will take place Monday, March 30 from
1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the
main library. Children in grades two through
five will help get the library’s Adventure Garden
ready for planting and be given the opportunity
to plant seeds to grow at home. Participation is
on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at
1:15 p.m.
A family craft bonanza Tuesday, March 31
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the meeting room of
the main library, will be a fabulous craft field
day for children in pre-kindergarten and older,
and their parent or caregiver. The library will
provide a great variety of supplies, tools and
guidance.
Participants may drop-in at any time to decorate a tile, concoct a sand art container, fashion
some jewelry, bind miniature booklets, create a
mural, design a mask, or chose from other terrific, fun projects.
On Tuesday afternoon, a performance for
preschoolers with Evan Gottlieb will entertain
and enrich children ages 2 to 6 years in the Huguenot Children’s Library lower level at 1 p.m.
The popular children’s entertainer-musician
brings song and merriment to each of his lively,
fun-filled programs. Participation is on a firstcome, first-served basis beginning at 12:45 p.m.
April Fool’s Day is Wednesday, April 1 and
the library has cooked up a perfect program to
celebrate. A magic and comedy show with Jim
McClenahan will feature the antics of the beloved magician-comedian.
McClenahan always delights all ages with
his side-splitting humor and fabulous tricks, and
due the popularity of his show, two performances are being offered in the Ossie Davis Theater
of the main library, at 11 a.m. and at 2 p.m. Both
are on a first-come, first-served basis, to the 138seat capacity of the theater. One performance
per person, please.
On Thursday, April 2 from 11 a.m. to 12:05
p.m. a “Happy Birthday, Hans Christian Andersen!” movie marathon in the Ossie Davis Theater
of the main library will celebrate the extraordinary storyteller with favorite films based on his
tales.
***
The New Rochelle Public Library invites
middle- and high-school students to be part of
an exciting theater experience in conjunction
with New Rochelle’s 2015 “Big Read of The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer.”
A Reader’s Theater Troupe is being organized for the May-June 2015 Big Read, during
which the troupe will re-enact vignettes from
the book at various public events. It will begin
with four workshops being offered at the library
during school vacation week, from March 30
through April 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the library’s
Ossie Davis Theater.
A drama instructor from the acclaimed
Playgroup Theatre in White Plains will lead the
sessions, which will involve theater skills, reading segments from the book, gaining confidence
in reading aloud to the public, rehearsing and
performing. Participating students will receive
a financial stipend for attending an orientation
session, the four workshops and participating in
at least three performances.
This constitutes a commitment of about 25
to 30 hours after school or on weekends between
the end of March and the end of June.
Readers Theater is best described as “team
storytelling through narration,” and allows for
dramatization of literature with ease. There are
no sets, and costumes and props are kept to a
minimum. The scripts are often read on stage, so
memorization is optional.
Interested students should contact Barbara
Davis, community relations coordinator at the
New Rochelle Public Library, at 914-632-8254
or [email protected]. Space is limited and students will be asked to complete a simple application.
Conference Designed to
Inspire & Educate Fathers
Allan Houston
Tony Porter
Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino will host an all-day fatherhood conference
Tuesday, April 7 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the
Westchester County Center in White Plains, titled
“The Power of a Father’s Presence: Challenges and
Victories in Supporting Dads.” The conference,
sponsored by the Westchester County Department
of Social Services and nearly 20 other partners, is
designed to inspire, educate and challenge men and
to celebrate the critical role of a father in the lives
of his children.
“Unfortunately, over the course of the past 40
or 50 years in this country, the critically important
role of the father in the family has been degraded
in popular media and in society, and the statistics
of children of all races growing up without the loving and nurturing support of a father sadly continues to increase at a disturbing rate,” said Astorino.
“No one would ever question the critical importance of a mother and we should celebrate the
role of the father in a similar manner, and set ex-
pectations very high. This conference offers fathers
and providers, who work with fathers and families,
key tools and support to help men become great
dads to their children.”
Astorino said the conference will include
several workshops for fathers and providers focusing on such topics as education, employment,
handling conflicts, communication techniques, statistical evidence of the power of fathers, and how
to remain an involved and effective dad during life
transitions as a result of a separation.
Tony Porter, co-founder of A Call to Men, is
the keynote speaker. Several other speakers will
include Allan Houston, former New York Knicks’
all-star.
The conference is open to all, and there is
a $35 registration fee that includes a continental
breakfast and lunch. For more information and
to register (deadline is March 27), email [email protected] or call 845-8836060.
‘Animation Vacation’ Offered
For Youth this Spring Break
Looking for a creative way for your child to
spend spring break? The Picture House has announced that it will be offering an “Animation Vacation” spring break camp from March 30 through
April 2 in the historic 1921 theater and the new
Satellite Film Lab.
Each day your child will work with a film industry professional and learn the different aspects
of animation, from stopmotion, to claymation, to
Lego animation. They will create short animated
films, and two weeks later you will receive a link
to their final product.
Half- and full-day options are available. Halfday classes are from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and cost
$75 daily or $300 for the week; full-day classes
are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and cost $120 daily or
$480 for the week.
Members at the family level or higher receive
a 10 percent discount on all education classes and
camps. Enrollment is currently open online at
www.thepicturehouse.org, or by calling 914-7383161 or emailing [email protected].
Senator Latimer Announces
Collegiate Scholarships
State Sen. George Latimer announced last
week that the New York Conference of ItalianAmerican State Legislators is now accepting
applications for four $2,500 scholarships to be
awarded June 8 at the annual Legislative Conference Day. In previous years, scholarships
have been awarded to students from Port Chester and Mamaroneck.
“Given the high costs of college, every opportunity must be made by local students and
their working families to meet their required expenses with scholarships as well as with student
loans, available financial aid and personal contributions,” said Latimer. “I highly recommend
that our area’s students apply to the conference
for these prestigious scholarships so that they
may hopefully secure as much extra help with
their expenses as possible.”
This year, the Italian-American State
Legislators Conference will be awarding four
$2,500 scholarships to four current or future
college students from New York State. Eligibility will be based upon the student’s grade-point
average, interest in pursuing a higher education,
involvement in the local community and individual financial need.
The conference is a bipartisan organization of New York State Assembly and Senate
members who are actively involved in promoting and celebrating the state’s Italian-American
community. Its mission is to work hard to elevate and highlight Italian-American contributions to the State of New York and beyond, in
all aspects of society, including literature, the
arts, architecture and politics. The conference
also tries to dispel negative stereotypes of Italian-Americans.
“Our conference is very proud of our role
in promoting higher education and assisting students in reaching their academic goals and full
potential for future success in the global marketplace,” said Latimer. “This year’s recipients
will be invited to Albany to receive their scholarship awards in June.”
Area students may request an application
by contacting Latimer’s Albany office at 518455-2031. Applications must be submitted by
Friday, April 24.
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Legal Notices
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Daylight Savings Time has arrived and so has the WAJE Spring
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be served. SSNY shall mail
a copy of process to: C/O
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Notice of formation of Palmerini Properties, LLC, a
domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC), filed with
the Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 02/20/2015. Office location: Westchester
County. Principal office of
Palmerini Properties, LLC:
264 Cherry Street, Katonah,
NY 10536. SSNY designated as agent of Palmerini
Properties, LLC upon whom
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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
Index No.: 68035/2013
MORTGAGE PREMISES: 543 MAIN STREET 601 PU38 A/K/A 543 MAIN STREET, NEW
ROCHELLE, NY 10801
SBL #: 2-415-1601
STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
CAPITAL ONE, N.A., Plainitiff
Vs.
DUANE FELIX A/K/A DUANE R. FELIX, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law,
next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors,
lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance,
lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the
complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and each and
every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right,
title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose
names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained
by the Plaintiff; BOARD OF MANAGERS OF 543 CONDOMINIUM, NATIONAL CITY BANK,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND
FINANCE, Defendants.
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint in the above captioned action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the Plaintiff’s attorney within twenty
(20) days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive o the day of service,
or within thirty (30) days after the completion of service where service is made in any other
manner than by personal delivery with the State. 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.
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 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:
BY: /s/_________________
MARGARET J. CASCINO, ESQ.
Stern & Eisenberg, PC
Attorneys for Plaintiff
485B US Highway Route 1 South, Suite 330
Iselin, New Jersey 08830
Tel: (516) 630-0288
Fax: (732) 726-8719
To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Francesca E. Connolly, a Justice of the Supreme Court
of the State of N.Y., dated January 9, 2015 and filed along with the supporting papers in the
Westchester County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The Land on
which the Building containing the Unit(s) is erected is described as follows: All that certain
plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of New Rochelle, County of
Westchester and State of New York being Lot 10 and 11 on a certain map entitled, “Map of
Westchester Place, New Rochelle, N.Y., property belonging to Millbrook Company” dated
October 25, 1917 by W.L. Hayes Engineer and Surveyor, filed in the Office of the County
Clerk, Division of Land Records, formerly Register’s Office of Westchester County, New
York, October 7, 1918, in Volume 49 of Maps at Page 10 and a parcel of land located on the
northerly side of Main Street, said parcels when taken together are bounded and described
as follows: Beginning at a point on the southeasterly side of Westchester Place, where the
same is intersected by the division line between Lot 9 and Lot 10 as shown on the above
mentioned map, said point being 89.24 feet southwesterly as measured along the southeasterly side of Westchester Place from the corner formed by the intersection of the southwesterly side of Division Street with the southeasterly side of Westchester Place; Running
thence along said division line along the southwesterly line of land, now or formerly of David
Lifton, land now or formerly of Hung G. Lee and land now or formerly of Ephraim Holding
Corp., South 27 degrees 30 minutes 30 seconds East, 159.05 feet to a point; Thence North
60 degrees 58 minutes 52 seconds East, 20.29 feet (record description) 20.90 feet actual
measurement to the other land, now or formerly of Ephraim Holding Corp.; Thence along
the southwesterly line of land, now or formerly of Ephraim Holding Corp., and along the
southwesterly line of land, now or formerly of I.B. & G. Realty Company, Inc., South 26 degrees 05 minutes 06 second East, 203.42 feet to appoint on the northwesterly side of Main
Street, said point being, South 58 degrees 33 minutes 01 seconds West, 45.29 feet; and
South 58 degrees 58 minutes 04 seconds West, 35.25 feet from the corner formed by the
intersection of the northwesterly side of Main Street with the southwesterly side of Division
Street; Thence along the northwesterly side of Main Street, South 58 degrees 58 minutes
04 seconds West, 94.45 feet to a point, distant 237.79 feet northeasterly as measured
along the northwesterly side of Main Street from the corner formed by the intersection of
the northeasterly side of Centre Avenue with the northwesterly side of Main Street; Thence
along the northeasterly line of land, now or formerly of Joseph Vippolis, North 28 degrees
24 minutes 45 seconds West, 203.18 feet, to the southeasterly line of Lot 11 on filed map
in Volume 49, Page 10; Thence along the southeasterly line of Lot 11, South 58 degrees
35 minutes 02 seconds West, 21.86 feet to the division line between Lot 11 and Lot 12;
Thence along said division line, North 23 degrees 31 minutes 21 seconds West, 119.24
feet to the southeasterly side of Westchester Place; Thence along the southeasterly side of
Westchester Place, North 36 degrees 10 minutes 56 seconds East, 106.16 feet to the point
or place of beginning.
Premises known as 543 MAIN STREET 601 PU38 A/K/A 543 MAIN STREET, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801
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 of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov.
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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To join the Exchange Club of Yonkers contact
Vice-President David Tubiolo at 646-596-3375
Notice is hereby given that a
License serial
# 1284602 for Liquor has
been applied for by the undersigned to sell Liquor at
retail in a Restaurant under
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 523 South Fulton
Avenue Mount Vernon, NY
10550 for on premises consumption.
Wheeler & Wheeler, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that
Vintage 1891 Kitchen LLC
has applied for a license, Serial #1283858, to sell beer,
liquor and wine at retail in
a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
at 2098 Boston Post Road,
Larchmont, NY 10538 in
Westchester County for on
premises consumption, Vintage 1891 Kitchen
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Friday, March 27, 2015 - WESTCHESTER’S MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPERS - PAGE 7
Seniors and Health Care
Wartburg Honors Longtime
Montefiore’s Investment in
Employees at Annual Luncheon Westchester to be Discussed
Patricia Kyer receives the Myers Leadership Award.
The leading provider of senior care services
in Westchester County honored 89 employees for
their dedication at the annual Years of Service
Luncheon held March 11 on the 34-acre campus
at Wartburg.
“We celebrated 89 employees who together
represented 1,005 years of service,” said Dorothea Bell, executive vice president of human
resources. “What a great testimony to our employees and the value that Wartburg brings as an
employer of choice in Westchester County and
the Mount Vernon community.”
Awards are given every year to employees
for service in increments of five years. Three employees received an honor for 35 years of dedicated care to our residents and registrants, and the
same for 25 years of service. Six employees received a gift for 20 years of employment at Wartburg, 20 employees for 15 years, and 25 caregivers for 10 years. Wartburg was also honored to
recognize 32 employees for five years of care.
For the first time this year, Wartburg pre-
sented the Edgar J. Myers Leadership Award,
named for the longtime beloved president of the
Wartburg Foundation and former board member.
Patricia Kyer, an 18-year home care veteran with
Wartburg, received the inaugural award for her
dedication to patients and embodying the mission.
In response to her recently bestowed honor,
Kyer said: “To be given an award in Mr. Myers
name makes me feel especially honored. I so very
much enjoy the work I do for the home care patients at Wartburg.”
“Wartburg is a service organization known
for generations of caring and dedication to vulnerable populations,” said David Gentner, president and CEO of Wartburg. “We’re only as good
as our people, and our people are what make
Wartburg so special. We’re happy to invest in
our employees and are always grateful when they
honor us back with their longtime service.”
Visit www.wartburg.org for more information.
$5M Sought for Upgrades to
Northern Westchester Hospital
U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten
Gillibrand, and Congresswoman Nita Lowey,
called on FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to
expedite Northern Westchester Hospital’s application for federal funding to undertake critical
infrastructure improvements that will help the
hospital withstand future storms.
These funds, which would be awarded as
part of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program,
would enable the hospital to strengthen its power grid. Improvements are necessary because
during Superstorm Sandy, the hospital lost
power for 70 hours due to having an outdated
power system that relies on one switch to keep
the electricity running, which is a violation of
safety codes.
The hospital was able to secure a generator
on day three of the outage, providing necessary
power until full restoration.
If the hospital’s electrical infrastructure
fails again, it could leave local residents without emergency care. If awarded federal funding,
the hospital would completely modernize its
system, creating three separate power branches
that would help it withstand the impact of future
storms.
The total project cost is $7,227,511; if approved, FEMA will cover $5,420,633 of the
cost.
“There is nothing more important than the
safety and health of our residents,” said Lowey.
“I will continue to work with Sen. Gillibrand
and Schumer to provide Northern Westchester
Hospital with the equipment and resources necessary to maintain vital emergency services.”
Northern Westchester Hospital is a 233bed facility in a community setting with an extensive staff, including 600 physicians, which
serves about 350,000 people in the region on an
emergency, inpatient and outpatient basis. Infrastructure failure during a storm would leave
residents without any emergency care, which
would stretch resources of first responders and
the larger disaster response system, with an
overwhelming cost to the hospital and community.
During Superstorm Sandy, Northern Westchester Hospital faced a 70-hour electrical grid
power loss due to an outdated 45-year-old power transfer switch, which violates national and
state regulatory code requirements. The hospital has a plan in place to rebuild the emergency
power system so that there are three branches
with independent switches.
With major disasters and power disruptions
becoming more common in the region, this improved emergency power system is necessary
for the hospital to operate during major weather
events.
Town of Eastchester
Senior Programs & Services
The Center at Lake Isle
Monday, March 30
9:30 a.m. Line dancing with Theresa
12:30 p.m. Bridge/cards/Mahjong
12:30 p.m. Movie and popcorn
12:45 p.m. Exercise with Linda Zeiss
Tuesday, March 31
8:30 a.m. Exercise with Grace Kulinski
10 a.m. Exercise with Patricia Marinello
12:30 p.m. Bridge/cards/Mahjong
Wednesday, April 1
9:30 a.m. Tap dancing with Paula
9:30 a.m. Drawing class with Stephanie
12:30 p.m. Exercise with Evey
12:30 p.m. Mahjong/Bridge/cards
Thursday, April 2
9:30 a.m. Intermediate line dancing with
Theresa Kover
10 a.m. Yiddish class
10:15 a.m. Council meeting
12:15 p.m. Open council meeting
12:45 p.m. Mahjong/Pokeno/Bridge/cards
Friday, April 3
Good Friday, center closes at 1 p.m.
8:30 a.m. Exercise video
10:30 a.m. Current events with Maryann
12:30 p.m. Bridge/cards/Mahjong
The Center at Lake Isle is located at 660
White Plains Road at Eastchester. For more information or transportation, call 914-337-0390.
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At the invitation
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Forest Park Ave. Refreshments begin at 3:30
dren’s Hospitals.”
At the program in Larchmont, Alfano will p.m. (Enter the church through the Forest Park
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Demystify Medicare for Seniors
The forum “Demystifying Medicare and
Health Care Coverage for Seniors” will take
place at several locations in Westchester next
month.
This presentation of the library system’s
Westchester Seniors Out Speaking is perfect for
anyone trying to navigate their way through our
complicated health care system for older adults.
It will help those who already have Medicare,
as well as people soon to be 65, planning their
retirement, or assisting relatives and friends
with their medical decisions and paperwork.
The engaging, interactive program outlines
the various parts of Medicare and lays out the
costs associated with the medical and drug insurance provided by the government and private companies.
Topics include original Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans, prescription drug plans
(Part D), Medigaps (supplemental plans) and
various cost-saving programs (MSPs, Extra
Help, EPIC, etc.)
Walk-ins are welcome, but pre-registration
is requested at 914-231-3236; leave your name,
telephone number and the event you wish to at-
tend.
Dates and locations include:
Monday, April 6 from 6 to 8:45 p.m. at the
Warner Library, 121 N. Broadway, Tarrytown;
Sunday, April 12 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at
the Ossining Public Library, 53 Croton Ave.;
Wednesday, April 15 from 6:30 to 9:30
p.m. at Phelps Memorial Hospital, 701 N.
Broadway, Sleepy Hollow;
Monday, April 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Hart
Library, 1130 E. Main St., Shrub Oak;
Thursday, April 23 from 6 to 8:45 p.m. at
Will Library, 1500 Central Park Ave., Yonkers;
Saturday, April 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Field
Library, 4 Nelson Ave., Peekskill;
Wednesday, April 29 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at
Fox Center, 198 Carpenter Ave., Mount Kisco;
Saturday, May 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. at New
Rochelle Library, 1 Library Plaza at Lawton
Street;
Monday, May 4 from 6 to 8:45 p.m. at
White Plains Library, 100 Martine Ave.;
Wednesday, May 6 from 6:15 to 9 p.m. at
TDY Community Center, 32 Manhattan Ave.,
Greenburgh.
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Social Security Q&A
By Julissa Javier
Social Security assistant district manager,
yonkers
Question: My father gets Supplemental
Security Income for a disability. He is now legally blind and wants to receive information
from Social Security in an alternative format.
How do I help him?
answer: Social Security is dedicated to
providing vital information in the most effective
way for every recipient. There are several ways
to receive information from us if you’re blind
or have a visual impairment: You can choose to
receive Braille notices and a standard print notice by first-class mail; a Microsoft Word file on
a data compact disc and a print standard notice
by first-class mail; an audio CD and a standard
print notice by first-class mail; or a large print
(18-point size) notice and a standard print notice by first-class mail.
You can request these special notice options by visiting www.socialsecurity.gov/people/blind.
Q: My mother receives Supplemental Security Income benefits and she’ll be going to
live with my sister next month. Does she have
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a half months, where he worked at Ration
Dumps, served as an interior/exterior guard
and played dance gigs. In July 1943, Moye’s
unit went to Tunisia, and then on to Sicily. It
continued moving up the coast, assigned to
work crews, guard duty and salvage duty at
Anzio-Nettuno, Civitavecchia, Venafro (operated mule parks for infantry) and Modena in
the Po Valley (the 242nd became the 3256 Service Company, Quarter Master.)
Moye took part in several other campaigns, and with good conduct and a WWII
victory, he earned his rank as private first class.
In October 1945, his outfit left Leghorn, Italy,
as he completed his journey back to New Rochelle.
Upon resuming his civilian status, Moye
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the New York Public Interest Research Group,
commented: “If you believe New York’s in its
‘Watergate moment, this is the equivalent of the
F.B.I. issuing a trespassing summons.”
Cuomo and Heastie’s ethics agreement
must also be agreed to by the State Senate, and
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos wants ethics reform to include income earned by domestic
partners, including Cuomo’s girlfriend Sandra
Lee.
Skelos doesn’t want ethics reform to include
disclose of where outside income for legislators
comes from, including legal clients for senators
and Assembly members that are also attorneys.
Another year should not pass by without
serious ethics reform in Albany; a recent Quinnipiac poll found 89 percent of New Yorkers believe corruption is a serious problem in Albany.
Over the next two weeks, the “four men in a
room” will negotiate a final budget. This includes
Cuomo, Heastie, Skelos and Independent Democratic Conference Chairman Sen. Jeff Klein.
Klein and the IDC issued a release touting
what the Senate’s one-house budget plan includes: Paid family leave, a major infrastructure
repair and jobs program, affordable housing,
aid for working families, help for seniors and a
state tax deduction for college loan repayment
were chief among the IDC’s “Invest NY” policy
proposals to be adopted in the Senate’s 2015-16
one-house resolution.
“We’re proud this resolution contains so
many of the IDC’s proposals that will aid our
seniors, help college students, continue to fund
universal pre-kindergarten and child care subsidies, develop much-needed middle-income
housing and rehabilitate the deplorable conditions in NYCHA developments,” said Klein,
who represents Pelham.
Westchester State Sen. Andrea StewartCousins, who serves as the Senate Democrats’
leader, released her conference’s budget priorities, including $2 billion in additional education
funding.
The priorities include adding another $2 billion in funding for education, increasing the minimum wage, creating more affordable housing
and job opportunities through capital projects,
increasing aid to local municipalities to help reduce property taxes, and increased funding for
EPIC – the prescription drug plan for seniors –
and for kinship care.
The list of priorities were included in a
to report the move to Social Security?
a: Yes, she should report any change in
living arrangements to us within 10 days, as the
change could affect her payment. Failure to report the change could result in an incorrect SSI
payment that may have to be paid back. Also,
we need her correct address so we can send her
important correspondence about her SSI benefits.
She can easily change her address by accessing her personal “My Social Security” account at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount.
She can also call Social Security at 1-800-7721213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778).
Q: I recently retired and am approaching
the age when I can start receiving Medicare.
What is the monthly premium for Medicare
Part B?
a: The standard Medicare Part B premium
for medical insurance is currently $104.90 per
month. Since 2007, some people with higher incomes have been required pay a higher monthly
premium for their Medicare coverage. You can
get details at www.medicare.gov or by calling
1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227) (TTY
1-877-486-2048).
was honorably discharged and immediately
became a veterans’ activist, joining VFW Post
2882. He served as a bugler, and became commander of the post from 1969 to 1975. He
embedded himself in the military community,
and served as county commander in Westchester, as county chaplain and as district chaplain
from 1984-85.
Moye continues to preside as chaplain
emeritus for American Legion Post 8 and the
United Veterans Memorial and Patriotic Association of New Rochelle.
County Legislator Jim Maisano presented
Moye with a proclamation, and Habitat for
Humanity of Westchester CEO Jim Killoran
spoke about how Habitat helps veterans like
Moye stay in their homes, while building houses for young veterans returning from service.
For more information on Habitat and how
you can volunteer, contact Jim Killoran at 914403-4821 or by email at [email protected].
budget letter to the Republican Senate Majority
Leader; the conference has also issued requests
for use of the $5.1 billion in settlement funds
available for one-time investments this year, including $275 million in 0 interest loans for the
Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.
“The budget priorities outlined by the Senate Democrats reflect our view of our state’s
most important needs, including adequately
funding our education system and not linking
policy reforms to critical funding,” said StewartCousins, who will not be included in the “four
men in a room” budget negotiations. “We have
two weeks to put together a budget that works
for all New Yorkers.”
Priorities that specifically relate to the 35th
District include a $2 billion increase in education
funding.
The enacted budget must address adequate
funding from universal pre-kindergarten to college – with increases first targeting high-needs
districts, including Yonkers, which the senator
pointed out in her remarks on the Senate floor
last week – has requested an additional $89 million to maintain the status quo.
Priorities also include increased funding by
4.8 percent for special act school districts that
instruct vulnerable students, including tuition indexing for special act schools and 853 schools;
as well as funding library aid at the 2010 Census
level and increased construction funds by $14
million.
The problems with one-house budget resolutions are that, combined with the governor’s
budget and the minority party’s budget priorities, they become far too many budget plans that
confuse the voters.
The other issue for Senate and Assembly
members who vote against the budget resolutions are that while they may vote against a
budget plan that doesn’t include something they
feel strongly about, their “no” vote can be used
against them in future political campaigns.
Voting “no” for a budget resolution also
means you voted “no” on a budget plan that bundles together popular issues like helping seniors
and college students, raising the minimum wage
and increasing education funding. Political ads
have frequently highlighted – in negative and
misleading spots – a candidate’s “no” vote on a
budget resolution and their supposed opposition
to seniors, college students and more education
aid for their local school districts.
All of which underscores our point – that
one-house budgets confuse the voters of New
York and Westchester. We hope that this story
helped clarify your confusion.
Hear an Update on the
New TZ Bridge April 1
The American Association of University
Women-Westchester will present at its monthly
branch meeting and an update on the sustainability, safety and timeline for the New NY
Bridge Project, better known as the Tappan Zee
Bridge, on Wednesday, April 1. Brian Conybeare, who is the special advisor to the governor for the New NY Bridge, will be the guest
speaker.
The event is co-sponsored by the Greenburgh Nature Center and will be held at the
Greenburgh Public Library at 6 p.m., with Conybeare’s talk beginning at 6:30 p.m.
AAUW-Westchester’s April 1 meeting will
be an update of last year’s talk on the New NY
Bridge Project. The new bridge is set to replace
the old Tappan Zee Bridge, which has been a
strain for taxpayers, with maintenance costing
$750 million in the past decade, as well as for
motorists, with the accident rate continuing at
double the average on the rest of the thruway.
The new bridge is designed to last 100
years without major structural maintenance. It
will have eight traffic lanes, four breakdown/
Bee-Line Bus Fare
Changes in Effect
Effective, Sunday, March 22, fares increased on all Bee-Line bus routes except the
BxM4C Westchester-Manhattan Express. The
Bee-Line System is part of the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority’s MetroCard system
and the fare increases are identical to those on
the MTA New York City transit system that will
also go into effect March 22.
The increases are as follows:
* Single-ride bus fares increase to $2.75
from the current $2.50, the same as the authorized increase for New York City subways and
buses. For seniors and the disabled with proper
identification, the fare increased to $1.35 from
the current $1.25.
* The 30-day unlimited-ride MetroCard
(useable on Bee-Line buses and New York City
buses and subways) increase to $116.50 from
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the current $112. For seniors and the disabled,
the 30-day unlimited–ride Reduced-Fare MetroCard cost $58.25, up from $56.
* The seven-day unlimited-ride cards increase to $31 from $30. For seniors and the disabled, the fare increased to $15.50, up from $15.
* A bonus discount will be available on
pay-per-ride MetroCards with a value of at least
$5.50. The amount of the discount increased
from 5 percent to 11 percent.
* The fare for the Bee-Line route BxM4C,
Westchester-Manhattan Express will not change.
For more information about fares, visit
www.westchestergov.com/beelinebus or call
the Bee-Line hotline at 914-813-7777 Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.;
automated information is available 24 hours a
day.
United Water Westchester
Transitions to Monthly Billing
In order to provide customers with more
frequent and timely information about their water usage, United Water Westchester will transition all quarterly-billed customers to monthly
billing, which allows customers to budget more
efficiently, monitor water consumption and detect leaks in their household plumbing sooner.
Detecting leaks and reducing usage saves
water and money.
The first group to be transitioned will be
customers in Rye, Rye Brook and Port Chester
who will begin seeing monthly bills next week.
Remaining customers will be transitioned over
the next few months.
Meters will be read monthly and the bill
will reflect water usage for about 30 days. All
other charges – currently billed quarterly – will
be spread out over 12 monthly payments. The
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them retain their individualized identities – as
loving parent, outspoken lawyer, creative artist
or die-hard Yankee fan.
When a new resident joins Bridge to Rediscovery, the team performs a comprehensive life
review with that individual and their family. The
team obtains an overview of the new resident’s
daily routines in an effort to make life at Five
Star Premier Residences of Yonkers as similar
to home life as possible. A customized plan of
action is then developed based on the resident’s
personality, likes/dislikes and personal preferences to ensure the highest level of productivity.
Walking/exercise groups, book clubs and
movie nights are readily available to Bridge to
Rediscovery residents in order to stay active and
social. Five Star Premier Residences of Yonkers strives to offer many diverse activities and
events so that the residents can more quickly
develop relationships with each other and with
the team alike.
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emergency lanes, and state-of-the-art traffic
monitoring systems.
The total cost of the project is $3.9 billion;
it is set to have all lanes open by April 2018.
Conybeare was appointed a special advisor for the Tappan Zee Bridge by Gov. Andrew
Cuomo in 2012, and serves as liaison for Cuomo to Hudson Valley residents. Before being
appointed, Conybeare worked as news anchor
for News 12 Evening Edition, as well as co-anchoring the weekly talk show “Newsmakers.”
He has won three New York Emmy
Awards, five Edward R. Murrow Regional
Awards, and Five New York Associated Press
Broadcast Awards.
The branch meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at
the Greenburgh Public Library, 300 Tarrytown
Road, Elmsford; Conybeare’s talk will begin at
6:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public and
all are welcome.
AAUW is a national organization of university graduate women whose mission is to
advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.
ton, Texas, until a judge issued a gag order meant
to apply to Pirro, which she contested. “It made
me sick to my stomach,” Durst said at the trial.
“I wanted to run away. I knew I had to get away
from this Jeanine Pirro woman.”
Richard Blassberg, whose book “The Jeanine
Machine” highlighted Pirro’s improper use of the
DA’s Office over 12 years, said that Pirro “fled to
Galveston, Texas in a breakaway pursuit of Robert Durst; harassing him and ultimately providing
him with the perfect cover story, as well as an acquittal, in a gruesome murder and chopping up of
boarding house resident Morris Black.”
Pirro continues to talk about her role in the
case in a positive light, both on her Fox television
show “Justice with Judge Jeanine” and on the
many TV news shows now highlighting the case.
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But many others paint a different picture.
Fittingly, NYSP investigator Becerra, still on
the job, may have the final say in the Westchester
connection to Robert Durst, with the New York
Times reporting: “Only hours before the conclusion of an HBO documentary about Mr. Durst and
the murders last Sunday, a State Police investigator, Joseph Becerra, arrived at the home of Susan
T. Giordano in Campbell Hall, N.Y., to seize a
trove of Mr. Durst’s private papers stored there.”
With Robert Durst now under arrest in California, and with the FBI and investigators and
prosecutors across the county once again looking
into the deaths of Kathie Durst and Susan Berman
– and untold other murder victims, Robert Durst’s
freedom, and escape from justice, may be finally
coming to an end.
Thanks in part to a documentary, and a cop
that wouldn’t give up. Thanks to Officer Becerra,
who efforts and good police work has not been
highlighted enough.
Friday, March 27, 2015 - PELHAM RISING - PAGE 9
Colavita Brings Irish Cheer
To Eastchester Seniors
Students Learn the Trades
During Construction Career Day
Town Supervisor Anthony S. Colavita with Eastchester seniors celebrating St. Patrick’s Day.
High school juniors and seniors recently learned about the ever-growing construction industry, upcoming mega construction projects and the regional need for skilled tradesman.
Evelyn Gonzalez, 17, a senior at Lincoln High School in Yonkers, tries her hand at welding
pipe with instructor Mike Sweeney of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 21 of Peekskill.
Eastchester Supervisor Anthony Colavita
spread some Irish cheer and helped celebrate St.
Patrick’s Day at the town senior centers.
Members were each treated to an Irish soda
bread to take home, courtesy of the supervisor,
who wished all a happy St. Patrick’s Day.
More than 800 high school students from
Rockland, Westchester, Orange, Sullivan
and Putnam counties met with more than 20
construction and building unions and private
employers to explore the skills needed and
opportunities available for building trades in
the region during Hudson Valley Construction
Career Day. Instructors from different trades
led demonstrations and discussed apprenticeships and career opportunities in the building trades to high school students once they
graduate.
International Iconographer Comes to Mariandale Retreat
Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center is thrilled to host Iconographer Mary Jane
Miller for her “Sacred Icons: Windows into
Stillness” retreat. Running from April 12 to
17, the retreat will include meals, prayer time,
solitude and plenty of painting. Although the
sessions will be based on iconography, the true
focus of the retreat is fostering a connection
with the divine.
“I want to bring people closer to God,”
said Miller. “Not church-God or my God or
iconography’s God – I just mean God. Iconography is like a window in a dark room: If you
go right up next to the window and push your
face up against the glass, you’ll see a lot of
light.”
While Miller said she thinks the retreat
might be a good fit for art students, religious
people or local iconographers, she emphasizes
that having little knowledge of iconography
and art will make for an enriching experience.
“I’m hoping participants will get a little
bit of an introduction to this great history
called Iconography,” she said. “I’m hoping
they’ll have a peaceful encounter with themselves. I’m hoping they’ll walk away with a
beautiful image. If I can do that, it will be a
major miracle.”
Miller is an iconographer with 18 years
of experience in egg tempera painting and 23k
gold leaf. In addition to authoring books on
iconography, she is included in various collections and teaches icon painting courses in
her studio in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
She also leads prayer groups and silent retreats
at the Monastery of the Soledad, Atoltonilco,
Mexico.
A sponsored ministry of the Dominican
Sisters of Hope, Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center is a full-service center with
40 beds, located on 63 acres on the Hudson.
The center is available for group and private
retreats and offers spiritual programming
throughout the year. For more information,
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More on Miller’s upcoming retreat is
available http://ophope.org/2015/03/11/painting-icons-welcoming-stillness.
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Special Screening of
‘Still Alice’ at Picture House
United Way Honors
‘Women of Distinction’
Julianne Moore won the Academy Award for “best actress” for her performance
in “Still Alice.”
The Pelham Interfaith Council and the Alzheimer’s Association of the Hudson Valley are
co-sponsoring a screening of the new film “Still
Alice,” starring Oscar winner Julianne Moore,
at The Picture House on Sunday, March 29 at 4
p.m. A panel discussion with a moderator from
the Alzheimer’s Association and three representatives offering different perspectives on the disease will follow the film; audience participation
will be encouraged.
“Still Alice” is a well-reviewed and heartfelt drama that honors its delicate themes of personal loss and family upheaval with bravery and
sensitivity. In the film, Julianne Moore portrays
an academic who discovers she has early onset
Alzheimer’s’ disease. Her stirring performance
(which received the Academy Award for best
actress) provides a window into one person’s
painful reaction, coping measures and, above all,
courage.
The movie also depicts how her illness affects her three children and husband.
Approximately 5.5 million new cases of Alzheimer’s are diagnosed every year in the United
States, touching almost every family in some
way. Laura deBuys, president of The Picture
House, commented on the joint sponsorship.
“The Pelham Interfaith Council saw the
screening of ‘Still Alice’ as a way to explore issues of human vulnerability and courage under
stress, the ties and responsibilities of family and,
as the Rev. Noel Vanek said, perhaps even God’s
severe grace,” said deBuys. “We were delighted
that the Alzheimer’s Association also wanted to
participate in the event as their in-depth knowledge of the issues and challenges surrounding
Alzheimer’s disease will bring layers of meaning
to this special screening and dialogue.”
More information about Alzheimer’s and
avenues for finding assistance can be found at the
website of the Alzheimer’s Association-Hudson
Valley chapter, at www.alz.org/hudsonvalley.
Tickets to the special screening of “Still
Alice” and post-film discussion are $12 general
admission, $6 for members and $10 students and
seniors, and are available at www.thepicturehouse.org, or at the box office, 175 Wolfs Lane,
Pelham.
From left are Bloomberg TV anchor Stephanie Ruhle, keynote speaker; honoree Mary Murray
of IBM; News 12 Westchester’s Lisa Salvadorini, event emcee; United Way President and
CEO Alana Sweeny; and honoree Dee DelBello of Westfair Communications.
From left are United Way Women’s Leadership Council founding members Janet Belardi,
Swati Goel-Patel and Amanda Paredes from PURE Insurance, event sponsor, at the Women’s
Leadership Council’s second annual luncheon March 11 at Trump National Golf Club.
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Dee DelBello, CEO and owner of Westfair Communications, Inc.; and Mary Murray,
manager of corporate citizenship and corporate
affairs at IBM, were honored as the Women’s
Leadership Council’s first “Women of Distinction,” for their leadership roles in inspiring philanthropy and the advancement of women in our
community.
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