Cohen’s Schmooze Fest At Junior’s
Just about everybody who’s anybody in Brooklyn politics showed up for former Democratic Party District Leader and longtime party operative Steve Cohen’s annual pre-election networking breakfast this morning at Junior’s, 386 Flatbush Avenue Extension.
Among those in attendance were a number of former and current federal, state and local elected officials, and more political operative and media insiders than office workers at a midtown bar on a Friday night.
Among the many that KCP Editor-in-Chief Stephen Witt chatted with was former Gov. David Patterson, Congress Members Hakeem Jeffries, Jerrold Nadler and Dan Donovan, City Councilman Mathieu Eugene, the mayor’s Brooklyn Borough Community Affairs Unit Director Tahirah A. Moore, Advance Group President Scott Levinson, PR maven George Arzt, Public Advocate Letitia James, Prime New York President Jerry Skurnik, former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, old pals Geoffrey David, Musa Moore and Wayne Williams and Brooklyn Nets Account Manager Shenay Rivers.
Besides the abundance of food, coffee and juice attendees were given departing gift bags of mini-cheesecakes.
Cornegy, CB 3 Push For Gifted & Talented Sign Ups
The Education and Youth Services Committee of Brooklyn Community Board 3 invites the public to attend a Meet and Greet of Community Board 3 School Parent Leaders and Parent Coordinators from 5-7 p.m., this Monday, Nov. 2 at the Restoration Plaza – Multipurpose Room, 1368 Fulton Street.
This event is open to District, Charter and Private School PTA/PTO and CEC elected parent leaders, and Parent Coordinators/Liaisons from schools located in Community Board 3. Bed-Stuy City Councilman Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. is the keynote speaker. Light refreshments will be served.
To RSVP, please contact the Community Board 3 Office at 7186226601 or email bk03@cb.nyc.gov.
Ortiz Organ Donation Bill Signed Into Law
Sunset Park Assembly Member and Assistant Assembly Speaker Felix W. Ortiz joined with the organ donation community to announce enactment of his bill to improve implementation of the 2012 Lauren’s Law.
The bill, which Governor Cuomo signed into law late last evening, will fulfill the original intent of the law named after Lauren Shields, a young woman whose life was saved by a heart transplant and who continues to share her story.
This law will ensure that applicants for driver licenses do not skip over the question of whether they would like to enroll in the Donate Life Registry. Previously, applications were processed even if an applicant left that section blank, resulting in less participation in the donor registry.
“New York’s chronic underperformance in organ and tissue donation cost lives every day. With this new law in place, we will begin to reverse this trend and bring more hope to the patients and families who need it most,” said Ortiz.
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