IDNYC Opens Red Hook Pop-Up Center
Mayor Bill de Blasio‘s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the Red Hook Community Justice Center, Council Member Carlos Menchaca, and Amalgamated Bank tomorrow will join to celebrate the opening of a new IDNYC pop-up enrollment center at the Red Hook Community Justice Center at 88 Visitation Place.
The pop-up center opened Sept. 12 and will operate until Sept. 23, on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and on Tuesday from12 noon – 7:30 p.m.
This event is the third in the City’s efforts to partner with financial institutions to host pop-up IDNYC enrollment sites and encourage unbanked New Yorkers to use their IDNYC to open a bank account. IDNYC is accepted as the primary form of identification to open an account at 12 banks and credit unions with more than 70 branches across the city.
De Blasio recently released the first comprehensive evaluation of IDNYC that found more than half of IDNYC’s 863,464 unique cardholders now use the card as their primary form of identification.
“My community in Red Hook welcomes this IDNYC pop-up site with open arms! With this pop-up site, Red Hook residents will have the opportunity to learn first-hand about the several services and benefits that IDNYC has to offer, among them – banking services at reputable financial institutions, access to a wealth of cultural institutions and much more,” said Menchaca, Chair of Immigration Committee.
Today, all local residents can set up their appointment to apply for their IDNYC card by calling 311 in the language that they speak or online at nyc.gov/idnyc.
Nadler, Jeffries Request Investigation Of Trump Foundation
Brooklyn Congress Members Jerrold Nadler and Hakeem Jeffries, both members of the House Judiciary Committee, joined with all Democratic members of the Committee in sending a letter requesting that U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General Loretta Lynch investigate allegations of bribery and other criminal misconduct concerning the $25,000 donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
In their letter, the Members wrote, “It has been reported that Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi personally solicited a political contribution from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump while her office deliberated joining an investigation of fraud at Trump University… After receiving these funds, Mrs. Bondi declined to further investigate Mr. Trump’s business interests. This fact pattern indicates that these payments may have influenced Mrs. Bondi’s official decision not to participate in litigation against Mr. Trump. A number of criminal statutes would appear to be implicated by this course of conduct…”
Full text of the letter to the Department of Justice is available here.
James Calls For Strengthening Legislation To Protect Pedestrians
New York City Public Advocate Letitia James today will join AARP and Transportation Alternatives in calling on the City Council to pass her legislation to further protect pedestrians in cross walks.
James’ measure (Int. 997) updates an outdated law that states a pedestrian only has the right of way during the steady “walk” phase of the signal, but not once a flashing red hand or countdown display appears on a crosswalk signal.
This common sense legislation will change the traffic law to reflect how all New Yorkers operate and will provide the right of way to pedestrians crossing the street when a numerical countdown has already begun to count down, said James.
James will highlight the legislation in a press conference today at 12 noon on the steps of City Hall in Lower Manhattan.
Cuomo Proposes New Regs To Counter Cyber Attacks
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced that a new first-in-the-nation regulation has been proposed to protect New York State from the ever-growing threat of cyber-attacks.
The regulation requires banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions regulated by the State Department of Financial Services to establish and maintain a cybersecurity program designed to protect consumers and ensure the safety and soundness of New York State’s financial services industry.
“New York, the financial capital of the world, is leading the nation in taking decisive action to protect consumers and our financial system from serious economic harm that is often perpetrated by state-sponsored organizations, global terrorist networks, and other criminal enterprises,” said Cuomo. “This regulation helps guarantee the financial services industry upholds its obligation to protect consumers and ensure that its systems are sufficiently constructed to prevent cyber-attacks to the fullest extent possible.”
The proposed regulation is subject to a 45-day notice and public comment period before its final issuance. It requires regulated financial institutions to establish a cybersecurity program; adopt a written cybersecurity policy; designate a Chief Information Security Officer responsible for implementing, overseeing and enforcing its new program and policy; and have policies and procedures designed to ensure the security of information systems and nonpublic information accessible to, or held by, third-parties, along with a variety of other requirements to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information systems.
Lander, Williams Host Town Hall On Confronting Racism
City Council Members Brad lander (Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington) and Jumaane Williams (Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood) will hold a community town hall meeting tonight on confronting racism, privilege, and what it means to be an ally to people of color in the work for racial justice.
Partners in the town hall include the Brooklyn Movement Center, and Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ).
The event is slated for 7 p.m., tonight at Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place in Park Slope. There is limited space so please RSVP in advance.
