Your Neighborhood — Your News® June 30, 2019
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Property owner puts kibosh on sale to ‘822’ drug clinic
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A planned drug-counseling
program will have to look for a different
location.
Carnegie Hill Institute, a Manhattan
based program that expressed
interest in purchasing a
Waterbury-LaSalle building in a
commercial corridor will have to
look elsewhere after the property
owner announced he would not entertain
their offer to purchase the
property.
The news came after a Community
Board 10 Health and Human
Services Committee meeting on
Tuesday, June 18 where community
members met with a Carnegie
Hill representative and a representative
of the NYS Offi ce of Alcohol
and Substance Abuse Services
concerning a siting of the program
at 3134 E. Tremont Avenue.
The next day, on Wednesday,
June 19, the owner of the property,
Dr. Owen Golden, visited Matt
Cruz, CB 10 district manager, and
told him that he had changed his
mind and he was not going to sell
the property to Carnegie Hill.
“Dr. Golden told me, (and) asked
me to convey publicly, that he has
rejected the offer by Carnegie Hill
Institute for his property,” stated
Cruz. “Dr. Golden also asked me
to share that he does not intend
on leaving and wishes to provide
medical care for the Pelham Bay
and Westchester Square community
for years to come.”
Golden plans on staying in the
community for the next fi ve to ten
years, and had only placed his
property on the market to determine
its worth, said Cruz.
Golden, after initially declining
to comment, confi rmed he has
no intent to sell.
“I am not entertaining any
sale at the moment,” said Golden.
“That’s the bottom line.”
Waterbury-LaSalle Community
Association activists were elated
that the CB 10 meeting, where residents
voiced opposition to the drug
treatment program, sometimes
called an 822 program, yielded
swift results.
Mary Jane Musano, a board
member who is also the WLCA
president, said that the news energized
many in the community.
“I left the meeting on a high,”
said Musano. “I hope that this
makes people feel empowered. If
you come together and get knowledgeable
and be respectful, you can
Annual fireworks
on the
beach saved;
music series
snuffed
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
Elections have consequences
and the recent ouster of a seasoned
pol is giving that claim
very local implications.
The election of a new state
senator, Alessandra Biaggi, in
the 34th Senatorial District, that
covers Throggs Neck, Pelham
Bay, City Island, Morris Park and
parts of lower Westchester, nearly
jeopardized one popular boroughwide
event and signaled the death
of another.
Bronx residents were happy
to learn that despite Biaggi’s lack
of interest in continuing the borough’s
annual homage to American
independence at Orchard
Beach, it still went off on Thursday,
June 27 to the delight of thousands
of Bronxites.
The Bronx Tourism Council
stepped up to the plate and produced
the event, continuing the
Grucci-provided fi reworks display
tradition.
Senator Jeff Klein had initiated
the fi reworks show in 2005
and until recently partnered with
Borough President Ruben Diaz,
Jr., to present the spectacular
evening.
When he lost his primary race
to the political novice there were
concerns the funding would fall
short since Biaggi did not consider
it one of her priorities.
Councilman Mark Gjonaj, rejecting
the possibility of the event
being cancelled, was able to kick
in the necessary funding to keep
the extravaganza alive.
“I think it is an incredible
event,” said Gjonaj, “I am looking
forward to sponsoring this event
and improving it each year.”
“We are all proud of our country’s
independence, but in partic-
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