Adams Busy Day & New Year Announcement
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams will join New York Giants star cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, along with best-selling author Teri Woods and local community leaders, to celebrate the holidays with a book reading and gift giveaway for children in the Brooklyn Hospital Center’s pediatric ward and clinic.
The event is slated for 11 a.m., tomorrow at Brooklyn Hospital Center, 121 DeKalb Avenue.
Then Adams will travel to Coney Island where he will unveil an unprecedented New Year’s Eve Lineup of free events and festivities across the amusements district for the Second Annual Ball Drop in Coney Island.
The lineup announcement is slated for 1:30 p.m. at Steeplechase Plaza, at West 16th Street and Boardwalk West.
Colton, Tong, Ragusa Deliver Holiday Cheer To Kids
Bath Beach/Bensonhurst Assemblyman William Colton and 47th Assembly Democratic District Leaders Nancy Tong and Charles Ragusa have cooperated with multiple community groups to help give out hundreds of toys to children in the neighborhood through making his office available for collection of toys to be given out by each group.
On Sunday, December 6, Colton and Tong attended a St. Nick’s Celebration at the Most Precious Blood Parish to give out toys.
Then a week later, on Sunday, December 13, Colton took part in a motorcade from Ulmer Park Depot all the way to Gerritson Beach with busloads of toys collected by the Marine Corps Toys for Tots. Colton, Tong and Ragusa collected several hundred toys, which were picked up by the Marine Corps volunteers to be included as a part of their giveaways for needy children.
This past Saturday, December 19, joined with the Marlboro Residents Association to give toys out to children at NYCHA’s Marlboro Houses.
“This year, the toy giveaways have been a huge success and I would like to thank each of the generous members and groups who helped contribute because the participation shows a strong bond within our neighborhood. More than anything, the holiday season is about giving and that has been shown through the many events that I attended,” said Colton.
Tong, who organized many of the collections remarked, “There is nothing more satisfying than seeing gifts enter the hands of hundreds of kids and their smile in reaction.”
Among the community groups participating in the toy collection were Americare, United Chinese Association of Brooklyn, Be Proud Foundation, United Progressive Decmocratic Club, the Marine Corp Toys for Tots, Marlboro Residents Association and the Onora Club of the Most Precious Blood Parish.
Malliotakis, Golden, Harris Join In Bay Ridge Counseling Center Open House
Bay Ridge Lawmakers including Assembly Members Nicole Malliotakis and Pam Harris, and State Sen. Marty Golden are slated as the special guests at the Jewish Board Open House Reception at The Bay Ridge Counseling Center.
The facility provides mental health services to people of all ages in the Bay Ridge community through individual, couple, family and group therapy, medication management, psychiatric evaluation, and crisis intervention.
For more than 140 years, The Jewish Board has been helping individuals to realize their potential and live as independently as possible. With hope and resilience guiding its work, The Jewish Board promotes recovery by addressing all aspects of a person’s life, including mental and physical health, family, housing, employment and education. Each year, the nonprofit organization serves more than 43,000 people of all ages across
the five boroughs and at a campus in Westchester.
The event is slated from 4-6 p.m., tomorrow at 9201 Fourth Avenue, Between 92nd and 93rd Streets.
Cumbo, James, Mosley Hold Vigil, Art Installation In Memory Of Traffic Victim
Fort Greene lawmakers including City Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo and Assembly Member Walter Mosley, along with Public Advocate Letitia James, Transportation Alternatives, Indiewalls, and traffic calming advocates will host a vigil and public art installation on Tuesday in memory of 30-year-old art curator, Victoria Nicodemus, a victim of a deadly car crash that took place on Fulton Street in Fort Greene on December 6.
Cumbo will also host a Vision Zero Town Hall in January, date to be announced.
The event is slated for 6:30 p.m., tomorrow at Fulton Street & South Portland Avenue (near Habana Outpost).
Malliotakis Delvers Toys For Bay Ridge Kids
Bay Ridge Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis today will distribute toys to local children, collected locally with Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, the Dimitrios & Georgia Kaloidis Parochial School, and Salam Arabic Lutheran Church.
The toys will be delivered at 1 p.m., today to The Guild For Exceptional Children Early Childhood Education Center, 1273 57th Street.
