Look Who Is Running for the Citizen's Nominating Committee
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The election for the Citizen’s Nominating Committee is just weeks away. Voting will be held at Scarsdale Village Hall on Tuesday November 15th, 2011, from 7 - 9:30 A.M. and 2 - 9 P.M.
Qualified voters must be18 years of age or older, a Village resident for 30 days prior to the election and a U.S. citizen. You do not need to be a NYS registered voter to vote in the Citizens Nominating Committee Election.
If you won’t be in town on the 15th, or for physical reasons cannot get to the polls, you can vote by absentee ballot. Absentee ballots will be available on the Procedure Committee web site at www.ScarsdaleProcedureCommittee.org, at the Scarsdale Public Library and at Scarsdale Village Hall or can be requested from Michelle Lichtenberg, Chair, The Procedure Committee, (914-725-6545). Absentee ballots must be received by the Scarsdale Post Office by 5PM Monday, November 14th.
The ballot will include the names of the candidates as well as proposed amendments to the Non-Partisan resolution. You can see them on the Procedure committee website and we will also publish them on the site next week for your consideration.
Below are the bios of the residents who are running for the Nominating Committee. Each of Scarsdale’s five districts will elect two nominators, with the exception of Greenacres, where three slots are open.
EDGEWOOD (Vote for up to 2)
Nathan M. Barotz, 272 Madison Road Years of Residency: 11
Education: Duke University, BA, cum laude (‘87); George Washington University Law School, JD (‘91)
Occupation: Attorney (principal in Nathan M. Barotz, PLLC)
Professional activities: Member, Judicial Advisory Committee, Village of Scarsdale (’08- ); Member, New York State Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, Committee on Real Estate Financing (’09- ) and Committee on Condominium and Cooperatives (’09- ); Arbitrator, Civil Court of the City of New York, Small Claims Division (’02- ); Arbitrator, Unified Court System of the State of New York, First Judicial District (’98-)
Current civic activities: Chairman, Board of Governors, Interfaith Hospital, Brooklyn, New York (September 2011); Member, Board of Governors, Interfaith Hospital, Brooklyn, New York (January 2011)
Betsy Bush, 980 Post Road Years of Residency: 12
Education: New York University, BFA (‘82); MA (‘88)
Occupation: Nonprofit grant writer; consultant
Professional activities: Program Officer, Westchester Community Foundation (‘05–‘11); Adjunct Professor, Pace University Graduate MPA program; Business owner, Drosselmeier’s, Inc. (‘98–‘05); Perlman & Perlman LLC, Government Affairs Specialist, (‘90–‘95)
Current civic activities: Hitchcock Church (’02- ): Session; Board of Deacons; community outreach committee; pastor search committee; Friends of Scarsdale Parks, 2011
Michael Duncanson, 8 Sprague Road Years of Residency: 23
Education: Brooklyn College, BS; New York University, MA
Occupation: Director of Planning and Operations, Family Court Mental Health Services, NYC/HHC
Current civic activities: Scarsdale Transfer Education Program (STEP) Board Member, (’99- ); Chair (’03-’05); STEP host parent; I.E. Scarsdale Tri-County Basketball League (’05- ); Village of Scarsdale Advisory Council on Human Relations (’08- ); IAABO Basketball Official (’95- ); Member-at-Large for Westchester Putnam Women’s Board of Basketball Officials (WPWBOA) (’08- ); member/leadership, Ridgeway Alliance Church
Previous civic activities: Scarsdale Bowl Committee (‘05-‘06); Coach, Scarsdale Youth Soccer Club (‘00-‘04); Special Assistant, Camp Winadu (‘00-‘09)
Ken Kehoe, 6 Southwoods Years of Residency: 15
Education: SUNY Oneonta, BA in Political Science
Occupation: Director Eastern Advertising Sales, Barron’s
Professional activities: Twenty-five years in Financial Advertising Sales including The Wall Street Journal (8 years) Barron’s Magazine, Barrons.com and Conference Event Sales; Member (’92- ), Financial Communication Society, an industry organization dedicated to raising funds benefiting three important children’s charities: Hope and Heroes Children’s Cancer Fund, Downey Side Adoption Agency and the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Vermont
Previous civic activities: Coach in Scarsdale Recreation Basketball, Soccer and Little League (‘99-‘06)
FOX MEADOW (Vote for up to 2)
Linda Blair, 11 Fox Meadow Road Years of Residency: 34
Education: Ohio State University, Goucher College, BA cum laude; University of Bridgeport, MA; New York School of Interior Design, Associate Degree
Occupation: Interior Design, commercial & residential, president of Blair Interiors Group and LBD Construction Management
Professional activities: President, American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), NY Metro chapter (‘04-‘05) and (‘95-‘96); Media Spokesperson, ASID National Society (’06- ); Arbiter, Construction American Arbitration Assn. (‘05- ); bylined columnist, New York Post; author, Design Sense, Wiley & Sons; Adjunct Professor, Pace University, NY School of Interior Design and Parsons
Current civic activities: Board member, Scarsdale Historical Society (’94- ); Member, Village of Scarsdale Historical Preservation Committee (’07- )
Previous civic activities: Member, Village of Scarsdale Board of Architectural Review (BAR) (‘95-‘01); Chair, BAR (‘00-‘01); Board member, United Way of Scarsdale-Edgemont (‘03-‘05); Member, Village of Scarsdale Special Ethics Board (‘92-‘94); Pro Bono design work: Show house for Scarsdale Woman’s Club (‘05), Scott & Dickenson Rooms, Scarsdale Library (‘03-‘04), Children’s Advocacy Center, Valhalla
Anita Mann, 28 Overhill Road Years of Residency: 8
Education: Baruch College, BBA Computer Information Systems (‘87)
Occupation: Currently stay-at-home mom with two sons attending Fox Meadow Elementary school. Fifteen-year professional career in Information Technology management; technical sales and consulting to financial services industry with Microsoft (‘99-‘02); various network and infrastructure technology management roles at MetLife (‘88-‘92) and (‘95-‘99) and at AIG (‘92-‘94)
Current civic activities: Active in the Fox Meadow PTA; Co-Chair, Junior League of Central Westchester nutrition project (‘09-‘10) and Chair, “Let’s Save the Earth” committee (‘11-‘12)
Previous civic activities: Fox Meadow Elementary School class mother; Board member, Overhill Neighborhood Association; Scarsdale New Residents Club officer, serving as Secretary and Newsletter Editor; Board member, Wilmot Woods Neighborhood Association; Hoff-Barthelson pre-school class mother and fund-raising activities; Hitchcock Presbyterian pre-school class mother
Salvatore Rao, 3 Chateaux Circle Years of Residency: 9
Education: Fordham University, majors in Philosophy and English
Occupation: Official Court Reporter (retired) in the NYC Civil Court and NYS Supreme Court; also took arbitrations at the NY Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange and American Arbitration Association; fiction writer
Professional activities: Vice President of the Supreme Court Reporters Association within the City of New York (‘77-‘79); served on committees of the NYS Court Reporters Association investigating sound recording and computer-aided transcription
Current civic activities: President of the Board of Directors at the Scarsdale Chateaux (’08- )
Theodore Tyberg, MD, 55 Old Orchard Lane Years of Residency: 20
Education: CCNY, BS; Rush Medical College, MD; Cornell Residency, Yale Cardiology Fellowship
Occupation: Cardiologist with NY Cardiology Associates; Attending Staff at NY Presbyterian for 30 years
Professional activities: Secretary/Treasurer of NY State ACC (American College of Cardiology); served as President of the Attending Staff, Chairman's Advisory Board and General Faculty Counsel at NY Hospital; Founder/President of NY Cardiology; Rogosin Institute Consultant/Researcher
Current civic activities: Board of Scarsdale Synagogue Temples Tremont and Emanu-El (SSTTE) (second term); Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation fundraiser
Previous civic activities: Board and several committees of SSTTE; Host parent of STEP student; various philanthropies
GREENACRES (Vote for up to 3)
Glenn I. Fishman, MD, 13 Colvin Road Years of Residency: 21
Education: Cornell University, BA (‘78); Stanford University, MD (‘83); Harvard University, Internal Medicine (‘86); Columbia University, Cardiology (‘88)
Occupation: Director of Cardiology and the William Goldring Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine
Professional activities: Director of Cardiology, holds an endowed Professorship in Medicine, Physiology and Neuroscience and Pharmacology at NYU School of Medicine; chaired or participated in numerous search committees for senior faculty recruits at NYU School of Medicine; active in many heart-related professional organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association (Founders) and the Heart Rhythm Society; Chaired the American Heart Association Research Committee and currently serves as Chairman of the National Institutes of Health ESTA peer review group.
Previous civic activities: Coach, Scarsdale Recreation Soccer, Basketball and Softball teams
Michael Green, 8 Farley Road Years of Residency: 13
Education: Georgia Tech, BS Mechanical Engineering (‘59); Technion, Israel, MS, Aeronautical Engineering (‘71)
Occupation: Retired
Professional activities: Citibank, Head of Operations, North American Investment Bank, New York and Senior Country Operations Officer, UK Investment Bank, London (‘82-‘93); GreenTrak, business start-up: investment reporting service, sold to publicly-traded company in ‘04 (‘93-‘07); Instructor and Research Associate at Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) (‘68-‘71); engineering and engineering management positions related to the US space programs and industrial and manufacturing operations (‘59-‘68); owner of Baker Clothes, Inc., a high-quality men’s clothing manufacturing company (‘74-‘77)
Past Civic Activities: Coach, Scarsdale Recreation Girls Basketball teams (‘04-‘09)
Barbara L. Jaffe, 28 Kingston Road Years of Residency: 38
Education: Brown University, BA
Occupation: Legislative Aide, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (’06- );
Continuing Education Administrator, Westchester Community College, (‘00-‘06); Director of Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood (‘95-‘00)
Current civic activities: Scarsdale Representative, Westchester Community Development Advisory Group; Scarsdale League of Women Voters, member; Scarsdale Forum, member
Previous civic activities: Scarsdale Foundation (‘95-‘00), President (‘05-‘07); Citizens Nominating Committee (‘01-‘04); Scarsdale Planning Board (‘95–‘07), Chair (‘99–‘02); Scarsdale School Board (‘89-‘95), President (‘94-‘95); Scarsdale League of Women Voters: Board member (‘78-‘88), President (‘86-‘88); Greenacres, Middle School, & High School PTA Boards; PT Council Board; School Board Nominating Committee (‘83-‘85)
Mona Longman, 8 Varian Lane Years of Residency: 18
Education: Cornell University, BS; New York University, MBA
Occupation: Stock Trader
Current civic activities: Board member, Friends of the Scarsdale Library (’09- ); Co-Chair, Scarsdale High School Activities Fair (’07- ); Scarsdale High School Compact Committee (’11- )
Previous civic activities: Co-Chair, Temple Israel Center Dinner Dance (‘10); School Board Nominating Committee (‘07-‘09), Greenacres School PTA President (‘00-‘02)
Andrew Sereysky, 57 Walworth Avenue Years of Residency: 17
Education: Rutgers University, BA
Occupation: Marketing/Business Development
Current civic activities: Scarsdale Cable Commission: Member (’04- ), Chair (‘09–‘11); Greenacres Neighborhood Association Board: Member (’00- ), President (‘06–‘07)
Previous civic activities: Scarsdale Bowl Committee (‘08–‘10), Chair, Citation Committee (‘09); School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) (‘03–‘05); SBNC Administrative Committee Member (‘05–’06), Chair (‘06); Scarsdale Neighborhood Association Presidents (SNAP) Representative (‘06–‘07); Member, Board of Directors, Scarsdale Forum (TVCCEF) (‘08–‘09); Member, Board of Directors, Scarsdale Education Transfer Program (STEP) (‘03-‘05); Coach, Scarsdale Little League and Recreation sports teams (‘94–‘01)
Jeannette Warner-Goldstein, 6 Farley Road Years of Residency: 9
Education: Vanderbilt University, BA, JD; NYU School of Law, LLM in Taxation
Occupation: Attorney
Current civic activities: Board member, United Way of Westchester and Putnam; Co-Campaign Chair,
United Way of Scarsdale Edgemont; Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club
Previous civic activities: Board member, Junior League of Central Westchester; Board member, Vanderbilt Alumni Association; Junior League of the City of New York; frequent volunteer at Greenacres School and with Girls scouts and Cub Scout troops
HEATHCOTE (Vote for up to 2)
Norman W. Bernstein, 14 Wakefield Road Years of Residency: 8
Education: Columbia College, BA (‘59); Columbia Law School, LLB (‘64)
Occupation: Attorney
Professional activities: Trustee at three Superfund sites, one on US EPA’s national Priority List (current); Past Chair of the Committee on Litigation Management and Economics of the American Bar Association (Litigation Section) (mid-‘80s); Adjunct Professor, Wayne State Law School; Guest Lecturer at Yale Law School; author of articles on environmental law
Current civic activities: Member, Board of Directors of the Columbia University Club of Westchester County (’09- ); Member, Scarsdale Forum
Previous civic activities: Dean’s Award, Columbia College 50th reunion for leadership of ROTC panel (’09)
Ray Cooper, 18 Canterbury Road Years of Residency: 12
Education: Lehigh University, BS; University of Chicago, MBA
Occupation: Managing Director, Citigroup Global Healthcare
Professional activities: 19 years advising public & private healthcare services companies in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate financing, and strategic planning
Previous civic activities: Little League coach (‘07-‘08); Tri-County Basketball League & JBL Basketball coach (‘09-‘10); enthusiastic neighbor and participant in the Scarsdale community
David Michaels, 41 Graham Road Years of Residency: 22
Education: Cornell University, BS in Business (’80)
Occupation: Senior Relationship Manager in Wells Fargo Bank’s New York City Regional Commercial Banking Office with over thirty years of commercial and investment banking experience; previously held senior management positions at JPMorgan Chase and Wachovia Bank
Current civic activities: Presently serves on the Boards of The Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance and Cornell Hillel; active congregant at Westchester Reform Temple, serving on the Board as Treasurer, Vice President, and Chair of the Finance Committee (‘99-‘09)
Previous civic activities: Scarsdale High School PTA Scholarship Fund (‘06-‘08); Maroon and White (‘07-‘10); Scarsdale Youth Soccer Club (‘98-‘08)
Emilia Rodriguez, 334 Heathcote Road Years of Residency: 17
Education: New York University, BA in English & Politics (‘81), New York University School of Law, JD (‘84)
Occupation: Volunteer Attorney
Professional activities: Pace Women’s Justice Center: Volunteer Attorney, (’09- )
Current civic activities: Scarsdale School District: Committee on Special Education, Representative (’06- ); Scarsdale High School PTA: Library Volunteer (’10- )
Previous civic activities: St. Pius X Church: President, Religious Education PTA, (‘99-‘09); Scarsdale High School PTA: Volunteer Service Committee, Co-Chair (‘04-‘06), CHILD (Children Having Individual Learning Differences) Representative (‘03-‘04); Heathcote PTA: Multicultural Committee, Co-Chair (‘00-‘02); Notecards Committee, Chair (‘95-‘97); Junior League of Central Westchester (‘94-‘96)
QUAKER RIDGE (Vote for up to 2)
Douglas R. Birns, 15 Haverford Avenue Years of Residency: 19
Education: Middlebury College, AB, cum laude (’77); SUNY Downstate Medical Center, MD (’81); The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Surgical Internship and Residency in Genito-Urinary Surgery (’81-’86)
Occupation: Physician and Partner at Klein Birns Urology
Professional activities: Managing Partner, Manhattan Medical Development LLP, a real estate management firm for medical facilities; Managing Partner, Premier Professionals of NY, a multi-specialty medical practice in Manhattan specializing in Urologic and Oncologic medicine
Current civic activities: Member, Heathcote Five Corner Coalition; Vice President, Quaker Ridge Neighborhood Association
Previous civic activities: Men’s Club President, Westchester Reform Temple (‘01-‘03); Trustee, Westchester Reform Temple (‘04-‘11); Coach, Westchester Reform Temple Basketball team (‘02-’10); Coach, Scarsdale Recreation Soccer teams (‘01-‘02)
Norbert Elsner, MD, 5 Westview Lane Years of Residency: 16
Education: MD, MA
Occupation: Associate Director, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center (Bronx, NY); Attending physician; Emergency Medicine
Kenneth Keats, 6 Thornwood Place Years of Residency: 11
Education: Syracuse University, BA (‘86); Fordham University, MBA (‘91)
Occupation: Deutsche Bank, Director, Emerging Market Sales
Current civic activities: TVCC Education Forum; Beach Point Club Dining committee
Previous civic activities: School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC) (‘06-‘09), SBNC Chair (‘09-‘10); Scarsdale Bowl Committee (‘07-‘09)
Joseph E. Sarachek, 22 Harvest Drive Years of Residency: 13
Education: Cornell University, BS in Economics and Political Science; New York Law School, JD
Occupation: Managing Partner, Triax Capital Advisors; Restructuring Professional and bankruptcy lawyer
Professional activities: Founder and Managing Partner, Triax Capital Advisors (‘01- ); Chairman of the Board of Chazak Value Corp. (‘04- ); Member, Board of Directors of Kominox, a South Korean-based experimental cancer drug company (‘06- ); awarded 2010 Turnaround of the Year for Small Companies by the Turnaround Management Association, for work as Chapter 7 Trustee of Agriprocessors; Portfolio Manager and consultant, Balfour Investors, Inc.; Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery, LLC (dates?); Bankruptcy Attorney, Kelley Drye & Warren (‘89-’93)
Current civic activities: Member, Young Israel of Scarsdale (’98- ); Member, Senate Club of AIPAC (‘03- ); Member, Turnaround Management Association (‘97- ); the American Bankruptcy Institute (‘87- ); the Commercial Finance Association (‘03- ); American Bar Association (‘87); Lecturer for the Cornell Entrepreneur Network, Winter 2010 and the American Bankruptcy Institute
Past civic activities: Chair, Annual Golf Outing and several large fundraisers, Young Israel of Scarsdale (’01- ); Coach, Scarsdale Little League (‘01-‘03)
Thieves Hit Two More Scarsdale Homes and a Downtown Jeweler
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Thieves continued to prey on Scarsdale this week, hitting another home in Greenacres as well as a Heathcote home. This week’s burglaries follow similar incidents on Windmill Road on 9/25, Greenacres Avenue on 9/29, and River Road on 10/12. In all cases the thieves entered the homes through the back or side of the house and proceeded directly to the master bedrooms in search of jewelry. According to Thomas Altizio of the Scarsdale Police, “All of the burglaries are active investigations and our Detectives have been pursuing leads across Westchester and Rockland Counties, and into New York City. We believe some of the burglaries that occurred in Scarsdale are related to perpetrators who have struck in Greenburgh and White Plains and we are working together with those agencies and sharing information regarding possible suspects. Burglaries have increased across the local region and we encourage residents to utilize alarm and security systems and make sure their homes are secured. One of the best things residents can do is look out for one another. Homeowners should stay alert to activities in their neighborhood, keep an eye on their neighbors homes and most importantly call the Police Department when they observe suspicious persons or activity in the area so it can be checked out by a Patrol Officer.”
In addition, this week a downtown jewelry store was robbed. Here are the details:
Two diamond rings, one valued at $6,000 and the other at $9,000, were stolen from Sam Lehr Jewelry on Harwood Court on the afternoon of October 22. According to the owner, a clean-shaven, bald, black man came to the store around 1 pm and asked to see two rings. After he considered them for a while he said he was going to leave and asked for the name of a place to have lunch. Ten minutes later he re-entered the store and asked to see the rings again. This time, with the rings in his hand, he fled the store on foot and went through the underpass onto Popham Road. Police had a description of the man’s car but were unable to find him. A surveillance video is available from the store and will be reviewed by police.
Burglaries: Wheelock Road residents returned home around 11 pm on the night of October 21 and found that their home had been entered and robbed. It appeared that burglars had used a rock to break a sliding glass door and enter the house. Once inside they rummaged through the dining room and master bedroom. In the bedroom, they threw clothes on the floor and emptied the contents of a jewelry box. The residents reported that a large amount of jewelry and watches were missing and possibly the silverware as well. They will provide a complete list to the police.
On October 22, a similar incident occurred on Eton Road. The homeowners returned to the house at 10:30 pm and found that a glass back door was broken. There were pry marks on the door and the glass had been pushed in. The master bedroom and master bathroom were tossed and jewelry was stolen. Though the alarm was on, the motion detector was off as the family has a dog so the alarm was not activated. The owners will supply a full list of the missing jewelry to the police.
Custody: A father from Stormville, NY came to Scarsdale Police headquarters on the evening of October 17th with a court order allowing him to take his 16 year-old son from his mother’s home on Mamaroneck Avenue. In compliance with the court order, the mother brought the boy to headquarters to turn him over to his father until November 29, 2011.
Fraud: A White Road man got a call from American Express on October 5 telling him that someone had opened a credit card account to be billed to his address. On October 6th he received the credit card in the mail and on October 7th, Amex called again to say that $6,179 had been billed to the unauthorized card account.
On 10/20 Tunstall Road residents reported that someone had printed fraudulent Chase checks using their account number and business name. Six checks, totaling $8,832, were chased at six different Chase branches, two in Jamaica and Corona Queens. Copies of the checks were sent to the residents who noted that their signature was forged on the checks. Chase made good on the funds.
A Brite Avenue woman reported that she had received a Western Union package with a survey and U.S. Postal money orders with instructions to cash them on 10/21. Police contacted Western Union who found that these were falsified documents.
Sprague Road residents found that someone had used their name and social security numbers to file a fraudulent tax return and get a refund to boot! The imposters also had a refund check mailed to them. However it has not been cashed. When the Scarsdale residents tried to file their legitimate return it was rejected twice. The IRS is investigating. The report was filed with the Scarsdale Police on 10/12.
Missing: A 38 year-old resident of Search for Change on the Post Road was reported missing on 10/20, but later found to be in the custody of the White Plains police, where she had been arrested for Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance. The woman was sent to the County jail, the missing person alarm was cancelled and the woman’s mother was called.
A Rectory Lane woman reported that a 6 year-old boy was missing from the Girl Scout House on Wayside Lane at 10:30 am on 10/22. By the time police arrived, the boy was found.
Seasoned: June Sandberg of Popham Road reported that someone had poured salad dressing on her car when it was parked in the church lot behind 45 Popham Road overnight on 10/17 – 10/18.
Kids: Police received a report of kids congregating in George Field Park at 10:15 on the night of 10/21. By the time Police arrived the kids were gone.
Accidents: An 11 year-old Scarsdale boy riding his bike on Griffen Avenue was hit by a Larchmont woman driving a 2010 SUV at 5:20 on 10/17. According to the driver, the boy rode into the roadway without looking. In an attempt to avoid the cyclist, the car hit a curb. SVAC was called but medical attention was refused.
A 23 year-old man from Tory Lane hit a fire hydrant while driving on Mamaroneck Road on the night of 10/18. The hydrant was damaged. The driver claimed he fell asleep at the wheel.
At 3:48 am on 10/22 George Nader of Eastchester was driving his 2010 Mercedes southbound on the Post Road when the car crossed into the northbound lane, went over the curb on the opposite side of the street and clipped a tree at 956 Post Road. The car flipped over. Nader had a bloody nose but was otherwise uninjured and refused medical attention.
Scarsdale Police: Another Greenacres Burglary and a Wandering Boy
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An unusual series of events lead to the arrest of a Scarsdale man for driving while under the influence of drugs at 8 PM on October 10th. The trouble began when a Greendale Road man found someone standing in his driveway who claimed he was lost. The resident called police who began a search for the man and found him on Greendale Road. He identified himself as John Cardenas, age 29 of Elmsford. Cardenas said that he had been dropped off in the area by a friend who was driving Caredenas’ Dodge Journey. Shortly thereafter the friend returned in the car. The driver was found to be under the influence of drugs and after failing sobriety tests was arrested for driving while under the influence. He refused to submit to chemical tests. A search of his license revealed that it had been revoked in April, 2011 for driving while impaired by drugs and refusing to submit to a test. In July, 2011, his drivers license was suspended.
He was taken to Village Court and arraigned before Judge Galloway. He was given a court appearance date and released. Since Cardenas was not in the car and had not committed a crime police let him go.
Burglary: In Greenacres, a River Road home was robbed on the night of October 12th. Burglars stood on a patio table and broke a window on the side of the house. Once inside, it appeared that the intruders worked quickly. They went to the master bedroom, tossed it, and made off with a necklace and watch valued at $10,500. Police spoke with neighbors but no one had seen anything suspicious.
Free Holiday: On 10/14 a Highland Way man found that someone had used his debit card account to make purchases at the Fountainbleu and the Renaissance Hotels in Miami Beach. The suspect registered at the hotels in the name of the Scarsdale resident and when the Scarsdale man called the Renaissance the suspect was still at the hotel. The hotel called the Miami police who arrested two suspects and remanded them to the Miami Dade County Correctional Facility. In total, over $7,500 was taken from the Scarsdale man’s bank account. The names of the suspects were not released by the Scarsdale Police.
Zachys Wine and Liquor was also the victim of fraud. Someone printed counterfeit checks with the name, Zachys Wine Auctions, Inc. Between September 5th and 13th, nine of these checks were written for a total of $22,397. Zachy’s accounting department realized that counterfeit checks had been written and contacted their bank.
In another incident involving Zachy’s, a White Plains man parked his motorcycle at the Zachy’s loading dock at 1:30 pm on October 16. When he returned a few minutes later, his motorcycle bag was gone. There were no witnesses so police will review the Zachy’s video surveillance records.
On 10/16 a Rye woman reported that her iPhone had been stolen when she was at Westchester Reform Temple on the night of 10/14. She was able to use the phone’s GPS tracking device to track the phone’s location and knew it was in Greenwich, CT but was unable to retrieve it.
Wandering Boy: On the afternoon of 10/15 a Stratton Road resident found a 4 year-old child roaming the street alone. She brought the child to her front step and her husband called the police. Police contacted the boy’s father, a rabbi, who said that the boy had tried to follow his mother to temple. The next day police received a second call about the same child from another neighbor at 11:35 am. An Old Lyme Road woman found the boy walking on Stratton Road by himself again. When Police arrived, the rabbi came to the house and said that his son had learned how to unlock the front door. Police advised the man to change the locks and also warned that if the child continued to get out alone they would be forced to call Child Protective Services.
Harassed: In another incident on Stratton Road a man called police on 10/12 when he felt harassed by a contractor who was demanding payment. As there is an outstanding claim to the insurance company, police advised the parties to resolve their differences through the company.
On 10/12 a Ridgedale Road woman called to complain that someone has been driving by and yelling her name while she walks her dog. This has happened several times and she does not recognize the voice or the car.
Police investigated a complaint from Adult Protective Services at a Mamaroneck Road home on 10/12. The 86 year-old resident had recently been released from the hospital and required a certified home health care aide. However, his companion fired the assigned aide. Police intervened and another aide was retained to care for the man.
Missing Mail: On 10/15 a Lee Road woman reported that someone had forwarded her mail to an unknown address without her permission. The postmaster could not provide her with the address to which her mail had been sent. Police advised her to follow up with the Postal Police and the inspector general’s office.
Locked Out: The daughter of divorced parents on Rock Creek Lane documented a civil incident on the afternoon of October 11th. She had returned to the house to collect her things but was unable to get in. Police advised her to call her father’s lawyer to make an arrangement to get her things from the house.
Garbage: Brambach Road residents called police on the afternoon of October 11 to complain that their neighbors had piles of garbage on the lawn that had been there for days. Police contacted the homeowner who said that a tenant had recently moved out and failed to pick up their debris. He agreed to take care of it.
Car on the Lawn: A Rectory Lane woman called police on the evening of 10/14 to report that a car was sitting on her front lawn. She had no idea how it got there. Police found that the car had been driven by a woman who making deliveries for Scarsdale Pharmacy. She misjudged the placement of the driveway and drove the car onto the lawn where it was stuck. Heathcote Exxon was called to remove the car from the lawn.
Animals: A bird flew into Michael’s Barbershop on Garth Road on the afternoon of 10/15 and the barber’s were not able to get it to leave. Eventually they did catch the bird and brought it to the Greenburgh Nature Center.
SVAC called police about an injured cat on East Parkway at 7 am on 101/6. The cat’s owners could not be identified and the cat could not walk. The New Rochelle Humane Society was called to pick up and treat the cat.
Procedure Committee Announces CNC Candidate Slate
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The Scarsdale Procedure Committee has announced the slate of candidates for election to the Citizen’s Nominating Committee for 2011. There are two candidates vying for each available seat. In most of the districts there are 4 candidates running for 2 seats with the exception of Greenacres where there are six candidates running for three seats -- due to the resignation of one nominator this year. Full bios of each candidate will be posted next week on the Procedure Committee website.
Voting will take place at Scarsdale Village Hall on Tuesday November 15 from 7:00 – 9:30 am and 2 – 9 pm. Absentee ballots will also be available on the Procedure Committee website and should be mailed to the Procedure Committee, P.O. Box 284, Scarsdale, NY 10583. They must be received by 5 pm on November 14, 2011 to be counted. If a runoff election is needed, it will be held at Village Hall on Tuesday, November 22.
Also on the ballot will be proposed amendments to the Non-Partisan Resolution. These are posted below for your consideration.
2011 Citizens Nominating Committee Candidates
Edgewood
- Nathan Barotz
- Betsy Bush
- Michael Duncanson
- Ken Kehoe
Fox Meadow
- Linda Blair
- Anita Mann
- Salvatore Rao
- Ted Tyberg
Greenacres
- Glenn Fishman
- Michael Green
- Barbara Jaffe
- Mona Longman
- Andrew Sereysky
- Jeannette Warner-Goldstein
Heathcote
- Norman W. Bernstein
- Raymond A. Cooper
- David Michaels
- Emilia Rodriguez
Quaker Ridge
- Douglas R. Birns
- Norbert Elsner, MD
- Ken Keats
- Joseph E. Sarachek
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE NON-PARTISAN RESOLUTION
After receipt of oral and written comments, The Procedure Committee has adopted another draft of proposed amendments to the Non-Partisan Resolution, which, after any additional public comments, will be finalized no later than October 7th and submitted to the voters on November 15. The full text of the proposed amendments is available on-line at http://www.scarsdaleprocedurecommittee.org. Here is a summary of the proposed amendments:
1. Proposed amendment to Article II, The Procedure Committee, to prohibit any person who is a member of the Citizens Nominating Committee (CNC), the School Board Administrative Committee (SBAC), the School Board Nominating Committee (SBNC), the School Board, or the Village Board from simultaneously being a member of The Procedure Committee (TPC).
2. Proposed amendment to Article IV, Unit Nominating and Election Procedures, to allow residents to vote by mail-in ballot, accompanied by a certification of eligibility to vote, to be received by TPC by the day before Election Day.
3. Proposed amendments to Article V, regarding eligibility to serve as a member of the CNC,
a. Prohibiting anyone from running for election to the CNC if his or her election would or could cause more than one person from the same household to serve at the same time as a voting member of the CNC.
b. Prohibiting a former Mayor or Trustee of the Village from running for election to the CNC unless more than one election cycle (approximately 19 months) has passed since the person last served in such position.
c. Prohibiting any person from serving as a voting member of the CNC for more than three consecutive years, provided, that a person elected to fill a one-year vacancy in the CNC shall be able to run for and succeed himself or herself with a full three-year term.
d. Prohibiting any person from serving as a voting member of the CNC who is at the time of the election a member of TPC, the SBNC, the SBAC, the School Board or the Village Board.
4. Proposed amendments to Article V, Section 5,
a. allowing TPC to make recommendations to the CNC with respect to its Rules of
Procedure, which shall be consistent with the purpose and provisions of the Non-Partisan Resolution, and
b. providing that any questions of compliance with the provisions of the Resolution regarding Rules of Procedure shall be ruled on by the Chairperson, whose decision can only be overruled by a 2/3 vote of the voting members present.
5. Proposed amendments to Article V, Section 6, to provide that no vote for any nominee for a particular office shall be taken at a meeting at which a Committee member has presented new information as to a nominee for such office based upon the Committee member’s personal experience.
ECC Calls for a Tax Revaluation
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The following letter from the Edgemont Community Council was submitted to the Greenburgh Town Board at its meeting on 10/12: To the Town Board of Greenburgh, The Edgemont Community Council met on October 3, 2011 and voted to ask the town to do a revaluation of taxable properties within the Town immediately.
The Town of Greenburgh and the many taxing entities within it (school and fire districts, among others) need stability in their budgeting and taxing processes, and the continuing number of tax certioraris and grievances make that impossible. We are collectively paying more than $10 million a year in tax refunds, the Town this year is borrowing money to cover these costs for the first time in its entire history, and the State Legislature says tax cert payments are not excluded from the state-mandated property tax cap, which means the money spent on tax certs may result in less money available to educate our children.
Not to mention that it has been 56 years since there has been any revaluation of taxable properties in Greenburgh.
It is way past time for a revaluation.
We also believe that waiting for the county to act, or for special legislation from the State Legislature to enact "hardship provisions" for Greenburgh residents is political gamesmanship. No county action or state-enacted hardship provisions were needed for those towns and villages in Westchester that have already approved revaluation, including the City of Rye, and the Villages of Bronxville and Pelham Manor.
Common sense says that it is time for revaluation.
We know that voting for revaluation will require an act of political courage from the members of the Town Board – as voters and taxpayers, we have the right to expect such courage from our elected officials.
Sincerely,
Geoff Loftus
PresidentThe Edgemont Community Council
