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Vol 111 Number 42
$1 Million International Trot
October 15 at Yonkers Raceway
Yonkers Raceway President and CEO Timothy Rooney, and Tim Rooney Jr. with trophy for International Trot, at kickoff press conference at Gallagher’s Steak House in Manhattan--photo by
Donna Davis
‎Six world-class trotters from Europe
touched down on October 5 at John F. Kennedy
Airport in New York‎ to compete in the 38th edition of the $1 million Yonkers International Trot,
set for Saturday afternoon, October 15, at Yonkers Raceway.
The arriving group represents five of the
seven countries that will vie for the purse equaling last year’s New York State and raceway record. Elite trotters from Denmark, Finland, Italy,
Norway, and Sweden (2) were on board, and will
be joined by the United States (2) and Canada in
the global trotting classic which was revived last
year after a 20-year hiatus by raceway and Empire City Casino president and CEO Timothy J.
Rooney.
The sextet of Euros that made the transcontinental journey, plus two United States flag-carriers and one Canadian stalwart, in alphabetical
order, are as follows:
BBS Sugarlight – Norway
Continued on Page 8
A Treasure Trove of Films at
YoFi Fest 2016
Danny Glover, and James Roday, right, star in Pushing Dead, featured at the YoFi Film Festival
Sunday 10/23 at 5pm Tickets and info at YoFiFest.com
By Dan Murphy
This weekend, the Yonkers Film Festival,
know better known as YoFi Fest 2016, will offer film lovers and attendees a wide array of
short films, feature movies, and a weekend of
programs, seminars and activities.
This year’s YoFi Fest Pride and Power
feature film is Pushing Dead, the winner of the
2016 Discovery Award for the Best Narrative
Feature at the Calgary International Film Festival. Pushing Dead is a bittersweet comedy
starring actor and activist Danny Glover, which
will be shown on Sunday October 23, and features a struggling HIV writer, and his journey
to take on a helpless bureaucracy or come up
with $3000 a month to buy meds on his own.
The director, Tom E. Brown, has Westchester roots. Brown lives in San Francisco,
but his parents, Susan Lennon and Bob Brown,
were both born in Yonkers in the early 30’s and
his great grandfather, James T. Lennon, was
Continued on Page 6
Yonkers Lifts a Glass
to Mary Teague
Mary Teague with Mayor Mike Spano
Mayor Mike Spano and the City of Yonkers paid tribute to one of its oldest businesses
in the downtown last week as Mary Teague,
proprietor of The Tyrone House, located on
Main street, announced her retirement.
Mayor Spano presented a proclamation to
Teague which reads:
WHEREAS: As Mayor of the City of Yonkers, I am proud to recognize an individual who,
Continued on Page 8
Friday, October 14, 2016
Ostriches in Yonkers?
No Clowning Around
Yonkers police chasing an ostrich on Midland Avenue and the family of Ostriches in the car
By Dan Murphy
On October 9th at 8 am, residents on Midland Avenue awoke to a strange occurrence. Before making call to Yonkers Police, they took
another sip of coffee to make sure they were
seeing what was before their eyes, ostriches
running along Midland Avenue. Yonkers Police
responded and the two baby ostrich were quickly captured with the help of some residents.
Turns out the some of the ostrich were about to
be transported and delivered and got away.
On a more serious note, Yonkers Police
arrested two young males who were trying to
continue a Halloween prank that has spread
nationwide---the creepy clown. On 10-06-16,
the Yonkers Police Department Intelligence
Unit developed information on a possible susContinued on Page 4
Three Yonkers Homes Win
2016 Curb Appeal Awards
Mayor Mike Spano, with curb appeal winners
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano today presented the City’s fourth annual Curb Appeal Awards
to three Yonkers homeowners for their homes’
exceptional curb appeal and charming landscaping. The winners were selected based on nominations from Yonkers residents submitted at
www.yonkersny.gov.
“The Curb appeal awards are the perfect
way for our residents to demonstrate pride in
our City, starting with our neighborhoods,” said
Mayor Spano. “It’s about showcasing all the
wonderful things Yonkers has to offer and pay-
ing tribute to the Yonkers residents who have
gone above and beyond. This year’s curb appeal winners clearly demonstrate pride in their
homes and pride in the City of Yonkers.”
“Mayor Spano’s Curb Appeal Awards”
were presented at 109 Hampshire Road in Yonkers, the home of Diana and Ray Delgrosso,
whose beautiful home won the Landscaping
Award, with its perfectly manicured lawns,
well-kept flowers, shrubs and plants. Mayor
Spano cited the Delgrosso’s house stood out as
Continued on Page 8
Yonkers Thanks
Helen Henkel for Service
Mayor Mike Spano joined with the friends,
family and coworkers of Helen Henkel on the
occasion of her retirement. Mayor Spano presented a proclamation to Henkel, which reads
As Mayor of the City of Yonkers, I am
proud of our City’s dedicated employees who,
throughout the years, have comprised a most
impressive workforce and who have consistently given of their considerable talents and
energies for the betterment of our City and its
residents, and
WHEREAS: Foremost among these exemplary individuals is HELEN ANN HENKEL, who is recognized this day by her many
colleagues, friends and co-workers on the occasion of her retirement from the City of Yonkers, as a proud and devoted employee of the
Department of Information Technology, and
WHEREAS: HELEN ANN HENKEL
began her tenure with the City of Yonkers in
1974, when she was appointed a Senior Typist and School Aide with the Yonkers Public
Schools, and
WHEREAS: For over thirty-four years,
HELEN ANN HENKEL has been the heart and
soul of Yonkers City Hall and over the course
of her employment here has been responsible
for the critical workings of the City, including phone service and has seen first hand, the
transformation of the City from typewriters to
desk top computers; mimeograph machines to
high powered copy machines; beepers to smart
wishing Helen Henkel a happy retirement
phones; wang systems to IBM main frame, and
WHEREAS: Currently the Director of
Office Services, a position she has held since
Continued on Page 6
PAGE 2 - Yonkers Rising - Friday, October 14, 2016
Five Star Premier
Residences of Yonkers:
Why you should live here!
Synagogue Honors Sidney
Goldman on 90th Birthday
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Building better and healthier lifestyles for
seniors is what we’re all about at Five Star Premier Residences of Yonkers. Our Lifestyle 360
program is a comprehensive wellness program
that has been designed to bring out the very
best in our residents, so they can live healthier,
happier days with activities to challenge their
minds, build their strength and engage with new
friends. In fact, all new residents to the community receive a personalized program based on
their interests, abilities and feelings of wellbeing
and fitness. It’s like having your own personal
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What else makes Five Star – Yonkers a great
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and outdoor benches for reading and meeting up
with family and friends. It’s also close to the
city, offering an abundance of restaurant choices,
fabulous theater outings, shopping, museum visits and special classes.
Five Star Premier Residences of Yonkers
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Best of all, the community is excited to offer
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Fay and Sidney Goldman hold hands, surrounded by their three sons Howard, Roy, and Lance
Goldman, holding the Torahs and the two new covers for the Lincoln Park Jewish Center synagogue’s Torahs, dedicated in honor of Sidney’s 90th birthday in May 2016. Fay and Sidney, a
licensed electrical engineer, have five grandchildren, and have lived in Yonkers since buying a
house in 1977 and joining the Lincoln Park Jewish Center in 1978. Sid is a long time and still active member of the Jewish War Veterans, having served in combat in the Pacific during World War
II, and visits veterans at the Kingsbridge Veterans Administration facility in The Bronx. Photo by
Robert Kalfus
by Robert Kalfus
Yonkers resident Sidney Goldman recently
celebrated his 90th birthday in May. Having
served the Lincoln Park Jewish Center in a multitude of positions since first joining in 1978, the
synagogue’s members, friends and Sidney’s family honored him by raising funds to purchase two
beautiful new Torah covers, embroidered “In honor of Sidney Goldman” recalling the decades during which Sidney removed the Torah from the Ark
and carried it during Shabbat services.
The two new Torah covers were selected for
their designs and adornments displaying symbols
of the Jewish New Year: the round red pomegranate fruit, and the ram’s horn shofar, sounded 100
times during the High Holiday services.
Sidney and his wife Fay have been members
of the Lincoln Park Jewish Center for the past 38
years, and has served the synagogue as its Treasurer, and member of the Board of Directors during
more than four decades of membership, and where
he continues to serve as Treasurer, is a member of
the Rabbi’s contract committee, and the Catering
Committee. Fay served as a Director of the Sisterhood, and Sidney and Fay were honored by their
synagogue at the 75th annual Journal Dinner in
2013.
Sidney was born in The Bronx in 1926, and
in 1943 graduated from James Monroe HS, and
served in combat in the Pacific Theatre of Operations during World War II.
T:10.625” Sidney and Fay were honored as their three
sons Howard, Roy and Lance saw the two new
Torah covers displayed and used for the first time
at the synagogue’s Rosh HaShonah (Jewish New
Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) services last week.
Sidney retired from a long and successful career as an electrical engineer and now devotes his
time to enjoying his family, their three sons, five
grandchildren, his continuing activities with the
Knights of Pythias, visiting veterans at the Kingsbridge Veterans’ Administration, and synagogue
activities. His wife Fay retired after a long and
successful career as a teacher.
Sidney is affiliated with the Jewish War Veterans of the USA and has now serves as National
Inspector, in addition to being Quartermaster of
the Department of New York and Bronx County
Council, and has served as Assistant Scout Master in the Boy Scouts of America, where Sidney
earned Wood Badge in 1974.
The Lincoln Park Jewish Center continues
to raise funds to purchase two additional Torah
covers for regular Shabbat use, to enhance our
enjoyment and appreciation during the upcoming
holidays of Shemeni Atzeret, Simchat Torah, and
Sukkot.
A delicious meal and entertainment is available at our upcoming Sukkot brunch party on Sunday, October 23, eaten and enjoyed seated in the
large and spacious synagogue sukkah. Visit our
Web site www.LPJC.org, or call our office at (914)
965-7119 to purchase tickets.
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Friday, October 14, 2016 - Yonkers Rising - PAGE 3
Rotary Raises Funds for
Richmond Community Services
Dr. Paca Lipovac, President and CEO of Richmond Community Services speaking to the
Rotary Club after receiving the funds raised at the BBQ organized by the Yonkers Rotary, as
Club President Mahbub Ahmad looks on.
The Rotary Club of Yonkers-East Yonkers
handed over a check for $3,700 to Richmond
Community Services, on Broadway in Yonkers.
These funds will benefit programs of the notfor-profit organization which has been meeting
the lifelong needs of children and adults with
significant physical and intellectual disabilities
and complex medical needs.
The event was organized in memory of the
Club’s Past President Rich Bloom who passed
away recently. Bloom had been the CEO of
Richmond for nearly a quarter of a century. In
attendance were members of Bloom’s family,
their friends, Club members and Richmond staff.
Paying tribute to Rich Bloom, Club President
Mahbub Ahmad, said the Club was “very happy
to be able to organize this gathering, not only
to remember Rich but also to provide a little bit
of assistance to this Organization that he loved
and served for so long.” Rich Bloom’s daughter Elizabeth recalled her father’s quarter century of dedication and contribution to Richmond
Community Services. Her visit to his long-time
workplace brought back many memories.
Recalling their long-time friendship, Club
Sergeant-at-Arms Harvey Bernstein, spoke of
Rich’s love for the welfare of the residents of
Richmond. Current Richmond CEO and President Dr. Paca Lipovac, highlighted Rich’s contribution to the Center, and thanked the Rotary
Club for it’s initiative to help the Center.
The funds were presented by Club President Ahmad to Dr. Lipovac at the Club’s meeting on 21 September. Receiving the check she
said the funds would be used towards the purchase of a “Tracking System”, which helps the
wheel-chair bound children and adults at the
Center to be able to move around on their own
power, being harnessed to the system, giving
them the enormous satisfaction of being independently mobile.
The funds were raised at a Barbeque held
at the Broadway premises of Richmond Community Services recently. The main attraction
was the full spectrum pro bono catering by the
Outback Steak House. Greyston Bakery also
provided their famous brownies, while Shoprite
of Tuckahoe provided water and ice.
A large number of local businesses and
community organizations stepped up to partially
sponsor the event to help with the fund-raising.
A poster highlighting their contributions was
displayed at the event. The Club’s Event Chair
Jeffrey Landsman and Honorary Member Jim
Letsen put in their time and effort in organizing the event. Behind the scenes, Club members, Greg Arcaro, Peggy Murphy, Bina Ahmad,
Boniface Tankeng and Shah Latif made this a
successful event.
The Rotary Club of Yonkers-East Yonkers
was chartered in 1920 and has provided opportunities for education, built classrooms and
playgrounds, helped almost eradicate Polio, sent
a school bus to kids in Liberia and books to Costa Rican children, among other actions. Locally,
the Club has given out scholarships, pencils,
dictionaries and books, and provided grants to
local community organizations for projects benefiting women, youth, seniors, cancer patients,
and the community. The Club also built a playground in Yonkers School 9.
To learn more about the Club or to take part
in its activities, visit www.yonkersrotary.org and
its Facebook page www.facebook.com/groups/
yonkerseastyonkersrotary or contact Membership Chair, Shaw Latif at shaw@kmgnyc.com.
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We Need More
‘Comprehensive Plans’
Watching and listening
shelter closed down and the
to Hillary Clinton during the
Republican/Conservative
debate Sunday Night, she
County Executive (Astorino)
kept referring to all of the
wanted it left open. Kind of
untraditional political posi‘Comprehensive Plans’ she
tions for each of them to take.
has. You know what? From
Housing of the HomeWashington to Yonkers,
less in Westchester County is
maybe we need more ‘Combig business and quite expenprehensive Plans.’
Debate
sive. For every night a homeless person is housed in a
‘Comprehensive Plan’
All I kept thinking durhomeless shelter, the agency
ing the debate on Sunday was
providing the shelter is being
the need for a comprehensive
paid by the county over $100
a night. Most of the homeplan to silence the candidates
less stay in facilities from 7
microphones when their alEric W. Schoen
at night until 6 in the mornlotted time to talk is up. How
annoying is the banter regarding you gave her ing. That’s less than 12 hours.
Multiply 30 nights a month X $100 a night
30 seconds, where’s my 30 seconds? Get a tech
guy in their who knows what they are doing and and you have $3000 to house a homeless person
simply shuts off the microphone when it is not on a cot in a shelter. You can get a nice apartment
in Westchester for a single for a fraction of that
their turn to talk.
As Bernie Sanders would say, ‘Who needs amount. For $2000 a month they could live in a
the damn audience?’ Told not to applaud, audi- luxury building. Problem is the Federal Governence members totally disregarded the request. ment will pay $100 a night or $3000 a month for
What is accomplished with a studio audience? a shelter but caps payment for an apartment at
Let the questions come in via SKYPE or tape the under $700.
Hillary and Donald: The Federal Governaudience questions in advance. The comprehensive plan for the audience need to get them out ment needs a comprehensive plan to correct this
travesty.
of there.
Comprehensive Plan for Making Sure
Donald did not look very Presidential walkTeachers with Criminal Records are not in
ing around the stage, even though it was a town
the Classroom
hall forum style debate where this is the norm.
You remember our friend, Health Teacher
He needed a comprehensive plan to to sit in his
chair and smile. It’s not the Apprentice, it the Mr Wilkins or Wilkens. I told you I would follow
up to see who approved him, locally or in New
election for the leader of our land.
Hillary has so many comprehensive plans York State to teach in Yonkers Public Schools
over her 30+ government career that have gone classrooms.
So, courtesy of the State we find that Wilkins
nowhere. Maybe she needs to come up with better comprehensive plans? The comprehensive or Wilkens has 5 state certificates. School Attenplan dressing her for the forum in Ralph Lauren? dance Teacher Provisional Certificate. School
Good plan. Better than those odd pants arrange- Counselor Provisional Certificate
Teaching Assistant Level I Certificate. Eduments she normally wears.
Comprehensive Plan for the
cational Technology Specialist Initial Certificate.
And yes, Health Education Initial Certificate.
United Parcel Service (UPS)
Increase in the number of packages being
A comprehensive plan is needed to find out
delivered to our homes. Alarming increase in the how a man with a mile long rap sheet obtained
number of packages being stolen from in front so many certifications and passed local scrutiny
of our doors. A package was delivered to my at the Yonkers Board of Education.
Lions and Tigers and Bears
apartment the other night. A tad bid late at 8:00
‘Oh My’ Comprehensive Plan
p.m. All the emails from UPS said the package
So the New York City Council proposes to
was delivered. Yes it was delivered, but to my
ban lions and tigers and bears from the Ringling
neighbor.
After a neighborhood search in my car at Brothers Circus every year at Madison Square
8:00 p.m. to see what was going on, I figured let Garden in New York City.
Included in the ban are the sheep, donkeys,
me check with the neighbors to see if maybe they
llamas, camels and other animals who are an
got my package. Yep!
So the next day, I asked the UPS man if they integral part of the Living Nativity scene in the
ring the respective apartment or private home Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
Jesus Mary and Joseph! We really need a
door bell or knock on the door when they bring
packages. He said no, they just drop them off. comprehensive plan to keep the animals in the
United Parcel Service needs a comprehensive Radio City Christmas Spectacular that people of
plan to ring bells when they are dropping off all religions enjoy every year!
In closing: Kudos to Supreme Court Justice
packages and make sure that if the package requires signature by an adult party that he or she Ruth Bader Ginsburg for calling athletes who
protest during the National Anthem ‘Dumb and
and not a ghost signs for it.
Comprehensive Plan for Housing the
Disrespectful.’ They won’t Pledge Allegiance to
the Flag, but they love American money!
Homeless Overnight in Yonkers
A few weeks ago, Yonkers Mayor Mike
Reach Eric Schoen at thistooisyonkers@
Spano sent in housing and building and fire in- aol.com and follow him on Twitter @ericyonspectors as he was informed that the homeless kers. Catch the Westchester Rising Radio Show
were being sheltered in substandard conditions featuring Dan Murphy and Eric Schoen Thursby the Sharing Community, a social services days at 10:00 a.m. on WVOX 1460 on the A.M.
dial or on the internet at wvox.com and click on
agency in Yonkers.
The Democratic Mayor (Spano) wanted the listen live.
Third Precinct Police
Community Council Meeting
The Third Precinct Police Community
Council will hold its next regular monthly
meeting on Tuesday, October 18 at 7:30 PM
at the Chema Community Center, 435 Riverdale Avenue. Usual quality of life concerns and
important issues of the southwest Yonkers area
will be discussed. Residents and merchants are
strongly urged to attend this community meeting. Newly appointed Captain Daniel Campanni will be in attendance and for further information contact Bob Stauf, President at 914
476-2284.
PAGE 4 - YONkERs RisiNG - FRidAY, OctObER 14, 2016
Girls Empowerment Chat
at Riverfront Library
Sister to Sister International, along with
various community partners will be sponsoring
a “Girls Empowerment Chat Session” on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 at the Yonkers Riverfront Library auditorium, located at 1 Larkin
Center, beginning 5:00 – 7:30 pm. The event is
targeting middle, high school and college aged
girls of color, along with interested parents, educators and other community stakeholders.
The Girls Empowerment Chat Session
is designed to show girls how it is possible to
break-through barriers, graduate high school,
pursue higher education, and land a job or start
a business, that will lead to economic success.
Sister to Sister International’s Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math Academy for
Black and Latina girls, now in its 7th year will
also be showcased, exposing girls to lucrative
future careers.
The Empowerment Session will feature
two dynamic leaders including Dr. Marta Tellado, a Cuban born Latina, who has overcome
barriers and plotted a successful path to the
Executive Suite, becoming President and CEO
in 2014 of Consumer Reports, the largest nonprofit consumer organization in the world. Her
background includes business, politics and social action. Dr. Tellado is also, a former Vice
President of Global Communications at the
Ford Foundation; and Kalisha Dessources, a
New York Haitian American, former educator
in Philadelphia, who joined the White House as
an intern for the Office of Public Engagement,
later becoming a Policy Advisor to the White
House Council on Women & Girls, and one of
their most active millennial champions for girls
empowerment initiatives. She tackles issues
like girl’s education, diversity and inclusiveness
in STEM, working families policies and the advancement of women and girls of color.
The extraordinary empowerment “Chat
Session” will feature both Dr. Tellado and Ms.
Community Conversation on
Immigration in Yonkers
the community planning council of Yonkers hosted a conversation on immigration
Kalisha Dessources
Dessources, in dialogue with Cheryl Brannan,
the event convener, consultant and founder of
Sister to Sister International, Inc. The audience
will have the opportunity to ask questions and
participate in the informal conversation.
The Chat Session is free, but reservations
are required. To register log onto https://stsichat2016.eventbrite.com Light refreshments
will be served.
Cheryl Brannan, Sister to Sister International’s founder stated, “This Empowerment
Chat Session builds on STSI’s local and global
work to empower girls and women of color. It
is part of our “It take a Village: Nurturing the
Girl-Child through Collective Impact” strategy
with various community partners”
For more information, contact Sister to Sister International at 914-207-0368 or email stsi@
optonline.net
Well over 200,000 people call Yonkers
“home,” the 2010-14 American Community Survey found that almost 29,000 residents - 15% of
all Yonkers residents - are foreign born and not
US citizens.
This was the topic discussed at a Community Conversation on Immigration in Yonkers
sponsored by the Community Planning Council
of Yonkers on September 28th at the Riverfront
Library in Yonkers.
The session was moderated by Dr Mara
Gross - Board member of CPCY and Director of
Community Partnership at Sarah Lawrence College.
Panelists Hamra Ahmad, Esq., the Executive
Director of the Hudson Valley Justice Center in
Yonkers and Sr. Kelly Carpenter, RSHM, Esq.
from the RSHM Life Center in Sleepy Hollow,
spoke about the challenges facing immigrants
today.
They pointed out that while many immigrants have become citizens despite language and
information obstacles, some 29,000 immigrants
live in Yonkers either on work permits or green
cards, or as visitors to the U.S, or are undocumented. Each person’s status comes with certain
risks and protections which the everyone must
understand.
During the question and answer session,
many of the social service agencies in attendance
spoke about their work to provide accessible
translation services and information in lieu of
immigrants following the ever-present, advice
“on the street.”
They saw that work was also needed to assist those in governmental offices - especially the
courts, DMV and DSS - who work with immigrants.
Three additional Community Conversations
will be sponsored by the Planning Council on
important topics facing Yonkers today - Mental
Health (October 19th); Affordable and Special
Needs Housing (November 3rd) and a Legislative Forum (November 29th)
Yonkers Riverfront Library Announces
Healthy Holiday Eating Program
Eating healthy doesn’t need to be difficult!
Pick up tips on how to manage your weight during the holidays through this nutrition program
offered by Shoprite and the Yonkers Riverfront
Library. Join us on Wednesday, November
2, 2016, 2:00 – 3:30 pm for Weight Management Tips for the Holidays. This presentation
will include nutrition information, samples, a
question and answer session with Registered
Dietitian Ana Leibovici, MS, and more. The
program will be held in the Board Room on the
fourth floor. The program is FREE, but please
call 914 375 7966 to register, as seating is limited.
The Riverfront Library, located at One
Larkin Center, is accessible to people with disabilities. Parking is available at sidewalk meters and for a fee in the nearby Buena Vista and
Warburton Parking Garages. For more information, contact Mary Robison at 914-375-7966.
The Yonkers Historical Society
Announces its Annual Dinner
The Yonkers Historical Society will be holding its Annual Dinner on Thursday, October 27th
at 6:30 p.m. at the Fairways at Dunwoodie, 1
Wasylenko Lane, Yonkers, NY. The dinner will
honor recipients of several awards including:
o The Key To History – Terry Joshi
o Volunteers of the Year – Members of
the Yonkers High School Historical Society
o Corporate Citizen – Sound Associates,
Inc.
Proceeds from the dinner will support continued maintenance and repair of the historic 276
year-old Sherwood House Museum.
If you are interested in attending or submitting an ad to the dinner journal, please contact
the YHS office at 914-961-8940 as soon as possible.
Yonkers Historical Society,
P.O. Box 190, Yonkers, NY 10710
914-961-8940
yhsociety@aol.com
Visit us at:
https://www.facebook.com/HistoricSherwoodHouse/
Angelo Rojas, right, and Gabriel Garabito, left, are both 18 year old Yonkers residents and
were arrested outside of Saunders HS
Ostriches in
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pect vehicle which was occupied by males who
had been taking pictures at local schools while
dressed in a clown costume. The photos would
then be posted to social media sites with threats
to cause physical harm at the schools the following day. This information was broadcast to
all units via the department communications
system.
At approximately 5:30 p.m., Police Officers Dolce and Manzo from the 4th Precinct
observed a suspicious vehicle parked at the
main entrance to Saunders High School, which
is located at 183 Palmer Road. The Officers
approached the vehicle, which was occupied by
two males, later identified as suspect Garabito
and suspect Rojas. Suspect Rojas was wearing
a full bodied clown suit which was pulled up
to his knees. Investigation revealed that the
suspects were not students at the school and
they could not provide a legitimate reason for
being on school grounds. Subsequent investigation revealed that these suspects were taking
pictures outside of the school and other schools
in Yonkers while wearing the clown suit. Investigators developed information that the photos were intended to be posted on social media
sites later that day with various threats to the
schools.
Police Commissioner Charles Gardner
commented on yesterday’s arrest “We take all
threats seriously and this should be an example to all who choose to engage in this type of
criminal activity that there are consequences for
this type of behavior. Our department will continue to work closely with the Yonkers Board
of Education in investigating any threats to our
students safety.”
The suspects, both 18 year old Yonkers residents were charged with Criminal Trespass and
Loitering, as the investigation continues.
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Stewart-Cousins Bill Cuts Costs
For Counties, Nonprofits
Governor
Andrew
ers, who must often bear
Cuomo signed legislation,
the burden of steep service
sponsored by Senator Anprices. By creating a larger
drea Stewart-Cousins and
purchasing pool, municiAssemblywoman
Sandy
palities lower purchase
Galef which allows noncosts and ultimately save
profit organizations that
taxpayers money. Users in
provide services for their
need of the services will
respective counties to make
pay lower fees as well, and
purchases through use of
the nonprofits save money
county contacts.
in the process.
The nonprofit sector
Senator Stewarthas been severely impacted
Cousins said, “This is a
by the current economic cliwin-win situation for evmate, yet nonprofit groups
eryone. Taxpayers save,
remain integral to the
municipalities save, and
operation of county govnonprofits save. By letting
Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins
ernments. Many of these
nonprofits piggyback on
organizations provide counties with essential County contracts, the State will allow everyone
services without which they could not properly to make the most efficient use of their money.
function. This legislation allows counties to We should do everything we can to ensure these
provide opportunities for nonprofit service pro- nonprofits thrive so they continue to provide
viders to realize savings without compromising these vital services to our residents. This will
service delivery, so long as the contracts relate guarantee the best quality of life for everyone in
directly to the service the nonprofit administers our communities.”
to the county.
Assemblywoman Sandy Galef said, “This
Meals-on-Wheels, Adult Day Services, legislation will allow non-profits, which do a
Senior Van Transportation Services, and servic- tremendous amount of necessary work in our
es for the developmentally disabled and home- communities, an easier avenue to get the maless and runaway youth are just a few of the terials needed to fill their purpose,” said Galef.
groups that will benefit from this bill. By lower- “The idea is to lower the cost of procuring coming the costs of these services, nonprofits can modities and services to the organizations that
improve the quality of the services they deliver supplement the government in supporting their
and counties can offer them to a greater number neighbors. Many local governments successfulof people, thereby helping more people while ly minimize the cost to taxpayers through colspending less money.
laboration with other local governments. This
Because many of these services are man- legislation allows not-for-profit groups to fully
dated, the bill will also lower costs for taxpay- collaborate with the county governments.”
Astorino Makes Three
Key Appointments
Mark Fang
James Castro-Blanco
County Executive Robert P. Astorino today
announced three key appointments to his administration:
Vincent F. Kopicki, an engineer with 30
years of public and private sector experience,
has been named commissioner of Public Works
and Transportation;
James Castro-Blanco has been named Executive Director of the Human Rights Commission, a role he will take on in addition to his
current responsibilities as Chief Deputy County
Attorney; and
Mark C. Fang has been named Director of
Consumer Protection, which he moves to from
the Human Rights Commission where he had
served as Executive Director.
“Good government requires good management, and these three individuals are all seasoned
professionals with broad experience in both the
private and public sectors that will benefit all of
our residents,” said Astorino. “I am also proud
that we are continuing to create dynamic career
paths within county government, which allows
us to attract and retain the best people and put
their talents to the best uses.”
Kopicki is a lifelong Westchester resident
and graduate of Manhattan College. He comes
to county government from the New York City
Department of Environmental Protection, where
he was a senior manager. Previous to that he supervised capital projects for the City of Yonkers,
as well as a multi-jurisdictional construction
project in New York City for Lockheed Martin.
He also has a decade of experience managing facility and transportation operations from when
he served as director of engineering and capital projects for the Roosevelt Island Operating
Corp.
“It’s an honor to serve the community
where I grew up and where my wife and I raised
our three sons,” Kopicki said. “Having built my
reputation on delivering capital projects on time
and on budget, I look forward to working with
County Executive Astorino, managing a 5-year
capital plan that invests $1 billion into our infrastructure and creates nearly 11,000 construction
jobs.”
Castro-Blanco is an experienced attorney
and administrator, who has been an assistant
dean and adjunct professor of Law at Saint
John’s University and worked for the law firms
of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Wilson Elser
LLP. In addition to his years of public service
with Westchester County, Castro-Blanco prosecuted federal crimes as an assistant United
States attorney in the Eastern District of New
York. Castro-Blanco has served as president
of the largest Hispanic bar association in the
Northeast, worked extensively with non-profits
and professional organizations, and received numerous honors, including the Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Trailblazer Award
and the Westchester Hispanic Law Enforcement
Association Award. He received his bachelor’s
degree from State University of New York at Albany and his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law
School, where he was editor of the Law Review.
“County Executive Astorino and I stand
together in our commitment to ensuring that
discrimination of any kind is not tolerated in
Westchester County,” Castro-Blanco said. “As
executive director of the Westchester Human
Rights Commission, I will be steadfast in enforcing our human rights laws.”
Fang is a lieutenant colonel in the Judge
Advocate General Corps of the United States
Army Reserves and a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom, having served on active duty
from 2004–2005 with the Army’s 10th Mountain
Division in Fort Drum. He previously served
more than four years as Executive Director of
the Westchester County Human Rights Commission, appointed by Astorino in May 2012.
Prior to his appointment to the Astorino administration, Fang served as an assistant attorney
general with the Criminal Division of the New
York State Attorney General’s Office and as an
assistant district attorney in Westchester County.
Fang was also counsel to the Consumer Affairs
Committee of the New York City Council. He
earned his bachelor’s degree, Phi Beta Kappa,
from Tufts University and his Juris Doctor from
the Georgetown University Law Center, where
he was a member of the American Criminal Law
Review.
“I want to express my gratitude to County
Executive Rob Astorino for the special opportunity he has given me these past four years to help
individuals in the county facing unlawful discrimination and to facilitate productive dialogue
in our community on race and race relations,”
Fang said. “At the Department of Consumer
Protection, I will have the opportunity to help
ensure that consumers are protected, that business owners are treated fairly, and that everyone
dealing with our department continues to receive
courteous, fair and efficient service.”
Astorino will send Kopicki’s appointment
as Commissioner to the Board of Legislators this
week for their confirmation. Castro-Blanco’s appointment was approved by the members of the
Human Rights Commission. Fang serves at the
pleasure of the County Executive.
On This Day in
Yonkers History
Senator-Yonkers Resident Frederick
Davenport
Womens Sufferage speaker Fola La Follette
By Mary Hoar, President Untermyer Performing Arts Council, President Emerita,
Yonkers Historical Society
Monday, October 17th:
October 17, 1905: Dozens of discarded
sugar baskets from the Federal Sugar Refining Company, left overnight on the company
wharf for later burning, were set ablaze by a
spark from a locomotive of the Central-Hudson
Railroad division.
October 17, 1912: Former Senator and
Yonkers resident Frederick Davenport addressed workers of the Smith Carpet Company
at the company’s Elm Street gate. He was running for Lieutenant Governor on the Progressive Party ticket, with Oscar Solomon Straus
heading the state ticket; the ticket received
25% of the vote. He returned to the NY Senate
in 1919, and then was elected to the House of
Representatives as a Republican in 1924, serving from 1925 to 1933.
Tuesday, October 18th:
October 18, 1915: Yonkers phone subscribers set a new telephone company use record; our Yonkers operators handled 5,005 calls
that day.
October 18, 1917: South Yonkers celebrated as ornamental lights on South Broadway, stretching from New Main Street to the
city line, were lit for the first time. At a dinner
given in honor of the momentous event, Mayor
Lennon stated it was “another step in the progress of our city.”
October 18, 1923: The US destroyer Sands
arrived at the City Dock in anticipation of Navy
Day, being held in Yonkers. The USS Flusser
arrivd a week later; both ships were from the
Hampton Roads, VA squadron.
Wednesday, October 19th:
October 19, 1915: At an election meeting
of 1,500 woman’s suffragists in Philipsburgh
Hall, Republican Mayoral candidate Gideon
Peck said the “morale of the body politic”
would rise when women got the right to vote.
His opponent Mayor Lennon and Aldermanic
candidate Thomas Brogan also spoke, in addition to dynamic keynote speaker Fola La Follette, daughter of the Wisconsin Senator.
October 19, 1918: Baroness Charles Huard told of her experiences during the Battle of
the Marne, escaping from the German Army,
working with La Croix Rouge (Red Cross),
working with Belgian refugees in her chateau.
She spoke at the Woman’s Liberty Loan rally
at Philipsburgh Hall; the gathering raised more
than $50,000. Born Frances Wilson, the Baroness was an American married to a well-known
French artist; she lived for three years in the
war zone of France. Proceeds from her national
lecture tour went to the support her hospital in
Paris.
Thursday, October 20th:
October 20, 1906: Police officials reported
the receipt of numerous complains about rollerskating in Yonkers on Sundays, in violation of
the Sunday laws.
October 20, 1913: Among the objects of
historical interest added to the collection at
Manor Hall is a facsimile of the last will and
testament of Martha Washington. Mrs. Robert
Calkins of 9 Fairfield Road donated this item to
the Yonkers chapter of the D. A. R.
October 20, 1927: City Clerk John Kettell
offered the old Waring mansion on South
Broadway at public auction: there were no bidders.
Friday, October 21st:
October 21, 1917: The Yonkers Chamber
of Commerce announced that 50,000 brochures
advertising Yonkers as a desirable residential
and industrial city were distributed at the Electrical Exposition in Grand Central Palace, New
York City.
October 21, 1928: Publication of a cartoon
stressing Governor Alfred E. Smith’s tendencies as “wet” in the Gorton High School News
brought a quick rebuke from School Superintendent Lamont F. Hodge.
October 21, 1930: Public Works Commissioner William Colquhoun and thirteen Yonkers policemen were summoned before the
New York Federal Grand Jury to explain how
beer pipes could have been laid through the
city’s sewer system without detection.
Saturday, October 22nd:
October 22, 1921: Police searched for an
unusual car thief. An automobile owned by
L. F. Barnhart of St. Andrews Place from his
garage, driven 75 miles and returned it to the
garage… with both license plates missing.
October 22, 1928: After an investigation
into the bad taste of city water, Water Bureau
Superintendent Harry t. Foley announced the
formal order directing the Pyridium Chemical Company of Nepera Park to shut off their
outflow of chemical fluids from the plant was
served on company officials.
October 22, 1930: Mayor John Fogarty and Board of Education President Leslie
Sutherland were the principal speakers for the
formal opening of the new Longfellow Junior
High School on North Broadway. Thousands
of visitors made an inspection tour of the building after the ceremonies.
Sunday, October 23rd:
October 23, 1911: Cornelius Smith of
Warburton Avenue received word that his son,
Proctor Smith, made a rich find in his gold
mine in the Porcupine district of Northern Ontario. Colonel Lionel Stuart-Weatherly, British
Vice-Consul at Nome Alaska owned the mine
with Smith.
October 23, 1926: City Judge Charles
Boote declared in court that the 23-mile an hour
speed limit in Yonkers was “too low,” and said
the Common Council should change the speed
limit. Apparently the Yonkers Police crackdown on speeders was extremely successful as
thirty more motorists appeared in his court with
summonses for speeding that day.
For more information on the Yonkers
Historical Society, Sherwood House and our
upcoming events, visit our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/YonkersHistoricalSociety.
We also are on LinkedIn and Twitter @YonkersHistoric. For information on membership in
the Yonkers Historical Society, please call 914961-8940 or email yhsociety@aol.com.
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Notice of formation of Hinrichs Consulting, LLC Arts.
Of Org. filed with the Sect’y
of State of NY (SSNY) on
6/27/2016. Office location:
Westchester County. The
street address is: 3 Rose Hill
Drive, Armonk, NY. SSNY
has been designated as
agent of the LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail process served to: Neil Hinrichs,
3 Rose Hill Drive, Armonk,
NY. Purpose: any lawful act.
Notice is hereby given that
YONKERS
BREWING
COMPANY LLC has applied for a license, 1297005,
to sell On Premise Liquor
License at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Law at 92
MAIN STREET, YONKERS,
NY 10701, WESTCHESTER
COUNTY for on premises
consumption,
YONKERS
BREWING COMPANY
#1478
10/14/16 – 10/21/16
#6817 10/14/16 – 11/18/16
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK –
COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
INDEX# 53573/2016
FILED: 09/13/2016
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE
Plaintiff designates WESTCHESTER County as the place of trial. Venue is based
upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated. OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, against VICTOR GOMEZ AKA VICTOR M. GOMEZ if living,
and if he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim
to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in
this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to
be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower,
heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees,
creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all
persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers,
heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees,
creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names,
except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; YOSELIS GOMEZ; PHELPS MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL CENTER; SINGER HOLDING CORPORATION; MIDLAND FUNDING
LLC A/P/O CITIBANK USA, N.A.; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK and, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through # 7,
the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or
parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or
claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY
SUMMONED to answer the Amended Complaint in this action and to serve a copy
of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons,
to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the
service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30
days after the service is complete of this Supplemental Summons is not personally
delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America, may appear or answer within 60 days of service thereof; and in case of your failure to appear
or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the
Complaint. The Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant
to an Order of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and filed in the Office of
the Clerk of the County of Westchester on July 13, 2016. This is an action to foreclose
on a mortgage. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being
on the Northwesterly side of North Malcolm Street, in the Village and Town of Ossining, County of Westchester and State of New York, (Section 89.15, Block 4, Lot 66),
said premises known as 61 N Malcolm St, Ossining, NY 10562. 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 you case is pending for further information on how to
answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage
company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING
A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF, OCWEN
LOAN SERVICING, LLC, AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Clarfield,
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A Treasure
mayor of Yonkers from 1910-1916. He is also
writing a screenplay for a musical, about a fictional Yonkers’ firefighter.
YoFi Fest has expanded beyond downtown Yonkers to feature films at Sarah Lawrence College (October 17), the Pelham Picture
House (October 18), and the Alamo Drafthouse
Cinema (October 19).
On Friday October 21, a red carpet recep-
tion and screening of the film Weiner, a documentary on former Congressman Anthony
Weiner, and after party will be held at 66 Main
Street in Yonkers.
Saturday October 22 and Sunday October
23 will feature most of the more than 100 film
submitted and approved for YoFi Fest by the
film festivals creators Dave Steck and Patty
Schumann.
Workshops for aspiring filmmakers and
more will also be featured over YoFi Fest
weekend. For a complete list of all YoFi Fest
events visit, YoFifest.com.
College and Career Fair for
Yonkers Residents
Lots of opportunities at College-Career Fair
By Thomas J. Stefanchik
Whether you are seeking to explore new
career and educational opportunities, trying to
land a full-time job or simply looking to make
some extra money for the holiday season, you
can pursue these goals at the Pathways to Success Annual College and Career Fair, to be held
on Tuesday, October 18, from 9:30 AM to 12:30
PM. The fair, which is free of charge to all Yonkers residents, will be held at the Vive School,
located at 75 Riverdale Avenue, Yonkers,
10701. (Pathways to Success, the adult education program of the Yonkers Public Schools,
will be commemorating its tenth anniversary
next year.)
In addition to employment services, Pathways to Success offers classes in high school diploma preparation, English for Speakers of Other Languages, and vocational training: Building
Maintenance, Culinary Arts/Hospitality, Microcomputer Applications, Retail/Customer Service and Personal Care Aide/Home Health Aide
(training offered in collaboration with the Family Service Society of Yonkers). Upon successful completion of these programs, students have
the opportunity to earn such nationally recognized credentials as ServSafe, OSHA, ProStart,
Microsoft Office Specialist and National Retail
Federation. Best of all, all classes and services
are provided free of charge!
The Vive School also houses a Family Welcome Center. Here individuals and families are
connected with the community resources necessary to meet their goals of daily living and help
their children succeed in school. The Family
Welcome Center coordinates referrals with numerous partner organizations in order to provide for the needs of the local community, such
as health care, housing, insurance, immigration
and much more.
The following organizations are currently
scheduled to participate in the College and Career Fair (more may be added): Macy’s, Stew
Leonard’s, The City of Yonkers, Northeast
Regional Council of Carpenters, Yonkers Public Schools Food Service Department, Green
Mountain Energy, Child Care Council of Westchester, Fidelis Care NY, GoodTemps, Family
Service Society of Yonkers, VIP Health Care
Services, Mrs. G’s Services, Yonkers Office of
Workforce Development (representing numerous employers), Westchester School for Dental & Medical Assistants, Westchester Medical
Coder, The Guidance Center/ACCES-VR, and
Goodwill Industries.
In addition to the Vive School, adult education classes are held at the following locations:
• PEARLS/Hawthorne School, 350 Hawthorne Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10705
• Saunders Trades & Technical High
School, 183 Palmer Road, Yonkers, NY 10701
• Enrico Fermi School, 27 Poplar Street,
Yonkers, New York 10701.
For more information, please call 914-3768600, Monday through Friday, 9AM – 3PM.
You may also learn more at the school’s website; visit www.yonkerspublicschools.org and
click on “Community.”
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Seniors and Health Care
Renowned authors to speak at The NY ABLE Act: A Primer
Cancer Support Luncheon
Authors Jimmie Holland MD, and Mindy Greenstein PhD
Cancer Support Team (CST) invites the
public to the 18th annual Gayle K. Lee Health
Awareness Luncheon on Friday, October 14 at
the Westchester Country Club in Rye at 11:30.
This uplifting event will feature speakers Jimmie
C. Holland, MD and Mindy Greenstein, PhD,
authors of the book, Lighter as We Go: Virtues,
Character Strengths, and Aging. The book was
selected by O: The Oprah Magazine as one of
their, “Books to Watch for” and by the Wall Street
Journal as one of the best books of the year on
life after 50. The Luncheon’s goal is to heighten
awareness of health issues and make people better advocates for their own health and well-being.
Dr. Holland currently holds the Wayne E.
Chapman Chair in Psychiatric Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
and is Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical
College of Cornell University. She is considered
the founder of psycho-oncology, bringing attention to psychological issues in patients with cancer. She now focuses on psychological care of
older patients with cancer at MSKCC.
Dr. Greenstein is a writer and national
speaker, with a background in clinical psychology and psycho-oncology. She is presently Consultant to the Geriatric Psychiatry group in the
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sci-
ences at MSKCC. She is the author of The House
on Crash Corner.
CST, located in Purchase has been operating
for 37 years and is licensed by the New York State
Department of Health. It is the only Westchesterbased home care program that is solely cancerfocused and that offers services free of charge,
without regard to income or insurance coverage.
Its mission is to enhance the quality of life for individuals and families in lower Westchester who
are affected by cancer. CST’s professional staff
of nurses, social workers and case managers, as
well as an extensive network of over 100 volunteers, provides medical and support services at
any stage of the disease. The number of people
calling CST has increased by 27% over the past
five years, and CST served over 781 patients and
their families in 2015. (www.cancersupportteam.
org)
The Luncheon’s Honorary Co-Chair is Mary
Jane Arrigoni of Greenwich. The Co-Chairs are
Sabrina Fiddelman of Larchmont and Val Allen
of Larchmont and Newport, RI. Tickets for the
Luncheon are $125, a portion of which is tax-deductible. Seating is limited and reservations are
required. For more information and underwriting opportunities, please call (914) 777-2777 or
email jmeade@cancersupportteam.org.
By: Anthony J. Enea, Esq.
For many with disabilities, the ability to
access savings, whether it be theirs or a family
member’s, without disrupting their eligibility for
government programs such as Medicaid and SSI
(Supplemental Social Security Income) has been
a challenge for decades. Fortunately, as a result of
the passage of a federal law in 2014 known as the
Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014
(“ABLE Act”), which created Section 529A of
the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), those with disabilities and the members of their families may
now create a special savings account that is similar in some ways to a 529 College Savings Plan.
The NY ABLE Act became effective on
April 1, 2016. As of the writing of this article,
however, the program is not yet available for
use by eligible individuals. It is anticipated to be
available late in 2016.
ABLE Act accounts are subject to special rules and limitations and are very different
from the rules that govern Special Needs Trusts
(“SNT”). They should not be considered as a
substitute for the use of an SNT, which in most
instances has broader uses and less financial limitations than an ABLE Act account.
The stated goal of the ABLE Act is to encourage individuals with disabilities and their
families to save private funds so as to help the
disabled to maintain health, independence and
quality of life, while at the same time being exempt for federal tax on the account’s earnings,
and not supplanting or disqualifying the disabled
person from the benefits of Medicaid and SSI.
The ABLE Act can be used to pay for the
qualified disability expenses of the account beneficiary. These expenses must be related to the
individual’s blindness or disability and may include education, housing (may reduce SSI benefits), transportation, employment training and
support, assistive technology and personal support services, health, financial management, legal
fees, funeral and burial expenses and other expenses permitted by the U.S. Treasury.
In order to participate in the NY ABLE Act
program, the following must be complied with:
• The ABLE account owner must be the beneficiary of the account or a parent, legal guardian
on representative of the beneficiary;
• Only one ABLE account per beneficiary is
permitted;
• Annual contributions to the ABLE account
are capped at fourteen thousand ($14,000) dollars
per year;
• For purposes of eligibility for SSI,
$100,000 is disregarded; and
• Funds contributed must be cash, and can’t
be used as security for a loan.
If the above are complied with, then the
funds in the account will not impact one’s eligibility for Medicaid or SSI. However, the NY ABLE
Act has a payback provision allowing Medicaid
to recoup Medicaid benefits properly paid to or
for the account holder to be paid from the ABLE
Act account upon his or her death. This is a significant disadvantage over the ability of a family
member or a third party to create and fund a third
party SNT for the disabled individual which does
not require a “payback” provision. Additionally,
distributions for items other than the “qualified”
disability expenses as above described will be included in gross income and taxable.
Once the NY ABLE Act becomes fully implemented and individuals are able to open said
ABLE Accounts in New York, I am confident that
we will learn more about the intricacies of the accounts and their impact on Medicaid and/or SSI
benefits.
Anthony J. Enea, Esq. is the managing member of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, LLP with offices in White Plains and Somers, NY. Mr. Enea
is a past chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Elder Law Section. He was named Best
Lawyers’ 2017 Trusts and Estates “Lawyer of the
Year” in White Plains and Westchester County’s
Leading Elder Care Attorney at the Above the
Bar Awards. Mr. Enea can be reached at 914-9481500 or A.Enea@esslawfirm.com.
Riverdale Mental Health Assoc.
Introduces Incoming Director
At its Thu., Oct. 20 annual meeting, the
Riverdale Mental Health Association will introduce incoming Executive Director Dr. Donna
Demetri Friedman to address important new developments and her vision for RMHA in 2017
and beyond. Friedman, who succeeds Robert
Brewster on Jan. 1, is a licensed social worker,
an NYU adjunct associate professor and, for the
last 10 years, the deputy executive director of
RMHA.
“As New York State’s behavioral and overall healthcare systems become integrated, RMHA
is poised to maintain its focus on high quality,
personalized care for our community while meeting the technological and fiscal demands of this
challenge,” said Friedman, a former marketing
manager for Nestlé Foods, who earned doctorate
and master’s degrees in clinical social work from
NYU as well as a master’s in clinical psychology.
“I am excited to take the lead in this endeavor and look forward to partnering with our board,
legislators and other community organizations to
do so,” added Friedman.
Dr. Friedman has been with the agency for
23 years and was a resident of Riverdale for over
a decade. She is to become the fourth executive
director of RMHA, which was founded in 1959.
Brewster announced his retirement in the spring
after a decade in the role and 36 years with the
organization.
The 7:30 p.m. public program, at the Society
for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Rd., Riverdale, is also an opportunity for the community to
hear from those who have personally experienced
RMHA’s range of behavioral health services for
people of all ages in the Bronx, Manhattan and
Westchester. Admission is free and refreshments
will be served.
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Yonkers Thanks
to raise its voice in tribute to HELEN ANN
HENKEL, an individual whose dedication and
devotion to our City and its residents is unsurpassed, as evidenced by the organizations and
associations she has been a part of, and who
has, throughout her forty-two years of service
to our City, gained the unwavering respect and
admiration of all those who have had the privilege of meeting and working with her and will
be sorely missed by her co-workers and colleagues, throughout the City.
NOW, THEREFORE I, MIKE SPANO,
Mayor of the City of Yonkers, New York do
hereby proclaim this day, the 3rd day of October 2016 to be Helen Ann Henkel Day
Congratulations, Helen on your retirement, and your service to Yonkers, inside and
outside City Hall. You have also contributed
greatly to the continued success of Yonkers
Rising, which is greatly appreciated.
2010, HELEN ANN HENKEL was also responsible for the operation of the mail room,
where she ensured that her staff received,
posted and delivered mail on a timely basis,
and
WHEREAS: Despite a lifetime of achievements, awards and recognitions, HELEN ANN
HENKEL remains most proud of the love and
support she receives from her family which include her late husband, John and their children,
John Michael; James and his wife, Colleen and
the late Thomas; and her grandchildren, Katie, James Joseph and Nicole; all of whom are
proud to be a part of her life and rejoice in her
accomplishments, and
WHEREAS: The City of Yonkers is proud
Yonkers Lifts
was named and Aide to the Grand Marshal in
2013, and
WHEREAS: MARY TEAGUE has been a
proud supporter of the Police Benevolent Association, Police Emerald Society and was involved in sponsoring numerous veteran’s events
throughout our City, and
WHEREAS: The City of Yonkers is proud
to raise its voice in tribute to MARY TEAGUE,
an individual who has forged an admirable legacy of commitment and dedication to our City
and will be sorely missed by all those who have
had the pleasure of gracing the walls of the Tyrone House, and
WHEREAS: With her throughout has been
her four children, the late Kevin, Dennis, Maureen and Ronan, as well as her twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild, all of whom
are proud and honored to be a part of her life
and rejoice in her achievements.
NOW, THEREFORE I, MIKE SPANO,
Mayor of the City of Yonkers, New York, do
hereby proclaim this day, the 6th day of October
2016 to be Mary Teague Day.
Mary, I always enjoyed coming down for
lunch with Captain Bob Walters. I interviewed
you months ago and never wrote the story. I
thought you would be downtown forever. God
Bless you and thanks –Dan Murphy
throughout her lifetime, has taken an active role
in our community and, through her dedication
and determination, has made positive differences in the lives of many of our residents, and
WHEREAS: This individual MARY
TEAGUE, a successful businesswoman in our
City, is recognized this day, on the occasion of
her retirement and is feted by her family members, friends and the many patrons who graced
her establishment over the years, and
WHEREAS: For over fifty years, MARY
TEAGUE, together with her late husband, Kevin, owned and co-operated The Tyrone House,
an historic eatery in our downtown waterfront
area and after, his untimely death in 1970, she
assumed the management of the ‘T-House’, and
worked tirelessly to make it known for its fine
food and unmatched service, and
WHEREAS: MARY TEAGUE was born
in County Kerry, Ireland and emigrated to the
United States in 1945 and in addition to running a successful family business, she raised her
family and was involved in numerous organizations throughout our City, especially the St.
Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, of which she
Three Yonkers
the obvious choice for the Landscaping Award.
The award for Exterior Improvement goes
to Jon Wallen and Kathy Anastos who live
at 41 Lewis Parkway, which is located in the
Park Hill section of Yonkers. This 18th century
home experienced a huge restoration in the last
decade. Restoring the property to replicate its
original appearance in the early 1900’s when it
was built.
The award for Creativity/Originality goes
to Andrew and Judith Economos for their mas-
$1 Million
Explosive de Vie – Sweden
Flanagan Memory – Canada
Hannelore Hanover – USA (mare)
Jonesy -- Finland
Oasis Bi - Italy
Obrigado - USA
On Track Piraten – Sweden
Resolve – USA‎
Tano Bork – Denmark
The European invaders departed from Liège
Airport in eastern Belgium (close to the German
city of Düsseldorf), and landed at 7:00 AM following the transcontinental flight of 5,960‎ kilometers or 3,703.4 miles. The journey was eight
hours and 55 minutes.
Three of the entrants – BBS Sugarlight
(4th), Oasis Bi (5th) and On Track Piraten (7th)
- competed in last year’s Yonkers International.
Last season’s winner, Norway’s Papagayo E.,
is injured and unable to defend his title. Italy’s
Ringostarr Treb had accepted an invitation to
participate this year but was scratched and did
not make the trip.
The USA will have a triple threat in a trio
terpiece of a home at 44 Beech Hill Road. The
visual creativity features sculptures, foot bridges, and streams that create a tranquil spot for all
to enjoy.
Mayor Spano selected the winners based on
nominations from Yonkers residents submitted
on the City’s website www.yonkersny.gov. The
winners were selected based on the following
criteria: The property has a pleasant appearance,
is well-maintained and contributes to community appearance; a recent effort was made to improve and enhance the appearance of the property; the property owner demonstrates originality
and creativity and; the property stands out as an
attractive property in its neighborhood.
of million dollar earners. The only mare in the
field, ‎Hannelore Hanover (driver Yannick Gingras), was a $32,000 bargain purchase who has
won 23 of 37 career races. Resolve ‎(driver Ake
Svanstedt), who has 14 career victories and
was able to defeat Hannelore in the final of the
Maple Leaf Trot on September 17, is the second
American entry. Obrigado today became the third
American to accept an invitation, replacing the
scratched Ringostarr Treb. This 6-year-old Boy
Band gelding has been the best thing to come
out of Maine since bottled water, sporting career
earnings of $1,362,019. Obrigado has won six of
his 14 seasonal starts ($614,320), and comes off
a win in the $160,000 Dayton Trotting Derby this
past Friday (1:53.2). ‎
Yonkers Raceway’s Frank Drucker and
Cammie Haughton comprised the greeting party
to welcome the visiting contingent. The elite trotting sextet ‎was vanned to Newburgh’s airport for
a two-day quarantine, and will then be shipped to
Yonkers on Friday.
The horses actually still have not touched
U.S. soil due to the quarantine. They were lowered on pallets and carefully loaded onto the
vans which were then sealed for the trip to Newburgh’s Stewart Airport for a two-day quarantine
before being shipped to Yonkers on Friday.
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Cuomo, Christie,
Astorino and Bridgegate
What Really Happened?
NJ Gov Chris Christie and NY Gov Andrew Cuomo, above, were recently implicated in
covering up the Bridgegate scandal
By Dan Murphy
During the race for New York Governor
in 2014, one question that always lingered in my
mind, and in the minds of many conservative
minded voters in New York and the Northeast was
why didn’t Rob Astorino, the Republican candidate
for Governor, get any help, assistance, or even a
kind word, from the Republican Governors Association and its Chair, New Jersey Governor Chris
Christie.
In 2014, Christie was at the zenith of his political fame and power. He had just been re-elected
as a Republican to a second term in Democratic
blue New Jersey. He was on Mitt Romney’s short
list for Vice-President in 2012. He spoke the truth,
even if it was politically incorrect sometimes, and
cut through the baloney for many Independent and
apolitical voters.
Astorino was also cut from the Christie mold
of a Republican able to win in a blue county. Astorino had just won re-election as Westchester
County Executive in 2013, and was the fresh, new
face of the Republican Party in New York, with a
message of controlling spending and not raising
property taxes that could resonate with suburban
and upstate voters.
I could never understand why these two
northeast Republicans couldn’t and wouldn’t get
together and join forces and help each other. Astorino explained what he believes happened, and the
deal made between Christie and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, that left him without support
from Republicans across the country in his race for
NY Governor.
Astorino made his comments after testimony by David Wildstein, in the Bridgegate scandal
involving the closure of the George Washington
Bridge in 2013.
“The 2014 New York Governor’s race is ancient history. But the political deals and possible
conspiracy that went on during that race between
Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
and Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie -- then the head of the Republican Governors
Association -- is only now coming into the clear
light of day for everyone to see.
“What happened in 2013 and 2014 represents
the worst of American politics -- the kind of political corruption Americans have grown so outraged
by. If true, the mutual re-election assistance pact
between Gov’s Christie and Cuomo -- one Democrat and one Republican -- was grossly unethical
and possibly illegal. Both men have lost their moral
authority to lead. They should resign their offices
for the parts they played here.
“Yesterday, in sworn court testimony during
the Bridgegate trial, we learned that Gov’s Christie and Cuomo were in touch in late 2013, just as
the George Washington Bridge closure scandal was
about to become public. The Bridge is jointly operated by New York and New Jersey.
“According to that sworn testimony, Governor
Cuomo made a deal with Governor Christie: His
team in New York wouldn’t raise questions about
the cause of the bridge closures until after Christie’s November 2013 re-election. True to his word,
Governor Cuomo and his New York appointees
reportedly remained silent about what they knew
and refrained from any public questioning until after Election Day 2013.
“But what happened next is not as well known.
The public needs to hear it, not because it involved
me, but because it demonstrates just how politically
corrupt and cynical these two governors turned out
to be.
“On November 20 2013, three weeks after
Governor Christie was re-elected and soon after
he was announced as the next Chairman of the
RGA, (Republican Governor’s Association), I was
invited to attend an RGA Conference in Phoenix.
At that conference, my wife and I met with Governor Christie and his wife and Governor Christie
encouraged me to run for Governor of New York
the next year, and he offered his support as RGA
Chairman if I did.
“A full report of that meeting, of which I was
not the source, appeared the next Monday, November 25, 2013 in a column in The New York Post in
which sources confirmed, on-the-record, both the
meeting and Governor Christie’s clear enthusiasm
for my candidacy.
“That very same day, in a conference call with
reporters, Governor Cuomo boasted that he had
picked up the phone that morning and called Governor Christie who assured him that he would not
be backing my candidacy. Again, Christie was the
incoming Chairman of the Republican Governors
Association.
“After Governor Cuomo’s phone call to Governor Christie -- a single telephone call -- everything
“Governor Cuomo
boasted that he
had picked up the
phone and called
Governor Christie
who assured him
that he would
not be backing
my candidacy,”
County Executive
Rob Astorino
changed. Governor Christie and his staff refused to
take our phone calls. In fact, other than some brief
heated words to me at the July, 2014 RGA meeting
in Aspen -- I won’t repeat them in public -- Governor Christie and I never spoke again.
“Then it got really interesting: In July of 2014,
Governor Christie said on television that my candidacy against Governor Cuomo was “a lost cause.”
Then we got reports that Governor Christie and his
team were instructing Republican donors to give
their money elsewhere. Coming from the Chairman of the RGA, this had a dramatic effect on our
fundraising.
“In the end, I won 46 out of 62 counties, beating Governor Cuomo 49-46 outside of New York
City. Whether extra money could have made a difference is immaterial at this point. But what is important is that the truth come out. The public needs
to know about this mutual re-election arrangement
between two governors -- of different parties no
less.
“Governor Cuomo is of course denying all
this. But what he is asking New Yorkers and New
Jersians to believe is beyond all credulity. The deal
between these men is so patently obvious that Mr.
Cuomo insults the intelligence of anyone with basic
common sense looking at the events as they played
out.
“The bottom line is that Governor Cuomo
agreed to look the other way on Bridgegate in the
fall of 2013 to help Governor Christie get re-elected. And beginning just three weeks after that reelection, RGA Chairman Christie began repaying
the favor to Governor Cuomo by cutting off potential money to our campaign and by appearing with
Cuomo multiple times during the homestretch of
the campaign.
“Several sources have told me that Governors
Christie and Cuomo talked on the phone constantly throughout the 2014 race to talk tactics -a Democratic governor and the Chairman of the
RGA.
“Now, in a New Jersey courtroom, some of
this is coming to light. Those lights need to be kept
on because the American public needs to see how
the system can be rigged by those trying to cling
to power,” said Astorino at a press conference in
Manhattan last week in which he called for both
Christie and Cuomo to resign.
For those who have always believed that Governor Christie knew about the Bridgegate scandal,
the testimony at the trial of two former Christie
advisors is confirming that belief. But the question
that everyone who wants to throw Christie under
the bus is, what was Governor Cuomo’s role, or lack
thereof, during the closure of the GW and the aftermath?
Why didn’t Cuomo, as the other head of the
Port Authority of NY-NJ, ever speak out, as almost
every other Democrat and member of the media
did during the weeks and months after the Bridgegate scandal broke?
Why wouldn’t Governor Cuomo, a Democrat,
use Christie’s misfortune or stupidity, as a way to
gain favor and publicity from Democrats across the
country, by condemning his actions and calling for
an investigation?
What did Cuomo have to gain by not speaking
out against Christie? Why would Cuomo want to
spare the popular Republican governor of a neighboring state?
Please email me your comments to risingmediagroup@gmail.com, if you have an explanation
other than the one delivered by Astorino last week
and reprinted above. If you believe that Christie is
guilty in Bridgegate, than you should also deduce
that Cuomo benefitted from Bridgegate by giving
Christie a pass in exchange for having Christie kill
the campaign of Cuomo’s opponent in 2014, our
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino
FRidAY, OctObER 14, 2016 - YONkERs RisiNG - PAGE 9
Remembering Mike Nolan One Year Later
The Nolan’s with family and friends, remembering Mike Nolan
Photos by Donna Davis
Yonkers Author brings Diary
of a Mother to Stage
the vigil for Mike Nolan, one year after his death
The family of Michael Nolan held an evening
vigil at Fleming Field on Sunday October 9th, to
mark the one year anniversary of his death by
gun violence. He was shot on 09-18-2015. Over
75 family members and friends attended including members of the YPD and SNUG.
His parents and oldest brother spoke of
those Michael loved and respected, and the
many younger kids he connected with through
basketball and baseball. The Nolan’s have used
the How tragedy of his passing to help others:
six people were saved by the donation of Nolan’s
organs.
The Nolan family’s mission is to bring more
awareness to the problems of illegal guns and to
make tougher laws for those who use them. They
plan to continue to speak at schools and with
community groups and take the fight to Albany
and beyond.
The criminal case against those who were
involved in Nolan’s shooting death last year are
to be sentenced at the end of this month.
Public Submissions Sought
For Experience Yonkers
The stage production of The Diary of a Mother
will be presented at the Riverfront Library/Auditorium, 1 Larkin Center, Yonkers New York, October
16th and October 30th 3:00 p.m. The play is written
and produced by Yonkers Author, Playwright and
Gold Star Mother Hope Hollinsworth Coaxum.
The Diary of a Mother is a project that will
allow society as a whole to explore the reactive account of losing a child and hopefully will encourage some and educate all of the aftermath and the
impact it epitomizes.
The Diary of a Mother takes you on a jour-
ney of eight women, exposing their moments of
transparency, of complete and utter joy and their
challenges of isolation, confusion and sorrow when
tragedy occurs uncovering the physical, emotional
and spiritual response to a devastating life event.
The documentary feature of the project will convey the true-life stories of mothers’ who have experienced loss first-hand. The Diary of a Mother is
represented in shared characteristics of every community, neighborhood, race, religion, culture and
environment expressing transparency at its rarest
form.
West Pt Cadets Volunteer Again
with Habitat of Westchester
Ideas are welcome for Experience Yonkers sound and light shows downtown
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano today announced
the official launch of the next phase of the EXPERIENCE YONKERS downtown light art project,
which will include photos, artwork, music or video performances submitted by the public at www.
YonkersNY.gov. The interactive urban experience
known as EXPERIENCE YONKERS features art
and music projected on the exterior side wall of
the Yonkers Riverfront Library, on the sidewalks
of Getty Square and under the Main Street overpass. Experience Yonkers content features video,
music, art and information relating to Yonkers and
its community. Yonkers is the first city in the U.S.
to permanently install and display this technology,
created by Gotham Innovation Greenhouse.
“Yonkers is creating an interactive urban experience and destination that our residents and
visitors will thoroughly enjoy,” said Mayor Spano.
“I encourage residents to participate in this modern technology by sending us as much content as
possible for us to display. This can be a great way
for our community to stay engaged with the happenings of Yonkers as well as highlighting all of the
talented individuals we have in our city. Experience Yonkers will put our emerging arts scene and
booming economic development on full display,
while celebrating our local communities and their
achievements.”
Experience Yonkers features video content
that runs each night at Yonkers Riverfront Library
at Larkin Center and in Getty Square, while sound
plays from speakers mounted on nearby street
light posts. The installation also includes colorful
moving light shows and exterior wall lightings under the Main Street overpass that can be created
and changed daily.
The new technology not only contains video
and music, but also has the capability to play connected drone footage and communicate via social
media for mobile devices. Individuals can submit
photos in any form that can potentially be featured
in city-themed slide shows. All video and musical submissions must be provided with a unique
You Tube URL address in order to be properly displayed.
“There have been wall projections and technology like this in a few U.S. cities and several in
Europe -- but those have mostly been for short
term art festivals,” said Norm Jacknis – President
and Co-Founder of Gotham Innovation Greenhouse. “Yonkers is the first big city in the country
to create a permanent installation of this kind to
bring history, performance, interactivity and inspiration on a permanent basis.
To be a part of our EXPERIENCE YONKERS
light art project and submit content, visit www.
YonkersNY.gov/ExperienceYonkers. For further
assistance or other questions, contact EXPERIENCE YONKERS at ExperienceYonkers@yonkersny.gov.
Habitat for Humanity Westchester Jim Killoran, CEO, with two West Point cadets volunteering their time to build homes for people who need it most
West Pt Cadets helped building w Habitat of Westchester’s Veterans homes, this past
Saturday, in getting ready for Habitats Veterans buildathon, Nov 6-13th which will work
on helping more than 25 vets have a place to
live, rehab an American legion, and help work
on two more habitat Vets homes! Habitat of
Westchester has worked on helping numerous Vets repair their homes, build vets who
served in Afghanistan and Iraq new homes,
and hired many Veterans into its organization,
from Army wounded warriors to Marines and
more.
“we believe every Vet should have a home
and job,” stated Jim Killoran CEO of Habitat of
Westchester. “to have West Pt continually help
me build homes, is an honor and privilege.”
For more information on how you can get
involved, email jim@habitatwc.org or make a
donation to Habitat’s veterans initiatives. God
bless America!
For information on how you can help
or participate in this year’s Build a Thon visit
Habitatwc.org or call 914-636-8335.
PAGE 10 - YONkERs RisiNG - FRidAY, OctObER 14, 2016
Spano’s Go to Bat for Organ Donations
Mayor Mike Spano with brothers and sisters at City Hall to promote Organ donation
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and the City
of Yonkers last week participated in LiveOnNY’s 2nd annual Organ Donor Enrollment
Day. LiveOnNY is focused on one goal: to
enroll as many willing New Yorkers as possible as organ donors in a single day. Enrollment locations included City Hall, Yonkers
Riverfront Library and Empress Ambulance
headquarters.
“We are proud to support this very worthy
cause,” said Mayor Spano. “Every 18 hours a
New Yorker dies waiting for a lifesaving organ
transplant. I urge Yonkers to rise to the challenge to take that step, make their support
Roosevelt Leads the Way in
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Today, Yonkers Partners in Education
(YPIE) announced a grant for $100,000 from
the Westchester Community Foundation to
fund the YPIE Fellows Program which helps
Yonkers high school students from largely
low-income backgrounds receive guidance
and support throughout the college application
process and throughout their years in college.
“For several years, Westchester Community Foundation has been a wonderful partner
as we work to get our students successfully
into and thru college” says Wendy Nadel, Executive Director of YPIE. “The support the
Foundation is providing us this year will enable approximately 600 students to receive
comprehensive college access and persistence
services from 11th grade through college graduation. Our goal is that each student graduate
from college within 6 years of high school
graduation.”
The YPIE Fellows receive support from
YPIE in high school and college. During high
school, students will work with a YPIE College Advisor on all parts of the application
and financial aid process and each will receive
SAT/ACT prep and college essay writing support. Upon graduating from high school, each
YPIE Fellow will be assigned a YPIE Persistence Coach to work with them as they enter
and persist through college.
The program ensures that every YPIE Fellow attains the requirements, admission skills,
and funding opportunities necessary for admission to colleges that match their interests, abilities and financial capacity. The program then
supports students when they arrive on campus
by providing counseling and guidance to help
them navigate course registration, graduation
requirements, academic challenges, social situations, and everything else that comes with being an independent college student.
With one of the lowest college readiness
rates in the county, Yonkers benefits greatly
from programs like those offered by YPIE.
Thanks to the Westchester Community Foundation, their work will continue this year; ensuring that a new generation of students has a
shot at making it to and thru college.
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YPIE students show off the schools they are attending starting in the fall of 2016.
week and could not suit up the required 16
players needed to start a game. This is a High
School Federation rule. Coach Paul Ronga
informed me that Saunders HS lost to Long
Island Lutheran last Saturday by the score
of 21-6. Justin Reid had 60 yds rushing and
scored 1 TD in the game.
Last Friday night two other Yonkers
HS teams also lost.The Yonkers Montessori
played Pleasantville HS under the lights and
lost 40-0. Riverside HS visited Pelham HS
where they were defeated by the score of 3714.
This week the High School Schedule is
as follows:
Friday October 14- Roosevelt @ Pelham
HS 7PM
Friday October 14- Dover HS @ Gorton
HS 4:30 PM
Saturday October 15- Yonkers HS @
Saunders HS 1:30 PM
Saturday October 15- Palisades Prep @
Riverside HS @ Gorton HS Field 1:30 PM
Saturday October 15- Yonkers Montessori Academy @ Briarcliff HS 4PM
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The Roosevelt HS Football team was the only winner in Yonkers last week
By Phil FoleyRoosevelt HS led the way with a 34-12
win over Palisades Prep last Saturday! There
were two stars of the game for Roosevelt!
They were QB Elijah Ramos and Kevin Cason! Thank you Coach Oren Wilson for providing us with the game highlights.
Elijah was involved directly with three
scores. One came on his own 7 yd TD run
and the other two came on his two touchdown
passes, of 32 and 37yds, to you gussied it
Kevin Cason! Kevin scored four TDs all together. One on a 55 yd pass interception and
one on a 45 yard punt return! (The other two
on the above TD receptions) Elijah also led
the team with 9 tackles.
Gorton HS defeated Yonkers HS on a forfeit. Yonkers HS was really banged up last
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Joined by his siblings, Mayor Spano spoke
about younger sister Dolores, whose current
lung capacity is at 38% and eventually will
need a lung transplant. “One day somebody
who is an organ donor is going to save my sister’s life,” said an emotional Mike Spano.
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