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no one in the county’s legis-lative branch of government has seen the report.

Biederman, a renowned developer best known for redeveloping Bryant Park in New York City, was hired as a consultant for five months by Republican County Ex-ecutive Rob Astorino at a cost of $20,000 per month, for five months. Biederman was tasked with reviewing Playland in its current con-figurations and producing a report on how to best utilize the amusement park and its surrounding space.

Nearly five months after the original release date, the report has yet to be seen by anyone outside of the coun-ty executive’s office even though “most” of the writ-ten work of the report was completed and has been in the hands of the Astorino administration “for a while,” Biederman told the Review in February. He said, along

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Village budget under capBy JaCKSOn CHEn

Staff Writer

The tentative budget for the Village of Mamaroneck’s 2015-2016 fiscal year was re-cently presented to the Board of Trustees and met the state-mandated tax cap through spending cuts and maintaining earlier budget projections.

The draft budget that was presented by Village Manager Richard Slingerland shows a tax levy increase of 1.66 per-cent, which sits just under the 1.68 percent tax cap set by the state. The tentative budget of nearly $34 million marks a 1.18 percent, or $394,000, increase over the current year’s budget.

For the upcoming fiscal year, the village had recently discontinued their assessing office, and has switched to the assessed values of prop-erties from the Towns of Ma-maroneck and Rye. While not finalized yet, the revaluation of peoples’ homes wouldn’t show large impacts on what homeowners pay, according to Slingerland. The village man-ager said the increase would be finalized around when the bud-get was adopted in April and that he figured the tax rate would go up around 1 to 2 percent, translating into a range of $50 to $200 more that the average village homeowner will pay.

Slingerland said that the village kept spending very tight this year to meet the state-mandated tax cap. Ac-cording to the village man-ager, the elimination of the as-sessing office, the decrease of pension payments and reduc-

tions in tax certiorari refunds, saved the village $100,000 each.

For the new fiscal year, which begins on June 1, the village will cut one full time position, a carpenter, and three part time positions within the assessor’s office. Despite the cuts, the village has formal-ized the creation of the posi-tion of assistant village plan-ner. The position, filled by Greg Cutler, has an annual salary of $44,850 and works under Village Planner Bob Galvin. While Cutler has been working in the planner’s office for around two years, the vil-lage finalized his position by appointing him for this year.

Even with the staffing cuts, employee costs of salaries and benefits still make up 69 per-cent of the total expenditures.

In terms of revenues, the village is budgeting for $9.1 million in income, according to the tentative budget. Near-ly $3 million of the revenues comes solely from non-prop-erty taxes, like sales tax and utilities.

In attempts to reduce the village’s reliance on property taxes, Slingerland again rec-ommended that the village use $560,000 of its unassigned fund balance that stands at $7.17 million. If approved, the village’s unassigned fund balance would drop down to $6.61 million, but still remain at a healthy 19 percent of the total amount of operating expenditures.

The proposed budget also

By CHRIS EBERHaRTStaff Writer

It took nearly five months and threat of a subpoena seemed to be enough to cause the county executive to agree to finally release a $100,000 consultant re-port on Playland, accord-ing to Westchester County legislators.

The report’s release date, originally scheduled for late last year, is now April 15 during a Parks, Labor, Housing & Planning Com-mittee meeting, according to members of the West-chester County Board of Legislators.

But when reached on Wednesday, Ned McCor-mack, spokesman for As-torino, told the Review the report will not be released that day. Instead, he said, county officials will discuss other Playland-related top-ics, such as marketing and opening the new season, at the committee meeting.

After months of waiting, the county executive’s office has yet to release the $100,000 Playland consultant report, which was completed by Dan Biederman. File Photo

“The report is on its own track,” McCormack said. “When it’s done, it’ll be released.”

McCormack added that there is no timetable as to when the report will be completed.

County legislators were confident that they would fi-nally get their hands on the report after meeting with Westchester Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett, a

Republican. Legislator Peter Harck-

ham, a North Salem Demo-crat, said Plunkett told him that representatives from the county executive’s office and Department of Parks, Recreation and Conserva-tion would be attending the April 15 parks committee meeting to discuss, among other topics, the Playland consultant report completed by Dan Biederman. To date,

Biederman, Playland report still in limbo

By alIna SURIElStaff Writer

The discussion of a possible dissolution of the Town of Rye was shut down again in the Village of Mamaroneck, after a bipartisan majority vote put an early halt to the negotiation process.

A March 23 vote on whether to rescind a resolution stating Mamaroneck’s intent to partici-pate in the dissolution saw the village board ultimately decide against moving forward with the consolidation effort. Mayor Norman Rosenblum and Deputy

Mayor Louis Santoro, both Re-publicans, voted to rescind the resolution.

But the surprise came when Trustee Ilissa Miller, a Demo-crat, sided with the Republicans in favor of stopping the process. Trustee Leon Potok, a Demo-crat, voted to continue the disso-lution process and Trustee David Finch, a Democrat, abstained stating that the board should have had more time for in-depth discussion.

“I feel that I have to look at the resolution we passed be-fore, look at it and understand it,” Finch said. “The fact that it

might take two more weeks is not going to harm anybody.”

Rosenblum initiated the vote with a letter voicing ongoing concerns about several logisti-cal aspects of the dissolution. He proposed sending it to the steering committee, a group made up of representatives from each of the communities which would be affected by the change, charged with moving the pro-cess for dissolution forward.

Instead of voting in favor of sending the letter, the trustees ultimately agreed that it would be simpler to rescind the origi-nal resolution, which passed on

Feb. 9.Many of the issues in Rosen-

blum’s letter echoed his own previously voiced contentions with the dissolution process, in-cluding questions of who would be responsible for performing tax collection for the Rye Neck section of the Village of Ma-maroneck and how costs and responsibility for Rye Town bridges and parks would be split.

Property assessment respon-sibilities for Rye Neck are an-other open-ended issue which the mayor mentioned in his

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Variances sought for 151 Mamaroneck Ave.

Chatsworth Antiques on Mamaroneck Avenue will be replaced by a mixed-use building with 10 residential units above two floors of retail space. File photo

By alIna SURIElStaff Writer

Redevelopers of 151 Ma-maroneck Ave., are applying for two zoning code variances for a mixed-use building to be built at the site of Chatsworth Auction Rooms, which is in the last few months of its existence.

Palladium Management un-der 151 Mamaroneck Avenue, LLC, is applying for code variances dealing with the proposed height of the build-ing and the number of parking spaces. The structure will have two top floors with 10 apart-ments above two floors of retail space.

The height variance will not have a visible effect from the street level of Mamaroneck Avenue, as it will be incorpo-rated into the rear of the build-ing. The plan will extend the height of the rear portion of the building to align with the front, which already stands five feet over village code at 50 feet tall.

The parking variance is needed because the new apart-ment building is planned to have only 10 spaces instead of the 11 spaces required by village code. In their applica-tion, the owners of the prop-erty said that a variance for only one parking space will not have adverse effects to the neighborhood because there is sufficient parking in the surrounding areas, in-cluding spaces which they claim are underutilized in the rear of the Regatta apart-ment building, located at 123 Mamaroneck Ave.

While parking availability is often a contentious issue among residents frustrated by crowded conditions along Mamaroneck Avenue, a 2014 independent parking study commissioned by the village showed that even during peak hours there is an average of 150 public spaces available for use in the downtown business district.

Palladium, the developing management company, also reasoned that 11 parking spac-es were not necessary because

they anticipated that some of the residents would not have cars, with the property’s prox-imity to the Metro-North train station likely to attract com-muters using public transpor-tation. Palladium is not alone in catering to commuters, as the planned mixed-use build-ing is a little more than a quar-ter of a mile away from an area on the other side of the train station which had recent-ly been rezoned to encourage transit-oriented development.

Paul Noto, a lawyer repre-senting the mixed-use project in front of the village’s land use boards, told the Review that the plans were on par with the recent tide of revi-talization in the community. The village’s comprehensive plan encourages development of mixed-use buildings in the C-2 zoning district where 151 Mamaroneck is located, stressing that such develop-ment aids downtown com-merce in the village.

“This fits in with the master plan of the community nicely,” Noto said. “It’s exactly what the trustees were looking for in terms of redevelopment.”

Mayor Norman Rosenblum, a Republican and advocate for development to increase local commerce, said the transition of the old Chatsworth property from generations of commer-cial use will help the village in positive ways.

“You have a private prop-erty owner who decided to

retire [and] sell his property,” the mayor said. “Whomev-er builds decided to build it mixed-use, which I think is fantastic. It’s the continued growth of the village.”

Although a snowstorm cancelled the proposed proj-ect’s first planned appearance before the zoning board on March 5, the plan is due to be seen at the board’s next meet-ing scheduled for April 2. Ac-cording to David Roth, found-ing partner of Palladium Man-agement, renovation work at the site will likely begin in the coming fall season.

The construction of a mixed-use building will mark the end of an era for Chats-worths Antiques, a long es-tablished local business that called Mamaroneck Avenue home for three generations of ownership by the same family. The family sold the business in December 2014.

Gary Olt, owner of Strauch Jewelers, said although the new owners of 151 Mama-roneck Ave., are planning a new look, which is set to re-place the front of a building that dates back to the 1870s, he does not see anything wrong with shaking up the neighborhood.

“The only change it will be is that Chatsworth won’t be there,” Olt said. “I don’t see it as a particular negative impact on the community.”

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Rhonda Vincent and the RageOn Friday April 10 at 8 p.m., Rhonda Vin-

cent, seven-time IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year, and IBMA Entertainer of the Year in 2001, brings her high energy show to the Emelin for

Larchmont Public Library room. Author Aaron Krerowicz places the Beatles’ first U.S. visit in musical and historical context in order to explain why that month proved to be the single most pivotal month of the band’s existence. Krerowicz’ first Beatles book, “The Beatles & The Avant-Garde,” was published in late 2014 and will be available for sale following the program. For more information and to sign up, call the reference desk at 630-5888.

AARP tax helpAARP tax-aide volunteers will offer free tax

preparation and assistance at the Mamaroneck Library. Volunteers will be available on Fri-days between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., until April 10. Assistance is available on a drop-in basis for seniors and low and moderate income taxpayers.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide offers free, individualized tax preparation for low-to moderate-income taxpayers, especially those 60 and older.

Don’t forget to bring your important docu-ments to the site, especially those related to the Affordable Care Act. Access the complete list online at aarp.org/taxaide.

Movie matinee: “Unbroken” On Thursday, April 9 at 11 a.m. we will

be screening the feature film “Unbroken” in the Community Room on the lower level. Angelina Jolie directs this true life tale of Louis Zamperini, the Olympic track star who

the first time since 2002. Rhonda and her pow-erhouse band are truly a bluegrass juggernaut. For more information, visit emelin.org.

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Internship programLMCTV is offering an internship program for

interested and qualified students from neighbor-ing area schools. Our program includes training in field and studio television production, devel-opment of documentary video and news proj-ects. We also provide training in Final Cut Pro, and create promotional clips for series shows, station promos and public-service announce-ments. Interns can learn hands-on production techniques by assisting with the production of existing shows.

Village Democrats seek candidates

The Village of Mamaroneck Democratic Committee is seeking interested residents to be considered for the nomination of trustee and mayor. Those who wish to inquire or be con-sidered for either position contact Elizabeth Saenger at 698-7569 or [email protected].

Library board meetingOn Wednesday, April 8 from 6:45 p.m. to 8

p.m. there will be a meeting of the Larchmont Library Board of Trustees. Meetings are open to the public and begin at 6:45 p.m. in the Reference Room. Minutes of board meetings will be posted as they come available following each meeting.

Book reading On Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m., Wesleyan Uni-

versity President Michael S. Roth, reads from his new book, “Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters,” focusing on impor-tant moments and seminal thinkers in America’s long-running argument over vocational vs. lib-eral education. The reading is free and all are welcome. Refreshments will be available begin-ning at 2:30 p.m.

Mamaroneck Public Library “February 1964:

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letter. The Village of Mama-roneck does not have its own assessor after recently eliminat-ing the office to share services with the Town of Mamaroneck.

“There are just so many un-answered questions,” Rosen-blum said. “Now is not the time to force it.”

The Town of Rye is a govern-ing body which encompasses the villages of Port Chester and Rye Brook, as well as the Rye Neck section of the Village of Mamaroneck. The town only provides services of property as-sessment, tax collection, license issuing and a court system.

The dissolution of the Town of Rye was initially proposed back in 2009 after the Town of Rye and the villages of Rye Brook, Port Chester and Ma-maroneck were jointly awarded a $50,000 grant to study ways to consolidate local government services. It was pursued but the proposal fizzled out without coming to a vote in mid-2014.

Although the village would have effectively put an end to the dissolution with the results of their vote, the process would have still been struck down regardless.

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On the same night as the Vil-lage of Mamaroneck’s vote, a mere six miles away, Port Ches-ter trustees were also voting down the dissolution in their own village board meeting.

Dennis Pilla, Port Chester’s Democratic mayor-elect and one of the early champions of the dissolution, said he sym-pathizes with some of Rosen-blum’s reasons for caution. Pilla did not take part in Port Chester’s dissolution vote as he isn’t officially sworn into office until April 7.

“I can understand Mayor Rosenblum’s concern for want-

ing to make sure that costs aren’t tossed over to Mama-roneck without consideration,” Pilla said.

Potok said while he believed it was premature bring the issue to a definitive vote so soon in Mamaroneck after the process was initiated, any further dis-cussion is essentially without merit since Port Chester’s ap-proval was necessary in moving the process forward.

Trustee Miller could not be reached for comment as of press time.


The Town of Rye will live to see another day, as two village boards voted on March 23 against continuing with the dissolution process. In November, Rye Town moved its administrative offices from this building on Pearl Street in Port Chester to Port Chester Village Hall on Grace Church Street. File photo

Westchester County Ex-ecutive Rob Astorino has announced that he will host an all-day fatherhood con-ference on Tuesday, April 7, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Westchester County Center in White Plains. The conference is entitled “The Power of a Father’s Presence: Challenges and Victories in Supporting Dads.”

Sponsored by the West-chester County Department of Social Services and nearly 20 other partners, the confer-ence is designed to inspire, educate and challenge men and to celebrate the critical role of a father in the lives of his children.

“Unfortunately, over the course of the past 40 or 50 years in this country, the criti-cally important role of the fa-ther in the family has been de-graded in popular media and in society and the statistics of children of all races grow-ing up without the loving and nurturing support of a father sadly continues to increase

at a disturbing rate,”Astorino said. “No one would ever question the critical impor-tance of a mother and we should celebrate the role of the father in a similar man-ner, and set expectations very high. This conference offers fathers and providers, who work with fathers and fami-lies, key tools and support to help men become great par-ents to their children.”

Astorino said the con-ference will include sev-eral workshops for fathers and providers focusing on such topics as education, employment, handling con-flicts, communication tech-niques, statistical evidence of the power of fathers, and how to remain an involved and effective dad during life transitions as a result of a separation.

Tony Porter, co-founder of A Call to Men, a leading national violence prevention organization, is the keynote speaker. Several other speak-ers are scheduled including

Astorino to host fatherhood conference

Allan Houston, former New York Knicks’ all-star.

The conference is open to all. There is a $35 registration fee that includes a continen-tal breakfast and lunch. The deadline to register is March 27. For more information or to register, email [email protected], or call 845-883-6060. (Submitted)

County Executive Rob Astorino


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Skinny House recommended for designation By MaRISSa pEnn

Staff Writer

The Skinny House, which was built in 1932 and stands only 10-feet wide, on Grand Street in Mamaroneck, has been chosen to be recommended for historic designation.

On March 25, Gov. An-drew Cuomo, a Democrat, announced that the New York State Board for Historic Pres-ervation recommended the addition of 22 properties, in-cluding the Skinny House in Mamaroneck, to both the State and National Registers of His-toric Places.

“New York has a rich heri-tage and has served as the lo-cation of significant events that are important to this na-tion’s history,” Cuomo said. “By placing these properties on state and national regis-ters, we can ensure that these sites from New York’s past are preserved, maintained and en-joyed for future generations.”

Being listed in the state and national Register is a boost

for property owners to revital-ize their buildings, as it makes them eligible for various pub-lic preservation programs and services such as matching state grants and state and federal his-toric rehabilitation tax credits.

Adjacent to I-95 on a quiet, modest street in the village’s Washingtonville section, the Skinny House sits uninhabited

banisters to build the 37-foot-long house. Seely even found a chicken coop, which he at-tached to the roof of the house.

In the past, the Skinny House was rented out, but since 2013 it has been unoccupied.

Two years ago, after starting to renovate the kitchen, an ex-tensive termite infestation was discovered. The house, which was deemed too dangerous for occupation, needs costly, substantial renovations. The owners, who said they cannot afford to renovate the house, may possibly turn it over to the local historical society.

If, as expected, the fed-eral government places the Skinny House on the national

historic register, the designa-tion could help to obtain grants to fix the damage caused by the termites.

In addition to Mamaroneck’s Skinny House, one other West-chester County property was selected. The Waccabuc His-toric District, a 524-acre plot of land that includes the core of the Enoch Mead family’s landholdings, which devel-oped in the Lewisboro ham-let starting in 1780, was also recommended.

The Mamaroneck His-torical Society could not be reached for comment as of press time.


on a narrow plot of land owned by Ida Santangelo and her daughter Nancy Picarello.

Santangelo, 94, a lifelong Mamaroneck resident, lives two doors down on Grand Street in the same home in which she grew up in.

“People come by every day to look at the house,” Picarello said. “My mom had an open house several years ago and people came from all over the world to tour the house.”

The Skinny House was built in 1932 by Nathan T. Seely, an African-American carpenter who had a successful home-building business.

“They couldn’t build out, so they had to build up,” Picarello said.

The plot of land, which the house was built on, was donat-ed as a gift to Seely in 1931, during the Great Depression, by Picarello’s grandfather who lived next door.

With little money to pur-chase building materials, Seely repurposed everything from rail-road ties to windows and

Nancy Picarello, left, and her mother Ida Santangelo, the owners of the Skinny House. Photos/Marissa Penn

The Skinny House on Grand Street in Mamaroneck is one of 22 properties that has been recommended for historic designation.

The Skinny House in Mamaroneck is only 10 feet wide.

The Skinny House was built in 1932, on a donated plot of land, by Nathan T. Seely, an African-American carpenter who had a successful home building business.


The Rye Neck School District presented its first version of the proposed 2015-2016 school budget. While the numbers look healthy, the district’s Board of Education will continue deliberations until the budget is adopted in April. File photo

By JaCKSOn CHEnStaff Writer

The Rye Neck School Dis-trict presented a proposed bud-get of $39.6 million for the 2015-2016 school year, which comes under the state mandat-ed tax cap for the fourth year in a row.

On March 18, the Board of Education presented a pre-liminary version of the bud-get to the public that aimed at preserving current student-teacher ratios and bolstering the current Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering and Math, STEM, programs.

As the proposed budget stands currently, the tax levy increase is only 0.99 percent, which meets this year’s state mandated cap of 0.99 percent.. With last year’s near-capacity tax levy increase of 3.12 per-cent, the school district was concerned it wouldn’t be able to continue its trend of tax cap compliancy. However, this year’s budget proposes another year of being under the tax cap and sharp decrease in spending.

According to Assistant Su-perintendent for Business and Finance Dr. Kimberly Bucci, the positivity for this year’s budget is an anomaly for Rye Neck schools due to three con-tributing factors.

Bucci said that, like other school districts, Rye Neck’s district was able to accumu-late savings through the lower-ing costs of employee benefits from a change in contribution rates with the state’s Teacher Retirement System. The as-

Rye Neck proposes healthy school budget

sistant superintendent added that the district saved approxi-mately $240,000 in their debt services, and also was able to negotiate “fiscally responsible labor contract settlements” with teacher unions.

In its efforts to better bal-ance its finances, the district’s proposed budget includes a $279,000, or 0.7 percent, de-crease in spending, compared to the current budget’s 4.54 spending increase. According to Bucci, the savings in em-ployee benefits and debt ser-vice contributed heavily to the major spending decrease.

According to the drafted budget, the $20 million al-lotted for employee salaries and $9.5 million for their benefits accounts for the lion’s share of the district’s total expenditures. As for revenues, the school dis-trict is down $279,000 from the current year’s budget as there was a steep loss within the fund balance.

The proposal also high-lights that staffing has in-creased by 3.7 positions in terms of full-time equivalent employees. The staffing addi-tions continue a pattern of up-swing since 2013, totaling 7.3 additional school district em-ployees. However, in the past, the district has cut 21 positions from 2009 to 2013.

With a better proposed budget so far, Rye Town tax-payers would see a 1.12 per-cent tax rate increase while taxpayers in Rye City would see a 3.83 percent tax rate in-crease, if passed. The tax rate,

or the amount per $1000 of a resident’s property assess-ment that they must pay, also saw a drop from the current budget where Rye Town’s increase was at 1.25 percent and Rye City’s increase was at 5.27 percent.

On the same day the board presented its 2015-2016 school budget, they began their scru-tiny of the document with its first budget hearing meeting.

”We go through the budget slides from revenues to ex-penditures, to new staff, to the changes years over year,” Buc-ci said of the budget hearings.

Even with four budget hear-ings in total aimed at finaliz-ing the product, Bucci said the process of crafting a proper budget within the school board began in September 2014. The assistant superintendent added that in beginning the budget season, the board seeks opin-ions and concerns from the district’s Programs and Priori-ties Committee, where com-munity members share what they want to see for the new fiscal year.

The board will reconvene for its second budget hearing on April 8, but is also await-ing a concrete number of how much state aid it will receive, which is due sometime in April. After its third budget hearing on April 22, the school board will vote to adopt the budget. A final public vote for the approved budget by resi-dents of the district will take place on May 19.


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Say goodbye to winter and celebrate the new spring season with an exhibition of new works at the Mama-roneck Artists Guild Gallery. “New Directions,” opening on Tuesday, March 31 and continuing through Saturday, April 25, is an exhibition of recently completed works of art by Larchmont’s An-nette DeLucie Lieblein and Mamaroneck’s Julia Sperry. Sperry’s “Construction and Deconstruction” series is com-prised of graphic and mixed media works with an archi-tectural bent, complimenting Lieblein’s minimalistic en-

caustic paintings—works cre-ated with pigmented wax—and geometric monotypes. Guests will have the oppor-tunity to meet the artists at an opening reception on Sun-day, April 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The artists will also be at the gallery on Sunday, April 19 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. to meet and greet visitors. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and admis-sion to the gallery is free. Established in 1953 by seven local artists, the Mamaroneck Artists Guild is the oldest art-ist cooperative maintaining its

own gallery in Westchester County. For further informa-tion, contact Suzanne Mon-tresor, gallery director at 834-1117 or at [email protected]. (Submitted)

By MaRISSa pEnnStaff Writer

After being approved in January, Metropolitan Trans-portation Authority fare in-creases, which went up by 4.25 percent, went into effect on Sunday, March 22.

For the fifth time since 2008, fares on the Metro-North railroad, MTA New York City Transit buses and subways, MTA Bus, the MTA Staten Is-land Railway, and MTA Bridg-es and Tunnels increased.

All monthly and weekly fares have increased depend-ing on the distance of travel and the time.

Single ride subway and bus fares increased by 25 cents from $2.50 to $2.75. The price of an unlimited monthly Me-troCard has also risen from $112 to $116.50.

Metro-North fares increase

The MTA increased fare on the Metro-North railroad and on New York City buses and subways by roughly 4 percent. The increase went into effect on March 22. File photo

E-ZPass tolls for cars and trucks have also increased by 4 percent, with a 6 to 10 percent toll increase for those paying cash.

MTA President Thomas Prendergast said the MTA is keeping its promise to ensure fare and toll increases are as low as possible.

“We have cut more than $1 billion from our ongoing expenses,” Prendergast said. “But a modest fare and toll increase is necessary to bal-ance our budget against the increase costs of providing the bus, subway, railroad and para-transit service.”

Arianna Harris, a Bronx resident and frequent Metro-North rider, was not happy about the increase. “I depend on the MTA and I mean, it’s pretty expensive, it’s ridicu-lous,” she said.

When asked about what she thought of the fare increase, Rachel Azimi, a Carmel resi-dent, told the Review that she thought it was “terrible.”

“The fare is already out of this world expensive and I avoid taking the train when possible because it’s so ex-pensive,” she said. “Last time I took the train, I was so to-tally shocked at how much it cost.”

Others thought the increase was just par for the course.

Barbara Flitt, a Manhattan resident that takes the subway seven days a week, thought the increase was “to be expected.”

“It’s not that bad, but people are already noticing though,” she said.

Marjorie Anders, MTA spo-keswoman, declined comment.


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forecasts the capital projects fund for the next five years, but the most financially-straining year would be the upcoming fiscal year. Accord-ing to the budget, a capital project aimed at relocating clay tennis courts in Harbor Island Park is an estimated $7 million. Slingerland said the

relocation project has been in the village’s capital budget for several years, but a des-ignated location has not yet been worked out. Alongside the court relocation, the vil-lage’s Recreation Department would use another $1.5 mil-lion to improve field drainage in Harbor Island Park.

With several budget work sessions under its belt, Sling-

erland said he doesn’t expect the board to exceed the cap, even given the limited leeway of .02 percent.

The Board of Trustees will hold several budget meetings throughout the months of March and April before the scheduled adoption date of April 27.


For the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the Village of Mamaroneck has presented its first-ever tax cap compliant budget. Since the budget is still a draft, the Board of Trustees will work on tweaking it before adopting it in April. File photo.

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The Larchmont Public Lib-rary is pleased to announce the opening of the second annual student art exhibit featuring works by students enrolled in the Drawing and Painting program at Mamaroneck High School.

The exhibit, which opens in the library’s Oresman Gal-lery on Wednesday, April 8, will run through April 29 and is available for viewing during normal library hours.

The exhibit will feature artworks across a variety of styles and mediums by stu-dents from Drawing and Paint-ing classes taught by Jason Cuvelier, Adam Rizzuti and Jill Shoffiett. Faculty members will also be exhibiting their work. The exhibit is an annual event, taking place in the Ores-man Gallery April each year.

“We’re very glad to have this chance for our students, particularly our middle-lev-el students, to exhibit their artwork in a very nice, seri-

ous venue in the community”, said Kevin Klein, chairman of the Art Department at Ma-maroneck High School. “It’s exciting for the students to have the prospect of a real off-campus show in front of them. It spurs them to work extra hard to perfect their pieces and helps them to magically find the extra hours to do this. In addition, a show also gives the students some very real and persuasive compensation for their labor when people come to admire and praise it. It is a very authentic sort of assess-ment for their art. We’re grate-ful that the Larchmont Public Library can help us do this. We were so happy with the show last year, the responses to it and the way our students felt that we have expanded its scope this year to include more of our sophomores at Mama-roneck High School.”

The annual exhibit is designed to bring the community together

in a celebration of art and the library is the perfect place for the annual exhibit to take place.

“The Larchmont Pub-lic Library couldn’t be more pleased than to host the annual exhibit of art in our Oresman Gallery by the students of Ma-maroneck High School”, said Laura Eckley, library director. “The exhibit is truly a commu-nity event, providing students with the opportunity to display their work in a gallery environ-ment, giving people in the area the opportunity to view and enjoy their work, and provides our library with an opportuni-ty to support the arts program at Mamaroneck High School. We are pleased to offer our Oresman Gallery for this spe-cial annual event.”

For information about exhib-its in the Oresman Gallery at the Larchmont Public Library, call the library at 834-2281 or visit the library online at larch-montlibrary.org. (Submitted)

Mamaroneck High School art exhibit to open

“Crumple” by Mamaroneck High School student Stina Tyner. Contributed photos

The artwork of Mamaroneck High School student Clarissa Cuni.


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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held in the Tiered Classroom at Mamaroneck High School at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 for the presentation of the budget document.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the Mamaroneck School District budget for 2015-2016, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District during business hours beginning April 28, 2015, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Administration Offices, 1000 W. Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York, and at each of the school buildings. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting and Election of the Mamaroneck Union Free School District, Westchester County, Mamaroneck, New York, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, for the purpose of voting upon:

1. Adoption of the budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year; and 2. Election of Three members of the Board of Education for full three-year terms, beginning July 1, 2015, and ending

June 30, 2018, to succeed Melany Gray, Roger Martin and Robin Nichinsky.

The vote will be taken between the hours of 7 o’clock a.m. to 9 o’clock p.m. in each of the four election districts at the following places:

1. Central Election District: The voting place of this Election

District shall be the Central School, Palmer Avenue, Larchmont New York.

2. Mamaroneck Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Mamaroneck Avenue School, Mamaroneck Avenue, Mamaroneck, New York.

3. Chatsworth Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Chatsworth Avenue School, Larchmont, New York.

4. Murray Avenue Election District: The voting place of this Election District shall be the Murray Avenue School, Murray Avenue, Larchmont, New York.

The boundaries of each of these election districts are co-extensive with the boundaries of the respective school attendance districts, e.g.,:

1. The Central Election District is co-extensive with the Central School District.

2. The Mamaroneck Avenue Election District is co-extensive with the Mamaroneck Avenue School District.

3. The Chatsworth Avenue Election District is co-extensive with the Chatsworth Avenue School District.

4. The Murray Avenue Election District is co-extensive with the Murray Avenue School District.

A qualified voter shall vote at the place herein above designated within the School District and Election District in which such qualified voter resides. Voting machines will be used to record the vote.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for the purpose of preparing a register for each election district, the members of the Board of Registration shall meet at Mamaroneck High School, 1000 W. Boston Post Road, on the following day and for the indicated hours:

Wednesday, May 13, 2015,Superintendent’s Office from 7:00 -10:00 a.m.Conference Room N101 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration shall meet during the Annual Meeting and Election at the election districts (each elementary school) for the purpose of preparing a register for meetings or elections to be held subsequent to such Annual Meeting or Election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that immediately upon the completion of the register so prepared by members of the Board of Registration, and not later than five days prior to Tuesday, May 19, 2015, the register shall be filed in the District Clerk’s office and thereafter shall be open to inspection by any qualified voter of the school district between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 4 o’clock p.m. on each day up to and including Monday, May 18, 2015, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 16, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any person who shall be registered with the Board of Registration of the school district, and who has voted in 2011, 2012, 2013, or 2014 in a School District election, or who shall be registered to vote in general elections, shall be entitled to vote at said election without re-registering with the School District.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for office of member of the Board of Education must be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, 1000 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York, between the hours of 9 o’clock a.m. and 5 o’clock p.m. not later than thirty days preceding the date of election of members, to wit, April 20, 2015, and shall be subscribed by not less than 37 qualified voters of the district.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that copies of the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters at this Annual Election and a statement of estimated expenses for the ensuing year will be completed and copies made available at each schoolhouse in the district in which a school is maintained, from 9 o’clock a.m. to 3 o’clock p.m. on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday during the fourteen days immediately preceding said Annual Election, to wit, May 5, 2015 to May 19, 2015, inclusive, and also on said Annual Election Day.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any and all further propositions to be placed upon the voting machines shall be by petition filed in the Office of the District Clerk not later than thirty days preceding the day of election, to wit, April 20, 2015, and shall be subscribed by not less than 92 qualified district voters.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the District. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the said office of the clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sundays and also available for inspection on Saturday, May 16, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website

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Frustrated with the waiting game, Harckham, who is leading the Play-land discussions as the chairman of the Parks, Labor, Housing & Planning Committee, sent a letter to the Astorino administration asking to see the Bieder-man report and requesting representa-tives of the county executive’s adminis-tration and the county parks department to attend the next parks committee.

During the April 1 parks committee, a draft of a subpoena for the Biederman report was drawn up but not voted on. The draft was given to Plunkett, who responded to Harckham’s letter shortly thereafter, agreeing to have members of the administration and county parks department present during the April 15 parks committee meeting, according to several legislators.

“It’s been very frustrating because it went from last November to December and here we are in April and we still don’t have the report,” Harckham said. “It’s also frustrating because we’re now about to start a new season at Playland and we won’t have a vendor.”

According to sources, the county executive’s office has been in talks with Standard Amusements, which was one of the two runners up to Sus-tainable Playland, Inc., in the original request for proposals, RFP, sent out by the county to run and renovate Play-land back in 2010.

Standard Amusements, along with the other runner up Central Amuse-ments, became a front runner for con-sideration after SPI withdrew its pro-posal to manage and operate Playland in

playland from page 1 June 2014 under scrutiny from the City of Rye, the neighborhood abutting the amuse-ment park and the Demo- cratic-led Westchester County Board of Legislators.

Harkham said Plunkett told him the county executive’s office was con-cerned about ongoing negotiations with a possible vendor, which is why they didn’t want to release the report.

As part of Standard Amusements’ plan submitted back in 2010 and then resubmitted last year, a $25 million commitment to the county—$6 mil-lion upfront and another $19 million for capital projects—was earmarked. Of the $19 million, approximately $15 million would be spent on capi-tal improvements before the second season. As part of the proposal, Play-land’s older, iconic rides such as the carousel and Dragon Coaster, would be refurbished and three new rides—a $1.5 million double loop water slide to enhance the pool area, a $2.2 million interactive children’s water play ele-ment and a $1.2 million “unicoaster,” which simulates a looping roller coast-er but with a smaller footprint—would be added.

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Just when you thought the winter was over, we got an-other six inches of snow on the first day of spring. I think we all had enough, because this unusual weather is delay-ing our seasonal compulsion of remodeling something in the spring. It could be a kitchen, a bath, even a closet or garage, it really doesn’t matter. Our species is predis-posed to do something to our home when the weather starts to warm. Like the swallows returning from wherever they went, this need is not some-thing to be ashamed of. We have very little control over it.

If you are facing this un-controllable remodeling urge, you will probably need some help. But don’t despair. You don’t have to do it alone. There are many qualified designers available to create a functional, as well as aes-thetically pleasing, kitchen or bath to satisfy your de-sires. Look for a firm that is associated with the National Kitchen and Bath Associa-tion. This is the largest orga-nization in the industry and it sets the standards for modern interior design. But don’t ex-pect to get something for noth-ing, because you get what you pay for.

Most trained and quali-fied designers charge for their initial work, however their charges and pricing struc-tures vary greatly. I know of companies that charge any-where from $100 to $1,000 or more, for this service. Usually, this sum can be ap-

Remodeling fever delayed by snowplied towards the purchase of designs or cabinets, and I wouldn’t recommend con-tracting with a firm that did not adhere to that policy. Af-ter all, a good design takes a great deal of time, effort and creativity, so why should they give this away for free? However, if they’re willing to credit these charges towards a purchase, you’re not taking too big a risk.

An argument could be made that if you don’t like the design or estimate, you’ve wasted your money. I don’t entirely disagree with this, and that’s why I recom-mend finding a firm with a minimum initial design fee. This smaller expense cer-tainly does not compensate the designer for all the time he must spend creating your dream kitchen, but it shows a commitment on your part, in-dicating that you are serious about the project.

Some firms have a staged design fee, which includes a minimum initial design charge. If after reviewing the design, you wish to pursue the project, they have a sec-ondary fee, sometimes called a retainer, for additional work on the design or releasing the drawings to you. This seems to be an equitable compro-mise. The designer charges a minimal fee, confident that they will create an exciting design, within the budget that you specify. You get a chance to review the design and see how much the renovation will cost, before laying out a lot of money.

At that point, assuming the design fits your budget, you have to ask yourself

three questions. The first is, ‘do you like the design?’ It doesn’t have to be perfect yet, but it must show promise, and you have to be convinced that it can be modified to your satisfaction.

The second question is, ‘do you like the company’s products?’ This includes the cabinets, countertops and other accessories.

The final question is, ‘do you trust the designer and his support staff?’ If the design or designer is not to your lik-ing, or the cost is out of line, you have the option of ending the relationship without in-curring additional costs.

If you answer, ‘yes’ to the three questions, you’re ready to move to the next step in a staged design fee program. If any of your answers were ‘no,’ look for another firm that you are more comfort-able with.

Once you find the right company to work with, a design you love, and a price that’s compatible with your budget, you can succumb to your impulses. Don’t feel guilty. Just as the swal-lows fly home, spring home improvement has been in-grained into our genes for a thousand years and it will remain that way for a long time to come.

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Well, it happened again. My bracket is an absolute mess.

It didn’t take long for me to realize that this wasn’t going to be my year. By the end of day two of the tournament, I’d lost eight teams in my field of 32. Two days later, my entire West Region was in shambles.

Given the number of shock-ing upsets, though, I remained cautiously optimistic. Not so much in my own ability to pick the games, but in the fact that everyone else’s bracket was surely busted as well. Alas, there were few brackets as bad off as mine was.

Heading into this week’s Fi-nal Four round, it would seem virtually impossible for me to escape with a tournament win. But despite my continued lack of success here, it’s been a pretty fun ride.

A descent into madnessThe tournament, as always,

has had its share of great moments.

From Georgia State’s first round upset against Bay-lor—complete with injured Panthers’ coach Ron Hunter falling out of his chair after his son hit the deciding shot, to Notre Dame’s near upset of Kentucky last Saturday, there has been no shortage of excitement this year.

In some ways, having such a rough time with my bracket has been a blessing. Instead of hanging on each game worried that a late-run might bury my chances of winning, I have been able to simply watch the games as a basketball fan—with no rooting interest. Had I still been in the hunt for an il-lusive title, I would’ve been rooting for Kentucky—home of the one-and-done and just about everything that is wrong with college basket-ball—to win. After all, I, and

many others, have them go-ing all the way.

But freeing myself from that sort of bottom-line think-ing allowed me to root for an upset win for the Irish and senior guard Jerian Grant, a fifth-year player who has un-doubtedly helped his NBA chances by sticking around in the college ranks for a while.

Of course, maybe this is just a defense mechanism; my way of dealing with the tragedy that befalls my picks each year. I’m used to it by now. But win or lose, brack-ets intact or not, March Mad-ness is one of the best times of the year for a sports fan.

At least I’ll keep telling myself that. One of these days, I’m going to win this thing.

I deserve my one shining moment.

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Once again, Mike Smith will not be winning any March Madness bracket pools. Even so, he’s been enjoying this year’s tournament immensely.

April 3, 2015 • THE MaMaROnECK REvIEw • 15SPORTS

By MIKE SMITHSports Editor

On March 26, two of the preeminent lacrosse programs in the section kicked off the 2015 season against one an-other when the Mamaroneck Tigers took on reigning Class C champion Bronxville in the spring opener for both teams. Despite a competitive start to the game for the Tigers, it wasn’t long before the Bron-cos were able to pull away en route to a 18-7 win.

The Broncos tallied the first two goals of the game, scoring twice in the first four minutes, but Mamaroneck battled back with goals from Alex Ewald and Liam Monaghan to knot the score at 2-2.

Unfortunately for the Ti-gers, the tie prompted a Bronxville flurry, as the home team was able to go on a 9-3 run to close out the half. The Broncos didn’t waver in the second half, pouring it on to amass an 11-goal lead.

Henry Grass led the way for Bronxville, tallying seven goals and five assists on the day, as the Broncos showed

Tigers fall to Broncos

just how dominant they can be on the offensive end.

Broncos head coach Tim Horgan was impressed with what he saw from his team in their first test of the season.

“I don’t want to use the cliché that we were in ‘mid-season form,’” Horgan said. “But we were composed. The team has played together all year, so we’re not just limited to those eight practices be-fore the season starts.”

Horgan was especially ple-ased to see how his younger players, including Ara Atay-an who had three goals and an assist, are meshing with the upperclassmen, especial-ly on the attack.

“We’ve got a nice, rounded group,” Horgan said. “We’ve got a lot of talented younger players this year.”

Despite the loss, Mama-roneck acquitted itself well, and the success it had against

Bronxville defenders attempt to keep Mamaroneck’s Reed Malas off the net in the season opener. Bronxville is currently 2-0.

Spring Sprint announced

The Auxiliary Board of St. Vincent’s Hospital West-chester will host the 6th an-nual Marie and George Doty Spring Sprint 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 9, starting at the hospital’s main campus at 275 North Street in Harrison. Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. and the run/walk will begin at 9 a.m. All ages are welcome. For more information, to reg-ister as a team or individual,

or to learn about sponsorship opportunities, please vis-it stvincentswestchester.org or call 925-5401. More than 500 participants attended the event in 2014.

Proceeds from the Spring Sprint will benefit St. Vin-cent’s Hospital Westchester, a division of Saint Joseph’s Medical Center. St. Vincent’s offers inpatient and outpa-tient mental health and ad-

diction treatment services at its campus in Harrison and at off-site locations in White Plains, Tuckahoe and Port Chester. St. Vincent’s also provides mobile crisis ser-vices for Westchester County, manages residential services for 724 individuals in West-chester County and New York City and operates four opioid treatment centers in New York City. (Submitted)

St. Vincent’s Hospital will host the annual Spring Sprint on May 9. Photo courtesy stvincenctswestchester.org

Bronxville’s defense was something of a wake-up call for Horgan and the Bron-cos. Although the Broncos were able to key on top Tiger scorer Reed Malas, Charlie Conley found the net three times against the defending

Class C champs.“I think we need to work

on our clearing game. And defensively, we just need to make sure we’re doing all the little things the right way,” Horgan said. “Early on, we’ve given up a few

goals because we weren’t doing that.”

The Tigers will be back in action on April 9 when they travel to Pearl River to take on the Pirates.


Henry Grass makes a move against a Mamaroneck defender on March 26. Grass finished the game with seven goals and five assists.

Mamaroneck and Bronxville square off in their respective season openers on March 26. Bronxville beat the Tigers 18-7. Photos/Mike Smith

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