Rabbi Borenstein leaving for Israel
Exact Capital renovates, preserves hundreds of affordable units
Exact Capital has renovated
and preserved 333 affordable
residential rental units and
four retail spaces in 19 buildings
located throughout the
Bronx. Exact partnered with
Bronx Shepherd Restoration
Corporation in this preservation
project.
The renovated buildings
include 17 walkups and two
elevator buildings, ranging
from two to seven stories.
Renovations involved new
roofs, boilers, repointing, refreshed
common areas, new
kitchens and upgraded bathrooms.
“We are proud of our role
rehabilitating and preserving
much-needed affordable housing
in the Bronx,” said Craig
Livingston, managing partner
“these buildings are sound
housing stock, well-suited for
preservation.”
located in the Soundview, Claremont
Heights and Longwood.
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, A 44 UGUST 2-8, 2019 BTR
of Exact Capital, adding
He said the buildings are
Village, University
“Bronx Shepherd Restoration
Corporation over nearly
Action
Association
four decades has established
an impressive record as a leading
force in the upgrading and
rehabilitation of affordable
housing in the Bronx. Our
teaming with Exact Capital to
preserve the affordability of
333 apartments in the Bronx
is consistent with this proud
history,” said Dr. Helen Wingate,
chairman of the board of
Bronx Shepherds Restoration
Corporation.
Financing for the multisite
Bronx affordable housing rehab
was provided by TD Bank,
the New York City Department
of Housing Preservation
and Development and the NYC
Employee’s Retirement System
via the Community Preservation
Corporation.
Rabbi David Borenstein
has been the extremely dedicated
and effective spiritual
leader of the Van Cortlandt
Jewish Center, since 2009. The
rabbi is now making Aliyah,
which means he and his family
are moving to Israel.
As a gesture of sincere
appreciation for his efforts,
Van Cortlandt Jewish Center
is having a ‘Farewell to the
Rabbi’ brunch for him on Sunday,
August 18, at 10:30 a.m., at
3880 Sedgwick Avenue.
There will be a nominal fee
of $10 per person to help defray
the cost. Checks should
be made out and mailed to
VCJC at 3880 Sedgwick Avenue,
Bronx, NY 10463.
Rabbi Borenstein has
brought a renewed spirit and
vitality to the services and
other religious and social
events. He was raised in Far
Rockaway, NY. From 1992 until
2010, Rabbi Borenstein supervised
and coordinated community
and social services
programs at Graenum Berger
Bronx Jewish Federation Service
Center, an affi liate of the
Riverdale YM-YWHA, UJAFederation
agencies, including
providing extensive help
to Holocaust survivors. At that
time, the Rabbi was a recipient
of the Leeder Family Foundation
award for outstanding social
work to the Jewish Community.
Call (718) 884-6105 if you
have any questions or for more
information. Rabbi David Borenstein. Photo courtesy of the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center
Community Board 10 Public Notice, August 6th
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the following
matters have been scheduled
for public hearing by
Bronx Community Board
10 on Tuesday, August 6, 7
p.m., Providence Rest Auditorium,
3304 Waterbury
Avenue, Bronx, New York,
10465.
BSA Application #2019-7-
BZ
An application to the New
York City Board of Standards
and Appeals for a Special
Permit (section 73-121)
to permit a proposed educational
training facility
(Fordham University Sailing
and Rowing Team) contrary
to ZR Section 22-10.
R2 zoning district, 3341
Country Club Road, Block
5409, Lot 470, Borough of
the Bronx.
BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
Actor Christopher Pratt is
the latest target of the ‘Everything
about America is bad’
crowd. He was spotted wearing
a T-shirt with a picture
of the famous Gadsen Flag,
bearing the Revolutionary
War motto, ‘Don’t Tread on
Me.’ It was a symbol of resolve
against the tyranny of a distant
monarch who sought to
eliminate the freedoms of a
people who had become used
to self-government. For that
offense against the Left’s maniacal
‘political correctness,’
he was soundly criticized.
There are several culprits
in the movement to cast absolutely
everything about the
U.S. as terrible, and to wholly
hide the reality that the nation’s
origins were the greatest
advance in human rights
in mankind’s history. (Yes,
there were imperfections,
but they were eventually corrected.)
Let’s start with the prosocialism
crowd. Despite
that philosophy being responsible
for approximately
one hundred million murders
throughout its comparatively
short history and the
oppression and impoverishment
of even more, its current
advocates continue to
seek to implement it in the
United States. Socialism is
the mirror opposite of America’s
bedrock principles of individual
rights and a capitalist
economic system. There is
no logical excuse to continue
the bitter failure of socialism,
and so its proponents seek to
avoid that reality by tearing
down the most successful economic/
political system ever
devised.
Consider next the Democratic
Party’s ultra-partisans,
who, until the current administration
is out of offi ce, will
condemn any instance of
pride in America’s history as
being an endorsement of the
present White House. They
are willing to castigate any
and everything about the nation
to create a false sense of
desperation that they allege
can only be resolved by electing
one of their number. They
place their political goals far
above the good of the nation.
There is an additional strategy
for those folks. The voters
do not demonstrate much enthusiasm
for hard-left policies,
so they seek to alter the population.
That is why, despite the
expense, public safety, health
and other problems that arise
from illegal immigration, they
fervently push for open borders.
Their philosophy: If the
current crop of voters don’t
agree with them, bring in a
different set of people to tip the
scales. It would only take a relatively
small number of illegal
voters in a number of states to
tip the scales of the electoral
college. That goal is behind
all the schemes to avoid implementing
a picture ID requirement,
and to give illegals drivers’
licenses that they can use
to register.
The fi nal group is the most
disturbing of all. There is
little that is as dangerous to
the political health of a free
people as ignorance, particularly
of their own past. The
university and educational
dons, who are overwhelmingly
hard-left, know that
contrasting the success and
human rights of American
history with the tyranny and
economic disaster of Socialism
will not serve their political
beliefs well, have done all
they can to avoid and miscast
the nation’s past. Foreign infl
uences are also at play. The
Chinese government has actively
attempted to push its
propaganda through ‘Confucius
Institutes’ at universities
across the nation. The
Clarion Project reports that
Qatar is doing something
similar, providing $1.4 billion
to universities, and $30 million
to public schools.
As the Qatar example demonstrates,
this intellectual
malpractice is not just at the
college level. Far too many
state educational systems at
the grammar and high school
levels now virtually ignore
teaching U.S. history, or provide
a biased version of it.
There are few things that
can weaken or even destroy
a nation more readily and
thoroughly than a concerted
attack on its fundamental
principles, its culture, and its
history. That is precisely the
crisis that America currently
faces.