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GOOD.OKAY, SO WELCOME TO, UH, UH, GREENBERG, UH, TOWN BOARD MEETING.
TODAY IS, UH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, AND IT IS SEVEN, UH, 13.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
GONNA START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ONE NATION.[ MOMENT OF SILENCE In memory of Martin Payson, formerly of Edgemont, who provided the Town with Pro Bono Legal Advice and Help In memory of Gary Cherico, husband of Louise, father of Madeleine. Gary was a lifetime resident of Westchester, a 16 year resident of Greenburgh, who appreciated our Town and the services offered to residents and his family In memory of the 1,106,783+ individual victims of COVID-19 who have died in the United States, 6,850,594+ deaths worldwide, each leaving family members and friends too soon In memory of all the lives lost in the Turkey/Syria Earthquake where more than 46,442 people have died, with entire families lost in thousands of collapsed buildings, with countless numbers of injuries, with survivors without shelter, with freezing winter conditions. May they rest in peace. In memory of the people in Ukraine killed during Russia's year-long invasion and relentless intentional targeted bombing of civilians in apartment buildings, hospitals, train stations, schools and children centers, deliberately targeting utilities used by civilians to leave them without electricity and heat through the brutal winter weather, with mass graves being found after invaded areas have been retaken, all in Russia's effort to destroy Ukraine and its people, who are forced to fight for their land, their freedom, and general democratic principles. May they rest in peace and peace be restored to Ukraine]
WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UM, IN MEMORY ABOUT MARTY, UH, HASSON.AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MARTY.
MARTY, UM, WAS A VERY SPECIAL, UM, MAN WHO LIVED IN, UM, BOTH EDGEMONT AND, UH, FERRY.
UM, THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING.
THAT STATEMENT BY EDMUND BURKE, THE RAMONE IRISH STATESMAN, ECONOMIST, AND PHILOSOPHER, SPEAKS TO THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF BEING A PARTICIPANT IN THE STRUGGLE OF GOOD OVER EVIL, NOT JUST AN OBSERVER.
THIS QUOTE WAS EMBLAZONED AT THE CLOSE OF EACH OF MARTY'S EMAILS.
WHY? BECAUSE MARTY WAS FOREMOST, THE TEACHER WAS ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WAS PART OF THE FABRIC OF MARTY'S LIFE.
THAT IS WHAT HE BELIEVED AND HOW HE CHOSE TO LIVE, AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE HONORING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY TONIGHT.
MARTY WAS A GENTLEMAN OF IMPECCABLE INTEGRITY AND EXCEPTIONAL INTELLIGENCE WHO WAS ALWAYS GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME AND EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE IN MOVING PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
HIS DECADES HAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED AND SUCCESSFUL LABOR LAWYER.
ATTORNEY WAS A TESTAMENT TO HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO REPRESENTING THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS DURING HIS DECADES.
AS A RESIDENT OF BOTH EDGEMAN AND DORY, I HAVE A ABSOLUTE HONOR TO WORK WITH MARTY MANY TIMES AND OBSERVE HIS ELEGANT APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING.
THE TOWN OF GREENBURG IS SO MUCH BETTER BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTH ADVICE AND EFFORTS.
MARTY WAS RAISED IN THE FAMILY WITHOUT GREAT NEEDS IN BROOKLYN.
HE OFTEN SPOKE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF GROWING UP IN THE INNER CITY.
HE UNDERSTOOD AND CARED FOR ALL PEOPLE, BUT ESPECIALLY OUR COMMUNITY, AND HE WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR THOSE WHO FOUND VULNERABLE ATTEMPTING TO EVEN THE PLAYING FIELD.
HE WAS A HUMBLE MAN AND ALWAYS REQUIRED THAT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN CONTRIBUTIONS REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
JULIAN MEN A PERSON OF INTEGRITY AND HONOR.
MARTY ALSO APPEARED ABOUT HIS FAMILY, HIS DAUGHTER JACQUELYN.
UM, HIS, UM, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN ARE BOTH FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED FRIENDS.
UM, ANOTHER DAUGHTER WAS A VERY POPULAR TEACHER IN, UM, IN
HE'S WAS A WONDERFUL MAN, A SELFLESS FOCUS ON PROTECTING THOSE HE LOVED WAS ALWAYS HIS FIRST PRIORITY.
SO IT'S WITH, UM, THE GREATEST OF, UM, UH, SADNESS THAT WE EXPRESS OUR CONDOLENCES TO, UH, THE PACEON FAMILY AND OUR THANKS.
UM, UM, TIM MARTY PAYON FOR MAKING GREENBURG AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY BETTER.
UH, WE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TONIGHT TO GARY CHER, THE WIFE OF CIVIC ACTIVIST LOUISE CHERONE.
LOUISE HAS
UM, DESPITE GARY'S BATTLE WITH CANCER, HIS WIFE RELEASED DOWN THE TIME IN RECENT YEARS TO ADVOCATE FOR OTHERS.
SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS, UH, COMMITTEE EFFORTS.
SHE'S HAS SPOKEN AT MANY TOWN BOARD MEETINGS.
RAISES LOVE FOR GARY IS INSPIRATIONAL.
SHE DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE THAT ANY, UM, SPOUSE COULD DO TO MAKE LIFE, TO MAKE GARY'S LAST DAYS AS COMFORTING AND COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE.
GARY APPRECIATED THE TOWN AND THE SERVICE WAS OFFERED TO RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES, AND HE WAS ALSO A VERY CARING FATHER OF, UM, OF MADELINE.
SO WE EXPRESSED, UM, OUR SYMPATHIES TO, UM, THE CHARITO FAMILY AND, UM, AND YEAH, JUST VERY, VERY SAD WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH IN RECENT YEARS.
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HOW HARD YOU FOUGHT AS A FAMILY AND HOW WONDERFUL, UM, YOUR, YOUR FAMILY DYNAMIC HAS BEEN AND HOW CARING AND HOW, UM, GREAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN DURING THIS VERY TRYING TIME.SO I'LL, WE CAN WORK OUT WHEN YOU COLLECT IT NEXT TIME WE SPEAK.
AND WE ALSO, UM, HAVE A MOMENT OF, UM, SILENCE AND MEMORY OF THE 1,106,783 PLUS INDIVIDUAL VICTIMS OF COVID WHO HAVE DIED IN THE UNITED STATES, 6,850,594 DEATHS WORLDWIDE, EACH LEAVING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND UM, AND FAMILY MEMBERS TOO SOON IN MEMORY OF ALL THE LIVES LOST IN THE TURKEY, SYRIA EARTHQUAKE, WHERE MORE THAN 46,442 PEOPLE HAVE DIED WITHOUT AN ENTIRE FAMILIES LOST IN THOUSANDS OF COLLAPSED BUILDINGS WITH COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF INJURIES, WITH SURVIVORS WITHOUT SHELTER, WITH FREEZING WINTER CONDITIONS, MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AND IN MEMORY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UKRAINE WHO WERE KILLED DURING RUSSIA'S YEAR LONG INVASION AND RELENTLESS, INTENTIONAL TARGETED BOMBINGS OF CIVILIANS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS, HOSPITALS, TRAIN STATION SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN'S CENTERS, UM, DELIBERATELY TARGETING UTILITIES USED BY CIVILIANS TO LEAVE THEM WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT THROUGH THE, UH, BRUTAL WINTER WEATHER WITH MASS GRAVES BEEN FOUND AFTER INVADED AREAS HAVE BEEN RETAKEN WHILE IN RUSSIA'S EFFORT TO DESTROY UKRAINE.
AND ITS PEOPLE WHO ARE FORCED TO FIGHT FOR THE LAND, THEIR FREEDOM AND GENERAL DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AND PEACE BE RESTORED, UM, TO UKRAINE.
[ ROLL CALL: Town Clerk]
NOW, UM, TARA COOK, COULD YOU DO A ROLE CALL? YES.HERE, COUNCILWOMAN ELLEN HENDRICKS, PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN GINA JACKSON PRESENT.
PRESENT INTERIM TOWN ATTORNEY JOE DENKO.
[ PRESENTATIONS 7:00 PM - Honoring African American History Month (20 Minutes)]
JUDITH, UH, YOU, UH, HAVE A PROGRAM MONITORING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.TOWN SUPERVISOR PAUL FINDER, WHO PRESIDES OVER TOWN BOARD MEETINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AS WE ALL KNOW, FEBRUARY MARKS THE MONTH OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND IN 2023, THE THEME IS RESISTANCE IN RECOGNIZING RESISTANCE.
AS A THEME NATIONALLY, WE ARE RECOGNIZING THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS RESISTING FOR NEARLY 400 YEARS AND TO THIS DAY, UM, ENSLAVEMENT IN, IN VARIOUS FORMS, DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SUPERIOR INFERIOR RELATIONSHIPS IN THE, IN THIS SOCIETY TO RENDER AFRICAN AMERICANS, UM, INFERIOR TO TO ALL OTHERS.
AND SO THIS CONTINUED RESISTANCE, UM, COMES IN THE FORM OF STANDING UP FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND ALSO, UM, EDUCATING OUR, UM, AMERICAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF VARIOUS CULTURES, UM, ABOUT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS MADE TO THE RICHNESS OF THE FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS RESIDENT DANIEL WEINFELD, WHO HAS DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON AFRICAN AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CIVIL WAR.
UM, MEN WHO FOUGHT MEN FROM GREENBURG AND FROM THIS AREA WHO FOUGHT IN OUR CIVIL WAR.
I DUNNO IF WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION AVAILABLE.
MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, TOWN CLERK, THE V THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
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TO YOU TONIGHT ON THE OCCASION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.MY TOPIC IS THE MILITARY SERVICE OF GREENBURG'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN IN THE CIVIL WAR, AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN HAVE FOUGHT IN ALL THE NATION'S WARS.
ALL TOO OFTEN THESE VOLUNTEERS HAD TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES SET TO IMPEDE THEIR SERVICE AND THEN FACE SEGREGATION AND UNEQUAL TREATMENT.
ONCE THEY ENLISTED, STILL THESE MEN WERE DETERMINED TO DEFEND A NATION THAT DID NOT RECIPROCATE THEIR DEVOTION OR ADHERE TO THE PRINCIPLES EXP FOUNDED IN OUR CONSTITUTION AND DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.
THIS LEGACY OF SERVICE AND SACRIFICE IS OFTEN NEGLECTED IN OUR HISTORY, LESSONS AMONG THESE FORGOTTEN SOLDIERS FOR LIBERTY, OUR BLACK MEN FROM GREENBURG WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR, IN THE CIVIL WAR, NORTHERN WHITE MEN SERVED TO PRESERVE THE UNION AND GRADUALLY CAME TO EMBRACE THE CAUSE OF ABOLITION BLACK NEW YORKERS.
EDITH QUINN FOUGHT TO DESTROY SLAVERY, TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR MANHOOD, AND TO SECURE THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
IN NEW YORK, A PROPERTY OWNING REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING APPLIED ONLY TO BLACKS AND AS INTENDED DISENFRANCHISED MOST AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEW YORKERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN 1860, IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, ONLY SIX OF 48 ADULT BLACK MEN LIVING IN THE TOWN, 13% MET THE PROPERTY REQUIREMENT IMPOSED ONLY ON BLACK MEN AS A CONDITION TO VOTE.
IN NOVEMBER, 1860, IN THE SAME ELECTION IN WHICH ABRAHAM LINCOLN WON 54% OF THE VOTE IN NEW YORK, NEW YORKERS DECISIVELY REJECTED A REFERENDUM TO REMOVE THIS PROPERTY REQUIREMENT FOR BLACK VOTERS.
THIS BARRIER TO BLACK VOTING IN NEW YORK WOULD END ONLY WITH RATIFICATION OF THE 15TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION IN 1875 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR.
THE CIVIL WAR STARTED WITH THE CONFEDERATE ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER, APRIL SEC, 1861.
BLACK MEN, HOWEVER, WERE ALLOWED TO SERVE AS SOLDIERS IN THE UNION ARMY.
ONLY LATE IN 1862 BLACK REGIMENTS WITH WHITE OFFICERS FORMED IN SEVERAL NEW ENGLAND STATES, INCLUDING THE FAMOUS 54TH MASSACHUSETTS PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE GLORY NEW YORK STATE, HOWEVER, WHICH WAS SLOW TO ENACT EMANCIPATION EARLIER IN THE 18 HUNDREDS AND ALSO SLOWED TO ENACT BLACK VOTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY, SIMILARLY DRAG ITS FEET WHEN IT CAME TO ORGANIZING BLACK REGIMENTS.
THIS DISCOURAGING SITUATION WAS PERHAPS WORSE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY, WHICH UNLIKE NEW YORK STATE VOTED AGAINST LINCOLN 1860 AND GREENBURG, WHERE LINCOLN RECEIVED JUST ONE THIRD OF THE VOTE.
LINCOLN WOULD LOSE IN BOTH WESTCHESTER AND GREENBERG AGAIN IN 1864.
NEW YORK DID NOT ORGANIZE ITS OWN BLACK REGIMENTS UNTIL FEBRUARY, 1864, MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER, AFTER, AFTER THE, THEY, THEY BEGAN BEING ORGANIZED ELSEWHERE.
WHEN THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY SPONSORED THE 20TH AND 26TH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS, INFANTRY REGIMENTS, TWO OF JUST THREE BLACK REGIMENTS TO COME FROM NEW YORK STATE.
MANY BLACK NEW YORKERS, INCLUDING SEVERAL MEN FROM GREENBERG, WERE UNDAUNTED BY NEW YORK'S DISCOURAGING THEIR MILITARY SERVICE.
INSTEAD OF WAITING, THESE DETERMINED VOLUNTEERS MADE THEIR WAY TO OTHER STATES TO ENLIST.
I'LL DISCUSS A FEW OF THESE GREENBERG SOLDIERS.
THESE PHOTOS WE ARE SHOWING ARE NOT THE SPECIFIC MEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'VE NOT NOW DEFINED THOSE PHOTOS, BUT I BELIEVE THESE IMAGES ARE REPRESENTATIVE AND AND INFORMATIVE.
JOSEPH RIKER WAS BORN IN HASTINGS ON HUDSON IN 1840 OR 1841 TO PETER AND MARYANNE RIKER.
PETER PASSED AWAY IN 1853, LEAVING MARYANNE TO RAISE AT LEAST SIX CHILDREN, INCLUDING FIVE BOYS.
PETER, HOWEVER, HAD BEEN ONE OF THE FEW BLACK PROPERTY OWNERS IN GREENBURG, AND MARYANNE WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE FAMILY TOGETHER IN THEIR HASTINGS HOME FOR MANY DECADES.
DURING HER LONG WIDOWHOOD, JOSEPH, ABOUT 23 YEARS OLD, DID NOT WAIT FOR NEW YORK TO ORGANIZE A BLACK REGIMENT.
HE TRAVELED TO NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE HE LISTED ON JANUARY 6TH, 1864 FOR THREE YEARS SERVICE IN COMPANY B OF THE NEWLY FORMED FIFTH MASSACHUSETTS CALVARY REGIMENT, ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK CALVARY UNITS IN THIS UNION ARMY.
HIS ENLISTMENT PAPERS DESCRIBE HIM AS A HORSE MAN, AS HIS OCCUPATION, MAKING THE CALVARY AN OBVIOUS CHOICE FOR HIM.
AND HERE WE HAVE A REAR PHOTO OF A BLACK CIVIL WAR TROOPER MOUNTED ON HIS HORSE.
JOSEPH MUST HAVE MADE A STRONG IMPRESSION ON HIS OFFICERS, ALL OF WHOM WERE WHITE, AS WAS THE PRACTICE IN THE UNION ARMY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
HE WAS GIVEN THE RANK OF QUARTERMASTER SERGEANT AND THEN VERY QUICKLY PROMOTED TO FIRST SERGEANT FOR COMPANY B.
THE HIGHEST RANK THEN AVAILABLE FOR BLACK
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SOLDIERS.RIKERS COMRADES IN COMPANY B INCLUDED SERGEANT CHARLES R. DOUGLAS, THE SON OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
AND HERE IS SERGEANT CHARLES REDMOND DOUGLAS OF THE FIFTH MASSACHUSETTS.
MS. CALVER UNIFORM WITH SABRE AND BOOTS.
JOSEPH RIKER WAS STEADY AND DEPENDABLE.
HE NEVER MISSED A ROLL CALL, WAS NEVER ABSENT ON SICK LEAVE.
HE WAS AN IDEAL SOLDIER AND RESPECTED AS THE SENIOR BLACK NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
IN COMPANY B, THE REGIMENT DIDN'T SEE MUCH COMBAT.
BUT ON APRIL 3RD, 1865, THE FIFTH MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY TOOK PART IN PERHAPS THE MOST TRIUMPHANT MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN THEY WERE AMONG THE FIRST UNION TROOPS TO ENTER AND CAPTURE RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, THE CAPITAL OF THE SLAVE HOLDER REBELLION.
RIKER AND HIS COMRADES WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE JUBILATION OF THE NEWLY EMANCIPATED BRETHREN WHO CHAIRED THE TROOPERS AS THEY RODE THEIR HORSES THROUGH THE LIBERATED CITY.
THE NEXT DAY, APRIL 4TH, THE REGIMENT HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ESCORTING AND GUARDING PRESIDENT LINCOLN WHEN HE CAME TO TOUR THE FALLEN CITY AND RECEIVED A LIBERATOR'S WELCOME FROM THE CITY'S BLACK RESIDENTS.
WHILE WHITES SCOWLED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AS FIRST SERGEANT AC, COMPANY B JOSEPH RIKER WOULD'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ALL THESE HISTORIC EVENTS.
JOSEPH RETURNED BRIEFLY TO HASTINGS AFTER THE WAR, BEFORE HEADING OUT WEST TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE.
HE DISAPPEARED IN KANSAS SOMETIME IN THE 1880S AND WAS NEVER FOUND DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF HIS MOTHER TO SEARCH FOR HER LOST SON.
THE FIELDS FAMILY WERE NEIGHBORS AND ALSO LIKELY CLOSE RELATIONS TO THE RIKERS.
A SALESMAN HAD MARRIED SUSAN RIKER, AND THEY TOO ARE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HASTINGS.
THE COUPLE HAD TWO SONS, THEODORE AND DAVID THE YOUNGER.
THEODORE WAS ABOUT 18 YEARS OLD WHEN HE JOINED THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND SERVED ON SEVERAL SHIPS DURING THE WAR.
HERE WE SEE A PHOTO OF AN UNIDENTIFIED UNION SAILOR.
AND HERE IS THE U SS S VERMONT.
ONE OF THE SHIPS ON WHICH WE KNOW THEODORE WAS A SAILOR.
AFTER THE WAR, THEODORE RETURNED TO HASTINGS TO MARRY AND RAISE HIS OWN FAMILY, ALSO NAMED HIS SON THEODORE.
HIS YOUNGER BROTHER DAVID, HOWEVER, WAS NOT SO FORTUNATE.
THE RECORDS ARE A BIT MURKY, BUT IT APPEARS THAT DAVID FIELDS WAS ABOUT 17 YEARS OLD WHEN HE LEFT HASTINGS LATE IN THE SUMMER OF 1863 WHEN OFF TO PROVIDENCE TO ENLIST IN THE 14TH ROAD ISLAND.
HEAVY ARTILLERY, ONE OF THE EARLIEST BLACK ARTILLERY UNITS.
HERE'S A PHOTO OF ANOTHER ARTILLERY MAN FROM THE SAME REGIMENT AS DAVID SERVED IN THE REGIMENT, WAS RENAMED THE 11TH UNITED STATES COLORED HEAVY ARTILLERY AND WAS SENT TO SERVE ON THE GULF COAST.
KILLED MORE SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR THAN COMBAT, AND DAVID SUCCUMBEDED TO ILLNESS, AND DIED IN TEXAS IN MAY, 1864, ONLY ABOUT 18 YEARS OLD, DAVID FIELDS WAS NOT THE ONLY BLACK VOLUNTEER FROM GREENBURG WHO TRAVELED TO RHODE ISLAND TO ENLIST.
GEORGE WASHINGTON WAS BORN IN MARYLAND AROUND 1830 AND QUITE POSSIBLY BORN INTO SLAVERY.
WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE CHALLENGES HE FACED IN MAKING HIS WAY TO GREENBURG, WHERE HE WORKED AS A LABORER BEFORE BECOMING A COACHMAN.
HE WAS IN HIS MID THIRTIES, MARRIED TO SUSAN WITH YOUNG DAUGHTERS, CAROLINE AND FRANCIS, WHEN HE ENLISTED IN THE 14TH ROW ISLAND HEAVY ARTILLERY.
WHAT WERE HIS FEELINGS AS HE LEFT BEHIND A YOUNG FAMILY TO FIGHT FOR LIBERATION OF POSSIBLY BROTHERS, SISTERS, AND PO, EVEN PARENTS STILL BOUND BY SLAVERY'S CHAINS.
GEORGE WASHINGTON SERVED TWO YEARS WITH A REGIMENT IN LOUISIANA AND TEXAS AND RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY IN DOBBS FERRY AND SOON BE WELCOMED.
LATER THE WASHINGTON'S MOVE TO YONKERS, WHERE GEORGE JOINED THE LOCAL POST OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, A NATIONAL UNION VETERANS ORGANIZATION, WHICH WAS OFTEN RACIALLY INTEGRATED.
THIS PHOTO IS NOT THE WASHINGTON'S, BUT THINKS A REMARKABLE IMAGE OF A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER WITH HIS FAMILY.
SOLOMON TIER AND WILLIAM HENRY HALSTEAD WERE TWO MEN WHO GREW UP TOGETHER IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY OF THE HILLS IN THE WEST HARRISON.
WILLIAM HALSTEAD HAD MOVED TO GREENBURG WHERE HE LIVED WITH HIS WIFE, ROSETTA AND DAUGHTER HESTER.
AGAIN, THIS PHOTO ARE NOT SOLOMON.
HERES WILLIAM HALSTEAD, BUT IS A REPRESENTED IMAGE OF TWO BROTHERS IN ARMS, PERHAPS ACTUAL BROTHERS.
WILLIAM HOLSTEAD'S GRAVESTONE IN SLEEPY HOLLOWS CEMETERY MAY BE INSCRIBED US NAVY, BUT WE KNOW THAT HE SERVED FOR TWO YEARS IN THE 29TH CONNECTICUT INFANTRY.
THIS BLACK REGIMENT RAISED BY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT WAS A CHOICE OF MANY NEW YORK MEN FOR ENLISTMENT.
THE 29TH, UH, INFANTRY SHOWN HERE, EXCELLED IN COMBAT ON THE PETERSBURG FRONT IN 1864 AND 1865.
AND LIKE JOSEPH RIKER'S FIFTH MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY, THE 29TH, CONNECTICUT EXPERIENCED THE TRIUMPH OF MARCHING THROUGH THE FALLEN RICHMOND.
AFTER THE WAR, WILLIAM RETURNED TO ROSETTA AND TO DOBBS FERRY.
THE FAMILY HAD AT LEAST TWO MORE CHILDREN, MARGARET AND FREDERICK, THAT WILLIAM WORKED AS A COACHMAN.
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SOLOMON TEARS, WHO WORKED AS A STONE MASON TRAVELED WILLIAM WITH WILLIAM HALSTEAD TO NEW HAVEN TO ENLIST IN THE 29TH CONNECTICUT IN 1864.DURING COMBAT IN THE LATE OCTOBER, 1864, SOLOMON WAS STRUCK BY TREE LIMB SEVERED BY CANNON FIRE, AND SUFFERED SEVERE INTERNAL INJURIES TO HIS LUNGS.
AFTER TWO MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL, SOLOMON RETURNED TO THE REGIMENT THE 29TH OF CONNECTICUT.
THEN SPENT SEVERAL DIFFICULT MONTHS IN UN VERY UNHELPFUL CONDITIONS IN THE TEXAS COAST WHERE BOTH MEN WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR ILLNESS.
FINALLY, WILLIAM HALSTEAD AND SOLOMON TEARS WERE DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY TOGETHER IN OCTOBER, 1865.
THE 1870 CENSUS FINDS SOLOMON THI WITH HIS WIFE CAROLINE AND DAUGHTER JANE, SHARING A HOUSE IN DOBBS FERRY WITH THE HALSTED FAMILY.
THE NAMES OF BOTH MEN APPEAR ON THE CIVIL WAR MONUMENT AND SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY.
WILLIAM HALSTED DIED IN 1881 AT THE AGE OF JUST 46.
AND SOLOMON TEARS INCREASINGLY INCAPACITATED BECAUSE OF HIS COMBAT DERIVED LUNG INJURIES DIED IN 1891 IN HIS LATE FIFTIES.
NEXT SLIDE, ON THE SIDE OF THE SLEEPY HOLLOW MONUMENT.
SOLOMON TIER'S NAME IS ENGRAVED ON THIS PANEL.
WILLIAM HOLSTEAD'S NAME APPEARS ON ANOTHER ONE OF THE THREE PANELS ON THE MONUMENT.
SOLOMON TEARS' GRAVESTONES ALSO LOCATED IN SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY AND IS BADLY IN NEED OF REPAIR.
THE MILITARY SERVICE OF TEARS AND HALSTEAD IS DETAILED IN DR.
EDITH QUINN'S EXCELLENT BOOK, FREEDOM JOURNEY, WHICH STUDIES THE HILLS COMMUNITY IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA.
AT LEAST ONE GREENBERG MAN DID SERVE IN THE NEW YORK'S 20TH U S C T REGIMENT THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE.
THIS SOLDIER IS NOT FROM GREENBURG, BUT SERVED IN THE 26TH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS ORGANIZED BY THE UNION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK CITY.
AT THE SAME IN NEW YORK, IN NEW YORK AT THE SAME TIME AS THE 20TH UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS.
IN FEBRUARY, 1864, ALICIA PETERSON GREW UP IN QUEENS, BUT THE 1860 CENSUS FOUND HIM LIVING AND WORKING THE IRVINGTON HOME OF WEALTHY BANKER ALFRED MOUNT.
HIS EMPLOYER DIED IN JULY, 1864, AND PETERSON ENLISTED A FEW WEEKS LATER IN THE 20TH U SS C T REGIMENT WHERE HE SERVED FOR ONE YEAR.
HE RETURNED TO QUEENS AFTER THE WAR WHERE HE MARRIED AND RAISED A FAMILY.
AND HERE'S A REMARKABLE PHOTO OF THE ENTIRE 26 UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS REGIMENT, ABOUT A THOUSAND SOLDIERS.
THE BROTHER REGIMENT OF ALICIA PETERSON'S 20TH U S C T.
THESE ARE SOME OF GREENBERG'S BLACK CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED SO FAR.
THEY INCLUDE A SAILOR, ARTILLERY MEN, A CALVARY TROOPER, AND INFANTRY MEN TOO.
THERE ARE MARRIED MEN WITH FAMILIES, YOUNG SINGLE MEN AND TEENAGERS.
THEIR SERVICE COULD BE THE TEDIUM OF BUILDING FORTIFICATIONS.
THE NOVELTY AND IRONY OF GUARDING CONFEDERATE PRISONERS OR THE PERIL OF COMBAT, WHICH WAS ESPECIALLY RISKY FOR BLACK UNION SOLDIERS.
AS THE CONFEDERATE ENEMY OFTEN MURDERED OR ENSLAVED, CAPTURED BLACK TROOPS.
RATHER THAN TAKE THEM PRISONER, THESE MEN OVERCAME MANY OBSTACLES IN THEIR DETERMINATION TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS IN THE NORTH AND FOR LIBERATION IN THE SOUTH.
I'M GONNA CONCLUDE WITH THIS PHOTO OF A VETERAN PROUDLY WEARING HIS MEDALS, INCLUDING THE GANT GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, UH, STAR SHAPED MEDAL.
THE OCCASION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH PROMPTS US TO REMEMBER THESE MEN FROM GREENBURG AND BEYOND.
THEIR STORIES REMIND US OF OUR DEBT TO THE BLACK CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT AND SACRIFICED SO THAT OUR NATION CONCEIVED LIBERTY WOULD TRULY BECOME DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE TREATED EQUAL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS INFORMATION.
UM, MUCH OF WHICH MANY RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, INCLUDING MYSELF, WERE UNAWARE OF IN TERMS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN MADE TO THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND REPRESENTING OUR TOWN OF GREENBERG.
THIS IS AMAZING AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL, UM, PRESENT IT TO THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY ARCHIVES.
UH, AND SO THAT YOUR PRESENTATION WILL BECOME PART OF A PERMANENT, UM, RECORDS COLLECTION THERE.
IT'S WELL DESERVING OF, UM, OF THAT LEVEL OF DISTINCTION.
ALSO MENTIONED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS GONNA ASK JANELLE IF SHE COULD, UM, MAKE A YOUTUBE OF THIS PRESENTATION AND, UM, THE JEANETTE'S, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATIONS.
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HAVE THIS, UM, AFRICAN, THE, THE ASPER, UM, SERIES WHERE WE'VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, UM, AND STORIES OF, UM, OF INDI INDIVIDUALS.AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DURING THE, UH, MONTH OF FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING'S BIRTHDAY, WE, WE SHARE IT WITH THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, UH, THIS, UM, PRESENTATION SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE WILL, WILL APPRECIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT, UM, DANIEL AND, UM, SUSAN, UH, SEAL, THEY, UH, POSTED, UM, A FASCINATING, UM, YOU KNOW, ARTICLE ABOUT, UM, SLAVERY AT THE ODELL FARM.
UM, AND THEY POSTED IT ON THE FRIENDS OF ODELL, UM, UM, WEBSITE, CHENBO, UH, WEBSITE.
AND IT REALLY IS LIKE JUST AN AMAZING, UM, STORY WHEN YOU THINK THAT GREENBERG, WHICH NOW IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITIES IN, IN THE COUNTRY.
UH, AT ONE POINT THERE WERE SLAVES IN THIS AREA, WHICH IS REALLY HORRIBLE.
THANK YOU FOR ADDING TO THE RICHNESS OF THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG DANIEL.
OUR, OUR OUR NEXT, OUR NEXT PRESENTER THOUGH IS GOING TO BRING US A MORE CONTEMPORARY MESSAGE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THAT, UM, UH, IS DEFINITELY A PART OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHARE WITH US, ESTHER, AND I'LL LET ESTHER A TELL YOU MORE ABOUT WHO SHE IS WHEN SHE COMES FORWARD.
UM, SHE'S ACTUALLY, HER TITLE IS DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF THE WESTCHESTER WALK TO END ALZHEIMER'S.
AND ONE OF THE, UH, STATISTICS THAT SHE'S GOING TO SHARE WITH US IS THE FACT THAT ALZHEIMER'S IMPACTS AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND LATINOS AT A HIGHER RATE THAN IT DOES OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AND THE REASON WHY THIS IS, THIS IS HISTORIC IS BECAUSE YOU ARE, YOU ARE DEFINING FOR US WHAT WE HAVE HISTORICALLY GROWN, GROWN UP WITH AND HEARD ABOUT.
WE, WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE DESCRIBED AS, BUT FROM OUR PARENTS AND, AND, AND SENIORS AND ELDERS, UM, LEAVE, LEAVE HER ALONE.
UM, SHE'S, SHE'S FORGETFUL OR LEAVE HIM ALONE.
UM, HE'S JUST BEING LIKE OLD FOLKS BECAUSE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EXPRESSIONS THAT WE GREW UP WITH AS AN, AN EFFORT BY, ON OUR PARENTS' PART TO EXPLAIN TO US CERTAIN BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH ALZHEIMER'S THAT NONE OF US WERE AWARE OF, REGARDLESS AS TO OUR CULTURE, OUR CULTURE OR, OR, OR, OR OUR BACKGROUNDS.
AND SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UH, ESTHER MCCARTHY IS GOING TO SHARE WITH US, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU JUDY FOR THAT, UM, AMAZING INTRODUCTION.
THIS IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND IN SPEAKING ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S, IT'S REALLY, SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES.
UM, I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM A GREENBERG RESIDENT.
YOU FORGOT TO TELL EVERYONE THAT I'M A GREENBERG RESIDENT AND, UM, I WORK WITH THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION BECAUSE MY MOTHER HAS THE DISEASE.
AND A WOMAN WHO KNEW SIX LANGUAGES IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
SO I STARTED WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATION TWO YEARS AGO, AND WHAT I FOUND IS THAT IN THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T KNOW ABOUT RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO, TO TALK ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION TODAY, AND THEN I WILL TURN THAT BACK AROUND TO, TO LET YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO OR WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY SAFE.
I'M FIRST GONNA SHARE WITH YOU THE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION, UM, STATEMENT
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FROM THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION AND THEY, AND THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY AT THE OLD TIME AT THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION.WE BELIEVE THAT ENGAGING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES IS CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY.
MEANING THAT ALL COMMUNITIES HAVE A FAIR AND JUST OPPORTUNITY FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND ACCESS TO RISK REDUCTION IN QUALITY CARE.
UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA, AND YET ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED, LESS LIKELY TO BE RECRUITED, TO PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH, AND LESS LIKELY TO HAVE ACCESS TO CARE, SUPPORT AND SERVICES.
THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION IS THE LEADING WAY BY, IS LEADING THE WAY BY DEVELOPING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH TRUSTED NATIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CREATE A PATHWAY TO GREAT GREATER HEALTH EQUITY, MISSION ENGAGEMENT AND INCLUSION FOR EVERYONE.
THE ASSOCIATION IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ALL COMMUNITIES WITH RESOURCES AND EDUCATION TO REALIZE A VISION OF A WORLD WITHOUT ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DEMENTIA.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH, AND I USUALLY ASK PEOPLE BY A SHOW OF HANDS, HOW MANY PEOPLE IN HERE BEHIND ME AND IN FRONT OF ME KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S OR ANY FORM OF DEMENTIA THAT IS STARTLING.
IF YOU TAKE A MOMENT AND LOOK AROUND THE ROOM, YOU CAN SEE HOW WIDESPREAD THE IMPACT IS, BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT 90% OF THE PEOPLE RAISE THEIR HANDS.
SO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE, LET'S GO OVER SOME DEFINITIONS.
ONE, WHAT IS NORMAL AGING? WHAT IS DEMENTIA AND WHAT IS ALZHEIMER'S? TO BE CLEAR, DEMENTIA IS NOT NORMAL.
WE ALL FORGET THINGS SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN LIFE GETS BUSY.
YOU MAY START TO NOTICE THINGS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN AS YOU GET OLDER.
MILD MEMORY LOSS CAN BE NORMAL PART OF AGING.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU HAVE DEMENTIA.
LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S.
DEMENTIA IS A GENERAL TERM FOR LOSS OF MEMORY, LANGUAGE, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND OTHER THINKING ABILITIES THAT ARE SEVERE ENOUGH TO INTERFERE WITH DAILY LIFE.
ALZHEIMER'S IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEMENTIA.
DEMENTIA'S NOT A SINGLE DISEASE.
IT'S A OVERALL TERM THAT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE DISORDERS.
GROUPED UNDER THIS GENERAL TERM, DEMENTIA ARE CAUSED BY ABNORMAL BRAIN CHANGES.
THESE CHANGES TRIGGER A DECLINE IN THINKING SKILLS, ALSO KNOWN AS COGNITIVE ABILITIES, SEVERE ENOUGH TO IMPAIR DAILY LIFE AND INDEPENDENT FUNCTION.
THEY ALSO AFFECT BEHAVIOR, FEELINGS, AND RELATIONSHIPS.
YOU MIGHT'VE HEARD THE TERM SENILE, WHICH IS WHAT MANY PEOPLE FORMALLY CALLED DEMENTIA WHEN THEY WERE, WHEN THEY WERE COMMONLY ACCEPTED BELIEF THAT SERIOUS, SERIOUS MENTAL DECLINE IS A NORMAL PART OF AGING.
SCIENCE KNOWS THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE CAUSES OF DEMENTIA AND MANY DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE PROBLEMS WITH SHORT-TERM MEMORY, KEEPING TRACK OF A PURSE OR A WALLET, PAYING BILLS, PLANNING AND PREPARING MEALS, REMEMBERING APPOINTMENTS GETTING LOST IN A FAMILIAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OFTEN DEMENTIA WILL START OUT SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY GET WORSE.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING MEMORY DIFFICULTIES OR ANY OTHER CHANGES IN THINKING SKILLS, DON'T IGNORE IT.
YOUR DOCTOR CAN PERFORM A NON-INVASIVE COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT TO, TO, UM, HELP DETERMINE THE CAUSE.
THERE ARE OTHER CONDITIONS THAT CAN CAUSE SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA, INCLUDING SOME THAT ARE REVERSIBLE, SUCH AS A THYROID PROBLEM OR A VITAMIN DEFICIENCY.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT IF YOUR DOCTORATE HAS REASON FOR CONCERN, THEY WILL HELP YOU GUIDE.
THEY WILL HELP GUIDE YOU TO PROPER PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES SUCH AS THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION.
THE EARLIER YOU IDENTIFY SOMETHING MAY BE WRONG, THE MORE TIME YOU HAVE TO SLOW DOWN THE PROCESS.
IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE HAD TWO F D A APPROVED DRUGS.
NOW, THOSE DRUGS, THEY DON'T CURE THE DISEASE.
IT'S THE SIXTH CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THERE'S NO CURE.
BUT WHAT THE DRUGS DO IS THAT THEY ALLOW THE BRAIN TO SLOW DOWN THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE.
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PRIOR TO THESE TWO DRUGS, THE DRUGS THAT WERE GIVEN TO PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA, ALL THEY DID WAS KIND OF, UH, ADDRESS THE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT NORMALLY COME WITH ALONG WITH THE DISEASE.SO THAT IN ITSELF TELLS YOU WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND JUST TAKE STOCK IF YOU HAVE A, A NEIGHBOR, A FRIEND, OR A FAMILY, THAT YOU SEE SOME OF THESE, UM, EARLY SYMPTOMS TO GET THEM TO THE DOCTOR.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT ONE IN THREE SENIORS DIES FROM ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DEMENTIA, AND OVER 11 MILLION AMERICANS PROVIDE UNPAID CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA.
THIS YEAR, MORE THAN 6 MILLION AMERICANS ARE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S, BUT THE DISEASE AFFECTS RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS DIFFERENTLY.
THESE INDIVIDUALS FACE UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN RECEIVING CARE.
BLACK AMERICANS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DEMENTIA TWICE.
AS, UM, JUDY MENTIONED TWICE AS, TWICE AS MUCH.
DISCRIMINATION IS A BARRIER TO CARE.
50% OF BLACK PEOPLE REPORTED DISCRIMINATION WHEN SEEKING HEALTHCARE.
AND OVERWHELMINGLY MAJORITY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT FOR DEMENTIA CARE PROVIDERS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ETHNIC AND RACIAL BACKGROUND, YET FEWER THAN THREE IN FIVE FEEL CONFIDENT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO CULTURALLY COMPETENT PROVIDERS.
AND FINALLY, ONLY 53% OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY TRUST A FUTURE CURE FOR ALZHEIMER'S WILL BE SHARED EQUALLY REGARDLESS OF THE RACE, COLOR, OR ETHNICITY.
THESE STATISTICS ARE ALARMING.
SO WHAT ARE SOME WAYS YOU CAN TAKE ACTION? FIRST OF ALL IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, TO YOUR MENTAL HEALTH.
GET NORMAL CHECKUPS AND, UM, JUST READ MORE.
LIFESTYLE CHANGES, EAT BETTER, SLEEP MORE.
IN FACT, IF YOU DON'T DRINK ENOUGH WATER, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT CORRELATE TO, UM, A LIFESTYLE CHANGE.
THERE'S, THEY DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE GET ALZHEIMER'S, BUT THEY DO KNOW THAT IF YOU SLEEP ON REGULAR BASIS, IF YOU DRINK MORE WATER, IF YOU EXERCISE, IF YOU READ, THAT WILL BE HELPFUL.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION.
ALL OF OUR RESOURCES ARE FREE.
THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING GOES WRONG, THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, YOU CAN CALL SOMEONE, THEY WILL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO IF YOU ARE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION AND YOU CAN HAVE YOU, WE CAN COME IN AND DO A PRESENTATION FOR YOU, FOR YOUR WORKFORCE.
AND FINALLY, YOU CAN GO ONLINE.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I HOPE THAT WAS HELPFUL.
THAT WAS MOST INFORMATIVE AND, UM, AGAIN, YOU SHARED A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT MANY OF US ARE NOT AWARE OF.
UM, AND I'LL ALSO ASK, UH, JANELLE TO, UH, CREATE A YOUTUBE OF THIS SO WE COULD SHARE IT WITH THE WIDER, UH, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY VERY INFORMATIVE.
OKAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN CLOSING, UH, WE'RE A TRIBUTE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH.
AND, UM, WE, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOMEONE TO COME HERE AND DO A POETIC TRIBUTE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, BUT OUR VERY OWN PAT WEEM, RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, LIFELONG RESIDENT, UM, IS GOING TO SHARE, UM, COMMENTS WITH US.
I'M GOING TO LET YOU JUST TELL EVERYONE, UM, WHO YOU ARE AND, AND, UH, LET ME MOVE THIS OVER TO THE CHAIR.
IS THAT GOOD? IS THAT GOOD?
AND, UM, PUT THIS, I FIRST SHOULD SAY THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE, UM, PAT SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE, OKAY.
ACTUALLY, I HAD DRAMA AND VOICE FOR LIKE, MAYBE FIVE YEARS, AND I DID CARNEGIE HALL, WHICH IS STAR TIME
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KIDS.SO THAT TAKES US BACK A LONG WAY, OKAY? AND, UM, THEY SAID, SPEAK TO THE TOP OF THE MEZZANINE AND REMEMBER THE BALCONY.
UM, MY MOTHER SAID THAT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT AT HOME.
I'M LOUD BY NATURE, OKAY?
I WAS GOING TO, THE GROUP THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TONIGHT WAS ONE, BARBARA PERRY, SHE LOST HER BROTHER.
AND, UM, MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO HER.
WILLIE BRAHAM, WHO IS ALSO GONNA BE HERE TONIGHT, UM, JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
I'M HERE TONIGHT AND I SHOULD BE HOME IN THE CHAIR.
UH, AND I'M MISSING TWO MORE PEOPLE, BUT I DID WANNA SPEAK TO DANIEL.
UM, YOU WERE CONSIDERATE, YOU DID ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
WE ARE TALKING OUR, UM, OUR TOWN CLERK, JUDY BEVILLE, SAID THAT 400 YEARS.
I JUST FOUND OUT LAST YEAR THAT ACTUALLY SLAVERY STARTED HERE IN THE LATE 15 HUNDREDS.
WE'RE TALKING GOING ON FIVE CENTURIES.
THAT IS WAY TOO LONG FOR ANYBODY ALIVE.
THE PUTTING UP WITH, WELL, LET ME TRY TO EXPLAIN.
YOU HAVE MY SIDE, YOU HAVE YOUR SIDE.
THE FACTUAL SIDE IS THE ONE THAT WE REALLY SHOULD BE DISCUSSING.
WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHERE IT TRANSPIRED, HOW IT HAPPENED, AND WHAT DID IT ACTUALLY DO TO GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
NOW, UH, MR. FINER KNOWS THAT WE ARE FLYING.
IS THAT FLAG STILL OUT THERE FROM THE UKRAINIAN, UM, COUNTRY? THE FLAG? IS IT STILL OUTSIDE? NOBODY KNOWS.
THE LAST TIME I LOOKED MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO IS IT WAS STILL UP THERE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS LOOKING IN A MIRROR TO RECOGNIZE THAT ENTITLEMENTS AND PRIVILEGE.
I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU'RE NOT WHITE.
BECAUSE WHEN I THINK WHITE, I COME UP WITH WHAT WHITE RACISM.
AND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AREN'T THAT WAY, BUT YET WE ARE SENDING OVER $8 BILLION EVERY YEAR TO UKRAINIANS WHO THREW BLACK PEOPLE OFF THE TRAIN,
YOU GET TO THE END OF THE LINE.
BUT THAT'S MY TAX DOLLAR, AND I WANT TO THANK PEOPLE FOR LETTING ME KNOW.
AND THEN I GO ON TO SAY, DANIEL, IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, I HAD THREE UNCLES, WELL, ACTUALLY FOUR AND THREE OF 'EM ENLISTED.
BUT THE, UM, ONE WOMAN WHO LOST ALL FOUR OF HER SONS, THEY SAID THAT ONE MALE CHILD CANNOT GO.
AND, UM, IT WAS HIS DOWNFALL BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GO TO PROVE A POINT THAT I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
I AM THAT PERSON WHO, WHO WANTS YOU TO RECOGNIZE I AM UP FOR SLAVERY.
I HAVE MADE A CONTRIBUTION AND NO ONE CAN TAKE THAT AWAY.
THREE OF MY UNCLES SERVED IN FRANCE.
THEY SERVED IN THE RED BALL AND THEY SERVED WELL, THEY WERE THERE.
UH, THEY WERE IN THE, UM, ONE WAS IN THE PATENTS GENERAL ARMY.
OKAY, I HAVE THE, UM, A PICTURE.
I'M GONNA TRY TO GET IT TO YOU SO YOU CAN COPY IT, OKAY? AND, UM, BETWEEN THE RUSSIANS AND THE BLACK AMERICAN SERVICEMEN, THEY WENT TO 30 CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN EUROPE.
THEY ACTUALLY LIBERATED BUCHENWALD.
NOBODY, WHITE PEOPLE WEREN'T GOING NOW BECAUSE THEY WERE SS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SAID, NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT, AND WE ARE NOT GONNA FIGHT WITH BLACK PEOPLE.
BUT OUTTA ALL OF THOSE, EVERY PLACE THEY WENT UNDER PATTON.
EVERYBODY SAID PATTON WAS CRAZY.
BUT HE WAS A VERY GOOD, UH, STATISTICIAN, AND HE KNEW HOW TO HAVE STRATEGIES TO WIN A WAR.
SO, UM, THEY WON AND THEY WERE ALWAYS IN THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE.
NOW, MY ONE UNCLE, THE YOUNGEST ONE HENRY,
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WHO DIDN'T GO, COULDN'T GET A JOB IN THE UNITED STATES EITHER.HE BECAME AN ALCOHOLIC HOLIC FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE, JUST ABOUT.
AND HE WAS HANDSOME, HE WAS SMART.
MY GRANDMOTHER SAID EVERY FEMALE IN HER FAMILY WOULD GO TO COLLEGE.
THEY DID EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.
THE OLDEST ONE GRADUATED IN 1934 FROM SOUTH CAROLINA TECHNICAL AND AGRICULTURAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
AND SHE GOT HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE, WHICH WAS A MASTER'S AT CLAFLIN, WE COVER THE HISTORICAL BLACK COLLEGES.
IF YOU'RE BORN IN THE FAMILY, YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL.
OKAY? WHAT HAS HAPPENED THOUGH, IS WHEN THE UNCLES CAME BACK FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THEY WEREN'T ENTITLED TO THE GI BILL.
YOU HELPED IN FRANCE, YOU DID THIS, YOU DID THAT, BUT IT STILL DIDN'T MAKE THEM WHAT THEY WANTED TO BE.
AND THAT WAS A FREEDOM IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT THEY WERE ENTITLED TO BECAUSE THEY WORKED FOR IT.
THEY BUILT THE COUNTRY, THEY DID ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE NECESSARY.
WHAT MY UNCLE HENRY DID DO, THOUGH, AS HE TOLD ALL THE YOUNG BLACK BOYS, DON'T YOU DO WHAT I'M DOING,
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS PULLING YOURSELF UP BY YOUR BOOTSTRAPS.
AND I KNOW I'VE FALLEN ON THE FLOOR AND I HAVE CRAWLED TO SAY, OKAY, I'M GETTING UP FROM HERE,
BUT ON EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, INCLUDING HERE IN GREENBURG, MY TOPIC WAS GONNA BE ON HOUSING.
AND THAT WHY WE DON'T HAVE HOUSING.
MY GRANDMOTHER CAME OVER AS A DOMESTIC AND MY GRANDFATHER, HE WORKED ON THE HOSPITAL OUT OF GRASSLANDS AND, UM, THE OVAL CIRCLE, THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT ONE.
AND, UM, ON FRIDAY NIGHT, THEY, UM, WERE TRYING TO GET OFF EARLY.
MY GRANDFATHER WORKED SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
HE HAD TWO JOBS AND HE WORKED ON, WE WENT TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY AND ALL OF THIS TO BUY A HOUSE, TO BUY A HOUSE.
THAT WAS FRANCIS SHEENA MADE A STATEMENT.
WE DIDN'T WANT THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA TO BE CONSIDERED AS BLIGHTED, BUT IT WAS BLIGHTED WHEN THEY SOLD THE LAND TO THE BLACK PEOPLE, BECAUSE THE FLOODING FLOODED AREAS STILL FLOOD.
SO BASICALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THEY PAID GOOD MONEY TO HAVE, UM, THEIR HOUSES.
AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO THE SAME LOCATIONS WITH LOW INTEREST LOANS SO THEY COULD ALSO HAVE LAND AND EQUITY.
THEY DISCOVERED, LIKE, OKAY, THAT WAS, THE AREA WAS PREDOMINANTLY ITALIAN AND ALL OF THE ITALIANS THERE MOVED UP TO HAWTHORNE AND THORNWOOD.
AND, UM, HERE, THE HOUSING BEHIND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE, UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT THE NAME OF THAT AREA IS, IS IT IS OFF OF SCO.
ALL OF THOSE LITTLE BUNGALOWS WERE BEING BUILT FOR THE, FOR THE BLACK PEOPLE WHO WERE ACTUALLY THE DOMESTICS.
AND THEY HAD TO COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMEPLACE TO LIVE.
WHEN MY FAMILY MOVED HERE, THEY WERE LIVING AT ONE HALF HAMILTON IN WHITE PLAINS.
AND, UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM.
SO THEY SAID, OKAY, AND I MUST SAY MRS. BOOTH SENT ME TO COLLEGE WITH A TELEVISION, A RADIO.
THE ALTMAN CLOSED SAX FIFTH AVENUE.
DON'T TELL ME I WASN'T RICH
MY GRANDFATHER WAS HIT BY A CAR AND AS THEY DROVE BY, THEY WERE YELLING, JUMP N***A JUMP.
DIDN'T WORK, HE'S OLD, TIRED, RUN DOWN, AND HE DIED.
SO BY THE TIME IT'S 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T GONNA SEND OUT AN AMBULANCE.
SO THEY PICKED HIM UP AND THEY RAN HIM UP TOWARDS, UM, TO THE BACK END OF, UH, GRASSLANDS, WHICH WAS THEN THE, UH, EMERGENCY ROOM.
AND, UM, ALL THE ATROCITIES THAT I CAN REMEMBER NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MY FAMILY CAME THROUGH ALL OF THAT TEACHING ME NOT TO HATE.
UH, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? I'M JUST WONDERING IF, UH, BECAUSE OH, OH YEAH, LET
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ME GET TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE.AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO HOUSING.
AND HOUSING IN GREENBURG IS NOT DOING WELL.
WE WERE REDLINED AND COMING IN TO BUY HOUSING.
THEY WANT IT BACK BECAUSE OF THE LOCATIONS AND ALL OF THE BLACK PEOPLE ARE BEING FORCED TO MOVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND WE HAVE AN OVERPOPULATION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IN GREENBURG, THANK YOU, JESUS, WE HAVE NOT EXTENDED ANYTHING BUT GOODWILL AND HELP TO ALL OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HERE IN GREENBURG.
EVEN THOUGH IT MEANS THAT WE ARE LOSING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE A RIGHT FOR POWER WITHIN THAT VOTE, THE ABILITY TO HAVE EQUITY.
WHEN I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, MY MOTHER SENT ME TO COLLEGE AND SHE GAVE ME A DEEDED, A DEEDED TO PROPERTY IN GREENBURG.
SHE SAID, DON'T EVER NOT OWN A PROPERTY.
SO I'M JUST SAYING, IT GOES BACK TO HARD WORK.
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHO HAVE WORKED HARDER THAN AFRICAN AMERICANS.
AND I KNOW THE ITALIANS HAD A HARD WAY TO GO.
EVERYBODY HAD A HARD WAY TO GO.
I WANT REPARATIONS FROM THE 15 HUNDREDS TO THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ACT.
AND I DON'T WANT 'EM FOR WHITE RIGHT.
AMERICANS THAT IS COMING FROM INTERNATIONAL.
I WANT US TO SUE IN THE UNITED NATIONS FOR WHAT WAS DONE TO US AS A PEOPLE FOR ENSLAVEMENT.
AND THEN FROM THE TWO YEARS FOLLOWING THAT, THAT EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, WE START WITH NO, IMMEDIATELY AFTER EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, RESTITUTION, RESTITUTION FOR ALL OF THE ATROCITIES THAT HAVE FOLLOWED US AND HAVE BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST US, AND WE DESERVE IT.
IMMIGRATIONS CAME IN WITH LAND AND WE ONLY WON 48%.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, I KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A, A SEPARATE PRESENTATION JUST ON SOME OF THE HISTORY THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT, BECAUSE IT REALLY WAS VERY, IT'S, IT'S REALLY FASCINATING.
WE HAVE TO MOVE ON, UM, WITH THE AGENDA.
I JUST WANT TO THANK PAT PAUL, THANK YOU PAT, FOR SHARING THAT AMAZING STORY, UM, THAT PROVIDED FOR US A BROAD PERSPECTIVE ON THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WHAT YOU SHARED WAS, WAS VERY COMMON.
THAT IS CORRECT HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT.
THE ENTIRE AREA, YOU HAVE MORE PHDS, MORE COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH MASTERS, MORE COLLEGE STUDENTS GRADUATED THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WAIT, THA AND YOU'RE GONNA MISS US WHEN WE GO ON THEN AGAIN.
NEXT, UH, DECISIONS ON, UH, THE LEAFBLOWER, THE BLOWER HELD OVER.
THE NOISE AND THE LEAF BLOWERS ARE BEING REVISED AND RE TO BE REINTRODUCED.
[ TOWN CLERK COMMENTS]
HEARINGS, UM, TO THE FIRST ONE'S BEING HELD OVER, PROSPERO NURSERY IS BEING HELD OVER.OKAY? SO THAT'S BEING HELD OVER.
THE SECOND ONE'S BEING HELD OVER RELATING TO HARTSDALE CONTEXTUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
[ To consider an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the South Ardsley Fire Protection District for the year 2022, at a cost not to exceed $332,479]
THIRD ONE IS, UH, TO CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG VILLAGE OF LEY TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENTS, SOUTH ADLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2022, UM, AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED 3 3 2, 4, 7 9.NO, YOU WANNA OPEN THE HEARING? NO, YOU WANNA OPEN UP, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE HEARING SECOND.
DOES ANYONE WANNA SPEAK REGARDING THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT? THE SOUTH HARLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT? FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS ARE AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
THE THREE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, BUT IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE CONTRACT WITH A, UH, NEARBY VILLAGE, IN THIS CASE THE VILLAGE OF LEY, TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THAT AREA IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE TOWN IN GREENBURG, OUTSIDE EITHER THE FAIRVIEW HARTSDALE OR GREENVILLE FIRE DISTRICT.
UH, FOR COMPARISON FOR SERVICES IN 2021, THE COST WAS, UH, FOR THE SOUTH OLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT $313,466 AND 7 CENTS.
UH, THIS YEAR DUE TO CHANGES IN ASSESSMENTS, IT'S UH, 3000, UH, 332,479.
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ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK? I HEARD THE WORD FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN I HEARD THE I FIRST OUT FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHAT THAT MEANT AND WHAT IT ENTAILS.I DON'T GENERALLY AGREE WITH, UH, PAUL FINE AT ALL OR ANY, ANY, UM, STATEMENT THAT HE MAKES, BUT I'M BEGINNING TO CONSIDER CONSOLIDATION AS A WAY THAT WE HAVE
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY? SO I WILL, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T GO OUT THOUGH.
YOU WANNA HEAR IT OUT SO PEOPLE ON NO, BUT THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I HEARD YOU SAY FAIRVIEW, RIGHT? THIS IS AN AREA OUTSIDE OF THE FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT OUTSIDE OF FAIRVIEW, OUTSIDE FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OUTSIDE HARTSDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUTSIDE GREENVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I HEARD I DID NOT HEAR THE WORD OUTSIDE.
OKAY, PAUL, BEFORE YOU MOVE, UH, ON, UM, I, I MISSED THE, UH, THE CONCLUSION ON THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPLICATION THAT I'M JUST ASKING PAUL SO WE DON'T HAVE CONFUSION.
IT'S HELD OVER PAUL THAT'S BEING HELD OVER.
SO YOU WANT TO CLOSE THE, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
[ To consider an agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and the Village of Ardsley to provide Fire Protection Services to Unincorporated area residents of the Chauncey Fire Protection District for the year 2022, at a cost not to exceed $10,006]
CONSIDER AN CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AND VILLAGE OF LEY TO PROVIDE FIVE PROTECTION SERVICES TO UNINCORPORATED AREA RESIDENTS OF THE CHAUNCEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT FOR THE YEAR 2022 AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED $10,006.IS THERE ANYONE HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE CHAUNCEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT? A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT JUST FOR THE RECORD, IS AN AREA THAT'S IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE HARTSDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FAIRVIEW FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND GREENVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE CONTRACT WITH A NEARBY VILLAGE TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO THAT AREA.
THAT'S WHAT, WHY IT'S CALLED A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
FOR COMPARISON FOR THE SERVICES IN 2021, THE COST WAS $9,335 AND 78 CENTS.
UH, FOR THE SERVICES IN 2022, IT'S 10,000 0 0 6.
ANYONE, ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK? UM, THEN WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE HEARING AND LEAVE THE RECORD OPEN FOR SEVEN DAYS.
[ PUBLIC COMMENT Advance signup is required. A continuous five minute limit per speaker will be strictly enforced. The clock will start when a speaker begins speaking and will not be stopped for any reason until the speaker is finished or five minutes has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Interruptions by Town Board members, the Town Clerk or the public will not be permitted. If a speaker insists on an immediate answer, should an answer be provided, it shall be part of the speaker's five minute allocation and not be interrupted. There will not be a second five minute round. Any written comments sent to PublicComment@GreenburghNY.com by 6 PM the day of the hearing will be forwarded to all Town Board members in advance of the meeting for their consideration. Written comments will not be read at the meeting unless the original author is present to do so.]
WE HAVE, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT? UM, ANYTHING? JUDITH, DO WE HAVE ANY? WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, HOWEVER, WE HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS PRESENT AND IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? NOPE.
THEN, UM, THEN WE, WE WILL GO TO, UM, AND THERE'S NOBODY ON ZOOM, THEN WE'LL GO TO THE REGULAR,
[ TB 1 - 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing the retention of CGR to analyze the potential impact on the remaining area of the Town as a result of incorporation of a new village]
UH, AGENDA TB ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE RETENTION OF C G R TO ANALYZE A POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE REMAINING AREA OF THE TOWN AS A RESULT OF INCORPORATION OF A NEW VILLAGE.I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THAT OVER TO MARCH 8TH.
[ TB 2 - 2/22/2023 Resolution adopting a local law amending Chapter 460-74 Schedule XXV of the Code of the Town of Greenburgh as it pertains to flat rate meters in off-street parking areas of the Hartsdale Public Parking District]
RESOLUTION ADOPTING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 4 60 74 SCHEDULE X X V OF THE CODE OF THE TOWN OF GREENBURG AS IT PERTAINS TO FLAT RATE METERS AND OFF STREET PARKING AREAS OF THE HARTSDALE PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT.[ TB 3 - 2/22/2023 Resolution ratifying a Supplemental Memorandum of Agreement between the Town of Greenburgh and Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) local 1000 AFSCME, AFL-CIO to reassign the title of police dispatcher]
A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF GREENBERG AND CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, UM, LOCAL A THOUSAND A F S C M E A, FFL C I O TO REASSIGN THE TITLE OF POLICE DISPATCHER.TB FOUR AND TB FIVE UM, ARE BEING REVISED AND REINTRODUCED,
[ AT 1 – 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing settlement of property damage related Claim, File No.: 137/22C, by GEICO General Insurance Company a/s/o Jessica Astarita, for an amount not to exceed $9,069.65]
UM, A T ONE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SETTLEMENT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE CL UM, RELATED CLAIM FILE NUMBER 1 37 2 2 C BY GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY JESSICA TOA, FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,069 AND 65 CENTS.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 2 – 2/22/2023 Resolution approving the retention of Kenneth E. Pitcoff, Esq., and the law firm of Morris Duffy Alonso Faley & Pitcoff, to represent the Town of Greenburgh in the matter of Noreen Whitty v. Town of Greenburgh, for an amount not to exceed $25,000]
APPROVING THE RETENTION OF KEN PITT AND THE LAW FIRM OF MORRIS DUFFY, ALONSO FAY AND PITT CUFF FOR, UM, IN THE MATTER OF NOREEN WITTY VERSUS TOWN OF GREENBURG FOR AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 3 - 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Curry Realty Associates for property located at 685 Central Park Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $4,180±; the County’s share is $2,307±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $307±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $14,027±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $2,500±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $157±. Refunds from all sources total $23,478±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMAN WITH A PETITIONER PER RE REALTY ASSOCIATES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 85 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE, UM, REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES TOTAL 23,000 FOR 78.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ AT 4 - 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Curry Realty Associates for property located at 727 Central Park Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $8,611±; the County’s share is $4,852±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $642±; the Edgemont Union Free School District’s share is $28,312±; the Greenville Fire District’s share is $5,025±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $307±. Refunds from all sources total $47,749±.]
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AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER CURRY REALTY ASSOCIATES FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 27 CENTRAL PARK AVENUE REFUNDS FROM ALL SOURCES 47,749.[ AT 5 - 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner John S. Porzio/John Porzio Central LLC for property located at 234 North Central Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $13,915±; the County’s share is $7,826±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $1,043±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $36,321±; the Hartsdale Fire District’s share is $13,577±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $498±. Refunds from all sources total $73,180±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER JOHN PERIO, UM, REFUNDS FROM WALL SOURCES TOTAL 73,180.[ AT 6 - 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Hutch Tarrytown, LLC for property located at 250 Tarrytown Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,758±; the County’s share is $960±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $135±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $4,545±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $1,428±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $66±. Refunds from all sources total $8,892±.. ]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER HUTCH TARRYTOWN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED TWO 50 TARRYTOWN ROAD, TOTAL AMOUNT 8,892.[ AT 7 - 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Florence Avenue, LLC for property located at 29 Florence Avenue. The Town’s share of the refund is $1,166±; the County’s share is $645±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $89±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $3,120±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $937±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $43±. Refunds from all sources total $6,000±.]
AUTHORIZING TAX TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER FLORENCE AVENUE REFUNDS FROM, UM, ALL SOURCES TOTAL 6,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ AT 8 - 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing tax certiorari settlement with petitioner Frem 500 LLC for property located at 500 Tarrytown Road. The Town’s share of the refund is $3,657±; the County’s share is $2,002±; the Bronx Valley Sewer District’s share is $270±; the Greenburgh Central School District’s share is $9,782±; the Fairview Fire District’s share is $2,938±; the Consolidated Sewer Mtc. District’s share is $138±. Refunds from all sources total $18,788±.]
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TAX, TERTIARY SETTLEMENT WITH PETITIONER FROM 500 L L C REFUNDS FOR ALL, UH, SOURCES TOTAL 18 7 88 8.[ AT 9 - 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing the retention of Harfenist Kraut & Perlstein LLP as special counsel to address town matters concerning labor contract negotiations for a total cost not to exceed $25,000]
AUTHORIZING ATTENTION.AND STEIN AND SPECIAL COUNSEL TO ADDRESS 10 MATTERS CONCERNING LABOR CONTRACTS THAT TOTAL COST NOT TO EXCEED 25,000.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 1 - 2/22/2023 Resolution authorizing the following Sidewalk Sale Dates for 2023: May 12, 13, 14, 2023 (Rain Dates: May 19, 20, 21, 2023); June 16, 17, 18, 2023 (Rain Dates: June 23, 24, 25, 2023); September 1, 2, 3, 2023 (Rain Dates: September 8, 9, 10, 2023); October 27, 28, 29, 2023 (Rain Dates: November 3, 4, 5, 2023)]
AUTHORIZING FOLLOWING SIDEWALK SALE DATES ON MAY 12TH, 13 14TH.JUNE 16TH, 1718 SEPTEMBER 1, 2, 3.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO RAIN DATES ON THAT.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE.
[ CL 2 - 2/22/2023 Resolution scheduling a Public Hearing for 7:30PM, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, to consider a request for a modification with respect to a previously approved site plan application of Wyldwood Condominium and Homeowners Association, for property located at Wyldwood Drive (P.O. Tarrytown, NY)]
SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR MARCH 8TH TO CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR MODIFICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SITE PLAN APPLICATION OF WILDWOOD CONDO AND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED OF WILDWOOD DRIVE.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND ON FAVOR, AYE AYE.
[ CD 1 - 2/22/2023 Resolution granting an extension of a prior Amended Site Plan approval of an application by Ferncliff Cemetery, for property located at 280 Secor Road (P.O. Hartsdale, NY)]
GRANTING AN EXTENSION OF A PRIOR AMENDED SITE PLAN, APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION BY FERNCLIFF CEMETERY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT TWO 80 SEEKER ROAD.[ CD 2 - 2/22/2023 Resolution accepting a $2,500 contribution related to a Planning Board condition of subdivision approval associated with an approved subdivision on Old Colony Road (Zappico Subdivision)]
AYE.UM, RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AT $2,500 CONTRIBUTIONS RELATED TO PLANNING BOARD CONDITION OF SUBDIVISION APPROVAL OF ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROVAL SUBDIVISION OF ANOL COLONY ROAD.
[ CO 1 - 2/22/2023 Resolution approving a budget amendment to the Town Outside fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to increase estimated revenues and appropriations for a $2,500 contribution related to a Planning Board condition of subdivision approval]
APPROVING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN OUTSIDE FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO INCREASE ESTIMATED REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR $2,500 CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, RELATED TO A PLANNING BOARD CONDITION OF SUBDIVISION APPROVAL.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ CO 2 - 2/22/2023 Resolution approving a budget amendment to the Library Fund for Fiscal Year 2023 to increase the use of Appropriated Fund Balance and increase Appropriations for $280,000]
RESOLUTION APPROVING, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE LIBRARY FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO INCREASE THE USE OF APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE AND AN INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS OF $280,000.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
[ PO 1 - 2/22/2023 Resolution awarding the bids for Various Medical Supplies to be used by the Greenburgh Police Department in 2023 to the lowest responsible bidder per item, at a total cost not to exceed $33,250]
RESOLUTION AWARDING THE BIDS FOR VARIOUS MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO BE USED BY THE GREENBERG POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2023 TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER PER ITEM AT A TOLL COST NOT TO EXCEED 33,250.UH, PO O TWO IS BEING HELD OVER.
[ PW 1 - 2/22/2023 Resolution rescinding Resolution PW-1 adopted on February 8, 2023 and re-awarding bids for Traffic Materials to the lowest responsible bidders for 2023]
RESCINDING RESOLUTION PW ONE ADOPTED ON FEBRUARY 8TH AND RE AWARDING BIDS FOR TRAFFIC MATERIALS TO LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDERS, UM, FOR 2023.I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT SECOND IN FAVOR, AYE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WAY.