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February 2016 -- Volume 12 -- Issue 2 Complimentary
HERALD
First of Year Resolutions Announced at Board of
Trustees Meeting
BY STEPHEN E. LIPKEN
In the first Harrison
Town/Village Board meeting
of the New Year on Thursday,
January 7, 2016 Mayor Ronald
Belmont announced 51 First of
the Year Resolutions, including
appointment of Councilman
Stephen Malfitano as Deputy
Supervisor for 2016; designation of Belmont as Harrison
Public Library Treasurer; appointment of Nelson E. Canter
as Deputy Town Attorney and
re-affirming the regulation
that Receiver of Taxes must
deposit any and all payments
within 24 hours of receipt.
Then Managing Partner
David Steinmetz, Zarin and
Steinmetz with Partner David Cooper requested a Public Hearing for the Thursday,
January 28 Board meeting
for their client Shelter Devel-
Left to right: David J. Cooper, Partner, Zarin and Steinmetz; Erik D. Anderson, Senior Associate Principal, JAL
Architecture and Engineering, P.C.; Andrew Teeters, Vice President of Development, The Shelter Group.
opment LLC, Brightview Senior Living for a Zoning Text
Amendment to allow by Spe-
cial Permit an Independent
and/or Assisted Living facility within the Town’s R-1 and
R-2 Districts on current West
Harrison Lake Street Granite
Quarry property.
Westchester Exceeds Affordable Housing
Settlement Benchmarks
Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced that the county has
once again exceeded its benchmarks for developing 750 units
of affordable housing under
the 2009 settlement with the
federal government. Specifically, the county will finish
2015 with financing in place
for 649 units, 49 more than
required, and building permits
in place for 579 units, 54 more
County Executive Robert P. Astorino
than required.
“Our continued success
proves we are committed to
meeting the county’s obligations under the settlement;
local zoning codes are non-discriminatory and support the
development of fair and affordable housing; and, cooperation—not litigation—is the
best way to build housing,”
Astorino said. “I want to thank
our municipalities for their
partnership and our county
planning officials for their expertise and professionalism.
It was through this team effort
that we’ve been able to meet
our goals from the beginning.”
The county met the
benchmarks for units with
financing in November. It
went over the top for units
with building permits when
the City of Rye issued permits
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West Harrison resident
Glenn Daher averred that the
neighbors did not get a chance
to review the Brightview package submitted to the Planning
Board; “Everyone in our neighborhood is against it.” Village
Attorney Jonathan Kraut emphasized that a Public Hearing
was being set, not for any site
change approvals.
In other business, Roy
Aletti asked for more contributions for fireworks displays, requesting the Town to “kick in”
more funding and Comptroller
Maureen MacKenzie relayed
Town Attorney Frank Allegretti’s request for the follow
service agreements for 2016:
Friends of the Opera, $2,500;
Harrison Children’s Center,
$20,000; Harrison Council
for the Arts, $3,000; Harrison
Youth Council, $57,000; Purchase Free Library, $223,375;
Water District #1, Fire Protection #5, $34,m500 and Water
District #3, Fire Protection
with the City of Rye, $25,685.
During Public Comment,
Harrison
resident
Jimmi
Pritchard asked if Governor
Andrew Cuomo’s recent ruling
against municipalities levying
a Hotel Tax would have any impact on the Budget.
Mayor Belmont explained
that their Budget was not designed to include the tax; it just
would have generated extra income.
Harrison Elected Officials
Sworn In
Elected Officials that were sworn in to office on
January 1, 2016 at the Municipal Building, left to right: Joseph
Cannella, Justice; Jackie Greer, Town/Village Clerk; Fred
Sciliano, Councilman/Trustee; Ron Belmont, Supervisor/Mayor; Steve Malfitano, Councilman/Trustee and Pat Gizzo, Justice.
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From the Mayor’s Office and Town Hall
BY MAYOR RON BELMONT
The Town Board has
achieved incredible things, so
far, and I look forward to seeing what we can accomplish,
together, in 2016. As we begin
the New Year, I am happy to report that Harrison continues
to build on the success of the
last few years while keeping
tax increases in check, sustaining a healthy reserve and maintaining all our basic municipal
services. In addition to our
improved bond rating from
Moody’s, Harrison’s 2016 Budget was adopted and remains
under Governor Cuomo’s mandated tax cap. Advancing this
positive trend is a priority and
I look forward to the challenges and opportunities in the
year ahead.
I would like to bring your
attention to My Community
Alert. This valuable system allows Harrison police officers,
and other town officials, to
notify residents in the event
of an ongoing emergency. Text
messages and emails are sent
to registered residents if the
Harrison Police Department
believes that the community
should be informed of a local
incident or event. Recently, our
police department has sent out
alerts pertaining to road closures, and weather events, and
has warned our community
that fraudulent phone solicitations had been reported in our
area. Residents can register
with My Community Alert at
www.mycommunityalert.net
and I encourage all to take advantage of this very useful tool.
The library is continuing
to offer great programs. I encourage all interested movie
buffs to attend our library’s
Brown Bag Cinema. Enjoy the
new large screen at the recently renovated Halperin Building
of the Harrison Public Library.
This event is free of charge
and is held on one Thursday,
each month, at 1 pm. Bring
your lunch, sit back and enjoy
a screening of a film newly released on DVD. An upcoming
film includes “The Intern” on
February 18th. Refreshments
are provided by The Friends of
the Harrison Library.
Start 2016 with Magic
Box and Harrison Public Library’s hands-on Media Arts
Programs! Create beautiful
Valentine's Day gifts by joining
the Library staff at the "Make a
Memory: Family Photo Books”
workshop series. Meetings will
be held on the following Saturdays: Feb. 6 and Feb. 13 from
1:00 to 3:00 pm. Learn how to
combine photographs to create original and unique photo
books to give or to treasure. Secure your spot as limited space
is available. To register for the
workshops, please call the Library at 835-0324 or visit www.
harrisonpl.org.
I am very happy to bring
your attention to a new and
exciting culinary event, hosted
by one of our local merchants.
Nora’s Oven Works is hosting
a "Visiting Chef", at the bakery, on select Friday nights.
The Chef of the evening will
be teaching a class on how to
make their favorite dish. Instruction is limited to adults
or to parent-child teams. In
this class you will learn how to
make a meal, and how to make
a dessert that compliments the
meal. Upon completion, guests
will enjoy the dinner and dessert. The class begins at 6 pm
and fees range from $25-$30
per person or couple. Many local Harrison business owners
and residents have been receptive to this idea and it is a great
way to encourage our community to eat and shop locally.
Upcoming events include Chef
Chai-Li (resident chef) will be
teaching the group on February 5th and will showcase traditional Chinese dumplings
and lemon meringue pie. I encourage all residents to sign up
and take advantage of this fantastic offering at Nora’s Oven
Works.
I would like to congratulate the Harrison High School
Debate Team. To date, the
team has earned four wins,
three second place finishes,
two third places, qualified
four students to the year-end
Tournament of Champions
(TOC), and racked up 12 TOC
bids. This makes Harrison the
third highest ranked team in
the country. Congratulations
to the entire team on this very
prestigious accomplishment.
Winter weather is upon
us and certain weather related
parking restrictions may be in
effect, as the season unfolds.
A declaration of a Snow Emergency allows the Department
of Public Works and the Harrison Police Department to restore reasonable flow of traffic,
on our municipal roadways,
as swiftly as possible. Cars,
parked along snow emergency
routes, must be moved without delay. Whenever possible,
streets will be plowed curb to
curb. During snow emergencies, residents will be advised
through the Mayor’s robo-call
system and Harrison’s web site
(www.harrison-ny.gov). The
designated emergency snow
routes will be listed on the web
site. Information will also be
carried on our local government channels (channel 75 on
Cablevision and channel 1960
on FiOs).
I would like to bring your
attention to a very serious safety issue. Recently, our fire department responded to a call
involving a house fire resulting
from a hover board explosion.
The hover board, a popular
self-balancing scooter, was a
popular product during this
holiday season. According to
the United States Consumer
Product Safety Commission
(CPSC), there have been incidents where the lithium ion
batteries, in the hover boards,
reportedly caught fire. CPSC
is actively investigating hover
board-related fires. To report
incidents to CPSC, please visit
www.SaferProducts.gov.
Safety tips, and additional
information, can be found at
www.cpsc.gov. If you have purconinued on page 4
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chased a hover board, I encourage you to familiarize yourself
with the safety tips and to be
aware of the potential hazards
that come with this product.
As many of you know,
our community suffered a loss
with the tragic death of West
Harrison resident Staff Sgt.
Joseph Lemm, {in December},
killed by a suicide bomber in
Afghanistan. Sgt. Lemm was
cherished by his family and
was greatly admired by our
community. Through these
dark days, I have been deeply
moved by the outpouring of
love, friendship and faith I’ve
witnessed, especially by our
residents. I hope that this show
of support will encourage those who knew and
loved Sgt. Lemm to draw
strength from the sense
of community we have
in Harrison. Thank you
to those involved in honoring his memory. I hope
we can all find solace in
celebrating Sgt. Lemm’s
short but meaningful life
and remembering better
times.
Please make sure
to mark your calendars
for this very important
community event. On John Lemm
February 25th, the Tuncert, at the Capital Theater in
nel to Towers Foundation will
Port Chester, to benefit the
be holding a fundraiser con-
Governor Cuomo Vetoes Buchwald/Latimer
Bill Aimed at Lowering Property Taxes in
Harrison
Governor
Andrew Cuomo has
vetoed
legislation
sponsored by State
Senator George Latimer (D-Rye) and State
Assemblyman David
Buchwald
(D-White
Plains) designed to
provide mandate relief to the town/village
of Harrison. Assembly
bill A.221 would have
allowed Harrison to
levy a 3% hotel occupancy tax, thereby
reducing the property
tax burden on local
residents. A hotel occupancy tax involves
charging a patron of a
State Senator George Latimer
hotel (or motel) an additional percentage based on
in support. So I'm deeply disthe daily rate of the selected appointed that the Governor
room. New York State already did not side with our local govallows various municipali- ernments in vetoing this bill.”
ties throughout Westchester
“I am deeply disappointCounty to implement hotel ed because the taxpayers of
occupancy taxes to bring in Harrison will be forced to conadditional revenue, including
tinue searching for meaningful
Harrison's neighbors, the Vilproperty tax relief,” said Aslage of Rye Brook and the City semblyman Buchwald. “Unforof White Plains. The State of tunately, the Governor missed
Connecticut has a 15% hotel
an opportunity to provide real
occupancy tax.
mandate relief to a town that is
“Harrison has simply
simply seeking the same abiliasked for the same authority
ty to have visitors contribute to
that five other Westchester
emergency services and local
communities have already reroads that so many other muceived,” said Senator Latimer. nicipalities around the coun“The local officials - all elected
try have. I, along with Senator
Republicans - are unanimous Latimer, will continue to fight
for Harrison’s residents to reduce their tax burden.”
Earlier this year, the entirely Republican Harrison
Town Board unanimously
passed a home-rule resolution
asking the state to allow the
town to impose the occupancy
tax. The bill was also endorsed
by the Westchester Municipal
Officials Association and the
Assemblyman David Buchwald
New York State Association of
Towns.
Senator Latimer and Assemblyman Buchwald have sponsored this legislation in their respective houses for the last three
years, each year with the support
of the Harrison Town/Village
Board. In 2011, then-Assemblyman Latimer began sponsoring
the bill even before he represented the people of Harrison.
family of West Harrison resident, Sgt. Joseph Lemm. Sgt.
Lemm was killed last month by
a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. The concert will include
performances by the Drifters,
the New York Tenors, and Sgt.
Lemm’s daughter, Brooke.
Tickets for the 8 PM concert
start at $50. To purchase tickets, please call 877-987-6487
or visit www.nypdsuperman.
com. One hundred percent of
the proceeds will go directly to
the Lemm family.
Seasonal leaf pick up is
now complete and our highway
crews will be working diligently to spot and repair pot holes.
Crews will be using asphalt hot
boxes that will improve and
prolong our road repair system.
In the past, our Department of
Public Works used only cold asphalt patch to temporarily fill
pot holes and repair our municipal roadways. The asphalt hot
box is designed to maintain the
asphalt temperature, for a prolonged period of time, thereby
making any repairs permanent.
DPW crews have received training from the hot box manufacturer and will be employing
this new method of repair. If
you have any concerns regarding potholes, please direct your
calls to the Department of Public Works main number at 6703100.
In closing, I recently attended Governor Cuomo’s
State of the State address in
Albany. The Governor highlighted his agenda which includes cutting taxes for small
businesses, capping property
taxes for New York homeowners, modernizing the state’s
infrastructure, improving education, expanding green initiatives and strengthening public
safety programs, to name a
few. These goals are progressive and are designed to guarantee that, by invigorating the
economy and ensuring opportunity for all, NY State continues to move forward.
Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty
Welcomes Julie Bieber
Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty announced
that Julie Bieber, formerly of
Houlihan Lawrence, has joined
the company as a sales agent
and will be based in the firm’s
Rye brokerage.
A passion for both her
community and the real estate business has led Bieber
to a top-ranking position in
the competitive housing market of Westchester County.
Throughout her real estate
career, Bieber has earned numerous awards and recognitions including Westchester
Magazine’s prestigious “Five
Star Real Estate Professional”
award. Her approach offers
a full-service package that is
catered to each client, drawing upon her ability to analyze market data and trends.
Known as the “go-to” agent
for young families moving to
Westchester, Bieber holds extensive local knowledge and
resources in everything from
daycare and choosing a school
district to finding a travel
soccer, baseball or basketball
team. In addition, her strong
network of connections and
longstanding
relationships
with local residents have resulted in significant referral
and repeat business.
“There’s nothing better
than that rewarding feeling of
fulfillment I get when I match a
family with the perfect place to
call home,” said Bieber. “I work
tirelessly to meet my clients’
Julie Bieber
real estate goals, and make
sure to utilize the love and
knowledge I have for both the
local community and industry
to continually help me along
the way.”
“Julie is a top-notch
sales associate, with a clear
enthusiasm for life in Westchester County, as well as a
detailed understanding of the
local markets and her clients’
needs,” said Pati Holmes, manager of the Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty Rye
brokerage. “Her sellers have
benefitted from her precise
pricing, with one of her great
accomplishments in 2015 being that her total sales volume
equated to 102% of her total
listing volume. Julie is a truly
successful sales agent, and I
have no doubt that she will be
a wonderful asset to our Rye
team.”
Bieber currently lives
in Rye with her husband and
three children. She is actively
involved in many aspects of the
community as a member of the
Rye YMCA and Osborn School
PTA, and as a participant in
various charity organizations
and initiatives including City
Harvest, the Westchester Triathlon and Soul Ryeders, a local not-for-profit that supports
and empowers individuals affected by cancer.
Westchester Exceeds Affordable Housing Settlement
Benchmarks
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for 41 units on Theodore Fremd Ave. and the Town of New
Castle issued permits for 28
units on Hunts Place.
The county has never
failed to meet a benchmark
under the settlement since
they began in 2011.
Under the terms of the
settlement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Ur-
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ban Development (HUD), and
U.S. Justice Department, the
county is required to spend at
least $51.6 million to develop
750 units of affordable housing
by the end of 2016 in 31 “eligible” communities defined by
their African-American and
Hispanic populations in the
2000 census.
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Valvano Named President of Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage
NRT LLC, the nation's largest residential real estate brokerage company, announced
that Joseph Valvano has been
promoted to the role of president
of Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage in Connecticut and
Westchester County. In his
new position, Valvano will lead
the company’s sales operations
and business development, and
oversee the daily operations of
its 51 real estate offices and more
than 2,200 affiliated sales associates and employees throughout
Connecticut and Westchester
Couny. Valvano most recently
served as the managing broker
of the Greenwich, Conn., and
Old Greenwich, Conn., offices
of Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage in Connecticut and
Westchester County.
"Joe is an experienced and
widely respected real estate professional who has established
himself as a progressive and dynamic leader,” said Maureen Passerini, executive vice president
for NRT’s Northeast and Eastern
Seaboard regions. “Under his
direction, Coldwell Banker Res-
Joseph Valvano
idential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County,
New York is in a strong position
to continue to expand and grow.”
Over the course of more
than 30 years in the real estate
industry, Valvano has served as
a broker owner and managing
broker. He owned and operated a boutique real estate firm
in Dobbs Ferry, which was acquired by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. He joined
Coldwell Banker as managing
broker of the Dobbs Ferry office
and later was appointed managing broker of the Greenwich and
Old Greenwich offices, overseeing more than 200 affiliated sales
associates.
Valvano is replacing longtime president Cathleen Smith,
who has chosen to retire this year.
“Cathleen has made tremendous contributions to this
organization,” said Passerini.
“We are thankful for her stellar
leadership and steady guidance
as she has grown the company throughout the years and
achieved incredible results.”
Smith was named president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, in
2010. During her tenure, Smith
successfully completed acquisitions that significantly expanded
Coldwell Banker’s presence in
Connecticut. Prior to becoming
president of Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage, Smith
served as senior regional vice
president for NRT's Coldwell
Banker operations in Tampa, Fla.
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC.
For more information visit ColdwellBankerHomes.com.
Inviting Filmmaking Fans to the Harrison
Public Library
Magic Box Productions,
an award-winning media arts
education nonprofit, and the
Harrison Public Library are
beginning an exciting new
partnership to help patrons
of all ages harness their own
creativity in photography,
video, animation and audio,
while building critical 21st
century skills in art and technology.
Magic Box Productions
and the Harrison Public Library offer the perfect opportunity to explore the world of
“green screen ” during the
school midwinter break.
The workshop will be
held on February 16th to 19th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. There will be a culminating event on February 19
from 2 to 3 pm, when participants will be showing their work and sharing their videos with all! For
students in grades 4 to 7, this program will teach simple and fun video editing techniques that will
help participants send themselves anywhere they’ve dreamed about!
Adults will enjoy the family workshop “Making Better Home Videos, ” where they will learn the
basics of video production. This workshop will be held on Saturday February 27th, March 5th and
March 12th from 1 to 3 pm and is open for families.
All the participants will study and practice simple strategies for planning, shooting, editing and
sharing their family videos.
Limited spaces available and registration is preferred. To register for the workshops, call the
Harrison Public Library 914-835-0324 or go to http://www.harrisonpl.org/events/harrison/661
Founded in 2004 by documentary filmmaker and Executive Director Nelle Stokes, Magic Box
Productions provides exemplary media arts workshops for kids, parents, and teachers. Magic Box
has provided more than 10,000 budding media-makers with opportunities for creative expression,
community and cultural connections, and access to new technologies.
Visit www.magicboxproductions.org or call 914-747-0256 for more information.
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Great Decisions Foreign Policy
Lecture Series
On Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 12:30 PM,
The Harrison Public Library invites community members to drop by for coffee and a stimulating moderated discussion on foreign affairs.
Great Decisions is sponsored by the Foreign
Policy Association, a non-partisan, non-profit
association.
The purpose of the series is to educate
members about important issues relating to
American foreign policy and to enable the
community to participate in the foreign policy
process.
The eight critical foreign policy challenges for 2016 are: The Middle East Alliances;
Rise of ISIS; The Future of Kurdistan; Migration; The Koreas; The United Nations; Climate
Change; and Cuba and the U.S.
The first lecture on Middle East Alliances will be moderated by Joan Katen, a leading
expert on Middle East Politics, a writer, and a
distinguished Adjunct Professor at Pace University.
Discussion on Middle East Alliances will
include ongoing conflicts that have shaken the
traditional alliances in the Middle East and Professor Joan Katen
now they are constantly shifting. An exploration of what the U.S. can do to secure its interests without causing further damage will be explained.
Registration is required. Participants may register online or by calling the library, 835-0324.
To assist with advance preparation, participants review the relevant chapter of the Great Decisions
briefing book, which is available at the Harrison Public Library Information Desk.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Mamaroneck Artist Guild lets imaginations go wild for “Anything Goes.”
A group show for all members that
runs from Feb. 10 thru Feb. 27 with
an artist’s reception on Saturday
Feb. 13 from 3pm to 5pm. The
Gallery is located at 126 Larchmont
Avenue, Larchmont and is open
Tuesday - Saturday from 12 noon to
5pm. Call 834-1117 for details.
Painting classes are being held at
the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Senior
Center at the VFW Post at 1288
Boston Post Road, Larchmont, every
Wednesday from 1pm-3pm. Beginners and advanced painters are
welcome to class led by artist and
teacher Patricia Miner-Sutherland.
Call 834-8840 for more information.
Famous folk artist and three-time
Grammy Award winner Tom Chapin
will perform at Teatown’s Hudson
River EagleFest on Saturday, Feb.
6, 2016 from 11:15am to 12 noon
at Westchester’s Croton Point Park.
For tickets to this winter celebration
of the return of bald eagles to New
York’s Lower Hudson Valley visit www.
teatown.org.
Ted Sperling will be conducting the
Westchester Philharmonic on February 7 at The Concert Hall in The
Performing Arts Center of Purchase
College, 735 Anderson Hill Road,
Purchase, featuring Dawn Upshaw
and a pre-concert instrument petting
zoo. For tickets call 682-3707.
ONGOING
Thursday, Feb. 18 from 2pm to
4pm; Wednesday , Feb. 24 from
3:45 to 5pm, Melted Crayon Art
for Grades 6 and up. Call 8342281 for more information.
further information, call 6327735.
eign affairs. The first lecture
on Middle East Alliances takes
place at 12:30pm at the library.
To register call 835-0324.
Mamaroneck Artists Guild
features the work of budding
young artists from Mamaroneck and New Rochelle as
well as the French American
School. The exhibit runs from
January 27 – February 6, 2016
at The Gallery, 126 Larchmont
Avenue, Larchmont. Gallery
hours are Tuesday thru Saturday, from 12 noon to 5pm. Admission is free.
The Mamaroneck Public Library, 136 Prospect Avenue,
sponsors a Women’s Book Club
every Thursday of the month at
2pm in the community room.
Call 698-1250 for questions.
Greenburgh Nature Center, 99
Dromore Road, Scarsdale offers
the following winter programs:
Sunday, Feb. 7 at 2pm a Chinese
New Year celebration, admission is $8 per person; Sunday,
Feb. 14 at 2pm, a Valentine’s
Day program exploring friendships and romances in nature,
admission is $8 ; Sunday, Feb.
28 at 2pm, a Wild Nature Trivia challenge, recommended for
ages 5 and over, admission is
$8; and Sunday March 6, 11AM
to 3pm a Maple Sugaring Party featuring crafts and candy
and porridge making, on line
registration only, members $10
non-members $15, visit www.
greenburghnaturecenter.org.
The Larchmont Public Library,
121 Larchmont Avenue, will be
presenting the following activities: Wednesday, Feb. 3 from
3:30 to 5pm a program for teens,
“Duct Tape Wallets”; Wednesday Feb.10, teen DIY Valentine’s
Day Chocolates from 3:45 pm
to 5pm; Wednesday, Feb. 17 at
3pm Music & Movement for
ages 2 to 8, online registration
is required; Teen Gaming on
Fordham Westchester in West
Harrison holds a Veterans
Writing Workshop from 6:308:30pm every Tuesday for 10
weeks, free of charge to U.S.
Veterans. Call 866-933-7780 or
visit veteranswritingworkshop.
org for information.
The Greater Westchester Orchid Society meets at the Harrison Community Center, 216
Halstead Avenue, Harrison on
the second Tuesday of each
month at 7pm. Those interested are asked to contact Cordelia
Dirlam at 973-420-4966.
The Neuberger Museum of Art
presents “After 1965: Art in a
Time of Social Unrest,” a new
exhibit on display now through
March 13 2016 at Purchase College, 735 Anderson Hill Road,
Purchase. Call 251-6100 for
details.
Westchester Jewish Center,
175 Rockland Avenue, Mamaroneck presents two informative lectures about Jewish communities around the world.
On Feb. 11 at 8pm Greek Jewry
is the topic and on March 3 at
8pm the topic is Cuban Jewry.
For additional information call
698-2960.
February
4
The Interfaith Council will
meet at 9:30am at Sts. John and
Paul Rectory Meeting Room.
Rabbi Bethie Miller who is the
Assistant Rabbi at Larchmont
Temple will speak, “From Trees
to Torah and Back.” All are
welcome to this free event. Refreshments will be served. For
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Teatown’s Hudson River EagleFest will be held at Westchester Croton Point Park in
Croton-On-Hudson from 9am
to 4pm. The event features educational opportunities with
eagles and other birds, a bird
walk, children’s activities, food
by RiverMarket Bar & Kitchen
and live music in heated tents.
For tickets visit www.teatown.
org.
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Westchester
Community
College, 75 Grasslands Road,
Valhalla, Camerata Chamber
Group presents an afternoon
performance at 3pm in the
Classroom Building, room200.
Featured is a repertoire of favorite string compositions
from the Romantic Period.
Tickets are available at sunywcc.edu/SmartArts.
Hoff-Barthelson Music School
Master Class Series features
cellist Alan Harris at 2pm at the
Scarsdale Public Library, 54
Olmsted Road, Scarsdale. The
public is invited to attend and
observe free of charge. For additional information visit www.
hbms.org or call 723-1169.
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At 4pm, award-winning science
writer John Horgan will speak
about his new book, “End of
War” at Manhattanville College,
Reid Castle, 2900 Purchase
Street, Purchase. Free and open
to the public. For information,
call 323-5208.
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The Harrison Public Library
invites community members
to drop by for a stimulating
moderated discussion on for-
At Home on the Sound hosts a
Sing-Along led by John McIntyre at The Larchmont Avenue
Church, Russell Hall, 60 Forest
Park Avenue at 3:30pm. Visit athomeonthesound.org to
learn more.
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At 5:30pm, Montefiore New
Rochelle in collaboration with
the New Jewish Home/Sarah
Neuman present Dr. Theodore
N. Keltz speaking on “How the
Heart Works,” in the Tisch
Auditorium at Sarah Neuman
Center, 845 Palmer Avenue,
Mamaroneck. RSVP to 6986005.
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The world renowned Orion
String Quartet will perform at
St. Thomas Church Quartet,
168 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck at 7pm. Tickets may
be purchased at eventbrite.com
or at the door.
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A production of StepCrew’s
Valentine’s Day performance
will be presented at 3pm in the
Academic Arts Theater on the
Valhalla Campus at Westchester Community College. The
event features top talents in
Irish step dancing, Ottawa Valley step dancing, and modern
tap. Tickets are $24 general admission and can be purchased
at sunywcc.edu/SmartArts or
call 606-6262.
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The Bruce Museum, 1 Museum
Drive, Greenwich, presents a lecture, “The Evolution of Beauty.”
Doors open at 6:30pm with light
refreshments, and the lecture
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On Feb. 25 at 8pm a Concert to
Benefit the family of NYPD Joseph
Lemm of Harrison will be held at The
Capitol Theater, 149 Westchester
Avenue, Port Chester. The event is
organized by The Tunnel to Towers
Foundation with performances by
Clyde McPhatter’s Drifters, The New
York Tenors and Lemm’s daughter
Brooke Chaco. Call 877-987-6487
or visit nypdsuperman.com. All proceeds will go to the Lemm Family.
begins at 7pm. The event is free
to members, $15 for non-members. Reservations are required.
Contact 203-413-6757 or info@
brucemuseum.org.
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From 1-4pm, the Harrison Players will be holding Open Auditions in the Veterans’ Memorial
Building, 210 Halstead Avenue,
Harrison for Darling, You Slay
Me, a musical murder mystery.
Rehearsals will begin the last
week of February for an April
8 and 9 performance. call 6301089 for details.
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The Mamaroneck Union Free
School District’s Board of Education will conduct a public
hearing at 7pm in the Tiered
Classroom at Mamaroneck
HIgh School to discuss the
Smart Schools Investment
Plan. For questions, contact
Ms. Meryl Rubinstein at [email protected]
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At 11am attend the Empty Bowls
Fundraiser at The Rye Presbyterian Church, 882 Boston Post
Road, and purchase a crafted
bowl made by more than 50
clay artists from the Clay Art
Center. Money raised goes to
fighting Hunger in Westchester
County. For details call 9372047.
International Guitar Night
takes place at 3pm in the Classroom Building, Room 200 on
the Valhalla campus of Westchester Community College,
75 Grasslands Road Valhalla.
Founder Brian Gore is joined by
three of Europe’s acoustic guitarists: Gypsy Jazz legend Lulo
Reionhardt, contemporary finger-style innovator Mike Dawes
and multi-genre showman Andre Krengel. Tickets can be pur-
On February 23, At Home on the
Sound will host a talk by Legislator
Catherine Parker at The Larchmont
Avenue Church, Russell Hall, 60
Forest Park Avenue, Larchmont at
3:30pm. Visit athomeonthesound.
org for information.
chased at sunywcc.edu/SmartArts, or at the door prior to the
performance. For additional
information call 606-6262.
Wainwright House, 260 Stuyvesant Ave., Rye holds a musical
brunch from 11:30am to 1:30pm
featuring the music of the Joe
Corsello trio and a champagne
brunch buffet. Tickets are $35
for members, $45 non-members. For reservations call 9676080, walk-ins are welcome.
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Mamaroneck Public Library,
136 Prospect Avenue, Mamaroneck, hosts a free workshop
“The ABCs of a Successful Job
Search” from 6:30 to 7:30 in the
community room. Presented
by Nada Beth Glick M.Ed,D.
Call 381-5992 for additional
details. Snow Date is Monday
March 6, 6:30 to 7:30.
March
3
The Bruce Museum, 1 Museum
Drive, Greenwich, presents a
panel discussion and luncheon
about the “Art of Design” exploring the intersection of art
and design. The event takes
place at the Greenwich Country Club and reservations are
required. For information contact Becky Conelias at 203-4136745 or [email protected].
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At 6pm Hoff-Barthelson Music
School’s Annual Benefit takes
place at the Emelin Theatre,
153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck
at 6pm. The concert features
world renowned cellist Steven
Isserlis joined by the exciting
young pianist Roman Rabinovich. Tickets can be purchased at www.hbms.org/benefit.php or by calling 902-0706.
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Volunteers Come Together to Feed Hungry
A Legislative Resolution in Honor of Joseph Lemm Westchester
More than 135 volunteers spent a cold Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in
A legislative resolution
mourning the untimely death
of Technical Sergeant Joseph
Lemm of West Harrison was
recently sponsored by State
Senator George Latimer and
paid tribute to Lemm’s courageous actions as a member
of the New York Air National
Guard.
ber of 2005, he helped apprehend
two of three teens he saw running
from the scene of a stabbing, and
was consequently nominated for
a Post Liberty Medal; and
WHEREAS,
Technical
Sergeant Joseph Lemm was
also a dedicated member of the
105th Security Forces Squadron, which is an element of
the 105th Airlift Wing at Stew-
our appreci- ation and eternal
gratitude for their sacrifices and courageous acts; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to mourn the untimely
death of Technical Sergeant Joseph Lemm of West Harrison,
New York, paying tribute to his
courageous actions as a member of the New York Air National Guard; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy
of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran- smitted to the
family of Technical Sergeant
Joseph Lemm.
service by making sandwiches and soup starters, and packing food bags
for distribution to the hungry in the local area. Young volunteers decorated
cards and bags to present the donations and pay tribute to King’s legacy.
“Much of what Martin Luther King, Jr., believed about doing your part
in making the world a better place can be summed up by the Jewish expression tikkun olam, repairing the world. According to Jewish tradition, it’s our
responsibility to care for those in need,” said Juliana Reiner of New Rochelle,
who served as teen chair along with Julia Mendelsohn of Purchase and Maxine and Sydney Moses of Larchmont. “When it comes to alleviating hunger,
our teachings go way, way back.”
The event, which took place at the Sally & Anthony Mann Center in
Hawthorne, was one of five taking place throughout the Greater New York
area as part of Feeding Our Neighbors: An Interfaith Response. The initiative, for which UJA-Federation of New York joins Catholic Charities of theTeen Chair Julia Mendelsohn of
Archdiocese of New York and Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies,Purchase holds a mason jar filled
works to tackle hunger across New York City, Westchester, and Long Island. with soup ingredients
“BJCC’s food pantry is the largest in the East Bronx, serving more than
3,000 people each month, especially seniors and especially those aging in place,” said Julia Mendelsohn. “For
many of the council’s clients, our donations mean the difference between a meal or going without.”
OUR FEATURED LISTINGS
WHEREAS, The courage
and bravery of our military personnel since the United States
Armed Forces commenced
action in the Middle East will
ensure our continued role as
a Nation which embodies the
ideals of democracy, and as a
defender of liberty for people
throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, It is with feelings of deepest regret that this
Legislative Body mourns the
untimely death of Technical
Sergeant Joseph Lemm of West
Harrison, New York, and pay
tribute to his courageous actions as a member of the New
York Air National Guard; and
WHEREAS, A native of
Nebraska and a 15-year Veteran of the New York Police Department (NYPD), Technical
Sergeant Joseph Lemm died on
Monday, December 21, 2015, at
the age of 45, while honorably
serving his country in Afghanistan; and
WHEREAS, In 2000, Joseph Lemm began his career
with the NYPD at the 48th Precinct; in January of 2014, he
was promoted to the esteemed
rank of Detective and began
serving in the Bronx Warrant
Squad; and
WHEREAS, Fondly known
as Superman, Detective Joseph
Lemm will be remembered as
an enthusiastic member of the
NYPD; while off duty in Decem-
art Air National Guard Base
at Newburgh, New York; this
remarkable soldier was on his
second deployment in Afghanistan when he was killed in a
tragic incident outside Bagram
Air Base; and
WHEREAS, In honor of
Technical Sergeant Joseph
Lemm's valiant service and ultimate sacrifice he made defending our great Nation, Governor
Andrew M. Cuomo has directed
that flags on New York State
government buildings be flown
at half-staff on December 23,
2015; and
WHEREAS, A devoted
family man, Technical Sergeant
Joseph Lemm is survived by his
loving wife, Christine, and two
treasured children, Brooke and
Ryan; and
WHEREAS, Residents of
this great State must never forget the courage with which our
men and women served this
country, and must recognize
that no greater debt is owed
than that owed to those who
give of their lives for their beloved Nation; and
WHEREAS, The freedoms
and security we cherish as
Americans come at a very high
price for those serving in the
military in times of conflict; it is
fitting and proper that we who
are the beneficiaries of those
who risk their lives, leaving
their families behind, express
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Teens Commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s
Birthday Through Service
Watching the Trains Go By
J-Teen
Leadership brought interfaith youth organizations together from
Westchester and beyond for its annual
morning of service in
commemoration
of
Martin Luther King,
Jr.’s birthday on Monday, January 18, 2016.
More than 50 teens
participated in a project where they sorted
medical supplies at
the Afya Foundation in
Yonkers.
Afya
supports
ongoing health initiatives in developing
countries by supplying critically needed surplus medical
supplies, hospital equipment
and humanitarian provisions.
Supplies and equipment are
collected from the healthcare,
corporate and private communities and sent to partner organizations on the ground.
Teens who attended this
event came from J-Teen Leadership, Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester in Rye,
Harrison High School’s Stu-
On a cold Winter's day, Charlie Foristel (1.5 years old) of Harrison enjoyed his favorite past time, watching the
trains go by at the Harrison train station.
dents for World Health, and
Peacebuilders of the Kings
Bay YM-YWHA in Brooklyn.
According to Abbe Marcus,
Executive Director of J-Teen
Leadership, “Our teen leaders are committed to coming
together with others from all
backgrounds in order to connect, break down barriers
and ultimately see their commonalities as they share in the
work of helping those in need.”
This year’s service includ-
ed packing and
sorting medical supplies for
clinics in Africa, Haiti and
those affected
by the current
refugee crisis.
Danielle Butin,
executive director of Afya,
has
worked
with
J-Teen
Leadership
for years and
characterizes
its members as
emerging leaders who have
demonstrated
their readiness to help in times
of disaster. “They collect, act,
show up in ways never seen
before in a teen-age group,” she
says.
J-Teen Leadership is dedicated to empowering and inspiring Jewish teens from all
backgrounds with leadership
training, core Jewish values
and community service, so
they can start contributing to
the Jewish community and the
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Junior League of Westchester on the Sound
Welcomes New Members and Accepts Applications for Community Grants
Junior League of Westchester on the Sound { JLWOS}
is an organization of women
committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through
the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
Its purpose is exclusively
educational and charitable.
JLWOS has announced the
addition of six women, who
joined in December. As new
members, they teamed up in
the Fall on an exciting project
that allowed them to connect
with one another as well as
the greater Sound Shore community by providing support
to Teen Boutique, an event
that partners JLWOS with The
Sharing Shelf to provide clothing, shoes, and accessories
free of charge to a pre-selected group of teen girls, many of
whom don't have the means to
purchase even the basic clothing essentials.
The six new JLWOS members contributed tremendously to the Teen Boutique event
by collecting gently used clothing, coats and shoes through
clothing drives; preparing toiletry bags for each of the 170
teen girls who attended the
event; and helping with set-up
and the event overall. JLWOS
welcomes Catherine Bess and
Jane O'Sullivan of Rye, Hayley
Brown of New Rochelle, Jennifer (Jenni) Johnson and Kelly Sullivan of Larchmont and
Jessica Roberts.
If you are over the age of
21, interested in joining the JLWOS, and a resident of one of
the towns in the service area
(Harrison, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, Port
Chester, Rye and Rye Brook)
email for information at [email protected].
In addition to the proj-
ects spearheaded directly
by JLWOS, the organization
makes grants available for programs that support the needs
of women and children in the
Sound Shore service area.
The amount of grants
awarded varies from year to
year based on the available resources of JLWOS. This year a
total of $15,000 will be awarded. Award(s) can range from
$1,000 to $15,000, and organizations seeking larger amounts
are encouraged to seek matching funds simultaneously.
Grants are awarded by JLWOS
based on merit, need and the
availability of funds. All grant
finalists will receive a site visit
from a member of the JLWOS
grant committee and/or board
members.
The Junior League of
Westchester on the Sound
(JLWOS) has announced their
2016 Community Grant application process. You may download the application at www.
jlwos.org/grants.
The criteria for eligibility
in the Grant program are as
follows:
• Grant proceeds should
ultimately serve the needs of
women and/or children/teens
in one or more of their service
areas: Harrison, Larchmont,
Mamaroneck, New Rochelle,
Port Chester, Rye, and Rye
Brook;
• Generally, but not always, grants are awarded for
program/project development
and/or implementation;
• Requests for administrative salaries, fund-raising
expenses and office-equipment will not be considered,
unless those funds provide a
direct benefit (for example,
computers for children’s use
or salaries for teachers would
be permitted, however salaries
for a secretary or director and
computers for the same would
be excluded);
• Grants will not be
awarded for the same project
for more than two consecutive
years, barring special circumstances;
• Applications for grants
must be made by and for the
use of tax-exempt, not-forprofit organizations; and
• All applications must be
typewritten to ensure legibility.
Note that, if JLWOS can
accommodate your request
through a committee in the
League rather than through a
direct grant, your request will
be forwarded to the appropriate committee chair.
In addition to the completed application, applicants
must submit one copy of supporting materials including
budget, auditor’s letter and
tax-exempt certificate. Email
submission of completed applications and supporting
materials (in scanned form)
to [email protected] is
preferred. Should email submission not be possible, applications may be mailed to: The
Junior League of Westchester
on the Sound, 149 Larchmont
Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538
Attn: Community Grants.
Applications must be received by February 22, 2016.
Unfortunately,
applications
not received on a timely basis
will not be considered. Grants
will be awarded upon the approval of the Board of Directors of JLWOS based on recommendations of the League's
Finance Council. It is expected
that awards will be announced
by early-May 2016.
If you have any questions
regarding the application or
the Grant process, contact the
JLWOS Community Committee at [email protected].
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National Endowment for the
Arts Awards Creative Writing
Fellowships for 2016
The National Endowment for the Arts
has selected Purchase College creative writing professor Mehdi Tavana Okasi as one of 37
recipients of a $25,000 creative writing fellowship.
Okasi was chosen from among 1,763 eligible applicants by 23 readers and panelists.
Through its creative writing fellowships program, the National Endowment for the Arts
gives writers the time and space to create,
revise, conduct research, and connect with
readers.
“I’m grateful to the NEA for honoring me
with this award,” said Okasi, an assistant professor of creative writing in his second year at
Purchase. “This award comes at a crucial time
for me, when immigrants like myself are daily
faced with a dangerous and damaging vitriol.
This award gives me the courage to continue
with my novel, the story of two Iranian-American immigrant families finding their way in
America. While the financial support is incredibly appreciated, I am also grateful for the
emotional encouragement that accompanies
this award. Namely, that art has the power to
bridge cultures and peoples.”
Mehdi Tavana Okasias
The NEA’s creative writing fellowships
program is arguably the most egalitarian grant
program in its field: applications are free and
open to the public; fellows are selected through an anonymous review process in which the sole criterion is artistic excellence; and the judging panel varies year to year and is always diverse with regard to geography, ethnicity, gender, age, and life experience.
“Since its inception, the creative writing fellowship program has awarded more than $45 million to a diverse group of more than 3,000 writers, many of them emerging writers at the start of
their careers,” said NEA Director of Literature Amy Stolls. “These 37 extraordinary new fellows including Mehdi Tavana Okasi provide more evidence of the NEA’s track record of discovering and
supporting excellent writers.”
Since 1990, 81 of the 138 American recipients of the National Book Award, the National Book
Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and Fiction were previous NEA creative writing
fellows.
Established in 1965, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded more than $5
billion in grants in every state and U.S. jurisdiction, the only arts funder in the nation to do so.
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Preserving the Personal Voices of the
Holocaust Experience
Who will bear witness to the Holocaust
in the year 2030?
The urgency to keep alive the experiences of the Holocaust survivors and liberators can be told by the numbers. In 2005,
1,500 Auschwitz survivors attended the ceremony of the camp’s liberation. In 2015, 70
years after the last Nazi camps were liberated, the number dwindled to 300.
But it will take more than just living
survivors and liberators to teach future generations about the Holocaust. That’s why the
Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) is on the cutting edge of a movement to preserve the personal voices of the
Holocaust experience for posterity.
Through its Generations Forward program, HHREC is grooming its next generation of speakers --the children and grandchildren of survivors--to keep alive these
personal eyewitness accounts of mankind’s
greatest genocide for the next several decades.
At the same time, the ranks of survivors
in the HHREC Speakers Bureau are actually expanding, with the addition of six new Millie Jasper, executive director of HHREC
speakers for 2016. HHREC actively seeks
more survivors, and their families to participate in their efforts to keep the story of the Holocaust a
living history.
“There is no substitute for living history,” says Millie Jasper, executive director of HHREC. “In
2015, our speakers’ bureau, comprising both Holocaust survivors and liberators grew to reach a
record total audience of 20,000 schoolchildren.” To continue reaching more schoolchildren in the
years ahead, HHREC is training children and grandchildren of survivors through a 14-part workshop
where they are learning to tell their parents’ and grandparents’ stories.
Generations Forward meets regularly to exchange ideas and provide mutual support, has
emerged as a strong, coherent group, determined to shine the light of truth on the Holocaust by
ensuring that the Shoah is not trivialized, distorted or subject to deniers.
The HHREC Generations Forward group is also compiling a book based on letters that their
parents wrote during the Holocaust.
“Twin-With-A-Survivor,” another HHREC program that currently has 25 bar and bat mitzvah
students in groups who are studying with Holocaust survivors to earn a historic perspective on
their passage into adulthood. HHREC is partnering with New Jersey’s Holocaust Council of Greater
MetroWest's “Twin-With-a-Survivor” program.
“Twin-With-A-Survivor” program provides Bar/Bat Mitzvah students with the rare opportunity
to make personal connections to these extraordinary models of human courage and resilience who
exemplify continued commitment to the Jewish community,” explains Jasper.
The Survivor Legacy Education Project, an HHREC-funded interactive database to record
the oral history of Westchester survivors for use by teachers with their students and adults, too.
UJA-Federation /Westchester Program Services Cabinet and private donors fund this project.
HHREC is interviewing survivors and creating both audio and visual accounts of their stories. The
interviews will be edited into a 25-30 minute program in which their personal effects: photographs,
letters, artifacts of their childhood and the war years, personal papers to illustrate the lives of these
individuals.
HHREC also provides training for educators who teach the Holocaust in middle school, high
school and college, fulfilling New York State’s unfunded Holocaust curriculum mandate. On February 9th, HHREC will hold a full day Teacher Institute on the theme, "The Lessons of the Holocaust:
Man's Inhumanity to Man." Participating middle and high school teachers receive a certificate for
five hours of professional development.
Survivors and liberators and their next generation families interested in keeping the personal
stories of the Holocaust alive, and teachers interested in professional development on the Holocaust
curriculum, may contact Millie Jasper, executive director at 914.696.0738 or [email protected].
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Realty President and CEO Paul Breunich Joins Brand
at Podium in Ringing the NYSE Closing Bell
William Pitt and Julia
B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty announced
that the firm’s President
and CEO, Paul Breunich,
was recently invited to join
Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates, LLC at the
podium for the ringing of
the Closing Bell at the New
York Stock Exchange. The
event took place on December 29th, 2015, and marked
the Sotheby’s International
Realty brand’s 40th anniversary, a milestone in the
luxury residential real estate brokerage business.
Breunich along with
President and CEO of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty Patricia Petersen were the only two
Sotheby’s
International
Realty affiliate representatives asked to be honorary guests at the bell
ringing event, as the two
companies were among the
brand’s original members
and supporters. Sotheby’s
International Realty was
originally founded in 1976
by the renowned Sotheby’s
Auction House—the oldest
company listed on the New
York Stock Exchange—and
adopted an affiliate model
in 2004, with William Pitt
and Julia B. Fee as well as
Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty joining
as two of the brand’s first
affiliates. The two were
invited in recognition of
the early and continued
momentum they helped to
provide in Sotheby’s International Realty achieving
its vision of becoming the
preeminent luxury real estate brand in the world.
“I was truly honored
to be a part of this monumental brand event,” said
Breunich. “Ringing the
Closing Bell at the New
York Stock Exchange was
a once-in-a-lifetime-experience, and a perfect way
to bring in the New Year.
I couldn’t be prouder to
be standing among such a
talented and professional
group. The brand has come
so far over the past 40
years, and I am humbled to
be associated with Sotheby’s International Realty’s
unparalleled growth, capabilities, network and services in the luxury residential real estate industry.”
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13
Estate Tax Update and Various Options
BY BERNARD A. KROOKS, CERTIFIED ELDER
LAW ATTORNEY
In 2010, the concept of estate
tax portability became law in an
apparent attempt by Congress to
simplify estate tax planning. Prior thereto, it was quite common
for estate planning attorneys to
suggest that their clients consider
a “bypass” trust. Other names for
this type of trust include “credit
shelter” or “exemption equivalent”
or “A/B” trust.
The bypass trust was an important consideration for married
couples who had a taxable estate.
Prior to the recent increases in the
federal and New York state estate
tax exemptions, a lot more people
used to have taxable estates than
those who do so now. It wasn’t
that long ago that the federal estate
tax exemption was only $600,000.
At the present time, the federal estate tax exemption is $5,450,000.
Effective January 1, 2019, the
New York estate tax exemption is
scheduled to be the same as the
federal exemption. Currently,
the New York state exemption is
$3,125,000 and it will increase to
$4,187,500 on April 1, 2016.
Here’s how a bypass trust
works: when one spouse dies, his
or her share of assets subject to the
estate tax — up to the amount of
the estate tax exemption in place
at the time of death — could be put
into a trust that was treated as taxable. However, since the amount
going into the trust would be less
than the tax limit, the amount
of tax would be $0. That money
would then not be taxed in the surviving spouse’s estate when she or
he later died. It was fairly easy to
double the estate tax exemption
amount, in most cases, using the
bypass trust.
Now, under the estate tax
portability rules, when a spouse
dies any unused estate tax exemption equivalent figure is passed
on to his or her surviving spouse
without necessity of using a bypass trust. While this may appear
to be a relatively simple concept,
the real world applications are
much more complex.
Let’s consider an imaginary
couple under the new portability rules. We’ll call them Bill and
Mary, and they are worth a total
of $8 million. Their estate plans
simply leave everything to each
Kitchen & Bath Insider© #183 Beware of
Preposterous Deals
BY PAUL BOOKBINDER, M.I.D., C.R.
It appears that I have
reached the point in life where
I have difficulty accepting the
premise that when something
sounds too good to be true it
almost certainly is too good to
be true. Or, perhaps its not age
related but ingrained in our
DNA; that we want more for
less, something for nothing,
always searching for the deal
of the century.
Every day I find myself
bombarded with countless ads
and emails offering everything
from handy gadgets (that I am
assured I cannot live without)
to fabulous furniture, complete new kitchens or bathrooms, all at ridiculously low
prices. As hard as I try to avoid
even glancing at these limitless
offerings my fingers pay no attention to my brain. Taking on
a life of their own, they click to
open every offer that has managed to avoid my spam or junk
mail rules and regulations.
And each time I succumb to
the lure of the must have LED
flashlight with built in can
opener, that’s “cheap at half the
price”, I am disappointed yet
again. What’s wrong with me?
I saw a young woman on
TV who totaled her car, which
she had named Brad (while
insured by a company that we
should switch to immediately).
I think she took her settlement
and created a web-site named
after her car that lists terrific
deals, but only if you act very
quickly. Most of this stuff is too
good to be true, or too cheap to
be good. But that didn’t stop
me. I purchased a set of outdoor furniture (some assembly
required); six chairs and two
foot rests, guaranteed not to
rust for a year. I’m too embarrassed to reveal how low the
price was. It took two full days
to assemble, after a two week
wait for the missing parts to
be shipped from California.
The rust started 31 days after
initial delivery. Company policy: 30 day return. Informed I
was out of luck for return, but
since the warranty was good
for a year, I could ship the assembled chairs back to California (SMALL PRINT: at my own
expense) to get a replacement.
After calculating that shipping
the assembled chairs would
cost five times the initial cost
of the product, I have decided
to live with the rust.
But did this experience
teach me anything? Apparently not much, although
my resistance to these hard
to believe offers is gradually building. And, speaking of
building, the same holds true
with remodeling. Ads for incredibly low priced cabinets
and countertops are springing
up all over. Often the cabinetry and counters are imported
from overseas, in countries
where they have no scruples or
standards. We have no way of
knowing what harmful chemicals are in these products and
what dangerous gases will permeate our home environment
once they are installed. But by
then, it’s too late, the damage
is done.
There is a range of legitimate prices for any product
or project, but beware of the
preposterous deals that don’t
sound plausible. Every time
I’ve succumbed to the deal of
the century, be it for a lawn
chair or a new counter top at
my house I’ve regretted it. As
attractive as low bids are, they
should raise a red flag.
Do your research! Check
reviews and referrals and use
your common sense! In the
case of remodeling, make sure
you select a qualified firm for
your project, whose business
and financial capabilities, past
performance and reputation
guarantee that you will get a
job done well, with products
that will perform as promised.
I’m not saying that you can’t
find bargains, but remember,
if it sounds too good to be true,
it probably is, and you just may
end up living with the rust.
P a u l
B o o kb i n d e r,
M.I.D., C.R., is
president of
D re a m Wo rk
Kitchens, Inc.
located
in
Mamaroneck.
A Master of
Design (Pratt Institute), and
E.P.A. Certified Remodeler, he is
an advisor for Kitchen & Bath
Design News. A member of the
Advisory Panel of Professional
Remodeler magazine and the
National Kitchen and Bath Association, he can be reached for
questions at 914-777-0437 or
www.dreamworkkitchens.com.
other. When Bill dies after April 1,
2016, his $4 million (we’re going to
keep Bill and Mary simple — they
own every single asset jointly, with
a 50/50 interest) simply passes to
Mary outright. It won’t matter, for
our purposes, whether that happens by his will, by the operation
of joint tenancy, or by the terms of
a trust. Since Bill is leaving his entire estate to Mary, there will be no
estate tax due on Bill’s death due to
the unlimited marital deduction.
For federal estate tax purposes, Bill has used none of his
$5.45 million estate tax exemption
due to the unlimited marital deduction. Mary inherits his $4 million AND his $5.45 million in unused federal exemption amount.
However, she does not inherit his
unused $4,187,500 unused New
York state exemption amount
since portability does not apply for
New York estate tax purposes. So
long as Mary’s estate does not grow
to an amount greater than her federal estate tax exemption and the
exemption she inherits from Bill,
she will not owe any federal estate
taxes on her death. However, she
will owe New York estate taxes if
her estate exceeds the New York
state estate tax exemption at the
time of her death.
To obtain the benefits of portability, an estate tax return must
be filed on the death of the first
spouse even if no tax is due. Other than the cost of preparing and
filing the return, there is no apparent reason not to do this. However, that doesn’t mean that certain
married couples should not consider a bypass trust. The assets
in a bypass trust, including all future appreciation, are not subject
to estate taxes on the death of the
second spouse. If portability is
elected, then it is possible that the
surviving spouse may have assets
over the exemption amount she
inherits from her deceased spouse
and her own estate tax exemption
amount at her death. This could
result in taxes being due at that
time. Also, a bypass trust could
preserve the assets for the benefit of the children in the event the
surviving spouse remarries after
the death of the first spouse.
While portability might
make things simpler for many
couples, it is not something that
should be relied upon without
reviewing your other options,
including a bypass trust. It is important to work with a competent
estate planning attorney who can
explain the various options to you.
Bernard
A. Krooks, Esq.,
is a founding
partner of Littman Krooks
LLP and has
been honored
as one of the
“Best Lawyers”
in America for each of the last seven years. He is past President of the
National Academy of Elder 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.
Krooks may be reached at (914-6842100) or by visiting the firm’s website at www.elderlawnewyork.com.
Creating a Viable Camp Program for Middle Schoolers
In an age where even
pre-schoolers often have their
own devices and technology dominates every aspect of life, parents
are searching for ways to give their
own kids a taste of what life was
like when they were kids—unplugged. Many camp directors believe that summer camp is one of
the very few places where kids will
have an unplugged experience
and thank them for it later. However, taking away children’s electronics at camp—especially with
Middle Schoolers—only earns
gratitude when campers and parents understand the camp’s philosophy and goals.
Getting families to “buy
in” to an unplugged experience
starts by creating a camp culture
that considers the developmental
needs of tweens. At Next Level
Camps—separate-gender day
camps for boys and girls in Westchester , founder and director
Ed Metzendorf believes that a
program built on respect is the
foundation of a camp that aims to
build character and confidence.
If you want to engage Middle
Schoolers, Metzendorf advises:
• Treat tweens like grown-ups,
not children
• Allow tweens the autonomy to
select their own activities and
move freely around the camp
• Create time for tweens to socialize with their peers
• Encourage tweens, and provide su-
pervisionand supportforthemto take
chanceswiththeiractivitychoices.
Parents are looking for challenging, real experiences that offer their kids the opportunity to
gain valuable life skills, including
independence, responsibility, decision-making, communication,
problem-solving,
cooperation,
conflict-resolution and leadership.
One way that Next Level Camps
helps tweens practice these skills
is by letting them build their own
schedule, an important component that incorporates playing
sports, enjoying arts, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math) and other activities,
and taking on leadership roles
throughout the camp day.
Whether kids attend Next
Level for one or more weeks
during the six-week summer season, campers at Next Level Camp
for Girls and Next Level Camp for
Boys always have the opportunity
to try out activities and adjust their
schedule on a daily or weekly basis if they have a change of heart.
“Knowing that they are not committed to keeping their schedule
encourages campers to try new
things,” says Metzendorf. “When
campers of Middle School age
select their own schedule, there's
never a problem with them getting from place to place because
they are excited to get to the activity they have chosen, and with so
many choices and opportunities
around them, we have created a
feeling that being creative is cool.
Middle School campers are even
excited about Next Level’s “Try
it Tuesday,” where campers are
strongly encouraged to try something new, such as gaga, cross fit,
cooking, DJ-ing, magic or radio
broadcasting.”
Boys and girls ages 13 and 14
participate in Next Level Camps’
CIT program, which is structured
to help young teens practice communication, teamwork, responsibility and growth—important
skills that help prepare them for
high school and college. Metzendorf says, “This age group is ready
for more responsibility — they
actually crave it. So we created a
program designed to push them
out of their comfort zones.”
For more than 100 years,
kids have built enduring friendships with campers and counselors at summer camps. Next
Level Camps offers a program
founded on the philosophy that
camp is the remedy to technology overload and the isolation
that comes with it. Camp offers
a path to broader horizons and
new human connections for firsttime and seasoned middle school
campers, and answers the needs
of parents who want their tweens
and teens to see and experience
what can be accomplished without the touch of a button or instant access to social media.
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Romance Over Food & Wine on Valentine’s Day
Amore! The coupling of
good food and wine with the sensual is the aphrodisiac of literature and verse through the ages.
Pucker up! Valentine’s Day is Sunday, Feb. 14th. Warm things up a
bit, make a whole weekend out
of it! Restaurants and nightspots
are gearing up to serve some of
their most titillating specialties.
Here is an eclectic round-up of
delectable dishes and dining venues for you and your loved one
and don’t forget to reserve early…
TUCK INTO A BOOTH AT THE
DINER!
Chef-owner and personable
host Dean Vivolo of Trattoria Vivolo, 301 Halstead Ave., Harrison
(914-835-6199) serves his robust
regional Italian cuisine out of a
vintage diner just across from
Harrison's Metro-North station.
Sit at the counter, tuck into a
booth, or take a table in the rear
greenhouse and enjoy the surprising contemporary and traditional flavors emanating from his
kitchen: tasty thin-crusted pizzas; Gnocchi con Chinghiali, wild
boar ragu and pecorino; Pappardelle di Cortina, rabbit sausage,
porcini mushrooms, radicchio,
rosemary and butter; Crostino di
Polenta, topped with wild mushrooms, gorgonzola and tomato
sauce; Lasagna Bolognese al Forno; fresh Branzino; Osso Buco,
tender braised veal shank; Grilled
Rack of Lamb; and house made
Ricotta Cheese Cake for dessert.
If the name Vivolo sounds familiar, Dean’s dad Michael Vivolo is
owner of the venerable La Riserva in Larchmont. Good wine list.
Open 7 days. Free parking. www.
trattoriavivolo.com
A RHYTHMIC LATIN
VALENTINE’S DAY!
Host- owner J R Morales
and his team brought Sofrito, 175
Main Street, White Plains (914428-4740), up from Manhattan in
2011 and the place has become a
must-stop on the Latin-themed
dining and nightlife crawl. A special 3-course Prix Fixe Menu will
be served during Valentine’s Day.
First course will include choice
of: Seafood Sancocho, Valentine
Salad, Lobster & Corn Quesadilla, Grilled Rib Eye Taquitos, or
Wild Mushroom & Spanish Manchego Potato Cheese Croquette.
Second course offers a choice of:
Spaghetti with shrimp or chicken, Broiled Lobster Tail, Cornish
Hen a la Plancha, Grilled Filet Mignon with red wine cumin sauce,
or Crispy Malanga Crusted Filet
of Basa Fish. And for the third
course there is a dessert sampler
for two. The house would be delighted to personalize your set up
by advanced reservation. Check
out the hot specialty cocktails
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at the bar and Latin Sushi, too!
Open 7 days a week for lunch,
dinner and Sunday brunch.
Dancing and live entertainment schedule. Municipal and
valet parking. www.sofritowhiteplains.com
ITALIAN FLAVORS TO SWOON
OVER!
Genial hosts Ernesto Capalbo and Charlie Gambino of
Ernesto’s Ristorante, 130 W. Post
Road, White Plains (914-4211414), have given the restaurant
a fresh contemporized look. The
sparkling bar area offers happy
hours Tuesday thru Friday, 3
to 6 pm with reasonably priced
beers, wines and $5 martinis. It
is a good venue for networking.
There is Kitchen Counter lunch
for $10.95 served Tuesday thru
Friday from noon to 3 pm, and
3-course Early Bird dinners are
served 3 pm to 6 pm Tuesday
thru Friday priced at a reasonable $17.95. There will be additional Valentine’s Day specialties.
The regular Italian-American
menu is always available as are
private party facilities for up to 75
guests. Let the veteran floor staff
led by Elio, Geovan and Juan see
to your needs. Ernesto moved his
popular pizza shop down to the
corner and named it Pizza Cucina where you can still get all your
favorites fresh-made. Pizza Cucina is located at 102 Post Road,
White Plains (914-752-4611). On
and off premise catering. Free
and municipal parking. www.
ernestosristorante.com
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
ROMANCE!
The artsy red statue guarding the Palmer Ave. entrance
to this Mexican restaurant just
hints at the many south-of-theborder pleasures waiting inside.
It is a sprawling 200-seat environment strewn with colorful
Mexican art and artifacts, multiple seating areas with a big bar/
lounge for socializing. Brothers
Edgar and Hector Brambila also
operate a Rio Bravo in Fairfield,
CT. and another in Westport.
The menu is loaded with flavorful surprises: Milanesa Chicken
Tacos, hand battered fried chicken wrapped in a tortilla covered
with melted cheese, roasted poblano crema, pico de gallo and
mixed cabbage; Torero Steak
Fajitas, a giant portion of wood
grilled marinated skirt steak;
Southwestern Caesar Salad, a
spicy twist to the traditional
Caesar with corn, tomatoes,
cotija cheese and chicken Milanesa, tossed with chipotle-ranch
dressing; and Square Knot Salmon, achiote and lemon seared
salmon with roasted pineapple.
Happy Hours in the galloping
bar/lounge Monday thru Friday
from 3 pm to 6 pm feature half
price house drinks and appetizers. Taco Tuesdays offer $1 tacos
at the bar. Large selection of Tequilas at the bar and you can also
build your own Margarita. Rio
Bravo is located at 1879 Palmer
Ave., Larchmont. (914-341-1546)
www.riobravotacosandtequila.
com
(Morris Gut is a restaurant
marketing consultant and former
restaurant trade magazine editor.
He has been tracking and writing
about the food & dining scene in
greater Westchester for 30 years.
He may be reached at: 914-2356591. E-mail: [email protected])
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HARRISON 5 YEAR MARKET HISTORY
$1,600,000
Median $
$1,344,850
$1,400,000
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$800,000
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$600,000
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$1,300,000
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$1,025,000
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PARK LANE LIVING AT ITS BEST
Source; EAMLS, 1/1/2015-12/31/2015 vs.Rye
1/1/14-12/31/14,
1/1/14-12/31/14 vs. 1/1/13 - 12/31/13, 1/1/13 - 12/31/13 vs. 1/1/12-12/31/12 & 1/1/12 - 12/31/12
vs. 1/1/11-12/31/11,
PO/Harrison
West Harrison
# of Single Family Homes sold in the HarrisonSchool District in the last 5 years
$3,095,000
$1,695,000
RYE BROKERAGE
| 49 PURCHASE STREET | 914.967.4600
MLS: 4507365
ALIX PRINCE
MLS: 4512294
real estate, real business
Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
914.673.9324 | [email protected] | alixprince.com
49 Purchase Street • Rye • 914.967.4600 • juliabfee.com
Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated. Equal Housing Opportunity. Source; EAMLS, Single Family Homes sold in the Harrison School District in the last 6 years