Election Results for Scarsdale and the County
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Though there were no big races in Westchester to bring people to the polls on Tuesday November 3, some did vote, and the results in Scarsdale mirrored the results county-wide.
In Westchester, Gretchen Walsh, running for Supreme Court Justice received 60% of the vote, and in Scarsdale she won with 705 votes to Montgomery Delaney's 355 votes.
Susan Cacace won her bid for County Court Justice with 58% of the votes in Westchester. In Scarsdale she received 1092 votes to 722 for Helen M. Blackwood.
For Surrogates Court, Brandon R. Sall won 90% of the votes in the county and in Scarsdale he received 771 votes to 129 for Frank Streng.
District 5 Legislator Benjamin Boykin ran unopposed and received 870 votes in Scarsdale and 4,348 in District 5.
The only race specific to Scarsdale was the election of Jeffrey Levin for Town Justice. He ran unopposed and received 827 votes.
A referendum to give the Board of Legislators (BOL) and the public more time to review the County budgets before they are voted on passed with 82% of the vote. The referendum will change the date that the County Executive is required to submit the Capital Budget to the BOL from November 15th to October 15th each year. The deadline to submit the annual Operating Budget will be moved up from November 15th to November 10th. County Legislator Ben Boykin supported the referendum.
Food for Thought
In honor of Veteran's Day on Wednesday November 11, the Scarsdale Republican Town Committee submitted the following for publication:
"History does not long entrust the case of freedom to the weak or the timid." --Dwight David Eisenhower.
The Scarsdale Republican Town Committee thanks all Veterans for their valor and devotion to duty in service to our country.
Where are the funds from the Scarsdale Community Center?
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Dear Scarsdale10583: On August 5, 2015, Scarsdale10583 posted a letter from the Executive Committee for the Scarsdale Community Center letting residents know that the SCC was issuing refunds and where to write if you wanted a refund for their deposits. The email address given was: mslonner@earthlink.net. I wrote several times to the email listed and have not received any response or acknowledgment of my request. I wanted to know if other members have received their deposits back or have heard when they will be issued.
Thanks
Margot Milberg
Pollan Family Debuts Cookbook in Scarsdale
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The Scott Room of the Scarsdale Library was sold out on Thursday night October 21 when the Pollan family came to town to share their new family cookbook, the Pollan Family Table. The audience may have come as much to check out this celebrated family as to preview the cookbook – but whatever the motivation, it was all good.
Corky Pollan, who wrote the Best Bets column for New York Magazine for 18 years and was the style editor for Gourmet Magazine, is the mother of an impressive brood. Her three daughters and co-authors Tracy, Dana and Lori had impressive resumes before the book was published. Tracy is a successful actress, who appeared on television, in the movies and on stage. She is the wife of actor Michael J. Fox and parent of four children, including a set of twins.
Sister Dana was a cofounder of the Pollan-Austen Fitness Center, a top rated exercise studio, and also appeared on a series of six exercise videos. She lives with her husband and three children in New York City.
Lori Pollan co-founded the Pollan-Austen Fitness Center and eventually left the working world to raise three children. She is a certified life coach who helps clients manage their fitness, nutrition and stress.
Their brother Michael Pollan, the only Pollan child who did not collaborate on the cookbook, is a prolific food writer who's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, was a national bestseller.
Corky and her three trim daughters look more like fitness buffs than chefs. Whatever they are eating appears to be keeping them healthy and trim. They say they use little in the way of processed foods and go out of their way to buy fresh ingredients. Their affection for each other and the extended family was evident in their discussion about family meals, holidays and their delight in experimenting with seasonal ingredients and developing new recipes.
A few tips:
-Chiffonade your basil leaves by rolling them up and then cutting them in strips
-Preserve fresh basil in your kitchen for weeks by putting it in a jar on the counter and covering it with a unsealed platic bag:
-Essential equipment? A cast iron pan and a set of rimmed baking sheets are musts for any serious chef.
-What else? Eat your fruits and vegetables first!
Local chef Jen Rossano cooked enough of a few 
of the recipes in the book so that everyone could sample the Pollan's signature salad, pasta with fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basil and irresistible nirvana bars with chocolate chips, flaked coconut and walnuts on a graham cracker crust. It was all delicious.
Having fed us well, the four authors chatted with the long line of book buyers while signing the colorful cookbooks.
What was not revealed was Corky's recipe for raising and feeding five healthy, creative, independent and successful children while working full time. Anyone want to venture a guess?
Here's the recipe for the Pollan's signature salad:
Ingredients
For the Dressing:
1/3 cup white balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon raspberry vinegar, champagne vinegar or sherry vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1/3 cup grapeseed oil
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
For the Salad:
5 to 7 ounces mesclun or mixed baby greens
1/2 cup chopped store-bought or homemade caramelized walnuts
1/2 Bosc pear (cut lengthwise), cored, and thinly sliced
1/3 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
Preparation
For the Dressing:
In a glass jar with a lid or in a small mixing bowl, combine the vinegars, mustard, grapeseed oil, olive oil, 1/8 teaspoon of salt and pepper to taste. Shake the jar vigorously or whisk in the bowl to emulsify.
For the Salad:
Place the mesclun in a large salad bowl. Pour on half the dressing and toss the greens to coat. Add the walnuts, pear and more dressing to taste (taking care not to overdress) and toss again. Top with the Parmesan cheese shavings and serve.
Learn more about the Pollan's and their recipes here:
Masseuses Arrested on Central Avenue
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Greenburgh Police have arrested nine people at two foot massage spas on Central Avenue in Scarsdale. Eight purported to be licensed massage therapists when they did not have the licenses and two were changed with aiding and abetting three or more unlicensed persons to practice a profession. All of the suspects were taken to Greenburgh Police Headquarters on Thursday October 22 where they were booked, processed and released on bail. Scarsdale Foot Massage at 734 South Central Avenue and Foot Relaxation at 1113 South Central Avenue were both closed and cited for code violations.
Arrested were the following:
Scarsdale Foot Massage, 734 South Central Avenue, Scarsdale
Wen Tao Song DOB 06/10/78 (Charged with Subdivisions 1 & 2)
Hong Lan Wang DOB 02/21/78
Shanghai Gao DOB 01/22/71
Lan Ling Sun DOB 03/19/88
Qiuxian Lin DOB 07/20/71
Foot Relaxation- 1113 South Central Ave, Scarsdale NY;
Xi De Xu DOB 03/27/56
Wei Wang DOB 08/18/91
Zi Guo Lin DOB 06/01/62
Xiang Man Zhang DOB 10/16/64 (Charged with Subdivision 2)
Guihua Zhou DOB 12/11/71
Changes at the CHP, New Stairway and Library Gifts Approved by the Scarsdale BOT
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Following the discussion about the gravel amendment at the meeting of the Board of Trustees on Tuesday October 13, trustees passed resolutions on changes to the Committee for Historic Preservation, a new stairway on East Parkway, improvements at the library and subdivision fees for two lots in Scarsdale.
The trustees announced changes to appointments to the Committee for Historic Preservation. Architect Bana Choura resigned from the committee on September 28, saying " that there is a perceived conflict of interest in my serving on the CHP, especially after the July CHP meeting." She may have been referring to the application to demolish a home at 11 Carstensan Road, where she spoke on the matter but then recused herself from the vote because her name appeared on the application. Choura was then appointed to fill a vacancy on the Conservation Advisory Council that was created when Julie Weinstein stepped down from the CAC because she is moving to California.
CHP Chair Paul Diamond also stepped down, due to personal circumstances. He will be replaced by William Silverman who currently serves on the committee. The Village Board's Personnel Committee will actively recruit a new member to serve on the CHP.
Good news from the library where the Library Board has retained a fundraising firm called Plan A Advisors to raise funds for an ambitious plan to renovate the library. The Board also approved the acceptance of two gifts toward the library's capital improvement project: The Friends of the Scarsdale Library donated $42,168 and John and Marcy Harris of Marjory Lane made a personal donation of $10,000.
Construction of a stairway from East Parkway to the outbound platform of the railroad track in Scarsdale is in process. The Village retained Specialty Construction System, Inc. of Mt. Vernon to build the stairway at a cost of $248,715 and also authorized fees to purchase a permit from Metro North. Mayor Jon Mark anticipates that the stairway will be completed before the winter.
Gifts from neighborhood sports organizations will be used to make improvements at Hyatt Field. The Board of Trustees accepted $15,000 from the Scarsdale Little League to go toward the construction of a restroom at the field. A new backstop and dugout fencing will be funded with a gift of $2,000 from the Scarsdale Raiders Youth Softball Association.
Fees from subdivisions on Stonewall Lane and Rodney Road will be allotted for improvements to Recreational Facilities. The Trustees passed resolutions assessing $67,500 to Jospeh Yasgur for the subdivision at 12 Stonewall Lane and $37,500 to 21 Rodney Road LLC for the subdivision on Rodney Road. Both subdivisions were previously approved by the Scarsdale Planning Board who also recommended the amount of the subdivision fees.
