Adams Honors Heroes Of The Month
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams today will honor a bakery in Bedford-Stuyvesant operated by formerly homeless and incarcerated men, a number of police officers who saved victims on the brink of death in Fort Greene and Williamsburg, as well as a principal and her student-athletes with special needs in Sheepshead Bay as the September Heroes of the month.
Specifically, Adams will honor workers at Dishes by Doe Bakery; rookie NYPD Officer Christopher O’Neil of the 88th Precinct; PS 811 Connie Lekas School Principal Antoinette Rose and her students; as well as NYPD Officers Michael Brady, Christopher Garcia, Arsalan Sulaiman, and Brett Telesford of Transit District 33.
All honorees will be present — many with their family, friends, and colleagues — to share their stories and to formally be recognized by Borough President Adams.
The event is slated for 11 a.m. today at Brough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
Williams, Cumbo Honor Three In Show Business
Council Member Jumaane D. Williams (Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood) and Laurie Cumbo (Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights) will be in Harlem tonight to present proclamations to founder of Radio One and TV One, Cathy Hughes, actress / comedian Kim Coles, best known for her role as “Synclaire” on Fox’s “In Living Color,” and actress Naturi Naughton of Starz’s “Power.”
The proclamations will come at the Diaspora Film Festival Awards. Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival and Lecture series was founded in 1997 by African Voices magazine and Long Island University. The festival and lecture series is devoted to supporting films produced, directed and written by women of color
The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival Awards is slated for 5:30-8 p.m., tonight at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd. in Harlem.
Weinstein Encourages In-Person Voter Registration
Assemblymember Helene Weinstein (Flatlands, Sheepshead Bay) is reminding voters that even though the official mail-in deadline for first time voter or party change registrants is today, eligible individuals can take advantage of in person registration with Board of Elections representatives at local sites.
Specifically, representatives form the Board of Elections will be available from 1-9 p.m., tomorrow at PS 52 (2675 East 29 Street), James Madison High School (3787 Bedford Avenue) and Bay Academy (1401 Emmons Avenue).
Cornegy Announces Two Upcoming Education Events
City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr. (Bedford-Stuyvesant, Norther Crown Heights), announced to events for residents to mark their calendar.
The first event is tomorrow’s Borough-wide high school fairs. This is a great opportunity for 7th grade students to start thinking about High Schools (and can motivate them to do better his year) and 8th grade students to identify schools they want to visit before choosing their high school on a list given to them.
To find out more about this event log onto http://schools.nyc.gov/
The second event is a forum to learn more about services for students in transitional housing, as recent reports have shown Bedford-Stuyvesant to have the largest amount of homeless students in Brooklyn.
The guest speakers for this event are Mr. Wayne Harris – Students in Temporary Housing Content Expert & Ms. Anna Shaw – Amoah Institute for Children Poverty and Homelessness.
This event is slated for 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 18 at Dr. Ronald McNair School/P.S 5, 820 Hancock Street in Bed-Stuy. Refreshments will be served! Children are welcome. For more information email cec16@schools.nyc.gov or call (718) 574-2361 or log onto http://www.cec16.org/
Golden, Treyger Off Free Flu Shots Ahead Of The Winter Season
State Sen. Marty Golden )Bay Ridge, Marine Park, Sheepshead Bay, Dyker Heights) and City Council Member Mark Treyger (Bensonhurst, Coney Island) are partnering with Coney Island Hospital and NYC Health + Hospitals to offer three free flu shot events in southern Brooklyn throughout the rest of the month and into November.
“I am proud to again partner with Coney Island Hospital to make the flu vaccination available at no cost to
residents of my district. I wish to remind everyone how important it is to get a flu shot so to keep from falling ill this winter. I look forward to joining my neighbors at these events and promoting good health in our community,” said Golden.
Free flu shots will be available to the community from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, October 18 at the Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department, 43 Seba Avenue in Gerritsen Beach; Wednesday, October 19 at Golden’s 3604 Quentin Road; and Tuesday, November 18 at the Bay Ridge Manor, 476 76th Street in Bay Ridge. An appointment is necessary and can be made by calling Senator Golden’s office at (718) 238-6044.
“As we move into the fall and winter seasons, I am happy to provide free flu shot events in our local communities,” said Treyger. “I encourage residents to take advantage of this preventative measure. Let’s enjoy a safe and healthy, flu-free holiday season!”
Treyger said residents in Gravesend can receive flu shots from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 17 at Most Precious Blood Youth Center, 2739 Harway Avenue; between 10 a.m.-1230 p.m., Friday Oct. 21 in the Warbasse Houses, 2770 West 5th Street, Community Room #4C in Coney Island; and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Oct. 26 at St. Mary Mother of Jesus, 2326 84th Street in Bensonhurst.
Residents can call Council Member Treyger’s district offices, at (718) 373-9673 or (718) 307-7151 for more information.
Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro & Halperin, LLP Obtain $2.43 Million Verdict (Sponsored)
WRSH attorneys Robert Bellinson and Joseph Stoduto obtained a verdict in the amount of $2.43 million on behalf of a twenty-five year old nursing student from the Bronx.
The woman was driving her vehicle along a local roadway in the Bronx when a New York City Transit Authority bus struck her vehicle, causing a serious collision. As a result of the accident, the client suffered injuries to her lower back requiring surgery. During the course of the litigation, Joseph won a decision from the Court that the defendants were 100% responsible for the collision, despite the defendants contention that they did nothing wrong.
The defendants took the position that the client’s damages were minimal and they refused to make a settlement offer. Robert conducted a full and complete jury trial on the issue of damages, which was fiercely contested by the defendants and by the doctors which they had hired to examine our client and testify in Court against us.
At the conclusion of the trial, the jury awarded the client the total sum of $2,43 million for her damages.
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