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Stanton ‘doubles down’ on Strip Club $upport Calls notorious owners of strip club chain ‘philanthropists’

By Riverdale Review Staff City Council candidate Cliff Stanton is standing up for strip club owners. Following last week’s report in the Riverdale Review highlighting the thousands of dollars Stanton has taken from strip club proprietors, Stanton has defended the contributions while denouncing this newspaper. Stanton specifically praised the owner of both Scores and the Penthouse Executive Club--Robert Gans--as a philanthropist. “These men are excellent businessmen with a long history of philanthropy,” said Stanton, who also described Robert Gans and his son, Richard, as the owners of Metropolitan Lumber and Hardware, ignoring their considerable public ties to adult entertainment and strip clubs. At least one borough political insider could not believe that not only did Stanton take the jiggle joint money, but that he was defending the checks loudly, rather than trying to downplay them, if not just returning the checks or donating them to charity. “Calling these guys hardware store owners is like calling George Steinbrenner a small-time shipping executive from Cleveland,” said the insider. “There are some checks you just don’t take, and sex work is at the top of the list.” While Stanton is painting the Gans family as hardware

store owners and charitable men, Robert Gans himself has had no problem promoting his strip club business model. Earlier this month, Robert Gans proudly announced the opening of Scores Atlantic City at the Trump Taj Mahal, which will be the first ever strip club in Atlantic City to also feature gambling. In fact, he saw the location as more than just your everyday strip club. “We wanted to open something that had never been done before: an adult entertainment complex, not a strip club. It will have something for everybody,” Gans told New Jersey’s Courier-Post when making the announcement. Scores Atlantic City will feature a number of amenities including The Distrikt, which is, according to the press release, “a red-lit fantasy corridor featuring surprise attractions and the possibility of one-on-one time with your favorite entertainer.” Stanton’s campaign has taken to “blaming the messenger,” and has called on both the campaign of Andrew Cohen, the frontrunner in the City Council race, and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz to denounce the article that appeared in last week’s Review. Dinowitz replied angrily to the charges, and challenged Stanton to return $9000 in tainted funds. “Although Mr. Stanton continues to attack me and one of the newspapers that reported these very questionable

contributions, at no time did he deny the accuracy of the reports. He owes the voters of the Bronx’s 11th council district an explanation for these contributions to his campaign. “I call on Clifford Stanton to do the right thing and return all of these questionable campaign contributions immediately.” Andrew Wolf, the Editor and Publisher of The Riverdale Review called Stanton’s actions, “pathetic,” and noted that the candidate’s ties to the strip club industry were also noted in The Riverdale Press. “He suggests that Mr. Gans is a hardware store owner and philanthropist and deceptively tries to hide what even Mr. Gans is proud to announce to anyone who will listen: that he is a major figure in the adult entertainment world,” noted Mr. Wolf. “A one minute search in the Internet will reveal that everything we have alleged about Mr. Gans – and more – is true. The question for Mr. Stanton is why Robert and Richard Gans, the strip club kings, have taken such an expensive interest in Clifford Stanton and the race for the City Council seat in this district. Stanton insists that he is not personal friends with the Gans family, so a reasonable person must conclude that these huge contributions are business. And any business that strip club operators have in our communities have the poContinued on Page 7

Freight train derailment halts Hudson line train service By PAULETTE SCHNEIDER It’s never happened before, according to MTA spokeswoman Marjorie Anders. Shortly after a CSX freight train left the Oak Point train yard near Hunts Point last Thursday night, its four-day journey to the Selkirk train yard near Albany came to a screeching halt between the Marble Hill and Spuyten Duyvil stations at around 8:30 p.m. The 24-car train was hauling New Yorkers’ municipal solid waste over Metro-North Hudson Line tracks from Oak Point, the city’s largest freight yard, to a Virginia landfill by way of Selkirk. Ten cars suddenly derailed, halting all Hudson Line service south of Yonkers until this past Monday morning, when service resumed with delays because only a single track could be cleared of the wreckage. Regular daytime train service with minor delays is now available starting with the first morning peak-period train each day. The cause of the derailment is still under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board in cooperation with MTA’s safety department. “They’re not looking at the weather” as a cause, Anders said. “They’re looking at track, they’re

looking at loading, and they’re looking at weight.” So why was all that municipal solid waste traveling north before heading south? Because the CSX route to Virginia calls for crossing the Hudson, and the only rail bridge happens to be in Selkirk.

The city’s Department of Sanitation transports the municipal waste to the Oak Point Yard in The Bronx. The garbage then takes the scenic route upstate in one of four nightly freight moves each Monday through Saturday, starting after the evening peak, Anders said. At the Spuyten Duyvil station

during the early stages of the cleanup last Friday morning, the torrid air was infused with the odor of trash from cars that had disgorged their contents onto the tracks. But garbage wasn’t “strewn all over the place,” Anders explained. “A couple of containers opened up and broke, but

it wasn’t like it was everywhere. And we’re not leaving it there.” The actual derailment site was in a canyon-like section of track carved out of a tall rock outcropping, making repair work with large equipment especially challenging. The area is around a bend and out of view from the Spuyten Duyvil station platform. MTA signal employees on Friday would not share their theories about the cause, but they were confident it had nothing to do with signals. In a slow and laborious process captured on video and viewable at the MTA’s website, disabled container cars were being hoisted up by a crane and deposited on flatbed carriers to be hauled away by an engine car. According to mta.info on Tuesday, there was “Good Service” on the Hudson Line. But after 10 p.m., passengers who ordinarily commute between Grand Central Terminal and the Riverdale or Spuyten Duyvil stations will find their usual Hudson Line trains diverted to the Mount Vernon West station, where Hudson Rail Link shuttle buses will run to specific stops on their usual routes. Riverdalians working late at Continued on Page 12

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Propose aid for senior home care By PAULETTE SCHNEIDER Just before noon on Monday, Democratic mayoral candidate hopeful Anthony Weiner stood in his shirtsleeves and pitched ideas he thought would hit home at the Riverdale Senior Services center. “I’ll try to keep my remarks brief—I don’t want to hold up lunch,” he told a very alert crowd of around fifty RSS denizens. “My name is Anthony Weiner. I’m running for mayor of the city of New York. It’s great to be back in Riverdale.” The Brooklyn-born 48-year-old former congressman, former City Council member and former mayoral primary contender presented his views on several “issues important to seniors.” “We have remarkable changes going on in health care now, some of them very good, some of them not so good,” he began. He praised the requirement that everyone be insured and that those who can’t afford to purchase insurance will be subsidized. Now, even those with a great insurance plan and those on Medicare are “paying a lot of money to take care of people who are uninsured because everyone gets health care in this country.” “If you have no insurance for whatever reason—either you choose not to or you’re not offered it at work or you’re an undocumented person—and you get the H1N1 flu or you get hit by a bus here in Riverdale, an ambulance still comes, they still pick you up, they still take you to the emergency room, the still give you everything possible to keep you alive and fix you up and get you back on your way.” But the bill for that service is paid for by higher taxes, he said, and “fixing that problem is the primary thing that Obamacare is going to start doing in January.” Another Obamacare plus, he said, is its adherence to the conventional wisdom that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. “What we found out is that paying for more diagnostic care, paying for more preventative care, saves a lot of money.” That said, Obamacare wasn’t his “first choice.” “My first choice was a program like Medicare for all Americans—a single-payer health care system where we’re not giving money to insurance companies anymore. A lot of people say ‘get government out of healthcare.’ It’s the opposite. There are some things that government does very well. The Medicare program only has an overhead of about 1.05 percent. A health insurance company, like the one that covers my wife and me and our child, has about a 25 percent overhead because they’ve got to pay shareholders, they’ve got to pay profits, they’ve got to pay advertising. All of those things don’t go into health care—they go into the pockets of insurance companies. And I think we should change that.” On the issue of safety for seniors, Weiner addressed two issues. He complained that the city has been talking a lot about bikes, bike lanes and taxis while we need to pay more attention to the safety of pedestrians while they’re crossing the street. He offered a simple and inexpensive solution to the problem of crosswalk hazards: give seniors “a fighting chance to get across the street” by allowing a few extra seconds before giving a green light to vehicular traffic. “Do you know that one of the most dangerous places to be for a senior citizen in New York City is crossing the street when you have the walk signal or the green light?” he asked. “That’s where to most accidents that involve pedestrians happen because you believe that you have the walk signal and you have the right of way, but the cars are turning left and right and back in front of you, and it’s like a bullfight.”

If the green light appears at the same time for people and cars, he pointed out, the cars are immediately crossing the path of pedestrians. No additional money would be needed for this amenity because the timing of the signals is controlled centrally and because many of our transportation-related needs are federally funded, he said in response to a question. A more insidious safety issue is “a whole epidemic of seniors being taken advantage of with financial crimes,” which banks already have enough information to control, he said. “If someone who takes out a few shekels once in a while to go shopping suddenly has expenditures to buy a bunch of flatscreen TVs, they should stop the payment until they get authorization from the Continued on Page 19

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“The restaurant industry, with its foundation of small businesses, is the lifeblood of New York City, and our legislation includes important measures to help restaurants continue to thrive without jeopardizing public health.” The letter grading system, implemented in 2010, was an effort by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to help the dining-out public decide where to eat on the basis of how likely they are to come down with food-borne illnesses from meals prepared in unsanitary places. The system generated more inspections, and a grade of less than an A was meant as an incentive to comply with health and safety regulations. But there were also some unhealthy results. Along with the rush of inspections came more fines and less consistent standards of inspection. Restauranteurs felt adversarial toward the Department of Health. Despite the restaurant industry discontent, Councilman G. Oliver Koppell said he’s reluctant to undermine the protective aspect of the inspection process, and he was not among the original supporters of the Council’s revisions. “I am, generally speaking, happy with the [existing] regulations and the ratings of the restaurants,” he said. “There may be details that I would agree should be adjusted, but I don’t want to weaken the regulation.” He also defended the spirit of the current scheme. “I don’t agree with some of the overheated criticism,” he said. “I don’t believe that this regulation is in there to collect fines. A lot of people say all the city is trying to do is make money on these things. I don’t agree with that at all. Unfortunately, I think that consumers need protections, and the only way that they’re going to get adequate protections is if the people who are dealing with consumers are held to account.”

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Koppell pointed out that if it were so difficult to get an A, you wouldn’t see A’s posted on so many restaurant windows. “A lot of restaurant owners complain that ‘I’m not getting an A because there’s one fly, or one dish is slightly too warm.’ I’m sure there are occasions when people are erroneously or improperly fined,” he said, comparing the situation to that of parking violations. “People get tickets who shouldn’t have gotten a ticket, and we have an adjudication system that allows them to get the fine reduced or eliminated.” The proposed legislation was motivated by an oversight hearing that lasted for “hours and hours,” according to McShane. “We think we’ve struck the right balance between protecting the safety of New Yorkers and easing the burden on restaurants,” he said. “Everyone wants clean and safe places to eat. But we also do not want to unfairly burden the small businesses that make New York such a great city.” A full Council vote is expected this fall.

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The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced that Nicholas Power, a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, won a college-sponsored National Merit American University Scholarship to attend American University in Washington, D.C. Power will likely major in the field of politics. American University’s fall enrollment included 13,165, with 6,776 degree-seeking undergraduates, 3,464 degree-seeking graduate students, 1,766 law students, and 1,159 students in nondegree certificate programs, Washington Semester, or AU Abroad. The 89-acre campus is located in a residential area of northwestern Washington, D.C. The school has a Methodist affiliation and was cited by Princeton Review as being the most politically active in the nation. The university offers 61 bachelor’s degrees, 54 master’s degrees, 11 doctoral degrees and a JD program, as well as 50 certificate programs at both the graduate and undergraduate levels through the College of Arts and Sciences, the Kogod School of Business, the School of Communications, the School of International Service, the School of Professional and Extended Studies, the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law. Kogod is recognized by Princeton Review and U.S. News and World Report as being among the nation’s top business schools. The School of International Service is the largest school of international affairs in the country. Washington College of Law, which became part of American University in 1949, was the first law school to be founded by women when it was established in 1896. AU Abroad offers more than 145 programs in 44 countries on six continents. Powers was among 2,500 college-sponsored National Merit Scholarship award recipients announced this spring. Officials of each sponsor college select scholarship winners from among the finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend that college. Awards range from $500 to $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the college financing the scholarship. This year, 190 colleges and universities are sponsoring 4,300 Merit Scholarship awards. In addition to college-financed awards, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation gives its own $2,500 grants as well as corporate-sponsored scholarships for finalists who meet criteria specified by the granting corporations. This year’s competition began in 2011, with the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, taken by 1.5 million high

school juniors in 22,000 high schools. The following year, 16,000 semifinalists were named on a state representational basis proportional to each state’s percentage of the national total of high school seniors. These semifinalists represented less than 1 percent of the nation’s seniors. To reach finalists status, semifinalists completed a detailed scholarship application including an essay, described leadership positions and contributions to their communities, maintained an outstanding academic record and received endorsements from high school officials. Finalist standing was achieved by 15,000 students, and more than half of these were awarded National Merit Scholarships. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation states that high schools should not be compared on the basis of number of Merit Scholarship winners. While the program honors individual students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies, it does not measure the quality or effectiveness of the education provided within a school or a state. Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, has announced that Juliet Barriola earned a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies, with a minor in Spanish, from the college’s School of Humanities and Sciences; Joshua Soifer-Gorelick earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a concentration in finance from the college’s School of Business; and brother Russell Soifer-Gorelick earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology from the college’s School of Humanities and Sciences. They were among 1,371 student who graduated this spring. Ithaca College enrolls more than 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students on its Finger Lakes region campus, halfway between New York City and Toronto. It offers more than a hundred degree programs in its schools of business, communications, humanities and sciences, health science and human performance, and music. The School of music, founded as a conservatory in 1892, is known as one of the best in the nation. The college features an invitation-only honors program, comprised of fewer than 500 students from every school and program who are offered exclusive entry into special innovative courses and seminars. David Newman of Riverdale is on the Dean’s List for the Spring 2013 semester at the State University of New York at Cortland. He is majoring in Musical Theatre. The son of Cindy Lubin and Michael Newman, David is a graduate of Talent Unlimited High School.

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Irresistible Latin Rhythms at Pelham Bay Park

Irresistible Latin Rhythms will fill Pelham Bay Park at Stadium Avenue and Middletown Road on Friday, July 26 at 6 pm as the Bronx Arts Ensemble presents Latin jazz pianist and vocalist Willie Rodriguez and his Ensemble performing Latin favorites including selections from Willie Rodriguez's album "Live at Don CoQui". Limited free parking is available. In case of rain, the concert will be moved to International Caterers at 3243 Ampere Avenue. For more information, visit bronxartsensemble.org, call 718-601-7399, follow us on facebook.com/bronxartsensemble or twitter.com/bxartsensemble. Willie Rodriguez has been a fixture in Latin and Latin/Jazz music since the 70's. He has played and recorded with several Latin and Jazz artists throughout his career. Among his many recordings notably he is on Machito's Grammy award winning 1982 Salsa Big Band on the Timeless Label, Utrecht, Holland and on Celia Cruz' Grammy award winning 2002 album on Sony. He has also recorded with Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Johnny Pacheco and Steve Turre. His career continues as an educator where he earned a doctorate in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. William (Willie) Rodriguez is the founder and principal of the Celia Cruz Bronx High School of Music. The concert is presented by Councilman James Vacca, the City of New York Parks and Recreation and the Bronx Arts Ensemble.

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As of July 10th 2013 the new Executive Committee for the Bronx Toastmasters Club of Riverdale are the following people: President -- Ms. Zenobia Kelly, CC/CL VP Education -- Mr. Rafael Vargas, CC VP Membership -- Ms. Alicia Edwards, CC VP Public Relation -- Ms. Claudia Guy Treasurer -- Mr. Edward DeJesus Secretary -- Ms. Barbara Finiguerra Sergeant of Arms -- Ms. Arelis Velazquez The mission of the Bronx Toastmasters Club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth. Their meetings are held every 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each Month at the Riverdale Neighborhood House 3521 Mosholu Avenue, for further information, reach us at our web site

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Movie night scheduled in Vinmont Park

The next movie night is scheduled for Saturday, July 27th and it will take place in Vinmont Park, Mosholu Avenue at 255th Street. Plan to come at around 8pm for music and other festivities. They will begin the movie, "Mr. Popper's Penguins," at dusk. This event is part of a series of movies in the park scheduled for the summer of 2013. The movies are hosted and organized by KRVC and largely funded by a grant provided through State Senator Jeff Klein's office. Admission is free! Sponsorships are needed to offset the other event expenses not covered under the generous grant. The sponsors to date for the July 27th movie include: Kidville, Citibank, the Parents Association of PS 24, the North Riverdale Merchants Association, Daleway Auto, Starbucks, Salvatore's of Soho, Yo Burger and John's Botany Bay. Contact Tracy Shelton at 917-570-9027 if you are interested in sponsoring movie nights this summer! Also, at all our upcoming KRVC events, check out KRVC's new signature exhibit - BLOCKS - where kids (and adults) can create and build. KRVC's logo has featured three blocks for three decades and we are celebrating that with this new, interactive exhibit. BLOCKS was launched at last month's RiverFest and demonstates how, in many ways, we can come together and: Build a Better Community 1 Block at a Time! For more information, visit www. krvcdc.org.

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Grammy-nominated vocalist Roseanna Vitro and vibraphonist Mark Sherman and his quartet headline Bronx Arts Ensemble's dynamic Broadway Jazz concert as part of the free SummerMusic 2013 series on Sunday, July 28 at 2 pm at Rockwood Drive Circle in Van Cortlandt Park repeated at 4 pm in the McGinley Center Ballroom at Fordham University Rosehill Campus. Vocalist Roseanna Vitro joins Mark Sherman on vibes, Bob Albanese on piano, Dean Johnson on bass and Jon Difiore on drums. In case of rain, the Van Cortlandt Park concert will be moved to Vladeck Hall in the Amalgamated Houses at Hillman Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park South. Please call the BAE office after 11:00 am if the forecast calls for rain. Seating is

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Continued from Page 1 tential of destroying the quality of life here forever.” “Clifford Stanton needs to accept responsibility, tell the truth, and return any tainted contributions. He can’t keep blaming me, or Assemblyman Dinowitz for revealing the disturbing truth,” Wolf concluded. Stanton also came under fire for the efforts by his campaign staff to remove candidate Cheryl Keiling from the September 10th ballot. They are challenging Ms. Keiling’s petition signatures with an eye towards removing a potential competitor. The front-runner in the race, attorney Andrew Cohen, got some good news in the form of an endorsement from Planned Parenthood of New York. The Planned Parenthood New York City Action Fund, a non-partisan, notfor-profit organization whose primary purpose is education and issue advocacy regarding reproductive health. The Action Fund serves as an advocacy arm for the Planned Parenthood organization, which has helped countless women in New York City receive essential reproductive health care and education for over 90 years. “I am proud to receive the endorsement of Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund,” Cohen said. “Their support for my candidacy is particularly meaningful because of my ‘commitment to reproductive health equity for all New Yorkers,’ as acknowledged by the endorsement. With women’s reproductive health under attack all over the country, it is more important than ever to stand with organizations like Planned Parenthood, which are vital to continuing to have quality women’s health in New York City. As Council Member I promise to stand up for reproductive rights and fight to make sure all New Yorkers are afforded excellent reproductive health care.” The support of the Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund is yet another endorsement for Cohen. To date, virtually every elected official who has made an endorsement in the race has supported Cohen, as has virtually every labor union, including the UFT and 1199 SEIU.

Harlem River Yard. To assist FreshDirect’s move and expansion, the City and State agreed to a package of tax exemptions and incentives. More than half (58 percent) of the total incentives package comes through real estate tax abatements over the course of 25 years. This assistance does not come out of current government budgets, which means there is no additional cost to taxpayers. Additionally, $18.9 million in benefits are directly tied to the creation of 1,000 jobs over the next decade. FreshDirect will not receive a single dollar from these credits until they meet certain benchmarks over that time period. Finally, $25 million in incentives will go directly into funding the construction of the new facility. Construction jobs will be partly paid for with these incentives,

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FreshDirect today received final approval from the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) on a plan to help the company build a new state-of-the-art facility in the South Bronx that will create 1,000 new jobs – a third of which will go to Bronx residents – as well as approximately 684 construction jobs. Today’s NYCIDA tax incentive approval comes on the heels of FreshDirect winning approval from Bronx Community Board 1 and the City Planning Commission for a slight modification to the original Harlem River Yard development plan. The Mayor still has to sign off on the modification as well. FreshDirect Co-Founder and CEO Jason Ackerman said, “Our proposed move to the Bronx has earned a good housekeeping seal of approval from numerous local civic leaders, a Community Board, the City Planning Commission, and now the City IDA. With each approval, we are getting closer and closer to achieving our goal of bringing thousands of good jobs to an area of the city that needs them most.” Ackerman continued: “The City’s partnership has been instrumental in helping us remain a New York City-based company that provides good jobs for the residents of the five boroughs. We look forward to building our new facility and establishing our home in the Bronx.” Last year, FreshDirect announced a partnership with Governor Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg, and Borough President Diaz to build a new headquarters at

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Fun for Boys in the 1870s and 1880s In the 1870s and 1880s, The Bronx consisted of scattered suburban villages surrounded by farmland. Boys who lived there found lots of opportunities to have fun in the midst of their surroundings. On today’s 149th Street where the subway emerges from underground to become an elevated line was then the property of the Germann family. Young Joseph, the owner’s grandson, found fun driving 50 of his grandfather’s geese to the Mill Brook (now Brook Avenue) for a swim. He also liked to go to the goldfish pond at a spot inside where St. Mary’s Park was later laid out. Also in the future park was the Bruckner apple orchard near the tracks of the Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad. Boys would get a gift of apples from Mrs. Bruckner and then sit on the tracks to eat them. Another orchard was on Lyon’s Hill between 138th and 139th streets from St. Anns to Cypress avenues. At apple blossom time, people in the area hired a tree and were able to harvest their own apples when they ripened. Nearby Mitchell’s Hill between 141st and 142nd street from St. Anns Avenue to Robbins Street (now Jackson Avenue) was used by the Farley family to pasture their cows. Boys had fun helping drive the cows home from

there to their barn on 143rd Street and Brook Avenue. At the Morris cherry orchard on 132nd Street off St. Anns Avenue, boys picked cherries and put them in baskets and pails for which they paid a few cents for each container. However, the boys also ate plenty of cherries as they were picking them, enjoying them without paying. For another diversion, boys went to Oak Point on the Hunts Point Peninsula to watch men shoot pigeons for prizes. If a pigeon got away from them, the boys scrambled to get it and ran home. Boys would also hire a boat at the Dietz Boat House at 149th Street and the East River to row to Riker’s Island. Then, the island had nothing on it. Boys would also have fun in the more settled areas nearby. They went to Taffy John’s at 140th Street and Third Avenue to get a lot of homemade taffy for only a cent. They went to Haffen’s Hall at Courtlandt Avenue and 152nd Street to pay five cents to see Indians perform. They went to Carroll’s Park between 147th and 148th streets between Brook and Willis avenues to go roller skating for prizes. Life may have been simpler in The Bronx of the 1870s and 1880s, but the opportunities for having fun seemed to be limitless.

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CRAFTY TEENS 3:30 p.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Decorative Origami Jar- Fill a decorative jar with origami stars to decorate your room. Sassy Crafts for Creative Teens. For ages 13 to 18 years. For more information, call 718-549-1212.

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GAME ON 4 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Come have some fun playing the latest Xbox games at the Kingsbridge Library! For ages 12-18.

Friday, July 26 Kingsbridge

STAY WELL EXERCISE 10 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Stay Well volunteers certified by the NYC's Department for the Aging will lead participants in a well-balanced series of exercises for seniors of all ability levels. Please wear loose comfortable clothing. Exercise equipment will be provided. Those participating in the exercises must sign an activity release form. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

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TEEN SUMMER READING 4 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Meet new friends and check out new books at the Kingsbridge Library's teen summer reading club. Discuss the books you've read lately, earn virtual badges, and participate in weekly raffles for a chance to win cool and fabulous stuff. The teen summer reading club is open to all students who are in (or who are about to enter) 7th - 12th grade. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

Saturday, July 27 Kingsbridge

INTERMEDIATE MEDITATION 10:30 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Join in for an intermediate meditation class. This session is open to those who've been regularly attending the weekday beginner's class for a couple of months. Learn to go into a deeper meditation and learn new techniques that will help your spiritual ascent. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

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MOVIE NIGHT 8 p.m. Vinmont Park Mosholu Ave. & 255th Street Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corp./ KRVC will present a movie night, featuring the film "Mr. Popper's Penguins." Admission is free. For more information, visit www.krvcdc.org.

Sunday, July 28 Riverdale

TEEN CAFÉ 3:30 p.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Teen Cafe: come to the library to hang out with friends play X-Box games or maybe watch a movie. Snacks will be provided. For ages 13 to 18 years. For more info, call 718-549-1212.

Monday, July 29 Spuyten Duyvil

FREE eBOOKS 9:30 a.m. Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library 650 West 235th Street We lend eBooks for Kindle e-readers! Come in and find out how to download them to your Kindle device for free! For more information, call 718-796-1202.

2 p.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Gather with other knitters, and perhaps pick up a few tips and tricks as you work on your own creations. For more information, call 718-549-1212.

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KNITTING & CROCHET 3 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Gather with other knitters and crocheters and perhaps pickup a few tips and tricks as you work on your own creations! For more information, call 718-548-5656.

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MEDITATION 6 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Feel the energy within. Sahaja Meditation is a simple, time-honored technique. It helps reduce stress and increase wellness. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

Tuesday, July 30 Kingsbridge

GOOGLE SERIES 10 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Come and explore the depths of Google. Discover some of the amazing new features Google is offering. Space is limited, please register by phone or in person. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

Wednesday, July 31 Kingsbridge

TODDLER STORY TIME 11 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Stories, songs, fingerplays, flannelboard illustrations for toddlers ages 18-36 month for parents/caregivers. For more information, call 718-548-5656. GAME ON 1:30 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Got the gaming moves? Show off your skills with the controller and challenge your friends and neighbors to a game of Wii Bowling in the library. For info, call 718-548-5656.

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TEEN MOVIES 4 p.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Come join us for this monthly program in which we’ll be showing great feature films selected by our Teen Advisory Group! This month we’ll be watching Jack the Giant Slayer, starring Nicholas Hoult and Ewan McGregor. For ages 13 to 18 years. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

Van Cortlandt

COMPUTER SESSION 5 p.m. Van Cortlandt Branch Library 3874 Sedgwick Avenue Open Lab: Bring your technology questions and get one-on-one assistance. For more information, call 718543-5150.

Thursday, August 1 Kingsbridge

BABY LAPSIT 10:30 a.m. Kingsbridge Branch Library 291 West 231st Street Stories, songs, fingerplays and flannelboard illustrations for babies birth-18 months for parents/caregivers. For more information, call 718-548-5656.

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KNITTING & CROCHET 11 a.m. Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library 650 West 235th Street A get-together for knitters & crocheters at all skill levels to work on a current project, learn new techniques while exchanging information. Registration not required. For more information, call 718-796-1202.

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BABY STORYTIME 11:30 a.m. Riverdale Branch Library 5540 Mosholu Avenue Babies from birth to 18 months old and their parents/caregivers can enjoy great books, lively songs, and rhymes, and meet other babies in the neighborhood. For info, call 718-549-1212.

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STORYTELLING 3:30 p.m. Spuyten Duyvil Branch Library 650 West 235th Street Three Billy Goats Not-so-Gruff. In this version of the familiar story, we learn the startling true story of what happened that day on the bridge between three billy goats and the troll who lived under that bridge. And one of the ideas the goats had is still with us today! Storyteller/Illustrator Jonathan Ellers weaves the story with words and drawings. For ages 4 and older. For more information, call 718-796-1202.

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FILM FRENZY 7 p.m. Glen Island Park Pelham Road An after-hours pool party and movie. Bring a picnic and a blanket. $5 admission for ages 5 and up. Tickets on sale at the pool on the day of the event. Rain date: July 26. For more information, call 914-813-6720.

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BIG BAND 7:30 p.m. Playland Park Playland Parkway Milt Gerver and his orchestra perform classic hits from the Big Band Era on the boardwalk. Free admission; parking fees apply. For more information, call 914-813-7010 or visit www.ryeplayland.org.

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HISTORY OF GARBAGE 10 a.m. Croton Point Park Croton Point Avenue A hike to learn about history, ecology, the shell middens and the landfill at the park. For ages 6 through adult. For more information, call 914-862-5297.

Scarsdale

FLIGHTS OF THE FANCY 1 p.m. Greenburgh Nature Center 99 Dromore Road Visit butterflies in our outdoor Butterfly Exhibit and have an informal chat with a Nature Center naturalist, who will answer any questions about these “flying flowers.” Included with Museum admission - FREE for Members! For info, call 914-723-3470.

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THEATER 7 p.m. Lyndhurst 635 South Broadway Barrymore by William Luce. The internationally acclaimed play about John Barrymore, the Black Sheep of America's most illustrious acting family, received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards during its successful Broadway run. Tickets $35. For more information, call 914-631-4481.

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FARMERS MARKET 10 a.m. Muscoot Farm Route 100 Over 20 vendors will be selling great food, meats, produce, pasta, dressings, pickles, jams, baked goods and more, every Sunday through October. For more info, call 914-864-7282.

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JEWISH HERITAGE FESTIVAL 12 p.m. Kensico Dam Plaza Bronx River Parkway Celebrate the Jewish Heritage Festival at Kensico Dam Plaza! Enjoy live songs, dances, musical performances, art & cultural exhibits, ethnic foods, entertainment, games and much more! Rain or shine; event and parking are FREE! For more information, call 914-328-1542.

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MID-SUMMER SEINING 1 p.m. Croton Point Park Croton Point Avenue Catch, study and release creatures scooped up with a 25-foot seine net. For more information, call 914-862-5297.

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HORTICULTURE TOUR 2 p.m. Lasdon Park Route 35 Shade-Loving Perennials and Shrubs. A walking tour with the horticulturist to see plants that are suitable for the shady areas of your property. For more information, call 914-864-7264.

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JAZZ & POETRY 4:30 p.m. Hudson Valley Writers' Center 300 Riverside Drive HVWC Presents: E.J. Antonio & The Jazz & Poetry Choir Collective. Admission: $5. For more info, call 914-332-5953.

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MEET THE ANIMALS 11 a.m. Greenburgh Nature Center 99 Dromore Road GNC visits the Whole Foods Market Yonkers tent at Ridge Hill's Down to Earth Farmer's Market. Come by to meet some of our furry and feathered friends, and listen to our naturalist tell you about our favorite animals! FREE. For info, call 914-723-3470.

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FOODIE FRIDAY 2 p.m. Riverfront Library One Larkin Center a series of programs featuring Food in Literature and Film on four Friday afternoons in July and August. The series is designed to appeal to families, children, teens and adults. Friday August 2 features the film based on the timeless classic book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, “The Secret Garden” (Rated G, running time 101 minutes). For more info, call 914-337-1500 x449.

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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 8 p.m. Westlake High School Westlake Drive Mt Pleasant Community Theatre proudly announces its’ 43rd season production, “Fiddler on the Roof,” at the John Whearty Theatre at Westlake High School. Performances are on Aug. 2, 3, 4, 9, 10. To order tickets, call 914-949-8382 or 914-769-0958 or visit www.mpctshows.com.

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ART EXHIBIT 12 p.m. Muscoot Farm Route 100 "Pastoral Images of Northern Westchester" -- paintings by Mary Ann Healy of the Northern Westchester Water Color Society on view in the Main House Gallery. For info, call 914-864-7282.

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INDIAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL 12:30 p.m. Kensico Dam Plaza Bronx River Parkway Celebrate the Indian Heritage Festival at Kensico Dam Plaza! Enjoy live songs, dances, musical performances, art & cultural exhibits, ethnic foods, entertainment, games and much more! Rain or shine; event and parking are FREE! For more information, call 914-328-1542.

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NATIVE AMERICAN CRAFT 1 p.m. Muscoot Farm Route 100 Native American expert Barry Keegan demonstrates fire-making, stone-knapping, leather tanning and more. For more information, call 914-863-7282.

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ANIMALS OF SUMMER 1 p.m. Greenburgh Nature Center 99 Dromore Road Grab the sunscreen and get up close as we meet some reptiles and other animals that thrive in the heat of summer. Members $5, Non-members $8. For more info, call 914-723-3470.

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SUMMER LIFE 2 p.m. Marshlands Conservancy Route 1 Kids will discover the tops of the trees, the soil beneath logs, and everything in between. For more info, call 914-835-4466.

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FILM FRENZY 7 p.m. Saxon Woods Pool 1800 Mamaroneck Avenue "Rise of the Guardians" Pool Movie. Swim and picnic during this after-hours pool party. Admission $5 per person ages 5 and up. Bring blankets and chairs for seating. Tickets fo on sale at the pool on the day of the event. Rain Date: August 7. For more information, call 914-995-4480.

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Failing Yankee Stadium parking lots issue Requests for Proposals By HAYDEE CAMACHO With use of the Yankee Stadium Parking lots averaging just 43% occupancy on Yankees game days and a growing debt to the city, the operator of Yankee Stadium Parking System has issued a request for proposals to redevelop the two lots. The parking system contains nearly 9,300 spaces and was built with substantial public subsidies, including $238 million in tax-exempt bonds and direct subsidies of $70 million from the state and $39 million from the city. The company has not paid the city any of the $3.2 million in annual rent that has been due since January 2008 nor has it made any of the required payments in lieu of taxes. Under the terms of the lease with the Bronx Parking Development Company, payments to bondholders take precedence over money owed to the city if revenues are insufficient to cover both. The company has until next spring to supply the bondholders with $15 million in principal and interest payments. Its reserves currently total less than half that figure. Despite the new stadium holding about 6,600 few seats, the Yankees demanded a parking system able to hold about 8,700 cars plus 600 for its own use. The project drew strong public criticism for the removal of 3 acres of city parks which were then leased by the city to the parking system. High costs have been a major factor in the stadium parking lots much lower than expected use. The price for parking at the system’s garages and lots is higher than at the old stadium, and on game days can run as much as $48 for valet parking. Parking at the nearby Gateway Mall is cheaper and the opening of the new Metro-North railway station in 2009, two years after the lots were built, put an additional dent in the lots use with more

fans taking public transit to the games. Last year City Comptroller John Liu criticized the deal saying that the projections of revenue from the parking system “… were based on questionable occupancy rates and inflated attendance figures and did not account for demand fluctuations that would result from price increases and competition.” City officials hoped a project with Jackson Development and Joy Construction would bail out Bronx Parking Development. The deal called for 550 units of low-income housing and 45,000-square-

feet of retail on two lots south of Yankee Stadium near the Gateway Center shopping mall. Last year the board of Bronx Parking Development approved the general parameters of the development scheme and authorized the New York City Economic Development Corporation to negotiate a deal. However talks had broken down and the EDC recently ended negotiations with the two companies for reasons it won't comment on, said an agency spokesman. Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has

advocated for some of the garages to be torn down and replaced with a new 200room hotel that would serve Yankees tourists and create jobs for local Bronx residents. The Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation has received interest from several developers but is waiting for the financial dust to settle before it moves forward with discussions. One bit of good news for taxpayers is that they’re off the hook for the Bronx Parking debt because the city acted as the conduit for the tax-free bonds, not the seller.

Freight train derailment halts Hudson line train service

Continued from Page 1 the office should stick to the Hudson Line and not take the Harlem Line trains from Grand Central to Mount Vernon West—the Rail Link buses will meet only the Hudson Line trains sent to that station. For those taking a late train into the city,

Rail Link buses will pick up inbound commuters during off-peak nighttime hours only at Henry Hudson Parkway at West 232nd Street, Riverdale Avenue at West 254th Street and Broadway at West 260th Street. These buses will head to Mount Vernon West for trains to Grand Central.

Travel time is expected to be 45 minutes longer than usual during these trips. For details on scheduling and bus accommodations during nightly station shutdowns south of Yonkers, visit mta. info/mnr/html/hudson_derailmentrecovery .htm

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The Risk of Strip Club Stanton There is a reason why so much attention is paid to the contributions raised by candidates for local office. It opens a window onto what interests them and motivates them. It reveals who they listen to, whose call is likely to be returned. Two contributions have been called into question in the City Council race for the 11th Council District, now represented by the term limited Oliver Koppell. One is a $250 contribution to candidate Andrew Cohen from Dan Reingold. Because Mr. Reingold is not a New York City resident, the $250 cannot be matched with public funds. Mr. Reingold is very well known here as the Executive Director of the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale, a beloved institution that has provided skilled and innovative care for senior citizens for generations. The Home is known as the place that you would want to place your very aged parents (or yourself) should elder care become necessary. They have been good neighbors to the community as a whole, giving space and resources for a highly regarded Museum of Judaica, and run annual concerts open to the community. The concept of Grandparents Day was born here, becoming a national celebration with an increasing following. The Hebrew Home is seeking to expand onto to property they have recently acquired from another non-profit. While the plans are still a matter of public debate, this newspaper is fully supportive of their vision, and we suspect that we speak for thousands of our neighbors in offering support for their well-conceived and sensitive plans. Mr. Cohen’s opponent, Clifford Stanton, has loudly complained about this $250 contribution, as if Mr. Cohen’s support for a project that deserves widespread support, was for sale, and for sale so cheaply. If this was the case, and we’re confident that it is only a figment of Mr. Stanton’s campaign paranoia, then what are we to make of the $9000 that candidate Clifford Stanton received both directly and in the form of city matching funds from the nation’s leading strip club operators? If the Hebrew Home for the Aged somehow leverages advantage from the modest contribution of their Executive Director, what does this community have to fear? Contrast that with the devastation that could take place should the fellows who own Scores and the Penthouse Executive Club use their influence with a Councilman Stanton to build a branch of their business on Broadway or White Plains Road or Jerome Avenue or Katonah Avenue. Is this so far-fetched? It was just a few months ago that local police shut down two local houses of prostitution here – one on Broadway, the other on Riverdale Avenue. After all, why are these fellows so interested in Mr. Stanton and so willing to pour so many thousands of dollars into a City Council election in this remote corner of The Bronx? This is especially suspicious since Mr. Stanton denies a personal relationship with Robert Gans and his son Richard. If this isn’t personal, than why are the Ganses investing so heavily? Sounds like business to us, the kind of business we can’t afford in Wakefield or Norwood or Woodlawn of Riverdale or for that matter anywhere in Bronx County. The recent passing of Wakefield community leader Mary V. Lauro reminded us of an earlier scandal, eerily reminiscent of the current strip club kerfluffle. A plan put forward by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to prevent the expansion of the “Hot Sheet Motel” industry in Williamsbridge, Wakefield and Baychster was thwarted by a City Councilman from another district named Adolfo Carrion, later to become our equally ethically challenged Borough President. Ms. Lauro blew the whistle on the campaign contributions that flowed to Carrion and the legal fees that flowed to his wife, Linda Baldwin, then associated with the law firm of Bronx County Democratic Leader Roberto Ramirez. The unfortunate result of all this was the continued proliferation of the community killing motels, along with the prostitution they bred and even the illegal sale of firearms. Anyone who thinks this can’t happen again, is a fool. It was just a few months ago that two houses of prostitution were found to be openly operating in Riverdale. Can you imagine what might result from the opening of a strip club here? Clifford Stanton must think we were all born yesterday. No, Robert and Richard Gans are not philanthropists as Mr. Stanton suggests. They are hard-nosed businessmen with a troublesome product that they might very well want to sell in any number of places in the 11th City Council district. We must demand elected officials who will stand vigilant against strip clubs and those who might bring them here. Mr. Cohen has demanded that Stanton return the tainted funds. We have an even better idea. How about a $9000 donation to support the good work of the Hebrew Home for the Aged in Riverdale?

Dinowitz to Stanton: Return strip club money To The Editor: Council candidate Clifford Stanton continues to attack me, despite the fact that I am not his opponent, in an apparent effort to change the subject from the huge amount of campaign contributions he received from the owner of strip clubs. Both the Riverdale Press and the Riverdale Review reported that Mr. Stanton received large contributions from the owner of Scores, a strip club in Manhattan. Mr. Stanton stated he is not a friend of this individual. Since they’re not friends, why is the Scores owner donating and raising so much money for Mr. Stanton? I certainly hope that we won’t be seeing strip clubs in our community. After all, we recently had to deal with the problem of massage parlors in the neighborhood. The owner of the strip clubs donated or raised thousands and thousands of dollars for Clifford Stanton. These contributions, if and when matched by the City’s public financing system with taxpayer dollars, totals over $9,000. That is a lot of money and a significant portion of all of the money that has been reported

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to the Campaign Finance Board by the Stanton campaign. Although Mr. Stanton continues to attack me and one of the newspapers that reported these very questionable contributions, at no time did he deny the accuracy of the reports in either newspaper (including the newspaper against whom he launched a boycott when he first contemplated running for the Council.) He owes the voters of the Bronx’s 11th council district an explanation for these contributions to his campaign. It is Mr. Stanton who has re-

Where have all the papers gone? To The Editor: Some of the buildings around 231-230th from Riverdale to Broadway (my neighborhoods) have not received the Review this week, nor can any be found in the three boxes in this vicinity. A friend from Johnson Avenue picked a few for my sake and deposited them for me in the box at 231st nad Corlear (in front of Robert E Hill), and they disappeared overnight: when I went to pick them at 6 a.m. the next

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peatedly raised the issue of the impact of a $250 contribution made by a reputable community leader to the Andrew Cohen campaign. Therefore it’s only fair to question what Mr. Stanton’s obligation is to an individual who helped pump over $9,000 into his campaign and how that would affect the neighborhoods of the 11th Council district. It is clear what needs to be done. I call on Clifford Stanton to do the right thing and return all of these questionable campaign contributions immediately. Jeffrey Dinowitz Assemblyman, 81st A.D.

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day, they were all gone! I believe the very critical article about Stanton might be responsible for this. You have to seek alternatives because I believe this disgraceful vandalism will continue. Carmen Bejarano

Is this politician honest? To The Editor: If that ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes was alive today, he would have finally found right here in the Bronx what he was so fervently looking for. No, I’m not talking about the delicious meals at reasonable prices he would find at the Blue Bay Restaurant, but rather an “honest man” or in this case, an “honest woman” who — and this is so hard to believe — happens to be a Democratic Party politician, Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo Continued on Page 15

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Memorial Grove vandalized To The Editor: I applaud Herb Barret’s efforts and I share his disgust at the filth and debris he has seen at the Memorial Grove. I ride my bike daily in that area and am in disbelief at what garbage is strewn around the picnic area just south of the boathouse. After every weekend the area looks like a garbage landfill. How human beings can sit there and dump their refuse helter skelter is beyond me. Even if the few garbage cans were full, why can’t these visitors take their waste with them when they leave? One cannot believe the sight. It should disgust all who see it. It is a rat’s paradise. The sad thing is that this scene is created by large groups of picnickers, not just a handful of uncaring citizens. It reminds me of 19th century Paris, when tenants just threw their waste out the window. Michael Mendel To The Editor: In response to Herb Barret’s experience, I express great sympathy for the pain he and his fellow veterans are feeling after the trashing of Memorial Grove. My mother was imprisoned in Auschwitz. If not for American soldiers, I would not be alive. My family owes a great debt of gratitude to America’s veterans. Bring Memorial Grove to Riverdale, where hopefully it will be respected. Hedy S. Rosen

Assemblywoman Arroyo

Continued from Page 14 from the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. According to the Daily News (June 17), Ms. Arroyo, in paperwork she filed with the State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, claimed to have won $28,467 in “casino gambling.” And this let me point out is money upon which she will have to pay income taxes. How many of you readers who go to Atlantic City, Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun… and win small amounts of money which in a year’s time total a substantial sum would actually admit to it and pay taxes on it? I would guess not too many. If that $28,467 is truly gambling winnings then Assemblywoman Arroyo deserves not only a gold medal but a statue in her honor. However, if this is just her way of “laundering” illegally obtained monies then she should be prosecuted. An investigation is definitely warranted. If the Assemblywoman does actually turn out to be a crook like so many of her fellow Bronx politicians, I can well understand the thinking that might have caused her actions. It goes as follows: “Why be a politician if I, my family and my friends can’t benefit from it? As that old saying goes, “A person goes into politics to do good — and remains to do well.” Politically connected lawyers make thousands upon thousands of dollars through lucrative patronage appointments from the Surrogate and other Judges as guardians, administrators, receivers and referees. Why shouldn’t I look out for myself, the lawyers certainly do? Should I be discriminated against because I lack a law degree? I certainly hope Assemblywoman Arroyo does turn out to be honest. What are the odds? Alvin Gordon

with unemployed laborers and “do some smart things that they’re doing in the private sector.” On rent guidelines, he criticized the remote role played by the state in making decisions for the city, suggesting that the rent guidelines board should be comprised of locals—including some who pay rent here. “Representatives in Buffalo and Schenectady and Plattsburg and Lake George get to decide whether we’re going to have any rent regulations at all, and we hardly ever question it,” he said. “We’ve outsourced it to this almost anonymous board that picks a number out of the air and then we’re stuck with it. I think that has to change.” “It used be that we in the city of New York needed Albany to keep an eye on us to make sure that we weren’t misbehaving,” Weiner said. “You know what? Now, it’s the opposite. We do a pretty good job of governing ourselves here. You can say whatever you want about Giuliani and

Dinkins and Bloomberg, but we now live in a city that, I believe, has proven we can govern it. Now we should take the responsibility for that. If that means we have to make tough decisions on rent or the subway fare or for other things, we should not rely on the MTA board or the rent guidelines board. We should rely on our own good judgment.” One gentleman asked which mayoral candidate Weiner would endorse if he weren’t running himself. “Here’s what I would look for,” he replied. “I would look for someone who focuses like a laser beam on the middle class and those struggling today. The very well-to-do—God bless them, but we need to protect that middle class. Two, I would vote for someone who has a demonstrated history of fighting for things that are important to seniors, like protecting the Medicare program. And three, I’d vote for someone who seems like a nice guy. So I’ll leave the rest up to you.”

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Continued from Page 2 person,” allowing the account holder to establish a dollar amount over which authorization is needed. Weiner gave a plug to senior centers, calling them “a real bargain” and a “great investment.” “My grandma Jean, of blessed memo-

ry—her closest friends when she passed were friends that she met at her senior center,” he recalled. “She took a real tailspin after my grandfather passed away. They were such an inseparable couple. Then she discovered her senior center at Castle Hill. To be honest with you, the final years of her life, she was healthier, more vibrant, she ate better. So I definitely would be supportive of keeping the funding and increasing it where I could because those monies wind up saving us a lot in other places.” He’d like to give extra tax breaks to families who care for seniors at home— with access to senior centers—instead of moving them to nursing care facilities. On municipal housing, Weiner blamed cuts in federal funding and “miserable” building management for widespread disrepair. He suggested that we get the “smart people in the private sector who understand how to solve problems” together with existing city employees and even

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