The Journal News from White Plains, New York (2025)

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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 SB PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORKCOMMUNITY NEWS AS IT HAPPENS WWW.LOHUD.COM YONKERS MOUNT VERNON emember Cuomo chips? Well now Hochul hors Restaurant owners in Rockland and Westchester are thrilled about a recent change, announced by Gov. Kathy Ho- chul on April 9, that temporarily legalizes alcohol to go. So too is the New York State Restaurant Association, which said it will help restaurants dig out of the hole created by the pandemic. In the early days of COVID-19, New York restaurants were given the green light to sell to-go cocktails accompa- nied by a snack as a way to help busi- ness while in-person dining was shut down. That ended in June 2021.

The current law allows the sale of sealed takeout alcoholic drinks provided accompanied by a food through 2025. Hochul announced the change as part of the 2023 budget, yet many local restaurateurs were unaware of it until contacted by lohud.com. happy with the deci- sion, but wish it was allowed this entire TOP: Frankie Rodriguez, of Greca Mediterranean Kitchen Bar in White Plains, a to-go pouch. Restaurants recently got the green light from the state to make them available again, provided accompanied by a food PHOTOS BY TANIA JOURNAL NEWS To-go drinks are legal again in NY, and area restaurant owners are thrilled Jeanne Muchnick Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK ABOVE: Cocktails in to-go pouches at Greca Mediterranean Kitchen Bar. See ALCOHOL, Page 5 THIS CALLS FOR A TOAST A predominantly white Hudson Val- ley village wants to correct how slavery in the area has been portrayed as a mon- ument is about to be unveiled honoring enslaved African people.

Irvington is set to erect its monument to enslaved people who cleared the land where the village now sits along the Hudson River. The black granite sculpture, titled depicts an enslaved African girl with other enslaved people clearing land in the background. It will stand outside the Main Street School, which teaches fourth- and stu- dents, in the center of the village. Organized by Commemorate, a local advocacy group, members say the mon- ument gives better context into how the area was founded. Today, the village is over three-quarters white and had a median household income of nearly $140,000 as of 2019.

In the lead-up to the in- stallation this summer, workshops will help tell the story of enslaved people in history. really just a statue say- ing enslaved Africans lived said Injy Sullivan, an educator and consult- ant who develops workshops with Com- memorate. want to honor and rec- ognize that the people who helped build this town were enslaved and had dreams. (They) had ways of being strong and Workshops for local history The workshops are designed to start conversations about the history of slav- ery in the area and to spur parents to talk to their children, at age-appropriate levels, about the meaning. The workshop is scheduled for May 31 at the Main Street School, though more are being planned.

The workshops allow participants to learn language that centers enslaved humanity (i.e., not using the words or but rather and Sullivan said. Understanding slavery also requires addressing what can be uncomfortable, talk- ing about race. The workshop will provide simple language that explains slavery to chil- dren, many of whom will see the statue that features a child that could be their age. really is reckoning with the histo- said Village Trustee Arlene Burgos, a member of Commemorate. have to be critical thinkers.

I think children of all ages are really able to understand that The workshops come as dozens of states have taken steps to ban race an academic framework not traditionally taught in K-12 educa- tion but in law school courses. In many Irvington wants to correct how slavery has been portrayed Eduardo Cuevas Journal News USA TODAY NETWORK Sara Cox stands in her Irvington home on Dec. 3 with a display showing the monument dedicated to enslaved Africans. It will be placed at the Main Street School this Juneteenth. JOHN JOURNAL NEWS See IRVINGTON, Page 7.

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