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braries, a tax which went into effect in 2009. Just-Michael’s efforts are expected to save the New Rochelle Public Library approximately $10,000 a year.

“Questions came up, and we addressed them right away,” Just-Michael said. “These are policy issues, and you have to stay ahead of the curve…And I think New Rochelle can set an example for the county in a lot of ways.”

Marcotte, 50, who won the county seat in 2010 and served as the chairwoman of the Board of Legislators’ Bud-get and Appropriations Com-mittee this past year, said she isn’t daunted by the decided voter disadvantage she is fac-ing in New Rochelle, hav-ing beaten those odds before. Marcotte said she will do what she’s always done; rely on her record of keeping the tax levy increase flat.

“I’m aware I’m the under-dog,” Marcotte said. “All I can do is campaign on my record, as I have in the past, and let the residents decide in No-vember.”

Just-Michael, who owns her own public relations firm, said she attended a couple of Westchester County Board of Legislators meetings and can “already see gaps.”

an unsuspecting resident’s home and has been on the rise in Westchester County and the Lower Hudson Valley area, Schumer said.

“These dangerous actions are not ‘pranks’ at all—these ‘swatting’ attacks are serious incidents in which our emer-gency responders use up their time, energy, and resources responding to false threats,” Schumer said. “What the per-petrators of these calls see as a practical joke is actually a terrifying experience for in-nocent bystanders, a business-detractor for local commerce, and a costly crime that forces our local emergency respond-

ers to use up thousands of tax-payer dollars on fake alerts.”

Schumer’s bill would in-crease the maximum prison sentence of those convicted of swatting from five years to eight years, force convicted offenders to pay restitution to police, and make it illegal for perpetrators to evade police by disguising caller ID over Skype or internet calls. Currently, it is illegal for people to disguise their voices on calls placed via traditional phone lines, but there is no such prohibition on calls placed via internet phone services, so Schumer said he’s looking to close the loophole with his bill.

“We need to stop this dis-turbing trend before it is too late, and someone gets seri-ously hurt,” Schumer said regarding the emergence of swatting cases.

The incident in Eastchester was just one of four swatting incidents seen over the last few years, including a May incident in Garrison, N.J., that forced the Garrison Union Free School District and near-by Haldane schools in Cold Spring, N.Y., to order precau-tionary lock-downs while po-lice and SWAT teams respond-ed to a scene where the caller

SWATTING continued on page 8

MARCOTTE continued on page 7

Marcotte preps for another fight

Sen. Schumer looks to crackdown on swatting incidentsBy CHRIS EBERHART

Staff Writer

Two months after a high-profile case in which the East-chester Police Department re-ceived a hoax call from a man claiming to have killed his girl-friend in a Joyce Road home and tied up her family in what turned out to be a “swatting” incident, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat, pro-posed a bill that would estab-lish harsher penalties for those convicted of such crimes.

“Swatting” is an incident in which a fake phone call is made in an effort to have po-lice SWAT teams respond to

By CHRIS EBERHARTStaff Writer

The race for the county’s District 10 legislative seat be-tween Westchester County Legislator Sheila Marcotte, an Eastchester Republican, and Democratic challenger Haina Just-Michael, of New Ro-chelle, is expected to be one of the closest legislator races this election season.

In Marcotte’s previous county legislator race in 2013 against a New Rochelle Democrat, Mary Jo Jacobs, Marcotte claimed landslide victories in her hometown of Tuckahoe and Eastchester but struggled in the New Rochelle portion of the district, which holds a near 3 to 1 Democratic registration advantage and has been the home of this year’s opponent for the past 23 years.

Just-Michael’s roots run deep in New Rochelle having been involved in a handful of city volunteer positions on the board of Holocaust and Hu-man Rights Education Center, the Interreligious Council of New Rochelle and, most nota-bly, for the last seven years as a trustee for the New Rochelle Library Board, including what is about to be her second year as the president, among other positions.

Last year under Just-Mi-chael’s leadership, the New Rochelle Public Library in-stituted an e-cigarette ban in the library, which Westches-ter implemented this month for county work places. And in April of this year, Just-Mi-chael, 56, played a major role in the repeal of the MTA pay-roll tax for New York public li-

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Zoning board holds off on 100 Main St.By JOHN BRANDI

Staff Writer

In a rare act, certain mem-bers on the Tuckahoe Zoning Board of Appeals have re-fused to vote on the variances put forth for a project on Main Street until all members are present. Chairman of the board, Ronald Gallo, thought the proj-ect was too important to decide on without a full vote of the board.

The five-member zoning board had proceeded to vote on the project’s special excep-tion use and five variances at its June 3 meeting, with its mem-bers Tom Ringwald and David Scalzo voting for and against, respectively. However, Gallo halted the meeting in the midst of voting to enter into an execu-tive session with Village Attor-ney Gary Gjertsen and the rest of the board, as he expressed concerns that the matter should be voted on by all members.

Member Janice Barandes was absent due to a birth in the family, and she expressed through a conference call in ex-

ecutive session that she has ev-ery intention to vote on the pro-posal, according to Gallo.

Therefore, the remaining vote was tabled.

Gjersten said the two votes already cast still count, and said those two members wouldn’t have to cast another vote at a special meeting convened for Wednesday, June 10, after press time, where the three other members of the zoning board were expected to vote on the fate of the project.

Scalzo, who already voted against granting the variances to 100 Main St., said the proposal creates a bad situation within a village that already has a traffic problem. He said it could lead to more vehicles exiting onto the Main Street thoroughfare and neighborly disputes.

“I worry dramatically that the project will have an unde-sirable change in the neighbor-hood,” Scalzo, a former nearby Terrace Place resident, said. “Parking is terrible. We know Main Street is too narrow and over trafficked.”

Scalzo said the applicant,

MC Equities, LLC, also failed to provide how not passing this application would provide them hardships, and added that there’s no way to understand the benefit of granting the five variances being requested for the project.

The 100 Main St., propos-al, in its current iteration, is a four-story, mixed-use retail and residential space planned for a vacant lot along Tucka-hoe’s main thoroughfare. The plan has evolved since its original presentation in 2008, and the changes have stalled the building from moving for-ward, shifting from three to four stories over the course of its lifespan.

The building would have 2,642 square feet of retail on the ground level along with open air parking, intended for merchants, shoppers and resi-dents of the building. In total, there are 19 proposed units: two, four bedroom units, six, three bedrooms, four, two bedrooms and seven, one bedrooms.

Though not yet approved, the zoning board has a few

stipulations for the applicant consisting of commercial space only being utilized by two retailers and a require-ment that 100 percent of the building’s generated storm water remains on site.

The project is request-ing five variances including a side yard setback, 37 parking spaces instead of the permit-ted 52, a variance for the four stories, where only three are permitted and a floor area ra-tio variance. Floor area ratio is

the total square feet of a build-ing divided by the total square feet of the lot the building is located on. Finally, the appli-cant wants to cover 77 percent of the lot, where the allowable lot coverage is 50 percent.

Still, earlier in that same meeting, in a 3 to 1 decision, the board had already adopted a negative declaration for the site under New York State’s Environmental Quality Re-view Act, SEQR. Board mem-ber John Paladino was the lone

vote against administering the negative declaration. But the rest of the zoning board found the proposal would not cause a significant environmental im-pact to the surrounding area in terms of noise, pollution and traffic.

The project, for approval of its variances and special use exception, will be voted on at the special zoning board meet-ing on June 10.

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Tuckahoe’s Zoning Board of Appeals has put off voting on a proposed 100 Main St., project until the board can reconvene with its full voting members on hand, at a special meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 10, after press time. File photo


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Tuckahoe Senior Center

The Tuckahoe senior citizens is an active vital community made up of men and women, 55 years of age and older, who gather Tuesdays and Thursdays from September through July at Father Fata Hall at the Assumption Church in Tuckahoe. Members enjoy a wide range of ac-tivities including weekly exercise, tai chi, bin-go, cards and games, as well as presentations on topics of particular interest: health, legal issues, history, music, culture, food, crafts, politics, art, literature, film, dancing and more.

All of these programs are included in the $20 annual membership fee. Seniors also enjoy monthly luncheons and day trips for an addi-tional fee.

Operating in Westchester County for almost 45 years, the senior center primarily serves those residents in the 10707, 10708 and 10709 zip codes. However, membership is open to all who consider Tuckahoe and Eastchester their commu-nity, including some who live nearby in adjacent areas of Yonkers, Mount Vernon and Scarsdale.

Referrals to important services for older adults are provided by a professional direc-tor, who has a growing list of trusted partners around Southern Westchester that who can help our member’s age in place where appropriate, as well as discussing other needs as necessary.

The Tuckahoe Senior Center’s operations are overseen by the Senior Citizens Council, a community-based organization established in 1970 to provide professionally run programs and services for elderly residents of Eastches-ter, Tuckahoe and Bronxville.

The Chapel School Kids ‘R’ Cookin’ Camp

This summer, The Chapel School Explorer Camp is excited to present two options for your budding chef. The Kids ‘R’ Cookin’ Camp is for budding chefs who are aged seven to 12 and

June 23 at 9 a.m. For Read-to-Me game par-ticipants only. Please register for each attendee including parents/caregivers. For more informa-tion, contact Teresa Chang at 721-8105.

New iPads The Friends of the Eastchester Public Library

have purchased two new iPads, one for children and one for teens. The Children’s Room iPad is loaded with educational games, such as 50 States with Flat Stanley, while the Teen iPad can be used for homework or to play games, includ-ing the ever-popular Minecraft. To access the iPads, stop by the reference desk.

Bronxville Public Library

Electronic instructionOn Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 9 a.m. and

10:30 a.m., we are offering free instruction in internet access and Microsoft Office software. Call the reference desk at 337-7680 for more information and to register. You can also get in-struction online at learningexpresshub.com.

Tuckahoe Public Library

runs from July 6 through July 10, 9 a.m. until noon. We are excited to bring the professionals from Kids ‘R’ Cookin’ to our explorer program this summer. Students will have a unique op-portunity to express their love of cooking while having lots of fun exploring a variety of foods to prepare and cook. Some items might include stuffed French toast, enchiladas, fruit pies, fresh spaghetti and meatballs. Your child will learn ba-sic food safety, utensil use and the fundamentals of cooking fresh, healthy and delicious recipes.

Baking with Mrs. PriceThis camp is for budding bakers aged nine

through 12. It will run from July 20 through July 24, 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Campers will bake easy desserts and breads that will have their friends thinking they slaved in the kitchen for hours. They will learn to make delicious baked treats including Linzer (jam) tarts, bagels, choc-olate walnut coffee (decaf), muffins and more.

Everest VBSA summer kids event called Everest VBS will

be hosted at Village Lutheran Church from July 13 to July 17, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. At Everest, kids discover what it means to hold on to God’s mighty power in everyday life. Kids participate in memorable Bible-learning activities, sing catchy songs, play teamwork-building games, make and dig into yummy treats, experience one-of-a-kind Bible adventures, collect Bible memory buddies to remind them of God’s love, and test out scien-cy-fun gizmos they’ll take home and play with all summer long. Plus, kids will learn to look for evi-dence of God all around them through something called God sightings. Each day concludes with a summit celebration that gets everyone involved in living what they’ve learned. Kids at Everest VBS will join an international mission effort to provide Thai-language children’s Bibles to kids in Thailand. Everest is for kids from kindergarten to fifth grade and will run from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm each day. For more information, call Mimi Blanco 337-3202, extension 1026. The suggested registra-tion fee is $20 ($30 per family). Village Lutheran Church and The Chapel School are located at 172 White Plains Road in Bronxville. For more infor-mation about The Chapel School and its programs, call 337-3202 or visit thechapelschool.org.

The Bronxville Pops Concert Band

The Bronxville Pops Concert Band announc-es its 41st Concert Series. The series will be held on Wednesday evenings on July 8, July 15, July 22 and July 29 at 8 p.m. on The Great Lawn in Front of The Bronxville High School, located on Pondfield Road and Midland Avenue in Bronxville. Spend a delightful evening un-der the stars. Bring a blanket, a chair, and some wine and cheese as you enjoy an American tra-dition. For more information, email [email protected].

“How many miles are on your menu?”Did you know that your food choices leave

a carbon footprint? On Saturday, June 13 from noon to 1:30 p.m., we will compare families in different geographic locations and analyze their food intake. We will learn how food has been produced and transported, and about its impact on the environment. You will take home a “car-bon footprint” chart to help you make more en-vironmentally responsible food choices.

This is the first in a series of “Environmen-tal Literacy” programs at the Eastchester Public Library. Completion of all programs for your age group will earn a “Green Citizen” badge of honor. This program is intended for grades 3 through 6. Online pre-registration is required.

Read-To-Me Kickoff PartyOn Tuesday, June 30 at 11 a.m., join musi-

cian Jeffrey Friedberg and the Bossy Frog Band for a fun-filled music concert to kick off this summer’s Read-to-Me game. Online pre-regis-tration is required, and will begin on Tuesday,

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Electronic resourcesThe Tuckahoe Public Library is offering new

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Advance screening of “People, Places, Things”On Wednesday, June 17, the

Picture House will present an advance screening of the new film “People, Places, Things” at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Hall, with a post-film discussion with the film’s director, Jim Strouse.

“People, Places, Things,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, tells the story of Will Henry, played by Jemaine Clement, a newly single graphic novelist balanc-ing parenting his young twin daughters and a classroom full of students while exploring and navigating the rich com-plexities of new love and let-ting go of the woman who left him.

Shot primarily in New York City, the Hollywood Report-er said of the film, “[F]unny, charming and just a bit cute, ‘People, Places, Things’ is a warm and knowing romantic comedy about the lingering after-effects of a split when it involves kids, constant contact with exes and hopeful future mates.”

After the screening there

will be a discussion and Q&A with the director, Jim Strou-se, hosted by Picture House critic-in-residence Marshall Fine. Strouse is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote the film “Lonesome Jim” (2005), directed by Steve Buscemi, and made his own directorial debut with “Grace Is Gone” (2007) starring John Cusack. Strouse won an Audi-ence Award for Most Popular Dramatic Feature and the Wal-do Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival for “Grace is Gone,” which he also wrote. He next wrote and directed “The Win-ning Season,” starring Sam Rockwell and Emma Roberts. Strouse is a native of Goshen, Ind., and was an MFA student at Columbia University for fic-tion writing.

Tickets to the advance

screening and post-film dis-cussion are $12 for general ad-mission, $6 for Picture House members, $10 for students and seniors, and are available at thepicturehouse.org or at the box office, located at 175 Wolfs Lane, in Pelham.

Since 1921, the Picture House has served as a cultur-al center and community hub and is the oldest, continuously running movie theater in West-chester County. Today, after an extensive renovation and the addition of state of the art technology, the Picture House shows the best in new, inde-pendent and classic cinema and provides students of all ages the opportunity to learn about the art, science and busi-ness of film. In a world where you can carry a movie screen in your pocket, the Picture House preserves the sense of commu-nity, wonder and engagement that has existed since the for-mation of the first theaters.

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By JAMES PEROStaff Writer

For awhile it appeared as if the skinny house—a slender Mamaroneck home on Grant Street which stands just 10 feet wide—had a fat chance of survival. Now, however, af-ter its recent registration as a national and state historic site, it could finally get the support it needs.

The three-story house, which was built in 1932 by Nathan Seely, an African-American carpenter, is threat-ened by an extensive termite infestation that was discovered two years ago during renova-tions to the house’s kitchen.

Funding to restore the house and quell the growing termite problem, which would’ve fall-en squarely on the shoulders of current owners, Ida San-tangelo, 94, and her daughter Nancy Picarello, was just too expensive—potentially total-ing upwards of $100,000.

Mamaroneck oddity listed to historic registry

But now, with the house’s May 18 listing onto the na-tional and state register of historic places, the chances that the skinny house may re-ceive federal and state grant funding, and consequently the much needed renovations to ensure the historic structure’s survival, have increased.

“Now that it’s listed with the historical [registry] it will be much easier to get grants,” Village of Mamaroneck May-or Norman Rosenblum, a Re-publican, said. “It’s not guar-anteed, but it will be much easier.”

But according to the state Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, “properties owned by munici-palities and not for profit orga-nizations are eligible to apply for state historic preservation grants.” This means that if the house isn’t turned over to the village, the skinny house may never see any federal or state money.

And at the moment, the owners seem reluctant to do so.

Carol Akin, chairwoman of the Mamaroneck Historical Society, warns that if the house isn’t turned over soon, the situ-ation may only continue to deteriorate. “If [the owners] would relinquish ownership, all of the funds to fix the skin-ny house are ready to go,”Akin said. “That’s the issue, [the owners] decided not to and to raise the money themselves. It’s an impossible task.”

The difficulty in trying to raise funds for the historic structure may best be exempli-fied by Mamaroneck Histori-cal Society President Donald March’s struggles.

“I tried to raise money,” he said, “and I could only raise $381,” an amount which he calls “a pittance” in regard to the potential cost of the reno-vations.

For more than 80 years the skinny house has served as both a local, and some-times even international treasure, attracting visitors from around the world.

Gloria Pitts, Mamaroneck’s village historian, remem-bers just how impressive the house was when she last visited.

“When I went into the house—this was about

10 years ago—the house, at that point, was about 70 [years old],” she said. “It was so strong.”

And its strength, just like its width, is shocking, especially considering how the house was made—or more specifi-cally, what it was made with.

Seely, very much affected by the Great Depression, had little money to buy building supplies at the time of the house’s construction.

So, in 1932, after Seely purchased the property for $1 from Ida Santangelo’s father, Seely, an expert builder, decid-ed to repurpose many of the materials used to make up the house’s foundation, utilizing everything from old railroad ties to a chicken coop.

Its gabled roofs and ma-roon wooden siding only add to the skinny house’s allure.

The house, nestled approxi-mately 55 feet from the road, much further than any other house on the block, makes it—in addition to its size or lack thereof—easy to miss. But, right now, local Mamaroneck residents are worried about the house going missing all together.

“There’s nothing we can do if the owners don’t want to turn over ownership, so that’s the stalemate, we’re very frus-trated,” Akin said. “Someone who has persuasive ability I wish would come in and con-vince them to save this won-derful, special house.”

Picarello could not be reached for comment as of press time.


After 80 years, Mamaroneck’s skinny house—though threatened by a termite infestation—still stands tall. Its recent designation as a national historical site may help secure money to solve its bug problem. File photos

The skinny house, tucked away on Grand Street in Mamaroneck, may be easy to miss at first pass, but another look reveals one of the village’s most prized oddities.

The house is constructed of many makeshift materials including an old chicken coop and repurposed railroad ties.


“Things that you might think have already been taken care of, haven’t been,” said Just-Michael, specifically mentioning the need for in-creased aid to social services, taking legislative measures against bullying on college campuses and focusing more on environmental sustainabil-ity—such as a countywide plastic bag ban and more bike lanes and bike racks.

“I think social services, an-ti-bullying and environmental issues are big deals and that can trickle down from the county,” she said. “I feel like I’ve done a lot for the commu-nity here as a volunteer, and I felt like it’s time to take it to the next level.”

But Marcotte said of all the issues, taxes are the No. 1 concern for voters, followed by economic development, improving infrastructure and protecting local zoning in the county’s fight against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development over af-fordable housing.

“When I go door to door asking voters to rehire me, I ask

MARCOTTE from page 1 people what is most important to them, and across the board they say ‘taxes,’” Marcotte said. “‘What have you done for my taxes recently?’ And I can say I’ve kept the tax levy flat for the past five years.”

Marcotte, who spent time on the Tuckahoe Board of Trustees and Eastchester Town Council before becoming a county legislator, said she’s particularly proud of being part of the bipartisan coalition on the Board of Legislators, which includes seven Republi-cans and two Democrats Mike Kaplowitz, of Yorktown, and Virginia Perez, of Yonkers, that formed at the end of 2013 to help pass the 2014 county budget and most recently the 2015 county budget, which is the fifth consecutive year the county tax level has remained flat.

But the zero percent tax levy increase in the 2015 county budget that Marcotte touted included borrowing to cover $15 million in pension costs and $5 million in tax cer-tioraris that Just-Michael criti-cized, as did many Democrats on the county board during the budget vote. Just-Michael

said she’s confident she can use her experience serving on the library’s budget committee to find areas where the county can save.

“I don’t understand how you can claim there are no tax raises but leave the burden to local municipalities,” Just-Michael said. “I think we’re borrowing our future…We would never keep our lights on at home by putting it on a credit card, yet that’s exactly what’s being done. That really disturbs me.”

Marcotte took over the Dis-trict 10 seat in 2010 after de-feating Greg Varian, a New Rochelle Democrat, in a spe-cial election to replace Re-

publican Vito Pinto, who was tabbed by Republican County Executive Rob Astorino to head the county’s Veterans Service Agency. Marcotte fol-lowed that up with a 2011 win over former Tuckahoe Mayor John Fitzpatrick, a Democrat.

Just-Michael worked against Marcotte on both Var-ian’s and Jacobs’ campaigns as well as New Rochelle Democratic Mayor Noam Bramson’s unsuccessful cam-paign for county executive against Astorino in 2013.

Legislators are elected to serve two-year terms. Election Day is Nov. 3.


SHEIlA MARCOTTE

✔ Tuckahoe resident for 17 years

✔ Spent last five years as a county legislator after serv-ing on the Tuckahoe Planning Board, Tuckahoe Board of Trustees and Eastchester Town Board

✔ Plans to keep county taxes and spending to a minimum and address the county’s aging infrastructure and flooding concerns

HAINA JuST-MICHAEl

✔ New Rochelle resident for 23 years

✔ Entering her eighth year on the New Rochelle Library Board and second as the president

✔ Runs her own public rela-tions firm

✔ Her platform will focus on the use of borrowing in the county budget, social servic-es, anti-bullying on college campuses and environmen-tal sustainability

AT A GlANCE


After the beautiful week-end we just enjoyed, I was prompted to reflect upon how fortunate we are to live in Westchester County.

We constantly hear the mantra that we live in the highest taxed county in the country with very expensive day-to-day necessities as well as home prices. All true. (As an illustrative anecdote, in my hometown in upstate New York, “Quick Cash” at the ATM is a $20 bill, not $100). On the flip side, we also live in a unique county full of his-tory, interesting people and unexpected surprises.

The following are some “did you knows” I unearthed while enjoying Sunday in the sunshine:

Already the richest and most populous county in the colony of New York by 1775, Westchester is now the sec-ond wealthiest county in New York State and the seventh wealthiest in the nation.

Covering 450 square miles and 45 municipalities, it is larger than 40 countries.

First visited by Italian ex-plorer Verrazano in 1524 and later by Henry Hudson in 1609, English settlers arrived in the 1640s and named their new home for the English city of Chester.

As of the last census, West-chester had a population just slightly less than one mil-lion residents, one in five of whom were born out of the United States. The county is served by 48 public school districts, 118 private and paro-chial grammar and secondary schools and 14 colleges.

Forbes rated it the ninth best place to grow old, citing

the gorgeous natural beauty within such close proximity to Manhattan as major positives.

Notable Westchesterites in-clude:

Founding Father, New York governor, co-author of the Federal Papers and first chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay moved his family to Rye, studied with Angeli-can pastor Pierre Stoupe in New Rochelle and retired to a homestead in Bedford.

Painter Norman Rockwell lived in New Rochelle from 1913 to 1939, of which he called, “some of his happiest years.” He painted most of his iconic Saturday Evening Post covers while living in New Rochelle.

Mt. Vernon native Lt. Ira Palm led a raid on Adolph Hitler’s Munich apartment in the spring of 1945 and came back to the States with a gold-plated pistol bearing the ini-tials, “AH.”

John Peter Zenger wrote an article about an Eastchester town election that heavily crit-icized the New York governor. Litigation over the article led to the immortalization of free-dom of the press in the Bill of Rights, hence the name Bill of Rights Plaza at the intersection of Mill Road and Route 22 in Eastchester.

In 1979, “Mean” Joe Greene filmed the iconic Coca-Cola commercial with the young boy in the tunnel at Mt. Ver-non’s Memorial Field at the corner of Sanford Boulevard.

In Tarrytown in 1780, Brit-ish Army Major John Andre was captured by American militiamen as he attempted to smuggle plans for the fort at West Point which were provid-ed to him by Benedict Arnold.

Yonkers resident Leo Baekeland invented one of the world’s first and most useful plastics in 1907 and formed

the Bakelite Corporation in 1910. It manufactured the glossy brightly colored plastics that define the 50’s and 60’s.

In 1988, Yonkers resident John Reid became the first person to play golf on Ameri-can soil, naming his three-hole course in a local apple orchard St. Andrews.

Some Westchester firsts:Union Church in Pocantico

Hills has nine Chagall stain glass windows and one Henri Matisse. The Matisse “Rose Window” was commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller to hon-or his mother. Matisse finished the design just two days before he died. The Chagall windows, the only series in America, were commissioned by David Rockefeller.

The first chapter of the Garden Club of America was founded in Bedford in 1938.

Paddle tennis was invented in Scarsdale in 1928 and first played at the Fox Meadow Club there in 1931.

The Bronx River, or Aque-hung as Native Americans called it, served as the key border between the Wappinger and Siwanoy Indian tribes. The parkway of the same name, completed in 1925, was the first multi-lane limited access parkway in North America.

Finally, an early prospec-tive for home purchase for our own Bronxville boasted: “Few New Yorkers know that within three miles of the city limits is a varied and undu-lating country…there are no fences; everyone appears to own everything. You will find the lawn of one resident wind-ing curiously into that of an-other whose grounds in turn, merge into still another occu-pant’s. There are no flat lawns or level gardens, but the slopes are dotted with trees, ribbed with fine rock and starred with wild flowers.”

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claimed that a woman and her son were being held hostage at gunpoint.

In a July 2014 incident in Rye, police and SWAT teams were dispatched from Rye, Harrison and Westchester County when a report of an armed man invading a nearby

suburban home was called in through Skype. Responders found no one home.

And in March 2011, fake 911 calls were made to the Rockland County Sheriff’s office claiming a shooting at Mercy College was being planned. Police reported that

they believed the caller was us-ing a voice-alteration device in order to make this false report.

Eastchester Police Chief Timothy Bonci could not be reached for comment, as of press time.


SWATTING from page 1

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer proposed a bill that would create harsher penalties for those convicted of swatting attacks, such as an April incident in Eastchester, pictured, when a man called the Eastchester Police Department claiming to have stabbed his girlfriend and was holding her family hostage in a Joyce Road home. File Photo



The Westchester County Board of Legislators parks sub-committee was scheduled to vote on the Playland manage-ment agreement with the coun-ty and Standard Amusements during its June 10 meeting, but some legislators still had con-cerns that pushed the vote off.

However, Board of Legisla-tors Chairman Mike Kaplow-itz, a Yorktown Democrat, said he believes there is al-ready a majority vote to ap-prove the contract.

Any delay at this point seems to be a mere formality.

The subcommittee plans on voting on the contract at its June 15 meeting.

County Legislator Mary Jane Shimsky, a Hastings-on-Hudson Democrat who took over as the chair of the parks subcommit-tee after former chairman Peter Harckham resigned to take a position at the state level, ex-pressed her individual support for the Standard plan.

“I think this is the only way

Playland vote expected June 15

to save Playland,” Shimsky told the Review after the June 10 meeting. “So barring any blowups between now and the vote, I plan on voting for this agreement.”

The legislators had only 60 days to pass the plan, a clock that began running on April 15, when Republican County Executive Rob Astorino and Standard Amusements signed an agreement that allowed Standard to run the only coun-

ty-owned amusement park in the nation. As part of the agree-ment, Standard Amusements will pay $2.25 million in up-front costs to the county and would invest another $22.75 million into the park within the first three years.

The parks subcommittee, which has been vetting Stan-dard Amusements’ proposal, was originally scheduled to vote on the agreement during its June 10 meeting. If that vote

would have passed, the contract then would’ve gone to the floor of the legislative chambers for a full, 17-member Board of Leg-islators vote. But, county leg-islators were unsatisfied with the lack of specificity in the memorandum of understanding between Astorino and the legis-lative branch about the county’s responsibilities toward capital projects and the language about retaining Playland workers as county employees.

County Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat who’s a member of the parks subcom-mittee, said the specificity in the memorandum of understanding is important in order to hold the Astorino administration accountable for the county’s obligations.

“We want to make sure the administration doesn’t say we can wash our hands of Playland because Standard has it,” Parker said. “I’ve seen two drafts of the memorandum [of under-standing] without any speci-ficity, and if I don’t see that, I can’t support the management agreement. We’re in the pro-cess of drafting a new memo-randum now and hopefully we’ll see the changes.”

While Kaplowitz acknowl-edged the question marks about the language in the agree-ment were valid, he said he be-lieves the speed bumps will be smoothed out in time for the vote next week and expects the agree-ment with Standard to pass.

“It was evident that there were some reasonable concerns that we need to work through,” Kaplowitz said. “But I think there’s wide support for this agreement once this punch list is worked out. We’ve made sig-nificant progress, and we’re still on schedule for a Monday vote.”

Personally, Kaplowitz said, he’s in favor of the plan, in large part, because it’s brought the capital projects needed at Playland to the forefront after years of neglect and no capital investments into the park on the part of county government.

“The good in this agreement far outweighs the concerns,” Kaplowitz said. “The only rea-son why we are evening dis-cussing capital projects is be-cause we have this $25 million investment from Standard. That investment plus ours...The dol-lar goes further than it would’ve if it was just [the county] mak-ing an investment.”

Included in the original $22.75 million investment into the amusement park was $4 million geared towards a great lawn and temporary fields. That provision was included in the contract between Astorino and Standard when he chose the vendor to manage the daily op-erations of Playland. But resi-dents abutting the Rye-based amusement park still had a bit-ter taste in their mouths after Astorino’s first choice, Sustain-able Playland, Inc., had touted a 95,000-square-foot field house in the main parking lot of the park as part of its plan to rein-vent Playland. SPI ultimately withdrew its proposal paving the way for Standard to reach an agreement with Astorino.

Aware of the sensitivity of the park’s Rye neighbors to-ward the fields, Nick Singer, who leads Standard Amuse-ments, removed the $4 mil-lion investment from fields and re-appropriated the money into other areas of Playland. A clause in the contract states that whatever money is leftover from the $22.75 million invest-ment goes to the county.


The Westchester County Board of Legislators is scheduled to vote on the county executive’s pending agreement with Standard Amusements to operate Playland on June 15. File Photo


ment of Environmental Con-servation and the Westchester County Conservation, Parks and Recreation Department, which conducted a prelimi-nary count of the area and said there were 74 deer in a quarter of a square mile in the Green-haven section of Rye and the Jay Estate property on Boston Post Road.

During the summit, John Baker, director of the county Conservation, Parks and Rec-reation Department and head of the county’s deer manage-ment program, said the coun-ty will likely launch a deer hunting program in the Rye Marshlands, which is owned by the county, during the next hunting season, which runs from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31.

Kiley Blackman, founder of the Animal Defenders of Westchester, called Westches-ter County’s plan to hunt deer in the Rye Marshlands “a reckless course of action.”

“The appropriate concern

has been raised about public safety, to the close proxim-ity of homes and generally crowded areas, but was quick-ly and arrogantly dismissed by the Westchester bow hunt-ers,” Blackman said, “despite the fact that bow hunting is notoriously inaccurate.”

Some of the inaccuracies of the bow and arrow, Blackman said, can lead wounded deer leaving blood trails through-out the neighborhood or dying on residents’ lawns.

Sack said he was never served with anything. He said he respects the opinions of the animal rights activists, but “people come first.”

“For those of us who actu-ally live in Rye and the Sound Shore area, deer overpopula-tion is a real and serious is-

sue,” Sack said. “Our ecosys-tems are being eaten down to the nub, and that’s bad for all other animal species. We’ve got herds of deer squeezed into postage stamp-sized plots, which wasn’t the case just a few years ago.”

Sack said if you add that to the threat to human life with the spread of Lyme disease and deer leaping in front of cars, then there’s a real public health situation.

Rosenblum said the notice serves as “an attempt to in-timidate.”

“Under no circumstanc-es will we be intimidated,” Rosenblum said. “We’ve re-ceived just as many concerns from people who are asking us to do something about the overpopulation. We’re not try-ing to kill Bambi; we are try-ing to deal with encroaching wildlife.”

But Simon backed Black-man’s claims of the ineffec-tiveness of hunting because of the deer’s ability to adapt. Si-mon said, killing them “is an exercise in futility.”

“Their numbers will keep bouncing back up,” Simon said. “They’re amazingly adap-tive. They’ll produce more fawns and breed at an earlier age after their numbers are re-duced. So the cull is continu-ally repeated at much expense and to no avail.”

Simon said she sees the same pattern in many commu-nities: deer are killed each year, their numbers bounce back and the complaints continue. “It’s a vicious cycle,” she added.

On the other hand, non-lethal methods, such as fertil-ity control options like surgi-cal sterilization or immuno-contraception, prevent deer from having fawns to cut the bounce-back numbers, accord-ing to Simon.

“It’s true that fertility con-trol options are more expen-sive, yet the pay-off is a popu-lation that slowly declines,” she said.



A local animal defense group is looking to protect deer from hunters by threaten-ing to take legal action against Rye, Mamaroneck, Westches-ter County and the state if they move ahead with a bow hunt-ing or firearm hunting pro-gram in an effort to curtail the local deer population.

Last month, Delice Selig-man, attorney of the Kingston-based law firm Seligman and Seligman, who is represent-ing the Animal Defenders of Westchester, filed a “notice of dangerous condition” against Mamaroneck and Rye mayors Norman Rosenblum and Joe Sack, both Republicans, along with state and county officials. Seligman said they’ll seek a restraining order if the hunt-ing plan continues.

According to the notice, hunting in Mamaroneck or Rye “may cause serious in-

juries to the general public as a result of impaling, gor-ing, shooting or death, along with emotional and psycho-logical distress to the public and other risks including the possibility of increased deer/car collisions resulting from frightened deer running into the road way.”

Laura Simon, a wildlife ecologist for the Urban Wild-life Program, said bow and ar-row isn’t a quick-kill method, therefore there’s a high crip-pling rate, and when people see an arrow-struck deer in their yard, that can be trau-matic for children.

The notice comes four months after Rye hosted a February deer summit in Rye City Hall that included Sack, Rosenblum, the State Depart-

Animal rights group fights deer hunting

A local animal defense group filed a notice of dangerous condition against the Village of Mamaroneck and the City of Rye in an effort to protect against the hunting of deer in the municipalities’ efforts to control that population. File Photo“We’re not trying to kill Bambi; we are

trying to deal with encroaching wildlife.”

– vIllAGE Of MAMARONECk MAyOR NORMAN ROSENBluM, on the deer population in the Sound Shore area


Editor’s note: Tonia Tagliaferro is an

award-winning fashion styl-ist whose Mamaroneck-based company, The Art of Dress-ing, is dedicated to empower-ing women to become savvy and sophisticated about what to wear to fit their body style, weight and lifestyle. Among other things, she provides such signature services as wardrobe consultation and evaluation, corporate speaking, closet au-diting and organization, and assisted personal shopping. Be-ginning this week, we are proud to launch her new weekly col-umn, “Tonia Says,” in which she will respond to a sampling of the many questions she will receive from readers with straightforward answers and advice on body image, dressing do’s and don’ts and the things people really struggle with in-side. She’s funny, self-aware and more open than you’d ever expect.

Those questions not printed will be answered by her at your email address, so be sure to include it. Only your initials and the town in which you live will appear in the newspapers and no one, except Tonia, will see your url. Please email your question(s) directly to her at [email protected].

Dear Tonia:

As I grow older, I’m be-coming more and more uncer-tain about how to dress. This may be a common problem, but I haven’t encountered it before, at least to this degree.

Can you help me?

M.B., Larchmont

Dear M.B.:Nothing makes you look

Stay in style as you agemore out of style than outfits that are too “matchy-matchy.” Unlike what you learned a long time ago, follow these simple new rules to update your look effortlessly:

Don’t match your shoes and handbag; try using nude shoes; wearing black in the summer is okay; mixing two different patterns looks fresh; black and navy work well together, brown and black look great; Metallic is not just for evening; and cos-tume jewelry is in so mix your bracelets and necklaces.

Dear Tonia:After attending several fu-

nerals in the past few months and seeing everything from suits to blue jeans to “sexy” club wear, I was appalled and felt compelled to write. Please tell your readers what is ap-propriate.

C.L., Eastchester

Dear C.L.:Funerals are respectful oc-

casions and part of being re-spectful is dressing appropri-ately for the service. It is also important because it shows re-spect for the deceased and for the other loved ones attending the service. Age and position in the family should dictate a higher degree of dress.

Wearing strictly black no longer applies unless you are a family member. Traditional colors like navy, purple, gray and earth tones work well.

Although a person’s death should be grieved, it is appro-priate to celebrate the person’s life with a subdued color. It is nice, too, to wear what the per-son who passed would have liked to see us in.

Denim and athletic wear may be appropriate or com-fortable for casual activities but should never be worn to a wake or a funeral. Shorts or sandals are never acceptable. Wear what is tasteful and con-

servative.A sexy dress, even in black,

is not appropriate. The most im-portant thing women should re-member is not to wear anything too tight or low cut. Not only is it disrespectful, but it would also make you look trashy. You want to be remembered as be-ing supportive of the family, not for what you wore.

The rule for skirts and dress-es is knee length or longer. Think basic, simple pencil skirt, trouser or a suit you might wear to a job interview. It is accept-able to wear dress pants with a nice top, although wearing a jacket will pull the outfit to-gether. Your shoulders should be covered for some churches.

Keep your jewelry and ac-cessories simple and to a mini-mum. Your shoes should be in a subdued, dark color and not show your toes. Keep makeup understated.

Dear Tonia:Any thoughts on tweezing

one’s brows for the perfect shape?

P.K., Rye

Dear P.K.:You bet! A few tips for

sculpting and tweezing. While your eyebrows are the frame of your face, it’s important to create the shape that works best for you. There are basi-cally three shapes that most brows fall into: a full arch, subtler arc or a straighter brow. Many brow artists will try to create an arch when you don’t naturally have one. Work with what you have and get the best shape that works for you. If you are not sure what your shape is because you have plucked and tweezed them so much, look at a picture of yourself from when you were young so you can remember your natural shape.


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every surface and furnishing must be appropriately cleaned.

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3. Move forward knowing that the initial detail clean-ing of room(s) or items re-quires an investment of time. There are no shortcuts; only improved cleaning techniques will lead to efficient acts for eliminating dirt.

My basic point is, when you’re involved with clean-ing restoration (after things no longer look nice), the ini-tial clean can be intensive. At this point, your cleaning tasks requires labor, time, effective tools and insightful how-to’s. While the surface spray and wipe approach will show some improvement, the unsanitary layers beneath the surface will begin to bleed through, very shortly. Over the years,

Based on many years of being involved with residen-tial and commercial cleaning, it never ceases to amaze me when a customer is surprised when I explain the require-ments of an initial cleanup. Af-ter all, clean is clean and there are very specific requirements for getting there too.

The mindset of spray and wipe, when connecting with cleaning tasks will not achieve that out of the box result that you are hoping for. Surface cleaning allows one to get an immediate burst of apprecia-tion, but only when they first see it. A reality check eventu-ally takes place once items in a space are rearranged or surfac-es are inspected in a detailed way. The unsightly discoveries are unacceptable, now what. Quality vs. quantity: the new possibility, for cleaning tasks. Can we talk, because Ask Cin-dy can exert proprietary ex-pertise for recapturing a clean space, appliance and so forth. I always walk with three dictat-ing principles:

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legged legends like Secretariat and Seattle Slew. And while racing enthusiasts will forever

utter his name with reverent tones, to me, it’s just another race at Belmont Park.

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My apologies to anyone who considers themselves to be a fan of horseracing, but to be perfectly honest, I don’t give a fig about the sport.

On Saturday, after Ameri-can Pharaoh became the first horse since 1978 to win the coveted Triple Crown, the sports world was abuzz with news about the thoroughbred. Clearly, we were dealing with a momentous occasion, a his-toric race and a legendary horse.

And I couldn’t have cared less.

I’m not exactly a newcomer to the world of horseracing ei-ther. I’ve been to the Preakness twice, the Belmont Stakes three times, and when I was in college, I spent quite a bit of time betting on the ponies at the classiest off-track betting site in central Pennsylvania.

The sport of kings?I even remember my first-

ever winning bet, when I was just 10 years old in Saratoga, N.Y. The horse? Wild Irish-man. The jockey? Mike Smith. So why didn’t I watch one sec-ond of the race to the Triple Crown this year?

It’s tough to say. I think it comes down to

personality. When I don’t have a vested interest in who wins or who loses, I approach sport-ing contests from a reporter’s mindset. What are the story-lines coming in? For example, the NBA Finals this year are a matchup between an un-stoppable juggernaut from the west and a depleted Cavs’ team that just so happens to employ the best basketball player on the planet. Will the Warriors’ depth prove the dif-ference? Can Lebron take his squad full of castoffs all the way? What would a Cavs’ win mean for King James’ larger legacy?

These are the questions that keep me captivated.

As for horseracing, more often than not, it just comes down to which horse happens to be the fastest on a particu-lar day.

I know there’s more to it than that. The racing world is filled with colorful charac-ters, from jockeys to owners, and the sport itself was once extremely important in our sporting culture, especially in the first half of the 20th cen-tury. But frankly, I’ve always found attempts to personalize the horses themselves as a des-perate way to pull viewers in, and it’s never something I’ve understood.

Maybe it’s just that I’m not a big “animal”, guy. Maybe I just don’t know the sport well enough. But when I can’t buy in to an athletes’ backstory, I just have a hard time caring who wins.

So yes, we all witnessed a piece of sporting history on June 6. American Pharaoh’s name will go down in the books alongside other four-

On June 6, American Pharaoh captured racing’s first Triple Crown since 1978. Sport Editor Mike Smith remained unimpressed, however. Photo courtesy Wikipedia.com

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Tigers fall in regionalsBy MIkE SMITHSports Editor

On June 5, Tuckahoe’s bid for a state title came to an end with the Tigers’ 8-5 loss to Southold in the Class D region-al finals at Mamaroneck High School. Although the Tigers were able to win their first con-test in the state title tournament, a number of errors on Saturday conspired to end the Section I Class C champions’ season.

Tuckahoe started strong on June 5, carrying a 4-1 lead into the fifth inning, but the team was eventually undone by 10 walks and six errors. South-old took the lead in the fifth when the Settlers plated their fifth run on an error, and never looked back. They will play in the state semifinals on June 12 in Binghamton, N.Y.

Nanno Santorelli led the way for the Tuckahoe bats, go-ing 3-for-3 with three doubles on the afternoon.

According to Tuckahoe coach Jerry DeFabbia, the

sloppy play was uncharacter-istic of the Tigers, who came into the game with a record of 19-4.

“It’s something we’ve talk-ed about; if you watch Major League games and one team is giving the other extra outs,

it’s tough to win that way,” De-Fabbia said. “We’d had points during the season where we had trouble throwing strikes and points where we had trou-ble in the field, but it hadn’t happened at the same time.”

Tuckahoe earned the right to play Southold with a win over Chester on June 4 in a game that was much more in-dicative of the Tigers’ style.

Taking the mound against the Hambletonians, righty hurler Austin Pope tossed a gem, allowing just four hits and striking out five batters en route to a 6-1 Tuckahoe win.

The Tigers committed just one error against Chester.

Pope, who was similarly unhittable in last week’s Class C title game against Solomon Schechter, said getting the chance to pitch in a section ti-tle game served as great prepa-ration for his June 4 start.

“It definitely helped me, just in terms of building my confidence,” he said. “I knew that my teammates had my back, so I could just pitch con-fidently.”

Although the Tigers’ lone error against Chester led to the Hambletonians only run, Pope said the team’s defensive play allowed him to pitch to contact.

“We made all the plays we

had to,” he said. “So I just went out, tried to hit my spots and throw strikes.”

Although the loss was dis-appointing, DeFabbia said, the future of the program looks bright. With five starters, in-cluding Pope, slated to return in 2016, the Tigers may have another shot to grab a section title next spring.

“I think after going through it for the first year and winning a section title, winning the section title has to be our goal,” DeFab-bia said. “I just want these guys to play as much baseball as they can over the summer and use that experience for when they come back next year.”


Tuckahoe shortstop Nanno Santorelli comes up with a bad hop against the Hambletonians. Tuckahoe’s defense, which has been consistent all year, had some costly mistakes against Southold on June 5.

Austin Pope throws a pitch against Chester. Pope was brilliant in the regional semis, allowing just four hits on the day.

Brett Oliverio fields a pickoff throw at first base on June 4. Photos/Mike Smith

Rob Kiernan rounds third base on June 4. The Tigers beat the Hambletonians 6-1.

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