Mamaroneck Review 10-16-2015

October 16, 2015 | Vol. 3, Number 40 | www.mamaroneckreview.com

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After another school shooting, gun control advocates are pushing Westchester officials to ban guns shows from the County Center. For story, see page 6. File photo

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By SARAh vARNeyStaff Writer

According to one local may-or, Westchester County officials have reneged on a February pledge to help Rye and Mama-roneck decrease the deer popula-tion by taking advantage of the current bow-hunting season.

In a Sept. 30 letter Rye City Mayor Joe Sack, a Republican, received from the county, Dep-uty County Executive Kevin Plunkett said the two municipal-ities must first submit their deer management strategies in order to gain help from the New York State Department of Environ-mental Conservation for either a cull or a bow-hunting operation. Because the municipalities have not done so, Plunkett added that the county cannot move ahead with any plan assisting Rye and Mamaroneck without an accept-able strategy in place.

Needless to say, Sack wasn’t happy with the county’s response.

“‘Screw you. Do it yourself,’ that’s what they told us, in effect,” Sack told the Review recently.

County-sanctioned deer hunt off“They went back on their

word.” Sack indicated that the City of Rye might pursue a strategy employing a private company to cull the deer.

In February, the mayors sent a joint letter to John Baker, Westchester County’s director of conservation, requesting per-mission to trigger a Deer Man-agement Assistance Plan using the DEC. Under this program, the DEC can put together a team of certified bowhunters that will hunt deer during certain hours on specific days. A recent count of area deer estimated 274 deer per quarter square mile, a num-ber that is believed to be grow-ing fast.

At a Sept. 25 deer forum in Mamaroneck, Sack expressed his frustration with the county’s delay in addressing the issue. Bowhunting season runs from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31.

But there’s more to it than simply requesting a deer inter-vention, according to Peter Tar-taglia, deputy commissioner of Westchester Parks, Recreation and Conservation. Municipali-ties must convince neighboring

cities and villages to support the decision.

Tartaglia stressed that any strategy that includes hunting will not work without regional partnerships in place. He add-ed that within the city limits, a DMAP proposal should include permission from area neigh-boring county lands that would serve as hunting grounds.

The key is to create a region-al partnership in which all par-ties would participate in a hunt on the same days and times. If the program isn’t created with the assistance of regional part-ners, a hunt won’t work because the deer will simply cross into a safe parcel of land or even large yards.

Tartaglia said the county hopes to see a complete plan from the joint Rye-Mamaroneck group by Oct. 15 but neither mayor is interested in working on such a plan.

According to Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican, the village will head back to the drawing board.

“This [reply from the county]

strengthens my opinion that we need to do this on the local lev-el. The main thing is not to stick our heads in the sand,” he said. Rosenblum added that plans using sterilization and a hunt-

ing program sponsored by pri-vate landowners would both be worth exploring further.

Without DEC involvement, deer hunting could only take place on private property with

licensed hunters. Sack indicat-ed that he would pursue a pri-vate solution with landowners in Rye.

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After a recent deer forum in Mamaroneck, where elected officials expressed the desire to see a hunting program implemented to combat the deer population, Westchester County officials said they wouldn’t authorize such an idea without a complete strategy in place. Contributed photo


What’s going on...Larchmont Public Library experience and skill levels. Class fees are $10 per

person. For more information or to register, call 899-3150.

Larchmont-Mamaroneck Summit‘The Drug Crisis in Our Own Backyard’

The Larchmont-Mamaroneck Local Summit will present a breakfast program on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Nautilus Diner on the growing drug abuse issues in our county and in our community. Representatives from the Westchester County district attorney’s office, the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community Counseling Center, and Larchmont-Mamaroneck RADAR will discuss the trends countywide and in our community and what is being done to combat this growing issue. All are welcome. $8 for breakfast. For more information on this volunteer community organization, visit lo-calsummitlm.org.

Emelin Theatre

and there’s a new documentary on his studio and performance place, the Fur Peace Ranch. His lat-est solo album, “Ain’t In No Hurry,” has received great reviews in Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, Mojo and others.

Kaukonen’s performance will be on Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. at 152 Library Lane in Mamaroneck.

Healthcare forum for small businesses

On Tuesday, Oct. 27, state Assemblyman Steve Otis and the Women’s Enterprise Development Center Inc. will hold their annual Small Business and Economic Development Forum at the Mama-roneck Town Center at 740 W. Boston Post Road. The topic of this year’s forum is “Keeping Small Business Healthy” and will focus on healthcare options for small business. With all of the recent changes in the healthcare marketplace, small busi-ness owners may need help understanding the vari-ous options available to them and finding the right plan for their business and employees. We have assembled a panel of industry experts, represen-tatives from NY State of Health and small busi-ness owners who will share their experience and expertise.

Following the panel discussion, attendees will have the opportunity to speak individually with various state agency and industry representatives to discuss their unique business needs on a wide variety of concerns. The forum will begin at 8 a.m. in order to better accommodate local business owners’ schedules, with networking and one-on-one consultations starting at 9:30 a.m. Admission is free, but registration is required by emailing

your name, title (if applicable), telephone, email address, business name and address to either Deb-ra Lagapa at [email protected] or Maria Guardado at [email protected]. For more information, you can also call Debra at 939-7028 or Maria at 948-6068 ext. 15.

Otter Creek Preserve

Fall Nature WalkCome for a family walk co-sponsored by the

Village of Mamaroneck Tree Committee and the Westchester Land Trust. On Sunday, Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. Meet on Taylors Lane in Rye Neck, at the en-trance to the Otter Creek Preserve.

Guide Tate Bushell, director of Stewardship and ecologist at the Westchester Land Trust, will help us identify 12 to 15 tree species growing at the preserve. He will focus on the specific ecological settings in which the individual tree species grow and show us signs that these settings are chang-ing at the preserve. We will walk the full length of the preserve’s loop trail. Tate will also talk about the Otter Creek Preserve’s forest, its natural his-tory and importance to our community. No regis-tration or fee is required. All adults and children are welcome.

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For information on regular events and programs and more, visit larchmontlibrary.org.

If Trees Could TalkThe library and the Sheldrake Nature Center

present this program for children ages 6 to 8 on Thursday, Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. Participants will have a chance to examine specimens of trees including oak, maple and hickory and learn about their life cycles. The event will take participants on a mini field trip to look at and identify trees right outside the library. Participants will also be able to create their own trees to hang up all around the library. Online registration is required. To register, visit larchmontlibrary.org/registration-for-sheldrake-presents-if-trees-could-talk/.

At Home on the SoundGentle chair yoga

At Home on the Sound will be hosting a gen-tle chair yoga class with Arlene on Monday, Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at United Methodist Church at 546 E. Boston Post Road. The class is open to members only, and welcomes people of all

See rock legend Jorman KaukonenJorma Kaukonen is coming to the Emelin The-

atre on Friday, Oct. 23. 2015 has been a big year for the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. It marks 50 years since he co-founded the Jefferson Airplane


after he took office in 2010. Be-fore then, gun shows in the center were banned in 1999 by former County Executive Andrew Spano, a Democrat.

“I am shocked and saddened by the recent horrific shooting of eight students and a faculty member at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore.,” reads Bell’s petition. “Please respect the wishes of Westchester residents, parents, students and taxpayers who do not wish to see our county buildings used to promote and fa-cilitate gun sales.”

In tandem with the petition, Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, a Democrat, wrote a letter to Astorino, urging him to follow through with banning the shows, which Feiner said encour-age the sale of guns in Westches-ter County.

“I am calling on the county to ban all gun shows at the County Center,” Feiner said in his letter. “It’s not the place of government to encourage gun ownership.”

In the past, gun shows have been met with fervent opposi-tion, particularly among gun con-trol advocates who condemn the so-called “gun show loophole,” a provision in many state laws that allows private sellers—including

those at gun exhibitions—to ex-ecute the sale of firearms in per-son or over the internet without a background check.

New York state, however, is one of only six states in the country that bans the sale of firearms through guns shows without conducting a formal background check.

Astorino, who ran and lost his race for governor in 2014 on a platform which aimed to repeal the New York State SAFE act—a law that prohibits the sale of high capacity magazines amongst oth-er regulatory provisions aimed at firearms—has swayed in favor of gun owners throughout his tenure as county executive.

According to a statement by Ned McCormack, a spokesper-son for Astorino’s office, Astorino will likely do so again.

“There has not been a gun show at the County Center since 2012. If there is a request at some point in the future from a licensed operator, the county would consider it, in the same way the state does.” McCormack said,

Gun rights groups like the Westchester County Firearms Association are expectedly on the same page as Astorino. To them, the issue comes down to

By JAMeS PeROStaff Writer

Following yet another mass shooting that killed nine in Rose-burg, Ore. on Oct. 1, an online petition to ban gun shows at the Westchester County Convention Center has gathered more than 3,220 signatures.

The petition, created by Ossin-ing resident Charles Bell, aims to reinstate a ban on gun shows at the center which was allowed to lapse under current County Exec-utive Rob Astorino, a Republican,

Petition urges Astorino to ban gun shows

a matter of legality.“It’s a legitimate business in

commerce and everyone is get-ting a background check,” said the group’s President Scott Som-mavilla, adding that mental illness is the real issue of importance. “[Gun shows] are legal and law-ful commerce. For 25 to 30 years, they’ve been [at the convention center] without problem.”

Despite the slim odds of such a ban materializing, the petition has continued to gather signatures—climbing from 2,000 to more than 3,000 in a less than a week—as well as support from other coun-ty officials, including Westches-ter County Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, who has joined the effort to enact a ban.

“Westchester County should

not be in the business of promot-ing gun sales,” Parker, who is up for re-election this year, said. “We shouldn’t allow Rob Astorino’s statewide political ambitions to jeopardize the health and safety of county residents. Westchester County is under no obligation whatsoever to promote and sub-sidize gun sales through the use of taxpayer assets, and I hope the county executive will see reason on this issue.”

According to data from the Federal Election Commission, Bell has donated a total of $1,700 to various Democratic campaigns between 2011 and 2012.

Bell could not be reached for comment, as of press time.


So far, County Executive Rob Astorino has showed little interest in enacting a gun show ban at the Westchester County Center, even despite some public support. File photos

In an online petition created by Ossining resident Charles Bell, more than 3,000 residents have urged County Executive Rob Astorino to ban gun shows at the Westchester County Center.

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Figuring out the real number of deerTo the Editor,In your issue published on Oct. 2, Taffy Williams protested “the madness of a deer cull.” She wrote

that the number of deer “could be and is most likely a small population of no more than 20 to 30 deer roaming through Mamaroneck and Rye.”

While her credentials as a “Class One wildlife rehabilitator in the New York State Department of En-vironmental Conservation” may be relevant in some areas, clearly math and statistics are not her strong points.

Since a family of five deer—a mother and four offspring—frequent my front and back yards on a daily basis and take the time to devour every blossom, blade of hosta and butternut squash tendril—in-cluding those under protective netting—they would have to be very swift moving to visit the rest of the two towns.

From my observation, the numbers Ms. Williams presents are off by a huge margin and based on pure speculation.

Lois Fenton,Mamaroneck

Why I still support Molly Spillane’sTo the Editor,Recently, there have been opinions voiced against Molly Spillane’s. It has mainly been about the

noise that irritates some residents that live nearby. I have lived within a half block away from Molly’s and have never been bothered by this noise, or anything else about this establishment.

Prior to Mollys’ existence, I remember a plain, somewhat ugly building on that corner. Watching this restaurant being built, and seeing what is there now, I wish to commend the owner. The completed design has resulted in a welcoming appeal to the avenue. On any given evening or weekend, I notice many people celebrating. Whether it be a birthday, bridal shower, baby shower, Christmas party, Ma-maroneck School function, etc., there is always a festive atmosphere. When my daughter was home from college, her high school friends would always gather there and hang out. When she got her first job after graduation, Molly’s was the first place we picked to celebrate.

Molly’s sponsors many community events throughout the year. The restaurant not only brings many people to Mamaroneck, but also adds to the vibrancy that Mamaroneck Avenue was lacking years ago. Since this restaurant opened, many more have opened, which has brought a thriving nightlife to the village. While I have never been bothered by the noise as others have voiced, I respect their opinion. If neighbors are truly bothered, they have a right to complain.

I would like to thank the owner for taking a chance coming to our village. He invested a great deal of money and time with this decision. He could have chosen other towns, but picked Mamaroneck. He has hired local residents in all aspects of his business. For many, it is their first job. He took a dismal piece of property and turned it into a beautiful building. It has become the place to go to watch parades go by, listen to music at the street block party or simply enjoy a good meal. After the annual firemen’s parade or other community celebrations, many people choose to meet at Molly’s to end the day. Every sport is viewed with the many TVs. Watching playoff games is a thrill. Even if you are not a big sports fan, you enjoy the excitement. It is simply the place to go.

I want to thank Molly Spillane’s for the good work they have done and continue to do. Thank you for coming here. I look forward to future celebrations, large and small, at your restaurant. The avenue would not be the same without you.

Matthew Westermann,Mamaroneck

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Honored, a little moved, and slightly freaked out: that’s how Manhola Dargis, the New York Times’ chief film critic and SUNY Purchase graduate, felt taking the stage at Purchase’s Performing Arts Center, where she and a distinguished troupe of panelists discussed the role of the modern critic.

“I’m trying to remember the last time I was actually on campus; I think I saw some plays here, and I think I saw Glenn Branca here,” she told the audience. “Anyway, I’m not going to take you down memory lane. What I’m going to do tonight is talk to three of the smartest people I know.”

The people to whom Dar-gis was referring were three fellow critics: Wesley Morris, staff writer at Grantland; Em-ily Nussbaum, television critic at The New Yorker; and Amy Taubin, contributing editor at the British Sight and Sound.

For the modestly-sized audi-ence, the objective of the Sept. 28 lecture was to illuminate the role

Panel discusses ‘crisis in criticism’of the critic in today’s media land-scape. In the fashion of any good writer, they opted mostly to show rather than tell by meandering through topics ranging from the evolution of television to the rise of online comment sections, occa-sionally descending into spirited discussions about quality content in the world of film and TV— an occupational hazard for three of the country’s most prominent media critics.

One of the longest and most in-depth discussions of the night centered on what all four critics acknowledged was a growing “crisis in criticism,” the dynam-ics of which are affected by the very industries that critics cover.

“About ten years ago, there was a lot of discussion about a ‘crisis in criticism,’” Dargis said. “But you don’t hear that much anymore, because I think in a lot ways we started to realize that the crisis was not so much in criticism, but that the crisis was really in journalism.”

The panelists explained that with the rapid decline in print journalism and therefore wide-spread layoffs, establishment

jobs—like the ones occupied by Nussbaum and the like—are in-creasingly harder to come by.

Nussbaum, referring to an interview for Rookie magazine in which she outlined the rather grim prospects of rising to a job like hers one day, was only in-terrupted by a brief interjection from Dargis who took a min-ute to veer the coversation clear of gloom.

“How are we [not] bumming you out?” Dargis said to an au-dience rife with journalism stu-dents. “I am so sorry.”

Inversely, while critic jobs—at least ones that pay a proper salary—dwindle, the amount of movies and television shows re-leased continue to barrel through the roof.

“Now, the New York Film Festival had 3,000 features apply for 26 slots, most of them being first-time features,” Taubin said. “At the same time, where there are fewer and fewer places to write cultural criticism where you can get paid, the amount of stuff being made has gone up tenfold.”

Dargis, who during the early

2000s was the chief critic for the L.A. Times, told the audience that during her tenure at the L.A. Times there were approximately 1,200 employees, and now there are just 600.

Newsrooms around the coun-try have gone through a similar shift. According to CNN Money, the New York Times’ headcount had shrunk by half between 2009 and 2014, and Dargis said, at least in regard to cuts at L.A. Times crit-ics were often the first to go.

This cut in employment and spike in the amount of films and television shows being re-leased—the latter of which can be summed by a 1,000 percent

increase in scripted shows for cable since 1999, according to Variety—has led to an unavoid-able blind spot in coverage.

“Fifteen years ago there were about 400 movies [that] opened up in New York City,” Dargis said, adding that fellow chief critic at the New York Times, A.O. Scott, started keeping track. “A couple years ago, the number climbed to 600, and then 700, and then it was 800. I mean, ev-ery year it was another hundred movies…Last year it was 1,000.”

Dargis went on to explain that because of the influx cou-pled with the decline in staff, the New York Times, which had

traditionally reviewed every mov-ie opening up in New York, had to begin capping.

For both the publications and the critics themselves, these new dynamics are a problem that re-mains to be solved.

“You want people to see mov-ies that don’t have $200 million budgets. You want people to see movies that don’t have wall-to-wall commercials. You want people to see something besides a Michael Bay movie,” Dargis said. “How are people supposed to make choices when there are so many choices?”


Some of the country’s most prolific media critics took the stage at Purchase College to discuss the role of today’s modern critic. From left, Manhola Dargis, Wesley Morris, Emily Nussbaum and Amy Taubin.Photo/James Pero


Westchester County Ex-ecutive Rob Astorino recently joined with New York Rangers alumni Dave Maloney and Ron Greschner, New York Knicks legend Allan Houston, Friends of Westchester County Parks and the Westchester County Parks Department at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla to announce a celebration for Westchester’s Winter Wonderland.

The event will include new features including all-inclusive pricing for admission, an ex-panded ice rink sponsored by the New York Rangers, additional rides and new entertainment, shopping and food attractions.

Doubling its size from last year, the 70-foot by 90-foot rink, which is the same size as the rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City, will be called “Rang-ersTown” as a nod to the Rang-ersTown Hockey House in front of Madison Square Garden.

“We are thrilled to announce this new partnership with the New York Rangers for Winter Wonderland, which we know will grow to become an iconic event in Westchester,” Astorino

said. “In addition to the expand-ed rink, the New York Rangers will bring an exciting fan ex-perience to our festive event by incorporating exciting fan expe-rience attractions for the entire family, including photo-ops with alumni, hockey sessions and fun prizes and giveaways.”

Westchester’s Winter Won-derland will take place at Ken-sico Dam Plaza in Valhalla, will open the Friday after Thanks-giving, Nov. 27, and will run through Sunday, Jan. 3. From Nov. 27 through Dec. 20, the event will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Sundays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Starting on Dec. 21, the program will be open weekdays and Sundays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

To add to the fan experience, the New York Rangers will pro-vide special perks each Friday, Saturday and Sunday night for guests to enjoy, including:

• Try Hockey for Free ses-sion: The Rangers will help open Westchester’s Winter Won-derland on Friday, Nov. 27, with

a special Try Hockey for Free session, which will include ac-cess to free loaner equipment. Kids will receive a free Rangers hockey stick in addition to skat-ing with and meeting New York Rangers alumni.

• Photo opportunities: Guests will be able to take photographs on the New York Rangers Player Bench, framed by the six-foot “RangersTown” letters sign. Blueshirts United brand ambas-sadors will be on-site to greet at-tendees and help them take and share photos on their social me-dia pages. As skaters make their way to the rink, they will be able to stop and take a picture with their favorite Rangers’ life-size cutouts, which will flank the en-try to the ice.

• Appearances by current and former New York Rangers: For-mer Ranger greats will make weekly appearances to ice skate, take photos and sign autographs with guests, and current Rangers will appear on a select date to surprise attendees.

• Road Tour NYRv: The New York Rangers’ field market-ing vehicle and mobile brand

Winter Wonderland preps for season

experience will be on-site to provide fans with even more in-teractive attractions.

“We are delighted to be part-nering with the Friends of West-chester Parks to help put togeth-er this remarkable initiative for the community of Westchester,” said Janet Duch, senior vice president of marketing at MSG Sports. “The Rangers, Knicks, Liberty and of course the West-chester Knicks have strong ties to Westchester County and we look forward to continuing our growing relationship with the community through events such as Westchester’s Winter Won-derland.”

Other new features to West-

chester’s Winter Wonderland include the Santa experience, The Wonderland Express, Win-ter Hay Rides, a 24-foot Christ-mas tree with lights and a new candy cane forest lights at the entrance.

“Westchester’s Winter Won-derland helps families cre-ate a holiday tradition close to home,” said Joanne Fernandez, board chair for Friends of West-chester County Parks. “We are thrilled to be hosting our sec-ond annual winter event. This one-of-a-kind experience cel-ebrates the spirit of the season with holiday lights, amusement rides, a shopping village, food, an ice skating rink and a memo-

rable holiday experience for the entire family.”

The festive event will elec-trify the holiday season with hundreds of thousands of LED lights set to a one-hour-long con-tinuous show choreographed to holiday music, an outdoor recre-ational ice skating rink, boutique vendors, amusement rides and a heated indoor dining tent offer-ing a variety of local food trucks and a full bar.

Tickets for the event can be purchased by visiting winter-wonderland.com. Adult and child tickets cost $15 and are all-inclusive, except for food and vendor shopping, and children 5 and under are free. (Submitted)


Annual Halloween train show rolls into Westchester County Executive Rob As-

torino invites everyone to enjoy a display of model trains rum-bling through a Jurassic-themed landscape, take the kids on a scavenger hunt or a wagon ride at the eighth annual Halloween Train Show at Lasdon Park, Ar-boretum and Veterans Memorial.

“I encourage everyone to visit Lasdon Park for this fun Hal-loween tradition in Westches-ter,” Astorino said. “This year’s imaginative, prehistoric-themed train show and activities prom-ise entertainment for the entire family.”

The program will take place

Saturdays and Sundays, running until the weekend of Oct. 31 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The main attraction of the event in the main house will be the huge railroad layout, fea-turing Lionel trains traveling through haunted scenery and a Jurassic world of dinosaurs. The

main house will be transformed to the time when dinosaurs ruled the earth with exhibits about the creatures, presented along with some special treats and surpris-es. The library will screen the 3-D children’s movie “Rexy the Dinosaur.”

Children can experience an outdoor fossil dig, surrounded by a hay maze, presented by West-chester Tool Rental. Young aspir-ing paleontologists can take part in a scavenger hunt presented by Prospero Nursery. The Lasdon Memorial Garden will be trans-formed into a prehistoric topi-ary garden with many surprises, made possible by SavATree Inc.

Halloween wagon rides will be “haunted” by reptilian ghouls

and will culminate with a special Jurassic treat.

The Garden Shop will offer refreshments, including “dino dogs” and “bronto burgers” along with plants, pumpkins and gifts for sale.

The Westchester Veterans Mu-seum will be open during show dates.

The train display, movie and house admission is $3 per child and $7 per adult. The wagon rides are $5 per person. Combi-nation packages are available at $5 per child and $10 per adult.

The program is presented by the Friends of Lasdon and sup-ported by American Petroleum Equipment & Construction Com-pany, Berger Hardware, Ledley

Food Service, M & T Bank, Merrill Lynch, NYSEG, Pros-pero Nurseries, SavATree Inc., Westchester Tool Rentals and Whitehall Auto Service.

Lasdon will host its annual costume party for adults on Fri-day, Oct. 30 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., featuring food, drink and dancing to music provided by the Gerard Carelli Collective. The party will have a prehistoric theme. There will be prizes for the best costumes. Admission is $60 per person.

Net proceeds from the events will benefit the Lasdon Conser-vatory project.

For information, go to parks.westchestergov.com or lasdonpark.org or call 864-7268. (Submitted)

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Boo at the Zoo, New York City’s go-to family-friendly Hal-loween destination, returns to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo for five weekends in October, beginning on Satur-day, Oct. 3 and running through Sunday, Nov. 1. This year’s Boo at the Zoo activities are themed around animal behaviors and “Mystery and Mischief” of the world of wildlife.

All attractions and activities will embrace the spirit of the sea-son while highlighting wildlife and conservation. Annual favor-ites including the hay maze, gi-ant pumpkin carving demos, cos-tume parades, magic and more will return with some additional Halloween surprises. Jack O ‘Lantern Illumination, an eerie

walk-through experience spon-sored by Goosebumps, will take over the exhibits in the former World of Darkness building, cre-ating a one-of-a-kind illuminated Halloween display. Entertain-ment will include encore perfor-mances from Boo at the Zoo fa-vorite, magician David Levitan.

For the social media-savvy, the Bronx Zoo and Budget Trav-el will co-host an InstaMeet on Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday, Oct. 4 in honor of the 12th World Wide InstaMeet Weekend, a cel-ebration of Instagram’s diverse, global community and an oppor-tunity to meet other Instagram photographers in beautiful set-tings like the Bronx Zoo.

All Boo at the Zoo activities are included with the price of

general admission with the ex-ception of the Jack O’Lantern Illumination which is included with the Total Experience Ticket.

Visit bronxzoo.com/boo for a complete schedule of dates, per-formances and activities.

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekends from April to October from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and weekends from November to March from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Adult gen-eral admission is $16.95; chil-dren ages 3 to 12, $12.95; ad-mission for children under 3 is free; and admission for seniors ages 65 and older is $14.95. Parking is $16 for cars and $20 for buses. (Submitted)

Bronx Zoo gears up for a spooktacular seasonLiving in the dark agesOpinion-Editorial

By CLiFFORD JACKSON

I was speaking a couple of months ago with a man who has worked as a porter in Larchmont for many years. We were talk-ing about how crazy things are in this society with all of the shoot-ings, violence and corruption within corporate America. He said something that truly defines the environment of this country today: “We are living in the dark ages.” His definition was apropos because of the state of the United States today. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said in March of 1968, “America is going to hell for all of the violence that it has commit-ted on this continent and around the world.”

We are truly seeing that today, as we have more than 35 people a day that die of gunfire and even more from suicide. The re-cent mass shootings and killings in South Carolina and Oregon brought that home once again. These killings are becoming nor-mal, and many across this coun-try have become desensitized to such events. There is a homeless epidemic that is unparalleled in

so-called industrialized nations, and more than three million peo-ple are living on the streets and in shelters. I see it every day work-ing in midtown Manhattan. Mil-lions more people are poor and are living in veritable squalor without decent plumbing, water and with rodent infestation. This barbaric way of living is engen-dered by a savage and insane lust for money and greed that does not allow people to afford a de-cent place to live, or give them a sustainable living wage. Twenty percent of all homeless people work, but they are homeless due to the greed and inhumane hous-ing marketplace that puts profit first and their lives second.

The United States has an in-fant mortality rate that is No. 30 among 168 countries surveyed, the highest in the so-called in-dustrialized world. The U.S. also has the number one incarceration rate out of every country world-wide, but propagandizes itself as the leader of the free world.

What is even more alarming is that there is a prevailing mental-ity of many white people to de-monize and call lazy those who

are poor and in need, yet those same people have the temerity to say that this is a Christian nation.

Pope Francis’ recent visit dem-onstrated a moral and humane tone that is a direct contradiction to the current state of this sick and depraved market-driven culture. Corporate America is wreaking economic violence around the country in relation to the increas-ing levels of poverty and home-lessness, and they have a destabi-lizing influence around the world that is manifested every day in the Middle East and throughout Africa and Eastern Europe. But America and its white majority continues to live a lie as far as its so-called “greatness.”

The celebration of Christo-pher Columbus this month is a continuation of that lie. As John Lennon said, “In America, they will chew you up and spit you back out.” Yes this porter work-ing here in Larchmont is right. We are living in the dark ages. This is certainly not civilization.

Clifford Jackson is a resident of Larchmont. The views

expressed are his.


Westchester named a top 10 digital countyFor the 10th time and third

consecutive year, Westchester County has been named one of the top 10 digital counties in the United States by the Center for Digital Government and the Na-tional Association of Counties.

“I am proud that Westchester County continues to be recognized for leveraging technology to deliv-er efficient and effective services to all of our residents,” said County Executive Rob Astorino. “The re-sults delivered by our technology team go a long way toward saving taxpayer money at every level of local government and they deserve our thanks.”

Astorino said John McCaffrey, Westchester County’s chief infor-mation officer, and the entire De-partment of Information Technol-ogy, DoIT, staff, deserve special mention not only for this year’s results but also for being named to the list of top digital counties 10 times since 2005.

The Center for Digital Gov-ernment is a national research and advisory institute focused on technology policies and best prac-tices in state and local government. Along with the National Associa-

tion of Counties, they invited thou-sands of counties to participate in the 2015 Digital Counties Survey which considered citizen engage-ment, policy, operations and tech-nology, and data. Westchester County finished ninth.

Over the last year, Westchester has redesigned the county website, westchestergov.com, to be more mobile responsive, and launched Homeseeker, a comprehensive one-stop resource for anyone look-ing to buy or sell fair and afford-able housing.

Additionally, the Center for Digital Government cited:

• REACH Westchester, an au-tomated application system that has transformed the county’s paper recertification process for Tempo-rary Assistance customers into a more efficient, streamlined pro-cess. This innovative process en-ables customers to complete their recertification interview indepen-dently through the use of a user-friendly, in-office kiosk. REACH Westchester saves county taxpay-ers more than $2 million annually.

• The Criminal Justice Data Ware-house, an innovative investigative tool that allows local and state

law enforcement, including the New York State Police Depart-ment and New York State Divi-sion of Parole, to quickly search over a million data entries from agencies throughout the county to track down suspects and get them off the street. The database includes records from local and county police, the county jail and probation departments, as well as pistol permits and taxi and limou-sine records.

• A growing number of shared services to municipalities and schools offered by the Westches-ter County Department of In-formation Technology, such as digital printing, network and of-fice systems services, geographic information systems (GIS), emer-gency support and no-cost licens-es to cybersecurity software.

• The Westchester Telecom Net-work reaffirms Westchester’s posi-tion as a premier business location. Businesses enjoy the reliability and quality of an end-to-end fi-ber-based network that improves telecommunications transmission quality and sophistication while also reducing overall telecom costs. (Submitted)

From left, John McCaffrey, Westchester County chief information officer; Scott Fernqvist, special assistant to the chief information officer; County Executive Rob Astorino; Greg Nellis, state and local government account executive at CDW-G; and Dave Heizman, public sector account manager at CDW-G. Contributed photo


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Court: HUD can withhold funds from countyBy SiByLLA ChiPAziwA

Editorial Assistant

A Sept. 25 appellate court ruling found that the U.S. De-partment of Housing and Urban Development’s decision to with-hold funds from Westchester County did not violate federal law.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in the Second District also found that HUD is therefore allowed to reallocate 2013 funds to other jurisdictions and withhold the remaining funds from 2011, approximately $750,000. The court also said that the 2014 funds—approximately $5 mil-lion in Community Block De-velopment Grants—must be de-layed from being reallocated by HUD until the county exhausts its right to seek additional legal review of the matter.

But the court’s ruling also made it clear that the county neither violated the Fair Hous-ing Act, nor engaged in housing discrimination. And that ruling provided an opportunity for the Republican administration of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino to claim victory in his ongoing battle with HUD.

Regarding the court’s ruling, Ned McCormack, communica-tions director for the county ex-ecutive, said that “it takes away any legitimacy from HUD’s claims that [the county’s] zon-ing is exclusionary.”

Circuit court judges Jose A. Cabranes, Reena Raggi and Richard C. Wesley said in their ruling, “We merely conclude that HUD’s decision—in the context of providing federal funds—to require the county to redo its zoning analysis and to develop strategies to overcome impediments to fair housing did not violate federal law” and add-ed that “there has been no find-ing, at any point, that Westches-ter actually engaged in housing discrimination.”

Whether the county is guilty of discrimination is a separate, pending lawsuit, according to Holly M. Leicht, HUD’s region-al administrator.

Leicht added that contrary to Astorino’s victory comments, the appeals court “in fact de-termined that…HUD has the authority to require prospective grantees to analyze their local zoning laws for discriminatory impact, and to reject those anal-yses when they are inadequate,”

adding that HUD gave detailed reasons for its rejections and gave the county “multiple op-portunities to make changes and resubmissions, but the county refused to do so.”

This issue over affordable housing in Westchester dates back to 2009, when former County Executive Andy Spano, a Democrat, reached a settle-ment with the federal govern-ment to provide 750 units of affordable housing in 31 West-chester communities within a seven-year timeframe under the threat of lawsuit.

Other requirements of the agreement included complet-ing an analysis of impediments, AI—a review of factors affect-ing affordable housing develop-ment, such as a municipality’s zoning codes—and passing legislation that bans housing discrimination based on a per-son’s source of income, such as Social Security or Section 8.

The AI issue has led to a stalemate between the Astorino administration and HUD. To date, the county has submitted eight analyses of impediments, none of which have been ac-cepted and approved by HUD. Ultimately, this led HUD to withhold federal funding and as a result, the matter ended up in

the courts. In July 2015, Westchester

County appealed a district court decision to deny its motion for a preliminary injunction—a re-quest that prevents a party from pursuing a particular course of action until a final decision is made—against HUD for with-holding of federal funds. The county’s complaints were dis-missed when the district court granted HUD’s summary judg-ment motion, deciding the case without a trial.

As a result, Westchester is no longing seeking additional funds from HUD for fiscal years 2015 through 2017. However, accord-ing to the decision, the county still has to meet the obligations of the 2009 settlement, including submitting an AI that HUD finds acceptable. Because of these circumstances, the court left open the question of how HUD would enforce the 2009 afford-able housing agreement against the county and how the county could “end further supervision over its housing policies.”

McCormack told the Review that the next step is the county continuing to comply with the benchmarks in the 2009 settle-ment to build the 750 affordable housing units.

When asked if the quota would be reached in time—the end of 2016—he said, “We have plans to get there, and we’ve met all the benchmarks so far and our plan is to continue to meet them.”

According to McCormack, as of Sept. 30, 2015, out of the 750 affordable units to be built, 489 have financing and 442 have building permits.

In a statement, Westchester’s Board of Legislators Chair-man Michael Kaplowitz, a Yorktown Democrat, said, “It is good to know that the Ap-peals Court recognizes that [the county’s] communities are not discriminatory.”

Kaplowitz added that the real issue was whether HUD had a right to withhold funds but also said that none of the eight AIs the county provided to HUD were acceptable.

“I urge the county executive and HUD to keep the dialogue open so that we can eventu-ally satisfy this requirement of the 2009 settlement,” the legislator said.


A recent court ruling found that County Executive Rob Astorino and Westchester County did not engage in housing discrimination. However, the court upheld HUD’s decision to withhold federal funding from the county due to the discrepancies over implementation of the affordable housing settlement. File photo


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Breast friends: the not-so-lonely side of cancer

The upside of cancer? Not sure there is one. But there does seem to be one side of cancer that is the opposite of terror, loneliness and pain: the unex-pected friendships that grow just like those damn cells.

“I was diagnosed pretty young—31,” says Stacey Gordon, a Bronx-born, Yonkers-raised for-mer tri-athlete living in Alabama who is now 51.

Gordon had already moved down to the Bronx with the Air Force when she found herself fac-ing breast cancer. “I wasn’t mar-ried. I was all alone,” recalls the personal trainer. So she decided to gather a group of other breast can-cer comrades to exercise with. She did this, despite the fact that back then doctors “wanted to wrap you in cotton.”

The group exercised enough to be in shape for a bigger challenge: climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, which, Gordon hastens to add, “was not a cliché back then.”

As close as she was with the group, it wasn’t until she was climbing with them—and real-izing she couldn’t make it to the top—that she really got to know another member named Jane, who also couldn’t climb any further.

“We probably had almost nothing in common. She was married and had older children and was very Southern. Perfect-ly coifed, perfect makeup. She’s also very religious and Christian. Me, I was young, I’m gay, I’m Jewish.”

Somehow, they talked about it all—even while touring Tan-zania—and came back close friends. So close that when Jane

grabbed her hand to pray, “I used to be embarrassed about it,” says Gordon, “but that kind of changed.”

And so did Gordon. Some-thing very angry started melting away. She also went back and summited Mt. Kilimanjaro a few years later.

For Stephanie Johnson, a new friendship began even before she was certain she had breast can-cer. “I was working part time at a bar,” says the beauty con-sultant and photographer. She’d just learned she needed a biopsy on her left breast, when into the bar walked a woman “covered in pink everything. She was wear-ing scarves, and breast cancer-related jewelry. I approached her and said, ‘I’m sorry to bother you, but are you dealing with breast cancer?’”

The woman, Robin, answered yes and gave her some friendly tips on how to get through the biopsy. When the results came back positive, Stephanie con-tacted her again and the stranger became a mentor.

It was Robin who gave Steph-anie a basket filled with lip balm, a lap blanket to keep her warm during chemo, and tissues. Lots of tissues. “I was like, ‘Why am I going to need these?’” says Stephanie. Robin explained that when hair falls out, it all falls out—including nose hair, which leaves people sniffling.

Once again, an odd couple was born: Robin went to Bible study; Stephanie was covered head to toe in tattoos. “I think we would never have interacted if it weren’t for breast cancer,” says Stephanie. But once the two be-came friends, Stephanie turned around and became the “Robin” to other women with the same di-agnosis, right down to delivering

gift baskets of blankets, balms and tissues.

“In some ways, helping some-one else deal with their fears makes it easier to face your own,” says Jenn McRobbie, au-thor of “Why Is She Acting So Weird?: A Guide to Cultivating Closeness When a Friend is in Crisis.”

A cancer-driven friendship may be based on some power-ful mix of empathy, courage and desperation, but at its root is always about kindness. “It hap-pened to me on various levels,” says McRobbie. “When I was walking through the mall and I was bald as a cue ball, I would have women walk up to me and hug me and just say, ‘Solider on, sister,’ and then they’d just keep walking. They didn’t feel the need to tell me why they felt that way.”

But as close as she grew to some of the strangers she met, she was also surprised to see some of her usual circle of friends slip away, simply freaked out by what she was go-ing through, which is another reason cancer friends can be so crucial.

“We’re all in the same boat,” says Haralee Weintraub, a breast cancer survivor now selling pa-jamas at haralee.com to keep women cool during the night sweats that can accompany the disease. She’s been in an exer-cise and support group for near-ly a decade. “Our conversations go beyond, ‘What do you do for a living?’” she said. “They’re about what’s more important in your life.”

And what’s more impor-tant than feeling loved and connected?


Dealing with bad breath and bad gifts

Dear Tonia:My boyfriend is such a great

guy. He’s thoughtful, kind, and very affectionate. He loves to kiss but he has really bad breath. I don’t want to embarrass him or make him feel bad but it’s re-ally a turnoff. He’s upset with me because he feels I don’t care about him in the same way. How do I tell him without hurting his feelings?

G.M., Bedford

Dear G.M.:Halitosis, also known as bad

breath, can result from poor dental health habits or can be a sign of other health problems. It’s not only important to tell him for your benefit but for his as well. Tell him how you feel about him and that you are con-cerned about his health. Explain why you shy away from his affection.

I am certain if you think his breath is bad, others do too, so you will save him a lot of em-barrassment. Suggest that he see a dentist, as he may have gum disease, an oral yeast infection, or need to have a deep cleaning. Bad breath can also be linked to a respiratory tract or sinus infec-tion, bronchitis, diabetes, acid reflux, or liver or kidney prob-lems. He might be a bit embar-rassed at first, but will be quick

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Dear Tonia:What’s the difference be-

tween junior and misses sizes?C.B., Larchmont

Dear C.B.:A general guideline is that

juniors are sized in odd number sizes (1, 3, 5, 7, etc.) and misses’ sizes are sized in even numbers (2, 4, 6, 8, etc.). They are cut from two different patterns. The size 0 in misses is cut larger. The junior sizes are meant for teens growing into their womanly bodies. Clothes in misses sizes provide a lower bust line, allow for more curves and contour in the hip and backside area, and generally the pant inseam is lon-ger. I often see women shop in the wrong departments, which leads to them wearing unflatter-ing clothing.

Dear Tonia:Every year, I get the ugliest

sweaters from my mother-in-law. I’m afraid if I return them, she will know or ask me about it. What do I do with all these ugly sweaters and how can I get her to stop buying me clothes? I know she means well, but she doesn’t have very good taste in clothing.

M.B., Scarsdale

Dear M.B.:Remember the real gift is that

the person you got it from spent time and money on you, and had good intentions. Also consider that people tend to see you dif-ferently than you see yourself, which is not necessarily always a bad thing. Here are a few suggestions:

Don’t re-gift it. Chances are if you don’t like it, the new recipi-ent won’t either and it will not feel good to give them some-thing you hate. You can always save an ugly sweater for an “ugly sweater party.” They have recently made a big comeback. Or, donate it to someone who just needs to stay warm and is not concerned with fashion or fit. Save one or two and wear them only when you are go-ing to see that person. It will be worth a little discomfort know-ing you put a smile on their face, especially if it’s from an elder loved one.

However you handle it, be careful not to hurt anyone’s feel-ings. Tell them how much you appreciate and love them for thinking of you. In the future, drop hints that you have more sweaters than you need and would prefer a gift card to buy new boots or shoes.

Tonia Tagliaferro is a fashion stylist. For questions and advice, you can contact her at [email protected].

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18 • The MAMARONeCK Review • October 16, 2015 SPORTS

While there has been no small amount of handwringing over the new format of the Sec-tion I football playoffs this year, just one look at the schedule for the first-ever qualifying round of the postseason has me very excited for the days ahead.

Not everyone was crazy about the new, expanded play-off format. But while some fans came into the year concerned that too much emphasis was placed on preseason rankings, the inclusion of more teams into the postseason picture seems, in practice, to have worked out quite nicely.

Of course, it helps that sever-al programs in the Review’s cov-erage area find themselves in the mix this year. While three of our local programs—Rye and East-chester in Class A, and New Ro-

Defending the formatchelle in Class AA—would have been guaranteed prime seeds after rolling through the regular season with undefeated records, the new format has opened the doors for teams like Mamaroneck, which is much better than its 0-6 record would indicate.

In past years, a winless sea-son would have caused the Ti-gers to be on the outside look-ing in, but a strong August rank-ing means the team will have one more chance to turn things around. And just one look at what the team has been able to do, such as losing heartbreak-ers against top teams like the Huguenots, leads me to believe that the Tigers have the ability to travel to Carmel on Oct. 16 and hand the Rams an upset loss.

Of course, the most antici-pated playoff matchup will see the No. 1 seeded Garnets (6-0) taking on No. 16 Harrison (3-3) at home on Oct. 17. The under-dog Huskies played Rye tough last week and will be looking

for redemption against their ri-vals as the teams get set for their first-ever back-to-back games in the 86-year history of the long-standing feud.

One of the more intrigu-ing matchups of the qualifying round, however, will take place in Class B, as Bronxville hosts Valhalla in a showdown be-tween the No. 6 and 11 seeds, respectively.

If anyone has a valid com-plaint about the importance of preseason rankings in this year’s playoff format, it would have to be the unbeaten Vikings who will not have home-field advantage when they square off against the 3-3 Broncos on Saturday.

So is this new format perfect? Probably not, especially if

you ask the teams whose play outshined early predictions. But a more inclusive structure gives more teams the chance to test their mettle in the postseason. For fans and sportswriters, like

Bronxville’s Jeff Sargeant dives for an extra yard against Yonkers Montessori Academy on Oct. 3. The Broncos will have a tough test in the qualifying round of the Class B playoffs as they host undefeated Valhalla. Photo/Bobby Begun

yours truly? It’s an opportunity to watch a few more weeks of high-stakes football.

So I say bring it on; it’s defi-nitely going to be a heck of a weekend.

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Class AA Football qualifying round preview

10/16, 7 p.m.No. 12 Mamaroneck (0-6) at No. 5 Carmel (5-10)

If one were to simply take the teams’ regular seasons record into account, it would seem as though the Tigers have wouldn’t have much of a of a chance in Friday’s playoff game against the Rams. But for a winless team, Mamaroneck has shown a ton of promise this year.

Mamaroneck, which has bat-tled injuries to key players like quarterback Bill Flatow and two-way star Peter Matt this year, has seemed to play at its peak against the best competi-tion that Class AA has to offer.

The Tigers finished up with a loss to No. 2-seeded John Jay on Oct. 10, falling to the Patri-ots 29-15, despite a strong ef-fort from Flatow who threw for both Tiger scores. Earlier in the season, Mamaroneck took top-seeded New Rochelle down to the wire, falling to the Huguenots 14-6 after being stripped of the ball on the New Rochelle 5-yard line late in the game.

In contrast, the Rams have played just one game against a team ranked in the top 10, falling

Katarina Barone looks to make a play against the Koalas. Photos/Bobby Begun

Bill Flatow carries the ball against Mahopac on Sept. 4. Although he has been injured this year, Flatow is hoping to lead the Tigers to a playoff victory on Oct. 16 against Carmel. Photo/Mike Smith

to No. 4 Scarsdale on Oct. 3. Last week, Carmel won its regular sea-son finale, topping No. 14 seeded Fox Lane 27-13.

In their loss to the Raiders, the Rams had trouble contain-ing speedy quarterback Michael Rolfe who ran for 89 yards and three scores while completing three passes for 60 yards. Al-though Flatow is more of a pure pocket passer than Rolfe, if he is able to find success through the air early on, he could open things up for the Tigers’ running game.

Girls Soccer

10/12 Horace Greeley d. Mamaroneck 2-0

Against the Quakers on Tues-day, Mamaroneck simply could not find the net, as Horace Gree-ley cruised to a shutout win. Emma Andizzone scored both goals for Greeley, which was able to keep the pressure on the Mamaroneck defense for much of the afternoon. Mamaroneck defender Alyson McClave, pressed into service in net, had 17 saves in the loss.

The loss to Greeley puts the Ti-gers at 8-6 on the season, but head coach Ron Blain is confident that his team has the ability to beat Scarsdale and New Rochelle to head into the playoffs on a positive

note. With starting keeper Lily Epstein set to return from injury against Scarsdale on Oct. 14, after press time, Blain said the team is peaking at the right time.

“The goal is having everyone healthy for the playoffs,” Blain said. “We know we’re playing quality soccer even with having players on the bench, so we’re hoping to get that first playoff game at home.”

Field Hockey

10/7 Mamaroneck d. Ursuline 3-0

Taking on the Koalas on Wednesday, Mamaroneck’s field hockey team stayed perfect with a 3-0 win. Sophie Miller, Sophie Brill and Lizzie Clarke all had goals for the Tigers, and Megan Mullaney had two assists.

10/10 Lakeland d. Mamaroneck 3-0

The Tigers dropped their first game of the season in a hotly-an-ticipated contest with Lakeland, falling 3-0 to the undefeated Hornets. The matchup pitted the two premier programs in Section I against each other.

Lakeland exploded for three goals in the second half after the two teams played to a scoreless tie in the first stanza.

Erin McClave controls the ball against Ursuline on Oct. 8. Mamaroneck topped the Koalas 3-0.

Mamaroneck Review 10-16-2015

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