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ECC Calls for a Tax Revaluation

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taxesThe following letter from the Edgemont Community Council was submitted to the Greenburgh Town Board at its meeting on 10/12To the Town Board of Greenburgh, The Edgemont Community Council met on October 3, 2011 and voted to ask the town to do a revaluation of taxable properties within the Town immediately.

The Town of Greenburgh and the many taxing entities within it (school and fire districts, among others) need stability in their budgeting and taxing processes, and the continuing number of tax certioraris and grievances make that impossible. We are collectively paying more than $10 million a year in tax refunds, the Town this year is borrowing money to cover these costs for the first time in its entire history, and the State Legislature says tax cert payments are not excluded from the state-mandated property tax cap, which means the money spent on tax certs may result in less money available to educate our children.

Not to mention that it has been 56 years since there has been any revaluation of taxable properties in Greenburgh.

It is way past time for a revaluation.

We also believe that waiting for the county to act, or for special legislation from the State Legislature to enact "hardship provisions" for Greenburgh residents is political gamesmanship. No county action or state-enacted hardship provisions were needed for those towns and villages in Westchester that have already approved revaluation, including the City of Rye, and the Villages of Bronxville and Pelham Manor.

Common sense says that it is time for revaluation.

We know that voting for revaluation will require an act of political courage from the members of the Town Board – as voters and taxpayers, we have the right to expect such courage from our elected officials.

Sincerely,

Geoff Loftus
PresidentThe Edgemont Community Council

 

 

Public Exposure and a DWI from the Scarsdale Police

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scarsdale-police-car200DWI: On the night of 10/9, police spotted a young lady driving a Honda with a flat tire on Tompkins Road near the police trailer. Given that she had a flat, the girl was driving too fast. Police followed the car and stopped her at the intersection of Kensington and Cohawney Road. The driver got out of the car and the officer noticed that she was off balance, had bloodshot eyes and the odor of alcohol on her breath. The 22 year-old Sleepy Hollow girl admitted to drinking “at least two large Oktoberfest beers” in White Plains. She failed sobriety tests and told police she got the flat tire when she ran into a curb in White Plains. She was given an Alco-Sensor test and found to have a BAC of .22%. She was charged with DWI and Aggravated DWI, given a court date and released on $250 to a relative.

Exposed: Nikolla Bujaj, age 56 of Tuckahoe was arrested in Scarsdale Village for exposure around noon on October 6th. A patrolman saw Bujaj walking between parked cars on East Parkway and then taking a leak on the street and spraying a car tire. Police spoke to Bujaj and found that he was drunk and disheveled. They called SVAC, charged him with “Exposure” and issued him a court appearance date.

Fare Dispute: At 3:25 am on 10/5, Mujibar Mia, a tax driver, called police when his passenger Danielle Williams of Garth Road refused to pay the fare. Williams was drunk. Subsequently a friend of hers appeared with a credit card and paid up.

Theft: A laptop computer was stolen from a car parked in the lot across from Overhill Road on September 30th. When the owner of the car returned she found that the computer, which had been left on the front seat of the car was missing. The woman thought she may have left the car unlocked.

On 10/4, A Southwoods Lane resident reported that items were taken out of her suitcase while she was on a Delta Airlines flight.

Fraud: On 10/6, a Sprague Road resident reported receiving numerous phone calls from someone who claimed to be from HSBC Bank. The caller was attempting to get a credit card number from her and was very aggressive. The calls came from several phone numbers which the woman gave to the police.

A Heathcote Road man received a letter from a credit card company rejecting an application for a credit card in his name – however he had not applied for the card. The application was filed at a Best Buy store in New Jersey. The man was advised to report the fraud to three major credit bureaus.

Egged: Kevin King from the Fox Meadow Tennis Club called police on the morning of October 3rd to report that the club had been egged. This was the second week in a row eggs had been thrown at the building. King also found beer cans and bottles on the property.

Gas Leak: The Con Edison Emergency Response team, the Scarsdale Fire Department, Scarsdale Volunteer Fire Department, the Scarsdale Building and Highway Departments, the White Plains Fire Department and the Scarsdale Police all responded to a gas leak on Farley Road in Greenacres at 11:30 am on 10/6. They secured the area, conducted checks of area homes to assess the gas levels and found that a gas main that runs from White Plains to Scarsdale, dating from 1928 had a major leak. They did a precautionary check of the Greenacres School but it was fine. A more limited area was sealed off while Con Edison made repairs.

Fire: The Fire and Police Departments responded to a fire on Gaylor Road at 11:45 pm on 10/9. They found the source of the fire in the garage and were able to extinguish it quickly. No serious damage occurred and it was caused by oil-based chemicals that were stored in the garage.

Runaway Car: At 3:34 on 10/4, an unoccupied 2005 Mazda was found at the intersection of Brewster and Olmstead Roads, stopped at the stop sign with no one inside. Police were looking for the car’s owner when Jonathan Hilpert who had been tutoring in the area arrived. He was looking for his car that had been parked further down Brewster Road. He suspects that his emergency brake failed and the car rolled into the intersection.

Nasty Neighbor: A Brewster Road man called police on the evening of 10/7 to report that his children were playing in his yard when a woman from a neighboring yard shouted expletives at them. He told police that this has happened several times.

A truck took down wires at the intersection of Walworth and Greenacres Avenues around noon on October 4th, and a large tree fell across Black Birch Lane at 1:30 on 10/4, narrowly missing a postal truck that was parked nearby.

 

Another Burglary in Greenacres and Vandals at the Middle School?

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breakinBurglary: For the second week in a row, Greenacres residents were the victims of burglary. A Greenacres Avenue home was robbed on the morning of 9/29. When the resident returned home around noon she realized that intruders had gone to the second floor of the house and stolen a safe. Police found that a glass panel on the back door was broken and the door was forced open. The woman reported that she had recently had workman at the house --- and that a roofer had been inside the house in the room where the safe was located on September 24th. A similar incident occurred on Windmill Road last week.

Damage: A policeman, responding to an alarm discovered a shattered in the technology classroom on the upper level of the Scarsdale Middle School at 1:42 am on 10/3. Only the exterior of the window was broken and police did not find additional damage during an initial inspection of the school. However, when police inspected the lower level, they found a second classroom window broken and a small stone underneath that window. It was later determined that both windows were broken as a result of weedtrimming at the school.

On the morning of 9/29, an employee from Lange’s Deli found that someone had damaged the storm door overnight, breaking a few hinges while pulling the door off.

Fraud: A Fox Meadow Road man reported fraudulent activity on his bank account between September 25 and September 27. Using an ATM card, someone had withdrawn $9,000 in funds from his account and the account was subsequently frozen.

A School Lane woman almost became the victim of fraud when she responded to an employment ad on Careerbuilder.com. She responded to the ad on 9/20 and on 9/21 received an email stating that she was hired. Sensing something was amiss, she emailed back and said she was no longer interested. Ignoring her email, the prospective “employer” said he was mailing her three cash money orders from Manila and instructed her to cash them. A letter arrived in the mail with three CVS money orders, each for $950. Police instructed her to email once again that she was not interested in the job and had turned the money orders over to the police.

Threats: A woman who works at Scarsdale Synagogue reported the receipt of a threatening letter sometime during the week of 9/23. She suspected that a former employee might be the source of the letter as the synagogue has had recent cutbacks.

Kids: A Ridgedale Road man called police at 8:30 pm on 9/29 when he found empty beer cans and water bottles strewn across his front lawn. He had not seen anyone outside.

On Saturday night 10/1 an Innes Road man called to complain that youths were peeing on his lawn. Though police could not find the kids on the man’s property, there was a party going on at a neighbor’s home and police spoke to the parents at the house about the incident.

There were several complaints on Saturday night 10/1 between 10 and 11 pm about a loud party on Gorham Road. Police asked the residents to keep the students inside but after the police left, the kids went back out and got loud again.

Locks: A Cornell Street man called police on the night of 10/1 when he was locked inside his bathroom. The lock had malfunctioned and he was stuck. The Fire Department arrived and removed the bathroom door from its hinges to free the man.

Doris Morse of Wilmot Road locked her keys inside her car when it was parked at Balducci’s on September 26. R&D Towing responded and opened the car.

Found: A Church Lane woman found a backpack in the bushes on her property containing a driver’s license, money and a laptop computer. She tried to reach the backpack’s owner but was unable to find him. In the meantime the man called police in search of the backpack and police returned it to him.

Runaway Driver: A Walworth Avenue man called police at 5 am on 9/29 when a car swerved and pulled onto the curb. The female driver got out of the car and ran toward Fenimore Road without closing the car door. Police searched the area but were unable to find the car or the driver.

Dispute: On October 2, a Stratton Road man asked police to accompany him back to his house to prevent continuation of an earlier dispute with his wife

 

Six More Charged in Scarsdale Attack

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baseball_batOn Friday 9/24 Scarsdale Police Chief John Brogan announced the arrest of six more Yonkers’ residents in connection with the attack that took place in Scarsdale Village in the early morning hours of August 19th.

According to the police report, “Two passengers who exited a Metro North train at the Scarsdale station were attacked by seven individuals armed with a baseball bat and a tire iron. The two victims of the attack were aided be several other passengers who also exited the train in defending themselves from the attackers.” The incident began with a run-in at Grand Central, continued on the train and culminated in the fight that took place on East Parkway in Scarsdale after the victims and several assailants exited the train. From the train the suspects called in additional people to aid in the attack and they convened in Scarsdale around 2 am on August 19th.

On Friday, it was announced that the following suspects were charged:

  • Mohammad F. Qawasmi, 19 years old, of Yonkers, NY was charged with attempted assault 3rd degree, a misdemeanor.mahammadalsharif
  • Mohammad Alsharif, 21 years old, of Yonkers, NY was charged with attempted assault 3rd degree, a misdemeanor.
  • Two 18 year olds from Yonkers were charged Attempted Assault 3rd degree, a misdemeanor.
  • Two 17 year-olds from Yonkers, NY were charged with attempted assault 3rd degree, a misdemeanor.

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Horse on the Loose and a Missing Girl from the Scarsdale Police

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coyotogreenacresCoyote: On Sunday afternoon a Berkeley Road woman called to say there was a coyote in her driveway. Though police could not find it, that afternoon another Greenacres resident sent the photo shown here of a coyote on Greenacres Avenue near Berkeley to Scarsdale10583!

Horse on the loose: County Police called Scarsdale Police when they saw a horse running on Stratton Road without a rider at 1:10 pm on 9/18. Police investigated and learned that a Corell Road woman was riding the horse on a trail near Saxon Woods pool when the horse was spooked by two dogs on the trail and the rider was thrown. The horse returned to the stable unharmed and the woman called her husband to pick her up.

Vanished: Distraught Valley Road parents called police at 3:03 pm on 9/18 when they were unable to find their 9 ½ year old daughter. They described what their red-haired daughter was wearing to police. However by the time police arrived at the house the girl had been found hiding next to the television in the basement. She admitted that she had poured talcum powder on the stairs and was afraid she would be reprimanded.

Missing: On September 13, A divorced Edgewood woman came to police to report that her ex-husband had stolen her engagement and wedding rings. Her thirteen year-old daughter told her she had seen the rings at her father’s house. The woman had last seen the rings in 2007. Her lawyer wrote a letter to her ex asking for the rings to be returned and also sent him an email. He had not replied to either communication.

A Harvest Road resident reported that a custom bicycle, valued at $4,500 was stolen out of the garage at her home on September 13th. The garage door was left open briefly and additional bicycles and a set of golf clubs that were also in the garage were left untouched.

Arguments: A Stratton Road man arrived home on the night of 9/15 and found his soon to be ex-wife agitated. Rather than stay at the house, he went to the police to document the event.

At Chase Bank on Palmer Avenue on 9/14, a woman refused to leave the bank. Bank Manager, Carrie Ghiggeri told police that an “elderly” female would not leave the bank after being told that she could not use the bathroom. Patrol advised Mrs. Margery Epstein, date of birth 04/09/1949, (age 62) that she could not use the bathroom in the bank, as it was for employees only. Patrol escorted Mrs. Epstein to the bathroom at Metro Deli.

Dispute: On 9/17, Nick Prisco of Prisco’s Video TV and Appliance Company in White Plains called to complain about a transaction with a White Birch Lane man. Prisco delivered a washer and a dryer to replace a damaged dryer that had been delivered on 8/27. The balance of $2,234 and was due on delivery. The employee installed the new dryer, but the homeowner stated that the replacement dryer was damaged as well, pushed the workman out of his house and refused to pay for the washer. Police called the Scarsdale man who claimed he had paid, but said, “I’ll pay the rest when they give me a working dryer.”

Dogs: A woman called to report that three dogs were locked in a parked car in an alley off Scarsdale Avenue and were left there every day. Police spoke to the dog’s owner who said that the dogs were just there for 30 minutes.

A Weaver Street woman called to complain that his neighbor’s bulldog comes into his yard and prevents his children from playing outside. The Weaver Street man was also worried that the neighbor’s german shepard could also escape. The neighbor agreed to have his fence repaired.

Damage: A Secor Road man claimed that the driver’s side mirror of his 2004 Infiniti was removed from his car while it was parked in the Christie Place Garage on September 16th.

Hot tar was spilled onto Griffen Avenue at Mamaroneck Road on the afternoon of 9/14. Police placed cones in the area to prevent cars from driving through the tar.

Gun: A Brite Avenue man turned over a BB gun for safekeeping to the police on 9/13.

(Photo Credit: Anne Lyons)

 

 

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