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March 22-28, 2019
Fordham U. row team buying WWCA beach club
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REZONING PLAN
Street naming for beloved coach
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BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A plan to bring a fi rst-rate
college rowing and sailing facility
to a property formerly
used as a beach club is moving
ahead.
Community Board 10’s
Housing and Zoning Committee
voted unanimously to approve
a plan initiated by an
anonymous group of Fordham
University alumni to purchase
the former Westchester
Country Club Association waterfront
club in Country Club
and turn it over to the university
for use by the school’s sailing
and crew teams.
The committee vote took
place on Thursday, March 12,
and there will be a public hearing
in coming months that will
allow the public to weigh in on
the matter, said Matt Cruz, CB
10 district manager. The date
and time of that hearing are
still to be announced.
Cruz said that the community
and committee were generally
supportive of the idea,
pending the outcome of the
public hearing.
The sale of the property
is still pending. The buyer is
seeking a zoning variance at
the Board of Standards and
Appeals that would allow the
university to operate a rowing
and sailing team in a R2 residential
zone.
The community board favors
the sale because it would
prevent the development of
housing at the attractive site
at 3341 Country Club Road.
The one building presently
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A street co-naming in
honor of a beloved cheerleading
coach and community volunteer
is coming up shortly.
Michele Muccio, who perished
in a 2018 auto crash, will
have a street co-named in her
honor at St. Theresa and Edison
avenues, on Saturday,
April 6 at 11 a.m. in a public
sign unveiling.
The mother of three died
when another vehicle cut her
off as she was travelling southbound
on I-95 near Co-op City
and lost control of her truck in
March 2018.
Muccio was a beloved cheerleading
coach who was a prolifi
c volunteer at St. Theresa
School before receiving her
coach’s certifi cate and taking
the Cardinal Spellman High
School cheerleading team,
which included her daughter
Nikki Marie, to national cheer
competitions for the fi rst time,
her father Joseph Giaquinta
said.
“She wanted the girls to
stay active, compete, and
just be recognized,” said Giaquinta.
“She put Spellman
on the map when it comes to
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