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Dancing YORKTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT
in the dark
Scam investigation
continues

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
EDITOR

Yorktown residents were doing the E Street How di cult is to track down an online scammer?
Shu e on Sunday, Aug. 11, when Tramps Like Put it this way: Trying to nd a needle in the haystack would
Us, a Bruce Springsteen tribute band, played a concert at be preferable for Det. Timothy Tausz.
Jack DeVito Veterans Memorial Field. For more than a year, one of the Yorktown Police Department’s
most senior investigators has been tasked with not only tracking
Near the end of the concert, during a performance of down scammers masquerading as a legitimate local mom-and-
“Waitin’ on a Sunny Day,”Yorktown’s own John Winton, pop shop but also trying to nd charges that can stick.
a member of the band, played a sax solo atop a food As reported by Yorktown News in February, Yorktown
truck. Plumbing and Heating, owned and operated by Colleen and
James D’Alessio, was the victim of stolen identity.
Turn to pages 14-15 for more photos from the Until mid-January, anyone searching the D’Alessios’ business
Yorktown Lions Club Summer Concert Series. on Google found a phone number not associated with York-
town Plumbing and Heating. Inadvertent or not, the owners of
PHOTO: BRIAN the other business, with the nearly identical name, took advan-
MARSCHHAUSER tage of the confusion by accepting the jobs anyway.

e D’Alessios insist the scammers performed shoddy work,
which in turn harmed their professional reputation. Addition-
ally, the lost jobs probably resulted in lost earnings, but Tausz
said that is di cult to calculate and prove.

Another problem, the 38-year veteran of the department told
Yorktown News, is that these scammers leave almost no digital
footprint.

HOW THE SCAM WORKS
ey operate under dozens, perhaps hundreds, of phony busi-

ness names, which are created by following a simple formula.
1) e name of a city, town, hamlet, or street name;
2) Followed by some variation, alone or in combination, of

plumbing, heating, cooling, etc.

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The Staff Yorktown OTHER HAPPENINGS Harvest Square by the Sierra Club Lower Hud-
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Thursday, August 15, 2019 Yorktown News – Page 3

Having a
(pickle)ball

Sport gains popularity
in Yorktown

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
EDITOR

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America.

e Sports and Fitness Industry Association puts

the roster of current players at more than 3.1 million,

including hundreds of

people right here in Yor-

ktown.

A cousin to tennis,

the sport has a multi-

generational appeal, but

it’s most popular among

the 55-and-older crowd,

accounting for nearly

75 percent of pickleball

players. On a court 20 x

44 feet—smaller than a

tennis court—pickleball

players wield wooden

paddles as they volley a

plastic ball over the net. Lynne Withers, a
retired phys ed
For years, Yorktown PHOTOS: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER
residents lobbied the teacher, shows a
town to build dedicated ey got their wish with the been playing the sport for years, includ- 4-year-old boy how
pickleball courts, rather
than retro t tennis courts. to play pickleball.

new Granite Knolls Sports and Recreation Complex, ing indoors at Club Fit, which recently

which opened earlier this year in Shrub Oak. donated windscreens to the Granite

What makes the sport so appealing? e regulars at Knolls courts, preventing the plastic

Granite Knolls had a few ideas. balls from being blown away or redi-

“Great exercise, but really, to me, the most important rected by the elements.

thing is the social aspect,” said Meg Robstad, 64. “You “ is is a little faster than tennis and

sit on the bench and you meet your neighbors, and ev- it’s more agile for all kinds of people—

erybody has goodwill and it’s just a great game.” young, old,” said Klammer, a retired

Others, like 82-year-old Salvatore Pascarella, enjoy it New York City re ghter.

mostly for athletic reasons. Pascarella also enjoys playing Withers, a retired phys ed teacher,

racquetball and bocce. said the courts at Granite Knolls are

“I like any kind of sport,” Pascarella said. regularly lled with not just Yorktown

One Yorktown resident said playing the sport has residents, but also people from New

even helped with her Parkinson’s disease. “You have to York City, Connecticut, and other Players at all skill levels—be-

move your body in di erent positions, you have to keep Westchester communities. ginner, intermediate or experi-

your mind on the game,” said Helena Rodriguez, 64. “It “We’re probably now the only dedicated [pickleball] enced—are welcome in Yorktown, Withers said. “ e

builds new cells on the other part of the brain and it courts in Westchester,” Withers said. “But for four years, town loves to have these [courts] full all the time.”

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YORKTOWN FEAST OF SAN GENNARO

Lagonia named grand marshal

Feast returns Sept. 11-15

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER that night was Lights Out, a tribute band
EDITOR that plays songs by Frankie Valli and the
Four Seasons, an Italian-American quar-
Every year since 2015, a procession tet.
down Commerce Street has signaled
the start of the Yorktown Feast of San “Every year, Sal is there for us, right
Gennaro, a now ve-day Italian heritage out front playing the trumpet,” said Tom
festival with food, carnival rides, live mu- Pomposello, organizer of the Feast of
sic and a festive atmosphere. San Gennaro. “No questions asked, Sal
is always there for us.”
Hundreds participate in this yearly
tradition, during which the statue of Pomposello kept the announcement
Saint Gennaro, on loan from New York under wraps until 7 p.m., surprising La-
City’s Most Precious Blood Church, is gonia before hundreds of concertgoers.
carried to Railroad Park, its home until
the festival ends. “I can’t thank you guys enough for
honoring me. I’m very humbled by all of
Among the sea of proud Italian de- this,” Lagonia said. “I’m proud to be an
scendants is Yorktown’s musically in- Italian. Proud to be a member of York-
clined town justice, Sal Lagonia. town.”

is year, he can leave his trumpet at Hours for this year’s festival are:
home. • Wednesday, 5-11 p.m.
• ursday, 5-11 p.m.
Lagonia has been named grand mar- • Friday, 5-11 p.m.
shal of this year’s Feast of San Gennaro, • Saturday, Noon-11 p.m.
which will run from Sept. 11 to Sept. 15. • Wednesday, Noon-10 p.m.
Out of respect for the victims of 9/11,
the procession will be held this year at Town Justice Sal Lagonia accepts
6:30 p.m. Sept. 12. the honor of grand marshal, left, on
Sunday, Aug. 4, as festival organizers
Fittingly, Lagonia received his cer-
emonial sash on Sunday, Aug. 4, during and past grand marshals look on.
the intermission of a concert at Jack De-
Vito Veterans Memorial Field. e band PHOTO: BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER

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SCAM THE CHALLENGE other penalties.
FROM PAGE 1
e bottom line, Tausz said, is that it has become re- “I’d like to lock somebody up, without a doubt,”

markably easy for someone to create fake identities, and Tausz said. But he would settle for a violation at this

Like anyone looking for a nearby hotel or restaurant, a fake businesses, without ever having to give personal in- point.

person looking for a local plumber is likely to search the formation to anyone, even to government agencies. Despite hitting a dead end in his investigation, Tausz

words “Yorktown plumbing.” Following this formula al- Deceitful? has refused to close the case, saying he owes it to the

lows the scammers to cast a wide geographical net. “Absolutely,” Tausz said. D’Alessios, whom he calls for his own plumbing needs.

In Yorktown alone, there were at least six examples of Illegal? Most likely, Tausz said, he’s going to need the scam-

phony businesses: at’s a bit more complicated. mers to slip up. So far, that hasn’t happened.

• East Main Street Plumbing Co. Even if he discovered the identities of the scammers,

• Yorktown Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Tausz said, he’s not sure on what charges they could BUYER BEWARE

• Yorktown Heights Plumbing and Heating be arrested. Ultimately, he said, it’s up to consumers to do their

• Yorktown Heights Sewer and Drain “Yeah, they’re scumbags,” Tausz said. “ e question homework and to make sure they’re hiring a reputable

• Yorktown Plumbing Co. is, what can we do with that?” contractor. ey can do that by reading reviews, asking

• Yorktown Plumbing and Heating (the same business e best-case scenario for his investigation, Tausz for cost estimates, or asking whether they are licensed.

name as the legitimate one belonging to Colleen and said, would be for these scammers to accept money and e websites for the sham businesses, for example,

James D’Alessio). not perform a job. In that case, he said, he could charge are a dead giveaway because they read as though ro-

To complete the ruse and make the businesses seem them with larceny. bots had written them. However, the language on ry-

legitimate, the scammers build websites (usually end- But performing shoddy work and charging exorbi- eplumbingandheating.info stands out, in that it seems

ing with .info) and list fake addresses. But they have no tant prices isn’t necessarily a crime, he said. Nor is it a strangely lucid.

brick-and-mortar o ces, so all the addresses predictably crime to perform that work under a name similar to a Ironically, in their four-paragraph entry, the scam-

lead nowhere. And all of the typo-ridden websites, which business that already exists. mers complain of negative online reviews and warn

provide no cost estimates and o er scant details about the But Colleen D’Alessio, who owns the real Yorktown potential customers of falling victim to lies on the in-

companies and their services, are registered to one person: Plumbing and Heating, said shoddy work might be il- ternet.

a David Miller out of Yonkers. legal if it puts someone in danger. For example, she “For example, people who are upset with the job

Tausz said no such person exists. said, a customer who hired the sham business told her that has been done by a plumbing company may go to

“ ey leave no trail,” he said. that equipment had been installed incorrectly, causing the Internet to vent their concerns,” the website states.

Websites for the fake Yorktown businesses have since carbon monoxide to leak into the house. “However, that may not necessarily be an accurate re-

been taken down. However, they still exist in places like “ is is getting out of the hand,” D’Alessio said, “be- ection of what took place. erefore, you need to make

Rye (“Rye Plumbing Co.”), Purchase (“Purchase Plumb- cause imagine if something did happen fatally.” sure that you are not necessarily putting too much em-

ing and Heating”), Port Chester (“North Main Plumbing D’Alessio said she understands the di culty of phasis on negative reviews that you read online.

and Heating”) and Great Neck (“Great Neck Sewer and Tausz’s job and hopes the new development could lead “What you should instead be doing,” it continues, “is

Drain Cleaning”). to criminal charges. thinking about whether or not there is a way for you to

In addition to their websites, the scammers own doz- At the very least, Tausz suspects the scammers are gure out if a particular plumbing company has done

ens of di erent phone numbers, often in sequential order. not licensed to perform work in Westchester because good work for others in the past. One way to do this is

Dialing any of them connects the caller to an automated none of the business names are on le with the county. to try to speak to as many people as you can who have

answering service. When asking for the owner, Tausz Unlicensed plumbing work, however, would result, at used the services of a speci c company.”

said, he is given a di erent name every time. e num- most, in a county-code violation. In that case, he said, On that point, Tausz and D’Alessio would probably

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NYSEG applies for rate increase

Hearing will take place in Yorktown on Sept. 5

BY BRIAN MARSCHHAUSER will open with an information NYSEG trucks
EDITOR
session at 6 p.m. ursday, Sept. FILE PHOTO/NYSEG

5, followed by the public hearing problem by increasing vegetation
removal.”
Westchester residents will have at 7 p.m.
Somers Supervisor Rick Mor-
their chance to comment on NY- According to reports, NYSEG rissey said NYSEG’s initial meet-
ing schedule was “insulting” to its
SEG’s proposed rate increases next has applied to the Public Service downstate customers.

month at Yorktown Town Hall. Commission for a 23.7 percent “ ey should prove their abil-
ity to provide consistent services
Originally, no such hearings increase in electrical delivery rev- before a rate increase should even
be considered,” Morrissey said.
were scheduled to take place in enues, which would raise a cus-

the Hudson Valley. In fact, the tomer’s average monthly bill by

closest hearing was held about $10.17 to about $53.

150 miles away in Binghamton. If approved,the new rate would

However, the state Public take e ect next May. NYSEG, in

Service Commission added the its ling, said the driving factors

hearing in Yorktown following behind the increase are mostly

an appeal from Town Supervisor employee-related (salary, bene ts,

Ilan Gilbert. pension) and plant-related (veg-

“ e fact that you failed to etation management).

consider holding a public state- ough much of its coverage

ment hearing in our area is in- area is in western and northern

dicative of how our portion of New York, NYSEG’s reach ex-

the NYSEG service territory is tends to Bedford, Lewisboro,

regarded,” Gilbert told the com- Mahopac, North Salem, Somers Public Service Commission. Parsons said he agreed with Gil-
“ e public needs to have an bert’s sentiment on the public
mission. In a July 30 letter, Gil- and Yorktown. hearings but he supports the pro-
opportunity to more convenient- posed rate hike.
bert speci cally requested a hear- But a series of public hearings ly express their views and partici-
pate in the process,” said Burdick. “Most of the towns in north-
ing in Yorktown in September. on the proposed rate—from Aug. “We are at the southern end of ern Westchester have been com-
[NYSEG’s] territory, so I think plaining long and loud about
On Monday, the Public Ser- 6 to Aug. 15—was scheduled that we’re concerned that we’re NYSEG’s failure to deliver pow-
going to get ignored.” er,” Parsons said. “ e proposed
vice Commission gave Gilbert only for Rochester; Keene Valley, increases attempt to address this
Lewisboro Supervisor Peter
his wish, announcing a newly in the Adirondacks; and Ithaca.

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Happy 50th, Woodstock What does the
alumni… we are golden Planning Board do?

On Aug. 15, 1969, I nished the is column is part of series exploring the cized, especially when elections loom, the
Friday shift at my summer job
at Times Square Stores (TSS) town of Yorktown’s two dozens advisory board is expected to stay above the fray

boards. and do what’s best for Yorktown.

For many, serving on a government “You hear these buzz phrases like
advisory board is rarely their rst
in Hempstead, Long Island, picked up a stop in a long career of volun- pro-business or anti-business,” Fon said.
“I think our main task is responsible
couple of friends in my dad’s Plymouth, development.”

and o we went to the Catskills for (as

the publicity poster proclaimed) “An teerism. It’s simply the latest one. Like any governing body, the Planning

Aquarian Long-time Plan- Board can take its

Exposition in ning Board members lumps if residents are

White Lake, Richard Fon and John EDITOR unhappy about what’s
Kincart are no di erent. happening in their
N.Y.,” better

known simply In Fon’s case, the neighborhood. But

as “Wood- BRUCE Shrub Oak resident BRIAN with its even-keeled
stock.” THE BLOG served on the Conser-
Fifty years later, Charles MARSCHHAUSER approach, the board
In the past BRUCE Dering, of Mohegan Lake, vation Board before usually defuses these
half-century, APAR
it has at- still has his tickets from joining the Planning situations before they
tained mythic Woodstock.
stature as a Board in 2010. He’s devolve into personal
PHOTOS COURTESY CHARLES DERING
now the board’s chair. attacks.

“My father always was very active in Planning Board members try always

harmonious volunteering with Little League,” Fon to remember what other town o cials

expression of anti-establishment fervor lot, so you can rest assured I was there. said. “I believe it’s very important that frequently seem to forget: Sometimes,

(during which there were no known He remembers a lot more, and has a you try and serve the area you live in. people just want to be heard.

major incidents of anti-social behavior, photo that attests to his presence. at’s just what my background is.” In late January, for example, many

which today is sadly inconceivable). If the Both Charles Dering and I borrowed Kincart—who has coached youth residents came out to protest a develop-

counterculture had a capitol, Woodstock our parents’ cars to crawl our way to the soccer, taught catechism, and also serves ment going up in their neighborhood.

would be it. music mecca that Friday night.Tra c on the town’s Board of Assessment Rather than adopt an adversarial stance,

I don’t have photos of myself at was so immobile, a trip that should have Review—is serving his second ve-year Fon assured them that their comments

Woodstock to prove I was among the taken a couple hours or less took three or term and brings a unique perspective to were not falling on deaf ears.

hundreds of thousands who convened four times as long. After exiting Route 17 the board: A real estate agent, he believes “We volunteer our time up here,” he

there, but I know three people who do in the town of Bethel, even with bene t nding the best use of a property is the told them. “We’re all residents; we’re

have a photo—an iconic image no less— of a shortcut that Mitch knew from his Planning Board’s rst consideration. your neighbors. We do this because we’re

to certify their presence at Max Yasgur’s summers in camp at nearby Swan Lake, “I obviously market properties, so I concerned about the town that we love

dairy farm that miraculous weekend of we didn’t nally locate a place to park know the nuances of what has more and we live in. We want to see the town

peace and music: they all are on the cover until the sun came up on Saturday. appeal and marketability, what type of go [forward], not backward. Anything

of the Woodstock album. Charles remembers asking an “old- property would sell, if there’s an op- this board looks at, it does get looked at

timer” at a rest stop in Liberty, “Is this portunity to explore di erent uses,” the seriously.”

THE ALBUM COVER CROWD the way to the Woodstock concert?” e Yorktown Heights resident said. Fon, who is the town of Greenburgh’s

e couple in the foreground, lov- helpful fellow pointed to a VW Bus, “Our primary concern in most cases is deputy commissioner of public works,

ingly locked in an embrace under a pink ornamented with owers painted on the not the nancial feasibility of a project,” said he always tries to put himself in the

quilt, are Bobbi and Nick Ercoline. e side, and said, “Just follow them hippies. Kincart said. “Our primary concern is the shoes of the residents who come before

residents of Pine Bush (Orange County) at’s where they are all going.” health, safety, and welfare of the public. him.

have appeared in recent years at Wood- en we can explore getting creative.” “If it was next to my house, my wife

stock tribute shows produced by John THE WOODSTOCK MUD e Town Board appoints the Plan- and I might be concerned about the

DiChiaro, who, with brother Tom, owns After we parked the car, Mitch re- ning Board’s ve members. In addition to same things,” he said. “We want to hear

e Winery at St. George in Mohegan members our walking at least a couple meeting on the second and fourth Mon- the input. We don’t know about water

Lake. of miles before reaching the promised days every month, either at Town Hall conditions or tra c conditions every-

e gure in the distant background of land of the concert site, but not before or the Albert A. Capellini Community where. If you’re next door, you have

the Woodstock album photo is Charles getting caught in a downpour. “ at was Center, members sometimes perform site intimate knowledge that we don’t.”

Dering. When I emceed e Winery’s the Woodstock mud,” Mitch recalled the visits on weekends. ey must also attend ough responsible development is at

Woodstock tribute concert this past May, other day as we wished each other Happy classes once a year. the forefront for Planning Board mem-

I met Mr. Dering, who’s lived in Mohe- 50th Woodstockiversary. But for Fon, the most time-consuming bers, they are sometimes handicapped

gan Lake since 2002. Where Charles and my Woodstock aspect of the job is the preparation. by a property’s zoning. For example, the

It turns out that he and I have some memories diverge is in how well prepared “I think the biggest thing is coming Town Board is currently considering

parallel recollections of our Woodstock they were—and how well prepared we in prepared for meetings,” he said. “ e rezoning a property on Hill Boulevard

adventures, though his memory is more were not. Friday before the meeting, you get a in Je erson Valley to allow for 150 rental

crystalline than my purple haze. Charles and his friend,Tim Tassoni, packet. You have to know our material. units.

In fact, I am living proof of the Wood- brought a tent, blankets and copious food at weekend, you’ve got to put in the “It might be good for the developer

stock alumni oath of authenticity that rations. My high school friends, Mitch time to review the material. e meeting and the people selling the property, but it

“if you can remember Woodstock, you SEE APAR PAGE 12 is time, but it’s the prep.” SEE MARSCHHAUSER PAGE 9
weren’t really there.” I don’t remember a
ough development is often politi-

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Thursday, August 15, 2019 OPINION Yorktown News – Page 9

MARSCHHAUSER is enough to draw suspicion. educate them.

FROM PAGE 8 “ e applicant has a right to If people don’t like for the

doesn’t mean it’s good for the bring an application,” Kincart process, it’s the board’s job to
town,” Kincart said. “Yes, we
need diversity in the housing said. “ ey have a right to do it listen.
stock, but there are other ways
to achieve that.” and we have a responsibility to “From the public o cials to

If, however, the Town Board entertain those applications... the volunteers to the residents,
chooses to rezone the property
and allow high-density hous- If we allow them to go through I think everybody is in it for
ing, the Planning Board has
no choice but to play the hand with the process, it doesn’t mean Yorktown,” Fon said. “I’ve never
it’s been dealt and review a
development that conforms to [we support it]. It means we’re seen anybody with some nega-
zoning.
allowing them to pursue their tive motivator. I truly believe,
Planning Board decisions,
from the Je erson Valley Mall rights as a property owner or as from every elected o cial I’ve
to Lowe’s, often wind up be-
ing a political football, tossed a developer.” seen, everybody wants what’s
around by candidates for elec-
tive o ce. Fon said the board has never best for Yorktown.”

“ e Planning Board is a shown favoritism to any ap-
completely separate nonpolitical
entity,” Kincart said. “We don’t plicant.
have a speci c interest in getting
re-elected or anything like that. “ ere’s a process,” he said.
Nobody gives us directives.”
“ ere are rules and regulations
For some, however, the mere
act of reviewing an application that we are [required] to follow.”

Any misconception about

his board, Fon said, stems from

a lack of understanding about

what goes into reviewing an

application before it’s either ap-

proved or denied.

“People think things are so

simple and it’s not,” Fon said.

“Nothing is cut and dried. Even if

you think something might be.”

If people don’t understand the

process, it’s the board’s job to

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Candidate Interviews: Sheralyn Pulver-Goodman

Iam bringing for your con- Wig and Whiskers. MY Electing me and Patricia Sullivan- about the future of the planet that
sideration, interviews with I know you are an attorney. Can PERSPECTIVE Rothberg will help the supervisor actually does impact some of our
all the candidates running on achieve the goal of making these local issues. I have also been im-
our local ballot this November. you tell us a little about that? JAMES plans a reality. It’s necessary that pressed by how knowledgeable our
I have a diverse background, MARTORANO we move away from the suburban citizens are about our local issues.
e interview below is the third of sprawl approach to the sane “Prog- It’s been fun walking and talking
four interviews with Town Board to say the least. I’ve been with works, and sometimes how it does ress rough Preservation”that is to people.
candidates. is interview is with the Legal Aid Society, the Dis- not work. Yorktown’s motto.
Sheralyn Pulver-Goodman. trict Attorney’s O ce and now If an undecided voter is reading
the Department of Probation of Focusing now on Yorktown: Can you cite two other impor- this, why should they consider
Can you tell us a little about Westchester County. I worked to What do you see as the three tant issues? voting for you?
yourself? Where did you grow up? build a court program to address major issues in the fall election?
drug addiction. I am most proud of Transparency and decency are I would ask that you kindly
I was born in the Bronx and my e orts to help addicts nd full e rst major issue is who has critical in government, especially at consider voting for me. I bring 35
spent the rst three years of my recovery and rebuild their lives. I’ve a plan that will sustain, grow and this moment. We need to focus on years of rational decision making,
life a block and a half away from served on the Board of Directors of enrich our town for the long term? town issues and not use the Town preparedness, an ability to listen,
my grandparents on Bainbridge the Youth Shelter of Westchester. Supervisor Gilbert’s brilliant idea Board as a bully pulpit to try to and most importantly, a knack for
Avenue, which was great. When I My life is about public service and to put together the Economic and raise issues that essentially are not distilling complicated issues in
was 3, we moved to Queens. my run for the Town Board is a Business Revitalization Committee town matters. Abortion and im- a way that I hope all people can
natural next step for me. is the way to go. is committee migration issues are all legitimate understand.
How did you end up in York- is a diverse group of knowledge- issues but not appropriate for town
town? Why are you running? able people from our town who government to get embroiled in. My vision is to promote and
is was the right moment for have come up with a game plan share the beauty of Yorktown and
When I was newly married, my that we can develop. It’s not about Can you mention a third major make it a place for people to come
husband and I rst lived in Croton, me. I think I possess some skills spending a lot of money but rather concern? to explore. I will work to streamline
but we found ourselves coming that might be a bene t to the town. it’s about making the most of the processes so that small businesses
to Yorktown a lot to shop, to eat. wonderful things our town already We need to take a look at how can grow here. I will ght to keep
Yorktown was attractive, so when Like what? has to o er that are currently government operates and whether taxes at so young families can af-
it was time for us to buy a bigger I think my training as an at- underutilized and unrecognized, we are doing everything we can ford to move here and seniors can
house, Yorktown was a natural torney has helped me develop not only by our town’s people, but to facilitate the establishment and a ord to stay.
choice for us. We’ve been here 25 very important skills. I can readily also by people who live outside of growth of small businesses in our
years and raised our kids here. de ne issues and then search for our town. town. I have spent the bulk of my adult
evidence to support a reasoned life in Yorktown and I am emo-
During your quarter-century in decision. at type of approach will OK, but that’s the supervisor’s You’ve been walking door to tionally invested and dedicated to
our town, have you been involved greatly bene t our town. race.What about your race? door now for several weeks.What its future. I will always do what is
in any organizations? A rational approach to issues? has been the response? best for this town without regard to
Yes. I am a problem solver, as an I think that’s my race as well. my own personal fortunes. I ask for
I’ve been involved in the omas attorney, as a parent, and now as I have been struck by the your support.
Je erson PTA when my children an employee of the Department of graciousness and openness of the
were young. I was involved in the Probation.Today, I have a deeper wonderful people of our town. ank you for your time.
cultural enrichment program in the understanding of how government People have many concerns and My pleasure.
schools. I helped with the Copper issues, not only about our town but
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LETTERS

Improving and easier for everyone to use, and requires mitigation for lost trees or Board is serious about protecting Anything less should be unaccept-
Yorktown it just makes sense. woodlands.
our environment and our quality able.
To the editor, Yorktown needs to be brought Mitigation is an essential part of
It is time for a fresh start for into the 21st century, and with a a meaningful tree law. If the Town of life, the new tree law needs to SEE LETTERS PAGE 12
proactive leader like Matt Slater, require mitigation without a waiver.
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LETTERS members “think”the proposed tree undertaken by homeowners will to custom tailor a mitigation plan public opposition, a prior Town
law says, the law does not require not require mitigation. that includes a mix of mitigation Board repealed the 2010 law and
FROM PAGE 11 mitigation for every tree that is measures that address those lost replaced it with the weak law we
removed or every square foot of Mitigation means, to the extent functions and which are appropri- have today that makes mitigation
e supposed rationale for the woodland that is disturbed. Nor possible, compensating for the ate for the site. No speci c mitiga- optional.
mitigation waiver is that the re- does it mandate a one-to-one miti- functions that are lost when trees tion is mandated.
quirement in the proposed law that gation ratio. Development projects are removed and woodlands If residents want a strong tree
was the subject of a public hearing with limited unavoidable loss of disturbed. And that’s exactly what In 2010 when Yorktown’s rst law, then the 2019 law must
is too onerous. But that rationale is trees and/or woodlands are likely the 100 percent exible mitiga- tree law was adopted, residents include a strong mitigation require-
based on a gross misreading of the to have very limited, if any, required tion requirement in the proposed supported a strong tree law with ment.
proposed law. mitigation. And most tree removal law does. It allows the Planning a strong mitigation requirement.
Board, working with the developer, But in 2016, ignoring considerable Susan Siegel
Contrary to what some Board
Yorktown Heights

APAR stage. I went looking for food, mud the performers’front right corner a blanket. None of us knew each THE MOST MEMORABLE
other, or that photographer Burk ACT
FROM PAGE 8 up to my ankles. All I could nd of the huge stage. Uzzle was just a few feet away with
his camera pointed in our direc- When people ask me which
Sirotta, Billy Kronen, and I, hav- were cold hot dogs and warm soda. Charles says they pitched a tent tion.” groups we saw at Woodstock on
ing decided rather late to make Saturday (Day Two), I’m hard
the trip, brought nothing but the We sat there eating it, saying ‘ is farther back in the throng, on a at He nally got to meet the pressed to exercise total recall
clothes on our back—and some couple for the rst time at e without consulting a play list. Fifty
personal e ects we left in the car, is disgusting.’” landing. From there, they only had Winery in May.“It took me 50 years is a loooong time.
to which we didn’t return until the years to nd out,”says, Charles,
trip home Sunday morning. Still, we survived the unplanned to walk a few steps, to a slope in “but Bobbi and Nick are two of But there is one group that
the nicest folks I have ever met.” always comes instantly to mind
Charles and his friend brought a Woodstock Diet. As Charles the natural amphitheater, to have a because of how improbable the
cooler with beer, sandwiches, fruit, PRICELESS $7 TICKETS circumstances, and how joyous the
chips and snacks, which kept them points out,“We were all skinny in clear, if distant, line of sight to the Mitch, Billy and I hadn’t bought sensation. It is my most transcen-
nourished till Day ree (Sunday). dent memory of Woodstock by
those days and did not have 24/7 stage below. tickets, at $7 a day or $18 for a far. ese musicians came on in
Mitch recently reminded me, three-day pass, but Charles and the dead of night Saturday, about
“You stayed where we had posi- access to food, so we did not miss On Sunday morning, says Tim did. Before any of us got 3 a.m. We were all totally spent,
tioned ourselves in front of the there, the concert was declared a nodding o if not asleep, mired in
non-stop eating.” Charles,“We passed by a butter y free event, so Charles still has those mud.
priceless tickets, in mint condition.
Upon arriving at the eld of ag on a pole and found a good Suddenly, illuminating the
ere are a few moments I do darkness like a bolt of lightning,
people as far as the eye could see, spot for our army blanket about 20 remember vividly. Sly and the Family Stone elec-
tri ed the crowd, singing,“I’m
we planted ourselves in the rst feet away. I stood watching Grace ere were a lot of people gonna take you higher!”And just
around us smoking something, but like that, rising as one, the crowd
patch of dirt that revealed itself be- Slick and Je erson Airplane. not us. Mitch, Billy and I may have was on its feet, deliriously danc-
the distinction of being the only ing to the music. I’ve never seen
tween bodies pressed together like Nearby, Nick Ercoline and Bobbi people at Woodstock who were anything like it. Who needed acid?
not stoned. Am I bragging? Or We were tripping on the naturally
canned sardines. It put us close to Kelly were standing, wrapped in complaining? Just sayin’. pure power of teenage adrenaline.
We were giddy with rapture. e
Injured? I remember a shirtless guy soundtrack doesn’t begin to do it
touching the sound tower a few full justice. You had to be there. I
YOU feet to our right. He started tfully can’t believe I was.
NEED shouting,“I’m being electrocuted!”
which sent a momentary shock So, Woodstock alumni, wherev-
through our section, until we er you are, congratulations to all of
quickly realized that people were us. I don’t know if we are stardust,
perched on It, like pigeons, with but nobody can deny that, as we
no problem. His was an irrational mark the 50th anniversary, we are
reaction to the tower’s low-voltage golden.
electrical current, no doubt trig-
gered by something he “ate.”

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Members of the dive team unit
Training to save lives
of the Yorktown Heights Fire
Yorktown Fire Department practices Department prepare to launch
water safety drills into the Muscoot Reservoir with
members of the Goldens Bridge
Fire Department marine unit.

e Yorktown Fire Department participated in Whether a weekend shing excur- PHOTOS COURTESY OF GOLDENS BRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
joint water-rescue training drills last month with the sion in the reservoir or a swim in a
dual purpose of sharpening their skills and raising lake, McManus o ered some safety
water safety awareness. tips to avoid a day of recreation from
turning into a tragedy:
e drills, led by the Goldens Bridge Fire Depart-
ment, took place on the Muscoot Reservoir o Route • Know your limitations and abili-
138 in Goldens Bridge—the same place where the ties. Carelessness and inexperience
frozen bodies of two New York City shermen were get you in trouble.
discovered on New Year’s Day.
• Avoid overloading your boat
Northern Westchester’s picturesque reservoirs with gear and people. Small boats are
and lakes are popular summer spots for recreational prone to capsizing.
boaters, shermen and swimmers, said James McM-
anus, chief of the Goldens Bridge Fire Department. • Always wear life-saving otation
devices.
“People sometimes don’t realize their physical
limitations or their inability to swim—and that’s • Never consume alcohol while on
when they get into trouble,” McManus said. “A little the water.
common sense and knowing your abilities go a long
way to practicing good water safety.” • Know your swimming ability.
Avoid exhaustion or you may not be
e three re departments participated in drills able to pull yourself back into the boat.
that included deployment of marine equipment and
simulated rescues of boaters and swimmers in dis- • Respect the water, even the calmness of lakes and
tress or in need of medical attention. reservoirs.

“ ese training drills sharpen the skills of re- Chief James McManus and 2nd Assistant Chief
ghters and prepare us for a number of potential Dennis Delborgo, Goldens Bridge Fire Department;,
water emergency realities, but we also use this op-
portunity to educate the thousands of recreational Chief Jason Swart, Yorktown Heights Fire
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Yorktown nurse awarded Senior Hall of
Fame nominees
Northern Westchester Hospital’s top nurses were honored last month with the 2019 Janet
Harrower Nurse of Distinction Awards. sought

Among the honorees was Julie Rothberg, a Yorktown resident, who received the Up-and-
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Do you know a senior who is cial recognition for their contri-

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OBITUARIES

Mary T. at Clements Cleaners until her Wenda was born in Soham, liam, Oliver, Luke, James and in Bu alo and became a regis-

Blackadder retirement. She was a longtime England, on Feb 13, 1933, to Kieran. tered nurse. She married Nor-
man Leonarczyk on Sept. 2,
communicant of St. Patrick’s Reginald and Olive Rogerson. Christine 1968, and settled in Yorktown
Church in Yorktown. She was a Wenda was the oldest of six

long-term member of Yorktown children. Leonarczyk in 1974. Christine worked as
a school nurse in the Lake-
PBOE Lodge No. 2324. On May 2, 1953, Wenda

Mary is survived by her married John E. Williams, an land School District and later

daughter, Beverly Grimont, and American who was in United worked for a short time at the

son-in-law, omas, of York- States Air Force serving in Field Home.

town; her grandaughter, Tam- England. ey came to the She is survived by her hus-

my Myers and husband, Ron United States in 1954. John band, Norman; daughter, Pame-

of Marietta, Pa.; and grandson, built a house for Wenda in Mo- la Schlacter, and her husband,

omas Grimont Jr., and his hegan Lake, where they raised Michael; her son, Gregory; and

wife, Teri, of Mahopac; along their three children. three brothers, Vincent, Ron

with her many nieces and neph- Wenda will always be re- and Jim Szymanski. She is also

ews. membered for the love shared survived by two grandchildren,

e funeral service will be with her husband, children and Emma and Alyssa. She was pre-

Mary Blackadder, a longtime private. grandchildren. She is survived deceased by two brothers, Ted

Yorktown resident, died peace- In lieu of owers, donations by her husband, John E. Wil- and Leonard Szymanski.

fully in her home on Aug. 6. can be made to the charity of liams; two daughters, Claire Contributions may be made

She was 95. your choice. Williams and Deborah Kraus- Christine Leonarczyk, of in memory of Christine Leon-

Mary was born in Yonkers. Wenda P. kopf; and son, John L. Williams. Yorktown Heights, passed away arczyk to Save the Children,
She is pre-deceased by her hus- She is also survived by nine on July 18, her 73rd birthday. 501 Kings Highway East, Suite

band, James; her son, Bruce; her Williams grandchildren: Corinna, Ben- Christine was born July 18, 400, Fair eld, CT, 06825; 203-
parents, Joseph and Mary; her jamin, Aileen, Erin, Chelsea, 1946, in Bu alo, to Vincent 221-4000, savethechildren.org.

sisters, Nell and Fran; and her Wenda P. Williams, of Mo- Emma, Kristen, Kylie and Katy, and Frances Szymanski. Chris- Edna
brothers, Stanley and Henry. hegan Lake, passed away on and eight great-grandchildren: tine graduated nursing college

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e perils of ‘intensive parenting’

Dear Dr. Linda, so that they learn what is the beyond. A positive, supportive and courses o er many good make sense for that child.

When I grew up, which was “best” way to do this or that. It and accepting relationship is the suggestions, but if it doesn’t work Dr. Linda

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ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT Dan O’Meara

All-American O’Meara to play at Marist College

Yorktown’s Dan O’Meara enjoyed
a stellar season this past spring,
where he was named All-
American, All-Section and All-
League as a senior goalie for the
Huskers’ boys lacrosse squad.

O’Meara had played on the varsity
since being pulled up at the end of
his freshman campaign.

BY MIKE SABINI
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

How old were you when you
started playing lacrosse and
what got you started?

I was 7 years old and in second
grade when I rst started playing
lacrosse. I think what got me
started was growing up in Yor-
ktown, lacrosse is a very popular
sport here, and my brothers
played, and naturally so did I.

What was your favorite thing
about being on the lacrosse
team at Yorktown?

Obviously playing in big
games is super fun but my
favorite thing about being on
the team would just be how
close everyone on the team gets
over the course of a season and
just always being around them,
hanging out.

What was your favorite team my teammates. Do you plan on continuing What is your favorite music PHOTO: DEENA BELL
activity or pregame or post- to play lacrosse in college? Tell to listen to warming up for a
game ritual that you share with Who has been your biggest us about where you are going to game? Best place to eat in Yorktown
your teammates? What about a role model over the years and school and why you chose it? and why?
personal pregame or postgame what have you learned from I usually like to listen to rap or
ritual? them? Yes, I will be attending Marist EDM but it varies. Ybag (Yorktown Grille) be-
College this fall where I will be cause it’s my spot.
Pregame, we’re usually just Both of my parents have playing lacrosse. I chose Marist If you could have one super-
focusing up by playing music helped me out so much along because my older brother Conor power, what would it be and Facebook, Twitter or Insta-
and throwing o the wall, but the way and they have done so went there and I’ve always really why? gram? Why?
postgame after a win we’re usu- much for me not only on the liked the school. en when I
ally having a dance party in the got recruited to play lacrosse Teleportation, because I would Twitter, because it’s pretty
locker room, which is always fun. eld but o of it as well. La- there it was a no brainer. be able to travel anywhere I simple and easy.
crosse is a sport that takes up wanted to whenever I want.
Personall, I just try and stay a lot of time and energy and Do you know what you want For a young athlete growing
loose before a game and a ritual my parents were always willing to study in college? If yes, what If you could pick one place up in the Yorktown district,
I have is when I rst get in the to help me pursue it. My dad are you planning on studying to visit on vacation that you’ve what would you tell them
goal I hit all three pipes and then always told me not to get too and why? never been to, where would you about the experience of being
the ground with my stick. I did it high or too low after a game and go and why? part of the lacrosse team and
when I was younger and it stuck this was helpful advice. Also, Joe I plan on studying cyber why should they go out for the
with me. Colarusso was my goalie coach security in college because it is Probably New Zealand, team?
here at Yorktown and he helped something that is interesting to because I’ve seen pictures and
What did it mean to be me so much from my freshman me and Marist recently opened videos of it and it looks amaz- I’d say that being a part of the
named All-American? year until now and I learned a lot up a new program for it. ing. Also Lord of the Rings was lacrosse team here at Yorktown
from him. provided me with some of the
It means a lot to be recognized Who is your favorite pro- lmed there so it’s got to be nice. best times I’ve had in my high-
in a group of such great players Tell us one thing about fessional athlete and pro (or school career. Always be a team
in Section 1 and to join the long yourself that not a lot of people college) sports team? What is your favorite food to player and enjoy the time you
list of other All-Americans who know. eat before or after a game? spend on and o the eld with
went to Yorktown who I grew Favorite pro athlete would the team. Besides playing the
up watching. It’s also a team I like to surf. be Damian Lillard and favorite I don’t really eat much before sport of lacrosse and having fun
award and I couldn’t have been team is the Giants. a game but usually a banana or with that, you’re also going to
awarded it without the help of a granola bar. After a game is make some great memories and
anything basically. friends along the way.

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Alexa StaffuATHLETE SPOTLIGHT PHOTO COURTESY OF CINDY NIEVES
Rebel defender to continue
career at Lock Haven

Alexa Sta u nished her three-year What was your favorite team I may have complained, that
varsity girls lacrosse career for the activity or pregame or post- pep talk helped me give my all
Lakeland/Panas Rebels this past game ritual that you share with on the eld.
spring, playing for a team that your teammates? What about a
made it to the Section 1 Class A personal pregame or postgame Tell us one thing about
Final Four. ritual? yourself that not a lot of people
know.
Sta u, who was a senior defender Getting hyped up for our
on this year’s Rebel squad, earned games during warm-ups. Espe- My passion other than
the scholar athlete award all three cially in shuttles, we would al- lacrosse is lifting at the gym. I
years that she was on the varsity. ways get really loud and excited, started working out a while ago
it always helped to boost our with my dad and I absolutely
BY MIKE SABINI energy for the game. My per- love it. I always go for heavy
CONTRIBUTING WRITER sonal pregame ritual was always weights and low reps.
listening to the same playlist of
How old were you when you my favorite pump-up song to Do you plan on continuing
started playing lacrosse and get in the right mindset to play playing lacrosse in college?
what got you started? the best game I could. Tell us about where you are
going to school and why you
I started playing lacrosse in Who has been your biggest chose it?
third grade. I have two older role model over the years and
sisters and they started that what have you learned from I will be playing Division
same year so my dad just signed them? 2 lacrosse in college at Lock
me up too. Haven University. I chose LHU
My biggest role model has because they have a psychology
What was your favorite been my dad. He never played program and their lacrosse team
thing about being on the lacrosse but he played just about is where I felt at home. Between
lacrosse team at Lakeland/ every other sport when he was the girls on the team and the
Panas? younger. He always taught me coaching sta I knew LHU was
to not worry about anyone where I wanted to go to college.
My favorite part was how else and to work my absolute
close we all were and all of our hardest. He told me if I’m not Do you know what you want
memories on and o the eld. walking o the eld sore and to study in college? If yes, what
I made so many bonds through out of breath I did not play my are you planning on studying
L/P lacrosse that I would not hardest. Before every game, club and why?
have otherwise. We all always tournament, showcase, try out
had so much fun at practice and or anything else lacrosse-related, I am going to be majoring in
at games on and o the eld. he gave me the same pep talk psychology. I have always been
every single time, and although interested in how the mind
works and I believe it will o er

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Page 28 – Yorktown News Thursday, August 15, 2019

It may be Summer, but
we’re still selling homes

1035 Gambelli Drive, Yorktown Heights SOLD 2888 Farm Walk Road, Yorktown Heights SOLD
WEB# YS1529372 | $1,099,000 1063 Gambelli Drive, Yorktown Heights WEB# YS1555759 | $759,000 2905 Farm Walk Road, Yorktown Heights

102 Kent Drive, Cortlandt Manor SOLD 1863 Hanover Street, Yorktown Heights SOLD
WEB# YS1554123 | $789,000 94 Kent Drive, Cortlandt Manor WEB# YS1552584 | $749,000 1663 Morningview Drive, Yorktown Heights

IN CONTRACT IN CONTRACT SOLD SOLD
751 Brender Lane, Yorktown Heights 753 Brender Lane, Yorktown Heights
488 Windsor Court, Yorktown Heights 2761 Ogden Drive, Yorktown Heights
WEB# YS1554831 | $639,000 Listed for $600,000

IN CONTRACT 3435 Lexington Avenue, Mohegan Lake SOLD 2397 Rela Lane, Yorktown Heights
WEB# YS1562481 | $689,000 152-A Flintlock Way, Yorktown Heights WEB# YS1570526 | $800,000
2142 Fountain Court, Yorktown Heights
Listed for $639,000

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Source: HGMLS, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 total dollar volume and total units of single family homes sold by agent, Yorktown, Houlihan Lawrence Yorktown office