New York Yankees second baseman and shortstop Gleyber Torres joined Bank of America for the grand
reopening of the Bank of America Financial Center on Monday, April 15 at 700 Allerton Avenue. Bank
of America and the Yankees have served the local community through initiatives like Welcome Back
Vets and Wounded Warriors in the south Bronx, the U.S.O. of Metropolitan New York and the Food Bank
for NYC.
(Above) Bank of America representatives were eager to cut the ribbon for the Bank of America
Financial Center. Photo courtesy of Bank of America
Action
Association
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Free Home Buyer
Educational Seminar
Saturday, May 4th
Better Homes and Gardens
Rand Realty will be hosting a
Free Home Buyer Educational
Seminar on Saturday, May
4, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the
New School for Leadership and
the Arts, 120 W. 231st Street.
This seminar is suitable
for fi rst-time homebuyers, repeat
homebuyers, and homeowners.
Guest speakers will include
Justin Cruz, real estate
broker/offi ce manager, Better
Homes and Gardens Rand
Realty; Carmen Banks, real
estate salesperson, Better
Homes and Gardens Rand Realty,
who will discuss the home
buying process and owning a
home versus renting; George
Pejoves, reisdential loan offi -
cer, Stephanie Lexandra, title
services, Allen Maddox, home
insurance services, Hudson
United, mortage, title, insurance,
who will discuss the preapproval
process, everything
you need to know about title,
and home insurance information;
and Steven Colon, ESQ
attorney, who will discuss the
attorney’s role in a real estate
transation, contracts, and
what to expect the day of the
closing.
To reserve a seat, call or
tex Carmen at (347) 982-5827.
BANK OF AMERICA FINANCIAL CENTER REOPENS IN ALLERTON
BY TONY SALIMBENE
Hi again everyone, hope
you had a wonderful Easter
Sunday. On Sunday, April 28,
we are back in session, 10:30
a.m. coffee, 11 a.m. meeting
and noon gathering, of course,
at American Turners NY, the
Turner Club.
Hope you got the Tupperware
you needed while supporting
our troops, thanks
again TN Post 1456 for the assist.
Thursday, May 17 is our annual
Support the Troops Bingo
Night, courtesy of Sam Young
Post 620. Great time with nice
prizes and surprises. May be
sold out
Ready for Memorial Day
weekend? That Sunday the
26th, is Silver Beach early, then
Edgewater Park VFD down to
their memorial circle around
11 a.m., nice gathering at their
fi rehouse afterwards. That’s
about it for the day.
(FYI - Co-op City Veterans
Park has a ceremony too,
around 1 p.m.).
Monday the 27th is busy.
We meet at our Bicentennial
Veterans Memorial Park at
Weir Creek fi rst, around 10:30
a.m., then around the corner to
Throggs Neck Memorial Post
for their ceremony. I will also
be going to the new Van Nest
Memorial Monument for their
grand re-opening - another example
of communities working
together. That’s around
noon but they are kind enough
to wait a bit for us.
Then we make our way to
City Island for their annual parade.
Meeting at Hawkins Post
156, buses will take us to the end
of the island so we can march
back starting at 2 p.m., with several
memorial stops on the way.
Traditional hot dog lunch at the
post afterwards, thanks Commander
DelDebbio.
I’ll wait for more precise
times for next issue. Why not
come to our meeting and get
the times fi rst hand.
Sick call: Have not heard of
anyone sick or having passed
away. We hope those who underwent
medical proceedures
previously are on the mend
and back with us soon.
Until next time: “Life is really
simple but we insist on
making it complicated.” - Confucius
Join the American Legion
family...still serving since
1919.
BY FRANK V. VERNUCCIO, JR.
No shots have been fi red, no alternative
fl ag has been raised, and no
federal troops have been imprisoned.
But ideologically, New York’s political
class has seceded from the Union,
from common sense, and from common
decency.
Appropriately, much attention has
been paid to the stunning decision of
the New York State Legislature (now
wholly dominated by Democrats) to
provide $27 million in tuition aid for
illegal aliens, while refusing to fund
tuition to the families of U.S. soldiers,
sailors, marines and airmen who
were killed in action.
Further tilting towards illegals,
it is expected that Albany will soon
pass legislation that will grant driver
licenses to them in the near future.
The problems, however, extend beyond
favoring illegals over citizens.
Siding with criminals over victims
is a hallmark of the Left, and Governor
Andrew Cuomo is pushing a bill
that would take that concept to new
heights, by eliminating bail in most
cases. The concept is camoufl aged as
a way to prevent low-level offenders
from lingering in jail before trial, but
in practice, it has far broader implications.
Consider this example from the
New York Law Journal:
“The defendant is arrested for
rape and larceny. The rape occurred
in a park, and the defendant and the
victim had no prior relationship. The
defendant is caught a block away
and identifi ed by the victim and is
in possession of her wallet. He has
a prior conviction for rape for which
he served six years. He was released
from prison six months ago. He has
no prior bench warrants. Twentyeight
years old, he lives in an apartment
with a friend. The defendant is
charged with a class B violent felony
and therefore would be eligible for a
detention hearing. The People, however,
would have to prove, by clear
and convincing evidence, that he
poses a current threat to the physical
safety of a reasonably identifi able
person or persons. That would be a
diffi cult showing, since the defendant
seems to select his victims randomly.
Electronic monitoring cannot
be imposed because it is available
only to contain risk of fl ight, of which
there is little evidence. Now assume
that the defendant is released on nonmonetary
conditions and is rearrested
for another rape two months
later. The facts are much the same.
Could he now be detained? Can it be
said that he poses a danger to a reasonable
identifi able person or group
of persons? If he threatened serious
physical injury in both cases (the
one on which he was released and the
new case), the burden of proof would
shift to him. Even then, he would be
released if he showed, by a preponderance
of the evidence, that he did
not pose a current threat to a reasonably
identifi able person or group of
persons.”
While America has recently become
virtually energy independent,
New York is facing a government-imposed
energy crisis. Governor Cuomo’s
energy policy of refusing to allow
new pipelines for natural gas has
resulted in utilities informing residents
in at least one county that they
may not be able to access the affordable,
nonpolluting energy source going
forward.
The Second Amendment, already
on shaky ground in parts of the state,
is about to get even further nullifi ed.
State Senator Kevin Parker wants
to allow authorities to demand that
those seeking gun permits hand over
login passwords to their social media
accounts.
The state’s largest city, New York,
is led by a mayor whose loyalty to the
U.S. is marginal. In the 1980s, while
the Soviet Union was placing offensive
weaponry in Nicaragua, Bill
de Blasio was a cheerleader for the
USSR’s role in that nation.
He is a major proponent of the
‘Sanctuary City,’ concept an idea
that, in practice, means that cops will
not be allowed to cooperate with federal
authorities in dealing with criminals
who are illegal aliens.
But that doesn’t mean NYC’s government
isn’t mindful of illegals.
The City Council has repeatedly attempted
to pass legislation granting
them the right to vote.