Mamaroneck Review 11-7-2014

November 7, 2014 | Vol. 2, Number 44 | www.mamaroneckreview.com

Mamaroneck REVIEWTHE

distribution of state legislative bills instead of paper copies to satisfy the constitutional re-quirement that a bill be printed and on the desks of state legis-lators at least three days before the Legislature votes on it, was nearly non-existent.

But Propositions One and Three—an amendment estab-lishing a redistricting commit-tee and a bond referendum for the Smart Schools Bond Act, respectively—were argued

for and against by elected and school officials, and advocacy groups.

Proposition One creates a 10-member redistricting com-mission to establish new legis-lative and congressional district lines. The commission would meet every 10 years beginning in 2020.

It’s intended to take the re-districting process out of the Legislature’s hands and hand it off to an independent third

party. Prior to this, the state Legislature was the sole entity responsible for creating new district lines, and critics say the lines were redrawn to favor in-cumbents or the political party in power at the time.

The commission is com-prised of two members who are to be appointed by each of the four state legislative leaders—majority leader of the Senate,

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Latimer wins again

By ALinA sUriELand JACKson CHEn

Staff Writers

The Democratic candidates for the Village of Mamaroneck’s Board of Trustees comforta- bly swept the race with 54 per-cent of the votes and are now set to usher in a true Democratic majority on the board.

In total, 11,817 votes were cast on Election Day with 100 percent of ballots accounted for in the village’s 15 voting districts, according to the West-chester County Board of Elec-tions. Incumbent trustees Ilissa Miller and Leon Potok and Challenger Dave Finch each received 18 percent of the total vote, while Republican Mag-gie-Leigh O’Neill received 16 percent and Michael Ianniello and Stefanie Lividini both re-ceived 15 percent of the votes.

The first numbers trickled in around 9:20 p.m. at Roasted Peppers, the Democrats elec-tion night headquarters. Those in attendance crowded around

Democrats sweep trustee elections

Democratic village trustee candidates Ilissa Miller, seated, Leon Potok, seated, and Dave Finch, not pictured, celebrate their sweep among friends and family at Roasted Peppers on Mamaroneck Avenue. Photo/Andrew Dapolite

Potok, who began tallying up the votes. According to unof-ficial numbers, the Democrats dominated seven out of the 15 districts paving the way for their victory.

At Roasted Peppers, every-one was fixated on the projec-tion from Potok’s laptop that showed the updated results. Cramped together, supporters cheered as a Democratic vic-

tory became certain. “Let’s be real, I don’t care

whether it’s playing cards with the family or bowling, win-

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ELECTION

ELECTION

By JoHn BrAndiStaff Writer

It appears Democratic state Sen. George Latimer has done it again warding off some stiff competition on his way to an-other term in Albany.

Although results remained unofficial as of press time, the numbers for the 37th Senate District race clearly favored the one-term incumbent sena-tor who was ahead of his op-ponent Yonkers Republican Joe Dillon by a margin of 50 percent to 45 percent, accord-ing to the New York State Board of Elections.

Dillon, however, has yet to concede, as of press time, and had told a room full of enthu-siastic supporters on election night at JC Fogarty’s in Bronx-ville that his campaign still has to “crunch some numbers.”

Latimer, 60, spoke of vic-tory at a relatively quiet event at the Coliseum night club in White Plains. Although Lat-imer could sense it was open season on Democrats, he survived a hard fought, and sometimes nasty, campaign to see another term.

“It was a bad year for Dem-ocrats in general, and I [could] feel that all throughout the fall,” Latimer, of Rye, told the Review. “I was able to win in a down year for the Democrats.”

Perhaps the venue was cho-sen to match Latimer’s cam-paign style, a reserved attempt, he said, to avoid the negative attack-based ads his opponent chose to include in the race.

“I didn’t go on [television] and negatively attack him,” Latimer said of Dillon. “He

attacked me on [television], but I didn’t respond in kind. We didn’t get into his personal is-sues; we focused on the issues.”

Meanwhile, Dillon spokes-person T.J. McCormack tried to explain why his candidate was reluctant to admit defeat stating the trouble lies with the Board of Elections’ data, which has Latimer up 35,749 total votes to Dillon’s 32,175.

“It was a hard fought three months, and Joseph Dillon can only acknowledge just that,” McCormack said. “He thanks [George] Latimer for a spirited exchange of ideas, but due to the nature of the Board of Elections, a conces-sion would be premature and inappropriate.”

Dillon, 48, thanked his sup-porters and staff, who cheered him on throughout election night, and said that he was “very proud of the campaign” and as a new candidate, how he was able to give Latimer a run for his money. Dillon didn’t enter the race until the last of-ficial day to do so in July, well behind his opponent.

Dillon’s family, relatives as far away as Atlanta, Ga., were in attendance watching the results trickle in. Dillon’s wife Rachel said her husband is a “practical” politician and a “great problem solver.”

“I think the fact that the race is so close, and Joe’s only been in the race for two months, shows people really want change,” she said.

During the campaign, the candidates debated roughly 10 times, something unprec-

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Three statewide ballot propositions passBy CHris EBErHArt

Staff Writer

Propositions One, Two and Three passed by wide margins, establishing a state redistrict-ing committee and authorizing the issuance of $2 billion worth of general obligation bonds to fund technology in school dis-tricts throughout the state.

Leading up to Election Day, debate over Proposition Two, which allows for the electronic

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2 3 4Larchmont Village Hall

Closed

VOM Tree Committee meeting7:30 p.m.,

Regatta Conference Room

VOM Board of Architectural Review

7:30 p.m., Village Hall Courtroom

5TOM Board meeting

8 p.m., Town Center

6VOM Zoning Board of

Appeals 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

TOM Area All-State Concert8 p.m.,

SUNY Purchase

7 8TOM CEN School Musical

11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

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TOM CEN Central School Musical

11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

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Larchmont Board of Trustees

work session-cancelled

VOM Board of Trustees regular meeting

7:30 p.m., Courtroom.

VOM Hall Closed-

Veteran’s Day

11Larchmont Veterans Day

Village offices closed

VOM Ethics Board meeting 7:30 p.m.,

Regatta Conference RoomTOM Recreation

Commission meeting7:30 p.m.,

Town Center

12Larchmont Zoning Board

of Appeals meeting8:15 p.m., Village Hall

VOM Council of the Arts7 p.m.,

Regatta Conference Room

TOM Planning Board meeting8 p.m.,

Town Center

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VOM Board of Traffic Commissioners

7:15 p.m., Courtroom

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TOM Elementary All-County String Auditions

8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

16 17Larchmont Board of

Trustees meeting 7:30 p.m., Village Hall

VOM Board of Trustees work session

5:30 p.m., Regatta Conference Room

TOM Board of Architectural review

meeting8 p.m.,

Town Center

18VOM Committee for the

Environment7:30 p.m., Courtroom

VOM Budget Committee7:30 p.m.,

Regatta Conference RoomTOM Budget work

session4 p.m.,

Town Center

19Larchmont Architectural Review Board meeting

8 p.m., Village Hall Court Room

VOM Harbor Coastal Zone Management

Commission meeting 7:30 p.m., Courtroom

TOM Board meeting8 p.m.,

Town Center

20 21 22TOM Elementary

All-County band auditions 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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VOM Board of Trustees Regular meeting

7:30 p.m., Courtroom

TOM SEPTA Road to College Series

7:30 p.m., MHS Library

25 26 VOM Planning Board

meeting7 p.m.,

Courtroom

TOM Zoning Board of Appeals meeting

7:45 p.m.,Town Center

Thanksgiving recess, Schools are closed

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Thanksgiving Day

ThanksgivingLarchmont Village Hall

Closed

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Thanksgiving Recess, Schools are closed

TOM Day After Thanksgiving

Town Center Closed

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November 2014Planning ahead...

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What’s going on...tired? In a world where “never enough” domi-nates and fear has become second nature, living authentically seems dangerous, let alone striv-ing for happiness and fulfillment.

Eric Faria will speak about dispelling the myth that creating a life worthy of your poten-tial is unattainable. Join Eric in letting go of the “shoulds” along with the suffering that comes from them and begin to discover your authentic voice.

Speaker Eric Faria is a life coach, relation-ship specialist and has been engaged in self-development work since 2005. He is also the host and producer of the television show “Embracing Fear.”

Information on hearing loss prevention

Warning signs of Hearing loss, available solutions, Q and A session and free hearing screenings.

Presented by Zounds Hearing of Westches-ter is being held on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. until noon in the Community Room. Registra-tion is not required.

“Jersey Boys,” the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

From director Clint Eastwood comes the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical “Jersey Boys.” The cast includes Chris-topher Walken, Steven Schirripa, John Lloyd Young and is taking place on Monday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m. in the Community Room. This event

is free. No reservation is required.

History Book Club: “America’s Great Debate”

Historical non-fiction book club led by Paul Noto. “America’s Great Debate, Henry Clay, Stephen Douglas and The Compromise That Saved the Union” by Fergus M. Bordewich.

Copies of the book are available at the check-out desk. This event is taking place on Monday, Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. in the Community Room.

Crafternoons: Mamaroneck library’s new crafter’s club

Calling all yarn crafters. Do you craft? Are you a knitter, a crocheter, an embroiderer, a fel-ter? Come join library staff and friends who, like yourself, love to work and create beauti-ful things. This is taking place on the following Thursdays, Nov. 20 and Dec. 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Community Room. No registra-tion required. Free.

Larchmont Public Library events

Leaping Literature with Naomi HillChildren ages four to six are welcome to join

the library at this event being held on Nov. 10, 17 and 24 at 3:30 p.m. No registration is re-quired. Join former principal of Central School, Naomi Hill, for an interactive and movement based storytime.

At Home on the Sound

Classical Music: Past and PresentJoin at Home on the Sound for a program

by Paul Schwendener, the executive director of the All-Star Orchestra. Paul is a veteran record-ing industry executive and has collaborated with leading international performers. This program is free and open to the public. Refreshments are being served at 3:30 p.m. The program begins at 4 p.m. On, Monday, Nov. 10 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Larchmont Avenue Church, Russell Hall, 60 Forest Park Ave., Larchmont.

3rd Annual Turkey Bowl

The 3rd Annual Turkey Bowl will be taking place this Saturday on Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. at the Mamaroneck High School. The high school is located at 1000 W. Boston Post Road in Mama-roneck. Join for the Charity Flag Football game this year benefiting Save the Tigers. The Village of Mamaroneck Police Department will play against The Mamaroneck Volunteer Fire De-partment. Come celebrate at Molly Spillane’s after the game. Donations are accepted at both locations. 50/50 Tickets are on sale now. More

information is available at saveourtigerteams.com.

Larchmont-Mamaroneck Senior Center

Any senior citizen residing in Larchmont or Mamaroneck is eligible to enroll in the paint-ing class at the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Senior Center at the VFW on 1288 Boston Post Road.

Classes are held every Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel and charcoal are taught. All students supply their own materials. The teacher is Patricia Miner-Sutherland.

For further information please call Cathy at 834-8840.

Free community preparedness presentation

Empower yourself and others. Take the Red Cross training to Prepare, Respond, and Recover: What to do when a disaster strikes. Join the American Red Cross for a free com-munity preparedness presentation. All are welcome.

The American Red Cross has partnered with New York State to bring information ses-sions to you and your community to increase awareness about how to prepare and respond when disaster strikes. Reduce your stress and uncertainty by learning preparedness strate-gies for you and your household. This event is taking place on Nov. 12, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Town Center Courtroom. The courtroom is located at 740 W. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck.

Mamaroneck Artists Guild

A Gift of artThe Mamaroneck Artists Guild’s Annual

Holiday Show and Boutique is opening on Thursday, Nov. 20 and continuing through Wednesday, Dec. 24.

A preview reception will be held on Satur-day, Nov. 22, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at which all merchandise purchased will be discounted by 10 percent.

An opening reception will be held on Satur-day, Dec. 6, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The gallery, located at 126 Larchmont Ave. in Larchmont, is open Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. during Novem-ber. Closed Thanksgiving Day and open seven days a week from noon to 5 p.m. beginning Dec. 1 through Dec. 24.

The gallery will be closed Dec. 25 through Jan. 1, 2015, and will reopen on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015. Admission to the gallery is free.

Mamaroneck Public Library events

The Mamaroneck library has installed a new wireless and mobile printing service. This new service enables users to print documents, photos and more from their own computer or mobile device using the printeron app or website. In or-der to print, you need to choose your print loca-tion, provide your email address and come to the library within four hours to print your docu-ment. Go to the site at mamaronecklibrary.org/mobile_printing.html to access the service.

The cost for printing remains the same: 15 cents per page for black and white prints or 35 cents per page if you want to print in color. For additional information, please call the reference desk at 630-5887 or go the website at mama-ronecklibrary.org. You may also contact the li-bray by calling 698-1250 . The library is lo-cated at 136 Prospect Ave. in Mamaroneck.

“Embracing Fear”How to overcome self-sabotage and live bet-

ter. On Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. being held in the Community Room.

Are you sick and tired of being sick and

Deadline for our What’s Going On section is every Thursday at 3 p.m. Though space is not guaranteed, we will do our best to accommodate your listing. Please send all

items to [email protected].


By ALinA sUriELStaff Writer

Transit oriented develop-ment, TOD, is the latest issue firing up the community in the Village of Mamaroneck, after an Oct. 27 public hearing on a draft legislation which would affect the area around the Met-ro-North station.

The proposed legislation would effectively change zon-ing requirements in the areas considered to be within walk-ing distance from the Metro-North train station on the west side of the tracks, which in this case was defined as a general-ized half-of-a-mile from the station at Mamaroneck and Halstead avenues. This area includes Columbus Park, both sides of Mamaroneck Avenue to Nostrand Avenue, and a portion of the Washingtonville neighborhood.

According to an environ-mental assessment form pre-sented at the board meeting, studies conducted in the area prior to the drafting of the TOD

TOD legislation encourages developmentlegislation identified the limita-tions of the present zoning code as a major barrier stopping both new development in the area and redevelopment in pre-ex-isting properties. As such, the legislation is aimed at adapt-ing irregular zoning patterns in a manner which will standard-ize properties not adherent to code and encourage new de-velopment capitalizing on its proximity to public transporta-tion and the business district.

Specific changes to the zon-ing code included in the draft legislation consist of floor area ratio and parking modifica-tions to the commercial zoning sections situated in the target-ed transit oriented zone, and added definitions for green building elements and infra-structure. Part of the reason the village aims to concentrate development around public transit is to reduce energy use by minimizing reliance on pri-vate cars as a mode of trans-portation, according to Village Planner Bob Galvin.

Galvin stated in the pre-

sentation that in studies com-missioned by the village it was made evident that more than 85 percent of homes in the transit-oriented area are non-compliant with outdated village zoning codes. If the legislation were to pass, that number would be reduced to around 35 percent.

One of the biggest prob-lems related to the non-com-pliance of certain residential properties in Washingtonville is that it effectively bars prop-erty owners from any kind of developmental home im-provement without applying for a variance, or exception to the zoning code issued by the Zoning Board of Appeals. Galvin told the Review that these exceptions are difficult for property owners to ob-tain, as the deviations from the zoning code would often be great enough to be beyond the board’s authority to approve.

Because of its possible ef-fect on the environment, the TOD legislation was a big concern for even those who

support the initiative. Sue Mc-Crory, Paul Ryan and others familiar with developmental procedure called for a full en-vironmental impact statement analyzing possible positive and negative effects on the en-

vironment before the legisla-tion moves forward to make sure that possible develop-ment would not make flood-ing problems worse in an area which is already infamous for this issue since 2007, when

storms caused discharge from the Long Island Sound to rise several feet high flooding the neighborhood.

“I think it would be not only best practice but would defi-nitely be best for the commu-nity for us all to understand the environmental impact of such a major change in rezoning,” said Celia Felsher, a Mama-roneck resident and president of the Mamaroneck Coastal Environmental Coalition, a grassroots volunteer organiza-tion focused on land-use poli-cies in the village.

Village Manager Richard Slingerland told the Review that a generic environmental impact statement would be problematic because it would be speculative as to what would be developed there be-fore any actual plans have been made. He also said that environmental studies should be done by the developers looking to build in the area in order to ensure that concerns relative to their specific prop-erty would be addressed.

Some Washingtonville area

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This map shows which properties in the area that would be affected by pending transit oriented development legislation are non-conforming under the current village zoning code. Map courtesy BFJ Planning


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Playland Ice Casino reopens On Oct. 30, Surrounded by

skaters and hockey players, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino threw down a ceremonial puck on center ice to mark the reopening of the famed Ice Casino at Play-land, which had to be closed after suffering severe damage from Superstorm Sandy two years ago to the day.

“Our Ice Casino at Playland is like a great athlete,” Astori-no said. “When it gets knocked down, it gets up and comes back stronger than ever. Now with our new partner, Ameri-can Skating Entertainment Centers, joining us, slap shots, double axles, triple toeloops, thrills, spills and lots of family fun will be here at the Ice Ca-sino for many years to come.”

On the evening of Oct. 29 and into the morning of Oct. 30, 2012, Superstorm Sandy tore up the East Coast leaving billions of dollars of damage in its wake. Playland Park and the Ice Casino, which sit right on the Long Island Sound in Rye, were hit hard. Now with a $4.9 million renovation project complete, the 85-year old Ice Casino is once again open to the public and its re-nowned Art Deco architec-ture, distinguished by a high-vaulted roof with crisscross-ing wooden beams, has been fully preserved.

“Our vision for the Ice Ca-sino is the same as our vision for Playland,” Astorino said. “Preserve the best traditions and modernize the facilities and attractions so the park can have a strong future both in terms of fun and finances. Teaming up with American Skating—a great Westchester company and one of the lead-ing ice rink operators in the United States—helps us do just that.”

As the new operator, Amer- ican Skating will invest $640,000 of its money into the building over the next 18 months for capital improvements. This money will go largely toward ref urbishing and modernizing

the interior with upgraded floors, lighting, electronics, bathrooms, locker rooms and guest services areas.

“We are honored to play a role in the vision to re-invent Playland,” said Shane Cop-pola, chairman and chief ex-ecutive officer of American Skating Entertainment Cen-ters. “American Skating is committed to making Playland a world-class destination for figure skating and hockey pro-grams by providing outstand-ing customer service, improv-ing operating efficiencies and making significant investments to upgrade our iconic facility. We are excited to be working with some of the most success-

ful hockey and skating pro-grams in New York.”

One of those programs is the men’s and women’s hock-ey teams from Manhattanville College, whose players were on hand for the reopening of the rink and arena.

“It’s wonderful for Man-hattanville to get back on its ‘home ice’ at Playland,” Man-hattanville College president Jon Strauss said. “We owe a great debt of gratitude to the county executive, American Skating and all the folks who made our return possible. We’re now looking forward to terrific seasons for our women’s and men’s ice hockey teams and all their fans.”

Other returning groups and teams include the Westchester Dragons/Mariners, Rye Rang-

ers, New Rochelle Lightning, Hockey North America, Rye Figure Skating Club, Westches-ter Vipers, HVHL Mite League, Rye High School, Fordham Prep, Nates Euro Hockey, Rye Town Titans and Team Image.

“The reopening of the Ice Casino could not come at a better time given that we are celebrating our 40th sea-son,” said Karen Bresolin, of the Rye High School Hock-ey Booster Club. “Players, coaches and parents have real-ly missed being at their home ice. Now, we are all looking forward to great hockey and welcoming back our wonder-ful fans.”

The Ice Casino is now be-ing operated as Playland Ice under an agreement with American Skating, the larg-est independent owner/opera-tor of ice rinks in the United States. The 10-year agreement with American Skating, which includes an option to renew for an additional 10 years, included an upfront payment of $300,000 this year; a base payment of $250,000 com-mencing in 2015, which will increase by 2 percent each year thereafter; utilities and maintenance payments of $425,000 annually; and 25 percent of the gross revenue above $1.6 million annually.

Other announcements about the further re-invention of Playland are expected later this fall when a review of current park operations and future op-portunities will be completed by Dan Biederman, an inter-nationally recognized leader in urban and public space management, whose accom-plishments include the resto-ration of Bryant Park in New York City. (Submitted)

The original skating rules of Playland. Photos/Bobby Begun

County Executive Rob Astorino drops the puck for a faceoff officially re-opening the Playland Skating Rink on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 30.

Rob Astorino answers questions regarding the re-opening of Playland’s Ice Casino.

Former New York Rangers goalie Mike Richter was on hand at the event.


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ELECTION

ELECTIONCuomo handles Astorino; GOP controls Senate

By CHristiAn FALConEEditor-in-Chief

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, was re-elected Tuesday night, earning a second-term in office. But come January, the governor will now be faced with a state Sen-ate in full Republican control.

Cuomo, 57, defeated Re-publican challenger and West-chester County Executive Rob Astorino making him the first Democratic governor to win re-election to a second term since his father Mario Cuomo

did so back in 1986. Cuomo won a race in which

he was a considerable favorite, armed with abundant name recognition, a heavy voter reg-istration advantage and a war chest of more than $30 mil-lion that he used effectively to drown out Astorino’s mes-sage; he captured approxi-mately 54 percent of the total vote, as of press time. The As-sociated Press called the race for the governor shortly after the polls closed at 9 p.m.

Cuomo was first elected governor in 2010 after serving

as the New York State attorney general.

State Republicans were, however, able to add three seats to their hold of the Sen-ate. With success on Election Day, the GOP will take con-trol of 32 of the 63 seats in the state’s more prominent house come January giving them full majority control of the Senate. Republicans have held a fragile grip on control of the house after forming two separate coalitions with Democrats.

Overall, voter turnout was once again poor.

According to the New York State Board of Elections, of the approximately 10.8 mil-lion registered voters state-wide, roughly 3.4 million cast ballots in the gubernatorial election with 14,101 election districts out of 15,178 report-ing, as of press time.

The governor was also able to successfully outperform As-torino in the county executive’s

home base of Westchester with Cuomo capturing 55 per-cent of that vote to Astorino’s 42 percent, according to the Westchester County Board of Elections.

Since Cuomo took office in 2011, the state has deliv-ered on-time budgets for four straight years and spurred economic growth steering the state out of a large $10 billion deficit when he took over.

“We’re going to do more great things,” Cuomo said dur-ing his victory speech in Man-hattan. “We’re going to take this state even higher.”

But under Cuomo’s lead-ership, critics say corruption in Albany has continued, and the implementation of the 2 percent property tax cap and Common Core Learning Stan-dards has been controversial initiatives pushed into law by the governor; a message As-torino tried to sell to the voters throughout his campaign.

In defeat, Astorino, 47, re-mained positive.

The two-term county ex-ecutive pointed to the support he received upstate. Of the 62 election districts state-wide, Cuomo only won 11 of them

outside of New York City. During his concession

speech, Astorino said, “You can’t lose when you tell the truth. Tonight I know that’s true. We planted a flag and we will be back to reclaim it and advance it further. The empire state is failing and that is not acceptable.”

Astorino called on Cuomo to bring an end to the corrup-tion in Albany politics and to do away with the controversial and highly criticized Common Core Learning Standards.

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An electoral map of New York shows that Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino won most of the 62 counties throughout the state, yet lost the election to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, concedes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday night in White Plains. Addressing supporters and volunteers at the Crowne Plaza, Astorino remained upbeat urging Cuomo to halt the corruption in Albany, bring an end to Common Core and hinted that he would be heard from again in four years. Photo/Bobby Begun

Map courtesy Associated Press


residents attended the hearing to voice their fears that higher population density would ad-versely affect their day-to-day routine and the value of their property by making the area overcrowded and less desir-able to potential buyers.

“We’re going to be crushed by larger buildings, more cars, more traffic, more schools—because those buildings will have children in them,” said Laura Trifiletti Abadi, a resident of Washington Street. “Have we figured out any of that?”

Trifiletti Abadi was among those who cited the current traffic congestion in the neigh-borhood as one of their big-gest concerns, claiming that the already dense traffic during rush hour would only worsen if more people move into the area.

Apart from the residential community, the business dis-trict on Mamaroneck Avenue would also be dramatically affected by the TOD bill. The area would likely see a de-velopment boom subsequent to the initiative, which would allow for increased develop-ment by creating incentives for commercial entities to move into the community in that area and construct mixed-use properties, with commercial units on the ground floor and residential apartments above. Three Jalapenos is one exam-ple where this could happen; the former Mexican restaurant is now in contract with a de-veloper who intends to make it a mixed-use property.

According to Nancy Was-serman, the real estate agent currently brokering the deal, the general sale of real estate

would be heavily influenced by the passing of the TOD leg-islation, and that if the legisla-tion doesn’t pass it could get in the way of the looming 3 Jala-penos development and other potential ones in the area.

“[Some] buildings have been flooded many times, and in order to sell those buildings and put in mixed-use, it’s got to be done,” Wasserman said. “Having a blighted area cer-tainly is not good for the com-munity as a whole. There is a hodgepodge of zoning and ev-erything should be conform-ing...There is a huge amount of interest in buying up these properties.”

The Board of Trustees is expected to vote on the bill at its next meeting scheduled for Nov. 24.


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State Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat, left, awaits poll results alongside Village of Mamaroneck Democrats at Roasted Peppers on Mamaroneck Avenue. Latimer, 60, would go on to secure another term in office with more than 50 percent of the vote in one of the few close races statewide. Photo/Andrew Dapolite

edented in other state-wide elections. Those debates were oftentimes contentious, where jabs were thrown by each side. Dillon criticized his opponent’s voting record on taxes and ed-ucation policy while in Albany. Latimer repeatedly defended

his record and highlight Dil-lon’s inexperience on numer-ous policy issues.

The one thing both candi-dates did seem to agree on was criticism of Common Core Ini-tiatives, the controversial state-wide educational standards.

The 37th Senate District in-cludes Bedford, North Castle,

Harrison, a portion of White Plains, Rye City, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, Eastchester, por-tions of New Rochelle and Yonkers.

State legislators are elected to serve two-year terms.

-with reporting by Chris Eberhart


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By JACKson CHEnStaff Writer

Larchmont has begun the process of hiring a full-time ad-ministrator to oversee the vil-lage’s day-to-day operations.

As it stands, Larchmont is the only village in Westchester County without any profes-sional administration. Besides not having an official adminis-trator position in its village hi-erarchy, Larchmont has been operating without a village clerk following Eileen Finn’s retirement last year.

After a management com-pany conducted a village-wide study, the findings supported Larchmont’s need for profes-sional assistance. Since Finn’s retirement, Mayor Anne McAn-drews, a Democrat, has been re-sponsible for managing the vil-lage’s many affairs. Even before her first year as mayor, McAn-drews saw a need for a village administrator during her stint as a trustee and working with the League of Women Voters.

“The manager’s job is dif-

Larchmont to hire administrator

ferent from the mayor’s,” McAndrews said. “We’re talk-ing about a full-time day-to-day obligation to manage. The mayor’s job is in managing public administration.”

To assist in the village ad-ministrator search, the Village Board of Trustees met with Donald Marra, the former mayor of Dobbs Ferry, at its Oct. 23 work session. Marra is a municipal management con-

sultant who helped Bronxville and Tuckahoe find village ad-ministrators and even briefly served as Bronxville’s interim village administrator. Accord-ing to McAndrews, the village hired Marra on a contract basis of $15,000, which will be ap-proved during the next board meeting on Nov. 17. Marra already started his work by confidentially interviewing the village’s department heads

and recruiting potential appli-cants. With the contract, Marra is expected to continue recruit-ing until the position is filled. So far, the village has been looking for candidates through several organizations, like the Municipal Administrators As-sociation of Metropolitan New York and the New York Con-ference of Mayors.

“We’re a $20 million annual operation,” McAndrews said of the village government. “That has to be administered with some continuity and not be de-pendent on a two-year term of someone that’s elected.”

Trustee Peter Fanelli, a Democrat, said hiring an ad-ministrator was a good idea.

“The dynamics of being a mayor in Larchmont have changed in the last decade,” Fanelli said. “There’s a lot more protocol than in the past and it’s really a full-time job being a volunteer mayor.”

Besides actually finding the right person to handle the vil-lage’s business, Larchmont must create a local law allow-ing for the position. In order to create the law, the village board must open it up to a pub-

lic hearing and then have a ma-jority pass a resolution adopt-ing the new law. McAndrews said there are statutes from neighboring municipalities like Elmsford, Bronxville and most recently Tuckahoe, that the vil-lage would model its law after.

Tuckahoe, who was the sec-ond-to-last village in the coun-ty to create a professional ad-ministration position, filled the position in July hiring David Burke, a former Rye Brook as-sistant village manager.

“We’re looking at all those statutes and looking if we can craft something that fits Larch-mont as far as duties and re-sponsibilities are concerned,” McAndrews said.

In terms of salary specifi-cations, the mayor said she is still working with Marra in determining a correct amount. However, McAndrews said the clerk’s salary of around $85,000 is still in the village budget until the new fiscal year starting June 2015, and may be used in part towards the administrator’s salary. Once hired, the administrator will be responsible for man-aging the village’s daily op-

erations, working with the dif-ferent department heads and overseeing policies set forth by the board. As for possibly playing a role in negotiating union contracts, McAndrews said she hasn’t figured that yet. But the mayor said she would be more comfortable having an outside law firm representing the village.

“There are tremendous long range benefits,” McAn-drews said. “An administrator saves you money, has experi-ence in getting grants, but also knows if we can be more ef-ficient and how we can further cooperate with neighboring municipalities.”

The Board of Trustees will set a date for the public hear-ing to introduce the local law for creating a village admin-istrator position during its next meeting on Nov. 17. The mayor said the public hearing will most likely take place at its meeting on Dec. 15. As for filling the position, McAn-drews added that the village is aiming to have the position filled by the spring of 2015.


The last village in Westchester County without professional administration, Larchmont has begun its search for an administrator in hopes of helping the village government run smoother. File photo


“Hilda Green Demsky—Six Decades of Painting:

A Retrospective”

mamaroneck Artist Guild Gallery

126 Larchmont Ave.

oct. 21 to nov. 15

Artist celebrates six decades of paintingBy mArissA pEnn

Staff Writer

Larchmont local, Hilda Green Demsky, has been cre-ating art for as long as she can remember. It’s been six de-cades precisely. A celebration of all that work is now on dis-play at the Mamaroneck Art-ists Guild Gallery.

“Hilda Green Demsky—Six Decades of Painting: A Retro-spective” features a sensation-al collection of pieces from the Larchmont artist’s multi-facet-ed career, including a self-por-trait from the 1950s to her cur-rent works that utilize bright, bold colors to capture nature. Many of her current works feature landscapes from local parks and preserves, such as the Sheldrake Environmental Center located at 685 Weaver St., in Larchmont.

Primarily, the exhibit, which runs through Nov. 15, is com-posed of her oil paintings, but there are also pieces that were created using charcoal as well as other mediums. Bodies of water are the focal point of a number of her paintings, but subjects in her work also in-clude trees, cliffs, autumn leaves, people, objects and even the cosmos.

The book, “Hilda Green Demsky: The Flow of the Art-ist’s Life and Work,” which contains her biography and more than 100 photographs of her paintings, can also be found at the exhibit.

Demsky grew up in Forty Fort, Penn., a small town in the Northeastern corner of the state near the Susquehanna River. She grew up next to the river and it was “a part of my

every-day life,” she said. “It seemed that water and rivers kind of followed me through-out my career.”

On a recent visit to her stu-dio on Irving Street in Port Chester, about 1,000 blank canvases sat neatly stored awaiting their fate; endless mason jars splashed in paint were also strewn about in a large, light space, with high ceilings and off-white walls. Completed paintings that couldn’t fit in her exhibit also line the walls of the studio with an easel in the center of the room where she performs her work feverishly.

While Demsky loved art and knew she would continue to pursue it in some form, she was torn about what she want-ed to major in college—Eng-

lish or art. It was a secret visit to her parent’s home by her high school art teacher, urging them to convince their daugh-ter to study art, which solidi-fied her decision.

In 1954, Demsky enrolled at Carnegie Mellon in New York City and studied Fine Arts for

four years. She came to the city because it was what people that majored in art did.

“New York was the epitome of where an artist wanted to be,” she said.

Her first job while in New York was at the bookstore of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. From there, in 1959, Demsky started to work as an art teacher at a school in the Lower East Side on 6th Street and Avenue B, in an area of great multi-ethnic population,

A recent abstract painting of “Water and under water,” which will be featured in her upcoming show “Abstraction, Distraction & Attraction” at the Pleiades Gallery at 530 W. 25th St., in Manhattan.

Showcasing different mediums and styles of her work, from a self-portrait in charcoal to abstract shapes in bright colors.

A vivid painting of the Cosmos.

she said. Demsky also pursued her Master’s degree in art at Hunter College at night while she worked during the day.

She continued to work at the school on the Lower East Side for seven years and met her husband there. The couple had two children and lived in the West Village until they moved to Larchmont in 1972.

After moving to Larch-mont, Demsky began working at White Plains High School as an art teacher. She stayed there for 21 years teaching where she taught drawing, painting, fashion, fabric design and ad-vertising design.

Demsky always made sure she found the time to paint

daily, maintaining a studio in Port Chester, to which she would frequent routinely after school. She spent her sum-mers doing artist residences that would take her to vari-ous locations throughout the country and abroad. She went on to receive numerous grants, including the prestigious Na-tional Endowment for the Arts grant to pursue her work. She also received a Fulbright Fel-lowship, an international ex-change program to improve the understanding of people in different countries, for which she traveled to the Nether-lands. Her career took her all over the world, from the coast of Ireland to Acadia National

Park in Maine.Her paintings provide a lens

into a lifetime of travel and the art is how Demsky expresses herself.

“I am a passionate person,” she said. “Through the strokes in the brush and the colors in my paintings, I express my feelings.”

She enjoys the serenity that it allows her to feel, even dur-ing turbulent times, she said. Demsky hopes through her work people will share in the serenity that she feels when she paints and that viewers will relate to her, perhaps by recog-nizing places that they have traveled to in her works, or by finding some common ground.

She hopes that her work will inspire.


An oil painting of Manor Park in Larchmont from last July.Photos/Marissa Penn


ning feels good,” Finch, 71, and the political newcomer of the ticket, said. “I’m looking forward to the adventure, the challenge and making a real difference in the village.”

Despite some contentious moments during the campaign, Miller, 42, demonstrated sym-pathy for her opponents.

“It takes a lot of courage, conviction and drive to put yourself out there like this,” she said. “I got to give it to our opponents; I commend them for doing this. I’ve been in of-fice for two years and it’s not easy to be scrutinized, ques-tioned, second-guessed and have what you say to be taken in the wrong context.”

However, the Democrats are glad the stress of election season is now over and the trio can look forward to having a village board majority to work with in the coming months.

“I’m looking forward to moving on past the elections to the next stage,” Potok, 63, said. “We’ll be in a position to work as a team together to benefit the community…with the importance of bringing a new sensible majority to the board.”

While Democrats currently enjoy a board majority, Trustee Andres Bermudez Hallstrom, a Democrat who was passed over by the party and sound-ly defeated in a primary bid

for the Democratic line, has been routinely criticized for too often siding with Repub-licans, Mayor Norman Rosen-blum and Deputy Mayor Lou Santoro.

Bermudez Hallstrom was seen on election night at Re-publican headquarters, the Elk’s Lodge on Boston Post Road.

“I think that the mayor’s been really enjoying having a majority,” Miller said. “He wanted to maintain that ma-jority and get what he wanted to get done for the village. At stake was his ability to get ev-erything he wants done, which isn’t necessarily in the best interests of the entire village. We now have the majority and we’re going to set things right.”

At Republican headquarters all eyes were on Santoro as he tallied up the numbers the old fashioned way, writing them on a large chart at the fore-front of the party and calling them out to be added up on a receipt calculator. The room’s energy began to sink shortly after 9 p.m. as the numbers was quickly beginning to trend in the Democrats’ favor.

The Republican candidates themselves remained out-wardly upbeat although their words betrayed some disap-pointment in the results. Mag-gie-Leigh O’Neill, 27, mused on what she would have done differently.

“Maybe, I would have con-

sidered making more negative comments against the opposi-tion; it seemed to be a strate-gy that worked for them,” she said. “As somebody who was very involved with the cam-paign from start to finish, I re-ally wanted everybody to only concentrate on the positive.”

Stefanie Lividini, 28, of-fered more specific criticisms of her opponents.

“I’m happy that the voters turned out and spoke, but...I’m a little shocked to see that the voters would choose racist re-marks and downplaying of the flooding and a sleeping new-bie over three volunteers,” said Lividini.

Michael Ianniello, 60, was also displeased by his loss, but seemed more at peace with the result.

“We got our word out there, the people elected not to hear it, or to change directions, that’s their right, and we go on from here,” he said.

For the incumbent Republi-cans there was already concern about what a Democratic ma-jority could mean.

“It’s going to be out of con-trol, they’re going to switch the meeting procedures back, and it’s going to be a mess,” Santoro said. “I’m not look-ing forward to this next year…I’m really not. It’s going to be brutal.”

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Speaker of the Assembly, mi-nority leader of the Senate and minority leader of the Assem-bly—and the remaining two will be appointed by the eight appointees. None of the redis-tricting committee members can be members of the Legislature, a spouse of a legislator, regis-tered lobbyist or chairman of a political party.

At least seven of the 10 com-mission members must approve the plan before it is sent to the state houses—the Senate and As-sembly. If the plan fails once, it is redrawn by the commission and resubmitted to the Legislature and governor. If the second plan does not pass both houses or re-ceive the governor’s approval, the Legislature can amend the sec-ond plan as it “deems necessary,”

propositions from page 1 leaving the redistricting plan then open to partisanship.

Proposition Three, the Smart Schools Bond Act, proposed by newly re-elected Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo during his State of the State address earlier this year, was designed to bring New York schools into the 21st century. The bond act allows

the state to borrow up to $2 bil-lion worth of general obligation bonds to enable school districts throughout New York to buy educational technology such as desktops, laptops, tablet com-puters, servers and interactive whiteboards.


PROPOSiTiON BALLOT RESuLTSPROPOSiTiON 1: REDiSTRiCTiNg

Percentage of Votes VotesYes 43.01 % 1.50MNo 32.08 % 1.1MBlank Ballot 24.89 % 868,933

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The Village of Mama-roneck’s annual Spooktacu-lar Halloween celebration on Oct. 26 drew more than 3,000 guests to Mamaroneck Ave-nue to participate in the fam-ily costume parade. The most popular characters from mov-ies released throughout the past year were represented as children of all ages marched together to Harbor Island Park, where there were haunt-ed houses both scary and mild for everyone to enjoy. Once participants reached the par-ty in the park, boys and girls made Halloween cupcakes and climbed onto a hayride creat-ing enough memories to last until next Halloween.-Photos and reporting by Alina Suriel

Spooktacular transforms Harbor Island

A young volunteer scares every-one who comes near at the big kid’s scary haunted house.

Dangelo, left, was a bit cranky in his ninja turtle costume but big brother Alejandro was still having fun.

Caroline, 4, and her brother Matthew, 2, march down Mamaroneck Avenue as Snow White and a dragon.

Jack Saraceno pops up unexpectedly as a scary corpse inside a coffin.

Maya, 7, and Ella, 6, are in disguise as a witch and Elsa from Disney’s “Frozen,” one of the most popular costumes at the event.

The actors of Applause Westchester put on an interactive show dressed as the characters from “Scooby Doo.”

Jordan, 4, and his mom Tara Alexandre were guests at the haunted house.

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Nicole Miller pushes the ball upfield against Hastings on Saturday, Nov. 1. Miller had two goals in Rye Neck’s 7-0 victory over the Yellow Jackets. Photo/Mike Smith

By miKE smitHSports Editor

On Saturday, Nov. 1, the Rye Neck field hockey team authored an impressive first round win over Hastings, beating the No. 10 seed Yel-low Jackets 7-0 at home to move on to the Class C semifinals.

The No. 2 seed Panthers set the tone early, scoring two goals in the first five minutes, and never looked back, punching their ticket to a semifinal showdown with defending champion Pawl-ing on Tuesday, Nov. 4, after press time.

“All year, I’ve said that if my girls show up to play, we can play with anyone,” Pan-thers head coach Beth Gulot-ta said. “But the postseason is a totally different ball game, with so much heart and emo-tion that you can’t take any-body lightly.”

Rye Neck’s versatile at-tack left little doubt that

Panthers bury Hastingsthe Panthers are one of the most explosive teams in the section. Briana Cefaloni, Nicole Miller and Rosella Salanitro each netted two goals on the afternoon while Claire Julian also found the net as well. Cefaloni had three assists in the winning effort and Miller dished out two.

“Nicole and Briana are both great players,” Gulotta said. “But we play our best when we play together, as a team. And that’s what we were able to do against Hastings.”

Prior to the game, Gulot-ta was concerned about the impact that the inclement weather would have on the postseason schedule, but those fears were quelled quickly by Rye Neck’s offensive outburst.

“I was a little worried with the weather, I was getting texts all morning and I was just hoping that we would stay focused,” she said. “But we got those first two goals

very quickly and were off to a great start.”

The Panthers will be tested on Tuesday, when they host a talented Pawling squad that is just one year removed from a Class C ti-tle win. The No. 3 seed Ti-gers advanced on a 1-0 win over North Salem, who has been a common postseason opponent for Rye Neck. In the quarterfinal win, Taylor Arnold scored the Tigers’ lone goal.

Although this is Gulot-ta’s third year coaching Rye Neck, it marks her first time facing off against Pawling.

“I think that’s kind of good because we’ve seen North Sa-lem, we know they’re a com-petitive team, but it’s nice to go up against someone else for a change,” she said.

The winner of Tuesday’s showdown will go on to play the winner of No. 1 seed Bronxville and Pleasantville.


As I often say, the great thing about playoff time is that there is no shortage of wonderful nar-ratives to follow. Unfortunately, some came to an end sooner than I—and our local fans—may have hoped.

The last two weeks saw some of the Review’s state playoff hopefuls have their hopes dashed on the gridiron. Woodlands took care of much of the heavy lifting, upsetting both top-seeded Bronxville and No. 2 Rye Neck in succes-sive weeks to claim the Class C title. Both New Rochelle and Mamaroneck’s football squads bowed out this week as well, falling in the semifinal round of the Class AA playoffs.

But just because these teams may be done doesn’t mean their remarkable stories should be ignored.

A wealth of surprisesTake Mamaroneck, which

just completed its best season since 1992, earning a long-awaited playoff win against Scarsdale in the process; or the Huguenots, who saw a new star, in freshman running back Jor-dan Barron, born in the playoffs as the team dealt with a late-sea-son injury to all-state senior Jon Forrest.

In the case of Bronxville and Rye Neck—two teams that had tremendous seasons in their own right—they became part of an-other intriguing plotline that saw Woodlands, a team that many had written off by the middle of the season, put together a his-toric run through the playoffs to capture another title under the tutelage of coach Mike Meade.

And for the teams—in the football world and beyond—that haven’t written the final chap-ter of their season’s stories, the prospects still remain exciting.

Rye’s football team, led by its historic quarterback/re-ceiver tandem is still looking

to win an elusive section title. Tuckahoe, amid an offseason filled with bureaucratic strife, is also on the doorstep of an-other Section I crown.

Bronxville’s girl’s soccer team, owners of a one-loss regular season record, just claimed their fifth straight sec-tion title—thanks in part to the efforts of a gritty star who has played the last two games with a broken wrist—and are looking to bring home a state championship. Mamaroneck’s field hockey team, statistically the most dominant team in the section—in any sport—radi-cally shifted its entire for-mation in response to a late season loss and have looked invincible ever since.

And what about Rye Neck’s boys soccer team, a young group of underdogs who needed two timely goals from one of its brilliant offen-sive star to claim an unexpect-ed Class B title?

Will these teams, still fighting

A Woodlands player runs with the ball during the Falcons’ Nov. 1 Class C championship win over Rye Neck. Although the Falcons’ championship came at the expense of two of our local squads, their remarkable turnaround can not be overlooked. File photo

through the sectional and state playoffs, get that win in the fi-nal game of the season?

Maybe. Maybe not. But one thing is for certain;

before this fall season finally ends, we will be in for our fair share of surprises.

So buckle up for these next few weeks. There’s bound to

be another curve or two in the road ahead.

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By miKE smitHSports Editor

Given the overwhelming success Mamaroneck’s field hockey team had in the regular season, many coaches would be content to maintain the sta-tus quo and head into the play-offs with the same lineup that reeled off 13 straight wins to start the season. Longtime Ti-ger coach John Savage, how-ever, opted to shake things up. So far, that gamble has paid off in spades.

Following the team’s lone regular season loss, a defeat at the hands of a nationally-ranked Lakeland team—Sav-age juggled around four of his best offensive weapons in the hopes that the new look would help create more scoring chances for Mamaroneck. The Tigers have looked nearly un-beatable in their three games since—including a 6-0 first round playoff win over Ossin-ing on Oct. 30.

Ellie Seid scored twice and notched two assists against the No. 8 seeded Pride, while her sister Karen Seid had two goals and an assist. Team-mates Lizzie Clarke and Grace Fitzgerald also scored as Mamaroneck routed its opening round opponents. In the three games since Sav-age reconfigured his forwards and midfielders, the Tigers

Tigers rout Ossininghave outscored their oppo-nents 19-2.

“There’s always a danger in making changes, you want people to feel comfortable,” Savage said. “But the girls we were moving, you’ve got three senior captains and a junior playing at an elite level, and they had to buy into it, which is why it has been successful.”

With the win over Ossin-ing, the top-seeded The Ti-gers, who went 18-1 in the regular season, advanced to

the second round of the Class A playoffs. They will host Suffern on Nov. 4, after press time. The first time the two teams met this year, the Tigers handily defeated the Mount-ies 8-0, but Savage is predict-ing a much closer game this time around. On Oct. 30, No. 4 seeded Suffern dominated Carmel in a 4-0 win.

“They’ve been playing a lot better lately,” Savage said about Suffern. “And that team believes that they can win any game.”

Karen Seid drives the ball down field against Ossining on Oct. 30. Seid scored twice and assisted on a goal in Mamaroneck’s 6-0 win.

Ellie Seid controls the ball. Seid had two goals and two assists in Mamaroneck’s playoff win.

A Mamaroneck player fights for possession with an Ossining defender during an Oct. 30 victory. Mamaroneck has outscored its opponents 19-2 in the last three games. Photos/Mike Smith

Kimi Chiapparelli looks to pass against Ossining. Chiapparelli was one of four Tiger starters who switched positions late in the season, and Mamaroneck’s offense has benefitted as a result.

Suffern has an elite scorer in junior forward Liz Trojan, who started the scoring for the Mounties against Carmel. In addition, Suffern handed Mamaroneck a loss in the 2012 Class A finals, something that

Savage believes will be a source of inspiration for the underdog Mounties this week.

“They’ve got a lot of good field hockey players and they’ve got a lot of motivation,” said Savage. “We’re going into

this game knowing that it’s one loss and you’re done. So we’re 1-0, they’re 1-0 and we’re going to prepare like this is a section championship game.”


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Panthers win Class BBy miKE smitHSports Editor

On Saturday, Nov. 1, Rye Neck’s young soccer team pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the playoffs, edging No. 3 Bronxville 3-2 at Ar-lington High School to capture the Section I title.

What the Panthers lacked in experience they more than made up for in hunger, said co-coach Frank Gizzo, as the team with just three starting seniors showed steady im-provement throughout the year en route to a Class B title.

“It’s what [co-coach] Bry-an Iacovelli and I have been preaching all year, that once you’re on the field, age doesn’t matter,” Gizzo said. “With a younger team, sure there’s a learning curve as they get used to the physicality and pace of a varsity game, but if you’re playing at the varsity level, you are expected to perform.”

The Panthers got a great performance from sophomore striker Luis Galeano who tal-lied two goals on the night—including the game winner that came with just under two minutes left to play in regu-

helped Rye Neck get ready for Saturday’s matchup.

“I think any time you see a team during the regular sea-son, it helps,” he said. “You see them again, you have that experience of playing against them and you know what their strengths and weaknesses are.”

Although Gizzo and Iacov-elli said they didn’t put too much pressure on the young ball club in the beginning of the season, the team came

into the year with aspirations of being crowned champions, something that came to frui-tion on Saturday night.

“We told the guys after-wards that this is what happens when you can articulate a goal and set forth to accomplish it,” Gizzo said. “The boys were very happy afterwards, and rightfully so.”

The Panthers will be back on the pitch on Wednesday, Nov. 5, when they travel to

Middletown, N.Y., to take on the Section IX champs from Highland High School.

“You just know what you see [about Highland] in the newspaper another lower-seeded team coming out and winning the section,” Gizzo said. “We’re just going to come out the same way we always do and work hard to prepare.”


Luis Galeano rushes towards the ball during Rye Neck’s homecoming game on Oct. 17. On Saturday evening, Galeano’s two goals led Rye Neck to the Class B title defeating Bronxville 3-2.

A Rye Neck player makes a move against a defender during a regular season game. Photos/Mike Smith

Luis Galeano fights for a header against Irvington during the regular season. Galeano missed the Panthers’ first game against Bronxville but showed up in a big way in the Class B finals last Saturday.

lation. Galeano, Rye Neck’s leading scorer, has been the focal point of the team’s attack all season long and helped turn the Panthers’ fortunes around this year.

“Luis is a competitor. He just loves the game of soccer,” said Gizzo of his star pupil. “He plays with heart and he’s

been such a consistent player for us all year.”

The sophomore missed the first meeting of the two squads when he, and a number of other Panthers’ starters, were sidelined during a 4-0 loss to Bronxville on Oct. 4.

Despite the one-sided loss, Gizzo said that the defeat

Rye Neck’s soccer team celebrates winning the Class B title on Saturday, Nov. 1 at Arlington High School. The Panthers downed the No. 3 seed Broncos 3-2. Contributed photo

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