text: PRESORTED STANDARD PERMIT #3036 WHITE PLAINS NY Vol. IV NO XLXV Thursday, August 19, 2010 Westchester's Most Influential Weekly Watson: Give Blood – You'll Feel Better, Page 6; Westchester Blood Donation Centers, Page 4; Rothberg: At Home with Amazing Songwriter/Novelist/Playwright, Rupert Holmes, Page 11; Heller: Crime and Punishment, Page 11 www.westchesterguardian.com Page 2 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 McLaughlin In this Issue... Abady and silbergerg: McLaughlin Takes on stewart-cousins ....2, 3, 10 Public service Announcement: Blood donations .................................. 4 Letters to the editor .............................................................................. 4 Oped romani:The role of Greed in America's economic Meltdown.............................................................................. 5 Watson: Give Blood-You'll Feel Better ............................................ 6, 10 Can a Fiscal Hawk Catch a heller: crime and Punishment ........................................................ 7, 13 By Sam Abady and Eric Silberberg Limato: rats vs. eagles .................................................................... 8, 13 Four years ago, Westchester county made upstart republican rob Astorino deskovic: Albany Finally Passes Vital Anti-Prison Legislator for the 16th district, Andrea the new county executive. census Legislation ........................................................................... 9, 12 stewart-cousins, achieved one of Ten-year Yonkers city councilman, rothberg: At home with Amazing songwriter/ the greatest upsets in recent Albany Laim McLaughlin, an attorney with the Novelist/Playwright, rupert holmes ............................................. 11, 19 political history when she unseated ten- White Plains firm Bashian and Farber, term senator and Yonkers republican is the man republicans pinned their Westchester calendar......................................................................14-15 machine leader, Nicholas spano, and hopes on to oust the two-term stewart- Theatre directory................................................................................. 16 took over the 35th senate district which cousins and recapture the 35th district Jane: Westchester sports: Area Teens compete in encompasses Yonkers plus Ardsley, for the GOP. Jewish Olympiad at Baltimore ............................................................. 17 dobbs Ferry, elmsford, Greenburgh, The red-headed McLaughlin is hastings-on-hudson, Irvington, Mount self-described as a hard-nosed fiscal Legal Notices ................................................................................. 18, 19 Pleasant, Pleasantville, sleepy hollow, conservative who believes the 125-day- and Tarrytown. late state budget was caused by "a failed stewart-cousins enjoys a reputa- liberal ideology" of "big government and tion as a trail blazer who champions the high taxes that senator stewart-cousins poor, the underserved and the working embraces." he accused her of being "one class. she was the first African American of its major proponents." appointed director of community "What Mr. McLaughlin fails to talk Affairs in Yonkers where she created about," stewart-cousins fired back, "is an internship program for the hearing the forty plus years of republican leader- Westchester's Most Influential Weekly impaired and poor children, and ship in the senate. democrats have been created the now widely visited "Art on in power in this very difficult economic Guardian News Corp. Main street" and "river Fest" events time for all of two years." P.O. Box 8 downtown. stewart-cousins is no stranger New Rochelle, New York 10801 she later became the Westchester to economic and business matters. legislature's Majority Whip and Vice- she earned her teaching credentials Sam Zherka , Publisher & President chair, and authored and/or helped pass in Business education from Lehman Sam Abady, Editor-in-Chief & Vice President the county's first human rights and college; a Masters degree in Public living wage laws; smoke-free workplace Administration from Pace university email@example.com laws; tough gun storage laws; and laws where she was elected to the Pi Alpha firstname.lastname@example.com to prosecute predatory lenders. she was Alpha honor society; and spent thir- also instrumental is securing tax cuts for teen years in sales and marketing with Ellie Ellis - Advertising Manager seniors and veterans. New York Telephone/AT&T before she As chair of the county legisla- pursued a career in journalism, teaching firstname.lastname@example.com ture's health committee, she brought and elective office. currently, she is a the "sexual Assault Nurse examiner member of the senate committees on News & Editorial: (914) 632-2540 Program" to Westchester following a Banks; Finance; commerce, economic Advertising & Photos: (914) 632-1230, x 405 successful pilot program in Yonkers. she development and small Business; and Fax: (914) 633-0806 proudly says the law became a model was the former downstate co-chair of nationwide for enhanced community the senate democratic Task Force on Published online every Monday and medical assistance to rape victims Minority and Women Owned Business Print edition distributed Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday republicans lost a major power enterprises player when Nick spano fell. They licked According to Gov. david Patterson Graphic Design: Watterson Studios, Inc. their wounds and are preparing to strike and the senate's democratic leader- www.wattersonstudios.com back hard in November, hoping to ride ship, the revenue bill passed on August the wave which swept aside democrat 3rd will ostensibly close the state's $9.2 www.westchesterguardian.com Andy spano (no relation to Nick) and billion budget gap. One bill introduced The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 Page 3 Takes on stewart-cousins Liberal Star in His Conservative Talons? showed how police and fire pensions are bleeding state coffers. McLaughlin agreed these costs "are driving up the expenses to the taxpayers because of possible abuses going on there." "I want to take a look at everything," the tax-cutting conservative said. "You know, to me, nothing would be sacred." McLaughlin's record on the Yonkers city council confirms his self-identifi- cation as a fiscal conservative. Yonkers is the only city in Westchester to have an income tax. McLaughlin helped curb it by a third, and managed to push the real property transfer tax down to under three per cent. he also enthused about the new Yonkers Board of education office building which was one of his pet proj- ects. "We came in a million dollars under budget and we finished on time," he said. "You know you hear of all these govern- ment projects that are millions of dollars over budget and years and years late, but we didn't do that, which is pretty unusual." however, McLaughlin conceded Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins Yonkers City Councilman Liam McLaughlin that, in 2009, his last year in office, Yonkers increased taxes by seven per cent by stewart-cousins was a provision to to include purchases of clothing costing state spending to make up for lost While the fiscal hawk offers voters impose an earnings tax on hedge fund less than $110. Likewise, he opposes the revenue from lower property taxes he the promise of lower taxes and strict managers who work in New York but new increased state cigarette tax hopes to enact. government spending, stewart-cousins live outside the state stewart-cousins responded, "When "I think that there are some poli- believes that she is the candidate capable The measure was defeated, but you're faced with the kinds of choices we ticians that are afraid to take a real of fixing Albany's dysfunction caused by exemplifies her approach to make the had, it was very difficult. I'm very happy hard stand on some of these issues," bare-knuckled partisanship. rich who profit from New York but don't … this very difficult task was left only to McLaughlin said. "Like Medicaid fraud "We (the democrats) inherited a give back ante up. the democrats because the republicans and abuse. so let's find out who's abusing system where only the majority party did In McLaughlin's eyes, however, her refused to participate in it." the system and go after them." anything," she said about the previous approach exemplifies everything wrong McLaughlin sees tax relief as the most he also attacked inefficiencies in republican majority led by now disgraced with Albany's tax philosophy which he important device to resuscitate the state's the pension system for police, fire and Majority Leader Joseph Bruno who is claims is crippling private investment. ailing economy. "The main thing we have municipal workers. he believes these appealing his federal extortion conviction. "entrepreneurs should be able to do to do is reduce property taxes," he said. pension payments are soaking taxpayers business in New York state without the stewart-cousins says she success- "But I mean there are just so many other and putting a major strain on the state's fully created in the senate "a mechanism state turning around and giving them kinds of taxes" which he characterized as payables. additional taxes," he said. by which not only does the minority "death by a thousand cuts." "cuomo actually just did a study," party get to introduce a bill, but they McLaughlin's strong objections to the If elected, McLaughlin plans to McLaughlin said, in reference to the state's new budget do not stop there. he actually get to pass it and they actually introduce legislation to cut deep into Attorney General's recent report which Continued on page 10 decries the recent extension of the sales tax Page 4 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Letters to the Editor All letters should be E-mailed to editor@westchestrguard- ian.com with "Letter to the Editor" in the subject line. To the editor: I take issue with the assault on rachel Abady's article, "Inside Gay Westchester," by sarah Lawrence college employees, rebecca Linz and carolyn O'Laughlin (Guardian, August 5th, "Letters to the editor," page 4). Ms. Abady's article was an intensely interesting and thoughtful read. Its subtitle, "A Glimpse Inside Westchester's Invisible community," echoes the early days of gay liberation when organizations like the Mattachine society met. Its leaders such as the dynamic harry hay faced the world boldly, but members were still in the shadows -- had to be, by and large. New Yorkers desperately need blood. There is an acute blood shortage, especially of types A Positive and O Positive. (See Health Matters – "Give Blood – You'll Feel Better" on page 6.) There is something of that feeling still in Westchester, and Westchester is not alone. It reflects similar commu- Did you know only 4% of the population donates blood used by the rest of us? nities: some activism and much reticence. Find a nearby blood drive by going to www.redcrossblood.org and entering your zip code. 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Contact Editor-in-Chief Sam Abady at: 914-943-9859 or firstname.lastname@example.com The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 Page 5 OpEd The Role of Greed in America's Economic Meltdown Corporate Kings, Not Illegal Immigrants, Are the Real Culprits By Gonzalo Romani Pundits like Tricia erickson we thought that the manipulation of that such documents remain secret." secrets exposed and their magic money (Guardian Op ed, May 27, 2010) argue the gold market was undertaken as a As a result, last december, GATA machine put under close scrutiny. They illegal immigrants are the main cause of coordinated profit scheme by certain sued the Federal reserve in the worked frantically behind the scenes our economic turmoil because they cost bullion banks like JPMorgan, chase Washington, d.c. federal court seeking to quietly derail all efforts to open up the Treasury more than $10 billion a Bank, and Goldman sachs, and that it access to the Federal reserve's withheld the Federal reserve to an independent year. violated federal and state anti-trust laws. records of gold swaps. audit. This is nonsense. corporate greed, But we soon discerned that the bullion The public should be focused on the how much taxpayers' money is being not immigrants, tanked the economy. banks were working closely with the Fed. Americans has been misled by its diverted to multibillion dollar businesses Guardian readers deserve to be rightly u.s. Treasury department and Federal current and the former chairmen. Ben like the gold business that harm the u.s. informed about these matters. reserve in a gold cartel, part of a broad Bernanke said, "In the united states a economy? Who is involved? should the In his book Meltdown - The End scheme of manipulation of the currency, deep and liquid financial system has Fed be audited as Paul has advocated of the Age of Greed, British author Paul precious metals, and bond markets. promoted growth by effectively allo- for years? Who is profiting from that Mason exposes the unadulterated, Murphy identified robert rubin, cating capital and has increased money? shameless greed of the rich enabled by Bill clinton's Treasury secretary, as the economic resilience by increasing our Let us do some easy number financial regulators, the political class man who devised the scheme to borrow ability to share and diversify risks, both crunching. The total u.s. debt is around and certain executive Branch officials. gold from central banks at minimal domestically and globally" ( June 15, $13.4 trillion. until 2009, the yearly They are the source of our economic interest rates (around 1%), sell the 2007). interest payment on that debt was more woes, not scapegoats like illegal aliens or bullion for cash, and use the cash to fund similarly, Alan Greenspan said, than $400 billion. Add the expected other ghosts. Goldman sachs's operations. "Those of us who have looked to the self- $1.5 trillion deficit caused mainly by Bernie Madoff stole $50 billion in "When rubin became u.s. Treasury interest of lending institutions to protect more than $700 billion in bank bailouts, the biggest Ponzi scheme in history. secretary," Murphy wrote, "he made it shareholders' equity, myself especially, plus $2 trillion in government bonds due Maddoff 's comments reported in New government policy to surreptitiously are in a state of shocked disbelief…. I in 2010/11, and our national debt will York Magazine describe the mindset of operate an identical gold carry trade but made a mistake in presuming that the increase to an astonishing $16.9 trillion, those responsible for our current prob- on a much larger scale. This became the self-interest of banks and others was costing American taxpayers more than lems. he told inmates at the Butner, principal mechanism of what was called such that they were best capable of $504 billion in yearly interest payments. North carolina, federal prison where he the 'strong-dollar policy.' subsequent protecting their own shareholders." This is an economic time bomb. is incarcerated his victims deserved what Treasury secretaries have repeated (October 23, 2008). how will this debt be financed? What if happened to them because they were a commitment to a 'strong dollar,' The hidden, multibillion gold interest rates rise? rich and greedy. "F××× my victims," he suggesting that they were continuing to business combined with the Fed's In addition, we must ask how much said. "I carried them for twenty years, feed official gold into the market more lack of transparency inspired Texas money the rich have parked in tax heaven and now I'm doing 150 years." or less clandestinely to support the dollar congressman ron Paul to intro- countries, and what percentage of that Over the last decade (1998- and suppress interest rates and precious duce hr 1207, the "Federal reserve money is directly linked to bribes, polit- 2008), the financial sector invested metals prices." Transparency Act," to audit the Fed. ical influence payoffs, transfer pricing, more than $5.1 billion purchasing According to Murphy, "GATA has Paul is the author of the 2009 book, donations to elected officials, etc? political influence, and another $3.4 collected reams of evidence that Western End the Fed. he stated, "The Federal According to a report published billion for officially registered lobby- central bank gold has long been mobi- reserve is the chief culprit behind the in the Huffington Post, "In december ists. In 2007 alone, the financial sector lized and surreptitiously dishoarded to economic crisis. Its unchecked power to 2008, the Government Accounting employed 2,996 lobbyists, including an rig the gold market and influence related create endless amounts of money out of Office reported that 83 of the 100 extraordinary number of former high- markets, and that this rigging has drawn thin air brought us the boom and bust largest publicly-traded companies ranking government officials. upon the u.s. gold reserves." cycle and causes one financial bubble in the country -- including AT&T, According to a March 8, 2010, GATA submitted Freedom of after another. since the Fed's creation in chevron, IBM, American express, Ge, letter from Bill Murphy, chairman of Information Act requests to the Fed 1913, the dollar has lost more than 96% Boeing, dow, and AIG -- had subsid- the GATA Gold Anti-Trust Action and Treasury department "for a candid of its value, and by recklessly inflating iaries in tax havens, what the corporate committee to Gary Gensler, chairman accounting of their involvement in the the money supply, the Fed continues to class comically calls 'financial privacy' of the commodity Futures Trading gold market, particularly in regard to distort interest rates and intentionally jurisdictions." commission, the largest u.s. banks gold swaps." In a september 17, 2009, erodes the value of the dollar." America's big banks, including manipulated the gold futures market, reply to GATA's lawyers, Fed Governor The bill was passed by the house, those that pocketed billions in taxpayer- and their conduct paralleled Madoff 's Kevin M. Warsh acknowledged "the but never became law. The usurpers of financed bailout dollars, seem particularly $50 billion Ponzi scheme in its scale. Federal reserve has gold swap agree- America's future did not take it lying fond of the cayman Islands. At the time Murphy advised Gensler, "Initially ments with foreign banks but insisted down. They were not about to have their Continued on page 19 Page 6 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 HealtH MatteRS Jane Watson, M.B., B.s., M.d. Give Blood – You'll Feel Better The summer blood shortage is upon us. It happens every year as regular donors go on vacation and schools and through blood. This obviously includes hIV infection and hepatitis. In the 1980s, when the hIV virus was new, colleges, an important blood source from tragic cases of AIds infection occurred campus drives, are closed. via transfusion. Tennis player Arthur Last week, the red cross announced Ashe acquired the AIds virus during critical shortage of types A positive and cardiac bypass graft surgery. hemophiliac O positive blood, and held a special teenager, ryan White, contracted AIds blood drive in White Plains with free from plasma he received to help his Italian ices and giveaways. Many people blood clot. Fortunately, scientists rapidly are mystified by the intermittent short- developed tests to detect the AIds virus ages. can't blood be frozen? The answer so this no longer happens. is no. Testing and the initial interview at Blood cells, like milk, have an expi- the collection site screen out those donors ration date and, like milk, are destroyed disqualified from giving. In addition, a by freezing. Fortunately, the shelf life of number of medications interfere with blood is longer than the shelf life of milk. blood clotting and preclude donation. A A unit of blood can be kept under refrig- past history of hepatitis B or c, malaria, eration for forty-two days, but then must syphilis, and several other diseases that be discarded if unused. Blood banks to enjoy raising her. someone's blood In an interview with The Guardian, can persist in the bloodstream disqualify regard any discarded blood as a failure. donation literally saved my life." Tom Kane explained that each unit donors. People with anemia clearly As Tom Kane, director of red cross Monique conley had a hip replace- donated to the red cross here is sent cannot donate because they lack enough blood services for southern New York ment at age thirty and needed a "top up" to a plant in east henrietta, New York. of their own red cells. At the moment, put it, "We are always balancing mainte- transfusion afterwards. she was struck There it is tested and processed. An anyone who lived in the united Kingdom nance of an adequate supply against the by the generosity of "that kind stranger individual unit can benefit three patients for more than three months from 1980 to possibility of wasting precious blood." who took the time to help a fellow because donated blood is separated 1996 is also excluded because of fears of Blood donation is an extraordinary stranger." she is now a regular donor. into red cells, liquid plasma, and plate- "mad cow" disease. act of human altruism. donors literally Blood is collected a "unit" at time, lets. Plasma proteins can be extracted how is blood used? Most people give of themselves with no immediate, a volume of 450 ml, a little less than a and used for many different purposes, envision patients in car accidents or with tangible reward. As any blood drive pint. The process is quick. The donor including donation to children suffering severed arteries being resuscitated with worker knows, donors tend to be special provides a mini health history and his from hemophilia who cannot produce bags of intravenous blood in emergency people with generous natures. some are or her blood pressure is taken. A quick their own clotting proteins and may rooms. such dramatic events do occur, drawn to donate by their own experience. finger-stick test is done to detect possible hemorrhage from a trivial injury. unlike but a great deal more blood is used Monisa described her cesarian anemia. whole blood, plasma can be frozen and for predictable purposes. This enables section to the red cross. "I began to donors then sit in a reclining chair, a keeps for a year. hospitals to give estimates of their future hemorrhage uncontrollably... As I started small canula is inserted into the arm, and Platelets are one part of the body's clot- blood needs so that blood suppliers can to fade into unconciousness, I heard the blood is collected for about ten minutes. ting mechanism. They only last five days plan accordingly. The red cross ships doctor calling for four more units of The donor must then wait a few minutes but are essential for patients with blood blood from east henrietta to New York blood, as I had quickly lost two liters and drink some fluids. Most people disorders like leukemia which prevent hospitals based on their predicted need. of my own. When I woke up in the suffer only minimal discomfort and the them producing their own platelets. Many forms of elective surgery, such recovery room, I was blessed to have a quantity of blood is replaced by the body At east henrietta, every unit is as bowel resections and coronary artery beautiful baby girl and a long life ahead in roughly four weeks. tested for diseases that can be transmitted Continued on page 10 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 Page 7 Crime and Punishment The united states is the world's third most populous nation, and has the world's highest incarceration rate. and more than half return to prison within a year of their release. so what do we get for the approxi- be equal before the law. someone who assaults his girlfriend's new boyfriend in a jealous rage should be punished just as contain the germ of a useful idea, and when it comes to criminal justice, we need new ideas. American prison sentences are long mately $30,000 we spend each year on severely as someone who assaults a black A new British study suggests a relative to counterpart sentences in each of more than 2,000,000 people in man because of his color. someone who useful alternative to the essentially other industrial democracies. our prisons? sets fire to a despised, smelly vagrant useless victim impact statement. The The result: America has more pris- We get family poverty when a who sleeps on a storm drain should be restorative Justice consortium ("rJc") oners than any other nation in the world. breadwinner is in prison. We get more punished just as severely as someone has evidence that crime rates, recidi- despite years of steadily dropping crime crime, as prisoners share trade secrets, who lights up a popular beauty queen. vism, and criminal justice costs all drop rates, we still have a high incidence of form gangs and plot their next moves. Victim impact statements are a when victims and young criminals meet crimes like murder, and our laws make We get shortages of other goods and relatively recent innovation in criminal quietly face to face. it worse by defining benign or victimless services because the billions we spend justice. The procedure allows victims under current law, the victim and activities as crimes. keeping people in prisons are not avail- to vent in open court before a defen- his or her family members recount the For example, everyone who refused able for other human needs. dant is sentenced. such statements may pain caused by the defendant in hopes to answer the 2010 census is a crim- When a criminal targets a victim educate -- or inflame -- the sentencing the judge will enhance the defendant's inal. so are many donors to political based on his or her membership in a judge or jury. punishment. defendants say "I'm sorry" campaigns. Forty percent of u.s. pris- racial, ethnic or other group to which It is theorized such statements in hopes the judge will be lenient. oners are serving time for ingesting the state extends special protection, we might inspire the criminal to think Victim impact statements are made in cannabis, peyote, fungi, poppy, and call it a hate crime. about his crime, which might lead him the same declaratory way that evidence other vegetable substances that have In passing the hate crimes Act of to remorse, which might stop him from is presented to an American jury; there been outlawed by government fiat. 2000, the New York Legislature declared returning to crime after he takes his is no give-and-take. It defies common sense that a twenty how hate crimes are a particular threat punishment. That is a lot of "mights." In contrast, the rJc study shows year-old Marine just back from combat to society, and "should be prosecuted Images personifying Justice depict that "[v]ictims of crime benefit … by in Afghanistan where he was responsible and punished with appropriate severity" a woman in a blindfold holding a scale. being given the chance to tell offenders for military equipment worth millions -- whatever that means. hate crime laws and victim impact state- the real impact of their crime, to get and the lives of his fellow Marines is a To believers in liberty, there is no ments lift that blindfold. When Justice answers to their questions, as well as criminal for buying a beer. Not long ago, such thing as a hate crime as distinct peeks, we no longer are equal. enhanced being more likely to receive an apology." anyone eighteen or older could drink. from other crime. A criminal should be sentences meted out for hate crimes, like The study noted a 27% drop in But our Marine is a criminal, as is the punished for wrongdoing, not wrong enhanced sentences inspired by victim recidivism achieved by a restorative person who sold him the beer, because thinking. It should not matter whether impact statements, further swell our justice program, and projected a two- the state now insists he must be twenty- the criminal called the victim ugly names already oversized prison population. year criminal justice system savings of one to down some suds. while committing the crime, or how the Prison rarely rehabilitates. The £185 million (equivalent to $1.5 billion Our country is rich, even in a reces- victim's emotions were impacted. victim's "closure" is illusory. There is in u.s. population terms). "This would sion. decent prison food and basic robbery and murder remain robbery little evidence that courtroom apologies mean 27% less crime and 27% fewer medical care means prisoners live longer and murder, whether inspired by greed improve matters for either criminal or victims." such reductions in u.s. crime than prisoners in ethiopia or Burma or or hate. Justice demands that crimes victim. would be worth billions more. Peru. That pushes up our prison census. motivated by personal animus be treated While hate crime legislation has The rJc found that, in Northern so does recidivism. Two-thirds of no differently than crimes motivated by no redeeming value beyond political Ireland, "Where victims and offenders America's prisoners are arrested again, racial animus because we are meant to correctness, victim impact statements Continued on page 13 Page 8 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 The Right Turn Michael Limato Rats vs. Eagles July turned out to be the dead- the leaks was to promote "justice" and In May 2010, Pvt. Manning, was reaction to the leaks vary. No liest month in Afghanistan with expose the horrors of war. he peddles arrested by the Army after releasing raw thanks to WikiLeaks, we know the war sixty-six Americans killed. These soldiers the typical activist narrative -- America video of a 2007 u.s. airstrike on an Iraqi in Afghanistan is going poorly. We -- shipped off to places we would never is an occupier, our troops are Nazis, and village to none other than WikiLeaks. know civilian deaths rose in the last ten go and do the things we could never do war is hell. The website declared u.s. Black hawk months. We know the Pakistani govern- -- gave the ultimate sacrifice for their Let me be clear: I do not like war; pilots were guilty of "collateral murder" ment is two-faced and reassures us of its country. They are the eagles. only a mentally ill person would. If for shooting journalists and civilians dedication to rooting out terrorists as a Australian activist, Julian Assange, Assange was just another garden variety from above. good u.s. ally while it assists Afghan personifies the anti-American, inter- anti-war activist, I would not care. he The accusation was fraudulent. insurgents and pigs out on billions in nationalist, left wing rat. The same matters because he aides and abets our The so called "journalists" and "civil- u.s. aid. month American casualties skyrocketed, enemy, the Taliban and al-Qaeda, by ians" were insurgents operating in the some compared WikiLeaks to the Assange published 76,000 secret mili- publishing these documents. release of The Pentagon Papers of 1971. region of al-Amin al-Thaniyah. A close tary documents under the title "Afghan Federal authorities believe Assange It is a poor comparison. The Pentagon look at the recording revealed they were War diary" on his website, WikiLeaks. obtained them from Pvt. Bradley Manning. Papers were classified reports prepared not carrying video cameras, but deadly Assange is the consummate evil Manning, an eagle turned rat, is a u.s. for secretary of defense robert rPGs (rocket propelled grenades) genius. he presented himself to the Army intelligence analyst charged with McNamara by defense department instead. These are the same weapons London press as the ultimate do-gooder. two counts of misconduct and currently officials. The reports consisted of a used to shoot down our helicopters. According to Assange, the reason for being held in Quantico, Virginia. Continued on page 13 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 Page 9 Albany Finally Passes Vital Anti-Prison Census Legislation Attorney General Candidate Puts an End to Rural Population Fraud On March 4, 2010, I wrote a Likewise, upstate politicians fought Guardian column entitled "Time To against closing unneeded prisons which end Prison census Fraud" about generated revenue in those communities a bill introduced by state sen. eric at the expense of taxpayers statewide. schneiderman (d-NY) who represents Peter Wagner is the executive the 31st senate district and is a current director of the non-profit, non- candidate for Attorney General. The partisan Prison Policy Initiative which bill was co-sponsored by Assemblyman documents the impact of mass incar- hakeem Jeffries who represents the ceration on individuals, communities, 57th Assembly district in Brooklyn. It is and the national welfare. he released designed to put an end to prison census a public statement after passage of the fraud. schneiderman bill reciting the following Many New York prisons were built facts: in rural communities upstate. census - seven New York state senate Bureau guidelines allowed districts districts meet minimum popula- with prisons to count this non-voting, tion requirements only by claiming incarcerated population to beef up incarcerated people as residents; local population statistics. The inflated - 40% of an Oneida county legis- numbers were used to secure greater Sing Sing Prison in Ossinning New York lative district is incarcerated, as is legislative representation and more 50% of a rome city council ward; local elected representatives to complain in prison for longer terms than criminals government funds at the expense of - as a result, people who live next to about prison conditions and abuse by the who committed violent felonies. prisoners' home districts. area prisons have more influence administration. Not one ever responded: Why? More than a third of all pris- convicts in the upstate prisons were than people in other districts or no letters, visits, or follow up actions by oners are incarcerated for drug crimes, never truly represented by local elected wards in the state; these "representatives." and the percentage was higher when the officials. To the contrary, this despised Moreover, upstate elected officials rockefeller drug laws were in force. The - prison-based gerrymandering is a population is routinely ignored by the often took positions detrimental to pris- larger the prison population, the better it national problem; and politicians who supposedly represent oners' interests. For example, for years, was for politicians in rural communities - Maryland and delaware passed them. upstate politicians fought against repeal because the phony head count allowed corrective legislation. during the sixteen years I was of the draconian rockefeller drug laws them to disproportionately benefit from wrongfully incarcerated, prisoners wrote Continued on page 12 which put addicts in need of treatment government largesse. Page 10 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 Give Blood - You'll Feel Better McLaughlin Takes on Stewart-Cousins Continued from page 6 the nation alive. The red cross collects Continued from page 3 Andrew cuomo, was strongly consid- 65% of the nation's blood and holds get to co-sponsor it," and cited the Local ering stewart-cousins to be his running grafts, result in an inevitable loss of blood regular collection drives in every part of Governments committee she chairs mate for Lieutenant Governor. had that that must be replaced by the anesthesi- happened, McLaughlin could have run ologist during surgery. The body the country. The Westchester chapter in which she introduced legislation co-sponsored by a republican colleague. unopposed in November. needs red blood cells to carry oxygen in White Plains has a regular collection she also praised prison census however, on May 26th, cuomo to the tissues; without it tissues cannot date on the third Friday of every month. reform legislation, saying it was "one selected rochester Mayor robert duffy function or heal. Those interested in donating can instead find a nearby blood drive by going to of the good things that happened at regular transfusions are also neces- the budget." under the new law spear- McLaughlin knows he faces a tough sary for people with conditions that www.redcrossblood.org and entering battle. As stewart-cousins reminds headed by Manhattan democrat, eric suppress red blood cell production in a zip code. The harrison chamber voters on her website, she has been schneiderman, prisoners now will be bone marrow, leaving the patient anemic of commerce is holding a drive Aug deemed residents of their home districts honored with a slew of citations and and weak. These conditions include 18th, 12:00-5:00 PM at 216 halstead before their incarceration and not the awards from organizations like the Avenue in harrison, and the columbia districts in which their prisons are American cancer society and American cancer chemotherapy, some forms of engine and hose company #2 on Aug located. civil Liberties union, and was named leukemia, and myelofibrosis in which the 23d, 3:00-8:00 PM at 601 North Barry The change is certain to affect reap- "Woman of the Year" by the Business and bone marrow mysteriously fails. Professional Women's club; "Legislator Other patients face regular trans- Avenue in Mamaroneck. portionment, as seven senate districts meet the minimum population require- of the Year" by the community health fusion because they are born with Dr. Watson, a British and American physi- Association of New York state; and ment for independent representation genetically altered red cells that do not cian, was educated at the University of received Pace Law school's "Leader in in the Albany legislature by counting work effectively and must be topped London and is Board Certified in Internal social Justice" award and the NAAcP's prisoners. Without transient prisoners up with normal cells for the patient to Medicine. She has been a member of the included in the census, these districts "Thurgood Marshall Award." survive. some forms of sickle cell anemia academic faculties of medicine at Einstein, will have to be amalgamated into The liberal lioness remains and thallasemia fall into this category. NYU and Cornell, and Director of surrounding districts, and some experts immensely popular in the 35th district. sadly, only 4% of u.s. residents Ambulatory Medicine at Booth Memorial predict this will help democrats. According to state Board of elections donate blood, but their generosity keeps in Queens "From what I understand of the statistics, the district has been steadily prison population, many are housed losing registered republican voters since upstate," stewart-cousins said. 2000. The conservative lawyer remains RIVERVIEW COURT "Once those people leave their home districts, they're counted upstate, and undaunted. he is counting on the 15 MIN. the resources go to those upstate. 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Joseph Papp, creator tone of the New York Call 1-888-FIDELIS; TTY: 1-800-421-1220. of the New York shakespeare Festival, Gilbert and sullivan Players; sings roles and Papp's wife, after they attended with regional opera companies, such as Proof of age, income, and address a holmes cabaret in 1983. holmes Glimmerglass Opera, Lake George, and necessary to enroll. performed in New York city cabarets Virginia Opera; and has appeared at the and comedy clubs in the 80s and 90s, Metropolitan Opera. and was best known for telling his auto- holmes later went to the Manhattan biographical anecdotes illustrated by his school of Music where he majored in "story songs." clarinet. holmes reputation bloomed to his lengthy artistic resume includes national recognition after he wrote a many songs he wrote for Barbra 2007 drama desk Award-winning streisand, including music from the book for the Broadway production film, A Star is Born; The Jets famous hit, 1-888-FIDELIS (1-888-343-3547) of Curtains. his other accomplish- " You Got It All" (Over Him) later ments include his plays, Accomplice, fideliscare.org Continued on page 12 Page 12 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 Albany Finally Passes Vital Anti-Prison Census Legislation Continued from page 9 Prison Families of New Jeffries also told s After they are released, most pris- schneiderman's bill directs the state York and exponents. Our Time Press, "We oners return to the same counties, cities department of corrections to submit On August 3, 2010, send more individuals and towns from whence they came. residential data on prisoners -- including the Albany legisla- into the prison system hence, it never made sense that prisoners their last known address before incar- ture finally passed the than any county in -- temporary residents frequently moved ceration -- to a state legislative task force bill which currently New York." As a result, around the state like pieces on a chess which uses that data to redraw the state's awaits Gov. Patterson's political representa- board -- were counted as part of the local political map for reapportionment and signature. tion in Brooklyn (Kings population and not the population of redistricting. At stake are state legisla- sen. schneiderman county) is "far less than their home districts. tive and congressional seats, along with exclaimed, "I'm really it otherwise should schneiderman stands out as a leader billions in state and federal aid. just excited. I spoke to be," he said. "There is who proposes smart and progressive Not surprisingly, upstate politicians the Governor and the a likelihood that we legislation to improve our criminal justice Senator Eric Schneiderman pushed back against schneiderman's Governor's counsel, and (democrats) may secure system. he succeeded in passing this bill with great force. To get it passed, I'm sure he'll sign it. Once additional representation reform bill after many years based largely schneiderman knew he needed support. it's signed, I will work with him and I will in either the Assembly or the senate." on smart coalition building and vital grass A coalition was formed to back this also work with the incoming administra- schneiderman hopes other states roots support. legislation. Member groups included tion to make sure that the ball doesn't get will pass similar reform legislation before In my own struggle against wrongful citizen Action of New York, The dropped." 2012 redistricting takes place. convictions, I am developing a grassroots Public Policy and education Fund, The Likewise, Jeffries said, "Inmate-based he told Black Voices News, "The other group currently housed on Facebook Prison Policy Initiative, New York civil gerrymandering is an unfair practice that thing is that we have a coalition that we as "Jeffrey deskovic's Innocence Team Liberties union, demos, common undermines the integrity of our democ- built over the past five or six years that (NY)." I hope one day to have enough cause, the Brennan center for Justice, racy. The passage of this reform promotes includes the NAAcP, david Jones and members to pass much needed anti- Fortune society, Bronx defenders, Praxis the principle of equitable representation the hip hop Action Network, and eddie wrongful conviction legislation. Project, correctional Association of New throughout New York, and results in a ellis and edith Wagner from the Prison Jeff Deskovic spent sixteen years in prison for York, community service society, New fairer process of redistricting. We will Policy Initiative. What we're going to do a murder and rape he did not commit. He York city AIds housing Network no longer tolerate the injustice of artifi- is get together and figure out how to use writes about wrongful convictions and crim- (NYcAhN), Malcolm X Grassroots cially enhancing the political power of a this, and try to get other states in on this inal justice issues. Movement, center for Law & social handful of communities on the backs of as well before the 2012 [redistricting] Justice, Nu Leadership Policy Group, and incarcerated individuals." lines are drawn." At Home with Amazing Songwriter/Novelist/Playwright, Rupert Holmes Continued from page 11 "It's a beautiful theater and the actors seem very touched and moved by it." audience. But when you write for recorded by pop tart superstar, Britney are wonderful. It's been pleasing audi- holmes is now retired from a Broadway show, you make up a spears; and two songs he produced for ences for many years!" he enthused. performing and writing pop songs and world and then those songs become Judy collins on her Sanity and Grace "It's very well received and it's the he is concentrating on writing novels about those real characters that you album. longest running play in the 2002-03 and plays. invented," he said. holmes lived in scarsdale for a season on Broadway." "I don't write songs anymore," he holmes recently returned from the number of years before moving upstate holmes described why he believes said. "I tend to write scripts and lyrics. I West coast where he is working on to be with his family. he misses the the play is meaningful to so many haven't been a pop songwriter for some another musical in san diego, just one village and still loves Westchester. audiences. time. so when I did write songs, they of several projects. his new book, The In 2003, his Tony Award-nominated "I think that one of the things that were inspired by a situation that I will McMasters Guide to Homicide: Murder make it an interesting play is because imagine something that I envision or I Your Employer is slated for release this play, Say Goodnight, Gracie, about the George Burns lived the life he did for will see people in real life and wonder year. lives of comedian George Burns and the length of time he was alive. And what their story is and start to speculate. "I am writing a lot of plays," he his co-star, Gracie Allen, won the 2004 it's not only the history of George But most of my pop lyrics are based on said. "I have a play that's opening at National Broadway Theater "Best Play" Burns, but a history of American enter- ideas that popped into my head. They're the Arena stage in Washington d.c. award and makes its Westchester debut tainment, because he flourished in not based on real-life events." I have several new musicals that I've at the Paramount center for the Arts entertainment for nearly ninety years. he contrasted writing pop songs to been writing, and I'm also working on in Peekskill on October 30th and then It's also a heartfelt love story how Gracie writing songs for musicals. the first of several volumes of a series of continues on its national tour. Allen changed his life and gave him "Most of my Broadway lyrics books. so all that is going on this year." holmes spoke to the Guardian from everything he could ever hope for. so I are based on the world of characters More information about this ener- his home in upstate New York about his find it to be a very touching show, and that have been created for that show. getic and prolific artist can be found at life, career and Say Goodnight, Gracie. as I travel around the country, I talk to When you write pop songs, you write his website, rupertholmes.com. "I'm really excited the show is people who have seen it and they always songs that appeal to the radio listening touring and will be in Peekskill," he said. The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 Page 13 Crime and Punishment Continued from page 7 conducted by trained facilitators can bring some crim- the billions and billions we spend each year keeping meet, victim satisfaction rates are 90% -- much higher inals back from the brink. millions in prison. such programs would help cut back than when restorative justice is not available." Alan K. simpson tells how, as a teenager, he helped on imprisonment, one of America's few growth indus- restorative justice is not a panacea. some crimi- set fire to a federal building, went on shooting sprees tries in 2010. nals are beyond redemption due to plain rottenness. with stolen ammo, punched a police officer, spent restorative justice can turn around the next delin- They have no place in society and need to be put years on probation and a night in jail. Yet, he grew out quent who might become an Alan simpson. We away. But other criminals are oblivious to the harm of his lawlessness and went on to serve seventeen years should give it a chance. they cause simply because they never were socialized in the u.s. senate as one of its most distinguished Jeffrey Heller is a lawyer, asylum expert and registered to think about the consequences of their behavior or and respected members. This conservative republican nurse. He is a graduate of Duke University and the its impact on others. from Wyoming argues against long sentences for University of Chicago Law School, and former adjunct The rJc research suggests that, instead of the young offenders. his life proves that, with the right professor at Brooklyn Law School and Seton Hall political pandering and posturing that surrounds hate guidance, people can change. University School of Law. crime laws and courtroom victim impact statements, restorative justice programs could make a dent supervised meetings between criminals and victims in crime, recidivism, the suffering of victims, and Rats vs Eagles Continued from page 8 members of informants are targets as American power in the region. This is to the public. some think it contains lengthy study of u.s.-Vietnam relations well. precisely why Julian Assange is a rat. highly classified, damaging informa- from 1947-1968. They did not include The leaks threw a huge monkey Assange postures he is a human tion he intends to use to extort the u.s. many secret documents. wrench into President Obama's war rights activist devoted to "bringing government. In contrast, the Afghan War strategy. under the revised rules of down the man." In reality, he is just What is the Obama administration diary posted on WikiLeaks consist engagement devised by Gen. david another dirty rat looking for cheese. doing about this? Last year, Mr. Obama of raw battlefield intelligence reports Petreaus, our troops are committed In 2007, Assange was headed toward established the Office of u.s. cyber containing sensitive information. to forging alliances with anti-Taliban financial ruin. WikiLeaks was not command and appointed howard These reports include information on Afghanis and minimizing civilian controversial and as a result, failed to schmidt as cyber czar. In Mr. Obama's how our military hunts down Taliban casualties. generate revenue. words, the agency was designed to commanders; conducts air raids against The leaks create a catch-22. We Then he got his hands on the 2007 protect the u.s. from "acts of terror that enemy positions; and methods used to cannot overwhelm the enemy with "collateral murder" video. Friends of can come not only from a few extrem- disarm improvised explosive devices airstrikes and fire power for fear of Assange believe he released the video for ists in suicide vests, but from a few (Ieds). causing civilian causalities. At the same publicity and financial gain. It is obvious keystrokes on a computer." (Julian) Assange labeled civilians murdered by Taliban as "collateral damage," and coldly admitted his organization "might get blood on their hands." Journalists who covered the Vietnam time, the leaks have diminished our he leaked the Afghan War diary for the A lot of good this bureaucracy has War think Assange is the "robin hood chances of winning hearts and minds same reason. done us. The administration continues of hackers." They invoke the tired because civilians will fear of reprisal Assange continues to christen those to beg Assange to "have a change media mantra, "the public has a right from the Taliban like never before. who expose such classified, secret infor- of heart" and to not leak any more to know," to publish more of Assange's how do we fight this war? mation as heroes. No doubt he believes information. sensational leaks to sell newspapers. The press asked Assange if he felt himself to be bold and heroic. I wonder Oh please. We should talk tough and sorry fellas, loose lips sink ships. culpable for any Afghan deaths at the if he would be so courageous to leak a pressure our allies to find this rat, arrest The public does not have the right to hands of the Taliban. Assange labeled massive intelligence cache exposing the him, and turn him over to u.s. authori- this classified material. Any future leaks civilians murdered by Taliban as "collat- russian Federation. It is unlikely. he ties. We should use every method at our will increase American causalities. eral damage," and coldly admitted his would be choking on plutonium laced disposal to make certain WikiLeak rats shockingly, WikiLeaks published organization "might get blood on their sushi by now. The russians don't screw never bring down our eagles again. the names of the Afghan informants hands." around. In other words, to make an omelet, currently, Assange fears arrest and is Mr. Limato completed his degree in Film currently providing intelligence to you've got to break a few eggs. To on the run. he and his cyber red diaper Studies at Mercy College and was a talent American forces. The Taliban vowed to pore over these documents to locate Assange, it is acceptable that Afghan babies declared more leaks are immi- manager. and kill these informants. Anyone who civilians are slaughtered in service of nent. 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Times: Tu,Wed,Thur 7PM At: 1BroadwayPlaza,Elmsford Fri,SAt: 8PM 8 Times: /196:15PM, 8/2011:15AM&6:15PM Sun 6PM 8/216:15, Cost: Tu,Wed&Thur $34 8/2211:45AM&5:15PM Fri&Sun $40 8/2511:15AM&6:15PM SAt: $47 Cost: $75-includesdinner Contact: (845)2659575 Contact: (914)5922222 Website: www.hvshakespeare.org Website: www.broadwaytheater.com The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 Page 17 Westchester Sports Area Teens compete in Jewish Olympiad at Baltimore By Amanda Jane Maccabi Games Opening Ceremonies Silver and bronze medalist Max Steinberg Westchester teens travelled to Baltimore last week for the national steinberg who won both silver and Maccabi Games in Baltimore. The Bronze medals in singles and doubles. games are a week-long event of athletic Tarrytown JCC on the Hudson delegates at the Baltimore Maccabi Games A proud steinberg commented, competition for Jewish teenagers aged yearly at different venues. some 120,000 The crowd was brought to tears as "Maccabi is awesome. I made lots of 13-16. Jewish teens have competed in the u.s. they watched a memorial to the eleven new friends." delegations were sent from each Maccabi Games since 1982. Israeli athletes and coaches murdered carley sohn, a MidWestchester of Westchester county's three Jewish The Baltimore event featured basket- by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Jcc softball player, agreed. "The community centers, MidWestchester ball, soccer, swimming, tennis and table Munich Olympics. The Maccabi competition is great," she said, "but Jcc in scarsdale, Tarrytown's Jcc on tennis in competition stretching over Games honor the past, but their purpose most of all I love how many new friends the hudson, and the rosenthal Y in four days. Team and individual sports are is to build a future for the participants I have made." upper Westchester. They joined thirty- played in an Olympic-styled format. as proud adults linked to their tradition Jason ulman from chicago is sure seven other delegations of teenage The opening ceremony sunday night and new friends. he will keep in touch with his new athletes and artists from as far away as was packed as each delegation marched This year marks the first time arts Westchester tennis comrades. "This is canada, california and Israel. past in uniform, led by a standard bearer events were held at the same venue my third year at Maccabi and the expe- The Maccabi tradition was born who announced the delegation name. as athletic competition. Teenage rience just gets better every year," he told when then fifteen year old Yosef The ceremony included music, dance dancers, musicians and actors mixed the Guardian. "It makes me proud of my Yekutieli was impressed by the and inspirational themes of sportsman- with athletes, and both groups enjoyed Jewish heritage." stockholm Olympic model. he inspired ship and compassion. evening activities together. Arts participants from Jcc on the creation of games for Israeli citizens and A tribute to past Jewish athletes and each Maccabi participant also spent hudson were equally thrilled. They gave Jews from around the world. The first artists followed. NFL quarterback Jay hours doing community service. Among impressive final performances on the international event was held in 1932 Fiedler, Olympic gold medal swimmers other activities, they packed up books last day after completing workshops in and recurs every four years in Tel Aviv. Lenny Krazelburg and Mark spitz, and toiletries for donation to the elderly the plastic and performing arts. In 1982, additional games were gold medal gymnast Kerri strug, and and under privileged children. The happy, exhausted, teens left brought to the u.s. aimed specifically American record holding marathoner, The scarsdale Jcc sent a strong their host families and boarded the bus at teens. Young athletes enter the games deena Kastor, all competed in the tennis team, girls' softball players, and for Westchester on Friday morning. through local Jccs, and events are held Maccabi Games. a lone table tennis competitor, Max Page 18 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Qualification of AEF LLC, KLJ Meetings & Events LLC Articles SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF NOTICE OF SALE SUMMONS NYS fictitious name AEF BURGESS of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) WESTCHESTER SUPREME COURT: WESTCHESTER Index No: 3522/10 LLC. Authority filed with Sec of State 5/10/2010. Office in Westchester Co. LASALLE BANK NATIONAL AS- COUNTY. EMIGRANT MORTGAGE Date of filing: July 30, 2010 of NY (SSNY) on 6/25/10. Office lo- SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE COMPANY, INC., Pltf. vs. DIANA CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTION cation: Westchester County. LLC whom process may be served. REGISTERED HOLDERS OF GSAMP TORRES, ROWENA DEL CASTILLO, Plaintiff designates New York County as the place of trial formed in DE: 3/19/10. SSNY desig- SSNY shall mail copy of process TRUST 2005-AHL2, MORTGAGE Defts. Index #2836/09. Pursuant to The basis of venue is that Defendants reside in New York County. nated as agent of LLC upon whom to Alison McCartin 2 Bassett Court PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SE- judgment of foreclosure and sale The transaction took place in New York County process against it may be served Baldwin Place, NY 10505. Purpose: RIES 2005-AHL2, Plaintiff against dated Apr. 16, 2010, I will sell at Date Summons Filed: September 23, 2009 and shall mail process to: c/o Adam Any lawful activity. public auction at the Lobby of the SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Frieman, 15 Burgess Rd, Scarsdale, LENOx BLIDGEN, et al Defendant(s). Westchester County Courthouse, COUNTY OF NEW YORK NY10583. DE address of LLC: c/o Notice of Qualification of PTERO- Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo- 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., LANDMARK CAPITAL INvESTMENTS, INC., Plaintiff, CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd, Ste. 400, DACTYL HOLDINGS LLC. Authority sure and Sale entered on March 12, White Plains, NY on Aug. 30, 2010 at -against- Wilmington, DE19808. Arts. of Org. filed with Sec of State of NY (SSNY) 2010. 9:30 a.m., prem. k/a 1155 California LIFE TIME CONSTRUCTION; SANTIAGO DE LOS SANTOS, Defendant(s), filed with DE Sec of State, 401 Fed- on 6/25/10. Office location: West- I, the undersigned Referee will sell Rd., Eastchester, NY. Said property TO THE ABOvE NAMED DEFENDANTS: eral St., Dover, DE19901. Purpose: chester County. LLC formed in DE: at public auction at the Lobby of the located in the Town of Eastchester, YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action, and to any lawful activity. 4/9/10. SSNY designated as agent Westchester County Courthouse, County of Westchester, State of serve a copy of your Answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Sum- of LLC upon whom process against 111 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bou- NY, shown and designated as Lot 3 mons, to serve a Notice of Appearance upon the Plaintiff's attorneys within it may be served and shall mail levard, White Plains, N.Y. on the 22nd Block 202 on a certain map entitled twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of ser- Name of Company: Eco-Structure process to The LLC, 16 Colonial Rd, day of September, 2010 at 12:30 p.m. "Map of Survey in Block 202 Cali- vice, where service is made by delivery upon you personally within the State Construction Services, LLC Date White Plains, NY10605. DE address premises Beginning at a the corner fornia Ridge Property of California or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in of Filing : May 11, 2010 County Lo- of LLC: c/o CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd, formed by the intersection of the Ridge, Inc., Town of Eastchester, any other manner, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment cation: Westchester County The Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE19808 . Arts. westerly side of McClellan Avenue Westchester County, N.Y." dated will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. secretary of state is designated as of Org. filed with DE Sec of State, with the southwesterly side of ver- Sept. 10, 1930, made by L.E. van YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT agent of the limited liability com- 401 Federal St., Dover, DE19901. Pur- non Avenue; Thence running north- Etten, Engineer and Surveyor, filed in A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR- pany upon whom process against it pose: any lawful activity. westerly along said southwesterly the Register's Office of Westchester POSE. may be served. The post office ad- dress within or without this state to side of vernon Avenue 54.17 feet to County (now County Clerk's Office of The principal portion of the debt which you owe the Plaintiff, LANDMARK which the Secretary of State shall NOTICE OF LEGAL POSTPONEMENT the southeasterly line of Lot No. Westchester County Division of Land CAPITAL INvESTMENTS, INC. is $99,600.00 plus interest thereon from April 25, mail a copy of any process against OF SALE 19, Block 7 on said map; Thence Records) on Oct. 12, 1930 in volume 2007 to June 16, 2009 in the sum of $22,232.95 plus interest thereon from June the limited liability company served southwesterly at right angels to said 74 of Maps at Page 54 on map made 17, 2009 in the sum of $2,609.12, as of September 17, 2009, plus interest short- SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF southwesterly side of vernon Avenue by George W. Godfrey, L.S., dated fall in the sum of $18,381.73 plus non-attorney fees of $140.00. upon him is : Mojgan Mirfachrai, 270 WESTCHESTER, US BANK NATION- Bronxville Road, suite B33, Bronx- and along said southeasterly line of Mar. 17, 1947 filed in the Office of the The name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed: LANDMARK CAPITAL AL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE Lot No. 19, Block 7, 94.50 feet to the County Clerk of Westchester County, INvESTMENTS, INC. ville, NY 10708. Registered agent: OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN northerly line of Lot No. 25, Block 7 on Division of Land Records on Aug. 7, Unless you dispute the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, within thirty Mojgan Mirfachrai, 270 Bronxville TRUST, ASSET BACKED PASS said map; Thence easterly along said 1947, as Map #6403. Approx. amt. (30) days after receipt hereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the Road, Suite B33, Bronxville, NY THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES northerly line of Lot No. 25. 6.03 feet of judgment is $432,431.19 plus costs herein debt collector. 10708. Character / Purpose of busi- 2006-Fx1 UNDER THE POOLING to the northeasterly corner of said Lot and interest. Sold subject to terms If you notify the herein debt collector in writing within thirty (30) days after your ness: Construction Management, AND SERvICING AGREEMENT and conditions of filed judgment and Contracting and Consulting. 25, Block 7; Thence southerly at right receipt hereof that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, we will obtain DATED OCTOBER 1, 2006, WITHOUT angels to the last mentioned course terms of sale. JOHN N. ROMANO, verification of the debt or a copy of any judgment against you representing the RECOURSE, PLAINTIFF, vS. JOHN C. and through Lot No. 25 Block 7. 45 Referee. DEUTSCH & SCHNEIDER, debt and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to you by the Edmen Holdings, LLC Articles of ALLEvA, ET AL., DEFENDANT(S). feet to a corner; Thence easterly at LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 79-37 Myrtle Ave., herein debt collector. Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) Pursuant to a Judgment of Fore- right angles with said last mentioned Glendale, NY #78404 Upon your written request within said thirty day period, the herein debt col- 5/21/2010. Office in Westchester closure and Sale duly filed on April courses and through Lots Nos. 24, 23, lector will provide you with the name and address of the original creditor if Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC 22, 2010, I, the undersigned Ref- 22 and 21, Block 7 on said map, 100 Chen O'Neil Architects, PLLC Ar- ticles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State different from the current creditor. upon whom process may be served. eree will sell at public auction at the feet to the westerly side of McClellan Dated: September 17, 2009 SSNY shall mail copy of process to Westchester County Courthouse, Avenue; Thence northerly along said (SSNY) 6/16/2010. Office in West- chester Co. SSNY design. Agent Batavia, New York C/O Stern Keiser & Panken LLP 1025 Lobby, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. westerly side of McClellan Avenue Danielle Mayer-Dorociak, Esq. Westchester Ave STE 305 White Boulevard, White Plains, NY on Au- 69.76 feet to the point or place of be- of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: Any law- gust 25, 2010 at 9:45 a.m., premises ginning. Attorneys for Plaintiff ful activity. known as 104 Washington Avenue, process to The LLC 29 Ganung Dr. Said premises known as 286 Mc- Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: Any 26 Harvester Avenue White Plains, NY. All that certain Clellan Avenue, Mount vernon, N.Y. Batavia, NY 14020 Reliance Air LLC Articles of Org. filed plot, piece or parcel of land, with the lawful activity. 10553. Phone: 585.815.0288 NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/19/2010. buildings and improvements thereon (Section: 165.28, Block: 4047, Lot: 13). Office in Westchester Co. SSNY erected, situate, lying and being in F&B Consulting Group LLC Articles design. Agent of LLC upon whom the Town of North Castle, County of Approximate amount of lien $ of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) Notice of Formation process may be served. SSNY shall Westchester and State of New York, 548,267.38 plus interest and costs. 7/8/2010. Office in Westchester Co. PROFCME, LLC Arts. of Org. filed mail copy of process to The LLC 18 Section 6, Block 7 and Lot 49 for- Premises will be sold subject to pro- SSNY design. Agent of LLC upon with SSNY 8/3/2010. Off. Loc.: West- Rockinghorse Trail Rye Brook, NY merly known as 49.50. Approximate visions of filed judgment and terms whom process may be served. chester Cnty. SSNY designated as 10573. Purpose: Any lawful activity. amount of judgment is $530,843.83 of sale. SSNY shall mail copy of process to agent of LLC whom process may be plus interest and costs. Premises Index No. 13231-09. Frank C. Jajan, PLLC 110 Wall Street, 11th served. SSNY shallmail process to: Notice of Formation RYABB PROP- will be sold subject to provisions of Praete, Jr., Esq., Referee. Floor NY, NY 10005. Purpose: Any c/o The LLC, 500 Central Park Ave., ERTIES LLC Arts. of Org. filed with filed Judgment Index # 1091/08. DeRose & Surico lawful activity Unit 333, Scarsdale, NY10583. Pur- SSNY 8/11/2010. Off. Loc.: West- The original sale was scheduled for Attorney(s) for Plaintiff pose: all lawful activities. chester Cnty. SSNY designated as August 13, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. 213-44 38th Avenue agent of LLC whom process may be Bayside, N.Y. 11361 served. SSNY shall mail process to: W. Whitfield Wells, Esq., Referee c/o The LLC, 2965 Saddle Ridge Dr., Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliott, LLP, Legal Notice 565 Taxter Road, Ste. 590, Elmsford, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Pur- pose: all lawful activities. NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff Notice of Formation of a Limited Before speaking to the police... call Liability Company (LLC): Name: DI- George Weinbaum LAPI HOLDINGS LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secre- tary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/27/2010. Office location: West- ATTORNEY AT LAW chester County. SSNY has been 914.426.0359 designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be FREE CONSULTATION: ... for beginners served. SSNY shall mail a copy of Criminal, Medicaid, Medicare • Get Fit process to: C/O DILAPI HOLDINGS • Build Self-Confidence LLC, 399 Knollwood Road, Suite 300, Fraud, White-Collar Crime & • Self Defense White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: Health Care Prosecutions. T. 914.948.0044 Join Our Classes Now Any Lawful Purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: No F. 914.686.4873 Men,Women, Children belmars.com specific date. 5 PROSPECT AVE. • GROUND FL. • WHITE PLAINS 175 MAIN ST., SUITE 711-7 • WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601 The WesTchesTer GuArdIAN ThursdAY, AuGusT 19, 2010 Page 19 LEGAL NOTICES The Role of Greed in America's SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. INDEX NO. 10-5136. Economic Meltdown STATE OF NEW YORK. SUPREME COURT. COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC, AS WHOLLY Continued from page 5 based in this tropical tax haven." OWNED AND SUBSIDIARY OF AND ON BEHALF OF JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, of the GAO report, Morgan stanley had On top of this, to date, no one knows -vs- THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF AUDREY J. GRIFFIN, DECEASED, and all persons who are wives, widows, grantees, mort- gagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands 273 subsidiaries in tax havens, 158 of what happened to the off balance sheet and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest all whom and whose names and place are unknown them in the cayman Islands; citigroup "Global security Fund" worth $27.5 to Plaintiff; DANIEL D. GRIFFIN, INDIvIDUALLY AND AS HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF AUDREY J. GRIFFIN, DECEASED; LINDA had 427, with 90 in the caymans; Bank trillion set up during the reagan admin- A. GRIFFIN, INDIvIDUALLY AND AS HERIS OF THE ESTATE OF AUDREY J. GRIFFIN, DECEASED; DANIEL A. GRIFFIN AND DAvID W. GRIFFIN, AS HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF AUDREY J. GRIFFIN, DECEASED; FIRST RESOLUTION INvESTMENT of America had 115, with fifty-nine istration to finance the "management" CORP.; NEW YORK STATE TAx COMMISSION; CAPITAL ONE BANK; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAxATION in the caymans; Goldman sachs had of the "post-cold War" environment. AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; "JOHN DOE" AND "JANE DOE" said names being fictitious, it being the twenty-nine offshore havens, including With accumulated interest, it is now intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendant. fifteen in the caymans; JPMorgan had worth $75 trillion. Mortgage Premises; 19 HILLCREST DRIvE CORTLANDT N.Y. 10566. fifty, with seven in the caymans; and This fund administered by Goldman TO THE ABOvE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): Wells Fargo had eighteen, with nine in sachs could go a long way to solve our YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer the caymans. economic woes and should be used for on the plaintiffs attorney within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery The report noted "no company the benefit of the American people. within the State. The United State of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within exemplifies the corporate class/middle The problem is that valuable resources sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by class double standard more than KBr/ like this are hopelessly compromised by default of the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that there is a deficiency in the sale proceeds, a deficiency judgment may be entered against you. That this action is being amended to add "The Heirs at Large of Audrey J. Griffin, halliburton. The company got billions politicians who serve the corporate class Deceased, Daniel D. Griffin, Linda A. Griffin, Daniel A. Griffin and David W. Griffin, as heirs of the Estate of Audrey J. from u.s. taxpayers, then turned around at the expense of the rest of us. Griffin. This action is also being amended to add New York State Department of Taxation and Finance and United State and used a cayman Island tax dodge to The above gives proof to the lie that of America as necessary parties to the action. pump up its bottom line." As the Boston hispanic illegals are a meaningful source NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. Globe's Farah stockman reported, of our economic plight, as people like If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with court, a default judgment may "KBr halliburton, until 2007 a unit Tricia erickson argue. Instead, greed by be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further of halliburton, has avoided paying the rich and powerful is the real source information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company hundreds of millions of dollars in federal of our economic woes. It is time the will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERvING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY Medicare and social security taxes by American people woke up. FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. WESTCHESTER County is designated as the place of trail. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: May 17, 2010. hiring workers through shell companies FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614, Telephone No. (585) 232-7400. (DISTRICT: SECTION: 12.20 BLOCK: 1, LOT: 39). NATURE AND OBJECT OF AC- TION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage help by Plaintiff recorded in the County of WESTCHES- TER, State of New York on March 18, 1994, in Liber 19050 of Mortgage, at page 53; said mortgage was assigned by Globe Mortgage Company, (Inc.), to Chemical Bank c/o Chemical Mortgage Company, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage dated April 14, 1994, and recorded August 12, 1994, Liber 19810 of Mortgage, at page 281. For unknown reasons a dupli- cate Assignment of Mortgage dated April 14, 1994, from Glob Mortgage Company, (Inc.), to Chemical Bank c/o Chemical Mortgage Company was recorded on October 14, 1994, Liber 20015 of Mortgage, at page 41; said mortgage was further assigned by Chemical Bank, to Chemical Mortgage Company, by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage dated June 17, 1994, and recorded January 26, 1996, in Liber 21283, at page 93; said mortgage was then further assigned by Chase Home Finance LLC f/k/a Chase Mortgage Company f/k/a Chemical Mortgage Company, to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., by virtue of an Assignment of Mortgage dated January 30, 2008, and recorded June 30, 2009, in Control No. 491590674. On June 5, 2008, a mortgage was executed by Audrey J. Griffin, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, to secure the sum of $ 93,593.38, and recorded in Control No. 481730053, on June 30, 2008. On June 5, 2008, a Consolidation, Extension and Modification Agreement was executed between AUDREY J. GRIFFIN, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, to consolidate the mortgage recorded in Liber 19050 of Mortgage, at page 53, as assigned in Liber 19810, at page 281, Liber 20015, at page 41, Liber 21283, at page 93, and Control No. 491590674, and the mortgage recorded in Control No. 481730053, to from a single lien of $ 175,000.00, recorded in Control No. 491590676, on June 30, 2009. TO THE DEFENDANT, except AUDREY J. GRIFFIN DECEASED, DANIEL D. GRIFFIN AND LINDA A GRIFFIN, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Orazio R. Bellantoni, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated July 13, 2010 and filed along with the supporting papers in the Westchester County Clerk's Office. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage. The premises is described as follows: Beginning at a point on the easterly side of Hillcrest Drive, said Hillcrest Drive, said Hillcrest Drive shown on map entitled " Map of Hollow Brook County Club Estate", said map filed in the County Clerk's Office; Westchester County, Division of Land Records, on June 5, 1953 as Map No. 8083, said point of beginning being distant 974.44 feet as measured along the westerly, southerly and easterly side of said Hillcrest Drive from the northerly end of a curve having a radius of 20 feet and length of 42.06 feet connects the easterly side of Oregon Road and the westerly side of Hillcrest Drive; Thence continuing northerly along the easterly side of Hillcrest Drive and along a curve to the left having a radius of 40.00 feet and length of 23.98 feet to a point of reverse curve; Thence along said curve to the right having a radius of 50.00 feet, a distance of 29.29 feet to a point; Thence still along the easterly side of Hillcrest Drive, North 1 degrees 00 minutes West 53.05 feet; Thence leaving said Hillcrest Drive and running at right angles thereto, North 89 degrees 00 minutes East 100.00 feet; Thence at right angels, South 1 degrees 00 minutes East 104.54 feet to a point; Thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 40 seconds West 85.01 feet to the easterly side of Hillcrest Drive and the point or place of beginning. 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ABUJA (Reuters) - Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has defected to Nigeria's main opposition party, adding a heavyweight name to a group that poses an increasing threat to the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in elections next year.
Abubakar, a founding member of PDP and vice president between 1999-2007, joins five state governors and dozens of lawmakers who have recently signed up with the All Progressive Congress (APC), which has used its increasing weight to threaten to block this year's budget in parliament.
Africa's second largest economy and top oil exporter is growing as an investment destination but political upheaval is a concern for investors, especially as elections often see a spike in government spending and a fall in oil savings.
"The PDP continues to be beset with many crises, mostly leadership-induced crises," Abubakar said in a statement.
"It has lost touch with Nigerians and efforts made by many well-meaning members and stakeholders to bring it back to the vision of the founders have been rebuffed."
Abubakar has long been a critic of President Goodluck Jonathan. Most analysts had expected Abubakar to either run against him for the PDP leadership or defect to an opposition party before the February 2015 presidential election Jonathan is favourite to win if he chooses to run.
By joining newly formed APC, he adds weight to the group but also may add to the risk of clashes among a number of high-profile personalities such as former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari and Lagos Godfather Bola Tinubu.
(Reporting by Camillus Eboh; Writing by Joe Brock, editing by Elizabeth Piper)
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Nigeria's APC pledges to fight graft at debut summit
Mali to keep Guinea border open despite Ebola death - president
Ebola death toll tops 4,900 as virus spreads - WHO
Canada vows tougher laws as citizens worry in face of attacks
Two U.S. states to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola zones
Protesters march against Renzi labour reforms in Rome
Modi takes tea, but no questions, in first press event as PM
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