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Rally against Bruner detention centerContinued on Page 66

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Disease has killed seven BronxitesBY JAIME WILLIAMS

The largest outbreak of Legionnaires Disease in the citys history has hit the south Bronx.

There were 86 reported cases of the form of pneumo-nia in the area and seven dead as of a Tuesday press confer-ence with Mayor de Blasio and Department of Health com-missioner Mary Bassett at Lincoln Hospital.

The legionella bacteria has been found in cooling tow-

ers at fi ve buildings includ-ing Lincoln Hospital, and the outbreak spans the neighbor-hoods of High Bridge-Morri-sania and Hunts Point-Mott Haven, according to the health department.

The mayor emphasized that the cooling towers are not the same as water tanks, and that there has been no contamina-tion of the citys water supply.

There is no risk to our drinking water, said de Bla-sio.

The cooling systems use recirculated water that can develop bacteria, and can re-lease contaminated mist into the air leading to the current outbreak, as opposed to expo-sure within specifi c buildings, the mayor said.

No infection has been con-tracted within Lincoln Hospi-tal by staff or patients.

All fi ve cooling towers identifi ed have been decon-taminated, and it is unclear

BY JAIME WILLIAMSResidents of Baychester

want their voices to be heard.Dozens joined Council-

man Andy King on July 29 for the second time that month to protest a planned juvenile de-tention center at 3030 Bruner Avenue, on a quiet residential street.

The planned Limited Se-cure Placement facility, run

by the Administration of Chil-drens Services, will house ad-olescents who were arrested before they turned 16-years-old for committing an act that would have been a crime if they were an adult, according to in-formation provided by ACS.

But the residential neigh-borhood is not zoned for the in-stitutional facility, said King, and will pose a safety risk to

the neighborhood.Were here today to express

our outrage, and demand that the Administration of Chil-drens Services and the Depart-ment of Buildings reverse their decision for a limited secure placement facility to open here at 3030 Bruner, said King.

Our outrage is based on ACSs blatant attempt to skirt

Aleksander Nilaj gave a statue that he made of Mother Teresa to Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj as a gift. Mother Teresa was originally from Gjonajs native Albania. The presentation took place at the as-semblymans fundraiser at Don Coqui Restaurant on Tuesday, July 28. Photo by Miriam Quin

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BY ROBERT WIRSINGInstead of going out tonight for din-

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fundraising event will be held at the Turner Club/Michaels Restaurant to help Waterbury-LaSalle resident Gina Hooks continue her three-year long battle against colorectal cancer.

With friends and family by Ginas side throughout it all, they have de-cided to help support and comfort her by hosting this evenings fundraising event.

Tickets are $75 which includes door prize, buffet, drinks and live band and can be purchased through Paypal.

Raffl e will be sold at the fundraiser at $20 each or 6 for $100 for a host of great gifts.

Prizes up for grabs include a grand prize one-week stay at a three-bedroom villa in Malaga, Spain with airfare for two, another prize includes four nights at any Hyatt Hotel in the U.S. and the fi nal big prize winner earns two NY Giants vs Carolina Panthers football tickets.

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Winners need not be present at the events drawing.

Three years ago, Gina and Michael Hooks were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Olivia.

Six weeks after her birth, Gina was diagnosed with this disease.

Her mother, Donna Pandolfo ex-plained Gina was experiencing bowel issues and underwent a colonoscopy revealing a stage-three polyp which was removed.

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, colorectal cancer is the third most common can-cer found in men and women in the United States.

Since her diagnosis, Ginas can-cer has metastasized to her lung and

Fundraising event aids cancer patients fi ght

brain.Pandolfo explained her daughter

had a tumor fully removed from her brain this January, but she still has a tumor measuring fi ve centimeters lo-cated on her lung which has collapsed a portion of this organ.

Determined to fi ght this disease, she is currently undergoing alterna-tive cancer treatments at Immunity Therapy Clinic, a cancer treatment center located in Tijuana, Mexico, but unfortunately this treatment is not covered by insurance and is extremely costly.

Gina is currently receiving a vari-ety of different treatments at this clinic which include ozone therapy meant to oxygenate her blood, whole body hy-perthermia, where thermal chambers and hot water blankets raise her body temperature in an induced controlled fever to active her immune cells to combat cancer cells, localized hyper-thermia applied to her lung daily as well as laetrile therapy which helps fortify her immune system while tar-geting and killing cancer cells through laetrile, a substance related to amygd-alin, a compound found in pits of fruits such as apricots, her mother said.

This has been especially diffi cult for my daughter and my son-in-law and has set them back a lot, Pandolfo said. Michael loves his wife so much that he would do anything to help her.

Gina remains optimistic and weve been very blessed with peoples support during this extremely diffi -cult time, she added.

Grand prize raffl es for this event will be sold in advance as well as dur-ing the event.

If interested, contact Joanalyce Hooks Attis, Ara Jane Hooks, Jessica Lynn Beitz or Joel Attis through Fa-cebook private messenger to purchase these raffl es.

If you are unable to attend, but would still wish to donate to this cause, visit www.paypal.com or to Ginas Go Fund Me account at www.gofundme.com/khzd40.


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Senior citizens 65 years of age or older to apply for Re-duced-Fare MetroCard and re-ceive a temporary card on the spot (Bring proof of age such

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Birth Announcement Congratulations to Ste-

ven Berger and Carol Mar-shal on the birth of our beau-tiful grandson and new family member, Christopher Robert Berger. He was born on Thurs-day, July 23 at eight pounds,

four ounces. All our love, Grandma and Grandpa.

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mother wishes him a happy fi rst birthday. Evans birthday was on Friday, July 31.

In MemoryIt is with a heavy heart

that the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association an-nounce the passing of one of its founding members, Elaine Feder.

Elaine was a resident of the Pelham Parkway community for the past 69 years. She was a former State Committeewoman of the 80th A.D., treasurer of our association and a staunch com-munity activist. She was also a member of the Allerton-Pelham Parkway Civilian Patrol. As many of you will remember she was a staff member for Senator Jeff Klein when he was an as-semblyman and had his offi ce on Lydig Avenue.

Elaine was always willing to help anyone with a problem no matter what it took. She will be sorely missed by many and

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The Parish of St. Theresa and the Feast Committee would like to thank all of you, friends, fam-ily, neighbors for joining us for ve days of faith, family and fun at the 19th Annual Feast of St. Theresa. Thank you also to the many vol-unteers who worked tirelessly and without whom, the feast itself, let alone its success, would not have been possible. Through your help many good things happen. There are the unexpected reunions, the coming together of neighboring communities, and most touching, the moms who return with their newborn child giving thanks for the encouragement they received to bring life forward as they visited

the year before. A special note of thanks to the

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Assemblyman Michael Benedetto Senator Jeff KleinMonte Bros. Sound Systems Inc.45th Pct. Captain Danielle RaiaNew York City Fire DepartmentLieutenant Paul TrapaniNew York City Parks DepartmentCommunity Affairs Ofcer AnnMarie MorrisonNew York City Department of SanitationCommunity Affairs Ofcer JohnCommunity Bd. 10 District Mgr. Kearns

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Last fall in connection with ongoing repairs to Pelham Bay IRT #6 train station, two stag-ing areas had been created on Colonial and St. Paul avenues. The staging area on Colonial had since been removed to ac-commodate the needs of a con-struction site on that corner, however the staging area at St. Paul and Westchester re-mained.

Initially, among other equipment, a single container had been stored there, which reduced visibility for both driv-ers and pedestrians at the St. Paul/Westcheter avenue cross-ing. However, over time, in-creasingly larger equipment and several additional large containers began to be stored in this area, further reducing visibility and worsening an al-ready bad situation.

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Dear editor,Larry Penners Bad Agree-

ment letter hits almost all the buttons as to why the Iranian deal should be rejected by Con-gress except the very real near term threat it poses to the secu-rity of America.

Obama and Kerry in their haste to get a deal have agreed to lift sanctions thereby giv-ing billions of dollars to Irans mullahs to enable them to ex-pand and enhance their proxy armies not only the middle east but also in our back yard.

Obama and Kerry argument for lifting the sanctions: Ira-nians are suffering economi-cally. Give me a break. His-torically, the Mullahs have not decreased there funding of proxy armies out of concern for Iranians.

In our own backyard, Ira-nian hardships have done noth-ing to diminish the Islamic Republics Latin American ad-ventures.

As cited in a column by Mary Anastasia OGrady in the Wall Stree Journal even if the agreement prevents Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, it will make the world less safe.

National Security Adviser Susan Rice admitted as much to CNNs Wolf Blitzer who asked if support for interna-tional terrorism might be one use for the liberated assets. In fact, Ms. Rice said, we should expect that some portion of that money would go to the Iranian military and could potentially be used for the kinds of bad behavior that we have seen in the region up until now. Talk about wishful thinking!

One destination for that money will be the Islamic Re-publics military and terror-ist activities in the U.S. back-yard. Iran has targeted Latin America since the mid-1980s by

I reached out to Council-man Vacca to see if he could help or fi nd out any informa-tion for how long this condition might be expected to continue. In turn, he reached out to the MTA who said they would in-vestigate.

They inspected the site and agreed that the containers and equipment had been improp-erly placed by the contractor and advised them they needed to be removed immediately. Within a few days the contrac-tor complied and the staging area was entirely removed.

Jill Lanier

establishing mosques and cul-tural centers to spread its anti-American agenda. Hezbollah took responsibility for the 1992 terrorist attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. Ar-gentine prosecutors named Iran as the mastermind behind the 1994 terrorist attack on the Argentine Israelite Mutual As-sociation.

Iran has observer status in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas, a coalition of pro-Castro governments in the hemisphere launched dur-ing the Venezuelan presidency of Hugo Chvez. The alliance members include Cuba, Ven-ezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua. The alliance rela-tionships with Iran mean Ira-nian and Hezbollah operatives now move about the Americas easily. Intelligence offi cials in the region believe Tarek El Ais-sami, Venezuelas interior min-ister from 2008-12, provided new identities to 173 middle easterners. Can crossing our border be the reason?

America safety depends upon the NYS Democratic Party Congressional delega-tion to step up and lead the Con-gress in rejecting the treason-ous deal and take its place in Kennedys Profi le in Courage.

Carl J. Cannizzaro

OPED: by Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr. Trump is the only one who responded You should know that there

are seventeen Republican can-didates who have declared their intentions to run for the Presidency of the United States of America. They all claim like the Democrats that they love, respect and want to get close to the Hispanic commu-nity. They all want to get the Hispanic vote.

It is a well-known fact that the Hispanic community is the most sought after, but receives the least attention during pres-idential elections. Historically, elected offi cials dont pay atten-tion to the needs of Hispanic and minority communities af-ter being elected.

It is well known that the Republican Partys practice is to just give up on the Hispanic and minority community based upon the assumption that they will never get the Hispanic vote. Republicans dont spend their resources, time, energy or make any effort to campaign or even visit Hispanic areas in the nation, especially NYC.

On the other hand, you should know that Democrats are no better because when they get elected, they dont pay too much attention to the Hispanic communities either. Democrats assume that His-panics are Democrats and have no place else to go, and that we Hispanics will all always be Democrats and never cross party lines.

This is a special dilemma for the Hispanic community.

Democrats dont give high ranking appointments to His-panics in their administra-tions and most of the time, they ignore our needs. By the same token, Republicans concede that Hispanics are Democrats and they shouldnt be bothered because Republicans will never get the Hispanic vote.

It is important for you to know that because of this di-lemma, I have always tried to invite every candidate to come and visit the south Bronx, walk the streets, see our community and meet with the Hispanic

ministers here. I have offered this opportunity to Republican candidates and they have al-ways refused.

For example, this year I have invited major presiden-tial candidates, including Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump to the south Bronx.

On March 26 I wrote a What You Should Know column titled Imagine Ted Cruz Coming to the South Bronx to publicly in-vite him. On May 18 I sent a let-ter of invitation to Marco Rubio to come to the south Bronx. On June 24, I sent a letter of invita-tion to Donald Trump.

You should know that the only one who has shown some kind of respect and interest has been Donald Trump. Donald Trump personally called me and told me that he will defi -nitely work something out with me to visit the Bronx.

To be fair to New York State Republicans, Westchester County Executive Rob Asto-rino did come to our commu-nity when he was running for

governor last year several times! Former Governor Pa-taki also came to the Bronx when he was running. In fact, when George Pataki became governor, he funded the Rever-end Ruben Diaz Plaza, a 59-unit low-income family building. For the record: they didnt for-get the Bronx.

And we must not ignore the efforts that were made during the past two years when the NYS Republican Party Com-mittee chair Ed Cox donated Christmas toys for the children of the south Bronx.

Ladies and gentlemen, while some Republicans in NYS have fi nally begun to open their eyes and have stopped taking us for granted in our community, Re-publicans throughout the na-tion still show little concern for us. I hope that the words Don-ald Trump said to me become a reality while he is on top of the polls, because if he waits to visit the south Bronx after his poll numbers go down, his visit wont look sincere enough.


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BY STEVEN GOODSTEINA local hospital is celebrat-

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stitution that has called the Bronx its home since 1915, is celebrating a century of growth, operation, and most importantly, patient care in the borough.

Calvarys original roots stem back earlier than 1915, when in 1842, young widow Madame Garnier founded lay organization Women of Cal-vary in France and opened a hospital for cancer patients with other widows.

In 1899, the Women of Cal-vary was introduced to New York City.

After initially caring for patients in their own homes, the Women of Calvary began treating patients in two pri-vate houses on Perry Street in Manhattan.

After a brief move to an abandoned school building, Calvary moved to their fi rst Bronx location, on Featherbed Lane and Macombs Road, as the House of Calvary in 1915.

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Calvary Hospital celebrates Bronx centurybeen just as monumental, if not more so.

In 1968, Calvary was cer-tifi ed by New York State an acute care specialty hospital and offi cially became Calvary Hospital.

In 1978, Calvary moved to its current location at 1740 Eastchester Road, after six de-cades in the west Bronx.

The new location offered in-patient care for 200 patients, which has since increased to 235 in the present day.

In 1985, Calvary opened the Palliative Care Institution, which has trained thousands of health care professionals and medical students from over 30 countries worldwide.

Bereavement support for children and teens was started in 1997 and now in-cludes groups Precious Mo-ments, ages 6-11, Teen Groups, ages 12-17 as well as Calvarys Camp Compass, a camp for youth and adolescents who have lost family members and/or loved ones - at no charge.

Even the past 15 years has seen numerous improvements for Calvary, which in 2001, opened a 25-bed Brooklyn Satellite at Lutheran Medical

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the Family Care Center and the Center for Curative and Palliative Wound Care, which greatly benefi ts wounded pa-tients with diabetes.

In addition, Calvary began offering short-term inpatient care at the Dawn Greene Hos-pice in Manhattan, a 10-bed unit at the Mary Manning Walsh Home - once again ex-tending their services beyond the borders of the Bronx.

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tions, Calvary, which operates in connection with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, also provides Calvary Hospice Home Care, the Pa-tient Activity Center for holi-day gatherings and parties as well as Psychotherapy group meetings.

The hospital conforms to the religious beliefs of the pa-tient and the patients family during the time period that they are admitted.

Calvary Hospital has a tremendous reputation for pa-

tient care primarily because we admit patients as well as their families said Frank Calamari, who has been presi-dent of Calvary Hospital for 30 years and previously held the same position at Jacobi Hos-pital. However, this mission wouldnt be able to continue without funding and fundrais-ing events, which is the rea-son why we are able to provide care not only in the Bronx, but extensive care to (NYC) and the greater New York area.

I didnt intend to stay at Calvary for a very long time, said Dr. Michael Brescia, ex-ecutive medical director and co-founder of Calvary Hospi-tal, who began his tenure by covering for friend Dr. James Cimino for a weekend and is still with Calvary 50 years later.

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Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Eric Deravin (l) received help from Sen-ator Klein after his bene ts were mistakenly cancelled. Photo courtesy of Senator Jeff Kleins Of ce

BY ROBERT WIRSINGAn Afghanistan and Iraq

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When veteran Eric Deravin discovered his benefi ts were cancelled after an error de-clared him deceased, it seemed as if the former serviceman was fi ghting a losing battle until he reached out to a local elected of-fi cial for assistance.

Eric Deravin III, an Allerton resident who served two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, shares the same name as his late father, Eric Deravin, Jr., a retired 36-year Army command sergeant major who worked at the New York City Department of Corrections at Rikers Island for over 20 years.

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lieutenant colonel submitted his fathers death certifi cate to Social Security, all of his own benefi ts were cancelled and for months, he did not receive any money from neither the NYC-ERS or the VA.

Deravin explained his fa-thers birthday and Social Se-curity number are completely different from his own and this was all the information he was required to give the two agen-cies.

The veteran requested a check to be mailed from NYC-ERS on June 1, but there was no follow through with Deravins

request.He fi lled out and sent proof

of life forms to the VA, NYC-ERS and Defense Finance and Accounting Services to prove he was alive and entitled to his benefi ts.

He received signed letters from Social Security stating that his own number was still valid.

This is a case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing, Deravin said. Theyre getting this wrong on the people who are still alive.

After countless phone calls

to NYCERS and the VA which went nowhere, Deravin de-cided to reach out to Senator Jeff Klein.

Deravin contacted Senator Kleins offi ce for assistance and the senators offi ce immedi-ately contacted NYCERS who informed the offi ce that they would not be able to send Der-avin a check until July 29.

Working continuously with NYCERS, the senators offi ce was able to get the check dis-bursement sped up and were told by NYCERS that they would be mailing checks for May and June to Deravin.

Protecting our military service members and ensuring those retired from active duty receive the benefi ts they are entitled to is critically impor-tant, Klein said.

If I didnt have money in the penny jar, this would be very harrowing, Deravin ex-pressed. Senator Klein and his people did a wonderful thing and they were very proactive in helping with this issue.

Deravin explained his med-ical benefi ts were returned to him this past July 24 and he re-ceived a check from NYCERS

on July 30.However, he is still waiting

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BY PATRICK ROCCHIONew York City Police De-

partment Commissioner Bill Bratton visited a City Island town hall meeting where he shared his vision for the de-partment moving forward.

Commissioner Bratton an-swered pre-submitted ques-tions about policing, speak-ing for about 30 minutes to a packed crowd inside of P.S. 175 on Tuesday, July 28.

It was Brattons fi rst visit to the island, he said.

The commissioner lauded the most recent police budget, calling it the best in 15 years, referencing the increased funding for law enforcement and the fi rst increase in man-power over that time.

He highlighted a range of initiatives the department is undertaking, including:

allocating 400 offi cers spe-cifi cally for counterterrorism operations, to free up other of-fi cers to patrol neighborhoods.

ending the removal of two offi cers from both day and eve-ning tours from precincts for counter-terrorism operations, resulting in an extra police car on the beat two shifts per

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Commissioner Bill Bratton speaks to City Islanders during the town hall meeting. Community News Group / Patrick Rocchio

day. installing Global Position-

ing Systems in every police ve-hicle, and equipping offi cers with tablets and smartphones, allowing cops to fi le reports from the fi eld.

hiring roughly 450 civil-ians to fi ll jobs currently be-ing performed by police offi -cers, so they can be reassigned to actual policing.

combatting ISIS, which Bratton said can recruit indi-viduals via social media for acts of terror.

Bratton also announced, as reported in the Bronx Times Reporter in December, that Rodmans Neck fi ring range will remain completely open.

Many in the community believed the range would sig-nifi cantly reduce operations when city offi cials said in 2007 and later that an indoor fi ring range would be included in the new police academy opening soon in College Point, Queens.

A group of residents living nearby have been concerned about noise and other issues for decades.

The commissioner said that the opportunity to relo-

cate the range had been lost when the funds needed for a proposed indoor fi ring range were never appropriated.

Instead the NYPD will spend $150 million to renovate the Rodmans Neck facility, he said, which is in poor condi-tion.

The town hall meeting with the police commissioner was arranged by Bill Stanton, the president of the City Island Civic Association.

Senator Jeff Klein and

Councilman James Vacca at-tended.

Bob Bieder, president of the 45th Precinct Community Council, said that he was par-ticularly pleased to hear about increased manpower at the lo-cal level.

The one thing that I was thrilled to hear was that there will be an extra car available for shifts because they wont be pulling them for the coun-terterrorism detail, said Bie-der, adding that he was happy

to see an overall trend in the NYPD toward community po-licing.

He added that in some com-munities some people are afraid of police and that if the community gets to know the offi cers on patrol it might be benefi cial.

As for Rodmans Neck, John Doyle, the correspond-ing secretary of the CICA and a board member of the 45th Precinct Community Council, said that he wanted to fi nd out more about what the commis-sioner said regarding the fa-cility.

Every police commis-sioner since the Dinkins Ad-ministration has promised some substantive improve-ment regarding noise in Rod-mans Neck, and that has yet to occur, said Doyle.

He also lauded the in-creased amount of cops that should be on patrol in the pre-cinct.

Two protestors twice briefl y stopped the meeting, and a small group of protest-ers demonstrated against NYPD tactics outside of the school during Brattons visit.


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BY ROBERT WIRSINGLife for one All Hallows

High School alum came full circle as he was named his alma maters new president.

Ronald Schutt was ap-pointed by the All Hallows High School board of direc-tors as president at the private Catholic high school effective Wednesday, July 1.

Schutt, a Class of 1974 alum and 1970 graduate of the bygone All Hallows Elemen-tary School, succeeds Paul Krebbs who retired this June 30 after 51 years of service at All Hallows.

Krebbs will now serve as a part time consultant at the 106-year old private Catholic high school.

A Bronx native, Schutt grew up on East 165th Street in the Grand Concourse.

He credits All Hallows for providing him with the neces-sary leadership skills needed for a successful life and ca-reer.

Schutt attended Ford-ham University with an Army ROTC scholarship and earned his Bachelors Degree in Polit-ical Science in 1978.

All Hallows alum appointed presidentFrom 1978 to 1982, he served

as a United States Army Mili-tary Intelligence Offi cer after receiving his basic training at Fort Huachuca in Arizona and serving his active duty at Fort Bragg in North Carolina as a Psychological Operations Bat-talion.

During his military career, he had spent four years on ac-tive duty and two years in the reserves.

Schutt earned the rank of captain and says his time in the military better refi ned his leadership skills.

In 1982, Schutt earned his Masters of Business Admin-istration in Management at Campbell University laying the groundwork for a success-ful business career.

Schutt would own, operate and manage many companies serving as president and chief executive offi cer of Creative Bakers Inc., president and CEO of the Brooklyn Cheese-cake and Desserts Company, Inc. and international sales manager for Mothers Kitchen which was a merger of Cre-ative Bakers and Baby Wat-son.

Schutt was a board mem-ber on the schools board of di-rectors from 1990 to 2000 and was appointed as co-chairman from 2000 to 2006.

As one of the founding members of All Hallows Foun-dation, Schutt was a board member of the foundations board from 1998 through 2007 which helped raise money to fund capital projects for the school.

From 2008 until this past June, Schutt aided the foun-dation boards as their execu-tive director.

Now president, Schutt will work as a steward of the Ed-mund Rice philosophy of edu-cating the marginalized and urban poor while embodying a more business oriented role ensuring the school is fi nan-cially sound.

He will assist principal Sean Sullivan, a Class of 1973 alum, who has served the school for 40 years, and cur-rently oversees the academic aspects of the educational in-stitution.

Its all come full circle for me, he said. Ive attended here since I was six-years old

so this school to me is a major part of my life. Im very excited because its a very passionate role for me and believe I have a lot to offer in supporting our school and our students.

Schutt noted that the grad-uating class of 2015 was com-posed of nearly 150 students and had a 98% four-year col-lege acceptance rate.

He added that All Hallows incoming freshman class to-tals approximately 140 stu-

dents.Schutt is not alone living

the schools mantra of learn, earn, return as he explained about a third of All Hallows faculty are alumni.

This school becomes an extended part of all our stu-dents family. We expect them to return to share their expe-riences with our students and never lose that connection they share with All Hallows, he said.

Ronald Schutt was recently appointed as All Hallows High Schools new president. Photo courtesy of Ronald Schutt


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rently being built in the south Bronx.

The future residential de-velopment currently in the construction phase at 950 Summit Avenue will provide quality affordable housing to its residents upon completion.

The residential project, be-ing developed by JCAL and Marathon developments and funded by NYC Housing and Preservation Development, Housing Development Cor-poration as well as Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., will

Affordable residential development underwaycost upwards of $18 million.

The development will pro-vide over about 60 affordable housing units.

The property was previ-ously owned by book publisher H.W. Wilson Company.

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Cushman & Wakefi eld, who represented the seller and the buyer as the broker and the selling agent in the transac-tion.

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Signifi cantly, Mayor de Blasio held a press conference at 950 Summit Avenue in July, where he announced that NYC had fi nanced the creation and preservation of over 20,000 affordable apartments and homes during fi scal year 2015, which is enough housing for more than 50,000 New York-ers.

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Students from the Theatre Arts Production Company School joined with volunteers from Blackstone, who partnered with 92nd Street Y serves for a day of service at the school on July 29. Volunteers built plant towers and a small stage and painted the teachers lounge. Photo Courtesy of 92Y Serves

BY JAIME WILLIAMSA local councilman and

city organization are work-ing together to realize a Bronx schools dream.

Councilman Ritchie Torres recently announced he will al-locate $750,000 to build a roof-top garden and performance space at the Theater Arts Pro-duction Company School, the plans for which were developed in a digital design class run by the 92nd Street Y at the school.

On July 29, 92Y Serves partnered with volunteers from Blackstone for a service day at the school, where they built two garden towers and an indoor stage for the arts school, in addition to painting the teachers lounge.

The smaller projects offer students a taste of what will come with the eventual roof-top garden and performing space, which will offer oppor-tunities for interdisciplinary learning, said principal Ron Link.

The school plans to use the garden to grow produce for the schools cafeteria and Part of the Solutions food services down the street, said Link.

Bronx students design rooftop garden, theaterThe garden will also pro-

vide chances for interdisciplin-ary educational opportunities in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math fi elds.

The school already focuses on incorporating STEAM in student projects, said Link, be it creating a music video about exponents or building stage set designs.

Our teachers are working in a cross-curricular fashion to make the academics rele-vant, said Link.

The rooftop garden and per-forming space will offer even more opportunities to do that, as well as providing beautiful greenspace in a neighborhood where its lacking, he said.

And as excited as Link is about the long-term prospects of the rooftop garden, he was equally excited about the proj-ects undertaken by volun-teers.

Youve got an amalgama-tion of public and private work-ing hand in hand on things that matter every day to teach-ers and kids, said Link.

Councilman Torres also provided support for the part-

nership between the 92nd Street Y and the school for the digital design class, and said the rooftop garden will pro-vide additional enrichment for the students.

The students of the Bronx deserve nothing less than a fi rst--class education, he said.

The digital design class, en-tering its third year at TAPCo, is helping students get that ed-ucation.

It allows students to com-bine STEAM skills with cre-ativity and imagination, said 92Ys director of educational outreach Larisa Gelman.

It also helps them develop

problem-solving skills, and lets them design things that meet their wants and needs, such as the rooftop garden, which students designed ren-derings for.

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BY PATRICK ROCCHIOPolice, community youth, local

leaders and offi cials came together to build better relations between law en-forcement and youth in the Throggs Neck Houses.

The fi rst annual Throggs Neck Houses Basketball Tournament, also called the Pulse Tournament, was held on Saturday, August 1 and Sunday, Au-gust 2 in Ferry Point Park with youth from the New York City Housing Devel-opment and police playing together on teams in a two-day basketball extrava-ganza that ended in a large celebration of unity and an awards ceremony.

The effort in coordinating the event included Senator Jeff Klein, Throggs Neck Houses Residents Council and its president Monique Johnson, New York City Housing Authority, 45th Precinct, the Police Service Area 8 precinct of the NYPD Housing Bureau and the NYPDs Transit Division.

Participating in the event were youth from Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club.

By working together to transform police-community relations from the ground up, we are making a lasting in-vestment in the Bronx that will trans-form our communities and lift up fu-ture generations, said Senator Klein, who added he was proud to co-host the tournament. This years event was a slam dunk bringing together local residents and encouraging people of all ages to get out and have some fun.

Johnson confi rmed that younger res-idents in the development dont always view the police in the most favorable light, and said that

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