Primary Election

If you haven’t mailed in your absentee ballot for the Democratic primary to the Westchester Board of Elections, you can still vote on Primary Day or at any Early Voting site.

There is no Republican Primary in our district.

The closest site to Kendal for early voting is The Joseph Caputo Center, (Art Room), 95 Broadway (off Route 9), Ossining.

See Martin or Annette for dates and times for early voting. Primary Day is June 22 and voting will be held at Philipsburg Manor, 381 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow.

Forgot whether you sent in your absentee ballot? No, you can’t vote twice by mistake. If you try, the computer at the poll will remind you of your error.

Need a ride? There is a sign-up sheet at the front desk.

Questions? See Martin Smolin

Updating Cubby Labels

In order to support the needs of low vision residents, the cubby labels will be updated with ones with a larger print size.

This was proposed by the Vision Help Committee and will be implemented over the next several weeks. All labels will be in 18 point Arial font, an easier-to-read as well as larger type face.

The names of all current residents will be on the label with commonly used nicknames. This will give the cubby area a more uniform and clean look so we can put our best face forward for visitors and prospective residents. If there are any concerns about the label for your cubby, either before or after the new label has been applied, please contact Mary Lou Wells.

CIDG To Discuss "The Biden Tax Proposals: Impact and Implications"

On Thursday, June 17, the Contemporary Issues Discussion Group will delve into “The Biden Tax Proposals: Impact and Implications,” with Kendal resident Victor Zonana as lead discussant.

The discussion will be centered on the proposed changes applicable to: (1) individuals, (2) capital gains, (3) corporations, and (4) US multinationals.  These changes raise important policy questions as to who will bear the burden of increased taxes and who will benefit from the changes.

Do the changes reflect, as asserted by the Administration “fair and efficient” tax reform designed to put our country on a long-term fiscally sustainable path? 

Victor is a tax lawyer.  In 1966, he began his professional life after earning a Masters of Law in Taxation from NYU Law School.  Except for a brief stint as a government official (Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel, US Treasury Department, 1975-1976), he spent the next 52 years splitting his time almost equally between private practice and academia.  

He has been a tax partner in major international law firms, Kaye Scholer and Arnold Porter (1980-1996), Professor of Law at NYU (1969-1980) and Brooklyn Law School (1996-2002) where he also served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.  

In 1994, while on sabbatical from his law firm, he served as the Charles S. Lyon Visiting Professor at NYU and as Consultant to the Office of the Chief Counsel at the IRS.  He was tapped at that time by President Clinton as the intended nominee to serve at the Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service but later withdrew because of timing uncertainties.  

He joined KPMG in 2002 to serve as a seconded tax partner in London (2002-2006) and then in New York to help KPMG’s private equity initiative.  He retired from KPMG in 2009 and returned to NYU Law School as a full-time Academic Adjunct Professor of Law for the next 10 years, teaching principally Corporate and International Tax. 

Victor, and his wife Mary Linda, reside in Alida.

The discussion will begin at 10:00 am. Those who do not regularly receive CIDG Zoom invitations and wish to should contact Gene DuBow.

Trips Committee News

The Trips Committee keeps moving forward. There are new trips on the horizon.

On Wednesday July 7 a trip is planned to visit Wave Hill in the Bronx, overlooking the Hudson River in Riverdale and known for its carefully cultivated gardens. You can explore the gardens on a guided tour of this museum without walls, a living collection of more than 4,000 trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants.  Arturo Toscanini, Samuel Clemens and Theodore Roosevelt all lived there.  Bring a picnic lunch.

SHORT WAIT LISTS

The June trips announced last week are filled.  If you want to go, join the short wait lists and don’t make any other plans that day.

On Wednesday June 16 a group will visit Untermyer Gardens, Yonkers. It also overlooks the Hudson, the celebrated gardens peaked in the 1920s-1930s but after Samuel Untermyer died, they declined.  Since the Untermyer Garden Conservancy formed in 2011, the gardens keep getting better with new plantings and restoration of the classical features.  The trip will focus on the walled Persian garden. 

On Wednesday June 23 another group will visit the Katonah Museum of Art. Exhibitions being shown through June 27 include “Still/Live,” a reimagining by contemporary artists in photography, video and new media of the centuries-old still life; two masterpieces by Mark Rothko in an on-going series, and Beatrice Scaccia: My Hope Chest. Outside is sculpture by Michele Oka Doner and Ronald Bladen.

Wednesday June 30 Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase. Current exhibitions feature “Color and Motion, Ideas and Dreams,” the creativeness of contemporary Caribbean, Latin and South artists from the 1960s onward; and “Then and Now, Modern and Contemporary Selections” and “African Art and Culture” from the permanent collections.

NOTES:

Restrictions due to the pandemic are changing fast but do carry a mask and your vaccination card on all trips.  Whether you wear a mask on the Kendal van is up to you.  At  Wave Hill, for instance, you must wear a mask entering and departing the property and inside any building but vaccinated visitors are not required to wear masks outside as long as they socially distance.

Sign-up sheets are in the Trips Book on the counter in the Activities Alcove, which is across from the Computer Room entrance and near the Formal Dining Room on the first floor of Mary Powell.

News

June Course Reminder

Fundamentals of Criminal Law

Professor Bennett L. Gershman, Pace University School of Law

June 8: Fundamental Features of Criminal
Law

June 15: Criminal Investigations

June 22: Introduction to the Criminal Justice
System

June 29: The Criminal Trial: Role of the Judge,
Prosecutor, Defense Attorney, and Jury

If you have not yet signed up, contact Fran Kelly

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Reminder

Potential Residents Council candidates’ completed Intent to Run forms are due on June 7.

If you need a form, please call Janet Schloat.

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Resident Patient and Bereavement System

We believe that as of Monday, June 7, we will have accurate information available on the Resident Patient and Bereavement System. On your telephone, you should be able to dial as in the past and receive up-to-date information about our fellow residents.

Questions? Contact Sylvia Hawes.

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Low Vision Help Committee

The committee announces the acquisition of the new information pamphlet EYE CARE TODAY for its Kendal Library collection. This 2021 special report was published in cooperation with the Cleveland Clinic’s Cole Eye Institute. It describes “Cataracts, Macular Degeneration, and Other Conditions of the Aging Eye.”

Donating Clothes to National Federation of the Blind

Get Ready to Pack Your Clothing Donations.

The suits and dresses that no longer fit will be welcome by someone who can use them.

If you haven’t done so already, pick up a green leaflet with instructions from your cubby.

Bring your bag or carton marked or stickered “NFB” (for National Federation of the Blind) to the Gathering Room on Wednesday afternoon, June 9.

Note: Donations dropped off the next day (June 10) will be discarded, so make sure you get them to the Gathering Room on the afternoon of the 9th.

Zumba Gold at Kendal

Admit it! You could use a little more exercise. How about having fun at the same time?

Come Join the Zumba Gold Class! Experience the joy of this low-impact dance exercise program. Easy-to-follow upbeat rhythms; no stress on joints, back or knees; great for balance, memory and flexibility; a gentle, heart-healthy workout that is great fun.

On Fridays from 11:15 am-12 noon, currently still on Zoom.

For more information, get in touch with Barbara Rachlin.

You’ll Zumba yourself into better health.

Trips Committee Back in Action!

The Trips Committee is leading off this month with three of its most popular trips of the past:

Wednesday, June 16: Untermyer Gardens,
Yonkers

Wednesday, June 23: Katonah Museum of Art

Wednesday, June 30: Neuberger Museum of
Art, SUNY Purchase

Sign up in the Trips Book located on the shelf in the Activities Alcove.

Participation is limited to 12 residents per trip. In case of cancellations, the waitlist will be followed in order of sign-up.

Planned Parenthood Head to Speak at Kendal June 7

Vincent Russell, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic (PPHP), will provide an overview of the work done by his agency as well as a look at the local, state and national issues impacting sexual and reproductive health care and rights.

CEO since 2017, Mr. Russell expanded the health care services offered by his agency and was responsible for the renovation and improvement of five health centers with work on a sixth center underway.

During the pandemic, PPHP operated at 100 per cent and expanded its Telehealth program to ensure patients were able to get care no matter what.

Prior to joining PPHP, Mr. Russell was Director of the Ambulatory Care Center and was the Physician Practice Administrator at Northern Westchester Hospital. He earned his B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy and his M.S. in Management from the Florida Institute of Technology.

All are welcome to join in for this timely discussion via Zoom on Monday, June 7, at 7:30 pm.

Discussion of “International Antisemitism”

The Contemporary Issues Discussion Group (CIDG) will hold a discussion of “International Antisemitism” on Thursday, June 10, at 10:00 am via Zoom.

As lead discussant, CIDG will welcome Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director of International Jewish Affairs for the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Rabbi Baker is responsible for maintaining AJC’s network of relationships with Jewish communities throughout the Diaspora. He has been a prominent figure in international efforts to combat antisemitism and in addressing Holocaust-era issues in Europe.

In January 2009, he was appointed Personal Representative of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe for Combating Antisemitism and has been reappointed each year since.

Rabbi Baker was a member of government commissions in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, and Romania, established to examine Holocaust-era history and address the claims of its victims.

For his diplomatic work in Europe, Rabbi Baker has been decorated by the Presidents of Germany (2003), Lithuania (2006), Latvia (2007), and Romania (2009).

Those who have not previously received CIDG invitations can do so by contacting Gene DuBow