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A Boy Falls to His Death, Leaving aGrieving Family and Sad Questions

by Anusha Shrivastava and Dick LutzThe Roosevelt Island Residents Association held a ceremony Sunday,

April 21, to unveil a plaque and dedicate a memorial tree to victims ofthe September 11 attack on the World Trade Center.

The tree and plaque are in the grove west of the Chapel of the GoodShepherd. Designed by Island resident Tony Vita, the plaque depictsthe Manhattan skyline as seen from the Island, with the Tram prominent,crossing the East River, and ethereal shadows of the Twin Towers in thedistance. (Photo coverage appears on pages 6 and 7 and in color onWebsite NYC10044 at www.nyc10044.com.)

The cherry tree, planted a month after the tragedy, is surrounded byflowers, most planted by members of the Residents Association a fewdays before the dedication. A single wood bench faces the tree and plaque.Vicki Feinmel, the member of the Residents Association Common Coun-cil who organized the memorial and the event, said, “Everyone wantedto do something meaningful and have something permanent on the Is-land to honor the people we lost from the Island.”

“When Vicki mentioned a plaque, I was hoping it would be right here,”said Patty Fallone, widow of Anthony Fallone, who died at the TradeCenter. “We had been here all summer and our children spent a lot oftime here. Vicki suggested a more quiet place and I thought the lastthing we were was quiet and private. This place means a lot to us be-cause we went to church here. The plaque commemorates Tony at aplace where I remember him.”

Nearly 400 residents attended the ceremony, along with 50 firefighters,members of the clergy, and elected officials, who presented brief re-marks.

Many of the speakers, including Residents Association President Mat-thew Katz, affirmed that New Yorkers are resilient and, though they havebeen through a tough time, they will not only survive, but flourish and

by Anusha ShrivastavaWhy?This is the question plaguing

Chanda and Subinay Nandy. Whydid their 13-year old son, Atanu,have to run to the 10th floor bal-cony on that cold, rainy night, even-tually falling to his death?

Why?This is the question Helen Tho-

mas, the concierge, asks herselfrepeatedly. Why did the young boynot heed her warning from last sum-mer that he should not sit on therailing?

Why?This is the question bothering Dr.

Katherine Teets Grimm. Why didher teen patient, like other 13- and14-year old kids, think he couldtake a risk, throwing caution to thewinds?

Why?“The boy who could answer all

these questions is not here anymore,” said Subinay Nandy, amiddle-aged United Nations offi-cial who lost his son in the April20 accident.

Atanu Nandy, an eighth-gradestudent at the U.N. InternationalSchool, fell to his death that Satur-day night at 10:45. A resident of30 River Road, “Shuvo,” as he wascalled by his family and closefriends, fell off the balcony fromhis apartment, 10H.

It had been a Saturday like mostothers. The family spent most ofthe day together, taking turns play-ing with Avik, the four-month oldbaby, and taking care of chores likelaundry and grocery-shopping.“Shuvo played downstairs with hisfriends in the evening,” recalled hismother, Chanda Nandy. “He waswatching TV in the living room af-ter having his dinner. His cousinand his aunt had just returned afterwatching a movie and they wereeating at the dining table.” Chandawas in her bedroom with the babyand her husband.

Her voice dropped to a whisper.“I,” she began. Then she brokedown, crying as she recounted theevents of that evening. “I am notsure what happened next. Some-one screamed.” She began to cryagain.

“When he was going to the bal-cony, my aunt asked him why hewas going out,” said Rajeev Nandy,28, Atanu’s cousin, who has livedwith the family for the past threeyears. “He said he’d come rightback.” He shook his head, tearswelling up in his eyes.

The family finds it difficult toreconstruct what happened. Theysay it happened too fast for them.They say they do not understand.

“I was in the elevator, running thevacuum cleaner,” said NelsonOrtiz, the doorkeeper who was onduty in the lobby of 30 River Roadthat night. “I heard screaming andcame out to the lobby. I sawSubinay Nandy and the cousincome out of the stairwell. Theymust have run down ten floors. Isaw the boy on the floor outside andcalled 911.”

Many neighbors heard thescreaming and came out to theirbalconies. “It was dark and I heardan aggravated cry,” said a residentof 40 River Road who did not want

to be identified. “I think it was awoman screaming.” She ran to her12th-floor terrace, but could not seeanything. “I then went to my bal-cony and saw a child lying on theground. Many people were stand-ing around him and everyone wascrying.”

On the 11th floor of the samebuilding, Lynne-Strong Shinozakiand her husband Michael werepracticing yoga when they heard aloud sound. “It was a sound like agunshot. We wondered what haddisturbed the peace so we ran out,”said Lynne. “We saw a child’sbody on the pavement. We thoughthe had been shot and went down-stairs to see if we could help in anyway.”

Atanu Nandy was taken to Mt.Sinai Hospital where he was pro-nounced dead on arrival. Four dayslater, on Wednesday, April 23,family and friends gathered at theMorisco Funeral Home in Astoriato pay their respects and show sup-port.

Chanda and Subinay were al-lowed to go in first. They walked

With a $4,000 placement in The New York Times business section on Monday,the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) began attempts to selladvertising on the Tram cabins and stations. By Wednesday, “about a dozen”inquiries had been received, RIOC said. The plan to sell advertising is opposedby City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, who wants it tied to specific benefits forresidents, like MetroCard transfers to and from the Tramway. The Tram operateson a franchise from the City, but RIOC Board member Patrick Stewart says theTram has been operating without a City franchise for three years or more,suggesting the City Council may have only limited leverage.

This Space For Sale, Says RIOC

slowly, holding each other, weep-ing. “O Ma, aamar baba,” saidChanda, in Bengali. “Ki sundor,aamar Shuvo.” (My son, how beau-tiful, my Shuvo.) She held herhands out, trying to touch her deadson who lay with a slight smile onhis face, eyes shut tight.

There was a bruise on his faceand a bruise on his fingers. Helooked as if he were in deep slum-ber. “Wake up,” Chanda said, sob-bing loudly. “Wake up for me.Wake up or take my life.” Crying,she said to her husband in Bengali,“His hair is ruffled. I will fix it.”She reached out, pushing the darkhair off Atanu’s forehead gently.Her husband leaned over the bodyand kissed it, crying all the while.

The couple were forced to com-pose themselves momentarily asthe room filled up with United Na-tions officials, Atanu’s teachers andclassmates, and a handful of resi-dents from Roosevelt Island.Subinay wept in the arms of hiscolleagues, saying to many of them:“You used to say ours was a happy

Tribute to Fallen of 9/11Is Dedicated in Plaza

Keyspan Gets Permit forConstruction to 2:00 a.m.

Roosevelt Island sits in the middle of “Asthma Alley,” an area of seri-ous “nonattainment” of clean-air standards. Tony Gigantiello, the presi-dent of the Coalition Helping to Organize a Kleaner Environment(CHOKE), touched on the Island’s situation Tuesday night at a meetingof the Roosevelt Island Committee of Community Board 8.

CHOKE is keeping an eye on the expansion of the Keyspan plant di-rectly across the east channel from Roosevelt Island. There, a 250 mega-watt expansion is under way, and the builders have been given permis-sion to work until 2:00 a.m. several nights a week under a City permitthat will be renewed on a week-to-week basis.

Gigantiello said, if Roosevelt Island residents are disturbed by noisefrom the late-night construction, CHOKE will “get after them,” possiblyworking for noise abatement or for modification of the late-night per-mits.

But overall, Gigantiello said, CHOKE’s “goal is to get a decrease inthe net emissions [of pollutants] in the whole city. When they put newpower plants in, we want them to decrease the emissions somehow. Wewant them to repower these plants so they will produce more power withless emissions.”

Gigantiello said that Keyspan’s jet-engine-powered peaking units justsouth of the Roosevelt Island Bridge are serious polluters, though theyare used only to meet peak demands. By contrast, several New YorkPower Authority (NYPA) peaking units just south of the QueensboroBridge are “very clean,” but appeared to be running virtually all the timethrough the past winter, adding up to 50 tons of NOX (nitrous oxides) tothe air. The NYPA units are scheduled to be removed in 2003, but onlyif power becomes available from one of two possible Queens sites – onean expansion, the other new construction.

Anusha ShrivastavaClassmates and friends of Atanu Nandy posted this remembrance.

See Tribute, page 9

See Pollution, page 9

See Questions , page 9

Susheel Kurien

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To the Editor:I wouldn’t know whether Pastor

Olu Obed, of the Redeemed Chris-tian Church of God (which runs Lil-ies International School), is, in-deed, a “minister with dubious ac-creditation.” I only know that thisis what citizen Al Lewis claimedduring a recent RIOC meeting, tostate his support for the school’seviction from its present quartersat the Blackwell minischool.

I, for one, have never checkedout the Reverend’s resume, but Ido believe that actions speak louderthan words.

I believe that The Redeemed is acongregation of low-profile, indus-trious people, working hard not inorder to grandstand or consolidatea local power base, but to developa mission according to their Chris-tian beliefs.

They are single-handedly reno-vating a church that stood aban-doned for years until they camealong. They have provided aspiritual center for a vital part ofthis community. They are offer-ing the children of this Island areligious alternative to the type ofeducation that is available downthe block.

They also extend a needed ser-vice to an important sector of ourdiverse population: the membersof the diplomatic corps. Lilieshelps transition foreign childrenwho might feel lost in our cluelesspublic classrooms and their toughschoolyards. They do it for a verymoderate monthly fee; a price thatvirtually any of our residents couldafford.

Granted, Lilies students and theirparents are in a minority. But inthis pluralistic society of ours, mi-norities’ rights are supposed to becarefully protected.

It seems, though, that Elsie Obed,the school’s female and foreign ad-ministrator, has run into a wall ofAmerican-style, street-guerrillamacho politicking, from some sortof Old Boys’ Network set on pro-moting the status quo. The spaceher school occupies is wanted forother purposes. Big, important,publicly-funded purposes. So thelittle school has to go. Now. What-ever it takes.

This might be, as RIOC BoardMember John Mannix indicated, “aschoolyard fight,” but pray tell us,who’s the bully?

It would be truly sad to see thisbrave lady’s school evicted; I onlyhope that she has (or can take acrash course in) the kind of goodol’ American politicking that she’llneed to counter the eviction cam-paign effectively. Or that RIOCwill find it in its collective heart todo right by this woman and hercommendable effort to provide Is-land kids with a Christian educa-tion.

Meanwhile, Elsie Obed couldtake comfort in biblical precedent.Remember, Sister, how Danielemerged unharmed from the pro-verbial Lion’s Den. Or how, in theend, David managed to overcomeGoliath, armed with just a slingshotand his faith.

Perhaps the Youth Center shouldtake that $750,000 in promisedCity funds, renovate BlackwellHouse, and expand there. Thatmight be a true “win-win” situation,no?

Patricia Duarte

To the Editor:Your editorial (Main Street as

Box Canyon, April 20) deploringthe wall that is Southtown’s firstbuilding, a rising behemoth perpen-dicular to Main Street, is right totake to task the RIOC Board, itsresident and nonresident members,its president and its Capital Plan-ning and Development Committee.

Even we who supported BobChira’s vision and the effort ofRoosevelt Islanders for Respon-sible Southtown Development areshocked by actualization of thepresent grotesque design.

Vicki Feinmel’s letter gets it justright when she says that, with manyarchitectural options, how is it thatwe will no longer be able to see thebridge or the Tram while walkingsouth on Main Street. It’s one thingto blame, correctly, the indifferenceof the Governor and the courts, themismanagement of RIOC, and thedevelopers. But what of the roleof the architects who sold their ser-vices to participate in the design ofthis architectural travesty?

The sign on the blockage at theend of Main Street, Welcome toSouthtown, mocks us one and all,citizens of Roosevelt Island. Listedthereon are: Design Architect/Planner – Gruzen Samton Archi-tects; Architect of Record –Schuman Lichtenstein, ClamanEfron Architects.

Even when governance fails, pro-fessionalism could have saved theday. What a contrast with the origi-nal planning of Roosevelt Island,when the State engaged leadingarchitects of the day to develop thedesign of Main Street and its build-ings. The residents of RooseveltIsland should band together to de-liver to the architects of Southtownan architectural booby prize ofshame.

Lorraine Lasker

To The Editor:I read the letter in your last issue

concerning vandalism atMotorgate. Unfortunately thatwriter was incorrect; the number ofcars broken into was at least eight,including mine. I did not discoverthe crime until returning from a trip.This is the second time my car hasbeen vandalized in less than a yearwhile parked in Motorgate.

I have had enough and will be leav-ing Roosevelt Island after living herefor over three years. Fortunately, Ihave options and can leave – unfor-tunately, many people on the Islandcannot. Does that make RooseveltIsland a prison of sorts, where the“inmates” don’t have much of a sayas to their quality of life? I’m noPollyanna, having been born andraised in Manhattan, and having at-tended New York City public schoolsthrough college. I understand whatgrowing up and living in an urbanenvironment is all about. But thenaïve image of Roosevelt Island (seeThe RIRA Column, April 20) as anidyllic sanctuary contrasts starklywith the harsh reality.

Life Roosevelt Island-stylemeans avoiding walking along theriver for fear of being mugged. Itmeans worrying whether your carwill be safe in Motorgate. It meansbeing harassed by Public SafetyOfficers over silly rules that havenothing to do with ensuring safetybut more with establishing thepower structure. And it means liv-ing by myriad bureaucratic edictsmandated by RIOC “management,”which seem to be preoccupied withthe need to show “who’s the boss.”

Worse yet, there seems to be acongruence between the PublicSafety, RIOC, Motorgate and cer-tain people on the Island who don’thave to obey the rules and embracemediocrity. Have you noticed thatsome cars seem to be able to parkalong the sidewalks any time forany length of time without beingticketed? How some people arenever hassled by Public Safety nomatter what they do or how muchthey are disturbing the peace? Howthe elevators at Motorgate alwaysseem to be out of order? How thestairwells reek of urine? How thebuildings and grounds are so poorlymaintained? And what will hap-pen when this so-called infrastruc-ture is stressed by thousands ofadditional residents whenSouthtown is completed?

If this is your idea of a haven inthe midst of NYC, you can have it.But I, for one, refuse to be ruled bythe lowest common denominator.

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RIOC’s $750,000 FumbleLast issue, The WIRE reported on the RIOC Board’s unfor-

tunate failure, yet again, to handle the Youth Center’s need forincreased space. In brief, the facts are that both the YouthProgram, which serves well over a thousand Island youngsters,and the Lilies Christian School, which serves a population of35, have a claim on the several thousand square feet of theBlackwell minischool.

The Youth Center needs the space to expand its services toIsland kids. Lilies Christian School holds it by virtue of sev-eral years of month-to-month tenancy.

It’s ideal space for the Youth Center because it adjoins theCenter’s current location.

The Youth Program, which was promised the space by RIOCyears ago, met its commitment to RIOC and to this communityto raise several hundred thousand dollars to renovate the spacefor its purposes, only to be stalled, month after month – forsome nine months – by a RIOC Board unwilling to move on analternate site for the Lilies School. Last month, the RIOC Board“resolved” the conflicting claim for the space by doing nothing– meaning that it failed to give the Youth Program the assur-ances that would solidify its claim on some three quarters of amillion dollars so diligently raised.

That money will be lost unless RIOC and its Boardgets with it.

Both the Youth Program and Lilies School are valuable forRoosevelt Island. But, as RIOC Board member David Krautobserved in the April meeting, the RIOC Board gave the YouthProgram a Keystone Kops runaround, and delayed so long asto put committed funds at risk.

And it’s clear, as another Board member observed, it willbe much easier to find alternative space for the 35 Lilies stu-dents than to find space for the Youth Program where it wouldhave square footage equivalent to its present space plus theBlackwell minischool space.

RIOC’s Board has fumbled the ball badly, being just a littletoo cavalier with its commitment to give the Blackwell spaceto the Youth Program, and a little too cavalier with fragile fund-ing commitments.

RIOC still has time to mend this situation, by giving theYouth Center a firm commitment, with an outside date of theend of the 2002-03 school year, for the space. That will allowthe Youth Program to reconfirm its funding and make the plansit should have been allowed to put in motion some nine monthsago.

RIOC can quickly find space for the small Lilies school popu-lation, a relatively easy task.

Without such action, the RIOC Board is effectively tossingaway years of fundraising work and funding commitments thatneed some reasonable reassurances to remain solid. And nowwe learn that the RIOC Board is taking the month of May off;it’s cancelled its May meeting, leaving the fragile funding un-necessarily in jeopardy for yet another month.

The RIOC Board should get its act together on this, now,before it’s too late.

DL

To the Editor:On Sunday, April 21, at the

chapel plaza, a moving ceremonyhonored our neighbors and themembers of our fire rescue teamwho perished September 11. Theevent, organized and directed byVicki Feinmel, drew large numberof residents and dignitaries, andincluded meaningful music byJuanita Fleming and DebbieDrucker.

We owe Vicki a large thanks forher efforts.

Judith Arond

To the Editor:Last night the RIRA Common

Council voted to again providebreakfast for volunteers onRoosevelt Island Day and votedagainst contributing to RIOC’sSummer Sounds music program.In other words, RIRA chose to useits dwindling treasury to support itsown programs, and the votes wereoverwhelming.

However, and inconceivably,RIOC Board member and formerRIRA President Patrick Stewartvoted against offering breakfast toRoosevelt Islanders. RegardingSummer Sounds, Stewart himselfmade the motion and then voted touse money residents have contrib-uted to RIRA to help pay RIOC’sbills for the concerts.

Go figure.With these votes I hope that

Patrick doesn’t come looking forhis bagel and coffee on RooseveltIsland Day.

Sherie Helstien

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All month , Rivercross window exhibit by the Roosevelt Island TreeBoard.

Sat., May 4 and every Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-12 noon, InformalDoubles Play at the tennis courts, sponsored by the Roosevelt IslandTennis Association. (Tennis permit required; forms at Public Safety.)

Thur., May 9, CANCELLED, 9:30 a.m., RIOC Board of Direc-tors Meeting, Chapel of the Good Shepherd.

Sat., May 11, 10:00-12:00, Spring Tree Walk, sponsored by the TreeBoard, Lighthouse Park; led by Bob Bealin, State Forester. Free trans-portation from Main Street near the General Store.

Mon., May 13, 8:00 p.m., Toastmasters. Information: 759-0396.Tue., May 14, 6:30 p.m., Rockin’ and Lullin,’ a children’s concert

featuring sing-along, play-along music and movement for children 5-12,Library. Free.

Wed., May 15, 6:00 p.m., PTA Spaghetti Dinner, PS/IS 217. Allschool families invited.

Thur., May 16, 6:30 p.m., Shoji Hagiwara in Concert on theshakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), Library.

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Sun., May 19, 1:00 p.m., Senior Day and 25th Anniversary of theRoosevelt Island Senior Center, at the Senior Center, 546 Main Street.

Tue., May 21, 6:30 p.m., Book Discussion, Cold Mountain by CharlesFrazier, Library. Advance registra-tion required.

Tue., May 21, 7:30 p.m., Man-hole and Coal-Chute Covers, pre-sentation of the Roosevelt Island His-torical Society with historian DianaStuart, on decorative cast-iron art-work on manhole and coal-chute cov-ers in the City; Island House Com-munity Room, 555 Main Street. Free.

Wed., May 22, 6:00 p.m., PTA Election for PTA executive boardand parent members of the school leadership team for 2002-03 schoolyear.

Mon., May 27, 8:00 p.m., Toastmasters. Information: 759-0396,755-7285.

Wed., June 5, 8:00 p.m., Residents Association Common CouncilMeeting, Chapel of the Good Shepherd.

Thur., June 6, 6:00 p.m., PS 217 School Band Annual Spring Con-cert.

Mon., June 10, 8:00 p.m., Toastmasters. Information: 759-0396,755-7285.

Thur., June 13, 5:30 p.m., RIOC Board of Directors Meeting,Chapel of the Good Shepherd. Public session normally resumes at about6:30, and is followed by an open forum for residents’ comments andquestions.

Tue., June 18, 6:30 p.m., Book Discussion, Memoirs of a Geisha byArthur Golden, Library. Advance registration required.

Fri., June 21, 7:00 p.m., 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Iclada Silva Foundation, Plaza Hotel; cocktail reception and gala dinner.For information, call 593-1807.

Thur., July 11, 9:30 a.m., RIOC Board of Directors Meeting, Chapelof the Good Shepherd. Public session normally resumes at about 10:30a.m.

Sat., July 20, time to be announced, visit to Roosevelt Island by theFireboat Harvey, at the oil dock east of the Tramway station, to com-memorate the 98th anniversary of the sinking of the General Slocum,which caught fire and sank near Roosevelt Island with great loss of life.

Monday10:30, Blood Pressure Screen12:30, “Oldies” Movies12:45, Arts & Crafts (RIDA)7:00, Dance (new)

Tuesday10:00, Jazzercise1:30, Games (RISA)

Wednesday9:15, Stay Well Exercise10:00, English as 2nd Lan-

guage (beginner)11:00, English as 2nd Lan-

guage (intermediate)1:30, Tai Chi class (new)

Thursday10:00, Tai Chi10:30, Creative Arts12:30, Movie7:00, Dance Class

Friday9:00, Citizenship10:00, English as 2nd Lan-

guage (beginner)10:15, Yoga Stretch

11:00, English as 2nd Lan-guage (intermediate)

7:30, LottoSaturday

7:30, Bingo (RISA)

Special EventsTues., May 7, 11:00, Stop & ShopMon., May 13, 10:30, Blood

pressure check and health lectureMon., May 13, 11-12:30,

MetroCard BusWed., May 15, Atlantic City tripWed., May 15, 12:30, Access-A-

Ride discussionSun., May 19, 1:00, Senior Day

CelebrationWed., May 22, 10:00, Stay Well

Lecture, Healthy Living at AnyAge

I’ve lived on Roosevelt Island for thirteen years now,and I learned something new last week thanks to myfriend Don at the Post Office. I had expected sometickets to be sent to me from Manhattan and had givena “Roosevelt Island, NY 10044” address, as is mywont. The ducats took six days to reach me, whichwas one day too late. I took my complaint to the gangat the Post Office. Don explained that, nine out of tentimes, the letter would be entered correctly in theirautomated system, based on the correct zip code. Onoccasion, however, the machine operator would read“Roosevelt, NY,” enter the wrong zip, and that is whathappened to my tickets. His advice: use “New York,NY 10044”, as we are part of the Manhattan postalarea. I will change my wicked ways and I offer mycautionary tale to you.

Something extraordinary happened at the last RIOCBoard of Directors meeting on April 18 that I wish tobring to your attention. As reportedin the April 20 issue of The WIRE,Board Chair, DHCR Deputy Com-missioner Mary Beth Labate, saidthat the Board was in general agree-ment that Southpoint should be re-served as a park and that shecouldn’t have made that statementtwo years ago. She went on to saythat the SSJ/Marriott site deposit tobuild a two-tower hotel/condo/con-ference center complex had been returned. This iswonderful news. If I understand her intent, this meansthat the Board will seek financing to develop not threeacres or five acres, but the entire Southpoint area, as thepark envisioned in the General Development Plan forthe Island. Parks do get built in New York State, even intimes of fiscal austerity. Now that we are all on the samepage, I hope this dream may become reality soon.

I must take exception to RIHMCGeneral Manager Doryne Isley’sletter in the last WIRE. She statedthat the report of the RIOC PublicSafety Advisory Committee, com-posed of the housing managers, se-lected members of RIRA, and theRIOC Board, and chaired by RIOCBoard member, Dr. Joan Dawson,was released prematurely. She saidit was intended for internal reviewonly by the RIOC Board and advi-sory committee members. I have acopy of that report. It is entitled,“RIOC Public Safety AdvisoryCommittee Report.”

Nowhere on the title page orcover sheet are the words “interimreport” or “internal use only” or “forBoard or committee use only.” Ican only assume that it was intendedas the final report of the survey ofpublic perceptions of Public Safetyservice, taken last June (almost a year ago) until ahailstorm of criticism as to its deficiencies arose. Infact, the report makes assumptions that have no cor-relation to the raw data obtained through the survey.

I had hoped to question Dr. Dawson at the conclu-sion of the last RIOC Board meeting, one of thoserare occasions when the community may confrontBoard members. However, she again declined to stayafter adjournment to talk to us. In her Public Safetyreport, she made no mention of the long-awaited writ-ten report, interim or otherwise, made no promises ofa final report, and only commented that her commit-tee would be looking at Public Safety in the contextof the present and when Southtown is tenanted.

I know that RIRA First Vice President ByronGaspard and Vice President for Island Services RonSchuppert, both members of the RIOC Public SafetyAdvisory Committee, were shocked that this reportwas released without their input or approval. A yearis more than sufficient time to assess a simple survey,determine realistic conclusions from its data and re-lease that report to a public that becomes more restiveregarding its policing every day. I hope Doryne iscorrect when she promises release of a final report

shortly.On the subject of policing, you may recall my notes

on the 114th-Precinct community meeting, reportedin my April 6 column. Since then Captain David P.Barrere has replaced Deputy Inspector John O’Brienas precinct commander and we wish both men well.Byron Gaspard attended the most recent communitymeeting and invited Captain Barrere to address theCommon Council. While my request for signs aroundthe Island giving the drug-hotline telephone numberhas not yet been implemented, you may have noticedthe signs, in English and Spanish, with the illegal-gunhotline number. Byron has made available anotheruseful phone number, this one to report quality of lifeissues, such as noise, teen drinking, or unlawful as-sembly and inadequate service from Public Safety:1-888-677-LIFE. Are you interested in setting up ablock-watchers group on Roosevelt Island? Call 1-

718-626-9327 for information. Doyou have a teen at home betweenthe ages of fourteen and twenty whois interested in learning more aboutpolicing or pursuing a career as acop? Call Officer Cooper or Of-ficer Costello at 1-718-626-9337and ask about the Explorers pro-gram.

I’ve learned that Keyspan, ownerand operator of the Ravenswood

power-generating plant, has received a permit to con-duct night construction on the site until 2:00 a.m. Thepermit must be renewed weekly and covers all fiveweekday evenings. April Dubison, Keyspan Commu-nity Development Director, estimated that the permitwould be in effect through August. She assured methat Keyspan would be monitoring the noise level, es-pecially during the warmer months when windows are

likely to be open. However, I thinkwe Island residents, especiallythose Eastwood tenants with an eastchannel view, are in a better posi-tion to determine what is excessivenoise and what is not. Should youfind yourself inconvenienced bylate-night noise, please take thetime to do three things: call thehotline number listed above,1-888-677-LIFE, and call Ms.Dubison at 1-718-403-6960. Fi-nally, leave a note with the particu-lars at the 531 Main Street door sta-tion (that’s Rivercross) for RIRAVice President of Planning LarryParnes, so that we can maintain arecord of how many Roosevelt Is-landers have been bothered.

Were you at the 9-11-01 PlaqueDedication on April 21? Severalhundred Islanders and guests, in-cluding family members and rep-

resentatives of our fallen friends and neighbors, bravedchilly winds to attend the ceremony and the receptionthat followed. Congressmember Carolyn Maloney,Assemblymember Pete Grannis, and City CouncilSpeaker Gifford Miller spoke movingly of what 9/11meant to them and of their warm feelings for RooseveltIsland. Dozens of firefighters were present and therewas music provided by piper Kenny Sullivan and vo-calists Juanita Fleming and Deborah Drucker. A tal-ented graphic artist, Islander Tony Vita, designed theplaque, and you must visit the northwest corner ofChurch Plaza to see it. There is an oasis of calm sur-rounding the plaque, with flowers and the cherry tree,donated by Greenwatch, Inc., enclosed by a littlewooden fence and the RIOC-donated bench facing inthe direction of the Twin Towers.

My profound thanks to RIRA Fund Raising Com-mittee Chair Vicki Feinmel and the team of dedicatedvolunteers, including Gwen Almo-Duvar, JoanChristianson, Byron Gaspard, Dolores Green, RuthKolins, Cookie Lugo, Steve Marcus, Patricia Ricketts,Margie Smith, and Fay Vass. I’ve never been prouderof this community or of the Common Council mem-bers who made this day possible.

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Eastwood andRivercross residentswith south-facingwindows have beenable to observe arepetitive processover the past fewweeks as the floorshave risen at the rateof about two a week.

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prevail. Tahira Khan, a Westview residentwho lost her son, Taimour, said, “We havewounded hearts but we have the willingnessand strength to go on.”

City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, whorepresents Roosevelt Island, said, “Peoplewho live outside the City often think of NewYork as an enormous, anonymous behemoth,with so many people that there’s no real senseof community. That’s untrue, and nowhereis it more untrue than here on Roosevelt Is-land.”

Patty Fallone’s remarks also centered onthe importance of community. She recalledthe feelings she first expressed September21 in a Good Shepherd memorial service forher husband. “I couldn’t fall if I wanted to.This community was holding me up withsuch incredible strength. And that still holdstrue today.

“We were so happy when we returned hereten years ago to my childhood home to raiseour four children. We could not have pickeda better environment for them to grow up in:More diversity, more love, more opportunity.We never in a million years realized howmuch we would need that – and how much Ithank God that we are here in this commu-nity – that we can all gather together... Thisis what Roosevelt Island is all about.”Fallone thanked the Residents Associationfor being “incredibly supportive.”

Many in the audience sobbed quietly, lis-tening to colleagues, friends, and familymembers of those lost. Noting a line of fire-fighters standing in a straight line to one sideand reminded of the role they played on 9/11, Representative Carolyn Maloney said, “Ittakes a very special person to see everyonefleeing and then go in to save lives.”

Maloney said she is sponsoring legislation,which has already passed the House, to cre-ate a memorial. She said she intends to pushfor placing that memorial on Roosevelt Is-land, the home base of the Fire Department’sSpecial Operations unit, which lost so manyfirefighters on September 11. “The only wayterrorists could defeat us,” she said, “wouldbe if they could destroy our way of life. It isevents like this one today that not only heal,but reaffirm our community way of life – ourAmerican values of caring for and lovingeach other, and fighting for freedom andrights for people all over the world. I thankRoosevelt Island for organizing, for remem-bering, and for helping us heal.”

Matthew McDougall, a firefighter withLadder 163, where Scott Larsen, a formeremployee of Roosevelt Island Housing Man-agement, also served as a firefighter, said,“The family of firefighters has grown since9/11, and I would like to thank the Roosevelt

Island family for including us.”“We were relieved when Scott came to

Roosevelt Island in response to a fire becausehe would try not to break the windows,” saidDoryne Isley of Housing Management. “Hewould ask that they be opened. He under-stood how we felt about broken windows.”With Housing Management staff arrayedbehind her, she spoke for them: “Scott wasso excited to become a firefighter, and wewere excited for him. We stand here to serveyou, and we are proud to be amongst youtoday.”

Several firefighters based at the FDNYSpecial Operations Command on the Island,were lost on September 11, including ChiefRaymond Downey. His son, Chuck, also afirefighter, addressed the crowd, remindingthem that his father had spent his last morn-ing on the Island. “The Island was his unof-ficial second home,” he said. He added thattalking about 9/11 reopens many wounds butit also helps to show how many people care.He ended his speech by quoting a thoughtfrom his brother, “I didn’t need 9/11 to knowmy father was a hero. My father was a herobefore 9/11.”

Rivercross resident Cathy Kross, who losther brother, Kevin Smith – a veteran of 24years as a firefighter – in the Twin Towersattack, recalled his devotion to his job insearch and rescue. “Civic duty is Kevin’slegacy.” She quoted Kevin’s wife, “‘The onething that helps me get through this is that Iknow he did all that he could do. If some-one needs us, we have a civic responsibility.You work for your community, and yourcommunity will work for you.’”

Sister Regina Palamara introduced Islandreligious leaders, who joined in a prayer, butnot before observing that many words havea new meaning after 9/11. “Terror, grief,emptiness, heroism, sacrifice... We can’teven listen to a song the same way we did ayear ago.”

State Assemblymember Pete Granniscalled the Twin Towers attack an act of cow-ardice, and contrasted it with the bravery ofthe firefighters and police who “serve us dayin and day out, who were back on the jobSeptember 12, the day after this tragedy.”He added, “What these cowards did not un-derstand when they attacked us was that thiswill bring us together in ways that wecouldn’t have imagined. People are remem-bering their fellow Americans, how much weowe one another on a daily basis, and we arereminded that we have the most extraordi-nary people” in uniformed service. Granniscalled the April 21 event “a very importantday of remembrance.”

Artist William West presented a paintingwith a fire truck and images of firefightersto the new head of Special Operations Com-

family. Now my family is shattered.” Theyconsoled him, saying he must be strong forhis family and live for the baby. Chandafainted. She was revived by a friend, whorepeatedly patted her cheeks.

The priest, Nipendra Nadha, said a prayerin Sanskrit and then quoted lines from theBhagavadgita, a book of Hindu philosophy.“Nothing is an accident,” said Nadha. “Ev-erything is a part of God’s plan.” He urgedeveryone to pray for Atanu and for theNandys.

People sobbed, trying to console one an-other. Chanda cried especially hard as shemet and hugged Atanu’s friends from school.“When I first came to school, Shuvo tookcare of me and showed me around,” saidSumiran Das, 13, sobbing uncontrollably.“He was a very positive boy, a very helpfulperson,” said Kenneth Wrye, director of theUN International School. He assured theteenagers who had gathered at the funeralhome that their presence would be appreci-ated by the grief-stricken family.

“They were devastated,” said Dr. Grimm,speaking of Chanda and Subinay Nandy.“They were doting parents and, even thoughthey had a new baby, they certainly did notneglect Atanu. He came to me in April forhis check-up. He was fine. He always camewith his parents.” She paused. “I simplycannot get over the fact that he used to sit onthe railing of his balcony. What a stupidaccident. Teenagers are such risk-takers.They think they are immortal.”

Atanu’s body was cremated as per Hindurites. The Nandys left for Dhaka on Tues-day night.

Before they left, they terminated their leaseat River Road. Movers will take their be-longings to an apartment off-island.

The questions will remain unanswered.

Gigantiello is critical of the New YorkState Public Service Commission, saying itsprocedures for siting new power plants failto consider the overall pollution situation inthe area. He said that has added to the“Asthma Alley” effect here.

Gigantiello added that, in addition to us-ing better siting procedures for power plantsand repowering old plants with more effi-cient equipment, New York could reduceoverall pollution levels by replacing diesel-powered buses with propane-powered ve-hicles.

CHOKE’s activities are supported by theRoosevelt Island Residents Association(RIRA), which is affiliated with the group.

At Wednesday night’s RIRA CommonCouncil meeting, Rivercross delegate RonSchuppert recounted the story of a power-generating expert who visited Roosevelt Is-land recently, toured the steam-generatingplant that serves the Island’s hospitals, andcommented afterward on how “dirty” thesteam plant is. Schuppert pointed out thatthe plant, just east of the Tram station, is alsojust across the roadway from the new base-ball/soccer field built recently as part of theSouthtown project. Schuppert said the vis-iting expert said he “wouldn’t eat a sand-wich” near the plant.

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mand, Chief John Norman. “This is a timein our history that we should never forget,”West said. “Black or white, Jew or Chris-tian, did not matter on 9/11. Everyonehelped. This is what makes America great.This is what makes us real Americans atheart.”

Feinmel acknowledged the aid of severalresidents in arrangements for the memorialand for the event, including Margie Smithand Fay Vass.

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