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Imagination dominant Youth Art Month theme

BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN

Imagination was a domi-nant theme at Harrison Council for the Arts Youth Art Month Reception, displaying creative art renderings in many media by students from Harrison Av-enue Elementary School; Har-rison High School (HHS); Louis M. Klein; Parsons Elementary; S.J. Preston Elementary; Pur-

chase Elementary Schools and School of the Holy Child on Sunday, March 3 at Harrison Municipal Building and Public Library.

With the theme “Studies in Visual Arts, Imaginary Creatures in Progress,” HHS art teacher Tracy Gilman commented, “We studied Chimeras and other mythological creatures that are a

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Youth Mental Health First Aid launches as part of Safer Communities Initiative

County Executive Rob-ert P. Astorino, along with the Department of Community Mental Health and West-chester Jewish C o m m u n i -ty Services, l a u n c h e d “Youth Men-tal Health First Aid,” a new Safer Commu-nities initia-tive, on March 13 at the Westchester County Center.

“Youth Mental Health First Aid trains adults on how to detect warning signs that our kids could be at risk,” said County Executive Robert P. Astorino. “If you see cuts or bruises, you don’t have to be a doctor to know what to do. The same cannot be said for mental illness-es. This program helps teach parents, teachers, coaches, clergy – just or-

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High School Footlight Players Stage “A Chorus Line”

The Harrison High School Footlight Players performed their rendition of A Cho-rus Line March 20th through March 23rd in the Harrison Performing Arts Center to rave reviews.

A Chorus Line, nominated for 12 Tony Awards and the winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, was conceived, directed, and choreographed by the acclaimed Michael Bennett. As a lifelong dancer and director, Bennett was genuinely interested in the cre-ation of a performer. A Chorus Line originat-ed from several taped workshop sessions of professional Broadway dancers. During the audition process, Bennett extracted from the dancers their motivation and pathways to this difficult and demanding profession, one ripe with disappointment and rejection. One by one the dancers expanded on their childhood memories, disillusionments, ob-stacles and ultimately their passions for the

world of theater.The late Marvin Hamlisch

added the music which includes well-known numbers such as “I Hope I Get It”, “Hello Twelve, Hel-lo Thirteen, Hello Love”, “What I Did For Love”, and the iconic “One”.

The Harrison High School Footlight Players’ production of A Chorus Line was directed and cho-reographed by HHS dance teacher Deborah Toteda with musical di-rection by HHS music teacher Lynn Fusco. Both ladies were recognized last year by the Metropolitan High School Theater Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Chore-ography and Best Musical Direction for HHS’ production of Crazy for You, which also received the Metro’s highest honor of Outstanding Overall High School produc-

tion. Parsons Elementary School 4th Grade teacher Stephanie Goldman was the show’s Technical Director with the responsibility of overseeing the talented HHS technical crew.

HHS music teacher David Blumenthal conducted the orchestration of the musical.

To view a complete cast and technical crew list, visit www.harrisoncsd.org

Left to right: Ron Belmont, Mayor of Harrison; Alan Trager, CEO of Westchester Jewish Community Ser-vices; County Executive Robert P. Astorino; and County Legislator Michael Smith

Top Debater Honored by Mayor


Supervisor Ronald Belmont and Town Board honored Harrison High School (HHS) Senior Danny DeBois with a Certificate of Achievement for being selected by the National Foren-sic League to represent Team USA at World Schools Debating Champion-ship in Bangkok, Thailand in August at the Town/Village Board meeting on Thursday, March 20.

“Danny has gotten 15 Top Speak-er Awards between 2012-2014,” Bel-mont stated. “He has debated at Harvard, Washington, D.C., Texas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Kentucky, New Jersey and organized the 9-mem-ber Debate Team. Last year he won top award at the World Debates in Slovenia and is entering Harvard this fall.”

Town Engineer Michael Amodeo presented the annual MS4 Stormwater report, mandated by Department of En-vironmental Conservation and Environ-mental Protection Agency. “I purchased some bottled water from New York City. Harrison groundwater drains into res-

ervoirs going to NYC. Be careful of what you throw in the street,” Amodeo stressed.

Village Attorney Jonathan Kraut called a Public Hearing, determining the amount of real property to be acquired by Town easement on 4 Puritan Road, Rye, necessary for Stormwater and drain-age infrastructure improvements.

“About 300 feet from Poly Park Road there is a low spot on Pilgrim Road with no drainage,” Amodeo observed. “We

expect to put cov-ered 24-inch pipe to the Poly Park drain with minimal disturbance.” Po-lice Chief Anthony Marraccini noted that with flooding, emergency vehicles and Police cars can-not get through.

The Pilgrim Road Association funded $80,000 for two five-horse-power pumps to Poly Park drain, not generally effec-tive. Kraut closed the Public Hearing,

informing the Board that they have 90 days to act and draft findings.

Other business included approv-al for installation of a fuel cell at Mor-gan Stanley, Purchase, operating on natural gas by chemical reaction with no combustion; proposed fencing and landscaping improvements to Riis Park by Amodeo and $100,000 gift from Jar-den Corporation, re-naming the Library Community Room, Jarden Community Room.

Mayor Ron Belmont (left) and Debate Champion Danny DeBois

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combination of multiple animals…“We developed a long list of animals we liked.

Each student picked three animals out of a hat.From those, students used the head of one,

body of a second and legs of a third to create a new imaginary [sculpted] creature.”

Studying the book Good Night Construction Site, Preston First Graders analyzed various truck illustrations, identifying simple shapes making up different parts of trucks, creating collages out of paper they previously painted, focusing on art element shape.

Preston Second Grade pupils read The Very Busy Spider, paying specific attention to lines used to make webs as well as shapes used to make the spider, creating “webs” by oil pastel resist tech-nique and gluing previously painted paper spiders to their webs.

In the Library, Emily Murray played John Len-non’s “Imagine” among other Beatle tunes on her ukulele, accompanied by pianist Demetrious Mc-Mullen, where New York State Senator George La-timer remarked, “I think it is a tremendous effort by Harrison teachers, Harrison students as well as Har-rison parents and shows a breadth of education that includes not only academic studies but the arts.

“Common Core Curriculum is being debat-ed but it is art that turns the kids on,” Latimer stressed.

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Congresswoman Nita Lowey

Assemblyman Buchwald announces surging support for Pension Forfeiture Ethics Bill

Assemblyman David Buchwald (D-West-chester) announced at a press conference on March 5 that a bipartisan group of over 60 Assembly co-sponsors, including all freshman members, have signed onto legislation he in-troduced that would permit stripping state pen-sion benefits from any public official convicted of a felony where the public’s trust has been violated (A.7173).

Assemblyman Buchwald was joined by Chairman of the Ethics and Guidance Com-mittee Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove), Senator George Latimer (D-Westches-ter), Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer (D-Yon-kers), and members of the growing coalition in the legislature who co-sponsored the legis-lation.

“Government officials who betray the public trust should not collect a pension in the same way as those who serve honorably, and I’m pleased that over 60 members of the State Assembly agree with me,” stated Assem-blyman David Buchwald. “No matter how se-rious the offense, current law still assures most public employees that their state pensions cannot be challenged. I promised Westchester families that I wouldn’t stand for this type of behavior, and now more than ever we need to act.”

Assemblyman Buchwald’s bill is an amendment to the New York State Constitu-tion aiming to strengthen the current “Public Integrity Reform Act,” which only strips pen-sion benefits of convicted officials who first entered the State pension system after the law took effect in November 2011. Buchwald’s bill would apply to any public official, regardless of when he or she first held office.

“When an elected official is sworn into of-fice, he or she must sign a solemn Oath stating that they will uphold the laws and the Consti-

Congresswoman Nita Lowey running for Re-Election

Congresswoman Nita Lowey has announced that she is running for re-elec-tion to Congress in Novem-ber.

“ I am proud of my effective leadership in Con-gress, representing our com-munities from Port Chester to Stony Point and from Chappaqua to Pearl River and beyond. In just the last two years, I have secured vital investments in our region, including: $60 bil-lion in federal Sandy relief to rebuild and recover, his-toric assistance for the new Tappan Zee bridge, and aid for local small businesses to expand and create jobs.

“As the highest ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, I served on the bi-partisan House-Senate conference com-mittee that broke the gridlock in Washington and passed a budget in the fall to end the Tea Party shutdown. In January, we enacted im-portant legislation to improve our economy

dinary people – what to be on the lookout for when it comes to mental illness and our kids.”

Astorino’s “Safer Communities” initiative has been a comprehensive response to the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., in 2012. Few issues are more difficult and require more sensitivity and understanding than when mental illness afflicts our children. The statistics are staggering. Approximately 20 percent of kids ages 13 to 18 either currently or at some point during their lives have had a seriously debilitating mental illness.

The dilemma for adults is that we don’t want to miss warning signs and at the same time we don’t want to jump to wrong conclusions that could stig-matize youngsters. Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to help on both fronts: teach adults how to recognize warning signs and then equally important equip them to come up with the right response.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is a nationally recognized program that teaches participants to pro-vide “first aid” to youth, ages 12 to 18, for a range of mental health challenges. The training will be available to adults throughout the county thanks to a partnership between Westchester Jewish Com-munity Services and the Department of Community Mental Health. It is aimed at those who spend time with young people in schools, faith-based organiza-tions, community groups, sports leagues, camps and recreation programs.

“We’re very excited to roll this out in Westches-ter,” said Alan Trager, CEO of Westchester Jewish Community Services, the agency that will provide the training. “This will empower people to identify and approach youth who may be struggling and to link them to the professional help or other supports they need before issues escalate.”

At the presentation, the training was described and demonstrated. An adult, who graduated from the program, as well as a young person, who directly benefited from the program, shared their experienc-es. Program trainers also gave a brief demonstration. A booklet that highlights the approach of the Youth Mental Health First Aid program, in addition to sta-tistics and useful resources, was distributed. To access the booklet online, visit http://bit.ly/1fAeKi2.

The training aims to give adults the necessary tools to help a youth experiencing a mental health challenge or crisis wherever they may be – at home, school or in the community. Interested organizations or individuals can sign up for the eight-hour training course that will teach participants to provide “first aid” to children and teenagers for mental health challenges including depression, suicidal thoughts, self-injury, panic attacks, substance abuse, reaction to trauma, aggressive behavior and acute psychosis.

Participants will learn a five-step method to re-spond to young people facing a mental health chal-lenge:

1. Assess the risks of suicide or self-harm, and take these seriously

2. Listen empathetically and without judgment3. Provide reassurance and information about

options and resources4. Enlist professional help5. Encourage the young person to seek support

from family, friends and othersThe Westchester Department of Community

Mental Health in partnership with Westchester Jew-ish Community Services will host the first training on May 13 and 16 from 9 a.m.-1p.m. It will be open to up to 30 participants and free of charge. For infor-mation, call 995-5225.

and quality of life through restoration of federal in-vestments in infrastructure, early education, homeland security, medical research, and much more.

“Nationally, unemploy-ment has declined to 6.6%, and 8.2 million new jobs have been created over 46 consecutive months. But we can’t stop now.

“I’ll keep fighting to help our local businesses grow and create jobs and to direct federal investments to local transportation systems and schools, which helps to keep down property taxes. And, I’ll continue the march

toward economic security for our families with an increase in the minimum wage for 16.5 mil-lion Americans and equal pay for America’s working women.

“I am proud to call the Hudson Valley home, and it is an honor to serve in the United States Congress,” Congresswoman Lowey not-ed.

tution that govern New York State,” said State Senator Neil Breslin (D-Albany) who carries the bill in the State Senate (S.1133). “This Oath sets the highest standard for integrity - the public’s trust. A violation of that trust, while in office, demands pecuniary as well as criminal penal-ty. The current law only regulates officials that joined the pension system after 2011. It is criti-cal that we enact a law that applies to all public officials. The public deserves nothing less.”

“Decency dictates that tax dollars should not indefinitely support the well-being of law-makers who violate their office,” said Susan Le-rner, Executive Director of Common Cause/NY. “Common Cause/NY applauds the members of the Assembly who put the public interest first, and calls on all members of the Legisla-ture to follow suit and amend the Constitution so that, in appropriate situations, corrupt law-makers don’t collect a public pension. Honest

people have nothing to fear.” Additionally, this is a concept that has

been recently embraced by Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. At a September Moreland Commission hear-ing, Bharara was quoted as saying “The com-mon-sense principle is a simple one: Convicted politicians should not grow old comfortably cushioned by a pension paid for by the very people they betrayed in office.”

A public official in the State of New York

can currently accept bribes, steal public funds or engage in numerous other forms of pub-lic corruption and yet still feel secure in the knowledge that even if convicted of these se-rious crimes and thrown in jail, there will still be a state pension check sent their way every month for the rest of their lives. However, As-semblyman Buchwald noted that with enthu-siastic bipartisan support of this legislation, in-cluding from all Assembly freshman, a new day is coming in Albany.

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Assemblyman Buchwald (at podium) speaking at press conference.


Astorino advances two Flood Mitigation ProjectsCounty Executive Robert P. Astorino has

submitted legislation to the County Board of Legislators to advance two flood mitigation projects, together totaling $1.85 million. The projects employ best practices in stormwater management to enhance each site’s capacity for storing and absorbing floodwaters, as well as improving water quality and enhancing the sites’ visual appearance.

At the county’s Saxon Woods Park, lo-cated in parts of Mamaroneck and Harrison, nine acres of floodplain along 1,400 feet of the Mamaroneck River will be restored at a cost of $600,000. The severely eroded riverbank will be stabilized with rock revetment supplemented by vegetation. Along the river, invasive vines will be replaced with hundreds of tree saplings and other vegetation that will stabilize the soil and greatly improve water absorption and fil-tration. In 2012, the county completed similar improvements to nine acres along 1,600 feet of the river directly to the north.

In Eastchester and Yonkers, south of the Harney Road Bridge in the county’s Bronx River Parkway Reservation, 750 feet along both sides of the Bronx River will be stabilized at a cost of $1.25 million. Severe erosion and sedimen-tation are aggravating flooding conditions and threatening the park pathway. River sediment will be relocated, thereby widening the river channel, and the riverbank will be re-graded. Stone structures within the channel will re-di-rect water flow to lessen the threat of bank ero-sion and sedimentation.

“These projects are part of a larger and on-going effort to address the impacts of flooding in the county,” Astorino said. “Last year we completed the rehabilitation of the Oak Street Pump Station in Yonkers that was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The County Center is now buffered from the impacts of flooding thanks

to stormwater management projects along the banks of the Bronx River. There are many com-plex factors that cause flooding and we will continue to maximize our resources to address them.”

In 2011 and 2012, the restoration and stabilization of 1,000 feet of the west bank and 1,200 feet of the east bank of the Bronx River between the Bronx River Parkway and the County Center parking lot was completed. Another Bronx River flood mitigation project completed in 2013 was at Scout Field in Mount Vernon, where stormwater management and in-channel stone diversion structures were con-structed and river buffer was restored. Under construction next to Fisher Lane and the Bronx River Parkway in Greenburgh is the resto-ration of a stormwater and flood management wetland next to the Bronx River. This project

will be completed by summer at a cost of $850,000.

The Blind Brook Dam Retrofit project at Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook was com-pleted last year by the City of Rye and is eligible for up to a 50 percent cost match or a maximum $1,083,550 from the county.

Other flood mit-igation projects now moving forward in-clude:

• Mamaroneck: Replacement of the Anita Lane Bridge to improve the flow in

the river channel during severe storms; at a cost of $1.5 million.

• Eastchester and Yonkers: Redirect the riv-er channel away from the supporting wall of

the Bronx River Parkway at Garth Woods; at a cost of $2 million.

• White Plains: Stormwater management practices and embankment stabilization along Fulton Brook in the Bronx River Reservation near the County Center; at a cost of $600,000.

“We will continue to move as quickly as possible to address projects on county property, as we have been,” Astorino said. “Where state, federal and other approvals are required, it adds time and complexity to the project, however we continue to make progress.”

The county also is studying and address-ing the impacts of flooding via the County Stormwater Advisory Board (SAB). Staffs of the departments of Planning and Public Works and Transportation are working on Stormwa-ter Reconnaissance Plans for Westchester’s five major watershed areas. Three plans have been approved by the SAB. Once the plans are ap-proved by the County Board of Legislators, the flood mitigation projects in the plans, which were identified by municipal officials, will be eligible for a 50 percent project cost match from the County.

Legislator Harckham convenes review of Playland Improvement Plan

Legislator Pete Harckham (D-North Salem), chair of the Westchester County Board of Legisla-tors (BOL) Labor/Parks/Planning/Housing Com-mittee (LPPH), recently brought together exec-utive staff of Sustainable Playland, Inc. (SPI) and members of the Astorino Administration for a BOL committee review of the Playland Improve-ment Playland (PIP).

During the meeting, BOL Majority Lead-er Catherine Borgia (D-Ossining), who last year commenced the review of the Astorino Adminis-tration’s plans to revitalize Playland while chair of the BOL Government Operations Committee, continued to push SPI and the Administration to provide comprehensive revenue projections and details of SPI’s financial plan showing how the multi-year PIP will be able to move forward, and what contingencies will be in place if projected revenues are not met.

Additionally, SPI officially announced at this committee meeting that the new Field House planned for Playland had been scaled back from 95,000 square feet to 82,000 square feet.

“I’m pleased that we’ve taken another step forward in the evaluation of how to best re-vital-ize Playland for the future,” said Harckham. “In looking carefully at Sustainable Playland’s pro-posed improvement plan, important concerns and issues are bound to be raised as part of a collab-orative effort to do what’s best for all parties involved—especially our residents and taxpayers. We look forward to continuing this review process.”

At the LPPH Committee meeting, legislators learned that Central Amusements International (CAI), which SPI is contracting to run the amusements and “Aqua Zone” at Playland, will wait until Year 4 in the PIP to totally remake the beach front area with water rides and other attractions. Plans to erect the new Field House, down-sized in response to community objections, are set for Year One, however.

Harckham previously announced an ambitious schedule for the PIP review in the LPPH Committee, culminating with a committee vote on May 13, 2014. LPPH Committee members will make a Playland site visit to see where the Field House will be erected, and also to see how much of the Parking Lot will be affected by the renovations and new structures.

Legislator Pete Harckham

Nonprofits represent the largest employment block in Westchester’s economy

Nonprofits are a multi-billion dollar in-dustry and make up the largest employment sec-tor in Westchester Coun-ty, according to a report released recently by Non-profit Westchester (NPW) and The Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies.

The study, entitled “Westchester County Nonprofits: A Major Eco-nomic Engine,” found that 53,987 people, or 13.6 percent, of the coun-ty’s total workforce is employed by nonprofits. That’s one out of every seven workers. Addition-ally, this sector generated $6.9 billion in revenues and paid roughly $2.7 billion in wages and com-pensation – including hundreds of millions in fed-eral, state and local taxes.

“We’ve always known that we provide many essential services and are critically important to the regional economy,” said Joanna Straub, executive director of Nonprofit Westchester. “With this study, we have concrete data that shows just how vital we are and how much we contribute to Westchester County.”

The $15,000 study, funded by the Westchester Community Foundation, includes five major eco-nomic findings. They include:

• At 53,987 workers, the county’s nonprofit sector employs more than retail, tourism, local gov-ernment, construction, finance, real estate or other industries. In fact, nonprofits employ more than six times as many workers than the county’s real estate and information technology fields, more than three times as many as the finance industry, and 10 per-cent more than local governments.

• Health organizations, such as hospitals and nursing homes, were significant areas of employ-ment in 2013 as were colleges and universities.

• Nonprofits generated nearly $6.9 billion in revenues and spent approximately $2.7 billion in wages. The compensation, in turn, translated into roughly $311 million in federal taxes, $104 million in state income taxes, and $21.8 million in local in-come taxes.

• Between 2003 and 2013, employment in this area grew by 8.4 percent, adding 4,203 jobs, particularly in health services and elementary and secondary education. Compared with an anemic 1.2 percent growth in all areas of the economy, growth in nonprofits trumped other segments.

• Other information in the study concluded that increased competition and overall wages were a mixed bag. Wages in this sector were below those in the for-profit and government sectors – by rough-ly 1/3 in both cases. However, nonprofit wages are higher in fields where nonprofits and other sectors compete, suggesting that nonprofits are concentrat-ed in low-wage fields.

The Westchester Community Foundation, which develops, manages and distributes philan-thropic funds in a manner that is responsive to donor interests and community needs, funded the study because they believed it was important to show the wide economic reach and impact of non-profits.

“It’s important that organizations, govern-ments and members of the public understand the true value of nonprofits in Westchester County,” said Catherine Marsh, executive director of the Westchester Community Foundation. “These re-sults show that nonprofits are not only respected service providers, but also create a wide range of economic opportunities.”

For more information, or to read a copy of the study, visit www.npwestchester.org or call 332-6679.

From left: Susan Wayne, Nonprofit Westchester Board Chairperson; Catherine Marsh, Executive Director of the Westchester Community Foundation, who funded the study; Lester Salamon, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies; and Joanna Straub, Executive Director of Nonprofit Westchester.

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UPCOMINGThe Jewish Community Center of Harrison, 130 Union Avenue will present a Holocaust Exhibit in honor of Yom Hashoah from April 3-30. Suitable for all ages. Call 835-2850 for viewing hours.

Mamaroneck High School Drama Club presents, Lit-tle Shop of Horrors on April 25 and 26 at 7:30pm and April 27 at 2pm. Call 220-3100 for more infor-mation.

Crafts at Lyndhurst will take place on May 2 from 10am to 5pm, May 3 from 10am to 6pm and May 4 from 10am to 5pm. For complete details call 845-331-7900 or visit artrider.com.

“Lest We Forget: Holocaust in Art” a new exhibit cu-rated by Arle Sklar-Weinstein, Director of Blue Door Gallery will be on view through April 27 at ArtsWest-chester, ArtsWest Gallery 9, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains sponsored by the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center with the cooperation of ArtsWestchester. A closing reception will be held on April 27 from 2 to 4:30pm with a candle-lighting ceremony. For addition information, call 696-0738.

The Mamaroneck Artists Guild, 126 Larchmont Avenue, Larchmont currently has openings for new members. Interested artists may drop off work samples to the gallery between the hours of 3 and 6pm on April 21. Membership forms and detailed information can be downloaded from mamaroneck-artistsguild.org. For questions, call 834-1117 or email [email protected].

LMC-TV has announced new spring classes in Pho-toshop, Photo Editing, Video Editing and more at 145 Library Lane, Mamaroneck. Visit lmcce.org/pro-grams or lmc-tv.org for more information.

The Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale will hold the following events: Yoga Classes every Monday at 7pm and Friday at 9am (call 723-3470 for details) and April 9 at 7:30pm – Sierra Club program: 5 Toxic Exposures in Your Home. Visit greenburghnaturecenter.org for more information.

The Mamaroneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Ave-nue will have a certified therapy dog present at the Mamaroneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Avenue on May 4 and June 1 in the Program Room at 2pm for readers of all ages to read to the dog. Call 698-1250 for details.

Volunteer drivers are needed by At Home on the Sound, the aging-in-place organization serving older

adults in Mamaroneck and Larchmont. The drivers take senior citizens to local appointments, on er-rands or shopping. For information, call 899-3150 or visit athomeonthesound.org.

AARP Tax Aide Volunteers will offer free tax prepa-ration for seniors and low and moderate income tax payers on Fridays through April 11 from 10:30am to 2:30pm in the Community Room of the Ma-maroneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Avenue. For questions, call 698-1250.

Sarah Neuman Center in Mamaroneck is seeking volunteers of all ages and invites you to share your talents and time. For more information, contact Amy Lionheart, Director of Volunteer Programs to learn about volunteer opportunities at 864-5140 or [email protected]. A support group for people who are dealing with re-tirement, aging, handling free time, family relation-ships, health and other issues will meet bi-monthly on Mondays from 1 to 2:30pm at the Mamaroneck Town Center, 740 Boston Post Road. Call 834-7174 for details.

The Greater Westchester Orchid Society will now meet at the Harrison Community Center, 216 Halstead Avenue, Harrison. The Society meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm. Anyone interested in learning about orchids is welcome to experience the society’s passion for orchid culture. Guest speakers discuss travels to exotic locales and share their expertise. For more information, contact Cordelia Dirlam at 973-420-4966.

APRIL5Beginning at 6:30pm, the Neuberger Museum of Art will host their annual fundraiser Paper Jam 2014 cel-ebrating their 40th anniversary with a group of 40 works on paper by 40 artists. RSVP by calling 251-6114 or email [email protected].

6At 3pm, the Harrison Public Library, 2 Bruce Avenue presents “Having Our Say, the Delany Sister’s First 100 Years” by M&M Productions. Call 835-0324 for details.

At 3pm, the Mermaid Theatre Company of Nova Scotia will perform The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other Eric Carle favorites at the Performing Arts Cen-ter, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase. Call 251-6200 for details or visit artscenter.org.

The Westchester Philharmonic will perform in the Concert Hall at The Performing Arts Center Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase begin-ning at 2pm with a pre-concert discussion. The con-cert will begin at 3pm. For tickets, call 682-3707 or visit westchesterphil.org.

At 2pm, the Mamaroneck Public Library, 136 Pros-pect Avenue will present 91-year-old author John Kulhan and his daughters speaking about their book Freedom’s Gate in the Community Room. RSVP to 630-5888.

9At 6:30pm, the Mamaroneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Avenue will be the location for a free work-shop conducted by WEBS Career and Educational Counseling Service. Register by calling 698-1250, ext. 3.

12Spring Egg Hunts for Harrison children 2-8 years old will take place on West Harrison Village Green at 11am. Raindate: April 13. Call 670-3035 for ques-tions.

17The Westchester Coalition for the Hungry and Homeless, Inc. will host “Night at the Beauty Bar at Bloomingdale’s”. To find out more information, email [email protected] or call 682-2737.

22At 7pm, Westchester Community College Celebrity Salon Series presents Lee Woodruff co-author of “In an Instant” joining hosts, Nancy and Joseph Zaro of Harrison with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in their home. To RSVP, call 606-6558.

24At 6pm, the film “Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle” will be screened followed by a question and answer session with producer Chuck Smith taking place at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase. Visit Neuberger.org for more information.

26From 11am to 1pm, the Mamaroneck Public Library will present a free workshop called 7 Threats to Fam-ily Security in the Community Room of the library, 136 Prospect Avenue. RSVP to Pat at 834-3500.

The Town of Mamaroneck is committed to keeping it’s Conservation Areas clean. Join residents for Earth

Day Clean-up at the Hommocks Conservation Area beginning at 10am. Wear long pants and sneakers. The Town will provide garbage bags, gloves, and wa-ter. Meet at the gravel parking area on Hommocks Road to sign in. For questions, call the Town Super-visors office at 381-7805 or email [email protected].

The Mamaroneck Schools Foundation will celebrate its Annual Benefit and Auction with a tribute band at the Larchmont Shore Club. Tickets are available at mamaraoneckschoolsfoundation.org or email [email protected] for details.

27The Child Abuse Prevention Center’s 4th Annual Walk-a-thon will take place at Rye Playland. Reg-istration begins at 8:30am and ends at noon with entertainment and activities. Visit capcwalkathon.dojiggy.com for complete details or call 997-2642.

The Greenburgh Nature Center, 99 Dromore Road, Scarsdale celebrates Earth Day with activities starting at 11am with a Rain Barrel Workshop. Call 723-3470 for more information.

MAY1At 6pm, At Home on the Sound will hold their An-nual Gala in honor of Ellie Fredston with a tribute to Pat Hachey at the Hampshire Country Club in Ma-maroneck. For details, visit athomeonthesound.org or call 899-3150.

4The Mamaroneck Chamber of Commerce will host the 8th Annual “A Taste of Mamaroneck…Wine Trail” beginning with registration at 12:30pm at Harbor Island Park and the trolley will run from 1 to 5pm. Pre-registration is recommended by visiting mamaroneckchamberofcommerce.org or call 698-4400, or email [email protected].

At 4pm, the Larchmont Lions Club will hold a mid-spring supper at the Manor Inn, 2047 Boston Post Road. Everyone is welcome for a typical Lions fun-for-all. Proceeds to Lions causes. RSVP to 630-1873.

9At 7pm, the Westchester Children’s Museum will hold their Annual Benefit inside the North Bath-house at Playland with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, auction and more. Honorees include Nan and Lear Beyer and Bets and Rod Miller. Visit discoverWCM.org for further information.

On May 9 at 7:15pm and 9:30pm, The Stage at Rockwells, 105 Wolfs Lane, Pelham will present stage and screen star Tom Wopat. Tickets are available at rockwellsusa.net/music.php or call 738-5881.

The Harrison Council for the Arts presents “Southwest Landscapes” by James Maciel at the Harrison Public Library, Bruce Avenue from April 6 to May 2. For information, call 835-0324 or visit harrisonpl.org.

On April 7 at 7pm, the Larchmont Public Library, 121 Larchmont Avenue presents local Elder Law expert, Sara Meyers, in a program dedicated to gaining greater understanding about elder care and elder law. The free program will take place in the Michael P. Coords Activity Room. Call 834-2281 for details.

Westchester Community College presents Grounded Aerial on Saturday, April 26 at 8pm in the Academic Arts Theatre on the Valhalla campus. Visit sunywcc.edu/smartarts for tickets.

The White Plains Performing Arts Center, 11 City Place presents Gospel Explosion 2014, an evening featuring some of the hottest local Gospel choirs on April 5 at 8pm. For ticket information visit wppac.com

On April 10, Manhat-tanville College, 2900 Purchase Street, Pur-chase will host “Women in a Global Context” film series featuring The Story of Qui Ju at 7pm in the Berman Student’s Center Theatre. Call 694-2200 for details.

Through April 12, ArtsWest-chester, 31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains is showing the exhibition, HAT-titude: The Milliner in Culture and Couture. Call 428-4220 for details.


Assemblyman David Buchwald announces marriage to Lara Samet

State Assemblyman David Buchwald (D-Westchester) has announced his marriage to Lara Samet on Saturday March 1st at the Tarrytown House Estate in Tarrytown.

Mrs. Buchwald, a litigation attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, is a native of New Jersey and a graduate of Duke University (magna cum laude) and NYU School of Law (cum laude). As-semblyman Buchwald is a native of Westchester County and a resident of White Plains, where he served on the City’s Common Council for three years prior to his election to the State Assembly in 2012. He represents the towns of Bedford, Harrison, Lewisboro, Mt. Kisco, New Castle, North Cas-tle, North Salem, and Pound Ridge and half of the City of White Plains. Assemblyman Buchwald is a graduate of Yale University, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Harvard Law School (cum laude). For the six years prior to serving in the State Assembly, he was an attorney in the tax department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

“Lara and I are thrilled to be married, and we feel blessed to have shared this special occasion with the people we love” said Assemblyman David Buchwald. “We are partners in every sense of the word, and Lara’s kindness and intelligence make me a better representative for the Westchester communities I serve.”

Their wedding was officiated by Rabbi Alan Silverstein.

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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is very proud to congratulate Michèle Flood, an associate real estate broker affiliated with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Rye office, for ranking as the company’s No. 1 real estate salesperson and associate broker in all of Westchester County. In addition to this honor, Flood earned the Coldwell Banker® In-ternational President’s President Premier Award.

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HHREC program for student leaders examines the “Power of One”


Red Bandanna Project founder Alison Crowther addressed the 13th annual Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) Day for Student Leaders on Wednesday, March 12 at Man-hattanville College in conjunction with HHREC Theme, The Power of One.

The Red Bandan-na project is a youth character development program, supported by Feltzer Institute of Kalam-azoo, MI, partnering with Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust, in mem-ory of Alison’s son Welles, 24, a Sandler O’Neill and Partners equities trader and volunteer fireman on World Trade Cen-ter (WTC) South Tower 104th Floor.

Demonstrating the Power of One, Welles, wearing a red bandanna around his neck, evac-uated at least 12 people down 15 floors when United Airlines Flight 175 plunged into WTC South Tower on September 11, 2001.

Crowther returned to rescue more victims, as-sisted in extinguishing fires, administering first aid and then died when South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m.

Approximately 270 students from 25 West-chester County high schools attended, including pupils from Harrison; Solomon Schechter; New Ro-chelle and Ursuline School, tackling human rights issues including child labor, human trafficking, dis-abled, economic inequality and transgender issues.

In his workshop “The Power of One,” Briarcliff High School (BHS) student Tong Li, President, BHS Anti-Genocide/Anti Bullying Club cited heroic res-cue efforts of Oskar Schindler, “who signed business papers, saving 1200 Holocaust victims and Swedish Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who stamped pass-ports, rescuing 2,000 people only to be tortured to death by Soviets in 1947.”

Later, HHREC Executive Director Millie Jas-per presented the Richard A. Berman Leadership Award, named for former Manhattanville College

Left to right: Vernoy Paolini, Project Manager, Education Curriculum Writer, Red Bandanna Project; Founder Alison Crowther.

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President to White Plains High School Junior Raina Kadavil and Croton Harmon High School Senior Marina Vergara.

Kadavil is co-President of White Plains Mayor’s Youth Council and co-founder of Global Ambassa-dors, furthering UN’s Millennium Development Goals, educating students to mobilize passions in

the name of peace. She participated in the June 2013 One Million Bones project, helping to cover the Washington, D.C. Mall with handmade Paper Mache “bones,” calling attention to genocide vic-tims and created paper cranes to raise money for 2011 Japanese Tsunami victims as well as Beads Challenge, crafting paper beads to fund relief proj-ectsin Tanzania.

Vergara, a volunteer at My Sister’s Place, ded-icated to the eradication of domestic violence, is interested in becoming an environmental lob-byist. She volunteers in soup kitchens, building houses and has led a contingent of students to a local nursing home to assist in resident make-overs.

Jasper summed up the day for the student leaders by saying, “Steve Jobs once said, ‘You can only connect the dots in your life by look-ing back—not forward. Connect the dots and find what you love…“Today is the dot that will lead you to whom you are going to become…Ask yourselves, ‘Who am I today and who do I want to become?’”

Increased female political and civic leadership by 2050 envisioned


A vision of a world in which polit-ical and civic leader-ship is at least 50 per-cent female by 2050 was presented by Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Mount Holy-oke College (MHC) ‘59 and Bronxville Mayor Mary C. Mar-vin, Wellesley, ’76, speaking jointly at Scarsdale Public Li-brary, sponsored by MHC and Library on March 1.

Both political leaders are alumni of the Seven Sisters Col-leges which include Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley, work-ing in partnership with the U.S. Depart-ment of State as part of “Women in Public Service Project,” an initiative to increase women in public ser-vice at local, national and international levels by creating an infra-structure of support, training and mentoring.

Lowey reported that as a result of her working with Mayor Marvin, Bronxville will re-ceive $6 million in FEMA funds. “Nita Lowey came to Bronxville when we had $25 million

dollars in damage to our school and went knee-deep in water with me,” Marvin added. “Every

dollar brought back from Feder-al Government keeps our prop-erty taxes low,” Lowey noted.

“If our econ-omy works for women, it is very s i m p l e — w h e n women succeed, America suc-ceeds,” Lowey remarked. “In 1989 I was one of 31 women sworn into Con-gress—31 out of 535. Now there are 98 women in Congress, 78 in the House and 20 in Senate.

“In New York, women make 83 cents for every dollar a man makes, an $8,000 a year gap. The major-ity of minimum wage earners are

women. Workers in 145 countries have paid sick leave; we do not. We need paid maternity leave and quality childcare. These will not only open doors for economic security but pave the way for more women in public service at every level,” Lowey stressed.

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JDRF’a 2014 Crystal Ball honors the Stagg Family of Purchase

The Westchester County and the Fairfield County Chapters of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) will host the 2014 Crystal Ball on Saturday, April 26th at the Greenwich Hyatt Regency, 1800 E. Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT at 6:30pm. JDRF will honor the Stagg Family of Pur-chase, with the Inaugural Founders Award for their outstanding volun-teerism and community outreach. Kristen Rivera of Westport, CT will serve as the evening’s Fund a Cure Speaker. This annual fundraising event, with dinner and dancing, will feature an exciting evening of entertainment, silent and live auctions, and JDRF’s Fund a Cure.

JDRF is the global leader in finding cures and treatments for type 1 diabetics. Nearly 26 million people have diabetes in the United States—that’s 13 times the population of Fair-field & Westchester Counties combined.

May 1st, 2003 is the date that the Stagg Family will never forget as Amanda Stagg, then three years old, was diagnosed with type 1 di-abetes (T1D).

The family became involved with JDRF in 2004, with both Mark and Theresa each serv-ing on the Board of the Westchester County Chapter, and their children, Ryan (20), Tyler (18), Justin (16), Amanda (13), and Ashley (11) all having volunteered at the JDRF office and at the Walk to Cure Diabetes. Tyler and Justin have also donated their time and skill partici-pating in the “Play with the Kid” raffle at the Annual JDRF Golf Event.

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ident of Outreach as well as a member of the Steering, Golf, and Gala Committees. She continues to host Parent Coffees in her home, where parents of type 1 children have an op-portunity to meet with each other and listen to a variety of guest speakers. Theresa has also served as the Walk Co-Chair for the past two years and has been a member of the Walk Com-mittee for nine years. In 2007, the Stagg’s were one of the top ten Family Walk Teams in the nation, and in 2011, Team Amanda was the first Walk Family Honoree, with Theresa receiv-ing the inaugural TTG Spirit Award in memory of Tara Gambardella. Over the last ten years, Team Amanda has collectively raised over $350,000 and counting for T1D research.

Together, The Stagg Family has helped to raise T1D awareness throughout their commu-nity and is deeply thankful to everyone who has supported them all of these years.

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The Volunteer Center of United Way announces Volunteer Spirit Award Winners

To honor outstanding service to the community, The Volunteer Center of United Way will give special recognition to nine in-dividuals and groups who have gone above and beyond in donating their time and talent to volunteer ac-tivities that strengthen the fab-ric of the region. The Volunteer Center’s 34th annual Volunteer Spirit Awards, presented by New York Life, will take place at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Tarrytown, on Thursday, April 24 from 8 to 10 am. Lou Young, the Emmy Award-winning CBS 2 broadcast journalist, will emcee the celebration and fundraiser.

This year’s breakfast will be even more extraordinary than in the past,” said Alisa H. Kesten, executive director of The Volunteer Center. “We will be making news by announcing a strategic rebrand for The Volunteer Center and new initiatives with key partners and stakeholders. The end result will be more resilient communities in our region, made stronger through volunteerism.”

This year the Chairman’s Award will be presented to Bet-ty Cotton, a long-time resident of Scarsdale, who currently re-sides in Purchase. Cotton, who has been a steadfast supporter of The Volunteer Center and epitomizes the best of volunteer leadership, is being honored for a lifetime of community and human rights advocacy in West-chester County and beyond. She currently serves as a mem-ber of the National Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee and president of its New York Region. She is a member of the New York State Commission on National and Community Service, the Greyston Wisdom Council (former chairperson), the Westches-

ter Community College Foundation Board, the Jewish Council of Public Affairs Board, and the Westchester Not-For-Profit Leader-ship Summit Steering Committee. Cotton is

also a former president of the Junior League of Central West-chester.

In addition, Mary Grace Henry of Harrison, will receive New York Life Youth Leader Award for service to Reverse The Course, presented by New York Life.

Aided by her school’s em-phasis on community service, Henry says that is where she learned about the barriers to ed-ucation experienced by girls in

Uganda. “Knowing that you can help at least one person who will, hopefully, inspire oth-er girls to go to school is really what Reverse the Course is about,” says Henry. She makes and sells reversible headbands and 300 dif-ferent hair accessories to support her Foun-dation. Having surpassed her original goal

to finance one girl’s education, Henry’s next goal is to sponsor 100 girls through all of second-ary school.

“We are proud to extend our congratulations to this year’s Volunteer Spirit Award winners, and applaud The Volunteer Center and all our region’s volunteers who are dedicated to making our com-munities stronger and helping those in need,” said Maria Col-lins, Corporate Vice President of New York Life.”

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HHS Business Club doubles wins at NYS DECAThe Harrison

High School Business Club had an out-standing showing at this year’s New York State DECA Confer-ence and Business Competition held in Rochester, New York from March 6-8. Se-nior Sam Colangelo and junior Michael Gaudreau captured first place in their re-spective events and have qualified for the National DECA competition to be held in Atlanta, Georgia in May.

This National event hosts over 14,000 students who have qualified in one of DECA’s compet-itive events. Advisors, business persons, and alumni engage the students in competition as well as leadership and career advancing academies. Colangelo won in the Business Finance Services category and Gaudreau won in the category of Principles of Finance.

Of the 27 HHS students who qualified and attended the State competition, eight placed in the Top 10 in New York State in their respective events and three students excelled to the Top 3. In only the second year of the club’s existence, the number of students that competed in both the regional and state event has tripled versus last year.

Individual results are: Top 10 of New York State in their respective events: Muhammad Ahmed – Principles of Mar-

keting; Erica Dattero – Food Marketing; Aaron Kaplan – Sports and Entertainment Marketing; Joesph Lagani – Principles of Marketing; Dan Maldonado – Sports and Entertainment Market-ing; Amina Naddaschar – Principles of Business Management and Administration; Dan Quinn – Restaurant and Food Service Management; and Brett Saviano – Business Services Marketing.

Top 3 of New York State in their respective events: Junior Cabrera – Decision Making Mar-keting (2nd Place); Ally Huhne – Public Service Visual Advertising (3rd Place); and Teddy Maguire – Job Inerview (Finalist).

“All of Harrison’s students represented themselves in a professional manner in and out of the competitions and we are all very proud of them,” said Joe Santo, HHS Business Club advisor.


School of the Holy Child breaks ground for New Field House

School of the Holy Child began a new chapter in its 110-year history with a formal groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new Field House, state-of-the-art theatre and E.E. Ford Program in Architecture, Engineering and Design Workshop.

“We have a long tradition of offering an outstanding, forward-thinking learning environment at School of the Holy Child,” said Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., Chairman of Holy Child’s Board of Trustees. “The new facilities will enhance our academic, athletics and arts programs and will add significantly to the profile of this unique school. We all look forward to the day we cut the ribbon for the Field House and fill the seats in the new the-atre,” Kelly added.

“The new facilities better reflect the outstanding athletic and artistic accom-plishments of our young women and will support deeper development of critical in-tellectual and physical skills,” William C. Hambleton, Ed.D., Head of School said.

“Thanks to the vision and dedication of our Board of Trustees and Capital Campaign Committee, our new facilities will enable us to expand our innovative programs for the students of today and tomorrow, ” Dr. Ham-bleton added.

Designed by Peter Gisolfi Associates of Hastings, who worked with the school to update its Campus Master Plan, the 22,000 square-foot Field House will include: a 9,700 square-foot gymnasium with two full-size courts; locker rooms; office space for Athletics/Physical Education staff; an athletic training room; a weight and fitness room; a dance and movement studio; and a student commons area.

The design plans will also allow for add-on features in the future. Additionally, sig-nificant improvements will be made to the school’s Ross field.

After the completion of the new field house, the current multi-purpose gymnasium will be converted into theatre space for music, dance and drama productions, liturgies and assemblies. The new 400-seat theatre will in-clude: A full stage; state-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment; dedicated space for music, dance, drama and other programs; dressing rooms; and wardrobe storage.

“The groundbreaking marks the culmi-nation of a multi-year planning process that evaluated the strengths of Holy Child and carefully considered the future program and curriculum.” commented Domenick Ciaccia,

who co-chaired the Capital Campaign Com-mittee with former Trustee, Joe Houlihan. “With a state-of-the-art Field House and new theatre, Holy Child will provide one of the most outstanding educational settings in the region, where students will continue to per-form and compete at the highest level. We are proud to be playing a part in Holy Child’s continuing success.”

The Campus Master Plan also calls for the creation of the E.E. Ford Program in Architec-ture, Engineering and Design Workshop. This workshop will enhance the hands-on applica-tion of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) education and will include a workshop for woodworking, computer-as-sisted design, 3-D printing, circuit and archi-tectural design.

School of the Holy Child is located at 2225 Westchester Avenue in Rye (Town of Harrison). For more information, visit the school website at www.holychildrye.org, or call Brooke Gadasi, Di-rector of Development, at 967-5622, Ext. 225.

Left to right: School of Holy Child Student Government members: Elizabeth Hasfal ‘19, Carly Pace ‘14, and Kiernan Pagani ‘14 with Alfred F. Kelly, Jr. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and William C. Hambleton, Ed.D., Head of School. © JoAnn Cancro Photography

Newest NBA D-League Team to play in White Plains beginning in 2014-15 Season

The NBA Development League and The Madison Square Garden Company (MSG) an-nounced that MSG has acquired the right to own and operate an NBA D-League team that will play in White Plains. The new team will be the NBA D-League’s record 18th team and will be the exclusive affiliate of the New York Knicks, playing its home games at the West-chester County Center. With the purchase, the Knicks become the seventh NBA team to fully own and operate their own NBA D-League af-filiate.

“We are thrilled to work with the New York Knicks and Westchester County to bring NBA D-League basketball to White Plains,” said Dan Reed, NBA D-League president. “The New York area has a rich basketball history and we’re excited to give some of the game’s best fans the opportunity to watch top NBA prospects up close and personal in an intimate, fami-ly-friendly and affordable environment.”

Allan Houston, the Knicks’ Assistant Gen-eral Manager, will serve as the new team’s Gen-eral Manager, while Bill Boyce joins the MSG family as the vice president of sales and busi-ness operations for the club in Westchester, reporting to Dave Howard, president of MSG Sports. Boyce joins MSG after four years as the president of the NBA D-League’s Frisco-based Texas Legends.

“We are very excited to bring a New York Knicks NBA Development League franchise to Westchester, a great basketball community that has embraced orange and blue and served as our training home for 25 plus years,” said Houston. “The NBA D-League is thriving, and this opportunity allows us to develop players closer to our training facility, and to provide high level, affordable basketball entertainment to the community.”

“Westchester County is proud to be team-ing up with three great organizations – the NBA

Development League, The Madison Square Gar-den Company and the New York Knicks,” said Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astori-no. “What’s exciting is that the partnership works on so many levels. It brings professional basketball to the County Center. It offers fans and families a lot of fun and thrills at an afford-able price. And it will generate revenues and new jobs for the county at no cost to taxpayers. It all adds up to a winning combination.”

Chairman of the Westchester Board of Legislators Michael Kaplowitz also welcomed the arrival of The Madison Square Garden Company and the New York Knicks organi-zation to the County Center. “Westchester basketball fans will now have a quality pro-fessional sports team to root for right here at the County Center that builds on a long and storied tradition of basketball in Westchester County,” he said.

The team will bring the NBA D-League’s signature brand of NBA-caliber basketball and affordable, family-friendly entertainment to

the County Center, where the squad will play 24 regular-season home games between No-vember and April. The County Center will potentially play host to an additional six NBA D-League playoff games in April.

Fans can visit NYKnicksDLeague.com now to place a $100 deposit on season tickets, individual and season ticket prices will start at $12. An Open House event for season ticket holders to select their seats will be held in April; seat locations will be granted in the order that deposits were received.

For the 2013-14 season, the NBA D-League features 17 teams, 14 of which are singly affil-iated with their NBA parent clubs. Complete NBA and NBA D-League affiliations for the 2014-15 season will be announced over the summer.

In addition to visiting NYKnicksD-League.com, for more information fans can follow the team on Twitter (@nyknicksd-league) and Facebook (facebook.com/nyk-nicksdleague).

Left to right: Kathy O’Connor, Commissioner of Westchester County Parks, Recreation and Conservation; Dan Reed, President of NBA Development League; Allan Houston, Assistant General Manager of New York Knicks / General Manager of New York Knicks D-League Team; Robert P. Astorino, Westchester County Executive; and Michael Kaplowitz, Chairman, Westchester County Board of Legislators.

Lowey nominates students for admission to nation’s Service Academies

Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Westchester/Rockland), the senior Democrat on the House Appropria-tions Committee, has nominated 27 Westchester and Rockland County high school students and recent grad-uates for admission to the nation’s Service Academies: the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

“It is a privilege to nominate such promising young adults from Westchester and Rockland Counties to our nation’s Service Academies,” said Congresswoman Lowey. “I wish these fine young men and women the best of luck as they answer the call to serve our country.”

The students were honored by Congresswoman Lowey and local veterans at the Congresswom-an’s annual Recognition Ceremony in the presence of their families and loved ones.

Congresswoman Lowey made the nominations in January in consultation with her Service Acad-emy Review Board, which is comprised of veterans, educators, and community leaders from Westches-ter and Rockland Counties.

Area students nominated include Joseph (“JD”) Barnett, a resident of Purchase and a student at Iona Preparatory School to the United States Naval Academy.

From White Plains: Maxwell Bentil, Fordham Preparatory School nominated to United States Na-val Academy; Steven Cho, Fordham Preparatory School nominated to United States Merchant Marine Academy; James Doherty, Valhalla High School nominated to United States Naval Academy; and Eric Terminello, Archbishop Stepinac School nominated to United States Air Force Academy.

Congresswoman Nita Lowey with local high students and recent graduates who have been nominated for admission to the nation’s Service Academies.

convenience and cost. With our hectic sched-ules, many people don’t want to have their lifestyles disrupted any longer than necessary. It’s hard enough getting everything done that we’re supposed to each day without having construction going on for several weeks. Re-facing takes much less time than replacing a kitchen and is much less stressful than a total renovation.

And in most cases it’s usually much more economical than a new kitchen. I say “usual-ly much more economical” because there are factors that can increase the costs of refac-ing. When you select thermofoil replacement fronts the cost is about 50% less than buying and installing new, all-wood cabinets. Howev-er, if you choose special shapes or wood fronts the savings begins to diminish. Another fac-tor that can add to the expense of refacing is changing the layout of your kitchen. You re-alize the greatest saving when no alterations are made to the floor plan. If you intend on changing more than 10% of the cabinets in the kitchen it makes more sense to think about replacing all of them.

If you are thinking about renovating your kitchen, bath or wall unit, it certainly would be worthwhile to investigate all the possibili-ties. Especially now that the taboo associated with refacing has been lifted, it’s a good idea to visit showrooms that offer both new cab-inets and refacing. And, with the wide range of replacement fronts available you may be pleasantly surprised.

Paul Bookbinder, M.I.D., C.R., is president of DreamWork Kitch-ens, Inc. located in Ma-maroneck, New York. A Master of Design (Pratt Institute), and E.P.A. Cer-tified Remodeler, he serves on the Advisory Panel of Remodeling Magazine. A

member of the National Kitchen & Bath Assoc., he is also a contributor to Do It Yourself magazine. He can be reached for questions at 914-777-0437 or www.dreamworkkitchens.com.

vorce or creditors’ claims against your daugh-ter, or even bankruptcy? Most of our clients quickly recognize that disinheriting the child with a disability is not really a good planning technique.

6. But who knows what the public ben-efits system, the medical care available, or my son’s condition might look like twenty years from now? Indeed. That’s exactly why the trust is so important.

What does that mean for your planning? If you have a child, spouse or other family member with special needs -- OR if you have a loved one who may have special needs in the future -- your plan should include an appropri-ate trust. The cost is relatively small, and the benefits are significant. In fact, the cost of not doing anything is probably higher – and the opportunity loss from failing to plan is espe-cially high. While doing special needs plan-ning the right way necessarily involves going to a lawyer, it’s relatively easy to find one who specializes in this area of law. Take a look at the membership of the Special Needs Alliance (www.specialneedsalliance.org). There’s likely someone near you who understands the im-

portance of special needs planning.

Bernard A. Krooks, Esq., is a founding partner of Littman Krooks LLP and has been honored as one of the “Best Lawyers” in Amer-ica for each of the last seven years. He is past President of the National Academy of El-

der Law Attorneys (NAELA) and past President of the New York Chapter of NAELA. Mr. Krooks has also served as chair of the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. He has been selected as a “New York Super Lawyer” since 2006. Mr. Kro-oks may be reached at (914) 684-2100 or by visiting the firm’s website at www.elderlawnewyork.com.


Special Needs Trusts: How much trouble are they to manage?BY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED ELDER LAW

ATTORNEY

A client recently asked the following question: I’m thinking about setting up a spe-cial needs trust for my son, who has a devel-opmental disability. Will it mean a lot more work for my daughter, who will be handling my estate?

It’s a fair question, and one we hear a lot. No one ever asks: “could you please give us the most complicated estate plan possible?” Just about everyone wants things as simple as they can be.

When you think about providing an in-heritance for your child -- or anyone, for that matter -- with a disability, there are some real-ities you just have to deal with. Those realities almost always lead to the same conclusion: a special needs trust is probably the right an-swer. There are a number of answers to the “can’t we keep it simpler?” question:

1. In most cases there’s going to be a trust, whether you set it up or not. If you leave money outright to a person with special needs, someone is probably going to have to transfer that inheritance to a trust in order to allow them to continue to receive public ben-efits. The trust set up after your death will be what’s called a “first-party” (or “self-settled”) trust, and the rules governing its use will be more restrictive. There will also have to be a “pay-back” provision for state Medicaid bene-

fits when your son dies -- so you will lose con-trol over who receives the money you could have set aside. Even if no trust is set up, there is a high likelihood that your son will (because of his disability) require appointment of a guardian. The cost, loss of family control and interference by the legal system will consume a significant part of the inheritance you leave and frustrate those who are caring for your son. If you prepare a special needs trust now it sidesteps those limitations.

2. The trust you set up will not be that complicated to manage. People often overes-timate the difficulty of handling a trust. Yes, there are tax returns to file, and possible ac-counting requirements. Neither is that com-plicated; neither is anywhere near as expen-sive as the likely costs of not creating a special needs trust. In any event, your daughter can hire experts to handle anything that she finds difficult. There are lawyers, accountants, care managers and even trust administrators who can take care of the heavy lifting for your daughter -- or whomever you name as trustee. The costs can be paid out of the trust itself, so she will not be using her portion of the in-heritance you leave, or her own money. Yes, they add an expense -- but they can actually help improve the quality of life for both your daughter the trustee and your son with a dis-ability.

3. Your daughter does not have to be the trustee at all. We frequently counsel cli-

ents to name someone else -- a bank trust department, a trusted professional, or a dif-ferent family member -- as trustee. That lets your daughter take the role in your son’s life that she’s really better suited for: sister. If it is right for your circumstance, you might even consider naming her as “trust protector.” That could allow her, for instance, to receive trust accountings and follow up with the trustee, or even to change trustees if the named trustee is unresponsive, or too expensive, or just annoy-ing. Trusts are wonderfully flexible planning devices -- but that does mean you have to do the planning.

4. If your son’s condition improves, or he no longer requires public benefits, the trust can accommodate those changes. Depending on your son’s actual condition and the avail-ability of other resources, you might reason-ably hope that he will not need a special needs trust -- or at least might not need one for the rest of his life. The good news: your special needs trust will be flexible enough to allow for the use of his inheritance as if there were no special needs. The bad news: that is only true if you set up the trust terms yourself -- the trust that will be created for him if you do not plan will not have that flexibility.

5. Simply disinheriting your son prob-ably is not a good plan. Sometimes clients ex-press concern about the costs and what they perceive as complicated administrative and eligibility issues and they decide to just leave everything to the children who do not have disabilities. “My daughter will understand that she has to take care of my son,” clients tell us. That’s fine, and it might well work. But do you feel the same way about your daugh-ter’s husband? What about the grandkids and step-grandkids who would inherit “your” money if both your daughter and her husband were to die before your son (the one with the disability)? What about the possibility of di-

Kitchen & Bath Insider© - Professionals Finally Admit: Refacing Acceptable!

BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.

It took over twenty-years, but finally ref-acing is being recognized by the kitchen and bath industry as a legitimate remodeling solu-tion for the consumer. In the January issue of Professional Remodeler magazine, for the first time ever, refacing is not only mentioned, but included as the fourth item in their list of “Kitchen and Bath Design Trends for 2014”.

So what made the kitchen industry lead-ers finally accept this alternative remodeling technique? Apparently, so many people are choosing to reface, rather than replace their cabinets, they didn’t have much choice. Espe-cially since the results are not only beautiful, but with additional accessories, rival the func-tionality of an all new kitchen. The process couldn’t just be ignored any more.

Granted, in the past, refacing, (or resur-facing as it is also called), used to conjure up a less-than-beautiful kitchen, where the ma-terial covering the cabinets and doors didn’t look real and would peel off in a few years. While this may have been true 20 years ago the materials and adhesives used for refacing have improved dramatically. Most contractors who offer this service now replace the door and drawer fronts and cover the cabinet with the same material the new fronts are made of. Today, a custom refacing job, if done properly, looks just like a new kitchen and lasts just as long.

The selection of replacement fronts has expanded exponentially over the past few years. You can now get real wood, and select from maple, cherry, alder, birch, pine and ex-otic woods. If you want to go with laminate fronts there are close to a hundred colors to chose from, and now the laminates can be hand-crafted with a glazed finish or Italian high gloss lacquer, just like real wood. Add to this all the modern internal conveniences that you find in new kitchen cabinets and refacing becomes a viable alternative.

Over the past twenty-years, I’ve found that the two most popular reasons for refac-ing cabinets, rather than replacing them, are

23rd Annual Book & Author Luncheon features outstanding authors

The Westchester Library System (WLS) will hold its 23rd annual Book & Author Lun-cheon on Friday, April 11th at CV Rich Man-sion in White Plains. Sponsored by Entergy and TD Bank, the event celebrates National Library Week and the theme Lives Change @ Your Library. The luncheon features talented authors Josh Hanagarne, a librarian and Ran-dy Lewis, former senior exec-utive of Walgreens who write about turning points that have changed their lives.

The National Library Week Recognition Award will be pre-sented to Adam Kintish, Senior Vice President, TD Bank for the bank’s local and national initia-tives that support literacy and summer reading.

“We are thrilled to host our annual Book & Author Lun-cheon, a highlight of Westches-ter Library System’s National Library Week fes-tivities. Once again, we have an outstanding lineup of authors who are gracious to share their time and talent with us,” said Terry Kirchner, WLS Executive Director. “We appre-ciate the continued support of our sponsors, Entergy and TD Bank. They have helped WLS provide the resources to empower Westchester libraries to touch the lives of people from all walks of life.”

The Luncheon, held from 12:00pm – 2:00pm, will be followed by an author signing. Registration begins at 11:30 am. Ticket prices for the Book & Author Luncheon are $95 for general admission. Proceeds from this event

will support WLS’s community outreach pro-grams that ensure open access to resources and information in Westchester’s public libraries

The authors’ books, available for purchase and autographing at the event, include: The World’s Strongest Librarian (Josh Hanagarne) –

Josh Hanagarne fell in love with Fern from Charlotte’s Web at the age of six. Every day since, he has enjoyed reading more than eating, sleeping, and breathing. Today the 6’ 7” Hanagarne is an author, speaker, performing strongman, and, despite hav-ing an extreme case of Tourette Syndrome, he works as a public librarian in Salt Lake City Utah. His memoir, The World’s Strongest Librarian, is his first book.

No Greatness Without Good-ness (Randy Lewis) – Randy Lewis bet his career that he could create an inclusive workplace at one of

America’s biggest corporations where people with disabilities could not just succeed, but thrive. No Greatness Without Goodness is the powerful story of a corporate executive who, after watching the world through the eyes of his own child with autism, Austin, realized that we all have a greater responsibility to make the world a better place for everyone, including those with disabilities. As the Senior Vice President of Walgreens, Randy Lewis has created thousands of full-time jobs for people with disabilities.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call 231-3241 or visit www.westchesterlibraries.org

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Planning a special event in 2014: Check out Mansion on Broadway

It is a 115-year old historic building in the heart of Westchester County loaded with the charm of a bygone era! It has undergone a multi-million dollar renovation and refurbishing, and it is operat-ed by a creative culinary team ready to make your special event most memorable! The Mansion on Broadway in White Plains is ready to officially roll out the red carpet for unsurpassed catered events.

Dynamic proprietor Michael Pasqualini has

spent the past 3 years enhancing the Mansion on Broadway. “I wanted to bring out the beautiful tra-ditional qualities of the setting,” he says. “My goal is to make the Mansion a destination for catered affairs of all types while keeping an eye on current culinary trends.”

Mansion on Broadway offers 10,000 elegant and functional square feet of meeting and special event space. Careful renovation has restored the Mansion to its original glory while adding state of the art A/V equipment. An interior facelift has en-hanced the classic beauty right down to the mahog-any outfitted ballroom with coffered ceilings and handsome furnishings ready to serve as the back-drop for all your special occasion needs. Whether you are planning a wedding, corporate meeting, any kind of celebration, Michael Pasqualini cor-dially invites you to a unique tour and tasting right on the premises.

According to Pasqualini, event packages are designed for gatherings of all sizes, occasions and themes. While packages are available, the execu-tive chef and management would be delighted to

meet and customize a most memorable event. The Mansion can accommodate parties of up to 240 guests comfortably. An open floor space as you en-ter allows for a floating cocktail reception through its four elegantly appointed rooms, where guests can sip champagne while enjoying delectable and innovative hors d’oeuvres alongside three fireplac-es, traditional mirrors, restored hard wood floors with area rug and overhead chandeliers. There is a

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Westches te r resident Michael Pasqualini began his career as the founder of a prominent New York-based entertain-ment company, The Sound Express. He exported his talents to Miami, Florida

where he opened Onda Lounge, a South Beach hotspot that drew a celebrity crowd. In 2008 he brought his expertise to Market Restaurant in Stam-ford, CT. creating a nationally noted food and wine mecca. Pasqualini purchased Mansion on Broad-way in 2011 and began a major enhancement of the premises.

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(Morris Gut is a restaurant consultant and former restaurant trade magazine editor. He has been tracking and writing about the food and dining scene in the Bronx and Westchester for over 25 years. He may be reached at: 914-235-6591. E-mail: [email protected])


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