County Legislator Vito Pinto caves in to anti-dog pressure from EYSL

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Dennis C. During

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Aug 16, 2006, 2:03:10 PM8/16/06
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Vito Pinto represents the 10th District in the Westchester County Legislature.  The 10th District includes Tuckahoe, Eastchester, and most of northern New Rochelle.
 
I have heard a report that he is responsible for causing the Westchester County Police and the Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation to harass dog walkers in Scout Field Park.  Scout Field Park is a county park located where Bronxville, Yonkers and Mount Vernon meet along the banks of the Bronx River. 
 
Vito Pinto and County Executive Spano are executing the plan of the Eastchester Youth Soccer League (EYSL) to drive dogs out of Scout Field.  The enforcement effort include police on bicycles, police hiding in the woods, and police raiding the Park at all hours.  The police have given tickets to people sitting on blankets with their dogs because their hand was not at all times on the leash.  People with dogs have been handcuffed.  The EYSL has long sought control of Scout Field because their efforts to construct a soccer "machine" in Eastchester have met opposition from the schools of Eastchester and have caused the expensive and ill-fated effort to "reconstruct" the fields located within the Town of Eastchester.  Jim Solomone and Frank T. d'Onofrio are leaders of the EYSL.
 
I would encourage everyone in Vito Pinto's district to send him and his staff e-mails voicing your thoughts about his efforts. 
 
Could County Legislator Pinto redeem himself by supporting efforts to legalize off-leash dogs at the City of New Rochelle's Ward Acres Park ?
 
You might also consider including Joseph Stout (County Parks Commissioner) [See below], Andy Spano (County Exec) [See below], and the members of the Westchester County Parks Board [only some phone numbers available from me on request]
 
 
Vito Pinto  County Legislator
10th District  Northern New Rochelle, Eastchester, Tuckahoe
vj...@westchestergov.com   (may not work).
 
Other ways to send e-mail include using the form at the westchester county legislature site (A) and sending to his staff (B).
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Joseph Stout, Commissioner
Westchester County Parks Recreation and Conservation
 
 
 
Westchester Youth Soccer League HQ
271 North Ave.  Suite 206
New Rochelle, NY  10801
Phone: (914) 235-5110
Fax: (914) 235-5323
 
Website: www.wyslsoccer.org
 

 

 
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