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The Hezitorial, By Hezi Aris
Yonkers Mayor Plays Inspector General
for a Tool and a Fool
The ploy was hatched by Executive
Assistant to Mayor Phil Amicone at the City
of Yonkers John Fleming and Director of
Communications David Simpson. They were
fully aware that the disparate unions were long
pimped out to vote according to directives set
by the Spencer/Amicone Administrations but
have over the years recoiled from abiding by
Mayor Amicone’s bidding. Lame duck Mayor
Phil Amicone may have forgotten serving
Yonkers Mayor John Spencer as his deputy
almost four terms ago. In those bygone days,
it was this writer that spoke to the definition
of responsibility to which each presided. John
Spencer was master on the political front and
Phil Amicone, as Deputy Mayor of Yonkers,
presided over the day to day running of governance.
When Deputy Mayor Amicone ran for
Mayor of Yonkers seven years ago, he wrapped
himself about my distillation of his role, using
it as his initial campaign marketing effort. It
placed him in the lead. He would go on to win
election to the office of mayor. He was thought
to be a kinder, gentler version of John Spencer.
He proved to be arrogant, dismissive, inept,
callous, and vengeful. Rather than move the
economic development effort envisioned by
Spencer, present Mayor Amicone atrophied
during his first two years in office, not realizing
he was indeed the Mayor of Yonkers.
Consistent verbal flogging by this writer, among
an ever growing cacophany of influential people
in Yonkers beseeching him to snap out of his
malaise and melancholy, Phil Amicone awoke
to the fact that he was Mayor of the City of
Hills. He could not stomach the reality, but he
attempted to “wing it.” Rather than a graceful
emergence as a benevolent leader, he came out
of his stasis state transformed into a vindicative
ugly character suffered by friends and foes alike.
He has been ill at ease in his own skin ever
since.. He blamed others for every failure he
initiated. He believed Yonkersites would accept
his finger pointing antics, derisive attacks, back
room deals with friends and family, give-away
deals to developers (also friends and family
members), and even exceed mayoral parameters
to trash the U.S. Constitution regarding
Freedom of the Press, as well as denying
Yonkersites timely public notice of meetings
pertinent to their knowing. It’s Mayor
Amicone’s way or the highway.
Demonize the unions is his latest ploy.
Mayor Amicone won’t tell Yonkersites that it
was he who formulated the contracts by which
to entice the various unions to do the bidding of
the Spencer / Amicone Administration. Mayor
Amicone won’t remind Yonkersites that in a
strong mayor form of government he controls
and directs the Yonkers Police Department
(YPD) through his appointed Commissioner
Edmund Hartnett to meter out overtime. By
denying those who stand to gain greater return
in their last year from overtime pay that would
increase their respective payment rather than
to dispense it to those who would gain only
overtime pay without it being counted to their
pension, Mayor Amicone says one thing while
doing the other. Mayor Amicone is familiar
with every loophole he incorporated and
designed into the contracts he demanded the
union membership sign. The same is true with
his conduct toward the Yonkers Federation of
Teachers (YFT), the Yonkers Fire Department
(YFD), and the DPW Teamsters.
Continued on page 3
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Page 3
THE HEZITORIAL
Yonkers Mayor Plays Inspector General
for a Tool and a Fool
Continued from page 2
Since Mayor Amicone refuses to
reign in alleged abuses in the system he
created, he has used the allegedly unsuspecting
Inspector General Dan Schorr to
focus on alleged abuse by the YFD.. YFD
Commissioner Anthony Pagano has been
Spencer and Amicone’s boy for ages.
Dismiss Pagano from his position if he
dcannot comply with reducing the overtime
(OT) gap. Same for Hartnett. John
Liszewski has been spending taxpayer
funds like a drunken sailor at the behest
of Mayor Amicone as well.. Fire him if
he does not comply with the mayor’s
directive. The talk is just talk. The excess
is in OT but it is also within City Hall’s
conduct, staff, and lack of consolidation.
Better yet, Mayor Amicone should
fire his staff who are predominately
involved in electioneering efforts as per
his directives, and his alone. Ably joined
by Westchester County Executive Rob
Astorino, Amicone continues to lend
his “staff ” to the delusional aspiration of
Rob Astorino’s hope to climb the political
ladder to be the next New York State
Governor. You can’t make this stuff up
folks. Mr astorino has yet to prove he is
ready for prime time; he has not earned
any street credentials fot the talk because
he has yet to take the walk..
Astorino just hired Republican operative
Phil Gilles for a six figure salary after
it was Gilles who concocted the most
recent Westchester County Budget. In
other words, Astorino spends $100,000
plus taxpayer funds to hire a ”no show,”
“friend and family” member while
claiming to cut the budget elsewhere.
The budgetary cutback is indicative of
maintaining jobs by the mantra of who
you know rather than what you know.
Astorino and Amicone are two peas in
a pod. They both extoll governance for
patronage sake over the interests of the
public good. So let me get this straight,
what is it they get politically? It seems
they make a good case for how to take
and take and take? Juxtaposed to their
respective and collective conduct is the
Governor of New Jersey who is doing
right for the New Jersey taxpayer.
Will Mayor Amicone dismantle the
Yonkers fleet of cars? Will he fire no show
operatives from his staff? Will he demand
those on staff who drive while intoxicated
pay their cost of damage they caused by
the accident(s) they initiated or will he
permit this conduct to continue for years
on end, never taking anyone’s driving
license for their repeat offenses.
Will he rescind the special Yonkers
Parking Authority deals that permit
some restaurants to earn over $7,000 per
month when the YPA needs those funds
to stave off bankruptcy? How does Mayor
Amicone rationalize his $800,000 blunder
over the Lockwood Avenue parking lot.
Will Mayor Amicone ever consolidate
services? He speaks about it, but does
not move toward that end..
Will Mayor Amicone own up to
the fact that former Yonkers Board of
Education President Bernadette Dunne,
a personal friend of the mayor’s and
appointed by him to her position for three
consecutive terms, sat upon every meeting
in which the YFT Pension Funds were
allocated? Did Mrs Dunne discover any
wrong-doing for which she did not give
the public a heads up? Did she share any
findings of wrong doing with Mayor
Amicone? With Mrs Dunne scrutinizing
the conduct of the YFT Pension Funds,
when did things go awry? Was it in 2010?
Was it sooner than that? That is, when
Mrs Dunne was the President of the
YBoE?
Mayor Amicone did not grant Mrs
Dunne another term. Mayor Amicone
had to have known Yonkersites would
figure out his game plan, especially if
it was given notice by media.. Further,
the YFT is correct, the Pension Fund is
separate from the Yonkers BoE coffer.
The City acts as a conduit to disburse the
allocation of funds to the YBoE. Upon
receipt of those funds, the YBoE delivers
about $4 million plus of the allotment
of funds to the Pension Fund, a separate
entity to which Mrs Dunne was privy
at every meeting. If there was something
untoward to those transactions,
Mrs Dunne was aware of it and would
have logically told Mayor Amicone, her
friend and boss. Why is the Mayor beside
himself smarting with incredulity? He
has offered no basis for prying open the
Pension Funds?
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THE HEZITORIAL
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010
Yonkers Mayor Plays Inspector General
for a Tool and a Fool
Continued from page 3
If Mr Schorr has legal “cause” to pry the books open, he should refer the issue to
Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore who does have purview over
any alleged inappropriate action . Instead, Mr Schorr makes a scene to which he has
explained no basis for his probe other than to conduct a fact finding exploratory to which
he has shown credible cause. Even so, the YFT is ready to accept a judges’ ruling should
Mr Schorr continue to pursue the the YFT Pension Fund Mr Schorr is being led about
the political landscape by mayor Amicone by the imaginary ring in Mr Schorr’s nose,
exposing Mr Schorr to be a tool and a fool in Mayor Amicone’s ploy.
By demonizing the unions, Mayor Amicone believes he will diminish the political
clout of the various unions making it easier for Mayor Amicone to push his appointment
of Bill Regan to Mayor of Yonkers without having to contend with the clout they have
earned over the many years of involvement in the political landscape.
Enabling Mayor Amicone his strategy coming to effect is Chuck Lesnick who will
become the spoiler when he challenges Mike Spano for Democrat Primary endorsement.
It’s kill the Spanos season again. It is also kill Yonkers Republican City Committee
Chairman John Jacono so that Jim Castro-Blanco may accede to that position to help
Yonkers City Council Minority Leader John Murtagh in his intended run for Mayor of
Yonkers under the Republican banner.
The shenanigans continue to the detriment of the public good. As long as the “friends
and family” network can commandeer more wealth and largesse at Yonkersites’ expense,
it seems Yonkers politicos can rest their head on their Eider down pillows and Egyptian
cotton sateen sheets to fall into a sound sleep.
As long as the unions stay mum, and in the past they have, Mayor Amicone’s ploy
will succeed.
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ENERGY MATTERS
Reversal of Fortune: Entergy’s Humbling Nuclear Venture
By Roger Witherspoon
Entergy
Corporation’s low key
announcement might
well have been posted
on Craig’s List:
For Sale: Vermont
Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. Used,
unpredictable radioactive leaks, poorly
run, financially indebted, locally unpopular,
politically shunned and currently not
working. $180 Million – Or Best Offer.
Yankee definitely hurt,” said Justin
McCann, senior industry analyst in
Standard & Poor’s Equity Division.
“They announced they are looking to sell
and two days later this radioactive leak
had to happen and force a shut down. At
the same time, they had an explosion at
Indian Point.
“Any company interested would have
to do their own inspections, of course, to
see what needs to be done to run the plant
profitably. But the bargaining will now all
be on one side. Entergy doesn’t have any
leverage. Vermont Yankee has become
a major headache to the company, and
their bargaining power will be curtailed
significantly.”
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant
“Selling an old nuclear plant is like
trying to build a new one,” said economist
Mark Cooper of the University
of Vermont Law School’s Institute for
Energy and the Environment. “No one
in their right mind would buy it or try to
build it today. Most of the projects that
have been proposed in this country have
been delayed or abandoned. The simple
fact is that the economics of nuclear
power today are terrible and the market
for these things is just not there.
“Why Entergy thinks they can sell it
is hard to see. Putting it up for sale is a
sign of desperation. That’s the last thing
you do before you give up and walk away.”
Walking away is not an option
Entergy Corp. will comment on – yet.
Nor will they declare that option off the
table. “For now we are just exploring the
potential sale of the plant,” said Entergy
spokesman Alex Schott. “It is one option
that we feel is in the best interests of the
shareholders and the 650 employees that
work there.”
The company does not have a lot to
explore. The plant is turned off while
Entergy officials try and plug a leak of
radioactive fluid from 40-year-old pipes
serving the reactor.
“This latest incident at Vermont
Standard & Poor’s Justin McCann
The collapse of Entergy’s $180
million, 2002 cash investment in the
nuclear power plant providing 30% of
Vermont’s electricity, and its larger, mortgaged,
purchase of the troubled twin
reactors at Indian Point on the Hudson
River in 2001, signal a remarkable reversal
of fortunes for a well respected power
company and the once high-flying prospects
of the nation’s nuclear power. The
billion dollar corporation’s rating by
Moody’s Investor Service has dropped to
Baa3 – just one step above what is professionally
termed “speculative grade” but is
generally known as “junk” status.
Moody’s noted in September when
it lowered the company’s rating that
Entergy has borrowed $3 billion of its
Failed Indian Point 2 Transformer photographed on November 11, 2010.
$3.5 billion line of bank credit for its
nuclear operations and continuing problems
at Vermont and Indian Point raised
questions about the plants’ future ability
to finance repairs or replace and maintain
aging equipment and systems.
“In addition, lower (natural gas) prices
in the Northeast make it highly unlikely
that the business will continue to generate
as much cash flow” when current contracts
expire in 2012, and will decline after that
Moody’s stated. Entergy, like the rest of
the nuclear industry, bet its future on an
exorbitant, continually rising, natural
gas price which did not materialize due
to the recession, energy efficiencies, and
the increasing availability of huge natural
gas supplies from previously locked shale
sediments. Hydraulic fracturing may
threaten future water supplies, but it has
already begun draining the nuclear bank.
Entergy’s two troubled nuclear plant
sites – Vermont Yankee and Indian Point
– have graphically shown the strengths
and weaknesses of the nuclear industry
and the extremely high hurdles involved
in launching a new commercial nuclear
era.
On the positive side, these plants are
extraordinary money makers, with Indian
Point’s plants each earning upwards of
$2 million daily. Nuclear plants nationally
had a checkered operating past under
the monopoly utilities like PseG in New
Jersey and Con Edison in New York,
where Indian Point was offline two thirds
of the time. But deregulation brought in
professional fleet operators like Chicagobased
Exelon, which partnered with
PseG in New Jersey to run Hope Creek
and Salem; and Entergy, which bought
Indian Point 2 and 3 and turned them in
to steady, baseline generators producing
electricity and making money 95 percent
of the time.
That wasn’t easy. Entergy pumped
some $500 million into Indian Point to
replace decrepit, unreliable, and unsafe
equipment and to retrain nearly the entire
operating staff. Within two years, Entergy
improved Indian Point’s standing with the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Nrc)
from that of the worst run plant complex
in the nation to one of its best.
At that time, deep pockets and corporate
good will meant a lot. The purchase of
Indian Point 2 was held up for nine months
due to legal challenges by the Westchester
Citizens Awareness Network – the sister
unit of caN, Vermont Yankee’s grassroots
nemesis. WestcaN contended that
Entergy Nuclear Northeast, (ENN), the
Limited Liability Corporation running
the power plants, did not have the financial
wherewithal to cover damages to the
region should anything go wrong.
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ENERGY MATTERS
Reversal of Fortune: Entergy’s Humbling Nuclear Venture
Continued from page 6
That position was finally rejected
by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Administrative Law Judge who held it
was “inconceivable” that Entergy Corp
would ever walk away from liabilities
incurred at Indian Point even though
it was legally shielded by a string of 21
LLCs under the ENN umbrella set up
just for that purpose. Entergy officially
took over Indian Point September 10,
2001.
It was a 24-hour, Pyrrhic victory.
The following morning, a United
Airlines 767 flew over the Indian Point
plants en route to crashing into the
World Trade Center 25 miles south in
Manhattan. Collateral damage was the
destruction of the industry’s myth that
nuclear containment buildings were
designed to withstand the crash of a 747.
The Nrc acknowledged that jumbo
jets did not exist when these plants were
designed in the 1950s and early 1960s,
and they were, in fact, vulnerable to
suicide attacks.
In 2003 former Homeland Security
Commissioner James Lee Witt was hired
by New York State to examine the emergency
evacuation plans for the region
around Indian Point. He concluded they
could not possibly work and detailed
flaws which had been systematically
covered up by Entergy. That prompted
the surrounding counties and the State
to refuse to sign off on the plans and
further tarnished the company’s image.
Three of the four surrounding county
legislatures and scores of school districts
within 10 miles of Indian Point went on
record urging the Nrc not to relicense
the plants.
Then, in 2005, Hurricane Katrina
blew away another pillar of nuclear
stability. Entergy Corp declared its
damaged Entergy New Orleans LLC
subsidiary bankrupt, and demanded
the taxpayers pay some $600 million
for repairs. President Bush rejected the
request, saying it was obscene for the
company to demand taxpayer funding
while distributing dividends of more than
$1 billion to its shareholders.
In the end, however, the company
received some $400 million in public funds
towards the restoration of its damaged
power plant. But that shattered the myth
of corporate responsibility so carefully
constructed during the Indian Point court
hearings just four years earlier. It would
be noted by Public Service Commissions
around the nation.
“Entergy came in as a trustworthy
company and systematically destroyed
that trust over the decade,” said
WestcaN organizer Margot Schepart.
“Katrina proved that there was no such
thing as corporate responsibility. We were
right when we had said the profits would
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but if there was a problem, we were on our
own and no money would come this way.”
But Entergy was confident. In 2006
they filed applications with the Nrc
to extend Vermont Yankee’s license 20
years past its 2012 expiration date. The
following year they applied for extensions
for Indian Point’s reactors, which are due
to expire in 2013 and 2015. It was then
that the bottom began to fall out of the
nuclear bubble.
The aging infrastructure designed
a half century earlier began showing
signs of wear at nuclear sites around the
country. Water contaminated with radioactive
byproducts of reactor operations
– including heavy elements like plutonium,
iodine and cesium – were leaking
out of the nation’s 104 nuclear plants,
including Indian Point and Vermont
Yankee. The nation’s worst radioactive
leaks into the local environment occurred
at Exelon’s Braidwood plant, 30 miles
south of Chicago.
“Exelon leaked over six million gallons
over two years,” said David Lochbaum,
nuclear safety director for the Union of
Concerned Scientists. “Braidwood had
two leaks of about three million gallons
each, and 18 smaller leaks of about
300,000 gallons.
“All of those leaks came from pipe
carrying radioactively contaminated
water into the river. The assumption was
that it would mix with the river water and
by the time it got into people’s drinking
water supplies it would be diluted enough
that it would not be a hazard. But instead
of going into the river, it leaked into the
water table and got into people.”
It came as a surprise to most people
that nuclear power plants, touted as “clean
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water and steam into the ground
and air by design. It was unfathomable
that neither the Nrc, with its highly
regarded corps of on-the-scene resident
inspectors, nor the operators of the highly
technical plant, nor its vaunted, redundant,
electronic safety systems missed
six million gallons of radioactive fluid
dumped by accident.
Adding to the consternation of the
public was the refusal of the Nrc to
impose financial penalties on the company
for unplanned contamination, no matter
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Reversal of Fortune: Entergy’s Humbling Nuclear Venture
Continued from page 7
how severe, even though it violated their
operating license and federal regulations.
The State of New Jersey, however,
did order Exelon to clean up its mess
when groundwater under Exelon’s Salem
nuclear plants was discovered. But there
were no financial or administrative sanctions
from federal regulators. And all
the nation’s 104 nuclear plants have had
leaks at some point.
In 2008, it was disclosed that thousands
of gallons of tritium, a radioactive
form of water, had been leaking out of
Indian Point, forming a lake under the
plant site with its contaminated tributaries
meandering into the Hudson River.
It was impossible for either Entergy or
the NRC to state definitively how long
the leaks had gone on, how much had
leaked out into the river and water table,
or even how many leaks there were. The
NRC found indications, however, that
the site had been leaking for eight years.
That was a final straw for then-New
York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo,
who set up a special task force to challenge
the relicense application for the
Indian Point plants. It did not take long
for Cuomo’s group to find Entergy’s
relicensing application was riddled with
misstatements.
A key section of the nearly 800-page
document, the Severe Accident
Mitigation Assessment (SAMA),
purportedly showed that the only danger
from a radioactive accident at the plant
lay to the north, and the cost would be
$403 million per square mile.
But Cuomo’s analysis of the statistical
data revealed Entergy had decided
that since there were more days when
the wind blew north than when it blew
towards the south, the south did not
count – as if it had been bested in a
celestial tug of war. And since there were
equal days when the winds blew east or
west, Entergy decided they cancelled
each other out, as if they never existed.
That logic meant in a catastrophic
accident, no radiation could go south
to New York City; southwest, covering
northern New Jersey down to Newark;
east as far as Hartford, CT; or west
past the Delaware Water Gap into the
Pennsylvania Poconos. In Entergy’s
scenario, most of the 21 million residents
within 50 miles of the plant had nothing
to worry about. That defied logic and the
experience of radioactive fallout from
Chernobyl or, more recently, the ash
clouds from the Icelandic volcano which
spread all over Europe and forced the
grounding of the continent’s air fleets.
New York with its 1,000-page challenge
became the only state to put its
weight against a nuclear relicensing plan.
And that raised more doubts on Wall
Street about the financial viability of
nuclear power.
Entergy hedged its bets. In August,
2009, it asked the Public Service Boards
of New York and Vermont to approve a
spinoff of its six northeast nuclear plants
into a separate subsidiary called Enexus
– which would start life with about $3
billion in debt.
“Typically,” said New York PSC
spokesman James Denn, “nuclear power
sells at rates less than natural gas prices,
and natural gas sets the price. Nuclear
power can sell under it and that’s how
Entergy makes its money.”
The two state agencies separately
and unanimously concluded in
September that the debt was too high
and the competitive, wholesale energy
market too low for Enexus to be a viable
company.
“There are a lot of questions as to
where this company is going,” said
Michael Haggerty, vice president
of Moody’s Power and Utility Group.
“Other companies have been reducing
their outstanding capital liabilities, but
Entergy did not. They announced over
the weekend a share buyback program
for $750 million and a dividend increase
and they are sending more cash to their
shareholders.
“But they have uncertainty now that
the spinoff has been turned down. They
banked everything on this spinoff taking
care of a large amount of debt. So what’s
their Plan B?”
That question loomed large in both
states. The New York Department of
Environmental Conservation ordered
Entergy to install new, closed cycle
cooling systems at Indian Point and stop
using billions of gallons of Hudson River
water to cool its equipment. The retrofit
could cost between $400 million and
$1.5 billion, depending on the type of
system used. And the plants would have
no income during the two to four years
of construction. It remains an open question
whether Entergy, with its financial
belt tightening, will have access to sufficient
capital to handle the project and
any unplanned events.
Then, in November, 2009, a monitoring
well at Vermont Yankee picked up
contaminated tritium moving through
the water table.
Entergy could not find the leak until
February, 2010. That proved embarrassing.
Entergy officials had assured
the Vermont legislature, under oath, that
there were no underground pipes which
carried radioactive liquids and, therefore,
there were no aging systems which could
threaten the region’s water. The declarations
were false.
Vermont has a unique arrangement
in Entergy. As a condition of the
purchase in 2002, Entergy agreed to
seek the approval of the state legislature
in addition to clearance from the NRC
for both the initial operating license, and
any license extension. Entergy asked the
legislature for another chance.
“Entergy said they would have an
independent investigation of their underground
pipes and wiring,” said former
NRC Commissioner Peter Bradford,
now at the Vermont Law School. “It
turned out the study was by a dc law
firm that was representing Entergy in
the Indian Point relicensing proceeding.
“They were asking Vermont
lawmakers to believe that a firm that
was earning millions of dollars in fees
representing Entergy before the NRC
could do a hard-hitting investigation of
Entergy’s operation of Vermont Yankee.
Entergy has created a hole for itself by
undermining its position in Vermont.”
The sale offer should not have come
as a total surprise. In August, The New
England Independent Services Office,
which regulates the regional power grid,
held its fourth annual futures auction.
The auction, which was started in 2008
and is unique to the New England ISO,
locks in power commitments – though
not the price – for specified future years.
“We have enough capacity in New
England to meet demand and ensure our
reliability standards and reserve margins
through 2019,” said ISO spokeswoman
Ellen Foley.
But there was a surprise during the
two-day August auction, intended to lock
in power from June, 2013 through May,
2014. Entergy contacted the ISO at the
end of the first day and asked to withdraw
and make no future commitments.
“They submitted a bid to withdraw
from the capacity auction during the
auction itself,” Blomberg said. That
triggered an analysis on the part of the
ISO to determine if we could let them
delist. We declined the request because
of reliability concerns around the area of
Vermont.
“The studies showed that without
Vermont Yankee, there is potential
which includes thermal overloads on
transmission lines and voltage instability.
It could compromise equipment and
cause outages.”
Vermont Yankee is a regional transmission
hub, with electricity from several
sources passing through its high voltage
lines. Rerouting that power would be
difficult in the short term. But since
the ISO can’t make Entergy produce
electricity if it shuts down entirely, the
agency is making long term plans for a
possible future without the nuclear plant
in it.
In the meantime, Entergy is left
committed to maintaining a transmission
network it may not use, produce
power from a plant which may or may
not have a license to operate, and may
not be able to afford producing electricity
even if it gets permission to do so.
That would be an extremely expensive
way to boil water.
Roger Witherspoon writes Energy
Matters at www.RogerWitherspoon.com

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FOODCHESTER
Birdsall House
Eating and Drinking in the Niche of Peekskill History
By Abby Luby
It’s a place that
holds a chunk of local
lore - reaching back
over half a century, where shots of whiskey
and drafts of beer were slapped down on
Interior of Birdsall House, Peekskill, NY.
the sturdy mahogany bar and hearty grilled
fare sated the palettes of regular patrons. In
its heyday, it might be a place where you
could get a shot of whiskey with a breakfast.
The 1940’s tavern known as Connolly’s is
now the newly renovated Birdsall House
in Peekskill. Last March Birdsall House
opened its doors to a space that held on to
the history but updated the list of libations
along that match the innovative, nouveau
cuisine menu.
The new owners are John Sharp and
Tim Reinke. Reinke owns the Blind Tiger
Ale House in Greenwich Village which
sports an extensive list of special beers, a
list that is replicated at Birdsall House and
includes 20 different drafts plus several
micro brewed and craft beers. Chalked
on mounted blackboards are such brews
as Kelso Kellerfest, Captain Lawrence
Pumpkin Ale, Empire Cream Ale,
Smuttynose Winter Ale.
Birdsall House has become popular
in less than a year and is warm, casual,
neighborhoodie. On a recent Wednesday
night the place was packed – a good sign
in a recession. Just about every seat was
filled at the very long bar whose traditional
front curved sweep stretches to the
back of the restaurant and where women
friends sipped wine – a positive statement
about a public comfort zone. A smoky
glass divider subliminally separates the bar
from the tables and booths – in one booth
a young mom and her tot sat enjoying an
early supper with a friend.
(L-R): Chef Matt Hutchins and owner John Sharp of Birdsall
House in Peekskill, NY.
Helming the cuisine is Chef Matt
Hutchins, a Culinary Institute of America
(CIA) graduate who cooked at the
infamous Chez Panisse in California.
Hutchins slaves in his tiny kitchen with
Sou Chef Denis Fewer and Pastry Chef
Janet McGraw-Fisher where the trio
pumps out amazing and varied plates of
food. A great pairing with beer is Cajun-
Spiced Popcorn, Assorted Pickles and
Chips and Tomatillo Salsa. If you’re not
that hungry but would like to nosh, “Small
Plates” offers such dishes as White Bean
Spread with Cannellini bean puree, smoky
tomato marmalade, rosemary oil, whole
wheat crostinis and Four Brothers Goat
Dairy Farm Feta. Another “Small Plate”
is Barbeque Pulled Pork Nachos made
with Black bean puree, cheddar cheese,
apple salsa, sour cream, blue corn tortilla
chips, roasted jalapeño. There’s the charcuterie
plates - tiny smorgasbords of meats
and pâtés such as pork and fennel sausage
with porter and caraway mustard, Brovetto
Farms green peppercorn Tilset, chicken
terrine wrapped in bacon and mesclun.
The Blackened Organic Chicken (or
Tofu) Sandwich for lunch is made with
fennel and caper relish, baby arugula,
Wild Hive onion roll, Cajun rémoulade,
mesclun salad, mustard-sherry vinaigrette.
A “must-have” is the Hemlock Hill
Beef Burger and Fries with housemade
ketchup, porter and caraway
mustard, malt vinegar mayo, carrot Birdsall House on Main Street in Peekskill, NY.
pickles, caramelized onion, mesclun
potato and cheddar mac-n-cheese, braised
greens.
brussel sprouts and topped with a delicious
Entrees
home made smoky tomato marmalade.
include such
For vegetarians there is the popular
palate pleasers
Deep-Fried Soft-Boiled Egg with
as Goat Cheese
Mascarpone Wild Hive soft polenta,
En Croûte is
a puff pastry
wilted spinach, roasted mushrooms and
made with goat
spicy sofrito, or the Beet and Grain Burger
cheese, roasted
with wilted spinach, caramelized onions
pumpkin, portobello
mushroom, Desserts are just as creative as the rest of
and apples, goat cheese, honey mustard.
and spinach the menu – like the Maple and Bacon
with mesclun Ice Cream with a corn meal waffle, apple
salad and Dijon butter, bourbon caramel and candied
cream. The pecans or the scrumptious Chocolate
9-Spice Roasted Pecan Pie with nutmeg whipped cream
Pork Loin is a and milk chocolate sauce.
great winter dish that comes with sweet
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Birdsall House
Continued from page 9
The most expensive item on the menu
is $22. Hutchins rotated dishes every
week when Birdsall House first opened,
but people were calling for repeats such
as the Deep-Fried Soft Boiled Egg or the
Sweet Maple-Glazed Pork Belly.
“We had people calling from New
Jersey to see if we had the beef burger,”
said Hutchins, who later decided to
change up his menu seasonally.
Hutchins is also a localvore and
buys fresh organic meats and vegetables
from such places as Red Barn Produce
in New Paltz, Hemlock Hill Farm in
Cortlandt Manor, Wild Hive Farm in
Clinton Corners, artisanal cheeses from
Old Chatham Sheepherding Company
in Chatham. Local beers include Defiant,
Captain Lawrence and Southampton.
Complimenting the beer list is a
selection of Single Barrel Bourbons such
as Woodford Reserve, Basil Hayden,
Blanton’s and Knob Creek. Irish Whiskeys
include Jameson 12 Year and Jameson
Gold. Among the Single Malt Scotche
is Highland Park 15 Year (Orkney),
The Macallan 12 Year (Speyside) and
Lagavulin 16 Year (Islay).
The atmosphere is congenial and
quiet with subliminal distractions: there
is only one TV at the far end of the bar,
a nice touch is the wall above the booths
serves as a screen for silent films – the
black and white moving images evoke
the era’s mood, images that were perhaps
viewed by Connollly’s patrons several
decades ago in the Paramount. An old
clock over the front door labeled “Radio
1390 WLAN” is stopped at 3:44 - a time
that is correct just two times a day.
The front wall brandishes a dart
board which Sharp said is much used
by a local Tuesday night team. Flanking
the dart board is a wide array of pictures
of Peekskill streetscapes in the 1940’s,
pictures of Sharp’s and Reinke’s parents,
one of Connolly himself holding up the
front page of the Daily Mirror, circa 1942.
Birdsall House has an extensive and
informative website where it posts the
latest menus.
Birdsall House
970 Main Street , Peekskill
(914) 930-1880
www.birdsallhouse.net
MAYOR Marvin COLUMN GOVERNMENT
A Silver Lining
By Mary C. Marvin
Despite the challenging
financial
conditions facing
Village government, there is a silver
lining. Faced with declining revenues
and increased obligations from the State,
the entire staff at Village Hall has been
aggressive in seeking out grant opportunities
at every level and at every price
point. Thanks to their efforts, we have
been more successful than ever in getting
funding for projects from sources other
than Village property tax revenue.
Several months ago we requested
funds from our State representatives
for refurbishment of our public spaces.
Assemblywoman Paulin helped us get a
grant for $175,000 to refurbish Sagamore
Park and Senator Klein assisted us with
a $100,000 grant to clean up the Maltby
Field area. These two grants alone would
constitute a 3.5% tax increase if we did
these projects through a property tax levy.
Through the efforts of Senator Klein,
our police department was successful in
getting grant monies for a police car that
saved taxpayers $25,000. In addition, the
department received a Selective Traffic
Enforcement, or STEP, grant from
Westchester County to target speeding
and aggressive drivers as well as a grant
through the County Stop DWI program.
At the State level, we received $35,000 for
a license plate reader via an application
to the Department of Criminal Justice
Services and we have recently applied for
a grant for seat belt enforcement through
another New York State program.
The Village judges and staff in our
Village Court have been vigilant in seeing
Message from the Mayor
Thanksgiving and Giving
By Peter Swiderski
Heading into the
Thanksgiving season,
we are all grateful for
the benefits we enjoy,
whether good health, the love of our
what grant opportunities were available
for our court operations. We have
received monies for equipment upgrades,
office support items, security systems and
even new court furniture.
Our front office has received grants
to improve our Records Management
system so we can now catalog birth and
death certificates electronically. We have
also received new computers and support
equipment to update our technical infrastructure
through grants from the State
Archives Office.
Just last week, we learned that we
are in the running for a flood abatement
grant from the Federal government that
could result in millions of dollars coming
the Village’s way.
These grant applications are extremely
time consuming and add to the staff
workload and I applaud their efforts on
our behalf. They appreciate our financial
predicament and have truly risen to the
occasion. We apply for many more grants
than we ultimately receive, but every little
bit has helped take the burden off our
property tax payers.
Our Village organizations and individual
residents have also stepped up to
help the Village with donations of time
and money. The Bronxville Beautification
Council along with the Boulder
Ledge Garden Club and the Working
Gardeners give thousands of dollars and
hundreds of hours of volunteer time to
make our Village so beautiful. They have
even added a very successful fundraising
“Garden Tour” to generate more funds for
beautification.
In a similar vein, the Friends of the
families, the food on our table, the good
fortune to be born in this country at this
time of relative domestic peace.
But not all in our area are as fortunate.
I would like to describe several strictly
Nature Preserve have single-handedly
transformed a former construction
debris landfill into a beautiful Village
park, all through private funding. The
Friends of the Library have undertaken
multiple fundraising activities to raise
money to help offset the funding cuts we
were forced to make in last year’s library
budget. Not only have they helped with
library programs, but this year they even
donated funds to help increase operating
hours at the library. The Friends have also
partnered with Womrath’s Book Store.
Currently, Womrath’s has a wish list of
books to be purchased for our library. The
last time they partnered with our bookstore,
generous residents purchased every
single book on the library list.
Our local Rotary Club donated all
of the recycling cans you see throughout
our Village and we are in discussions
with them to hopefully partner again on
a Village project.
Our own Parking Commissioner, Bill
Murphy, not only volunteers many hours
a week as an unpaid employee, but the
Murphy Foundation has quietly donated
to the Village to help maintain the Scout
Field for residents’ enjoyment.
Individual residents have enthusiastically
supported our street tree fund and
every new tree or park bench has been
donated by one of our neighbors.
This is but a sampling of the efforts
by staff, organizations and residents to
help in maintaining our Village at the
quality level we all desire while not further
burdening our Village tax payers.
Mary C. Marvin is the Mayor of the Village
of Bronxville.
local ways you can help those that could
really use it.
Hastings Helps the Hungry
This dedicated local group of volunteers,
going strong now for 23 years, gets
together monthly to provide a full and
nutritious meal for 200 at the Sharing
Community in Yonkers. They need
$360 a month to feed that large crowd,
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GOVERNMENT
Thanksgiving and Giving
Continued from page 10
and your check to help can be written
to “Hastings Helps the Hungry” at Box
83, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706.
Hastings Youth Services
Our own Bill Finkeldey provides
a range of services to at-risk families in
Hastings, including a food bank. You can
drop off A&P or Shoprite gift cards ($25
dollar denominations are best) directly
with Bill at the Community Center on
Main Street during regular business hours
or buy them and mail them (or a check
made out to “Village of Hasting-on-
Hudson” with “food drive” in the memo
field) to Ellen McQuaid, Municipal
Building, 7 Maple Avenue, Hastings-on-
Hudson, NY 10706
Family-to-Family
If you are interested in sponsoring
a local family directly with a monthly
delivery of foodstuffs or food gift cards,
please email famtofamily@aol.com to be
placed on the waiting list. You can also
go to www.family-to-family.org to learn
more about this program and see other
ways you can help.
Alternate Gifts Fair
Grace Episcopal holds its annual
Alternate Gifts Fair this weekend on
Saturday from 12 to 4 and on Sunday
from 12 to 3. Besides fair-trade handicrafts
(also available in town at Suburban
Renewal) this fair features international
and very local charities that you can review
and then donate to in lieu of buying gifts
for family or friends. A thoughtful gift for
those who have everything that may help
someone who has nothing.
You’re not as likely to give if you step
away from this email with the sentiment
to do something, but an inclination to do it
later. I’m rarely pushy about these sorts of
things, but times remain tough for many,
and yet many of us are so very lucky. Pick
up that checkbook now, and write one to
the charity above that struck a chord with
you (or write more than one!), and give a
little more than you thought you would,
because you can.
Heading into this, my favorite season
of Thanksgiving, I would like to take a
moment to express gratitude for the many
who make our lives so rich here in town.
The village staff (Fran Frobel, Susan
Maggiotto, Raf Zaratzian, Deven Sharma
and everyone else) that work to serve our
residents. Then, there are the Trustees
who serve with me. Every one of them,
I know for certain, works far more than
they ever expected and does far more good
than many appreciate. Chief Bloomer and
our police show a sense of responsibility
and caring that goes beyond their job
description. Superintendent Gunther and
our DPW pull out all the stops when the
snow falls, the rains pour and the boughs
break. Sue Feir and our library staff serve
more patrons than they ever thought, for
more hours than they bargained for. Bill
Finkeldey takes care of our most at-risk
youth and earns our gratitude and that of
those whose lives he has turned around.
Finally, Ray Gomes and our Parks and
Recs team provide a level of services to
our village above and beyond what any
other village around gets. We are indeed
rich in good fortune.
But the gratitude only increases when
I look to the lode of volunteers we rely
on for our true wealth. They would be
embarrassed if they were named – but we
know who you are. You serve on more
than one committee, or far more hours
than there seem to be in the day. You
help run our Little League or staff the
many boards that keep us functioning,
often while holding down a full-time
job. You plant flowers and deliver food to
the hungry and do good for others and
for the Village, and quietly and in good
cheer. And, never forget those volunteers
who man our fire trucks and ambulances
(24/7) and have casually saved our lives,
many times. I really have no idea what we
would do without you.
Every day I am grateful to be alive.
In this season of thanks, I am reminded
that the real grace that fills our lives
comes from the efforts of others around
us. Thanksgiving is sweet indeed.
Peter Swiderski is the mayor of the Village
of Hastings-on-Hudson. Dir3ect email
to Mayor Swiderski using the following
address: mayor@hastingsgov.org
HUMOR
Here’s my rule of thumb: every
quarter century or so, without fail, change
your hairstyle, rethink your makeup,
update your wardrobe and, as part of this
makeover, identify a new role model for
yourself. I admit that adult women should
be sufficiently comfortable with themselves
to have matured beyond the need
for a guru. But in every phase of our lives
we’re covering new ground (at least new
to us), so it’s helpful to focus on somebody
whose attitude, philosophy and lifestyle
can serve to point us in the right direction.
In search of my own role model I
looked at lists of the most influential
women of our day and concluded that the
logical choice was Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
W.W.S.D.?
By Alisa Singer
the second female Justice of the Supreme
Court and its first Jewish woman. Prior
to becoming a Supreme, Ginsburg was a
federal appellate court judge, a law school
professor and devoted herself to issues
of gender equality, among many other
notable endeavors. Through all of this she
struggled with the challenges of motherhood
and a legal career while battling
two kinds of cancer. Perfect choice,
right? Well, not quite. For one thing, this
woman is so extraordinary that merely
contemplating her heroic achievements
convinces me that my own legal career,
indeed my entire life, has been an exercise
in mediocrity.
But there’s a more important point,
I realized. Justice Ginsburg and other
women of her caliber are ideal examples
for aspiring young women who are
seeking someone to look up to as they
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HUMOR LEGAL
W.W.S.D.?
Continued from page 11
climb the ladder to success. But given
my own career trajectory, there’s no
point in having someone to look up
to; what is needed, rather, is someone
to lead me through the treacherous
twists and turns down, down, down.
Besides, if every time I was
faced with a particular moral or
ethical dilemma I had to ask myself,
“What would Ruth Bader Ginsburg
do?” the answer, I’m afraid, would
invariably be: “Take the high road.”
But at this point in my life I might
sometimes want to take a few side
streets, maybe even a back alley.
And I wouldn’t want to disappoint
(even in my imagination) a member
of the Supreme Court just because
I occasionally chose to express my
inner snarkiness. My objective is to
get better at accepting who I am, not
feel guilty about who I will never be.
So I further refined my criteria:
my role model’s life and standards
should not be so exemplary that I feel
like a miserable failure by comparison.
In fact, it would help if she were
a tad morally suspect herself.
At this point I stumbled across
a young woman known as “Snooki”,
who rose to fame as a member of the
cast of the reality TV show Jersey
Shore. Though I was not familiar
with the show, I found I was able
to take the measure of this unusual
young lady based on various of her
quotes published on the internet. I
decided Snooki was a female very
comfortable in her own skin and
someone I could relate to better than
a Supreme Court Justice -- her tastes
and moral and ethical standards
seem to be far more… accessible.
I will share with you my thoughts
about Snooki as I read the following
snippets of dialog excerpted from
various episodes of the show:
“I’m not pissed off that they put
pickles under my bed as a joke, but
I’m pissed off that Mike and Pauly
wasted two pickles.” (She shares my
concern about waste of our natural
resources.)
“A crow comes and it starts
quacking at us... or not quacking,
what does a crow do?” (She has an
inquiring mind.)
“Vinny’s like my big brother, I
love him.. but usually you don’t have
sex with your big brother.” (She has
strong moral scruples.)
“One [fireman] is tall, tanned..
& he looked Italian, so I woulda’
smushed that, yes.” (We share similar
taste in men.)
“Snooki: I’m not white. [other
female cast member]: What are you?
Snooki: Tan.” (She is comfortable
with her racial/ethnic background.)
“Word of the day: sympathetic.
That’s a big word.” (She is always
seeking to improve her mind.)
“I can’t see any ice creams, I can’t
see any customers, cuz I’m a ****in’
Smurf. (She appears to be around my
height.)
“I don’t go tanning anymore
because Obama put a 10% tax on
tanning. I feel like he did that intentionally
for us, like McCain would
never put a 10% tax on tanning..
because he is pale and he would
probably wanna be tanned.” (She is
politically astute.)
Well, everyone has to make their
own choice, but for me the search is
over – I’m having my bracelet made
up: “What Would Snooki Do?” And
I’m pretty sure that whatever may be
the answer to that question, it won’t
be: “Take the high road.”
Alisa Singer’s humorous essays have
appeared in a variety of print and
online newspapers and magazines across
the country and in Canada. She is the
author of various gift books designed to
entertain and amuse baby boomers. Her
newest book, “When a Girl Goes From
Bobby Sox to Compression Stockings…
she gets a little cranky,” is available at
www.Lulu.com. You can learn more
about her work by visiting her website:
www.AlisaSinger.com or by directing
email to her at ASingerAuthor@gmail.
com.
He Said, She Said- White Plains Style
By Nancy King
Nothing brings out the absolute worst
in people than marital discourse. Infidelities
of this matter are normally settled behind
the doors of a divorce attorney’s office. But
here in White Plains, the public has been
afforded a glimpse into the disintegration
of Mayor Adam Bradley and his wife
Fumiko’s marriage. Beginning with the
allegation on February 28, 2010 of spousal
abuse and carrying forward to a bench trial in
November, we have seen a cast of characters
and drama one would normally expect to see
on a daytime soap opera.
According to many witnesses, Adam
and Fumiko Bradley have lived a somewhat
contentious relationship. Not surprising
when by all accounts, they have both been
described as short tempered and vindictive.
But what is the most troubling about
watching this marriage spiral down to the
point of no return, has been the vast amounts
of people and witnesses who have entered
into this fray by either their own motives or
by their defense of one protagonist or the
other.
Over the course of two weeks, we have
listened to testimony that has supported
Fumiko. Alexandra Hoefgaetner claim
that she and her boyfriend John DiBlasi
were confidants of Fumiko Bradley. Ms.
Hofgaetner testified that she offered Mrs.
Bradley advice both verbally and in the form
of email support because she felt that she
could relate to her as she herself was going
through a divorce. Other neighbors have
insinuated that Ms. Hofgaetner insinuated
herself into the case because her boyfriend
was unhappy that he did not gain employment
in Adam Bradley’s new administration.
Whatever the case, I don’t know of anyone
who will share advice via email when a friend
seeks out a shoulder to cry on, especially
when a marriage is in trouble.
We have listened to neighbor Amy
Tiihonen relay that other neighbors believed
that Mrs. Bradley was not always truthful
concerning her relationship with her
husband and that she willingly lied to the
White Plains Police Department concerning
her ability to speak and understand English.
As this story was going to print, we received
information that Mrs. Tiihonen was being
quietly harrassed by Fumiko Bradley. Others
who testified to Mrs. Bradley’s rantings
toward her husband included former city
employer Mike Pasarella who witnessed an
outburst while he was inspecting a leak at
the Bradley home. Even former employers
of Mrs. Bradley testified that she had been
terminated from employment for being
unable to get along with her co-workers.
Even her own mother Kane Machinaga testified
that many of Fumiko’s statements had
wide discrepancies. Finally the Defense put
Yuko Wanatabe, the Bradley’s former au pair
on the stand. While much of what the former
au pair testified to was not admissible, she
continued to paint a picture of discord within
the Bradley household. Of course the court
heard from a CPS worker called to the home
on the night Fumiko allegedly got her fingers
slammed in the door by Mayor Bradley. The
worker testified she saw no physical evidence
of injured fingers on the plaintiff. By the time
court was about to be adjourned on Thursday,
rumors were flying that Celena Bradley, age
5 was going to be put on the stand. It was
alleged she was to testify that her mother was
often the aggressor in their relationship and
that there was no hot tea incident as reported
by Mrs. Bradley. Thankfully by the end of the
day, Mr. Bradley made the decision to spare
his five year old daughter the fear and confusion
that most little children would feel in
court.
By the end of the week, we knew where
Mr. Penichet was taking the case. It is apparent
that it is his intention to paint Adam Bradley
as a husband trapped in a marriage with an
unpredictable, and at times a seemingly irrational
wife, who may be less than truthful at
times. Fumiko Bradley may have wanted out
of this marriage but she seems more hell bent
on ruining her husband’s reputation at a cost
that she may ultimately pay for dearly. Since
Mrs. Bradley originally wanted to drop the
charges against her husband, she may have
experienced a fleeting moment when she
believed there was some substance to the
stories she had been weaving.
Was hot tea thrown on Mrs. Bradley?
Was Adam Bradley having an affair with
Amy Paulin? Did he slam Fumiko’s fingers
in a door. None of us will ever really know
what went on in that house. However, if we
become bored with the content on the afternoon
soap operas, you can count on this story
to give you your daily dose of human drama.

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Going Through Your Latest Issue...
As usual, professional and fair. This
Barber is a piece of work who makes no
sense and represents the ideologue at his
worse. His labeling of “deviations” from
Reagan’s tripod are sad, make no sense,
and, oh well, maybe he is a good lawyer.
Nice to have the tea party; composition
and beliefs explained to us as well. But,
then again, maybe it is tongue in cheek
--- something like the lasting power of the
Bull Moose and Know Nothing parties.
Someday people will begin to catch
onto the fact that we are going through
a paradigm shift in culture as well as an
economic crisis. Maybe this will lead to an
understanding that something other than
the fringe elements of either “party” will
get us to where we need to go. I suppose
we can reproduce Malthusian conclusions
by coming up with new and better ways
to control population growth, longer life
spans, etc..etc..etc.... while supporting
both the classic market based economic
models and socialist government models.
Thanks Mr Aris --- maybe Weir is
the best in the house and as for Mayo,
smart enough guy but in politics, “nice
guys don’t always finish last” - Rice and
Parente have plenty of advocates locally
on the “niceness scale.”
Warren Gross
Westchester, NY
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A Studio Message
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This is Clapton’s first solo studio
recording in nearly five years. ec has
been busy though; there was one studio
cd collaboration with JJ Cale, plus
several live discs, his autobiographical
book, and the 2010 Crossroads event
which will probably result in yet another
DVD or cd recording. This recording
is a departure from anything Clapton
has waxed previously, at times it offers
deep personal statements where there are
several references made about mortality.
All in all there are fourteen tunes, thirteen
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MUSIC
Eric Clapton “Clapton” Reprise
Continued from page 13
are covers, and only
“Run Back To Your
Side” was coauthored
by Clapton and Doyle
Bramhall II.
Notable inclusions:
Melvin
Jackson’s haunting
“Travelin’ Alone”
with Bramhall’s dark
and eerie yet sophisticated
guitar chords.
Hoagy Carmichael’s
“Rocking Chair” is a
laid back rendering
where Clapton
remarks “Judgment
day is almost near,”
Derek Trucks slide work is also very sparse and tasty here. “River Runs Deep” is not
only authored by JJ Cale, he also sings and plays guitar on it, and it’s one my favorite
tunes, there’s also a very appetizing horn section with strings by the London Session
Orchestra that adds a lot of drama to this tantalizing tune. More death related overtones
on Snooky Pryor’s doo-wop interpretation of; “Judgment Day,” that features the harp
of Kim Wilson. Wilson returns on Walter Jacobs “Can’t Hold Out Much Longer” with
Willie Weeks on upright bass, where Bramhall delivers the mysterious guitar structures;
even though this representation is at slow tempo it’s here that Clapton digs down and
exhibits his strongest blues statement. The ultra cool “Everything Will Be Alright” (also
authored by Cale) where once again the seductive horns charts are much welcomed, plus
Weeks’ solid bass groove, and Paul Carrack’s B3. Clapton’s and Bramhall’s “Run Back To
Your Side” is the most driving track, it also showcases Trucks, Bramhall, and Clapton’s
solid guitar work. The album closes with “Autumn Leaves” yet again leaving the impression
that ec is reflecting about his imminent passing, which hopefully won’t be anytime
soon!
As per usual for a Clapton recording the musicianship is very high throughout.
Previously unmentioned: Allen Toussaint, Wynton Marsalis, Trombone Shorty, Dr.
Michael White add Crescent City flavorings on tracks that I unfortunately did not care
for.
“Clapton” is co-produced by Eric and Bramhall, who obviously set out to make an
album that they wanted to release, and not a disc that most of us would have expected.
Is that a good thing? I think so, all of the tracks are not memorable, but more than
enough hit the mark. Kudos to the Clapton team for continuing to shine a “blues” light
on this recording, for not caving into commercial appeal, and/or what (probably) Reprise
Records might have preferred from Mr. Eric Clapton.
Enjoy!
Bob Putignano is host of WFDU’s Sounds of Blue, www.SoundsofBlue.com the most pledged to
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OPED ED KOCH COMMENTARY
Don’t Cry For Me
By Edward I. Koch
President Obama
traveled to Asia last
week seeking to
make a big splash and bring home trade
agreements that help American exports.
Notwithstanding the election debacle at
home, many observers still believed the
president was hugely popular abroad.
The arrival of the Obama entourage
in India appeared to confirm that the
President and First Lady still dominate
the world stage. Their willingness to join
the fun and get up and dance with Indian
youth at a Hindu holiday celebration set a
very attractive and nice Democratic motif.
His smile is still dazzling. Her dancing
was magnificent. But ultimately, no
special trade concessions came from the
India visit. In fact, the President’s whole
trip consisted of one fiasco after another.
He was in Asia to help achieve a better
trade balance with many of our trading
partners, particularly China, with which
the trade is unacceptably lopsided in their
favor. However, he was rebuffed time and
again.
The President asked our ally, South
Korea, to sign a trade agreement, originally
negotiated by President Bush, that
would help level the playing field for our
exports. South Korea refused, notwithstanding
President Obama’s entreaties to
South Korea’s president, Lee Myung-bak.
Perhaps the President should have whispered
in President Lee’s ear, “Tomorrow,
the first contingent of U.S. troops will
be given marching orders to leave South
Korea.” Why do we put our young men
and women in harm’s way to defend
South Korea when that country declines
to treat us fairly on trade?
While the President did not go to
North Korea which has refused to talk
with the U.S. and others about giving
up the nuclear bomb, The New York
Times of November 12th conveyed a
new retreat on our part with its headline,
“Obama shifts tone to draw North Korea
back to talks.” Where did all the goodies
go that South Korea and the U.S. previously
provided to North Korea? How
many times do we have to buy North
Korea’s cooperation simply to engage in
discussions?
North Korea knows that because of
our continued involvement in Iraq and
Afghanistan (we now plan to stay in the
latter until 2014), we don’t have the military
strength and more importantly, the
will to actually engage them militarily.
Because of the veto of North Korea’s ally
and protector, China, the U.N. Security
Council would not even name North
Korea as responsible for torpedoing --
with a torpedo made in China -- a South
Korean naval vessel, killing 47 South
Korean sailors.
China poses the most serious
danger to us economically. The world’s
largest country has steadfastly refused
to consider narrowing our huge adverse
balance of trade with them. On top of
that, the Chinese have become our largest
creditor. They are funding much of our
rising national debt and if they stopped
or sold off our treasury notes and bonds,
the results could be calamitous. Another
dramatic failure.
While Obama was in Asia, the
Iraqi government beset by near daily
suicide bomber attacks against civilians,
sought to forge a national unity government
of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
The U.S. beseeched the Shiites to be
accommodating to the Sunnis, the latter
comprising 20 percent of the population
and having run Iraq under Saddam
Hussein. The American Ambassador,
James F. Jeffrey, was in the negotiating
room when a deal was struck to form a
coalition government. But, according
to The Times, “Only three hours into a
parliamentary session called on Thursday
to begin the process of approving an
agreement on a new unity government, a
member of the alliance led by the former
prime minister Ayad Allawi [leader of the
Sunnis, although himself a secular Shiite]
walked out in protest.” Well, you can’t win
them all. But how about winning some,
especially when we have expended blood
and treasure for seven years in Iraq and
still have 50,000 combat troops there who
are expected to stay indefinitely.
While Iraq teeters on the brink of
civil war, Iran continues to move ever
closer to developing its own nuclear bomb
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OPED ED KOCH COMMENTARY
Don’t Cry For Me
Continued from page 16
and already has the missiles to deliver it
as far as Europe and to Israel, which it
has repeatedly pledged to destroy. Iran
views the Obama administration’s policy
of “soft power” as confirmation that we
are a paper tiger unable and unwilling to
confront the mullahs militarily.
However, the worst personal blow
to President Obama must have been the
repudiation by Britain and Germany
of the way he is dealing with the Great
Recession. The President’s approach is to
spend his way out of it, while the British
and Germans’ approach is deficit reduction.
And they have not been shy about
lecturing him publicly on the subject.
NEW YORK CIVIC
Also, the G-20 meeting in South Korea
spurned his request for a joint binding
monetary policy. Our allies think it is
hypocritical of the U.S. to demand that
China stop manipulating its currency
while we print money and engage in U.S.
dollar manipulations.
Oh, there was one moment of thunderous
applause for the president. It
was in Indonesia, the country with the
world’s largest Muslim population, and
the president’s boyhood home, when he
denounced Israel shortly before leaving
the country. Well, you take your victories
where you can find them.
The failure of the President’s Asian
trip reminded me of the debacle that
was Eva Peron’s last trip to Europe, as
captured by the following lyrics from the
musical “Evita.”
Now, I don’t like to spoil
a wonderful story
But the news from Rome
isn’t quite as good
She hasn’t gone down like
they thought she would
Italy’s unconvinced by Argentine glory
Face the facts, the Rainbow’s
starting to fade
I don’t think she’ll make
it to England now
But it was The Times of November
12th that said it best: “President Obama’s
hopes of emerging from his Asia trip with
the twin victories of a free trade agreement
with South Korea and a unified
approach to spurring economic growth
around the world ran into resistance on all
fronts on Thursday, putting Mr. Obama
at odds with his key allies and largest
trading partners. The most concrete
trophy expected to emerge from the trip
eluded his grasp: a long-delayed free trade
agreement with South Korea, first negotiated
by the Bush administration and then
reopened by Mr. Obama, to have greater
protections for American workers.”
The Honorable Edward Irving Koch
served New York City as its 105th Mayor
from 1978 to 1989. His e-mail address is:
eikoch@bryancave.com
Too Close to Call
By Henry J. Stern
Senate Control in Doubt as Three Recounts Continue; and
Chief Judge Sets December 20, 2010 Deadline for Litigation.
“Just when you
thought it was safe to go
back in the water...” - Jaws
2 (1980)
Just when you thought the State
Senate’s inability to function could
be resolved, seventeen days after the
November 2 election, we do not even
know which party will organize the
chamber.
So far, the Republicans have won 30
seats and the Democrats 29. Three seats
remain undecided because the margin
of the leader is very small, and absentee,
military and emergency ballots have not
been completely tallied.
In the State of Alaska, a count of
write in ballots has been concluded and
a United States Senator Lisa Murkowski
declared elected. In the State of New
York, we have no conclusive results in
three separate senatorial districts, in Long
Island, Westchester, and on the Niagara
frontier.
In the Nassau district, Jack Martins,
the Republican mayor of Mineola,
declared victory for the second time since
Election Day over Democratic incumbent
Craig Johnson after the County
Board of Elections concluded its count
of all the absentee ballots with Martins
ahead by 403 votes. Johnson, however,
has complained of discrepancies in the
ballots and has not conceded. The rivals
are due back in State Supreme Court on
November 29th.
In Westchester, 13-term incumbent
Democrat Suzi Oppenheimer is
currently in court against her Republican
challenger Bob Cohen, a developer and
contractor. According to the most recent
count, Oppenheimer leads Cohen by 626
votes, as officials at the Board of Elections
continue to count the 2400 emergency,
absentee, and affidavit ballots.
Upstate, in an Erie-Niagara district,
incumbent two-term Democrat Antoine
Thompson trails Republican challenger
Mark Grisanti, a lawyer. As of Wednesday,
Grisanti’s lead was 579 votes. When we
called for today’s numbers, Erie County
Board of Elections Commissioner
Dennis E. Ward informed us that he was
at the very moment with representatives
of the two candidates counting ballots
and he didn’t anticipate the counting to
be completed for a week.
The First Congressional district race
in Suffolk County between four-term
Democrat incumbent Tim Bishop and
challenger Randy Altschuler is similarly
undecided and too close to call. The East
Hampton Star reported on its website
today that the lead changed hands twice
with Bishop leading in the morning and
Altschuler pulling ahead by 85 votes at
the end of the afternoon’s count. The
contentious count will continue. Of over
180,000 total votes were cast, Bishop
has contested 342 ballots and Altschuler
has challenged 535, including those of
Bishop’s elderly parents who cast absentee
ballots from Florida.
But that contest will not affect control
of The House of Representatives. Imagine
the angst!
Once the votes are counted, the
lawyers for each side will proceed with the
tedious business of challenging voters for
the other candidate. Some handwritten
votes are difficult to decipher, others may
be marked outside the box, or otherwise
be vulnerable to disqualification.
Some people who voted were probably
not properly registered, or otherwise
ineligible to vote in that place at that time.
Although the standard may be to implement
the intent of the voter, that intent
may be difficult to determine. When a
person has voted who was not entitled
to do so, we are likely not to know for
whom that person voted, or what effect
the disqualification of such persons’ votes
would have on the result of the election.
Even where irregularities are discovered,
they may or may not have been
intentional. If they are unintentional,
which is most often the case, it is difficult
to find a remedy. To hold another election
is expensive and time consuming. It
is likely that the number of voters will be
much lower in a special election, and the
result less representative of the district. It
is more practical to determine that the
candidate who has received the most valid
votes is the winner.
This process takes a lot of time, especially
when many individual ballots are
in dispute. The Senate was originally
supposed to meet November 15, but
a legislature cannot meet if its leadership
is still undetermined. The next date
suggested was November 29, the Monday
after Thanksgiving Day, but it appears
unlikely at this date (Nov. 19) that the
winners in all three seats will have been
determined by then.
After the various Commissioners of
Elections determine the winners in
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the three disputed Senate contests, the
losers have the right to appeal to the state
courts, which will grant expedited hearings
because of the immediacy of the
disputes. Nonetheless, the judicial process
is likely to take weeks.
Yesterday, Justice Jonathan Lippman,
chief judge of the state Court of Appeals,
set December 20 as the deadline to
conclude all appeals, so that the contests
will all be resolved before the Legislature
convenes, with its new members, on
January 5, four days after the inauguration
of Governor Cuomo.
At this moment, the odds favor the
Republicans in their effort to regain
control of the State Senate. However, the
process is definitely fluid and the outcome
is by no means assured.
Democratic partisans will certainly be
distressed to lose the Senate after finally
regaining control in 2009 after 43 years
in the wilderness of a legislative minority.
However, the party should not be too
surprised with the probable outcome of
this election after two disastrous years in
the majority that began with the “Four
Amigos”, continued through the Espada
coup and Monserrate slashing and
explusion, and ended with the Aqueduct
racing scandal.
Not every Democrat is likely to mind
a Republican Senate. In some ways, a
Republican victory would be helpful to
Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo, because
he will have a foil in negotiations with
Dean Skelos as Senate Majority Leader,
while being freed of the burden of
dealing with John Sampson, who, along
with Senator Malcolm Smith, has been
touched by the unfolding Aqueduct mess.
Of course, Cuomo must profess to
desire Democratic control, but some
political observers believe the GOP legislators’
views may be closer to Cuomo’s
than those of the Working Family
Democrats who support substantial tax
increases. The new governor is aware of
the reality of the state’s fiscal situation and
the 9 billion dollar deficit for FY 2012,
with the budget due on March 31.
How he meets these challenges will
determine the success of the new administration.
Spitzer blew it in his first month
by his intemperate language and his
pursuit of Bruno. Paterson acknowledged
ancient extramarital affairs on his first day
in office. Cuomo will do better, but his
task has been made more difficult by the
failure of his predecessors to deal with the
imminent financial crisis.
Henry J. Stern writes as StarQuest. Direct
email to him at StarQuest@NYCivic.org.
Peruse Mr. Stern’s writing at New York Civic.
WEIR ONLY HUMAN
Violence at Our Local Supermarket
By Bob Weir
The plight of the Mexican people
became stunningly clear to me recently
when a friend of mine was visiting my
Flower Mound, Texas home with his
wife. My friend, who prefers to remain
anonymous in this column, so I’ll just
refer to him as Joe, stopped by to discuss
some ideas he has for making a significant
and positive impact on the dreadful illegal
immigration challenge facing our country.
Joe is a very successful entrepreneur who,
through his charitable activities, has
donated heavily to people in need, especially
to those with a willingness to work
at whatever jobs are available. We seldom
hear about the immigrants who come to
this country legally and make significant
contributions to their adopted land. Joe,
an Anglo who speaks Spanish fluently,
can tell you many true stories of those
who did. One is about a man I’ll refer to
as Sylvio who became part of the crew
in Joe’s contracting business. Becoming
a naturalized citizen a few years ago,
Sylvio, his wife, son and daughter began
living the American dream. As many
immigrants have done for generations,
this family of Mexican-Americans were
communicating with relatives in their
native country and hoping that one day
their extended families would be able to
join them.
As Joe, his wife (we’ll call her Betty)
and I were sitting in my den having a spirited
conversation about how to join with
other caring people to work at resolving
the menacing situation along our
southern border, Joe’s iphone rang. He
looked at the face of it and said, “Hey, it’s
my friend, Sylvio!” He put the device to
his ear and began to talk joyously in fluent
Spanish. Suddenly, his smile vanished and
he stood up in apparent shock. Betty and
I looked at each other and shrugged as Joe
began to utter short, inquisitive-sounding
sentences that reflected the horror and
pain on his face. Since we both have
some understanding of the language, we
could gather that Joe’s friend had been
involved in a tragedy. The strain on Joe’s
face magnified and he soon broke into
tears as it became evident that Sylvio’s
wife and son had been murdered. When
he hung up the phone, he buried his face
in his hands and sobbed for a few seconds.
After a few deep breaths he told us that
his friend’s wife and son had been visiting
relatives in Juarez when they got caught
in crossfire on the street after exiting a
supermarket. They were struck by stray
bullets and killed.
Often referred to as “murder city,”
Juarez is one of the most violent cities
in the world. In December 2006, Felipe
Calderon was elected for a single six-year
term as President of Mexico and immediately
declared an official war against
the drug cartels plaguing his country,
unleashing the full power of the Mexican
army. Nevertheless, in 2007, there were
307 murders in Juarez. In 2008, there
were 1,600-plus. Last year, there were
2,600. What’s happened simultaneously is
the collapse of the city; 27 percent of the
houses (16,000) have been abandoned. At
least 100,000 jobs in the factories have
disappeared because of the recession. Half
of the adolescents in Juarez neither have
a job nor attend school. Gun battles on
the streets of the city have become a daily
occurrence and dead bodies have become
part of the landscape. What we’re seeing
in that God-forsaken city is what appears
to be a total disintegration of a society
only a short walk from the United States.
Even as I was writing this column,
a “Breaking News” popup menu on my
computer read as follows: “Gunmen burst
into a bar called “Desesperados” in the
Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and
opened fire on Sunday, killing five people
and wounding nine others, authorities
said. Assailants also killed the state’s
prisons director and his son in a second
attack in the area, which has turned into
a deadly battleground for warring drug
cartels.” Keep in mind that this bloody
battle is happening just across the border
from El Paso, Texas, one of the most
heavily trafficked areas for smuggling of
people and drugs into the us. Violence
stemming from drug wars has included
beheadings and mass graves to handle the
aftermath of the carnage. Our own Justice
Dept. said the Mexican drug cartels are
the greatest organized crime threat to
the us. If we don’t recognize this threat
and deal with it soon, what happened to
Sylvio’s family may be coming to a supermarket
near us.
Bob Weir is a veteran of 20 years with
the New York Police Dept. (NYPD), ten
of which were performed in plainclothes
undercover assignments. During his early
years with NYPD, Bob earned a Bachelor
of Science degree, cum laude from New
York Institute of Technology. He retired
as a sergeant after supervising patrol in
Midtown Manhattan, the busiest precinct
in the country. Bob went on to write and
publish a total of seven novels, “Murder in
Black and White,” “City to Die For,” “Powers
that Be,” “Ruthie’s Kids,” “Deadly to Love,”
“Short Stories of Life and Death,” and “Out
of Sight,” are available at Barnes & Noble,
Amazon.com, Books-a-million, and other
major online book sellers. He also became a
syndicated columnist under the title “Weir
Only Human”.

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PEOPLE
American Legion Hosts Veterans Day Ceremony in Mamaroneck
By Bary Alyssa Johnson
In honor of
this year’s Veterans
Day, Mamaroneck
Post #90 American
Legion hosted its
annual Veterans Day
Ceremonies at the
Veteran’s Memorial on Prospect Avenue.
The local American Legion welcomed
approximately 92 veterans, along with
friends, family and other members of
the community. The memorable affair
included a handful of speeches as well as
a Flag Retirement Ceremony for unserviceable
American flags.
Flag Retirement Ceremonies are held
because once a flag becomes “unserviceable,”
the law states that the flags receive
a “proper military burial, with veterans
properly disposing of the flags in a befitting
manner of their colors,” according
to Bill Goodenough, Master of the day’s
ceremonies.
Among the messages sent out by
speakers, Congresswoman Nita Lowey
(D-) and Master of Ceremonies,
Goodenough were the highlights of the
event. Although she couldn’t be present,
Lowey offered up a Proclamation in honor
of the veterans. Her Proclamation was
a formal declaration from the politician
that gave specific appreciation to veterans
both locally and globally. Goodenough
was the main speaker at the event.
“America’s veterans have made great
sacrifices for their country,” Goodenough
said in his speech. “America owes these
heroes a debt that cannot be fully repaid.
Showing our appreciation is the least that
we can do.”
Goodenough is a member of the
American Legion of Foreign Wars,
Mamaroneck Post # 90 American
Legion and the Harrison VFW. A
veteran himself, he is a proud member
of the United States Marine Corps, he
fought in Operation Desert Storm, then
re-enlisted in the Army National Guard,
where he was placed in Afghanistan from
2006=2007.
He is a firm believer in the responsibility
of the American Armed Forces to
protect the rights and safety of the citizens
of the United States.
“We have what we have in this country
because of veterans,” Goodenough told
the Westchester Guardian in an interview.
“Nobody, domestic or foreign, has a
right to infringe upon our Constitution.
It’s very important we have these rights
as Americans.”
Goodenough was pleased with the
turnout at the Ceremony, the quality
of the speeches and especially Lowey’s
contribution by Proclamation, which he
thought was “very nice of her” to write,
he said.
During his own speech, Goodenough
emphasized the importance of appreciation
and support for all veterans by the
civilian population of this Nation.
“I would ask all people that if we could
all please come together to do what is in
the best interest of our country,” he told
the Westchester Guardian. “It’s not as
much a political issue as a human issue.”
Goodenough insists on our responsibility
as United States citizens to take care
of our veterans and honor the service that
they have offered our country. During his
speech he highlighted a number of atrocities
that have befallen our solders.
Among them, more than 665,000
active-duty soldiers have been deployed
for a year of combat in the Global War
on Terrorism, according to U.S. Army
statistics. A small, but largely significant
percentage of them have fallen on
the battlefield. 40,886 United States
service personnel have been wounded
in Iraq and Afghanistan since hostilities
began, according to the United States
Department of Defense. Also, a tragic 23
percent of America’s homeless population
are United States veterans, the majority of
whom were honorably discharged from
service.
“American Legion National
Commander Jimmie Foster calls on
Legion members to be servicing America’s
veterans every day,” Goodenough said
in his speech. “Whether it is welcoming
veterans home from deployment, or
volunteering at the local VA hospital,
there are many opportunities to assist
those who have given so much for their
country.”
Goodenough reminds the community
that as President Calvin Coolidge
once said, “the Nation which forgets its
defenders will be itself forgotten.”
Assemblyman George Latimer Calls For State
and Local Level Reform By Bary Alyssa Johnson
State Assemblyman
George S. Latimer is
focused on the need
to change Albany. On
his Web site he calls
for “more partnership
and less partisanship.”
His actions within the
community support his call for duty in our
capital city of New York.
As a legislator, Latimer votes for
budgets alongside the other politicians in
Albany and it seems that his keyword is
Reform. Among the numerous reform bills
that he’s voted for or sponsored recently
are: “No” on the 2009-2010 State Budget
spending plan & increased taxes, prohibition
of campaign funds for private use,
campaign finance reform, establishment
of an ethics and compliance commission,
reform pension costs, reduction
of local government reliance on
property taxes and a new Tier V
pension reform.
However, at this point in
time Latimer says there are two
main issues of the utmost importance that
need to be dealt with immediately. These
include a complete ethics reform in Albany
and the reigning in of the state budget.
In terms of ethics
reform, Latimer
describes the current
situation with a note of
alarm. “The behavior
of any number of
elected officials has
been atrocious and we
need a complete overhaul,”
Latimer told the
Westchester Guardian
in an interview.
When it comes to
the state budget, Latimer explains that “for
the last couple of years we’ve had budget
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PEOPLE POLICE
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State and Local Level Reform
Continued from page 20
deficits and this year there appears to be a
deficit we’re going to have to deal with as
high as $9 billion dollars,” he said. “We’re
now going to have to close that gap by
cutting spending to the tune of $9 billion
dollars.”
For this to happen, the governor will
put together a total spending budget and
present that proposal to the state legislators,
which include Latimer and his peers
in the State Assembly.
“Most importantly there will have to
be cuts in healthcare and cuts in education,”
Latimer said. ‘Education and health
care are the two most expensive parts of
the state budget.”
When the governor submits the
budget to the state representatives, he projects
expenses and revenues within the state
and proposes the various cuts. Then the
State Assembly looks at those plans collectively
to see if they are acceptable goals to
work towards.
Latimer says that the process is based
on generalities at this point at this time in
November and that he won’t have specifics
to comment on until the budget actually
comes out in the next year.
As a local legislator, Latimer represents
specific communities and says he is
currently reaching out to all of the governments
in his district for legislative requests
and input. Latimer’s district represents
Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Rye City, Port
Chester, Rye Brook, and the southern half
of the City of New Rochelle.
“One of the things I’m doing is
reaching out to each community government
to see if they need any home rule
legislation, meaning the local government
needs something done and will petition
the state government to do it,” Latimer
said. “I would carry that bill to try and get
it passed.”
Latimer gave examples of bills that he
has successfully carried in the past, which
include hotel occupancy revenues that
were passed for Rye Brook, Rye City and
New Rochelle. Also a residential parking
permit program for people in the Town of
Mamaroneck.
Latimer says that a lot of what he does
includes being visible in his district in organizations
that have impacts on state policies.
“Sarah Neuman Nursing Home,
Sound Shore Medical Center, non-profits
like the YMca in Rye are all organizations
that deal with the state at various
times and that’s where my advocacy as a
legislator comes into play,” Latimer said.
As a legislator, Latimer says he has
been interactively working with all of these
organizations, while getting to know them
and getting to know their needs financially
and otherwise.
“Representing the district is not only
what I do in Albany,” Latimer said. “It’s
what I do back home with people I interact
with practically every day.”
Local resident Bary Alyssa Johnson covers
the Larchmont, Mamaroneck, and Rye
communities, as well as the evolving world
of electronics and technology.
Westchester County Police Aviation Unit
Rescues Father and Son
Pair Were Stuck in Mud in Remote Spot Off Croton Point
Croton Point Park, NY -- A Peekskill
man and his 6-year-old son were rescued
by officers aboard the Westchester County
police helicopter Friday, November 19,
2010, after they became stuck in deep mud
in a marsh off Croton Point Park.
The 34-year-old dad was stuck in mud
almost to his waist and his son was stuck in
mud above his waist when the county police
Aviation Unit responded to the scene in
Croton Bay about 3:40 p.m. The area where
the pair became stuck is in a marsh and the
tide was out at the time.
Police officers and firefighters were
planning a rescue attempt from the shore,
but thick mud, tall reeds and the remote
location made accessibility difficult. The
county police Marine Unit also responded,
but was not able to access the marsh because
the tide was out.
With temperatures dropping and darkness
approaching, Detective Christopher
Lieberman, the Aviation Unit’s chief pilot,
brought the helicopter down to within
inches of the mud and hovered there while
Police Officer Brian Powers, who went out
on the skids of the aircraft, physically pulled
father and son from the mud and hauled
them into the aircraft. He was assisted by
Police Officer Michael Brady from inside
the helicopter.
Father and son were flown to a
nearby ball field where an ambulance was
waiting. They were then taken to Hudson
Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt for
observation.
Public Safety Commissioner George
N. Longworth praised the skill of the
Aviation crew and said it was fortunate that
the father had a cell phone with him to dial
911 when trouble struck.
“The location is a remote one and the
park is not very busy this time of year. If not
for the phone, they may have been stuck for
hours in the cold and dark before anyone
realized they were missing. The tide would
have come back in and hypothermia definitely
would have been an issue.”
Croton Point Park is in the village of
Croton-on-Hudson and is just west of the
Croton-Harmon station of the Metro-
North Commuter Railroad.

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POLITICS
Driving County
Executive Rob
Astorino
By Paul Feiner
“Last year, when
County Executive Rob
Astorino was running
for election against
then incumbent Andy
Spano, he criticized
the County Executive
Spano for using county police to drive
him around. On Monday, November 15,
2010, I was at an event to which County
Executive Astorino arrived in a county
police car, driven by the Westchester
County Police Department. Using the
police as drivers is nice, but not essential,
especially when people are being laid off.”
Paul Feiner is Greenburgh Town Supervisor.
County Executive Rob Astorino
Dick Morris: A New Process
Can Change Politics
By Peggy Godfrey
Thomas Paine
was not without
controversy in his
day, and neither is
Dick Morris, political
author, commentator and former
consultant to President Clinton. Morris
acknowledged in his keynote speech
he was “delighted to be attacked for
something new,” when he spoke at the
Huguenot and New Rochelle Historical
Association dinner on November 17 in
New Rochelle. He quipped, the other
group is “a royal Paine.”
Morris continued, When a new form
of communication presents itself, a new
process is set “in motion that changes
politics.” When the printing press was
invented, Thomas Paine “invented
the pamphlet” that could propagandize
people. Millions of the copies of
his pamphlets were printed. Other new
communication examples were cited:
President Lincoln developed expert
speeches and letters. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt used radio to effectively reach
out to the people. Television’s use was
promoted by President John F. Kennedy.
Then commercials became popular and
President Richard Nixon was able to use
them. But it was Thomas Paine’s amazing
creativity when he wrote his pamphlet
that got the country to rally to”set us free.”
The domestic revolutionary army was
getting “creamed” by the British which
had captured New York and pushed
Washington’s troops further south. The
British army had 400,000 soldiers, but
there were only 4,000 fighting under
Washington’s command. But Paine felt if
the Revolutionary War continued it might
influence the British Parliament and
people in Britain negatively. Then Paine
wrote another pamphlet, “These are the
times that try men’s souls.” This was a new
idea in the court of public opinion. The
British soldiers were defeated and more
than anything else, these “two pamphlets
won the American Revolution.”
Since the recession ended in
2009, Morris lamented, “What we are
confronted with now is a new normal,”
with high unemployment. He asked, “Do
we care about people who can’t get jobs?”
The policies of our government have
terrified people. Consumers won’t spend
because they are terrified of their taxes.
The inheritance tax stops rich people from
reinvesting their money. Consumers have
reduced their debt, and this money could
have been used for spending and helping
the economy. He asked: would someone
open a medical center now if the government
is taking control of health care?
Even in manufacturing, this country is
“beating the Chinese by 25%.” But under
the present administration, “pessimism
is the bodyguard of liberty.” All these
daunting changes according to Morris are
the same kinds of issues Thomas Paine
addressed. He added “I wish I could write
as well as he did.”
After the talk, Kathleen Gallagher
commented that the middle class which
was the strength of our country has been
decimated. There are so many out of work.
“What’s the government’s plan now?”
George Imburgia summed up, “I think
that Dick Morris’ account of the current
administration was right on target. Let’s
hope and pray that the usa will continue
to be a land of opportunity instead of a
land of hand-outs.”
Other awards given that evening were
to Trinity St. Paul’s Episcopal Church,
Metro-Med’s John Jacoby, MD, and
Norman and Sydelle Herzberg. Sydelle
Herzberg spoke briefly about the difficulties
the Historical Association faced
in the past in their efforts to preserve
the Thomas Paine Cottage on 20 Sicard
Avenue in New Rochelle.
Peggy Godfrey is a freelance writer, a community
activist, and former educator.
THE SPOOF
Pigs Stage Protest Against Bacon Soda in NYC
By Gail Farrelly
Just to set the record
straight, it was the oink,
oink kind of pigs, not the
human variety, that gathered
in New York City’s Grand Central
Station last night to protest bacon soda, a
new product now offered for sale online.
Commuters were startled to see a
dozen of the little porkers dancing around
the famous clock at the center of the station.
Pink Floyd’s song, “Pigs (Three Different
Ones),” blasted in the background. Some
of the pigs held signs (saying things like:
“It’s not the reaL thing” or “It’s just not
a GOOD thing”), indicating their displeasure
with the new drink.
When their spokesperson, Porky Pig,
got up to address the crowd, he pointed out
that bacon soda was a counterfeit product.
“It’s zero bacon,” he said. “Totally artificial.”
He held the interest of the crowd only
until the main speaker, Miss Piggy, arrived
with much fanfare. She wore a lovely pink
(what else?) silk dress by Vera Wang and
Damiani jewelry. She carried a Kate Spade
purse in one hand and a can of the bacon
soda in the other. She held up the can of
soda and silenced the crowd with these
four words: “It tastes like crap.” There was
much applause for her mini speech.
A happy commuter, running for his
train after snagging autographs from both
Porky Pig and Miss Piggy, speculated on
what health officials would have to say
about this new product. “They’ve already
condemned sugary sodas, but this is a
whole new ballpark,” he remarked. He also
offered his own opinion: “This stuff should
just be handed over to the big, bad wolf.”
Gail Farrelly (www.FarrellySisters Online.
com) writes mystery novels and short stories as
well as Op-Eds. She also publishes satire pieces
(Gail Farrelly’s satire and parody stories) on
TheSpoof.com, a British website. Her latest
mystery novel is Creamed at Commencement: A
Graduation Mystery. The first chapter is available
on her website. Gail is working on a fourth
mystery, The Virtual Heiress.

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Page 23
SPORTS
Sam Faber: Ice Hockey All Star Playing on the World Stage
By Albert Caamano
Sam Faber achieved more than most
players only dream of men or women
,playing on empire teams , Elite aaa
teams, the us National 22u team,
winning a gold medal in china, University
of New Hampshire (UNH) college allstar
top scorer and now playing for a pro
women’s team in Boston, let’s take a closer
look at this Hockey phenom
Albert Caamano: You made the
national team, how was the experience?
What kind of training did you do at
camp? What was your daily schedule
like? Where did you travel to?
Sam Faber: Making the national
team was the biggest accomplishment
of my life. There is nothing in the world
like representing your country in the sport
that you have grown to love so much.
Putting on that jersey was indescribable
and winning the Gold Medal at the
World Championships felt like a dream. I
could not believe it was really happening
to me. At usa camps we had testing,
both on-ice and off-ice (gym) testing,
to see how we have progressed from the
previous camp. After testing, we would
have team lifts which were extremely
intense. In order to be a part of the usa
hockey program you needed to be at your
best and they did everything they could to
provide the players with the best training
they could. With the U.S program I
traveled to Canada with the U22 team
and Harbin, China for the 2008 World
Championships with the women’s
national team. This was the most eyeopening
experience of my life and by far
my biggest hockey accomplishment.
Albert Caamano: What was the
schedule of games and how did it
compare to any other team you have
been on?
Sam Faber: The schedule of games
differed on the tournament, but it was
similar to the other teams I was on. We
had a game at least every other day.
Albert Caamano: How did you
feel not knowing anyone and was it
intimidating?
Sam Faber: It was definitely intimidating
the first few times at the usa
hockey camps, but overtime you meet
new people and realize everyone is there
for the same reason and that’s to compete
with the best people in the country to play
the sport we all love. I was lucky because
my best friend Kacey Bellamy was always
in the program too, so it’s not like I didn’t
know anyone there.
Albert Caamano: Now in Boston
you are playing women’s pro…how did
you make it? What do they provide for
you?
Sam Faber: This pro team out of
Boston was a dream come true. I had
graduated the year before this team was
made and was no longer playing. I was
still involved in hockey because I was the
assistant hockey director at Sportorama in
Monsey, NY, but a part of me was missing
without playing. I wasn’t ready to give up
something I worked so hard for my whole
life and then I heard about this new
team. I started training again and went
to tryouts not quite sure what was going
to happen. Realizing I could play again
with 3 former teammates and play with
girl’s I used to call enemies, but had the
upmost respect for was something I just
couldn’t pass up. So far the experience has
been great and I feel so lucky to be a part
of such a great team on and off the ice.
The team provides us with a place to play
after college, equipment, and all travel is
covered.
Albert Caamano: What are your
plans for the future, college, coaching,
playing?
Sam Faber: I want to stay in this game
in some way or another. I try and just live
in the moment, but playing again I realized
that I want to do whatever I can to
hopefully be on the national team again.
I am actually coaching right now for
the Boston Shamrocks U19 girl’s team.
I absolutely love coaching, so after I am
done playing I want to continue to give
back what I have learned from my experiences
to young aspiring players.
Albert Caamano: What advice can
you give to young players so they can be
noticed and their training can give them
a chance to play at the select and college
levels?
Sam Faber: My advice would be to
believe in yourself. Confidence is such an
important part of life and if you believe
you can do something and set your mind
to it things will work out. Never stop
working hard. Talent only get’s you so far,
trust me hard work is a necessity to play
at the high levels. My last thing would be
to listen to the people that care for you,
take in people’s opinions and use them
to benefit your own game and your own
life because it’s only going to make you a
stronger person.
Albert Caamano has coached ice hockey
for 15 plus years to include recruiting young
players in preparation for college, prep schools
and tournaments, and also worked Goalie
camps and clinics with former Olympic
coaches and college players.

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TRANSPORTATION
Central Avenue Bee-Line Bus
Improvements Underway
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White Plains, NY -- Thanks to a state
grant, Westchester County is proceeding
with a project to better coordinate traffic
lights with the buses that go down Central
Avenue in White Plains, Greenburgh and
Yonkers.
The $2.4 million from the New York
State Department of Transportation will
be used to fund sensors and other technologies
which, when a bus is approaching,
will change a signal to green or extend the
existing green time. The project should be
completed by 2012.
“Getting people where they need to
go quickly and safely are part of the core
mission of the Bee-Line system,” said
County Executive Robert P. Astorino.
“This initiative will enhance service in
both respects. It will also increase the
economic vitality of Central Avenue and
the overall county in the process.”
Central Avenue is one of Westchester
County’s most prominent commercial
corridors, extending approximately 14
miles from White Plains at the north end
to The Bronx.
The Bee-Line Rt. 20, which operates
on Central Avenue, currently has the
highest ridership in the Bee-Line system,
with approximately 12,500 riders on
weekdays and Saturdays. Ridership has
been growing in the past several years due
to the redevelopment of Yonkers Raceway
and the Cross County Shopping Center,
the extensive development in downtown
White Plains and free transfers through
the use of MetroCard to the New York
City subway in The Bronx.
In 2009, the county Department of
Transportation completed a planning
study to determine ways to improve bus
service in the Central Avenue corridor.
Transit signal priority was identified
as a successful technique that has been
implemented on bus systems in the New
York metropolitan region and around the
country.
Through a competitive process,
Westchester County selected the firm of
Parsons Brinckerhoff to design the transit
signal priority system for Central Avenue.
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LEGAL NOTICES
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE INDEX NO.: 19545/09 AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, vs. EXINORD DOR-
VEUS, TEANA DORVEUS, ET, AL. , Defendant(s). MORTGAGED PREMISES: 123 EDGEPARK ROAD 22-1429-16, WHITE
PLAINS, NY 10603 SBL #: 22-1429-15 22-1429-17 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned to
answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this
Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this
Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally
delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken
against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in
the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Westchester. The basis of the venue designated above is the location
of the Mortgaged Premises. Dated this 19th day of October, 2010, TO: EXINORD DORVEUS and TEANA DORVEUS,
Defendant(s) In this Action. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON.
RICHARD B. LIEBOWITZ of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the 14th day of October, 2010 and filed
with the Complaint in the Office of the Westchester County Clerk, in the City of White Plains. The object of this action is
to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by EXINORD DORVEUS and TEANA DORVEUS
dated the 18th day of August, 2004, to secure the sum of $356,000.00, and recorded at Instrument No. 442860223 in the
Office of the Clerk of the County of Westchester, on the 15th day of February, 2005; which mortgage was duly assigned
by assignment dated the 21st day of August, 2009, and sent for recording in the Office of the Clerk of Westchester County;
The property in question is described as follows: 123 EDGEPARK ROAD, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10603 SEE FOLLOWING
DESCRIPTION Section 22, Block 1429 and Lot 15, 16 and 17 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings
and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Greenburgh, County of Westchester
and State of New York, being shown on Subdivision Map of Parkway Homes, Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County,
New York, made by Wulff Engineering Co., Tarrytown, New York, June 22, 1927 and filed in the Office of the Clerk, Division
of Land Records, formerly Register’s Office of Westchester County, New York, on July 21, 1927 as Map No. 3185,
and described as follows, Block 26, Lots 8, 9 and 10 and which said lots, when taken together as one parcel, are more
particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of Edge-Park Road formerly
known as Archer Avenue, distant 175 feet Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Northerly side of
Augustine Road, formerly known as Bronx Street and the Westerly side of Edge-Park Road and which said point is also
where the division line between Lot Nos. 7 and 8 in Block 26 as laid out on the aforesaid map intersects the Westerly
side of Edge-Park Road; RUNNING THENCE on a course of North 78 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds West and along
the division line between Lot Nos. 7 and 8 in Block 26 on a distance of 100 feet to the Easterly line of Lot No. 33, in Block
26; THENCE on a course of North 11 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds East and along the Easterly line of Lot Nos. 33, 32
and 31 in Block 26 a distance of 75 feet to the division line between Lot Nos. 10 and 11, in Block 26; THENCE on a course
South 78 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds East and along the division line of Lots 10 and 11 in Block 26, a distance of 100
feet to the Westerly side of Edge-Park Road; THENCE on a course of South 11 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West
and along the Westerly side of Edge-Park Road a distance of 75 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. SUBJECT to
covenants and restrictions in Liber 3114 Page 316 and Liber 3758 Page 129 as modified by Liber 3825 Page 259, Liber
4393 Page 477 as modified by Liber 4950 Page 79. Premises known as 123 Edgepark Road, White Plains, New York HELP
FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT
THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF
LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE AC-
TION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IM-
MEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT
YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your
options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government
agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to
work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained
by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the department’s website at
WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to
“save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from
a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay
them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract
which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any
money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER
OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the
attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the
court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where
your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a
payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY
OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH
THE COURT. DATED: October 19, 2010 Steven J. Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway Suite
G, Amherst, NY 14228 The law firm of Steven J. Baum, P.C. and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who
are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose.
Kim Schwartz LCSW PLLC Articles
of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
9/3/2010. Office in Westchester Co.
SSNY design. Agent of PLLC upon
whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process
The PLLC 380 Route 202 Somers, NY
10589. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Erica Chambers LCSW PLLC Articles
of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
9/3/2010. Office in Westchester Co.
SSNY design. Agent of PLLC upon
whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process
The PLLC 380 Route 202 Somers, NY
10589. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Dano Associates, L.P. Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
9/22/2010. Office in Westchester Co.
SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process The LLC
97 Fanevil Place New Rochelle, NY
10801. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Perkins Realty LLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
10/27/2010. Office in Westchester
Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC
upon whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process The
LLC 21 Union Avenue Tarrytown, NY
10591. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Health&Saftey Options, LLC Authority
filed with Secy. of State of NY
(SSNY) on 8/23/2010. Office location:
Westchester Co. LLC formed in Iowa
(IA) on 10/19/09. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to The LLC 109 W Main
St PO Box 86 Lime Springs, IA 52155.
IA address of LLC: 109 W Main St PO
Box 86 Lime Springs, IA 52155. Arts.
Of Org. filed with IA Secy. of State,
321 E 12th St Des Moines, IA 50319.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Gravino Group, LLC Authority filed
with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY)
on 11/2/2010. Office location: Westchester
Co. LLC formed in Delaware
(DE) on 6/4/2010. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to The LLC 45 Fieldstone
Dr Katonah, NY 10536. DE address
of LLC: 3411 Silverside Rd Rodney
Bldg #104 Wilmington, DE 19810.
Arts. Of Org. filed with DE Secy. of
State, PO Box 898 Dover, DE 19903.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Anne L. Boffoli Bentzen LCSW PLLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State
(SSNY) 9/24/2010. Office in Westchester
Co. SSNY design. Agent
of PLLC upon whom process may
be served. SSNY shall mail copy
of process The PLLC 380 Route 202
Somers, NY 10589. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Northern Westchester Counseling
Associates LCSW PLLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
10/15/2010. Office in Westchester
Co. SSNY design. Agent of PLLC
upon whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process
The PLLC 380 Route 202 Somers, NY
10589. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Jessy A. Samuel Consulting, LLC Articles
of Org. filed NY Sec. of State
(SSNY) 8/10/2010. Office in Westchester
Co. SSNY design. Agent of
LLC upon whom process may be
served. SSNY shall mail copy of process
Corporation Service Company
80 State Street Albany, NY 12207.
Purpose: Any lawful activity. Registered
Agent: Corporation Service
Company 80 State Street Albany, NY
12207.
Donna Garr & Associates, LLC Articles
of Org. filed NY Sec. of State
(SSNY) 9/28/2010. Office in Westchester
Co. SSNY design. Agent
of LLC upon whom process may
be served. SSNY shall mail copy of
process The LLC 80 Whitlockville Rd
Katonah, NY 10536. Purpose: Any
lawful activity.
Jas Photography, LLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
8/10/2010. Office in Westchester
Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC
upon whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process
Corporation Service Company 80
State Street Albany, NY 12207. Purpose:
Any lawful activity. Registered
Agent: Corporation Service Company
80 State Street Albany, NY 12207
Simply Diamond Music LLC Articles
of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
8/31/2010. Office in Westchester Co.
SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process The
LLC 208 Pound Ridge Road Bedford,
NY 10506. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Registered Agent: Rosanne La
Blanc 208 Pound Ridge Road Bedford,
NY 10506.
Cindy Smith-Menchin LCSW PLLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State
(SSNY) 9/3/2010. Office in Westchester
Co. SSNY design. Agent of PLLC
upon whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process
The PLLC 380 Route 202 Somers, NY
10589. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Notice of formation of Curuzu Real
Estate, LLC filed with Sec’y of State
(SSNY) on 9/30/10. Office location:
Westchester County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process to:
Curuzu Real State, LLC at 17 Sunny
Ridge Rd. New Rochelle, NY 10804.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
Wells Park Drive, LLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
9/7/2010. Office in Westchester Co.
SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be served.
SSNY shall mail copy of process
Corporation Service Company 80
State Street Albany, NY 12207. Purpose:
Any lawful activity. Registered
Agent: Corporation Service Company
80 State Street Albany, NY 12207.
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
KGM AUTO DETAILING, LLC Filed
8/23/2010 Westchester County, 200
Main Street, New Rochelle, NY, NY
Sec of State desig agent and mail
copy to Bus Filings Inc. 187 Wolf Rd.,
Ste 101, Albany, NY 12205 for any
process served. All lawful purposes.
Foundry Productions, LLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
9/29/2010. Office in Westchester Co.
SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process C/O Steven
J. Wohl, ESQ. 1025 Westchester Avenue
Suite 305 White Plains, NY 10604.
Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Im Ip Law PLLC Articles of Org. filed
NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/22/2010.
Office in Westchester Co. SSNY
design. Agent of PLLC upon whom
process may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process The PLLC 61
Broadway, Suite 513 New York, NY
10022. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
Twenty Ten Foods, LLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
10/8/2010. Office in Westchester Co.
SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process C/O Stanley
Chin P.O. Box 956 Bronxville, NY
10708. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
315 Coster Street, LLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
7/19/2010. Office in Westchester
Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process The LLC
44 Fenimore Road New Rochelle, NY
10804. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIM-
ITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME:
Sasha’s Place Property Management,
LLC. Articles of Organization
were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY) on
10/14/10. Office location: Westchester
County. SSNY has been
designated as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail a copy of
process to the Corporation Service
Company, 80 State Street, Albany,
New York 12207. Purpose: For any
lawful purpose.
SRCP GROUP, LLC, Art. Of Org. filed
with NY Secy. of State on 7/7/10.
Office located in Westchester Co.
Secy. of State designated as agent
upon which process may be served.
Secy. of State shall mail a copy of
any process against it served upon
him/her to: 260 Worthington Road,
White Plains, NY 10607, principal
business location of the LLC. Purpose:
any lawful business activity.
West Square Foods, LLC Articles of
Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
10/8/2010. Office in Westchester Co.
SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon
whom process may be served. SSNY
shall mail copy of process C/O Stanley
Chin P.O. Box 956 Bronxville, NY
10708. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Building a Healthy Future for
the New Mount Vernon Hospital.
For the past 116 years, Mount Vernon Hospital has
served the community’s healthcare needs. The
Hospital has long played a central role in the life of
the city and in its economic stability. Now we are pleased
to announce that this critically important community
resource will undergo a series of major improvements
that will assure its long-term future and its place at the
heart of the community.
In an era of rapid changes in the hospital industry that has
seen major facilities shrink and some even close, Mount
Vernon Hospital will be renewed and strengthened.
Sound Shore Health System, with crucial support from
the New York State Department of Health, is embarking
on a $50 million repositioning and rehabilitation plan to
transform this proud hospital into a model for meeting
21st century community healthcare needs.
The revitalization plan – which was developed in collaboration
with Hospital board members, physicians, New York
State Department of Health and community leaders – will
result in a modern comprehensive healthcare facility for the
Mount Vernon community.
Architect’s rendering
The new center will include:
The revitalization plan will also:
$100 million annually to the local economy
These improvements and changes mean that Mount Vernon Hospital will continue to be a major community employer, that vital medical
services including emergency, in-patient medical/surgical and outpatient services will be available to the community as well as important
new services including a state-of-the-art diabetes wound-care center and an assisted living program.
We deeply appreciate the 116 years of support and involvement we have shared with the Mount Vernon community and we look
forward to a bright and long-term future of meeting Mount Vernon’s healthcare needs.
For more information about the revitalization plan, visit us at www.mtvernonhospital.com.
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