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The Hezitorial: Political Heat Wave By Hezi Aris... Page 2; HalloweenTech; A Fantasy Tale By Gail Farrelly... Page 6;
Police Presence in Downtown New Rochelle is “Crucial” By Peggy Godfrey... Page 8; A Tribute to Veterans By Col.Arthur
DeRuve... Page 8; Foodchester: Orfino’s - Fine Gold found in Briacliff Manor By Hezi Aris... Page 12; Monroe College Explore
How Hispanics Embrace Social Network Tools By Rob Seitz... Page 12; Taking on Student Stress, the Education System, and
“Teaching to the Test”... Page 14; The Public Service Commission, United Water of New Rochelle, and the Village of Bronxville
By May C. Marvin... Page 16; The Revitalization of Larchmont By Bary Alyssa Johnson... Page 17; Nuremberg Indictment Day
By Prof. John Q. Barrett... Page 18; 20 Seconds By Nancy King... Page 19; Ed Koch Movie Reviews: “Mao’s Last Dancer” and
“Inside Job”... Page 24; The Sounds of Blue: Santana-Guitar Heaven By Bob Putignano... Page 27; Ed Koch Commentary:
Canada Appears More Protective of Its Children By Edward I. Koch... Page 28; Than Is the U.S. New York Civic: A New Low By
Henry J. Stern... Page 29; Weir Only Human: Don’t Tug on Superman’s Cape By Bob Weir... Page 30; Statement By Senator
Andrea Stewart-Cousins... Coup Attempt to Depose Yonkers Conservative Committee Falters By Hezi Aris... Page 31; Air Force
Association commences Cybersecurity Competition By Bary Alyssa Johnson... Page 33; Republican Candidate for Attorney
General Don Donovan; How Does He Measure Up By Jeffrey Deskovic... Page 34’; Legal Notices... Page 36
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The Hezitorial
By Hezi Aris
Yonkers did not need to await a financial
crisis for a rhetorical fog to descend upon the
City of Hills. We were doing just fine thank you,
concealing our underlying economic and social
deficiencies. Only until a few weeks ago, City
Hall was succeeding.Today, cracks in their forced
optimism based upon allegedly false financial
statements are beginning to show.
When New York State found itself buried
under a $9 billion deficit, Yonkers Mayor
Amicone extolled the city’s unsubstantiated
economic strengths and managed to disarm the
city their rationality of thought and the yet to be
seen,fiscal ledgers to prove otherwise.
The political pessimism about us has short-
ened the timeline for everyone, especially that of
term-limited Mayor Phil Amicone. His plot to
stepdowncannottakeplacepriortoElectionDay,
but the walls to his ivory tower are being scaled by
the recent First Amendment Rights he so arro-
gantly breached. He is personally liable to pay $8
million dollars for that arrogant maneuver which
maligned the United States Constitution. In
unleashing his anger at The Westchester Guardian
Phil Amicone as expressed by a recent New York
Times editorial advised he had “lost.” He did
not contemplate one moment before spending
over $1 million in taxpayer money to defend his
unconscionable act of directing City workers to
steal newspaper distribution boxes from which
one could pick-up a copy of the free weekly. He
did not comprehend, as many even in the legal
profession have yet to comprehend that the living,
breathing United States Constitution, infused
by the decorum of the present political climate,
demands Mayor Amicone’s culpability because
he stepped beyond the parameters permitted even
the Mayor of Yonkers. Upon reflection, present
Yonkers City Councilwoman Joan Gronowski,
similarly robbed of her rights years ago on similar
circumstances was chewed up and spat out in an
effort to destroy her political freedoms. It was a
different time. The suffering is the same then, as
it is now. The difference is Ms Gronowski’s lack
of financial prowess then,as opposed to Publisher
Sam Zherka’s largesse today.
They are both in the right, yet one has born
the scars of being dismissed while the other bears
the scars by which his victory is proclaimed. In
both situations, the silence among our residents,
for fear of retribution, should give not one of us
solace.Not then,nor now.Can we find even a few
righteous among us to haul the arrogant mayor
from power.Upon reflection,the Yonkers Charter
Revision Commission would have been better
tackling how to dismiss a wayward, belligerent
mayor out of office rather than to submit to his
plot to have another arrogant, maniacal, char-
acter succeed him; reference is made of appointed
Yonkers Deputy Mayor William “Bill”Regan.
Will Yonkersites have become righteous over
the recent debacles that plague us, or is the threat
of having to indemnify the mayor $8 million in
personal loss, which translates to a 6 percent tax
increase and even more future debt service be the
catalyst to set us on the path toward righteous-
ness?While the mayor sweats out his diminishing
prospects, the city sits in hope that this problem
soon goes away. It will be interesting to witness
the vote of those on the Yonkers City Council
who would dare to indemnify the mayor for the
$8 million personal liability.
Mayor Amicone’s legacy has produced
nothing but promises. There are no recurring
revenues; there are only accelerating, accumu-
lating debts, and no physical imprint of any kind
to connote progress under any definition which
exists today,or may be surmised into the future.
The cost of daylighting the Nepperhan River
has already been received. Where is the money?
Last week, Mayor Amicone asked the Yonkers
City Council to approve a Capital Improvement
Plan (CIP) budget in excess of $90 million.
Almost $14 million of that is targeted for the
already paid for daylighting project. FACT:
Yonkers has received in total $34 million toward
the daylighting effort. Will the Yonkers City
Councilbebeseechedathirdtimebeforethe(not)
shovel ready project gets underway? The project
is a daydream... It is not going anywhere. Instead.
the $90 million CIP request is a last ditch effort to
take money which upon receipt often evaporates
from any fiscal tracking system. It’s like magic.
Poof,and it’s gone.One must wonder where.
With approximately 14 months to go before
MayorAmicone’stermisofficiallyup,isitprudent
to permit his failed administration to administer
an additional $90 plus million? I say,“No!”Mayor
Amicone has proved himself ill-equipped to
grapple with the complexity of the fiscal crisis that
besets Yonkers and his lack of a “plan”to side-step
the illiquid prospects of the SFC Yonkers Project
espoused in word but not deed for the downtown
redevelopment effort..
The alleged theft of property which has
become the focal point about which SFC Yonkers
is to be built is deficient in its construction by the
failure of not having clear Title to the property.
A suit will challenge the City of Yonkers and
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specifically Mayor Amicone and Yonkers
Corporation Counsel their deflinquency
in acquiring legal Title to the property
for which the Yonkers IDA, with Mayor
Amicone as its chair,induced the Greystone
Foundation with $8 million in taxpayer
funds to build a parking lot upon land they
have no right to do anything. Will New
York State be next to file suit against Mayor
Amicone? It is New York State taxpayer
funds that are at issue here.Will Yonkersites
have to indemnify the City of Yonkers
against the State of New York because of
the allegedly illegal conducted forced upon
Yonkers by this administration? Is anyone
watching? Has Inspector General Dan
Schorr caught on yet? If not yet, when will
he catch on?
The Father Pat Carole Greene
Development is still a thorn in this writer’s
side.When will a lawsuit be brought before
the courts to remedy that debacle; another
situation that took place under the aegis of
Yonkers Mayor Amicone. Again, a devel-
opment project, using taxpayer funds, and
allegedly doing less than promised. Who
turned a blind eye on that development and
why? we will soon find out.
Does the Yonkers City Council intend
to bail out the failed and bankrupt Yonkers
Parking Authoity whose chair is Yonkers
Deputy Mayor Bill Regan within the hidden
guise of the CIP bond for over $90 million
that once approved will not permit trans-
parency as to how and where the funds are
disbursed? Can our elected officials be trusted
todotherightthing?Again,Isay,“No!”
Collectively, they have proven them-
selves incompetent, arrogant, brazen, and
self-involved. If they were only benevolent,
we could and would overlook their short-
comings.Alas,they are not.
City Hall, specifically Phil Amicone
and Bill Regan, respectively as Mayor
and Deputy Mayor of Yonkers, have gone
beyond the powers granted them their
respective offices. Under their watch, the
Yonkers Parking Authority has been bank-
rupted. Under their authority the First
Amendment Rights granted by the United
States Constitution have been trashed.
Under their watch funds for daylighting the
Nepperhan River have yet to be divulged
and are allegedly lost, stolen, or morphed
beyond original purpose or scrutiny. Under
their watch the Yonkers IDA has afforded
a developer who does not own Title to
property they wish to develop an $8 million
inducement to do just that. Under their
watch, the financial debacle that must
be uncovered by the Yonkers Inspector
General is suspect. We will give him the
time to clear his name with the truth by his
findings of the financial books of the Board
of Education and specifically the Yonkers
Federation of Teachers Welfare Fund to
which $4 million is added to the funded
annually.We will watch over his every word.
We will prove every falsehood.We have the
facts.It is his turn now.We will have the last
word. The name of Yonkers Public School
Superintendent Bernard Pierorazio among
others will lose much in the telling of the
facts.
Yonkers will be fighting in courts for
years to come, not because of the telling by
the acid-tongued bloggers but rather by the
conduct of those who speak in our name yet
wieldthepowerwehavebestowedthemthe
ability to harm us.
There have been no beneficial effects of
their failure. Our educational system is in
shambles. Retribution is exacted at Mayor
Amicone’s every whim.
More clever leaders might have kept
Yonkers from the troubles to which it
contends today. Shame on them all for
parking such a sorry legacy upon the City
of Hills.
Yonkers will not easily extract herself
from the mess they have created. It would
be sweet justice indeed for Mayor Amicone
to depart Yonkers City Hall shamed by
his lack of ability, lack of forethought, and
penniless to boot.Why? Because that is the
legacy he has bequeathed Yonkers. Is there
anyone who believes he is deserving even
the dirt under our collective nails? I don’t.
Personally, I prefer knowing where
Sassy may be found. I have her $20; and
$20 more.
While I search for Sassy, ask yourselves
why Mayor Amicone has been involved
in controlling the Conservative Party in
Yonkers rather than focusing on the needs
ofYonkersites.MayorAmicone,inconjunc-
tion with County Executive Rob Astorino
each languish behind their promises to their
respective constituents. When it comes for
themtodelivertoThePeople,theyeachhave
reacted more slowly to our concerns than a
burp after a bad meal.
Alka Selter,please.
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It’s Halloween morning.
You’re curled up in bed
reading your new Kindle.
It’s light as a feather and holds tons of
books. Ah, the new technology. Isn’t
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You get up and head to
the kitchen for a glass of
orange juice. Eek! There
is none. Thank good-
ness you invested in a
“smart” refrigerator,
programmed to auto-
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and re-order some
basic items. You
go to the refriger-
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right outside your
door and open the
combination lock.
Eureka! As promised,
the refrigerator IS smart.
A half-gallon of juice
awaits you, having been delivered
by the 24/7 gremlins who accept and obey
the commands of your refrigerator. Three
cheers for the new technology!
Laterinthedayyou’reoutforajogand
stop at a machine to buy a bottle of water.
You deposit $1.50, but nothing happens.
You wipe the sweat off your sunglasses and
read the message flashing on the machine:
“Warm weather surcharge in effect, since
temperature is above 70 degrees. Please
deposit an additional 50 cents.” Yikes!
A smart refrigerator in your home is one
thing. But a smart drink machine in the
park? A machine that takes advantage of
high temperatures and exhausted joggers?
Forget about it. You have no more change
and return home thirsty. What has tech-
nology wrought?
At dinnertime, you push the “scan
and suggest” button on your refrigerator.
Within a minute you receive a printout
providing three Martha Stewart recipes
based on the inventory of the fresh food
contents of your refrigerator. Let’s see,
you could whip up chicken in wine sauce,
spinach lasagna, or a broccoli and cheese
omelet.You consider each one in turn and
picture all the pots and pans involved.
You give a thumbs down to all three. You
do have a smart dishwasher, but it’s
not smart enough to do the entire
clean up on its own, and Martha
won’t be stopping by to help.
She’s done the before-the-meal
work, but afterwards you’ll be
on your own. Time for Plan B.
You stick your head in the freezer
and do a manual scan. You find a
frozen pizza and put it in the
oven. Who needs the new
technology?
You finish your pizza
and then pick up the mail.
Bad news. Your car rental
company, doing nationwide
monitoring from its office
in Snoopville, has caught
you going more than ten
miles above the speed limit
on three separate occa-
sions. Uh oh. Big Brother is
watching. You didn’t know that
the company had the technology
and the nerve to do that. A “fine” of $150
has been charged to your credit card. Is
this legal? But talk about a dilemma. How
can you ask a law enforcement official
whether it’s legal for someone to “catch”
you speeding? Boy, you hate this new
technology.
Then the doorbell rings.You open the
door to a cast of usual suspects. A witch,
a ghost, a ballet dancer, a king, a pirate, a
princess, a Miss Piggy, and a Kermit form
a chorus:“Trick or Treat.”Their eyes light
up when you hand over candy corn and
dollar bills. You wish each other Happy
Halloween.
You close the door and smile. Hmm.
Maybe this brave new world isn’t so bad
after all. Or so new.
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Executive Director of
Habitat for Humanity,
has been meeting
with the SoNo New
Rochelle business group and has collected
over l,000 signatures on petitions requesting
apolicestation,andwalkingpoliceindown-
town. However, the New Rochelle City
Council continues to consider large scale
developments for this same downtown area.
(Killoran’s petition drive was initiated as a
response to a recent murder in that area.)
On October 12 Killoran had another
meeting with the SoNo New Rochelle
group of businesses, He stated the “last
thing he wants is for anyone to get hurt,”
and said he wanted to work with the three
colleges in the city. Lou Cohen, of I.B.
Cohen, poignantly added, “If it wasn’t for
Jim, we would have had many more killed,”
referring to a group of 80 or 90 youth that
came from New Rochelle High School
down Main Street, and “not one” police
officer saw them.
Forty years ago City Hall and the Police
Station was in the downtown, but “how
many times do you see them now?“Killoran
continued. Mentioning two public housing
projects, he emphasized, “Some of the
greatest people in the future will come out
of Hartley and Bracey.” If there are a few
that need attention, then “watch them.”
People don’t come downtown because they
are fearful. He said he was going to address
City Council that evening, then suggested
that the Mayor and City Council should
donate their salaries to this cause.
Among those attending the meeting
was Ron Simoncimi, Executive Director
of Security for Monroe College, who felt
“policing is an urban problem all around
the country.” The Rev. Ray Mott of Family
Christian Center on Main Street stated
police presence including a visible squad car
in downtown was “critical,”
Meanwhile the New Rochelle City
Council at their two October meetings
have continued to allow developers to
propose more dense projects for downtown.
On October 12 according to the City’s
Development Commissioner, Michael
Freimuth, the Albanese Organization was
selected from four applicants to present a
potential “Main Street Core” project with
commercial and a significant number of
housing units for the Church-Division
garage area, At the next Council meeting
on October 19 another developer,17 Locust
Avenue LLC (for an apartment project),
proposed that their building would replace
a parking lot on Locust Avenue pres-
ently used by Monroe College. They are
requesting a zoning change which would
allow a far greater density than is pres-
ently allowed. Council members did raise
objections. For example, Councilman Barry
Fertel wanted an environmental impact
statement prepared, but the developer said
it was “time consuming” and he did want to
do it.Density,parking and the limited street
access to this site were brought up as well as
the IDA tax abatements sought.
Will City Council members explain
to the 1,000 or more residents of New
Rochelle that signed petitions, and many
others that did not have the opportunity
to sign the petitions, how they will supply
adequate city services in the downtown in
the future should these developments be
approved? Shouldn’t a safe and vibrant
downtown be a high priority?
Peggy Godfrey is a freelance writer, a commu-
nity activist, and former educator.
Police Presence in Downtown New Rochelle is“Critical”By Peggy Godfrey
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in November (the month
which includes the legally
designated Veterans Day
holiday) we pay special tribute to the
veterans of the United States of America.
We so honor our veterans because in
so doing we are honoring more than
just warriors or gladiators or war heroes
although, certainly, some may be one or
all of these.Remember,every nation in the
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even those with totalitarian governments.
In history, the worst dictators have hung
medals on the chests of their war heroes.
However, here in the United States of
America when we honor our veterans, we
are honoring much more than that. We are
honoring those individuals who have main-
tained,preserved and protected the greatest,
freest nation in the world;the greatest freest
nation in the history of the world.We must
recall that until some 240 years ago not only
was there no United States of America,
there was no country in the world like
the United States of America. There were
no democracies. There were no republics.
There were monarchies and dictatorships.
There were emperors, czars and kings; and,
when a king died, because presumably he
ruled by divine right, his son became king.
Hissonbecamekingevenifhewasalunatic
son; and, in a number of cases that was the
situation.
It was our very first veterans, the
veterans of the War of Independence, along
with our Founding Fathers,who brought to
fruition what was until then only a dream in
the hearts minds of the world’s greatest
thinkers. It was the idea that people could
govern themselves. Such a concept was not
widely accepted at the time, particularly
among those in power around the world.
It was our veterans who gave the great
experiment an opportunity to live: that
people could govern themselves, rule them
selves, make their own laws, and elect their
own representatives.Yet, in the first century
of this nation’s life it was challenged many
times. Many people thought that this
form of government could not survive. It
was felt that where people rule themselves
there would be anarchy chaos. So, in
that first hundred years we were tested by,
among other events, in the War of 1812; in
conflicts along the Mexican border our
northern border; in sea battles on the Great
Lakes;frontier battles;and,of course,by our
own tragic Civil War. But on every occa-
sion, in every era, in every location, veterans
had protected, preserved and defended that
experiment; that dream; that hope for the
future. As a consequence people began to
come from all over the world,all parts of the
globe, to share in that hope for the future;
for themselves, for their children and for
their children’s children.
At the end of that first century, in
appreciation for what this greatest, freest
nationontheplanetrepresented,theFrench
government gave us a present - a hundredth
birthday/anniversary present in the form
of the Statue of Liberty. It was the world’s
way of saying thank you to this the freest,
greatest nation in the world for what hope
it held for the future of all humanity. And
in the base of that monument are engraved
the words of Emma Lazarus - the words
that expressed what we felt and what we
were offering to the rest of the world in the
next century to come: “Give me your tired,
your poor, your huddled masses yearning
to breathe free. Send these the homeless
tempest tossed to me, the wretched refuse
of your teaming shore.I lift my lamp beside
the golden door”. This great country was
announcing to the world that for the second
century the door was still open, the lamp
of liberty was still lit and it was available to
all those who wanted to come and share in
that continuing experiment dream, who
wanted to share in that hope in the future or
for the future for themselves, their children
and their children’s children.
In the second century they came no
longer by the hundreds and the thousands
as they did in the first century. They came
in waves from every continent, every point
on the globe, by the millions and tens of
millions. There are few of us reading this
publication who are not either a member
of one of those waves or the descendents
of somebody who was in one of those
waves. However, that second century too
was fraught with danger.This great experi-
ment,this great dream,that people can rule,
continue to rule,and govern themselves,and
make their own laws, and elect their own
officials was challenged many time.
Before the turn of the 20th Century,
after the explosion of the Battleship Maine,
we fought in Cuba and in the Philippines.
After the turn of the century we fought
the war to end all wars which, of course,
it didn’t. Within twenty five years we were
fighting the greater war in which over 50
million lives were lost. We then defended
this great dream in Korea, in Vietnam, and
in the Cold War between and after the
hot wars. It was our veterans on each and
every one of these occasions, on every point
of the globe, who maintained this great
experiment in self government - who kept
the dream alive - who kept the hope of the
future alive - for all those who wanted it for
their children and their children’s children.
In this third century, as new waves of
immigrants come to share in our great-
ness,the dream continues.The hope for the
future continues despite perhaps the most
threatening danger in history to our way
of life which now faces us in the form of
Islamofacism; Sharia Law in the form of a
FascisticTheocracy.
Our veterans, throughout history, from
the War of Independence, through our
tragic Civil War, through the great World
Wars to our current War Against Global
Terrorism share a thread of dedication
whichannounces:“WhereIstand,sostands
the American Flag; and, where stands the
AmericanFlagsostandsahavenoffreedom
for those who seek its protection.”
And so, we say to all our veterans; a
grateful nation, and grateful freedom loving
people all over the world say “Thank You”
and we salute you!!
COUNTRY
A Tribute to Veterans

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opened up attorney assignments,
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CUISINE
The winds were blowing. The leaves
were rustling. The sun was fading. The
last glint of gold was being reflected
off the rustic accouterments adorning
Orfino’s facade. The ornate curtain that
ran about the large glass windows uncan-
nily focused attention onto the patrons
enjoying their repast. My guest and I
entered Orfino’s.We were both bedazzled
by the fine art picture ablaze with bright
reds, yellows, and blues depicting a quaint
village scene immersed among a bevy of
pumpkins and corn sitting upon a bed of
straw. Balancing the color scheme were
the subdued orange and yellow flourishes
that washed the walls, reverentially inter-
spersed with more fine art oil paintings.
Linda Orfino welcomed us, asked if we
had reservations, and accompanied us to
out table. The mood was set. Chef and
owner Michael Orfino stopped by to say,
“Hello.”
Michael’s creative passions are recog-
nized and inspired by many elements.
The recipes of his grandmother and
mother harken to their days in Bari, Italy.
Today, Head Chef Douglas Tucci, along
with Michael, Michael’s wife Linda, and
adult daughter Lina, infuse an amalga-
mation of various inspirational cues to
Orfino’s that combines Italian tastes with
American inspiration. Orfino’s kitchen is
like a dictionary of tastes and traditions
that delight the palate and comfort the
soul.This is home.
The white linen table setting held
an inviting plate of rustic bread, sliced
perfectly for dipping into a plate of a
variety of olives that were set in a pool of
translucent virgin olive oil. Sublime.
With only one driver, a bottle of
SanPellegrino® sparkling water held the
wine selection at bay
A fresh green salad began the
evening’s delight.
The first Primi was the Shrimp
Roasted Corn appetizer of ocean fresh
shrimp sauteed and served upon a bed of
roasted corn bruschetta.OK.I was smitten.
The second Primi conjured the
approachofHalloweenandThanksgiving.
Allowing the Fried Pumpkin Ravioli to
cool slightly on my plate brought out its
light, nuanced flavor which was so well
complemented with an apple butter dip.
I was in “foodie” heaven.
My palate was dancing upon tasting
the Veal Saltimbocca, which was thinly
pounded with prosciutto and sauteed
with fresh sage, butter, and white wine.
This dish was exemplary. Chef Michael
Orfino knew how to coax every echelon
of complexity out of this dish by being
easy on the salt content. “Prima!” The
Veal Saltimbocca passed Steve’s Italian
Heritage test with flying tricolors. Steve
ordered pasta served al dente laced with a
delicious tomato garlic sauce.
I went the safe route, a Chicken and
Apples dish consisting of chicken breast
sauteed with sliced Granny Smith apples,
shallots, and cider. An American tradition
ratcheted up a notch by Chef Michael
Orfino. I ordered the sweet potato mash.
Exquisite, subtle, and wow.
Each dish was more tantalizing than
the next. The food became central to the
conversation. who could imagine that the
trials and tribulation of the daily grind, no
matter how exciting and satisfying, could
be consumed by Orfino’s varied repasts.
I ordered a frothy Cappuccino and
a slice of Italian cheesecake. It was the
best I have ever tasted.. I was in Venice,
Milan, and Rome; but not to Taronto or
Bari. Alitalia will have to wait. My “Italy”
is found in Briarcliff Manor, New York.
Little Italy, in downtown New York, and
Little Italy, in The Bronx must be jealous
of Chef Michael Orfino. Make your
reservations and find out why.
My companion ordered a Cannolo
(Cannoli is the plural of Cannolo).I never
cared for this Italian dessert before, but at
first bite at Orfino’s, I bacame a Cannolo
maven.. The filling was light, fresh, and
mouth watering. The cylindical crust
casing likewise fresh and complementary.
Bravo.
For a look and description of many
other delicious offerings, check the
website at www.orfinosrestaurant.com.
Chef Michael Orfino’s passion, is
replete with twenty-seven years of telling
his family story with food. You can taste
the delight in his living life with your
palate. The oil paintings are an under-
stated hint of his joie de vivre.
My driver summarized the experience
at Orfino’s with brevity albeit succinctly,
“The food, ambience and family-friendly
dining was classic. A great spot in
Westchester to dine with ample parking
and a nice setting.”
Wednesday night is now Family
Night as the Orfino’s serve Family Style
meals which feed 4 for only $22.00,
including salad!
Orfino’s lunch menu includes Daily
specials starting at $8.95 all of their menu
choices are available for take out at lunch
or dinner.Orfinos also specializes in off or
on premise catering!
All major Credit cards are now
accepted and gift certificates are available.
Mon - Tues 11AM - 3PM
Wed - Fri 11AM - 10PM
Sat 8:30AM - 10PM
Orfino’s—1201 Pleasantville Road,
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 (914)
941-7353
Foodchester
Orfino’s—Fine Gold Found in Briarcliff ManorBy Hezi Aris
EDUCATION
The Hispanic
community is as
plugged-in to using
social media tools as
any other population group.
The Hispanic community is a victim
of the digital divide and often lacks
access to the tools necessary to become
tech-savvy.
The Hispanic community is smart in
how it spends its mobile communications
dollars. A $50 phone card allows migrant
workers to keep in touch back home
through texting, Facebook, the Internet,
SKYPE and other social media.
The older Hispanic community has
Monroe College Panel Explores How Hispanics Embrace Social MediaTools
By Rob Seitz

RE-ELECT
Judge Thomas R. Daly
Yonkers City Court Judge
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RE-ELECT
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YONKERS CITY COURT
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REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENCE
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not embraced social media skills. It’s like
learning a foreign language to them.
What do you get when you put
together an El Salvadorean, Peruvian,
Puerto Rican, Nicaraguan, and “Yorician”
on the same panel to discuss trends in
social media amongst white collar profes-
sionals in the Hispanic community?
No, this is not the start of a politically
incorrect ethnic joke. On the contrary.
The discussion was quite serious when
the King Graduate School at Monroe
College (www.MonroeCollege.edu) in
New Rochelle invited members of the
National Society of Hispanic MBAS
(NSHMBA) to present to graduate and
undergraduate students on trends in social
media within the Hispanic community.
“Monroe College has always been an
early adapter of technology. Because of
the entrepreneurial, real-business-world
orientation of our King Graduate School
we regularly invite to our campuses in
New Rochelle and The Bronx in-the-
know business professionals with
different marketplace perspectives
and experiences,” explained Marina
Dadashev, dean of Monroe’s graduate
programs in Business Administration and
Criminal Justice. “We also have a very
‘global’ enrollment at Monroe and so we
want to expose our students to as many
international and culturally different ways
of conducting business, as possible. This
panel underscored the diversity found in a
single demographic group which can have
as much in common as it has its differ-
ences,” Dadashev noted.
Reina Valenzuela is the CEO and
founder of Starfish Global (www.
StarfishGlobal.com), a business advi-
sory and management consulting firm
for entrepreneurs based in New Jersey.
“I immersed myself in social media
because I especially saw opportunities
within the older, Latino community.
There is a digital divide that’s not only
defined by limited access to technology,
but also a lack of computer training and
limited English language skills. Learning
computer literacy is like learning a foreign
language. That’s why I blog in Spanish I
want all Latinos to know that social media
resources are available to them.”
There is also a generational divide
that Valenzuela has experienced on a
personal level. She recently helped orga-
nize a reunion with family members
scattered across the United States, in her
native El Salvador, and in other coun-
tries. “The teen and young adult family
members responded to the reunion plans
through Facebook. My siblings and
cousins relied on e-mails and cell phone
calls. But to keep my 79-year-old mom
in the loop, I still had to rely on landline
communications!”
For Mauricio Godoy, the evolution
of social media resulted in a new career
opportunity with his employer, IBM.
“About two years ago I assumed the
position as a social media expert within a
software
group analyst relations team,”
explained Godoy, whose Latino roots
are in both Nicaragua and El Salvador. “I
wanted to explore how we could use social
media to connect with my colleagues
all over the world. At IBM, we believe
that social media is key in relationship
building, as well as a tool for receiving and
providing information content.”
Godoy’s Facebook.com/
LatinosatIBM group started with four
people out of his Westchester County
headquarters. Within two years it has
grown to approximately 500 active techies,
including IBMers, non-IBMers, Latinos
and non-Latinos around the world. It
shares information about new social
media trends. “However,” said Godoy,
“the challenge is not just in knowing
that these technologies exist, but getting
people to embrace them. Social media is
no longer something for the ‘geeky’; it’s
something for everyone. And the more
you use it, the more you increase your
image as a trustworthy source of informa-
tion in a timeliness that was previously
unavailable.”
According to Manny Velásquez-
Paredes, a New York-based marketing
and social media consultant, “Most of
the Hispanics who I have encountered
may not really understand the concept of
social media and yet, they use it on a daily
basis. They are far from home and so the
Internet is the cheapest way for them to
communicate with family members back
home. They are the largest community of
early adapters.”
Velásquez-Paredes, executive vice
president of the New York City chapter of
NSHMBA, was an early adapter, begin-
ning with various “messenger” services
and chat rooms developed by AOL in
the 1980s. Fast-forward a generation
and he is now introducing clients to the
marketing potential of Foursquare, a
technology application that allows users
to “plot” the whereabouts of people
on their contact list in real-time. “One
client, a ‘youngish’ doctor totally gets it
and its marketing potential. The other, a
market researcher who is older, feels he
doesn’t have the dedicated time needed
to make social media tools work,” said
Velásquez-Paredes.
Louis Pagan, owns his own busi-
ness, LAT3G Meda (Lat3gmedia.com)
and is a social media consultant based
in Yonkers. He says he has used social
media “to leverage the Hispanic voice
in executive-level jobs, multi-media
and entertainment, and to level the
competition.
“I use social media to bring down the
walls and launch Latinos upward though
those hard-to-reach places – the glass
ceiling – to get their voices heard,” said
Pagan, an American-born native New
Yorker. Because he is not entirely fluent in
Spanish, he Tweets and blogs in English.
This has not been a barrier for him within
the Latino community, his observation
being that in both their day-to-day lives
and in the social media arena.
For several years Pagan wrote
LatinoPundit.com, a blog that addressed
issues unique to the Latino community as
well as topics not defined by ethnicity and
which gained him a national following.
He has since-suspended the blog because
“the niche got filled” by other Latinos.
He’s now focusing on multiple social
media tools, including Twitter, where he
has over 7,300 followers.He’s aggressively
pursuing social media with many projects
on his plate.
“What these social media pioneers
have accomplished is important to our
students. Monroe’s MBA students are
required to develop a business plan as part
of their graduation requirement. This is a
significant undertaking that is tracked by
their professors throughout their MBA
studies. As a result, many of our gradu-
ates go on to start their own businesses,”
explained Dadashev of Monroe College.
“The trailblazing activity of these and
other guest speakers is often just the
motivation that one of our students needs
to create the next Facebook, Twitter, or
iPhone!”
For more information about Monroe
College’s King Graduate School contact
1-800-55-MONROE.
Rob Seitz (www.robseitz.com) is a senior-
level communications consultant based in
Mamaroneck. He is Vice President of the
Fairfield County PR Assn. and an adjunct
professor at various colleges. He specializes in
Social Media,higher education,special events,
real estate and economic development. He
is also a NYS licensed real estate agent with
Goldschmidt Associates. He can be reached
at 914-393-6144 or robs@robseitz.com
EDUCATION
Monroe College Panel Explores How Hispanics Embrace Social Media Tools
Chestnut Ridge, NY -- Green
Meadow Waldorf School is opening up
dialogue about a nation of overstressed
teens on Tuesday, October 26, with a
screening of “Race to Nowhere.” The
screening will be held at Green Meadow
Waldorf School, 307 Hungry Hollow
Rd., Chestnut Ridge, NY, at 7:00 p.m.
The cost is $10 in advance / $15 at the
door.
The 85-minute documentary, which
shows across the country on Tuesday,
spotlights the pressures faced by U.S.
schoolchildren and their teachers in a
system and culture obsessed with the illu-
sion of achievement, competition and the
pressure to perform.
From stress-related illnesses and
depression to chronic cheating and
burnout, the documentary chronicles the
heartbreaking tales of young people across
the country who have been pushed to the
brink, educators who are exhausted and
Taking on Student Stress,the Education System,and“Teaching to theTest”
Innovative Nursery-to-Grade-12 School Opens up Discussion with the Screening of “Race to Nowhere”

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Fighting for Westchester Families
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S
tate Senator Jeff Klein knows that in these tough times, every dollar counts.
That’s why he has been an independent leader, working across party lines to make
our community the priority in Albany.
Senator Klein has:
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worried that students aren’t developing
skills they need, and parents who are
trying to do what’s best for their kids.
“This is a silent epidemic in our
nation’s schools. Overstressed kids are
heading off to college or the work-
place unprepared and uninspired,” said
Ivy Greenstein, the school’s Director
of Outreach. “We all want our children
to grow up happy, healthy and well-
educated. As a nation, we’re failing to do
just that.”
“We decided to host this screening at
Green Meadow because it is important
to our school community and sheds light
on educational and societal issues we all
face,” Greenstein noted.
Nearly 350 students from 13 coun-
ties and almost 90 towns attend the
independent school. Located about 20
miles north of New York City, Green
Meadow serves students from nursery
school through grade 12.
Waldorf education is the fastest-
growing independent school movement
worldwide, with 300 schools in the U.S.
and nearly 1,000 around the world. The
curriculum is based on the philosophy
of Rudolf Steiner, who founded the first
Waldorf School in Germany in 1919.
Green Meadow offers developmentally
based, challenging academic course-
work infused with the arts. Students are
exposed to diverse disciplines and can
choose traditional classes such as modern
languages and sciences while also learning
practical arts, such as knitting, black-
smithing, and woodworking. The school
also limits the use of technology and
media for younger students, which is now
understood by researchers as essential to
the developing brain.
Green Meadow graduates go on to
top colleges, and the school prides itself
on its multicultural community; students
come from a wide range of socio-
economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural
backgrounds.
FormoreinformationcontactIvyGreenstein,
Director of Outreach, by directing email
correspondence to igreenstein@gmws.org, or
telephone 845-356-2514, extension 330.
Green Meadow School and Waldorf
Education was founded in Germany in
1919 by Dr. Rudolf Steiner. Green Meadow
is an accredited member of the New York
State Association of Independent Schools
(NYSAIS), a voluntary association of more
than 140 independent schools in the state of
New York.
Taking on Student Stress, the Education System, and “Teaching to the Test”
EDUCATION
It is with great
disappointment
and frustration that
I announce that
the Public Service
Commission saw
fit to give our water
company, United
Water of New Rochelle, a 34% increase
in water rates over the next four years. To
put in context, the average yearly water bill
todayis$756.In2014,thesamebillwilltop
$1,017. The Public Service Commission,
whose members are appointed by the
Governor, is charged with the duty of
protecting the interests of citizens when
going up against monopolistic utilities. In
my view, they have utterly failed us as rate-
payers and demonstrated no sensitivity to
current economic conditions.
The Public Service Commission
disregarded the joint concerns of nine
municipalities and over 30,000 resi-
dents. Incredibly, in the Public Service
Commission’s approved settlement is a
provision allowing for a stunning 10% rate
of return for investors in the Paris based
Suez Corporation, the parent company of
United Water of New Rochelle.
I will be meeting with my fellow
elected officials in the nine community
consortium as well as our counsel to see
what options are left. I can tell you we
MAYOR Marvin COLUMN GOVERNMENT
The Public Service Commission,UnitedWater of New Rochelle,and theVillage of Bronxville
By Mary C. Marvin
fought this rate hike aggressively, with
every elected official in the consortium
personally testifying before the Public
Service Commission. Sadly, I think the
Public Service Commission is another
Albany institution badly in need of reform.
The PSC also refused to consider the
consortium’s request to allot whatever rate
increases they ratified on the usage bill and
not on the hydrant maintenance charge.
Instead, the Public Service Commission
also raised the cost of our hydrant main-
tenance fees currently one of the most
expensive fee structures in the nation, by
70% costing the Village and the tax payer
an additional $62,826, in future budgets.
Hydrant maintenance fees are charged
directly to municipalities and thus only
paid by property taxpayers. As a result, all
non-profits including schools, hospitals
and churches who receive fire protection
benefits from these hydrants share nothing
toward the costs of providing such service.
The one bright spot in the Public
Service Commission’s ruling was the
requirement that United Water prepare a
status report on hydrant maintenance by
March 31, 2011. Presently, we are not at
all confident that our Village hydrants are
maintained properly. We have asked for
many years for maintenance records to no
avail. In sum, this ruling put the needs of a
monopoly above the interest of the citizens
they are charged to protect with complete
disregard for the current economic climate.
Icontinuetoresearchtheentirepension
issue in light of the escalating payments
our Village is required to contribute. This
problem is not unique to New York, rather
it is a nationwide phenomenon that is
affecting every taxpayer. For example, in
California, the state’s public employee
pension obligations have increased by
2000% while state revenues have increased
by 24%. As a result, California has
siphoned off $3 billion from other state
programs to meet pension obligations. As
a result, the credit spreads on California
bonds are higher than those of Mexico,
Indonesia and the Philippines.Thankfully,
New York State does not allow this “rob
Peter to pay Paul” scenario. Nationwide
it is estimated that pension systems are
underfunded by an amount topping $2
trillion and this does not even include
retired healthcare benefits estimated to be
underfunded by at least $530 billion.As an
example from neighboring New Jersey, a
49 year old retiree paid a total of $124,000
toward his pension and benefits over the
course of his career. The state now owes
him $3.3 million in pension payments and
an additional $500,000 in health benefits.
This one example starkly illustrates why
we are talking about trillions in national
retirement obligations.
The experiences in Connecticut
present another example of promises made
to state employees and teachers that are
unsustainable. As of 2010, Connecticut’s
pension debt equates to almost $18,000 for
every man, woman and child living in the
state, translating into one of the highest
debt ratios in the country. Connecticut’s
current post-employment benefits obli-
gation now exceeds the state’s annual
operating budget. In an effort to stem the
costs,theCityofWestHartfordiscurrently
negotiating with its teachers’union to offer
401(k) type contribution retirement plans
mimicking the private sector.
The solution is not in sight. Even if
pension benefit reductions are put in place
today, it is almost impossible to have the
savings apply to current employees because
in New York, as is the case in most states,
pensions are constitutionally protected
obligations. However, given the gigantic
underfunding of these obligations, it is
now not unthinkable that a municipality
could go bankrupt, possibly putting every
obligation, including pensions, in jeopardy.
NOTE: Much of the statistical informa-
tion was culled from “Collision Course” by
Paul Ingrassia.
Mary C. Marvin is the Mayor of the Village
of Bronxville.

Larchmont, a
part of uber-wealthy
Westchester County,
NY has been hit hard
by recent economic
woes, but is fighting
its way back to the idyllic village it once
was.
Larchmont hit the proverbial rock
bottom last year, with several landmark
stores closing up shop due to high rent
and a financial deficiency. Growing up
in Larchmont, I’ve watched its collapse
every step of the way. Cornerstone shops
like the Larchmont Store and Active
Sports, both of which were in business
for decades, were among the first to close
their doors forever.
We’ve also lost high-end boutique
Plaza Too, a small but personal forma-
ggio, Baskin Robbins ice cream shop, and
Sweet Nutty, a legendary candy store
with unbelievable customer service. The
owner of the shop memorized the name
and favorite candy of every child who
walked in her door and watched them
grow from children to young adults, still
addressing them by first name decades
after their first visit to her candy shop.
She lamented that Sweet Nutty was
her joy in life but she was forced to shut
down when rent prices went up. These
are only a few of Larchmont’s proprietors
who have died at the unmerciful hands of
a troubled national economy.
However, the Village has finally
begun its ascent back to the top, to its
former hay day, according to Larchmont
Mayor Joshua Mandell.
“I think that Larchmont, like many
small economies, has gone through
a significantly rough patch with this
economy,” Mayor Mandell told the
Westchester Guardian in an interview.
“I’m comfortable saying now that the
store closures are last year’s story. What
we’re finding now is that we’re opening
more stores than we’re closing.”
Among the most recently opened
businesses, Larchmont residents have
a variety of options. Burn Fitness, a
personal training studio has opened up
on the Boston Post Road. Red Mango,
an exclusive franchise of high end yogurt
opened on Palmer Avenue and right
beside that, Recologie has re-opened its
doors at a new location in order to offer
goods and apparel manufactured by recy-
cled products.
“Lastly, we opened East Coast
Surf, Skate and Snow, which is one
of the few areas in this place where
you can find high quality gear for
those activities,” Mayor Mandell said.
The Revitalization of Larchmont
By Bary Alyssa Johnson
GOVERNMENT

GOVERNMENT
Looking toward the future, plans are in the
works to open up a high-end wine lounge
on Boston Post Road, which will be named
1891 Wine Lounge. The name 1891 was
decided upon because that was the year
in which Larchmont was founded. Many
additional openings are anticipated.
The mayor says that the Village of
Larchmont is working hard to become an
attractive destination for people looking
to open new stores. To achieve this, a plan
called Palmer Avenue Streetscape Project
has been put into the works.The Project is
an effort on the part of the Village to re-do
the Palmer Avenue business district so that
it’s more friendly for pedestrian access.
Such efforts will include new sidewalks
and pedestrian lighting.
“We’re hoping to do [that project] in
the Spring of next year,” Mayor Mandell
said. “We have a grant from New York
State for $680,000.00 and we’ll use Village
funds to supplement that. Target comple-
tion is for the end of next year.”
Larchmont is making big strides,
particularly with the smaller entrepre-
neurial ventures, however the process of
opening these smaller stores is that it’s
hard for the owners to come up with the
funding. It’s also a lengthy process to get
all of the details in place in order to open
its doors.
According to the Mayor, there was a
loading of the Spring in Larchmont and
a certain number of people had plans to
open businesses. They had to go through
months of process, but now it’s all coming
to fruition.
“I think that at the trough we were
in a difficult spot, but our turnaround has
been remarkable over the last six months,”
Mayor Mandell said. “Larchmont is like
many municipalities; competing for a finite
set of individuals prepared to take entre-
preneurial risk and we have to do our best
to make this Village an attractive place for
these people to open their businesses.”
Local resident Bary Alyssa Johnson covers
the Larchmont and Mamaroneck beat, as
well as the evolving world of electronics and
technology.
The Revitalization of Larchmont
HISTORY
Sixty-five years
ago the International
Military Tribunal
(IMT) held its first
public session. It met
in Berlin, its official
seat, in the Grand
Conference Room of
the Allied Control Authority Building.
The session lasted about one hour.
The IMT was comprised, on that day
and throughout its work over the next
ten-plus months, of eight judges. Major
General I.T. Nikitchenko of the Soviet
Union served that day as IMT President.
His colleagues were Lord Justice Geoffrey
Lawrence of the United Kingdom, Mr.
Francis Biddle of the United States, and
Monsieur Professor Donnedieu de Vabres
of the French Republic. Also present were
the alternate members of the Tribunal:
Lieutenant Colonel A.F. Volchkov of the
USSR, Mr. Justice Norman Birkett of the
UK, Judge John J. Parker of the US, and
M. Le Conseiller Robert Falco of France.
After General Nikitchenko declared
the session open, the British chief pros-
ecutor, His Majesty’s Attorney-General
Sir Hartley Shawcross, announced that
the chief prosecutors had agreed on an
indictment. He then called on each of his
counterparts, the Soviet Chief Prosecutor
General R.A. Rudenko, the French Chief
Prosecutor M. François de Menthon,
and United States representative Francis
M. Shea, to speak. Each made a brief
statement, which then was translated
orally into the other languages, and
each presented a copy of the indictment
printed in his own language to the IMT.
General Nikitchenko then announced
that an Indictment had been lodged
with the Tribunal setting out charges
against twenty-four persons: Hermann
Wilhelm Göring, Rudolf Hess, Joachim
von Ribbentrop, Robert Ley, Wilhelm
Keitel, et al. Nikitchenko announced that
German language copies of the IMT
Charter, the Indictment and accompa-
nying documents would be served upon
these defendants immediately, that they
would be informed of their rights to
defend themselves or to select defense
counsel, that they would receive rules of
procedure for production of witnesses
and documents for “a fair trial with a full
opportunity to present their defense,” that
trial would commence in Nuremberg no
sooner than thirty days after service of
the Indictment, and that Lord Justice
Lawrence would preside at the trial.
Nikitchenko also gave notice that the
prosecutors intended to ask the IMT to
declare six specified organizations—the
Reich Cabinet, the Leadership Corps of
the Nazi Party, the SS, etc.—to be crim-
inal, and that any member thereof could
apply for leave to be heard on the question
of that organization’s criminality.
After these announcements had been
translated orally, and somewhat slowly,
into French, English and German, the
IMT adjourned. The judges left immedi-
ately for Nuremberg.The US, French and
Soviet judges, flying together in a plane
that General Dwight D. Eisenhower had
made available to Judge Biddle, arrived
in time for dinner. The British judges,
flying in their own plane, encountered
bad weather and had to divert to London.
Justice Robert H. Jackson, the United
States Chief of Counsel, was not present
in Berlin for the filing of the Indictment.
He had spent much of the previous week
there, meeting, working and waiting
for judges, generals and other prosecu-
tors to arrive. On Wednesday, October
10th, Jackson, fed up with the confusion
and delays in Berlin, had flown back to
Nuremberg to resume trial preparation,
leaving his close friends and senior assis-
tants Gordon E. Dean and Francis Shea
in charge in Berlin. (On Jackson’s flight
back to Nuremberg, he and colleagues
listened to an Armed Forces Network
radio broadcast of the Detroit Tigers
beating the Chicago Cubs, 9-3, in the
7th and final game of that year’s World
Series.)
Eight days later, as Francis Shea and
the others arrived in Nuremberg from
filing the Indictment before the IMT in
Berlin, Justice Jackson was a hosting a
cocktail party at his requisitioned German
home. He had invited about forty officers
to celebrate the awarding of the Legion of
Merit to his executive officer, Col. Robert
J. Gill. One diarist noted that “[i]t was a
very nice party—the table in [Jackson’s]
dining room was a work of art—both
with floral decoration and with canapés
etc. It was all done by enlisted men—but
I discovered that the man in charge was
formerly with the Stork Club in New
York.”
Jackson planned, following that cock-
tail party, to host a dinner and dancing at
his home that evening for all of his staff.
At the last minute, however, the Theater
Commanding General said no—he
objected to the idea of enlisted men and
officers being together at such an event.
A young American secretary wrote home
to her mother and sister that Jackson
“argued his head off but it didn’t work and
so the whole thing was cancelled.”
John Q. Barrett is a Professor of Law at St.
John’s University in New York City, where
he teaches constitutional law, criminal
procedure and legal history, and he is the
Elizabeth S. Lenna Fellow and a board
member at the Robert H. Jackson Center in
Jamestown, New York. This summer, he is
teaching in St. John’s program at ISDE in
Barcelona. Professor Barrett has in the past
been named a “Professor of the Year” by St.
John’s law students and in 2009 received a
Faculty Outstanding Achievement Medal
from the University. He is a graduate
of Georgetown University (1983) and
Harvard Law School(1986).
If you wish to join the Jackson List, send a
“subscribe” note to barrettj@stjohns.edu.
Nuremberg Indictment Day (October 18,1945)
By Prof. John Q. Barrett

INVESTIGATIONS
A period of 20 seconds in the early
morning hours of Sunday, October 17th
2010, ended the life of Pace University
junior Danroy DJ Henry and forever
changed the lives of three police offi-
cers, Henry’s family, about one hundred
fifty bar patrons, the entire campus of
Pace University at Pleasantville, and the
residents of the Town of Mt. Pleasant.
Twenty seconds is all that was needed for
a failure of both sides to communicate;
leading to two decisions that regrettably
can never be reversed.
On Saturday, October 16th, Pace
University at Pleasantville was hosting
their annual homecoming football game.
College homecoming celebrations are
notorious party weekends, and by all
accounts,this was no different. Drinking
hadcommencedearlyinthedayaccording
some who attended the football game
against Stonehill College. Making the
event all the more special for Henry was
that his childhood friend Desmond Cox
was playing on the opposing team. After
attending two more celebratory gather-
ings at Pace’s townhouse dorms, the party
moved two mile south to Finnegan’s
Grill in the Thornwood Town Center
Shopping Plaza in Thornwood.
Finnegan’s Grill is one of those sports
bars that also calls itself an Irish Pub.
Tucked away in the corner of the shop-
ping mall, Finnegan’s touts itself as a
gathering place that encourages family
dining during the day and evening dinner
hours. After 9PM on any given weekend,
Finnegan’s is known as an establishment
that has its fair share of alleged underage
patrons.Itscommonknowledgeinsomeof
the hamlets in Mt. Pleasant, that you can
go there,under the age of 21 and allegedly
be served a drink. That’s not surprising,
that allegedly happens everywhere. What
is surprising is that Finnegan’s also has
a reputation of allegedly being pretty
rowdy on those late weekend nights. It
gets crowded there largely in part because
parking is free and accessible in the shop-
ping center. It’s a place where uniform
service members are known to hang out
and watch sports as well. Despite the
drinking age being 21 here in New York
State, and having off duty law enforce-
ment personnel frequenting Finnegan’s,
there was still alleged underage drinking
going on in there.
On the night in question, the bar was
crowded; there were a few fights. Again
this was not unusual. But whether it
was the result of a long day’s drinking or
something else, Finnegan’s management
was allegedly unable to get those kids
under control. According to eyewitnesses,
after management’s alleged inability to
quell the disputes that kept cropping up,
a decision was made to close the bar for
the night. What resulted was a crowd of
perhaps 150 young people,some of whom
were still experiencing alcohol induced
squabbles began piling out onto the side-
walk and into the parking lot.Whether or
not any bouncers made it outside to move
the crowd along has not been yet been
determined or corroborated.
It was at this time that DJ Henry was
sitting in his Nissan Altima chatting it up
with two friends while waiting for a third
to make his way to the car. Mr. Henry
had his car parked in a fire lane, which
is a pretty common sight in that shop-
ping center. His passengers stated that
they were talking about their future career
plans. Many commentators conjecture
it strange that such a conversation took
place, however those who have spent time
among college age students recognize
how captivating this subject is to many
young adults. At 20 years of age, most of
them still have that sort of romanticized
view of what life will be like when they
leave college. And they like to talk about
it…. a lot. So after a particularly joyous
day, there is nothing odd about two child-
hood friends reminiscing about their past
and planning for their future.
A lot can be said about 20 year olds.
They are old enough to vote, marry, and
go to war. But 20 year olds don’t possess
a whole lot of life experience. They can
oftentimes find themselves often victims
of their own inexperience which also leads
them to sometimes making rash decisions.
DJ Henry may have made a poor decision
in not rolling down his window when
20 Seconds By Nancy King

INVESTIGATIONS
Police Officer Ron Gagnon knocked on
this car’s window. It’s early in the investi-
gation so it’s not known whether Officer
Gagnon told him to step out of the car
or to move it out of the fire lane. After
years of watching Police Officers move
cars from a fire line,one would be inclined
to deduce that Gagnon asked Henry to
move. At the same time, Pleasantville
Police Officer Aaron Hess had moved
to the front of the car. Questions abound
as to whether Officer Hess ordered the
car to stop, to go, or if he had even seen
Officer Gagnon interact with Mr. Henry.
It is at the confluence of these moments
everything seems to go awry. DJ Henry
puts his foot on the gas and Police Officer
Hess ends up on the hood of DJ Henry’s
car while the car continues to move
forward, grazing a Mt. Pleasant Police
Officer with a side mirror. By now it has
become evident all the protagonists are in
a heightened state of alleged agitation and
panic; and Police Officer Hess and Police
Officer Beckley fire their weapons with
P.O. Hess firing through the windshield
and P.O. Beckley firing at one of the tires.
By the time the car had come to a stop,
it had travelled about 60 feet; not a long
distance for 15 seconds of time. When
you sit down and do the math, 60 feet,
traveled within 15 seconds would calcu-
late to approximately 4 feet per second,
equivalent to a speed of 2.72 mph. Not
fast, but fast enough to know that when
you have a police officer hanging onto
your windshield, things are about to get
real bad, super fast. Looking at eyewitness
video taken with a cell phone shows a
chaotic aftermath of panicked police offi-
cers waving their guns to hold the crowd
back from a fatally injured DJ Henry. By
the time this melee was over there had
been four arrests, five shots fired and a
twenty year old man killed; and enough
questions to keep the state police and the
Westchester District Attorney’s office
busy for months.
In the days immediately following
this tragedy, Pace University has held
two press conferences and a candlelight
vigil. The week’s football game had been
canceled. Counseling has been offered to
the students. Over the same time period,
Mt. Pleasant Police Chief Louis Alagno
had also held a press conference stating
that he is unable to make a statement
on the specifics of the incident while the
investigation, which is being handled
by the New York State Police and the
Westchester County District Attorney’s
Office is under way. In addition, some
of the students and the Henry family
have retained attorneys. Students have
hired Bonita Zelman and are charging
the Mount Pleasant Police Department
showed excessive force and brutality in
not allowing them to perform first aid
on Henryy. The Henry family has hired
noted Civil Rights Attorney Michael
Sussman to investigate whether the men
were targeted unfairly because they were
of African-American descent. And on
Thursday, The National Association
of Black Police Officers issued a state-
ment also calling for a full investigation.
One hopes that this investigation does
not become an issue of race. Any inves-
tigator who uses race as a basis of their
investigation is doing nothing more than
pandering and posturing for money later.
This investigation begs for the whole
truth to be told, no matter how painful.
It also must remind us that oftentimes,
a split second decision may not have the
outcome that it was intended to have.
Bar owners who allow underage patrons
must enforce the age limit to those who
may gain entry to their establishments.
Rather to lose a few bucks than a patron
lose their life. As for the actions of the
various police departments, we have all
watched reality TV where a routine traffic
stop ends tragically for an officer.We have
all watched enough TV shows that depict
a young man trying to out run the cops.
This is real life.You just don’t do that even
if you are afraid of the ramifications of
being underage and in a bar. DJ Henry’s
death must teach us that if a police officer
tells you to do something… just do it. If
you feel you have been wronged, you can
argue it in court later; that is the basis and
purpose of the courts.
There may well be no clear “rights” or
no clear”wrongs” in this case. It may well
take 20 weeks to complete the investiga-
tion. More than 20 individuals had their
lives forever changed in just 20 seconds.
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contacted Mike Spano. Mike went right to work, fighting
to reverse their decision.
As a result, Ann got the stem cell transplant and lived
8 more precious years. She became a Medical Exercise
Specialist – sharing her experience and knowledge with
patients and the medical community. Ann even wrote
and published a book detailing exercises to counteract the
negative effects of cancer treatments and surgery.
After her breast cancer diagnosis, doctors advised Ann Toglia that if she did not
receive a stem cell transplant, she would die within a year.
JUDGES
Judge
Matthew J.
Byrne was born
in Rockland
County, New
York, the son of
the late Judge John J. Byrne and the late
Kathleen Sweeney. After attending Don
Bosco Preparatory School in Ramsey,
New Jersey, Judge Byrne then attended
Manhattan College in The Bronx. At
Manhattan, he studied Government and
Politics and graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts in 1988.
After graduation from Manhattan,
Matthew began his professional career,
taking a position with Liberty Mutual
Insurance in Scarsdale, New York where
he worked for the next three years. At the
same time, he applied, and was accepted
to Pace Law School. Like so many, he
worked full time while studying law
simultaneously.
Having a father with a distinguished
legal and judicial career, he then attended
Pace with the desire of eventually joining
the ‘family business’; his father’s long
established law firm in Suffern, New
York. Judge Byrne graduated from Pace
Law School in 1992, continued in the
corporate world for two more years, then
employed by The General Reinsurance
Group in Stamford, Connecticut.
In 1994, Matthew joined his father’s
firm as an associate. At the same time,
he was appointed by Rockland County’s
Executive as an Assistant County
Attorney, advising several county depart-
ments on their legal matters, including
various boards and commissions, and
including defending litigation brought
against the County.
Later that same year, in a sad twist of
fate,Matthew’s father,Judge John J.Byrne
suddenly passed away during his re-elec-
tion campaign for Justice of Suffern,
New York. Matthew was approached by
party leaders and asked to be a candidate
for his position at that time. Reluctantly,
given the rather emotional time for his
family, but at the urging of his Mother,
he accepted the nomination to run, and
was elected (after being appointed by
the Democratic Mayor to fill the tempo-
rary vacancy) to a full four year term in
November 1994.
Since 1994, Judge Byrne has been
electedandre-electedfourtimes,currently
serving in his fourth-four year term,
completing sixteen years of service this
year in an overwhelmingly Democratic
Village, despite being a Republican. His
political independence has earned him
the respect of many from across party
lines in his community.
As the Judge of Suffern, Judge Byrne
has handled thousands of civil and crim-
inal matters in one of the busiest Justice
Courts in Rockland County and has
earned a reputation as a fair and impartial
jurist, giving all litigants their fair day in
court, their opportunity to be heard, and
rendering decisions based upon the sound
application of the law.
In sixteen years of private law prac-
tice, Matthew Byrne has represented
hundreds of clients and their families in
a wide array of legal matters, sometimes
representing several generations in one
family over his many years of practice.His
private law practice consists of handling
civil matters on behalf of his clients,
including estate planning, administration
and probate, real estate transactions for
personal clients and lending institutions,
guardianships, corporate formation, and
matters involving New York State Mental
Hygiene Law, among other areas.
Judge Matthew J.ByrneInfusing the Court with Legal and Judicial Balance

JUDGES
Judge
Lawrence H.
Eckerr stands
tall in the court-
room. He is
humbled by the
high privilege he shoulders. He accom-
plishes the task before him by listening to
everyone that comes into his courtroom
with respect. By listening with respect,
Judge Ecker can find the justice appro-
priate to the parties that stand before
him. He is a deeply compassionate man
but tough when circumstances demand it
of him. His biography is a compilation of
every accomplishment he needed to wear
the black robes of justice.
Judge Lawrence H. Ecker, Justice of
the New York State Supreme Court, was
born and raised in Yonkers, New York on
June 6, 1946 and is a graduate of Yonkers
High School, class of 1964. In 1968 he
obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree
from Syracuse University where he met
Lynne, his wife of 42 years. They have
two children, Karen and Andrew. Karen
is married to Todd Greenbarg and they
have a son Joshua, now 20 months old.
Karen is a social worker and Andrew is
a teacher.
Judge Ecker, upon completion of his
active military duty, enrolled at Brooklyn
Law School, where he obtained his Juris
Doctor degree in 1972. Following two
years of public service, he joined his
brother in the practice of law in Yonkers.
They remained partners until Judge
Ecker assumed the Supreme Court bench
on June 1st of this year. Judge Ecker
previously served as the Judge in North
Tarrytown and Irvington from 1988 until
his appointment to his present position.
Judge Ecker has been active in
professional and community activities.
He is a former president of the Yonkers
Lawyers Association, the Westchester
County Magistrates Association and the
Greenburgh Hebrew Center. He served
as chairman of the Westchester County
Board of Ethics and is a member of the
Westchester County Executive’s Criminal
Court Advisory Council, the Irvington
Community Advisory Council, and the
Board of Trustees of St. Johns Riverside
Hospital. Judge Ecker is a founding
member and vice president of the Justice
Brandeis Lawyers Society of the Hudson
Valley.
Judge Lawrence H.EckerFitting into the Robes of Justice
“Judges I
appearedbefore,
told me I have
a special gift
for resolving disputes,” says Judge Bill
Edwards, who handled a large volume of
cases as a Bronx Legal Services Attorney /
Supervising Attorney and the Managing
Attorney for the NYC Dept. of Housing
Development, earlier in his career. “As
a judge, and in the practice of Law, you
should always be a good listener; justice
begins with listening to what people’s
problems are, to settle their disputes,”
he said. “I believe ultimately in fairness,
which develops into justice, based upon
resolving disputes by applying the law
fairly, without respect to race, creed, color
or sexual orientation.” Judge Edwards
is running for Westchester Family
Court Judge on the Republican and the
Independence lines.
Judge Edwards was appointed
Mount Vernon City Court Judge in
2002, winning a ten-year term in 2003.
He has served as a Westchester County
Court and Family Court Judge since 2007
and as Acting Rockland County Family
Court Judge from 2009 to the present.
Judge Edwards is the first Judge to
preside over Integrated Youth Court
where both Criminal and Family Court
Proceedings involving the same individual
are adjudicated by one judge, to more
fully address the issues that bring defen-
dants before him. Integrated Youth Court
and Drug Court have served as models
for similar courts in other jurisdictions.
“I come from a problem-solving
background,” says Judge Edwards. As
a young attorney he handled landlord/
tenant disputes, non-payment of rent,
housing code violations and staved off
evictions. “I presided over the best Drug
Court in the County,” Edwards says with
pride.“I’ve been able to save lives in Drug
Court. I think that is what I do best. Last
year, 22 people came up to me to tell me
I saved their lives and they were happy
I presided over their cases; even some I
sent to jail. Brother, ‘I ain’t mad at you for
incarcerating me. You locked me up but
my brother died of crack cocaine. I see
you were trying to save me,’ one defen-
dant told me.”
Edwards advises defendants to go
to class, get good grades and stay away
from drugs and gangs so they too, can go
to college and become successful in life.
Defendants have be ordered to:
• Youth Counseling to avoid gangs
• Education to obtain a High School
Diploma
• Truancy Prevention: Truancy often
determines whether or not young
people become involved with gangs
and drug abuse.
• Read books, especially biographies
and write reports that are read upon
return visits. “Judge: You know who
Lil Wayne is?” one teen asked when
Edwards suggested that someone
incarcerated at Rikers was not the
best role model.
Judge Edwards makes an effort to
keep families together when handling
Child Abuse and Neglect cases by
providing services directed to correcting
deficiencies. He is guided by what will be
best for the child. In serious cases where
removal of the child from the home is
indicated, and if the child has been out
of the home for 15 out of 22 months, he
may move to have parental rights termi-
nated so the child can grow up in a stable
environment. “Keeping a family together
may not include the former family. At the
same time, it is a balancing test. You have
to determine if there is a possibility of
healing the family.”
Judge Edwards has directed defen-
dants to classes in parenting skills;
anger management and substance abuse
programs. Mentally ill defendants are
encouraged to comply with a treatment
plan. Edwards urges the public to call the
police if they suspect a drunken adult is
getting behind the wheel of a car, espe-
cially if children are involved: “It is better
to call the Police before you have to call
the mortician.”
Does Judge Edwards function as “the
second prosecutor in the room?” “No, I
don’t believe so. You can’t be fair if you try
to be judge and prosecutor. You can’t be a
trier of fact and choose sides. I try to be
fair and impartial.”
Judge Edwards is a graduate of
Williams College and Columbia School
of Law. Judge Edwards has over 25 years
of litigation experience and he has had
multiple court decisions published in the
NY Law Journal. He offers his compe-
tence, character and commitment as
qualifications for re-election.
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JUDGES
“I think
my experi-
ence makes me
a little more
efficient and
effective at getting to a good result,” said
Judge J. Emmett Murphy, who has been a
jurist for 30 years. “Experience teaches you
the likely result value or lack of value in a
case.” Judge Murphy is seeking re-elec-
tion for a fourteen-year term to the New
York Supreme Court, running on the
Democratic, Republican, Conservative and
Independence lines. The NYS Supreme
Court deals with some criminal cases and
unlimited civil cases in the Ninth Judicial
District covering Westchester, Putnam,
Rockland,Dutchess and Orange Counties.
“Being a judge is a great thing,” said
Murphy. “It is intellectually stimulating; an
opportunity to serve and to do good things.
A judge can certainly make a difference in
the lives of the people in front of him. I try
not to be ‘too high falutin’. I try not to see
big issues and big principles when they are
not really there. If you can get to the issues
that really concern the people in front of
you, you will do a good job. I don’t charac-
terize my cases as significant or not. They
are all significant to the people who brought
them to me or they wouldn’t be there.”
When asked about Westchester
County’s recent attempts to exert control
over the issuance of gun licenses, Judge
Murphy, an avid hunter and fisherman,
replied: “They said they were interested in
public safety,but I think it was just a power
grab and it had nothing to do with safety.
The county already controls Playland and
I think more people have been killed on
their rides at Playland, than by all the folks
we have licensed in the last fifty years of
gun licensing. So I don’t think it is about
public safety.”
“They wanted Judges to be more stingy
with gun licenses. You shouldn’t be. The
Supreme Court has said that self-defense
is a core value in this country. The right to
self-defense is at the root of the right to bear
arms.Thesecondamendmentisacivilright,
like the right not to incriminate yourself,the
right to counsel and the right to express
yourself.The Second Amendment is a curi-
osity, in that the people who are usually so
strongly in favor of civil rights,seem to keep
looking for ways to water it down.
Part of what the Supreme Court actually
saidtheyweredoingwastoprotectthepeople
from a system where,on a case,by case basis,
the government decides whether it is worth-
while for you to have the right to protect
yourself with firearms. I think that this will
protect your Second Amendment rights for
a very long time, even if the Supreme Court
becomes a more liberal one.”
“What would you say to families who
have lost loved ones in the wake of gun
violence?” The judge pointed out that
illegal guns are a huge part of the problem
and “you cannot regulate illegal guns by
imposing rules on people with licenses.”
“Do you see yourself as the second
prosecutor in the room?” “No. I like to
think I am a little more balanced than
that,” he replied.
The Westchester Independence Party
ScreeningCommitteefoundJudgeMurphy
to be “Most Qualified” to gain a second 14
year term. Dr. Julio Cavallo was quoted as
saying:“In order to protect the rights of the
public at large, the Judiciary must have the
likes of Murphy on the Bench.”
Judge Murphy has been found “well-
qualified” by several County wide bar
associations. Additionally, Murphy has
been endorsed by numerous Police orga-
nizations, including the Yonkers Police
Benevolent Association, the Yonkers Police
Captains, the Lieutenants and Sergeants
Association and the Affiliated Police
Association of Westchester County, Inc.
(representing 52 law enforcement organiza-
tions throughout Westchester and Putnam
Counties), the Westchester Putnam
Central Labor Body, (AFL-CIO) and the
Building and Construction Trades Council
of Westchester and Putnam Counties.
Judge J.Emmett MurphyAvid Hunter And Fisherman Angles For Re-Election to NYS Supreme Court
By Marike Potter

JUDGES
Patricia
O’Callaghan,
Esq. of Rye, is running for a ten-year
term as Westchester Family Court
Judge on the Republican, Conservative
and Independence lines. If elected, she
pledges to “hold people to the same level of
personal responsibility that I hold myself.” I
love the law; I love being in court.This is my
calling; this is my passion,” she says. “Being
in court for so many years, I think I know
what litigants want: they want to be heard.
They want a swift and a just decision that
is explainable to them. Family Court trials
are all bench trials with no jury and the
judge is the trier of fact; the role of the Judge
is so important.” O’Callaghan is currently
the Deputy Director of the Westchester
County Solid Waste Commission.
O’Callaghan has extensive experience
in Family Court matters, having served
as a Senior County Attorney, Supervisor
for a unit of Child Support Attorneys and
later as the
Deputy County Attorney,managing a
twenty eight attorney bureau covering the
Family Courts in New Rochelle, White
Plains and Yonkers. In this capacity,
O’Callaghan supervised cases involving
child support enforcement, violations
of orders of protection, termination of
parental rights, child abuse and neglect,
juvenile delinquency matters and exten-
sions of placement.” She also served
as a consultant to the Department of
Social Services and was instrumental in
obtaining state approval for the Child
Fatality ReviewTeam. O’Callaghan states
that she “has zero tolerance for domestic
violence.”
O’Callaghan developed her listening
and people skills as a teenager, when
she volunteered in the constituent office
of a NYS Senator. She later served as
Director for Constituent Affairs for NYS
Assembly Representative, John Perone
and for former County Executive Andrew
O’Rourke.O’Callaghan answered phones,
followed up on constituent questions and
developed suggestions for legislation,
“helping everyday people cut through the
red tape.” O’Callaghan was the Program
Administrator for the Westchester
County STOP-DWI Program while
working for the O’Rourke administration.
(Fines levied against drunk drivers fund the
Stop DWI program.) O’Callaghan feels
that educational initiatives have made an
impact on many drivers and she believes
that: “young people have bought into the idea
of the designated driver and opportunities for
free taxi rides home on certain nights – these
are great programs that really work!”
Despite a busy career and raising a
family, O’Callaghan found time to serve
on the Rye Zoning Board of Appeals, 1993-
1996; as well as on the boards of My
Sister’s Place (1993-1996) - a woman’s
shelter, The Westchester County Board
of Ethics and The Westchester Institute
for Human Development. O’Callaghan
also volunteered as a facilitator at the
Westchester Bereavement Center from
2007-the present.
If elected,would O’Callaghan serve as
“the second prosecutor in the room?” “No, my
job is to be fair and impartial. I will not be
the second prosecutor.I am certainly not going
to sit there and watch an injustice unfold.If it
calls for it, I will ask questions from the bench
but I will let prosecutors present their cases.”
O’Callaghan states that she has no built
in bias in awarding custody to the mother,
but “would judge each case according to the
merits.”
O’Callaghan cites her years of profes-
sional and public service as evidence of
her deep commitment and desire to serve
the people of Westchester as a judge. She
was a trial attorney for seven years and she
also understands how the system func-
tions on the agency side. O’Callaghan
promises to look out for the best interests
of the child without losing sight of the
need to protect the community. She holds
a B. A. in Government from Sweet Briar
College in Virginia, a Master’s of Social
Science in Criminal Justice from Long
Island University in Dobbs Ferry and a
Juris Doctor from Pace University School
of Law. O’Callaghan is married to Harold
O’Callaghan, Jr. and she is the mother of
Tim Higgins, age 26.
Life-long Public Servant Patricia O’Callaghan Seeks
County Family Court Judgeship
By Marike Potter
He has been
describedas“the
winningest”
criminaldefense
attorney in
Westchester
County,
until April 16, 2010 when Governor
Patterson appointed Barry E. Warhit to
fill a vacancy on the Westchester County
Court. This begs the question, was the
governor impressed with Warhit’s knowl-
edge of the law or adroitly preventing him
from pounding the D.A.’s office in future
cases? An interim appointment, Justice
Warhit is running on the Democratic and
Independence Lines for a ten-year term
as a Westchester County Court Judge.
When asked about his record of wins
versus losses, Warhit modestly declines to
offer up a score and instead replies: “I was
a prosecutor early in my legal career and
I was a criminal defense attorney for the
past fifteen years. I tried over sixty cases
to verdict before juries, including seven-
teen homicides and I have enjoyed a fair
amount of success.”
As to the Governor’s motives, Warhit
replied:“I am flattered that the Governor’s
independent screening committee found
me to be highly qualified for the position.
I have been taking steps to put myself in
a position to be a full-time County Court
Judge since 2006, when I was appointed
as the acting village justice of Tarrytown,
where I served for four years. As a village
judge, I received judicial training and I
will continue those courses. I found the
transition to be extremely interesting and I
find that being a full-time judge presiding
over criminal cases, to be a natural fit,
based upon my background and experi-
ence. As a judge, I have been able to use
my experience from both sides of the case
to understand and deal with issues in jury
cases involving serious allegations. My
experience gives me the perspective to be
a fair and impartial judge.”
Warhit is a graduate of the Wharton
School at the University of Pennsylvania
and the Duke University School of
Law. He served as an Assistant District
Attorney in Manhattan from 1982-85
and as an associate in the New York
City law firms of Otterbourg, Steindler,
Houston and Rosen (1981-82) and at
Lester, Schwab, Katz and Dwyer, (1986
- 1989). Warhit worked for Devonshire
Tire, a family business, from 1990-94
and then entered into private practice in
White Plains. He appears to be one very
thoughtful, careful guy: he made two
phone calls during our interview to make
sure he was not violating any ethical codes
in speaking to me for this story. I wish
to state, for the record, that he did not
discuss any cases with me.
Warhit lives in Scarsdale with his
wife, Dr. Ellen Teplitz, of Southern
Westchester Dermatology in Tuckahoe.
Dr Teplitz, a Dermatologist, is on staff
at Albert Einstein School of Medicine.
They have two children, Margot and
Benjamin.
When asked if he supports increased
Top Criminal DefenseAttorney Has Been BenchedBy Marike Potter

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