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News & Notes from Northern Westchester By MARK JEFFERS This week we start on a somber note… sending out our thoughts and prayers to all those hurt in the horror and terror at the Boston Marathon. We stand united with our friends in Boston… our hearts go out to all the victims and families impacted by this terrible tragedy… Here is a sale that I don’t mind my wife going to…The Katonah Thrift Shop, which is operated by the wonderful ladies of the Women’s Civic Club of Katonah, is having their ONE DOLLAR SALE. One dollar can go a long way toward sprucing up a spring wardrobe. All profits from the Thrift Shop are given to scholarship programs, local organizations and charities. The shop is located on the lower level of the club’s Memorial House, 71 Bedford Road in Katonah. Check out Peekskill Library’s art exhibit “Alberto Simonetti: A Life in Paint,” running through April 28th. Our good friend Doug tells me it’s time to “Spring into Summer,”a benefit for the Katonah Village Library is being held on Friday May 31st. There will be wine, beer and savory bites, a good chance to connect with friends and neighbors, it sounds like a great time, just need to make sure my over due books are returned by then. Celebrate Mother’s Day at Caramoor in Katonah on May 11th with a mini-concert and a tour of the Rosen house. “Come on Down,” to the Price is Right Live Stage Show at the County Center in White Plains on May 29th; my darling wife is all ready to start bidding on the Showcase… Now this sounds like a fun time, head over to Mamaroneck for their 7th Annual “A Taste of Mamaroneck Wine Trail” being held on May 5th. You get to hop on a trolley that will make stops at the village’s best eateries. “Animals & Acrobats,” sounds like a Saturday night at my house…well, this event will be held at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson on June 22-23, there will be comedy, juggling and an acrobatic troupe set to entertain. Our bi-weekly sports radio show “The Clubhouse” is back on the air and last week we had on Katonah author Michael Balkind who just published his latest novel “Gold Medal Threat,” sounds like a winner to me. The Quiet Man Public House in Peekskill is holding a fundraiser on April 29th to help out Walter Panas High School graduate Brittany DiDonato 24, who has liver cancer. On May 5th from 11am to 3pm the Operation

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Chronicles of Croton’s Bohemia

An Edna St. Vincent Millay Sampler By ROBERT SCOTT A year after her graduation from Vassar College in 1917, Edna St. Vincent Millay published five light verses in Poetry magazine. One of these was this now-classic quatrain:

My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-It gives a lovely light! With several new poems, they were next published in 1920 in a 39-page collection of verses titled A Few Figs from Thistles. The slender book sold out, edition after edition. This was followed by Second April, published in 1921. In 1922, Greenwich Village bookseller Frank Shay published an edition of The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver, consisting of 16 pages stapled together in an orange wrapper with a woodcut of a mother and child on the front. It is now a highly prized collector’s item. An enlarged collection, The Harp-Weaver and Other Poems, was published by Harper & Brothers in 1923. Many of Edna’s verses from this period deal with themes other than love— but it was her love poems that captivated readers. By overturning the conventions of Victorian love, she captured the rebellious spirit of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. Soon everybody was quoting favorite passages.

And if I loved you Wednesday, Well, what is that to you? I do not love you Thursday-So much is true. And why you come complaining Is more than I can see. I loved you Wednesday--yes--but what Is that to me? Nothing quite like Edna’s poetic voice had been heard before. As innocent as her poems may sound to readers today, they exhibited, according to one critic, “the lyric voice of the newly liberated, uninhibited young.” Edna’s growing popularity was encouraged by her emotional readings on the lecture circuit and on the radio. Soon she was so famous that the Millay name began appearing in gossip columns and as parodies. Samuel Hoffenstein’s four lines were widely quoted.

I burned my candle at both ends, And now have neither foes nor friends; For all the lovely light begotten, I’m paying now in feeling rotten. Literary critics responded to Edna’s popularity by attacking her. Louis Untermeyer, her erstwhile friend, wrote: “In many of these self-conscious flippancies, Miss Millay has exchanged her poetic birthright for a mess of cleverness. Although there are a few poems which are worthy of her, the greater part of this volume smirks with a facile sophistication, a series of partly cynical pirouettes.” Despite the naysayers, Edna’s reputation continued to grow.

In 1923, shortly after a stint in Europe as a correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, based on her A Few Figs from Thistles, Second April and a few poems from The Harp-Weaver. Here is “Spring” from Second April:

To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness Of little leaves opening stickily. I know what I know. The sun is hot on my neck as I observe The spikes of the crocus. The smell of the earth is good. It is apparent that there is no death. But what does that signify? Not only under ground are the brains of men Eaten by maggots. Life in itself Is nothing, An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, April Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers. And this from The Harp-Weaver:

Pity me not because the light of day At close of day no longer walks the sky; Pity me not for beauties passed away From field and thicket as the year goes by; Pity me not the waning of the moon, Nor that the ebbing tide goes out to sea, Nor that a man’s desire is hushed so soon, And you no longer look with love on me. This I have known always: Love is no more Than the wide blossom which the wind assails, Than the great tide that treads the shifting shore, Strewing fresh wreckage gathered in the gales; Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn. Following a reading at the University of Chicago in 1928, Edna initiated a love affair with George Dillon, the young poet who had introduced her. She was 36, he was 22. Their relationship continued well into the 1930s, including a period of several months during which they lived together while translating Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil. Her broad-minded husband Eugen Boissevain observed philosophically: “Unless you are a fool and so conceited as to think you are the greatest, the most wonderful man in the world, how can you expect a woman to love only you!” Published in 1931, Fatal Interview tells in 52 sonnets the story of the passionate Millay-Dillon love affair, starting with the first meeting and seduction through a series of painful separations

Edna St. Vincent Millay in a 1933 photograph by Carl Van Vechten. and joyous reunions to a final farewell. Here is Sonnet XLII:

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why I have forgotten, and what arms have lain Under my head till morning; but the rain Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh Upon the glass and listen for reply, And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain For unremembered lads that not again Will turn to me at midnight with a cry. Thus in the winter stands of the lonely tree, Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one, Yet knows its boughs more silent than before; I cannot say what loves have come and gone, I only know that summer sang in me A little while, that in me sings no more. Edna St. Vincent Millay, once the most widely read poet of her generation saw her reputation and creative powers decline in the 1930s. They plummeted in the 1940s, a decade in which she spent long periods in hospitals, her body ravaged by alcohol, morphine and nonstop cigarette smoking. After World War II began in 1939, her poems deteriorated into jingoistic propaganda. Make Bright the Arrows was published in November of 1940. This verse set the theme:

Make bright the arrows, O peaceful and wise! Gather the shields Against surprise.

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Chronicles of Croton’s Bohemia

An Edna St. Vincent Millay Sampler Continued from page 4

In a letter to former lover George Dillon, then editor of Poetry magazine, Edna described the verses as “not poems, posters” and added, “there are a few good poems.” She subtitled the book 1940 Notebook in the hope that critics would regard it as something other than poetry and relax their standards. They did not. Reviewers were universally merciless and condemned the few good poems along with the bad. The Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor vindicated Edna somewhat, but by then it was impossible to undo the damage to her reputation. In June of 1942, the Nazis razed to the ground the village of Lidice in Czechoslovakia, suspected of sheltering the assassins of hated Reinhard Heydrich, an SS leader so brutal his nickname was “The Hangman.” They shot 173 men and boys, deported 203 women to concentration camps, and gassed 81 of the village’s 104 children. Edna was so angered by this atrocity she wrote a moving narrative poem titled “The Murder of Lidice” that was broadcast nationally over the NBC network and by shortwave to the rest of the world. It was the last piece of significant writing she would do before her accidental death in 1950. Editor’s Note: The poems excerpted here are from Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Collected Poems, published in 1956 by Harper & Brothers. Poems published before 1923 are in the public domain. Permission to excerpt poems still under copyright was graciously granted by The Millay Society. Robert Scott is a semi-retired book publisher and local historian. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

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CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES

Who is Moscoso? By SHERIF AWAD Ecuadorian cinema had a long repertoire of short and feature-length films made throughout the 20th Century. Most recently, Ecuadorian films that were realized by the new generation of talented filmmakers started to get the attention of curators and programmers of film festivals across the whole world. For instance, films like Qué tan lejos (2006) by Cuenca’s Tania Hermida was highly acclaimed, receiving the Silver Zenith Award Montreal World Film Festival for the Best Directorial Debut. The current rise of Ecuadorian cinema was due to governmental approval of a new National Film Law in the year 2006. The law’s first implications appeared three years later with the establishment of the National Film Council of Ecuador (Cncine) whose main task was to grant funds to new projects by up-and-coming Ecuadorian filmmakers and also to promote Ecuadorian cinema worldwide. (Until now, Cncine has provided funds for 222 films varying between shorts, documentaries and

narratives). If some observers consider US$700,000 provided by Cncine limited, one should note that other entities like Ibermedia Corporation Fund and the Bilateral Corporation Strategies are completing the support by providing up to US$7 Million a year to filmmakers in Ecuador. Among the promising filmmakers whom I met in Quito, is the funny and talented Juan Rhon who is more of a multidisciplinary artist than your usual cineaste. In fact, it took him quite a while to discover what he would like to do with his professional and personal life. In the beginning, Rhon tried a bit of everything; he first studied mathematics in polytechnic school but dropped out to try out visual arts at Catholic University of Quito. A few months later, he went to Norway as an exchange student but eventually returned to Colombia in order to study music and sound engineering. During those years, Rhon was consistently absent from classes because he had a problem with authority and rebellious against the system. It was his classmate Manuela Moscoso who studied at

Who’s Moscoso poster by the New York-based artist Raoul Ayana.

(L-R): Juan Rhon shooting Xavier Moscoso.

Saint Marks School in London who came to attend one year at Quito University who helped Rhon find his way when she invited him to her parents’ house and introduced him to her father Xavier Moscoso. “I and Manuela were both trying to work collectively on new visual concepts for storytelling in films when accidentally Xavier Moscoso

shows as a DJ and music producer in a Salsathéque every Wednesday night in Quito. He also tried two-times to have his own discotheque in Quito but eventually his project was shut down due to his lacking management skills coupled by the economic crisis of 2008. “I became more responsible when my girlfriend was pregnant and I became a

Xavier Moscoso. overheard them speaking while he was father”, explains Juan. “One day, I was washing the dishes”, remembers Juan. bathing my child only to imagine that “Moscoso talked to me and he was like: he was blaming me for such an unyou must go and shoot this stuff, man! stable life”. Juan’s reunion with X. Moscoso He then disappeared for some minutes only to showed up with his antique inspired him to make another docu8mm camera and gave it to me to get mentary. This time, it was about his best friend and mentor. me starting”. “In the beginning, I agreed to join Not only did Moscoso give his simple camera to Juan, but he also him in Washington to shoot a docuhelped him to conceptualize his mentary about jazz musicians who play thoughts into moving images. While in Westminster Church. But then, I realizing his early short films, including started to follow him around with my Hay cosas que no se dicen (2006), Rhon camera; recording 440 hours. We travwent to create light, sound and music eled together from Washington, to

New York, Tivoli, Woodstock, Quito and Hanoi over the course of two years”, says Juan who started filming in November 2010 and finished in January 2012. His camera was continuously rolling to capture the story of Xavier Moscoso, known as “X”, reserved to be so addressed only by his close friends. We get to know about his early years and how he arrived in the United States back in 1964, the year The Beatles visited the US, as he described it. X also recounts how he met his lifetime partner Pilar during the protests against the Vietnam War and how he developed intense black humor toward the surrounding reality. While running the hacienda that supported his family, X worked for a few Ecudorian and Colombian TV channels. Juan Rhon’s Who’s X Moscoso? Became an uncoventional 55-minute, unscripted documentary vivid with music and irony. Unfortunately, X departed our world a few months ago. But before that, he was able to see two cuts of the film prior to having been diagnosed with multiple myeloma cancer that rapidly sapped his health and vigor. “Two weeks before he died, he called me on Skype to express his gratitude”, says Juan. “I must say it was as if he was co-directing the film with me because his energy was all around it”. The final cut of Who’s X Moscoso? was screened in the private gatherings of some of Moscoso’s friends last August in Colombia. The official premiere will take place in the forthcoming Edoc Festival in Quito, due this May. “The film won a script fund from Cncine; also I had already shot approximately 30%”, says Juan “I think they liked its concept because it shows how a good friendship can be the catalyst to understanding life and to get over your daily problems”. After Edoc, Juan plans to promote his film unconventionally through screenings at tourist gathering places in Quito, and to thereafter streamline it over the Internet for launch one-day prior to launching it on DVDs. Born in Cairo, Egypt, Sherif Awad is a film / video critic and curator. He is the film editor of Egypt Today Magazine (www.EgyptToday.com), and the artistic director for both the Alexandria Film Festival, in Egypt, and the Arab Rotterdam Festival, in The Netherlands. He also contributes to Variety, in the United States, and is the film critic of Variety Arabia (http://varietyarabia.com/), in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Al-Masry Al-Youm Website (http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/198132) and The Westchester Guardian (www.WestchesterGuardian.com).

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education

Westchester Exceptional Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School Believes Every Student Needs to Belong By RICH MONETTI It seems as though every school child today has a diagnosis and an expensive Individualized Education Program (IEP) to go with it. In juxtaposition to the so called good old days, when special education didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even exist, the notion of what society should do with what were once known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;handicappedâ&#x20AC;? children was relegated elsewhere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You went to a hospital or an institution,â&#x20AC;? says Linda Zinn, director of the Westchester Exceptional Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School (WEC) in North Salem, NY. But just because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been great progress, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean the present has overcompensated in accordance with the past, as much work still needs to be done. Laurie Cameron and her son never felt a feeling of belonging in the previous schools he attended before being accepted at WEC ten years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He might as well have had a neon sign saying Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m different and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t belong,â&#x20AC;? says Cameron. Seeing Luke completely demoralized by the age of 11, mom was told to run, not walk toward the opportunity WEC was offering. Just entering on the scene to visit, Cameron could feel an energy that evoked optimism, inclusion and especially joy.

Luke using iPad during class. But just because Luke had been diagnosed with multiple developmental delays doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean he experienced any hesitation at the prospect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not verbal, and he looked at me as if to say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;really, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a place where I can belong. And I can go here?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? she recalled.

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education

Westchester Exceptional Children’s School Believes Every Student Needs to Belong Continued from page 7 As stated, such a rescue was universally out of the question in 1969 and WEC’s founder refused to succumb to it for her “handicapped” daughter. “You know what I’ll do, I’ll start a school so she founded WEC,” Zinn recalled the words of her predecessor, who just died last year. Kicking WEC off in a two room school house in Croton Falls, Murphy hired a couple of staff members and enrolled the first students with a big heart

and a grand vision. “She was way ahead of her time,” says Zinn. 44 years later, WEC serves children with disabilities like autism and a wide range of speech and learning impairments. And they do so as a team. “Our philosophy is we’re all here to help each other,” says Zinn. Of course, all the prerequisite advanced degrees accompany the teaching staff, but the factor that creates distance from others in the field does not appear in any official transcript. “What sets them apart is their compas-

Luke and Teacher Assistant Marguerite Maulen.

Luke making bed in WEC apartment. sion, dedication and loyalty. They also students learn prevocational skills, work believe in what they are doing as they with job coaches and take a turn in see the accomplishments that are cre- the school’s café as cooks, servers and cash register clerks. “We’ve had many ated for our students,” says Zinn This involves an interdisciplinary students go on to work in fast food curriculum of individual living skills, restaurants and secure retail positions,” academics, recreating, socialization and says Zinn. One student actually came back to what any student needs in the end - the real life experience and tools to transi- work as part of WEC’s work training tion to work and independence. “We program and later joined the armed have a phenomenal work training pro- forces, but for all the good feeling that accrues, it’s still a journey, according to gram,” says Zinn. Between the ages of 16 and 21, Cameron.

The emotional burden Luke arrived with didn’t miraculously evaporate when he walked through WEC’s doors. “He had some serious self-esteem and emotional issues to heal,” says Cameron, who lives in Patterson. That said, WEC doesn’t simply let kids hide behind their diagnosis and use it as an excuse. But persevering to the destination is a collaboration that doesn’t leave students carrying issues all by themselves. “We are in this together,” says Cameron of the shared struggle at WEC. Parents get a respite too for all the pain they’ve endured. “They have seen their children very unhappy but you then see a child who comes home saying, ‘I like school, I want to go to school – it’s a huge relief,” says Zinn. Unfortunately, as is with everything, WEC is feeling the fiscal burden of the day. “We are in need of funding to keep our school open,” says Zinn, and she hopes some exposure can ease the burden. Laurie Cameron takes it from there. “What they truly deserve is to have somebody shout it from the rooftop that if you don’t know about this school, you should,” says Cameron. She leaves it to you. For more info, visit www.wecschool.org/ Rich Monetti has been a freelance writer since 2003 and lives in Westchester.

education

Problems Identified with Proposed Iona Dormitory By PEGGY GODFREY It appears final zoning approval for a proposed Iona College dormitory on North Avenue in New Rochelle, NY, will be a difficult decision for the New Rochelle City Council. The lengthy Council discussion on April 16, 2013 highlighted the reservations councilmembers have, especially with regard to parking facilities and management of the dormitory. New Rochelle Councilmembers expressed numerous concerns over the developer have management oversight of the dormitory instead of by Iona College. The respective height of the two proposed dormitories, seven stories on North Avenue and five stories on Fifth Avenue were not considered ideal. The committee that had been established to find an alternate to the ten story dormitory that Iona had originally proposed for Mayflower Avenue appeared to place constraints on the

New Rochelle City Council. Just as he did on August 2, 2011, Mayor Noam Bramson took the lead in announcing his support of the current proposal. At a press conference on August 2, 2011, Bramson announced Iona College had voluntarily withdrawn the Mayflower Avenue dormitory proposal which was to be combined with a City Council decision to increase the local occupancy standards for two years for the dormitories presently at this site. Back in 2011, Bramson stated he was “confident” the City Council would pass increased dormitory occupancy levels even though the plan had not been presented as such at the New Rochelle City Council meeting. At the April 16, 2013 meeting, New Rochelle City Manager Chuck Strome had suggested another public hearing was needed to revisit some issues with regard to zoning concerns. He told The Westchester Guardian, “The legislation that was the subject of the first public hearing will be amended

so that it will require another Public Hearing. Those changes have not yet been finalized. I expect the new legislation will be presented to City Council in May and they will review it and schedule a Public Hearing in June.” The “canyon” effect of a seven story building on North Avenue was one aspect of this development that was considered undesirable by Commissioner of Development Luis Aragon. Councilman Al Tarantino wanted to know what the needed minimum height of the building must be “make it worthwhile to build?” Councilman Lou Trangucci asked if the staff could evaluate the “minimum critical mass” that would make the project work. Mentioning the Iona College agreement, Councilman Jared Rice said they agreed they would not build on President Street if the over occupancy zoning was granted. Trangucci added there is a lot of “anxiety in the neighborhood” over this process. By far the most contentious issue

was the amount of student parking needed for the proposed dormitories. Commissioner of Development Aragon, was asked about his survey of other nearby college dormitories. Instead of reporting his findings on parking, he advised the analysis was not relevant for New Rochelle maintaining every campus and dormitory site is different. He continued that no staff member seemed to know where the present zoning of one space for every three students in the dormitory had come from, or for that matter, one parking space for four students in proposed legislation. In his opinion, one parking space for five or six students made sense. Councilwoman Shari Rackman spoke as a “mother” suggesting students living on campus have less need for a car, but those living off-campus need use of a car more readily. She suggested nearby Iona neighborhoods would be used to park cars, yet those neighborhoods are known to already be crowded with parked cars. Strome added when the site plan is approved, Iona College would have to prove adequate parking is available.

An analytical view of student parking was brought up by Councilman Barry Fertel who wanted to know if the limited amount of parking spaces would discourage cars, or if too many parking spaces would encourage students to bring cars to the college. Councilman Jared Rice suggested rules more stringent than one parking space for three students should be devised. He suggested North Avenue needed more municipal parking lots. It had been stated that Iona College provides no campus parking for commuter students. There was a request by Councilwoman Rackman for the total number of parking spaces Iona has on campus for students. She asked how those parking spaces are distributed, and whether the students that would live in the proposed dormitories could use on-campus parking. Another hearing could address many of the concerns raised so far. Peggy Godfrey is a freelance writer and former educator.

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HEALTH

Coping With Stress Brought On By Terrorist Acts The tragedy of the recent bombings at the Boston Marathon were certainly traumatic for those who were there, but it’s important to recognize how such an event can affect all of us, even if we only experienced what happened through the news reports. Many people don’t realize that such a terrible event can cause increased levels of fear, depression and stress even though they personally were far removed from what occurred. Such emotional reactions, especially when unrecognized, can directly affect our ability to function normally. We have these reactions because we recognize that what happened was unexpected and irrational. We normally understand that bad things, whether minor or major, can happen to us, but we also are aware that most of them are within our control and avoidable. We learn to tie our shoelaces so we don’t trip. We look both ways when crossing the street... we’re careful to drive our cars safely... we go to see a doctor when we realize we’re having a health problem. We recognize that there are things we can do to minimize the risks that we face in life every day and normally don’t even think about them. But an act such as a bombing that targets innocent victims, regardless of who was behind it or why it happened, is something over which we have no control and for which we can do virtually nothing to avoid the risk. It’s a normal reaction to feel scared, anxious and unsure about what the future may hold as it’s forcefully brought to our attention how dangerous the world can be. In learning to process an event it’s important to recognize that there is no right or wrong way to think, feel or react to a tragedy. Whatever you are feeling or thinking is what is right for you and something that you want to accept. You don’t want to ignore your reactions, but you also don’t want to let them incapacitate you and leave you limited by stress and fear. There are several ways you can help get past the initial emotional responses a tragedy brings. One important one is to avoid obsessively thinking about the event. You don’t want to endlessly watch news reports of the event, or find yourself imagining over and over how it happened, how it might happen to you and similar repetitive analysis of imaginary scenarios. While it can be a healthy exercise to gather information about what happened, it’s not productive or helpful to be preoccupied with following an event too closely and thinking about little else. One way to avoid over-exposure to an event is to turn off the TV news where tragedies such as Boston are often shown over and over. Images tend to make a stronger impression on us than written reports. Those TV images can also be very upsetting to children in the house, so limiting their exposure to such scenes is something you want to do. When feeling high stress related to a traumatic event, people sometimes deal with it by withdrawing and avoiding social contact. However, it’s important to get your life back on a normal keel. Simply talking about what you’re feeling and experiencing with someone who is calm, caring and understanding can help a great deal. If you don’t have someone to whom

you can turn, you can also find comfort in simply writing down for yourself what you’re experiencing and thinking. Staying connected socially, especially with loved ones and close friends, can give you a chance to hear other points of view and to express your own feelings while also allowing you to focus on things besides the tragedy. Undertaking activities that you normally do with such people, whether it’s as simple as going out to a movie or dinner, will take your mind off what has happened, reduce stress levels, and help you focus once again on a normal life. It’s also important to maintain a regular schedule in your life. Sleep, for example, is an important aid in helping reduce stress, but that doesn’t mean hiding in bed for long periods of time. Go to sleep at night and get up in the morning at the same time each day. Get regular exercise, but not too close to the time you’re going to retire. Limit the consumption of alcohol beverages, which can disturb sleep, and try relaxing activities before bedtime, such as reading a book or listening to soothing, enjoyable music. However, it’s important to recognize the warning signs of when stress has become more than you are able to handle on your own. One is when it has been several weeks since the traumatic event and you still aren’t feeling any better. You may find that, despite your best efforts, you’re still avoiding social contact and you’re having trouble functioning effectively at work or school. You may be having nightmares and experiencing irrational fears about a variety of things. You find you’re still thinking, perhaps obsessively, about what happened and find yourself avoiding things that remind you of what happened. If you are experiencing such feelings and high levels of stress, it is time to seek the help of a professional counselor. A good starting point can be your clergy if your church or synagogue has someone who has been trained in mental health issues (not all clergy are). Seeking out a counseling professional isn’t difficult. Your local yellow pages will usually have a “Counselor” section, or you can visit the American Counseling Association website at www.counseling. org where you will find a link to locating counselors in your area. When seeking a counselor, be sure to ask if they are trained and experienced in dealing with trauma issues. Feeling depressed, frightened or highly stressed at the time of a traumatic event is a very normal reaction, but when time isn’t lessening what you are experiencing and is affecting your ability to function, it’s essential to seek help to bring balance and happiness back to your life. None of us can avoid unknown and unexpected events, but it’s important to rationally understand how infrequent such events are, and how unlikely that such an event will affect you directly. A trained counselor can help you better see such things more clearly. This article is presented by the American Counseling Association is the nation’s largest organization of counseling professionals with more than 53,000 members in all 50 states and 80 other countries.

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HEALTH

Anxiety and A Change in Seasons By GLENN SLABY May today there be peace within. May I trust God that I am exactly where I am meant to be. May I not forget the infinite possibilities that I am born of faith. May I use these gifts that I have received, and pass on the love that has been given to me. May I be content knowing that I am a child of God. Let this presence settle into my bones, and allow my soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us. ---St. Therese of Lisieux.

The weather is warm. The sky is clear. The birds are chirping. The bushes are budding. How I hate this season. Every year, the same thing. This quick, drastic change of seasons is very disconcerting. The mind, the brain both seem to be off balance. Nothing is smooth or comfortable. It’s like walking on a sandy beach where every step is uneven, taken with caution. My body rhythms will adjust but it’s unpleasant. (April and May have one of the highest numbers for suicides.) The brightness and warmth just don’t help at first. The above prayer (changed ‘you’ to ‘I’) is a beacon of hope that is to be reached, but never fully achieved

in this life, at least not on a consistent basis. Sometimes the peak is touched, just momentarily and it is beautiful. Every line offers hope and a bit of frustration - sometimes a lot of frustration. And doubt. With my OCD I question - am I Lord where you want me at this moment? Am I at the right place, time, and space; is this where I should be emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually? I must trust I am. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is not called the doubter’s disease for nothing. The new season brings new thoughts of incompleteness and some old anxieties returning. It seems that thoughts, fears, not around since the fall revisit, trying to create havoc. Things seem out of sync. My miss-wired brain is firing the wrong cylinders at the wrong time. I must remember to keep moving, Reacquaint / familiarize myself with the tenants of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (see March 7, 2012) and try to return to the feelings of comfort, positive affirmations and hope. Special thanks to Beyond Blue for her inspiration. A Shout Out of Thanks to the Associated Press. “It is the right time to address how journalists handle questions of mental illness in (news) coverage.” Associated Press, Senior Vice Presi-

dent and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll. The above quote has created no small amount of joy in the fields of mental health. NAMI (National Association on Mental Illness) has reported this as a “seismic shift in the terrain of popular culture”: The reason: the Associated Press (AP) produces a composition style handbook called a Stylebook that is used by the news industry for writing guidelines. It is considered the standard for capitalization, abbreviation, numerals and spelling usage. How they approach a topic can create a ripple effect throughout the industry and even the culture. The changes are below and those who suffer from mental illness and their families will be receiving slightly fairer treatment in a world still slightly ignorant about our conditions. The following is from AP’s web site: The terms mental or psychiatric hospital not asylum should be used. Don’t describe events, places, etc. by using mental health terms: “The team’s play was schizophrenic.” • Trust people with mental illness, whenever possible, to talk about their own diagnoses. • Unless it is clearly pertinent to a story and the diagnosis is properly sourced, don’t describe an individual with mental illness.

Stay away from certain terms connoting pity, such as afflicted with, suffer from or victim of. Rather, he has obsessive-compulsive disorder.  A past history of mental illness is not necessarily a reliable indicator. Studies shown that the vast majority of people with mental illness are not violent and experts say most people who are violent do not suffer from mental illness. Don’t assume that mental illness is a factor in a violent crime, and verify statements to that effect. Unless terms such as insane, crazed/crazy, nuts, deranged, etc. are used in a quote and substantial to the report, they should not be used. Mental illness is a general condition. Specific disorders are types of mental illness and should be used whenever possible: He was diagnosed with schizophrenia, according to court documents. She was diagnosed with anorexia, according to her parents. He was treated for depression.  When diagnosis is used, identify the source. Seek firsthand knowledge; ask how the source knows. Don’t rely on hearsay or speculate. A person’s condition can change over time, so a diagnosis of mental illness might not apply anymore. On-the-record sources can be family members, mental health professionals, medical authorities, law enforcement officials and court records. Be sure they have accurate information to make the diagnosis. Provide ex-

amples of symptoms.  Avoid unsubstantiated statements by either witnesses or first responders who attribute violence to mental illness. Without direct knowledge, a first responder often is quoted as saying, that a crime was committed by a person with a “history of mental illness.” Such comments should always be attributed to someone who has knowledge of the person’s history and can authoritatively speak to its relevance to the incident.  Double-check specific symptoms and diagnoses. Avoid interpreting behavior common to many people as symptoms of mental illness. Sadness, anger, exuberance and the occasional desire to be alone are normal emotions experienced by people who have mental illness as well as those who don’t. Slowly, small modifications will help change the outlook of the spectrum of diseases that come under the broader headline of mental illness and gradually decreasing the stigma for future generations - we hope and pray. Glenn Slaby is married and has one son. A former accountant with an MBA, he is a freelancer with The Westchester Guardian, suffers from mental illness, writes part-time, and works at the New Rochelle Public Library and at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Harrison, New York.

INTERNATIONAL

Rep. Eliot Engel Statement on Kosova – Serbia Agreement WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Eliot L. Engel, the top Democratic on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the landmark agreement achieved Friday, April 19, 2013, between Kosova and Serbia to normalize ties. “I congratulate Kosova and Serbia for reaching this landmark agreement. In particular, I would like to recognize Prime Minister Hashim Thaci for his courage and willingness to make hard decisions, and Prime Minister Ivica Dacic for his pragmatism and forward leaning vision. The personal involvement and leadership

of European Union (EU) Foreign Policy Chief Lady Ashton has been critical to this historic agreement. It sends a clear signal of hope to a region which longs for an end to conflict and to peoples who want to live their lives in peace and prosperity in the European Union. This is yet another affirmation of the fact that Kosova is independent, sovereign and free. It has been nine years since the EU declared at the Thessaloniki Summit that “[t]he future of the Balkans is within the European Union.” Croatia’s July entry into the EU validates this strategic vision. Following

today’s agreement, it is time for the EU to buttress the confidence of the other Balkans states that their day is near, including Kosova. It is the shared aspiration of EU membership that binds the Balkans states together. Today’s agreement underscored a local understanding that the region will only prosper when all the states of the Balkan have joined the European family. The EU, as it offers Serbia a date for EU accession negotiations, must also offer Prishtina what other Balkan countries have already been granted: a Stabilization and Association Agreement to guide Kosova’s

European orientation and visa liberalization to give Kosova’s citizens the right to travel in the EU. The EU non-recognizers – Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain – must now affirm Kosova’s sovereignty. Their failure to recognize Kosovo will not only delay Kosovo’s progress to the EU, but Serbia’s as well. The Dialogue aimed to ensure a prosperous, EU-based future for both the people of Kosovo and Serbia. Today was a great signal that the future of the Balkans can be bright, but much work still lies ahead.”

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Read It and Eat By PAM YOUNG Kristi, my bonus daughter, is like a real daughter to me. We have such fun and yet we’re so different. This fall we spent three weeks together and the time flew! One of the days she and I went shopping and ended up in her favorite bookstore. While perusing the miniscule section on home and family, I heard her squeal with joy a few rows over and found her holding Diana Gabaldon’s latest novel in hardback. “Oh, look, it’s out, I have to get it!” “Wow, it’s huge!” “Yeah it’s about a three-pounder.” “Oh, Sweetie, I don’t think it weighs that much, maybe a pound.” “No, I don’t mean it weighs three pounds, I mean I’ll gain three pounds reading it. I love to eat while I read!” Kristi is a size three or four so she can afford to put a little “reading cushion” on her petite body, but the notion of eating while reading intrigued me because I can’t do that. I either have to read or eat to fully

enjoy either event and if I try to do both simultaneously I miss out on the best of both worlds. And it’s also a good thing for me because I read a lot and I don’t need the extra calories that would find their way into my system via time spent with Michael Connelly. I was telling my dear friend Jody about Kristi’s comment and she said, “Oh my, I’m like Kristi, I love to eat while I read and I could stand to lose some weight.” “How can you concentrate on the book if you’re eating?” I asked. “Well, while I’m actually reading I am chewing and then when I turn the page I take another bite.” “So you take a bite every time you turn a page?” “Just about! And I have the books with the big print!” ( Jody is in her 80s.) Then she said, “Wow, I could lose some of this extra weight if I stopped that habit, couldn’t I?” Do you like to eat while you read? My husband does. We read a lot of the same books and I can literally tell what he ate while he read, be-

cause invariably the evidence of the snack of choice is left on the pages. I know he ate some left-over barbequed ribs during chapter twelve of Absolute Power, because when I got to that chapter I suddenly had the urge to have ribs. If you have a habit of eating while you read and you want to lose weight, I wouldn’t suggest cold turkeying it. Start with baby steps. Decide to take a bite on even numbered pages, or at the beginning of a chapter. You could decide to take a bite only when there is an illustration or photo. (If you try that one, no fair reading comic books.) Just think, you could lose several pounds in the next year depending on how many books you read, and bites you take per page. Oh, and if you’re like me and you can’t eat and read at the same time, be so thankful! Just a thought as we head toward the great summer reading season. For more from Pam Young go to www.makeitfunanditwillgetdone. com . You’ll find many musings, videos of Pam in the kitchen preparing delicious meals, videos on how to get organized, ways to lose weight and get your finances in order, all from a reformed SLOB’s point of view.

MEDIA

It should come as no secret to regular readers of this column that I love radio. I am, after all, the guy who left a successful career on Wall Street, my occupational wife, for my longtime mistress and romantic obsession, for the one with the shapely microphones and sexy voice. Moreover, I did so for little more than fifteen percent of my former pay and a fraction of the benefits. Though I love her still, our intimate relations have revealed other sides to her that are less than attractive. Indeed, they portent the muting of the voice of the average citizen, who has been shouted down and overwhelmed by the changes in

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technicality on the books of the FCC, is running out of time. It ran out of money a long time ago. This Westchester story is not new. Even the grey lady herself, The New York Times, has taken up the cause of one Marc Sophis, the Dobbs Ferry native who got his first transmitter in 1968… he was ten years old… and has slowly grown that little box, like a slow rolling, if zigzagging, snow ball, into what it is now; a not for profit, public broadcasting outlet that serves, mostly, about 400,000 potential listeners in northern Westchester. He is virtually broke; his life saving funneled into license applications, equipment, utility bills and more. So as not to be overly romantic, Sophis is not the most savvy business man you will ever meet. He loves the medium too much to judge her dispassionContinued on page 12

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ately. He wants so badly to provide the kind of community radio that exists mostly in small towns, and even there, the conglomerates have bought out the little man. In most remote areas, today, they get the inexpensive feed of the same Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity shows as the rest of the country. The local orphanage could be burning down a half mile away, and all you will get is another hour of Rush telling you that Barack Obama is a communist. Sophis’s business model, evolved rather than planned, is the result of what he could patch or glue together, and limited by the tiny number of frequencies and their short reach, available in the

areas just outside the New York City market. As such, his station is not market based, but product centric. His market is a patchwork of Westchester communities where tiny segments of bandwidth have been available. And even when they were, the FCC, ever an example of why many people hate government took years to grant access. One such request took eight and a half years to go through. Marc does not possess the promotional genius of Bill O’Shaughnessy, my former boss, who over his fifty plus years at the helm of WVOX, has managed to manifest the singularly most wellknown community station in the country. He also does not have Bill’s WNEW promotional and busi-

ness pedigree, or his resources. Indeed, Mr. O, as he is known, knows that his success has come from his dedication to local news and events. Marc also does not have the cash or frequencies of WFAS, once a community favorite in Westchester. Its AM signal is now on dangerous rocks due to the vicissitudes of corporate ownership, and a lack of local voices. It is an interesting place. It is the destination where phone calls go to die, never to be returned. Marc may not have O’s gifts or WFAS bucks, but he will call you back. About those bucks: Because there are few local owners, and even less local focused stations, radio has become a balance sheet oriented cynical business. It is not about the truth. It is not about good journalism. It is not about providing a public service, although many in the business do try, especially dur-

ing emergencies. It is about what will get people to listen. Radio is, of course, a business, and it is essential to have listeners, sponsors… grants for public radio… and it must make money for its investors. But the changing regulations resulting in single companies being able to buy hundreds and hundreds of stations changed the business forever. The need to cut costs, maximize revenue, pay down debt and enrich multitudes of executives, created a model where it is cheaper to put a handful of showmen syndicated across a company’s stations rather than do local radio. This is what gave rise the cynicism in place of fact filled broadcasting. Why does serious radio, when hyped up with vitriol sell? Client focused radio, or for that matter any client focused business, can grab a niche, then program and sell to that

niche… It works. Putting extra nicotine in cigarettes worked. So does too much sugar in soda. So, too, does corn syrup in the bread you think is healthy for you. The best analogy is wrestling. Once radio was like college wrestling, it was real. Now, too much of it is a staged show, like professional wrestling, designed only so you will listen. My radio woman is not the same gal I fell in love with. I still love her the way one loves a wayward spouse. We are too besotted to leave each other. But she is not doing what she promised. Not for Marc Sophis, anyway. Without a grant or a deep pocket benefactor sometime soon, Marc’s fortyyear struggle will come to a heroic, though sad, end. Bob Marrone is a radio talk show host, author, and freelance writer for The Westchester Guardian.

MUSIC

THE SOUNDS OFBLUE By Bob Putignano “Finally again, Cosimo Matassa (and his musical cohorts) remembered for a 2nd time here.” Rating: 8 Each of the four discs contain twenty-eight songs, making for a grand total of one hundred and twelve titles collected from an engineer (not a producer) who put New Orleans on the R&B and Rock & Roll map. This second volume follows on the heels of Proper Music’s first Matassa four disc compilation from ’07. All expected suspects are covered: Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Art Neville, Little Richard et all, as well as (somewhat) lesser known nuggets from Crescent City originators: Dave Bartholomew, Smiley Lewis, Bobby Charles, Huey “Piano” Smith, Lee Allen, Eddie Bo, Frankie Ford, Earl King, Johnny Adams, Alvin “Red” Tyler, Mac Rebennack, Professor Longhair, Charles Brown (with Amos Milbunr,) Jessie Hill, Lee Dorsey, Ernie K. Doe, Irma Thomas, Chris Kenner, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Barbara George and a number

of regional and/or national artists with several (early) peeks of emerging artists who later gained larger notoriety after this fertile period of work. It’s also a mix of vocal/band recordings with solid instrumentals from Lee Allen and Red Tyler which harkens back to a time when instrumentals had the potential to achieve Top Forty hit-status recordings. Also included is a thirty-two page booklet with detailed discography notes and some rare photos, with an excellent and insightful essay by Joop Visser who also compiled and produced this wonderful collection, and was the reissue producer for the first Cosimo Matassa Story. Like other Proper box sets each CD is enclosed in a cardboard sleeve with track listings and length times of each song. All of this securely fits into a well-made, highquality and sturdy cardboard box. Considering its age all tracks sound recently re-mastered utilizing current technologies and are pleasant to the ears. If you are already

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familiar with the Cosimo Matassa first volume you should also enjoy this new companion edition. Even if you might already have several of these tunes in your collection as it’s sweet having them collected together in one fine box set. Last but not least: Let us not forget how the always humble Matassa made huge contributions to the music industry, which is why he was recognized and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. * Note: I recently spoke with the noted author John Broven who has a powerful affinity to all music and especially New Orleans music, who told me that Matassa is not well and now resides in rehab home. Unfortunately Cosimo is not available for interviews. Please say a prayer. Additionally check this out: www.cosimocode.com Bob Putignano www.SoundsofBlue. com

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POLICE

Blue Wall of Silence, Police Unions, Oversight and the Black Community  By DAMON K. JONES As a Law Enforcement Officer for 23 years and 13 years as a Union Delegate, I have assisted in the passing of state legislation for rights and benefits of Correction Officers. As I stated in earlier writings, law enforcement unions play a distinct role in the protection of labor rights and benefits for families of union’s members against the interests of those that employ those members.    When labor rights are used as a cover for blatant criminal acts of violations of civil and constitutional rights of citizens by law enforcement there can be problems with the inherent conflict of interests. Some will argue it’s still in the union’s interest to act in ways that help the employee succeed. Others will say that covering for possible crimes and constitutional violations are ultimately more detrimental to their members in the long run with lost of integrity, respect and cooperation with those they have sworn to protect.     In the highly publicized New York City Mayoral race, Democratic candidates are being criticized by Police Unions for proposing legislation for an Inspector General. Inspector General perform investigations to help ensure that agencies are following the law; to identify waste, fraud, and abuse; to find deficiencies in agencies’ programs that limit the ability to achieve their mission; to recommend corrective action; and to ensure appropriate transparency and oversight.     According to the Amsterdam News, there have been, “224 people killed by police in New York since the killing of Amadou Diallo”, who was killed by 41-bullets, fired by four undercover NYPD officers in 1999. In 2012 alone, NYPD killed 21 people, averaging nearly two killings a month. The same stats show that nearly 90 percent of those killed were Black or Hispanic. New York has a history, dating back to the 1940’s, that Black officers in plain clothes or off-duty have been shot at, shot, or killed by their white

counterparts. There have been 27 incidents in New York like this that have accrued and NEVER happen in the reverse.     Westchester County has not been immune to these types of incidences. The killing of Detective Christopher Ridley put the spotlight on the need for better police training, oversight and embedded racial issues within many police departments and communities of color in Westchester County. After the Ridley incident, there was questionable police shooting and conduct in the cases with victims like; DJ Henry, NYPD Sgt. Kisseidu, and retired Correction Officer Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. In the DJ Henry case, the federal deposition of Mount Pleasant Police Chief Louis Alagno and Lt. Fanelli has exposed the “Modus Oporandi” of the police departments in covering up deaths of black men. According to the Federal Depositions, theses two law enforcement officials not only generated false reports but Police Chief Alagno made false statements to the press concerning the actual incidents that led to the shooting of DJ Henry.   Families of law enforcement, like regular civilian families whose loved ones are shot, shot at, or killed are subjected to the Police Union rhetoric of blaming the victim. Weeks after the killing of DJ Henry, Pleasantville Police Department and its Police Benevolent Association gave the shooter, Officer Aron Hess, the “Officer of the Year Award”. What acts of kindness and goodness was committed other than he killed a young black man in whom the circumstances are still in dispute? What message does this send to the wider community, the black community and to the family that is grieving? After millions of dollars of legal fees, judgments and settlements, not one law enforcement union has yet to offer any proactive solution on how we can stop this epidemic, even when one of their own have been killed.     In examining Christopher Doners infamous “Manifesto” brings back chilling memories of what many good officers have witnessed

but are too afraid to report. A good officer reporting police crimes and abuse becomes a target and outcast. In many cases, police management and elected officials cover many dirty deeds of a few bad apples by going after the officer that reported the dirty secret or what they call the “leak”. In many cases some are outcast or fired. Many black officers have faced the “Doner Scenario” for just standing up for what’s right in their department and in their communities. It’s a shame that even an officer standing up for justice is labeled “Anti- Cop” and this is why many officers, both black and white stay silent today.     In his 2005 book “Breaking Rank: A Top Cop’s Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing”, former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper explains the implicit threats that make the Blue Wall so successful: “You have to rely on your fellow officers to back you. A cop with a reputation as a snitch is one vulnerable police officer, likely to find his peers slow to respond to requests for backup—if they show up at all. A snitch is subject to social snubbing or malicious mischief, or sabotage. The peer pressure is childish and churlish, but it’s real. Few cops can stand up to it.”    The Mollen Commission reported in 1994, that NYPD department’s leadership and Internal Affairs Bureau were found to be looking the other way while the police trafficked weapons and sold protection to drug dealers. The commission’s central recommendation was that the city create a strong independent body to monitor the police remains, as relevant today, as it was during that scandal nearly 20 years ago.     The Mollen Commission Report also noted, “Police unions and fraternal organizations can do much to increase professionalism of our police officers. Unfortunately, based on their observations and on information received from prosecutors, corruption investigators, and high-ranking police officials, police unions sometimes fuel the insularity that characterizes police culture.”   The conclusion of the

Mollen Commission was that the report identified a conflict of interest for the unions, which protect the interests of individual officers and promote the larger interests of their members, finding that. Ironically, “the PBA does a great disservice to the vast majority of its members who would be happy to see corrupt cops prosecuted for their crimes and removed from their jobs.”    Many officers believe in integrity of the law and the protection of

the community as a whole, according to their oath. It must be a revolutionary change in the mindset of the individual officer to change the embedded blue wall culture that has disintegrated the respect of transparency and integrity with the law enforcement officers as well as the community that they claim to serve.  Damon K. Jones is the New York Representative of Blacks In Law Enforcement of America.

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The BookShelf

The Ghost of Dorothy Parker

amount about her. Therefore, it was with some trepidation that I sat down to read “Farewell, Dorothy Parker”(Putnam, 2013; ISBN 978-0399159077), a novel by Ellen Meister. I tend not, as a rule, to like historical novels when a well known historical figure is a main character in the book -- often the character during her / his lifetime could not possibly have been in the location or situation described and / or the manner or speech attributed to the character is patently unbelievable (Caleb Carr did a wonderful job in “The Alienist” with his portrayal of Theodore Roosevelt but I cannot accept Abraham Lincoln as a “Vampire Hunter”). I should not have worried. There could have been no timeconflicting incidents between the lives Meister’s Parker and the actual one because Meister’s story takes place forty-five years after Parker’s death -- the Dorothy Parker in the book is the ghost of the late writer, a ghost that may materialize to the heroine movie critic Violet Epps and / or others, drink gin, and, on occasion, take over Violet’s body.

Additionally, Meister captured Parker’s sarcasm, wit, and selfdeprecating voice extremely well. While reading the book, I went back and re-read Parker’s 1956 interview with the Paris Review, “Dorothy Parker, The Art of Fiction No. 13” (www.theparisreview. org/interviews/4933/the-art-offiction-no-13-dorothy-parker) to compare the “voices” and found that Meister did an outstanding job. I was not the only one to accept Meister’s Dorothy Parker as authentic as a fictional rendition could be. Marion Meade, author of the aforementioned biography, is quoted on the jacket of the book as saying “Gone four decades and still missed, Dorothy Parker now has a starring role in Ellen Meister’s delicious new novel. No doubt Mrs. Parker, wherever she is, must be smiling.” I enjoyed the book. It is not “War and Peace” -- nor is it intended to be. It is the fast-paced story of how the Parker ghost draws the talented Violet out of her shell of insecurity and self-doubt into the strong and confident woman that she might have been all along had

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becomes your tragedy.” Everyone – absolutely everyone – sympathizes with the Wheelers and the other Newtown families. Everyone understands the need of a parent, in the face of a senseless, devastating death of a beloved child, to feel that something good must come out of it. If we lose a child to disease, we crusade against the disease. If we lose a child to gun violence, we crusade against gun violence. It is the natural reaction of a grief-stricken mother or father. We all understand their pain, and most of us try to support them when we can. But “support” is not the same as exploitation or appeasement. Passing irrelevant or counterproductive legislation to satisfy a grieving parent would be appeasement. Using that parent’s pain to promote a preexisting, and largely unrelated, policy objective is exploitation. Obama did not hesitate to exploit the Newtown parents’ pain to promote a gun-control agenda long favored by many in his party.

By JOHN F. McMULLEN “You can lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think.” “… performance runs the gamut of emotion from A to B” -- commenting on a performance by Katherine Hepburn. “How do they know?” -- on hearing that ex-President Calvin Coolidge had died “This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.” The four quotes above are just four of the thousands of reasons that I have adored the wit, criticism, short stories, and poetry of Dorothy Parker (in spite of the fact that I really like Katherine Hepburn also) for most of my life (Other Parker quotes may be found on “Goodreads” -- http:// www.goodreads.com/author/ quotes/24956.Dorothy_Parker). This feeling for the estimable Mrs. Parker (August 22, 1893 – June

7, 1967) is certainly not unique to me. For example, forty-six years after her death, admiration for her is all over Facebook: www.facebook.com/DorothyParkerQuotes -- which has 79,693 “Likes” w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / pages/Dorothy-Parker/107711119252340 -- 16,992 “Likes” www.facebook.com/pages/ Dorothy-Parker/13286511818 -12, 405 “Likes” I have multiple copies of all her writings (I seem to buy a new copy of “The Portable Dorothy Parker” whenever I misplace one; I must have at least four copies) and have read Marion Meade’s 1989 biography, “Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?” (and keep a copy on my Kindle for reference); Meade, by the way is also the editor of the “Portable Dorothy Parker.” In other words, I both greatly like Parker and know a fair

she not been overwhelmed by a domineering older sister, an unsuccessful marriage, and a selfish boyfriend. Parker does this through deceit, manipulation, cajoling and duplicity while managing to also deal with some of her own lingering problems. The book is well-written, as one might expect from a teacher of Creative Writing at Hofstra University, and weaves together intrigue and romance (with a bit of sex) into a fast-moving story made even more interesting with the presence of the Parker ghost. Based on my enjoyment of “Farewell, Dorothy Parker,” I will read one or more of Meister’s other books (“The Other Life,” “The Smart One,” “Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA,” and “The Wishing Cake”). “Farewell, Dorothy Parker” is available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble and more information may be obtained at ellenmeister.com. Happy Reading!

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CURRENT COMMENTARY

By LARRY M. ELKIN The bombs that were used to attack the Boston Marathon this week were fashioned from pressure cookers stuffed with nails and other shrapnel, authorities believe. Should we respond by requiring that pressure cookers be registered with federal authorities, or that prospective purchasers of kitchenware undergo criminal background checks? Nobody seems to think so. Such measures would not stop the next twisted individual who is intent on killing or maiming as many strangers as possible. Enacting such rules might momentarily assuage our need to “do something” in response to the Boston outrage, but we would merely inconvenience our fellow law-abiding citizens and stigmatize a widely used product.

“Our pressure cookers…are not intended to be used for any purpose other than cooking,” the maker, Fagor America Inc., said in a statement reported by The Boston Globe and its affiliated website, Boston. com. We can have a rational discussion about how to stop the wouldbe bombers in our midst. But when it comes to guns and the mass shootings in which they are sometimes used, our reasoning ability seems to disappear. President Obama and other advocates of gun-control legislation were roundly defeated in the Senate this week. Obama was visibly enraged at a White House news conference in which he pronounced it “a pretty shameful day” and vowed to continue pressing for federal legislation. Obama had pulled out all the emotional stops to try to get the Senate to approve at least a com-

promise measure that would have expanded the use of pre-sale background checks for gun buyers. Notably, he yielded the microphone for last Saturday’s weekly presidential address to Francine Wheeler, whose 6-year-old son Ben was among the victims of the mass shooting at Newtown, Conn., in December. Most of the measures the Senate considered this week would have had no conceivable impact in Newtown. Shooter Adam Lanza used weapons owned by his mother, Nancy, a gun collector who was among his victims. From what is publicly known, there is no reason to believe Nancy Lanza would have had any problem passing a background check. “Thousands of other families across the United States are also drowning in our grief,” Wheeler told the country as her husband, David, sat silently next to her. “Please help us do something before our tragedy

I don’t mean to imply that the president’s own sympathy for those parents is insincere, or that he does not believe in the policies he is joining with them to promote. I think Obama was as horrified by Newtown as anyone else. Due to his office, he probably feels more responsibility than most of us. He likewise feels the need to “do something.” Obama, like many gun-control advocates, caricatures opponents as gun-loving right-wing nut jobs, or at least as ideologues and tools of the National Rifle Association. The president supports gun control measures that would have no major impact on gun offenses, but would make it more cumbersome for Americans to legally own and transfer guns. Obama sees little downside in this because, I believe, he and other gun control backers see little upside in gun ownership. How many times have we heard advocates observe that a gun’s only purpose is to hurt Continued on page 15

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someone? (Minor allowances are made for hunting and target shooting.) This trivializes the reasons so many Americans – tens if not hundreds of millions – own guns. Many keep them for self-defense. Some, who work or play outdoors, rely on weapons to protect livestock and pets. Some, like my rancher friend in Montana, live miles from the nearest neighbor and dozens of miles from the nearest town. Practically everyone owns a gun in such places. Though I have no statistics handy to prove it, I’d bet that more

American households own guns than own pressure cookers. Go ahead and dismiss them – and me – as “gun nuts” if you want, but be advised that I do not own a gun and have never even fired one. I am certainly not a member of the NRA. I just want policy responses that make sense. We are not going to stop shooters from getting guns, any more than we can stop bombers from getting pressure cookers. The best defense is to identify and stop these people before they can act. We are never going to be perfect at this, yet we can probably get better. I wish Obama and the New-

town parents would focus their efforts on finding ways to identify and treat or stop the next Adam Lanza before he steals his mother’s guns, kills her and shoots his way into a school. Vilifying opponents of gun-restricting measures will not do this, and neither will passing irrelevant legislation just because we feel the need to “do something.”

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High-strung Quartet By JOHN SIMON Douglas Carter Beane’s The Nance is probably his best play, which in my book is only ankle-high praise. It is an affectionate, funnypathetic tribute to burlesque, its comics and strippers, and above all its Nance. This was a swishy, limpwristed, mincing homosexual, made amiable fun of. As Chauncey Miles,

he is the title character in a play for which Beane has obviously done sedulous research, and obtained the intended Nathan Lane to give a capital performance. Beane has re-created the late 30s in almost fanatical social, political and sexual detail and an inexhaustible array of burlesque’s naughty puns and smutty double entendres. Lane delivers them compellingly, ably abetted by Lewis J. Stadlen as Efram, the seedy bur-

Jonny Orsini as Ned and Nathan Lane as Chauncey Miles in “The Nance”.

Nathan Lane as Chauncey Miles in “The Nance”.

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Rogers Follies, The Producers, and other triumphs. There is also a gay love story, as Chauncey picks up Ned, a strapping young Buffalonian, at the Automat (a homosexual meeting place), and they live together briefly, only to part at—again—the Automat. A parting that’s only a little sweat for Chauncey, but crushing for the vulnerable Ned, well played by Jonny Orsini. Add to these evocative sets by the dependable John Lee Beatty, impeccable costumes by Ann Roth, and the incisive direction of Jack O’Brien, and you have an efficient show with fair wit and passable pathos. But do not expect transcendence. There is, however, a jarring final touch, not called for by the script. In The Asssembled Parties, the

author Richard Greenberg, having already come out of the gay closet, comes out of the Semitic one as well. This is the story of an extended Jewish family with what I’d call an

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Christmases, 1980 and 2000, with mostly talk and talk, but also two deaths during the intermission between its two acts.

There is ostentatious reveling in period detail, and a goodly number of funny one-liners. Thus, Julie, the heroine, says of her dying motherin-law, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only 87. But sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an old 87.â&#x20AC;? Or when Jeff, a family friend and chief male character, observes modestly, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give off

the sense that I am the first Jew on paper currency since Lincoln. Ha, ha.â&#x20AC;? There is also fancy verbiage, as about a necklace of fake rubies, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This rutilated, asterized treasure.â&#x20AC;? There is even a farcical female relative, Faye, whose jokiness almost steals the show.

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But the problem remains that none of their problems matter a whole lot, with all pretty much a tempest in some tchotchkes. It is zealously acted, principally by Jessica Hecht as Julie, if you can take her singsong delivery and indomitable sameness; Jeremy Shamos as

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High-strung Quartet Continued from page 17 Santo Loquasto. Photos of “The Nance” by and courtesy of Joan Marcus. Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street, 45th Street Between 6th and 7th Avenues, New York, NY 10036. Tickets: 1-800-901-4092.

Motown-The Musical.

The supererogatorily titled Motown: The Musical (what else could it be?) is a thoroughly mixed bag. For one thing, Motown is no town for my taste in music; for another, based on the autobiography of Berry Gordy, founder of Motown, it is truth well varnished, as adapted by Gordy and two “script consultants,” David Goldsmith and Dick Scanlan, probably more put upon than putting in. The story—you must have heard, or heard of, it—concerns how a young black kid, with some support from his family, went from New Jersey obscurity to hit record production in Detroit and later farther West, launching stars and earning millions. The musical squeezes in 59 song numbers, including three not so hot ones written for the show by Gordy and Michael Lovesmith, as delivered by 40 performers, some in several roles.

Motown-The Musical.

Under the circumstances, not even the five principals could be viewed more than superficially, embellished but oversimplified. Still, if you cherish this music, and forgive the necessary abbreviations while nostalgically reliving youthful memories, you may be afloat in perfect bliss. I myself appreciated mostly the

singing and dancing, appropriately choreographed by Patricia Wilcox and Warren Adams, as well as the ingenious décor by David Korins and rainbow lighting by Natasha Katz, plus some fetching costumes by Esosa. Nothing wrong with the performances of Brandon Victor Dixon (Gordy), Valisia LeKae (Diana Ross), Charl Brown (Smoky Robinson), Bryan Terrell Clark (Marvin Gaye), and little Raymond Luke Jr. in three parts including that of Michael Jackson, especially if you overlook Charles Randolph-Wright’s routine direction. Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th Street, between 8th Avenue and Broadway, New York, NY 10036. Tickets: 1-800-901-4092.

Orphans

Orphans (1983) by Kyle Kessler had me wondering what need for reviving this unremarkable boule-

vard melodrama. Its international popularity may be largely due to requiring only three actors and one set. It concerns three orphans. The evil older brother, the nasty Treat, who bullies his younger brother, Phillip, infantile and agoraphobic, and lures away from a bar Harold, a Chicago businessman and likewise an orphan, actually a gangster. He is held for ransom in the brothers’ dingy North Philadelphia apartment. Gradually, though, the prisoner takes control of his captors, coaching them into employees and upgrading their digs and threads as he bosses them around. A violent ending ensues. The three roles are eminently actable, as Kessler expects the audience to be “deeply moved, deeply entertained, deeply joyful.” He also thinks the play very Philadelphian (why?) and celebrating the human

spirit (how?). This is wishful thinking, but Britishers Ben Foster (Treat) and Tom Sturridge (Phillip) manage to be aptly American. The former rough, the latter tentative, but acrobatically leaping across the furniture like a perfervid gazelle. John Lee Beatty has designed with his customary expertise, Daniel Sullivan has directed with his usual savvy, and Alec Baldwin is delectable as Harold, exuding a baleful charm. But about celebrating the human spirit I remain seriously doubtful Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street (George Abbott Way), between Broadway and 8th Avenue,  New York, NY 10036. Tickets: 1-800-BROADWAY. John Simon has written for over 50 years on theatre, film, literature, music and fine arts for the Hudson Review, New Leader, New Criterion, National Review, New York Magazine, Opera News, Weekly Standard, Broadway. com and Bloomberg News. Mr. Simon holds a PhD from Harvard University in Comparative Literature and has taught at MIT, Harvard University, Bard College and Marymount Manhattan College. To learn more, visit the JohnSimonUncensored.com website.

THEFT OF SER VICES

NCC Executive Director Bostic Refuses to Pay Staff By HEZI ARIS The March 8 and 22 checks bounced; the April 8th check was not disbursed. The Yonkers Tribune / The Westchester Guardian gave notice of Rev. Dr. Jim Bostic’s yearly modus operandi of NOT paying the staff that work by gipping them out of their bi-monthly check payments toward the end of the school year. On April 5th, in the article: [ EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS: Nepperhan Community Center Executive Director Dr. Bostic Busted Again th

Amid Community and Government Silence By HEZI ARIS ] http://www.yonkerstribune. com/2013/04/exclusive-breakingnews-nepperhan-communitycenter-executive-director-dr-bostic-busted-again-amid-co.html, notice to his continuing legacy of subterfuge was revealed. Within days of the Yonkers Tribune / The Westchester Guardian exposing his conduct, Bostic covered the checks that had bounced. He also advised the people attending the meeting he called, that on Friday, April 12, 2013, “here and now,” Bostic asserted, “you will get your money for Friday. Alas, Friday, April 12th

came and went, no one got paid for those two weeks. Earlier this week, Bostic advised that no one should expect to get paid for the days that are due to have been paid for on April 5th. People are owed for services rendered to the Nepperhan Community Center. They are not being paid. Where did the money go? It does seem as though Bostic is deflected from righting the financial crisis he caused at NCC. Instead of dealing with his fiduciary responsibility he has to pay the NCC employees that do the work, as opposed to the “friends and family” no shows, vis-à-vis the money entrusted by grantors to

benefit the Nepperhan Community Center. It does seem as though Bostic has forgotten that the grant money directed to NCC is for the community’s benefit and not for his growing patronage mill of “no shows”. Pastor James Hassel, who drives a luxury Jaguar sedan gets paid by NCC, despite not rendering any service(s) for the benefit of the Nepperhan Community Center. Does Pastor Hassel also get paid to be a spokesman / advocate for Ron Shemesh’s Glenwood Power Station - Trevor Park Development Project? It is interesting

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to note that Bostic is also a spokesman / advocate for the project. Is Bostic getting paid? While Councilman Johnson (D-1st DisCLASSIFIED ADS trict) is immersed in Shemesh’s Glenwood Office Space AvailablePower Station / Trevor Park Development Prime Location, Yorktown Heights Project, Johnson pretends to be defend1,000 Sq. Ft.: $1800. Contact Wilca: 914.632.1230 ing the community’s interest while instead, he pushes the Glenwood Power Station – Prime Retail - Westchester County Best Location in Yorktown Heights Trevor Park Development by working with Mayor Spano’s City Hall, yet keeping all but 1100 Sq. Ft. Store $3100; 1266 Sq. Ft. store $2800 and 450 Sq. Ft. Store $1200. a select few in the community aware of all Suitable for any type of business. Contact Wilca: 914.632.1230 the aspects and ramifications of the development. HELP WANTED Yonkers City Hall funds NCC to someA non profit Performing Arts Center is seeking two job positions- 1) Director of Development- FT-must have a background in development or experespect; if Bostic is incapable of manag-rience fundraising, knowledge of what development entails and experiing the money NCC receives to benefit theence working with sponsors/donors; 2) Operations Manager- must have a knowledge of computers/software/ticketing systems, duties include community interests, despite having the lat-good overseeing all box office, concessions, movie staffing, day of show lobby est software to make the planning of whatstaffing such as Merchandise seller, bar sales. Must be familiar with POS he needs and how many people he can hiresystem and willing to organize concessions. Full time plus hours. Call (203) based on the grants NCC receives, he must438-5795 and ask for Julie or Allison be curtailed by Yonkers City Hall.

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GOVERNMENTSection MAYOR Marvin’s COLUMN

GOVERNMENT

Improving Service and Response Time in Bronxville By Mayor MARY C. MARVIN This past week Village Department Heads and I met with Con Edison representatives for the third time in an effort to improve service/ response time in Bronxville in the aftermath of experiences during Hurricane Sandy. We have partnered with Con Edison to share ideas in a collegial way that has proven productive. To understand power outages, familiarity with our unique grid system is essential. As background, the Village is powered from three feeders; one in Tuckahoe, one in Mount Vernon near Village Hall and one in Yonkers just over the West Side border. During Hurricane Sandy, in order to “power” the Village much of the electrical work took place outside the Village boundaries. This unique configuration of service caused frustration and confusion for our government and residents alike as we seemed to see crew teams everywhere but Bronxville. Electricity is then sent from the

feeders into Village loops comprising whole neighborhoods. During Hurricane Sandy, when a feeder went down almost half the Village immediately lost power, and if a pole fell, an entire loop would go down. Proactively, Con Edison has changed power configurations so as to avoid the above scenarios. The new system adds switches and fuses to loops allowing power outages to be segmented into much smaller sections. Now if a tree should fall in one yard, only the adjacent homes would lose power, not the entire neighborhood. In a Village such as ours, where falling trees are commonplace even in routine storms, the benefit will be enormous. No matter how localized the outage, Con Edison advised us that homeowners still must call in to the 1-800-75-CONED number and report it because the switches/fuses must be reset manually by dispatching a truck. Based on resident feedback and the experience of Village Hall staffers during Hurricane Sandy, the following are some of the suggestions we made to Con Edison

going forward: Inaccurate information is worse than no information at all. The robo calls during Hurricane Sandy with estimated power resumption times proved largely inaccurate and led people to return home or re-fill refrigerators only to have power remain out for days. The computer data maps of outage areas must sync with real time conditions. Many residents called in outages only to then access a computer which erroneously showed their home having power on the Con Edison map. Con Edison cars, trucks and staffers’ vests should be clearly marked as to their function. Residents were frustrated when they saw Con Edison crews not restoring power, when in fact their assignment was to either guard or de-energize live wires only. Clearly delineating the job at hand would stem the confusion. A simple truck marking or vest lettering would go a long way for clarity of duties, and keep questions at a minimum. The Con Edison liaisons for every community should have continuity and permanent assign-

ments when emergencies occur. Liaisons with a knowledge of Village streets and vital services such as hospitals and schools are critical to truck dispatching and assessing the location of needs when assigning priorities. In storms prior to Hurricane Sandy, Con Edison staffers were completely confused when dispatching trucks to the Village and ended up sending them to the Yonkers/Bronxville P.O. Per regulations, out-of-town crews cannot work on live wires due to their unfamiliarity with the local systems. Con Edison needs to alert municipalities immediately when crews need to temporarily cut power to make repairs for others on the same grid. As example, during Hurricane Sandy, Parkway Road residents finally received power only to have it go out hours later. We were not notified that it was a temporary “de power” in order to help other residents near Sarah Lawrence, so we could not give our residents any accurate information as to power resumption. I am extremely confident that Con Edison is making genuine

and productive efforts to improve the accuracy and quality of their emergency services and they have been very receptive to our operational suggestions. Regardless of what Con Edison services are ultimately updated, residents will still have to call their outages in on a daily basis for best service. Con Edison makes no assumptions that because your next door neighbor called in, you also do not have power Con Edison has informed us that the cost of relocating wires underground is $7 to $10 million per lane mile, plus a streetto-home hook-up fee which is dependent on the topography of each property. Given that the Village has approximately seven lane miles, the cost is beyond what anyone is willing to undertake. In the recent Village Hall renovations, a very powerful generator was installed so during outages, residents can always come to Village Hall for warmth or to recharge equipment. If you have any further recommendations as to improving electrical service, kindly e-mail me at mayor@ vobny.com. Mary C. Marvin is the mayor of the Village of Bronxville, New York.

BUDGET

Mayor Mike Spano Concocts Fake Budget Gap By HEZI ARIS Yonkers City Council Not Equipped to Audit Proposed Budget It was during the anticipated cold and rainy days of April in 2012 that the comedy tag team of former NYS Assemblyman Richard Brodsky and former New York State Lt. Governor Richard Ravitch (B&R) presented a doom and gloom scenario to Yonkersites from the Mayor’s Conference Room. To the quick, the

calamity before “The City of Hills, Where Nothing is On the Level” painted a chilling scenario of inevitable ruin. It was April 2012. After a month long forensic financial analysis, the actuarial wizards concluded FY20122013 would find the City of Yonkers (CoY) confronting an $89.3 million gap. Miracle of miracles, the budget shortfall, after a quick side show when NYS Comproller Thomas DiNapoli looked askance at the numbers submitted, later corrected without the loss of one position, won his approval. The walls did not collapse, despite the

chilling prognosis. Yonkersites took the unfolding drama in stride; heck, Yonkersites had been there and done that so often, the ‘play’ was no longer worthy of their time. Another year’s reprieve permitted the protagonists on the scene to concoct a better show for FY2013-2014. From the time the FY2012-2013 Budget Proposal was passed to Mayor Mike Spano’s divulging the Mayor’s Proposed FY 2013-2014 Proposed Budget, there was no mention of the projected ‘gap’ deduced by clairvoyant crystal ball readers Brodsky and

Ravitch; the dastardly B&R duo distilled a ‘gap’ of $86 million for the upcoming year last year when they were invited to Yonkers City Hall. They were proven right, well, in a sense. The $86 million ‘gap’ was and still remains the magic nut to crack, something Mayor Mike Spano claims to have successfully achieved... It is balanced. Has nothing changed in the 15 months since the financial scrutiny by the B&R Team began its forensic exploration? Were Brodsky & Ravitch

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so exact? How could that be? Let’s look. B&R postulated an $86 million ‘gap’, the so-called baseline. Without any increased revenue of any kind, and despite increased cost to which Mayor Spano divulged additional financial stress, the prognostication did not move one cent to the negative or to the positive. Either Brodsky & Ravitch exhibit a loquacious act of only gab, or they are inept and simply full of themselves, or like the Laurel & Hardy characters revered in tandem with the March of the Wooden Soldiers during Christmas holidays, other protagonists have failed to cover their tracks! Despite the cost of Hurricane Sandy, divulged by Mayor Mike Spano to have amassed over $8 million in infrastructure damage, the $86 million ‘gap’ did not move the budget deficit one iota. Despite the incursion of over $5 million in overtime costs caused by Mayor Mike Spano not hiring a new class of Firefighter Probies to maintain the contractual minimum manning levels, the $86 million ‘gap’ did not move the budget deficit one iota. Despite contention circulated by Yonkers Public School Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio that the Yonkers Board of Education deficit was $43.5 million, an elected member of the New York State Legislature corrected that figure by noting it was instead $48 million. The difference between the false assertion of $43.5 million and the factual $48 million figure, is $4.5 million. The $4.5 million ‘gap’ did not move the budget deficit one iota. A recent report also points out that the Mayor’s conduct with regard to the Safer Grant has cost CoY $2.5 million. Despite the hostility by Mayor Spano toward the YFD, the minimum manning situation and other contractual agreements vis-à-vis City Hall and YFD validated I.A.F.F. Local 628, the $2.5 million ‘gap’ did not move the budget deficit one iota. Numerous personnel changes have caused positions to be filled with new personnel who have also garnered increased remuneration, in some cases $20,000 more per annum than the person replaced. Many people have been employed at city jobs on a “no show” basis. New positions have been created that are in addition to ones already in place. When NYS Comptroller denied approval of last year’s budget, the Spano Administration returned the budget with reallocated numbers. They moved costs initially allocated to benefit the ledger funding the Fire Department by filling a wanting gap in another ledger line but they were supposed to refill the ledger allocation they took from the the Fire Department by returning it to that specific ledger. Mayor Spano did not do the right thing. By not refilling the $5 million fake ‘deficit’ City Hall makes it seem the YFD went over budget by $5 million. The $5 million is in the budget but it is obscured by the creative auditing firm of Bennet Kielson. Nick DeSantis is a conflicted auditor. He is the

lead man auditing the Mayor’s Proposed Budget, the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency, and consultant to the Yonkers City Council. Mr DeSantis had years ago lost his contract for auditing the YBoE. Mr DeSantis learned to be a “good boy” by doing what he was tolds, that is, hide the money from the Yonkers City Councilmembership and the public in the chicken scratch he calls a certified audit. No mater what he calls it, he cannot validate any given line in the ledger to validate every expense for which funds are allocated. He is mediocre in spinning the press. Last but not least, the $86 million ‘gap’ was closed by a valuation of 0.9 percent, or as some would like to focus, on another figure 1.75 percent. Neither 0.9 percent or 1.75 percent equates to filling the $86 million ‘gap’, much less the extra costs that they do not want to bother adding to the $86 million baseline and the overlooked new hires, new positions, skullduggery in the ledger, etc. Its simple… $86 million PLUS $8 million PLUS $5 million PLUS $4.5 million PLUS $2.5 million is lost Safer Grant revenue EQUALS $105.5 million PLUS all those non-existent jobs, all those no-show jobs, and newly created positons. So let us call it $105.5 million GAP PLUS. So how did they close the ‘gap’? Let us not forget the uncollected funds due CoY. The money for the YPD Rent-a-Cop program; $4.1 million CoY paid that goes unpaid; the arrears due form X2o that are much greater than $500,000. The $800,000 due CoY by the Yonkers Parking Authority for an illegal eminent domain lawsuit lost by former Deputy Mayor Phil Amicone’s blunder; the $489,000 paid on behalf of Phil Amicone that came out of the taxpayer’s coffer and is still unaccounted for in any budget, and on and on. I won’t waste my time writing it all down. The facts we have exposed do not interest the taxpayer who is getting soaked. I suggest the Yonkers City Council pass Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano’s Proposed FY 2013-2014 Budget not because it is appropriately allocated, but because it is not. In so doing, The Albany Delegation will be on the hook to the scam, as will notice be afforded Governor Andrew Cuomo, NYS Comptroller DiNapoli, NYS Attorney General Erick Schneiderman, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District Court, and Yonkers Inspector General Kitley Covill, as well as Yonkersites within the city environs and without. Each WILL be responsible to abide by the law, though they will not!! One day a sheriff will ride into the City of Hills to stop the theft and scams that continue unabated to this day! Until that day, nothing will be done because those in elected office care only for themselves than for the Public good. If that is not the case… let’s see someone prove otherwise. Mayor Mike Spano’s FY 2014-2015 Budget Proposal is scheduled to be divulged mid-April 2014. The deficit is said by Brodsky & Ravitch to amount to $102 million.

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White Plains Indicts Smith By CARLOS GONZALEZ Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Queens) was officially indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday for alleged bold and behind-the-scenes bribes for placement on the NYC mayoral ballot. The indictment also charges City Councilman Dan Halloran of Queens in the alleged scheme. Two weeks ago, the two Queens politicians were busted by FBI agents for the plot. The Smith indictment has been a detriment to Senator Jeff Klein (DBronx/Westchester) who leads the Independent Democratic Conference, a renegade quintet of Democrats who have alligned with Senate Republicans for power. Throughout New York and in Albany, renewed calls for Smith to step down from the State Senate have been echoed in the chamber. “As I said hours after the arrest, given the level of criminality alleged, I believe that Senator Smith should seriously consider whether or not he can continue to effectively serve his constituents,” said Sen. Jeff Klein. Klien does not have the authority to remove Smith from the Senate, but has removed him from any leadership and committee responsibility. Albany reconvened for the first

Stemming from the Smith arrest, a major battle between downstate GOP leaders erupted when Manhattan GOP Chairman Dan Isaacs threatened to sue Sen. Marty Golden for slander if the senator wouldn’t stop making “false statements” about the chairman’s potential involvement in the ballot line-for-sale scandal. Isaacs said as much in a letter to Golden, which he released to members of the media: “As an initial matter, it boggles the mind that you, as a former New York City Police Officer, would continue to interject yourself into what is an ongoing Federal criminal investigation and interfere with that investigation by spreading false statements.” “Indeed, your recent attempt to question the integrity and oust my colleague, Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton – whose honesty is unquestioned – was universally seen for what it was: A crass attempt by you to further your own political ends to the detriment of the Brooklyn Party and indeed the City Parties in general.” Who’s next to be indicted? Maybe not in Albany, say insiders. Former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión has heads spinning and he’s not even in Albany. Carrión told reporters that his efforts to land a spot in the Republican mayoral primary were not dead. Adolfo Carrión, formally named as Obama’s “urban czar”, took thousands of dollars in donations from de-

time since Smith’s April 2nd arrest. Smith and Halloran, 42, face up to 45 years in prison if convicted of the charges in the White Plains indictment. Smith, a Democrat, allegedly enlisted the help of Halloran, a conservative Republican, to get on the Republican primary ballot Prosecutors claim that in an effort to get that support, Smith had Halloran set up meetings with GOP leaders and negotiated thousands of dollars in bribes, while Halloran pocketed thousands for himself. Others indicted for the alleged scheme were Bronx Republican Chairman Joseph Savino and Queens Vice Chairman Vincent Tabone, Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret, who are accused of plotting with Smith to direct $500,000 in state transportation money to a deal that resulted in an $80,000 payment to GOP bosses on Smith’s behalf. Staffers of Senator Smith’s office appear stuck. “I don’t know what to do,” said an aide. “I always knew that he wanted to run for mayor, but had no idea that he was so desperate that it would put his career at-risk.” Smith has been shielded by senior staffers. “It’s very difficult,” said the Smith aide. “The man is so close, yet so far.” GOP in chaos:

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White Plains Indicts Smith Continued from page 22 velopers as Bronx borough president just before and after the developers scored big with approved projects, say Albany insiders. “This is the last person who should be seeking federal attention right now,” said a high ranking member of the Democratic Assembly. Mr. Carrión, now a Democratturned independent believes that national Republican officials could help him land the support of at least three city Republican county chairmen, which he needs to run in the GOP primary. Winning the GOP ballot line may be needed for Mr. Carrión’s candidacy to be viable, because he currently has only the Independence Party line and is not competing in the Democratic primary. “It goes up to Reince Priebus,” said Mr. Carrión, referring to the chairman of the Republican National Committee. “People are talking to him about it. Shneiderman wants more power:

To investigate, that is. In an interview with WAMC, a public radio network headquartered in Albany, New York, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman blamed public corruption in part on a “permissive” culture that needs to end. “I think there is a permissive atmosphere in Albany,” he said. “I think that is pervasive.” Schneiderman has said in previous interviews that his office should have more power to investigate and prosecute public corruption cases. “I think the overwhelming majority of the people in public service are there for good reasons,” Schneiderman said. “But there does tend to be a turn a blind eye attitude at the federal level, at the state level. Who’s wired in Albany? Nobody knows, but then again, nobody’s talking either. Welcome to the new Albany. Carlos Gonzalez pens The Albany Correspondent column. Direct comments and inquiry to carlgonz1@gmail.com.

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