Adams Responds To Trumpcare Threat Endangering Brooklyn Hospitals
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams today will join health care practitioners to launch a large-scale multimedia public service announcement (PSA) campaign aimed at tackling Brooklyn’s ongoing hospital crisis, notably soaring healthcare costs and emergency room overuse expected to deepen under the impending repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act by the Trump Administration.
The PSA will be debuted at Brookdale Urgent Care Center in East Flatbush, a facility managed by Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center that helps serve a population disproportionately reliant on emergency rooms in hospitals for their health needs.
Adams and medical professionals will lay out the critical issues surrounding this campaign and the measures Brooklynites can take to save themselves time and money as they navigate the health care system.
The campaign is slated for 9:30 a.m., today, May 8 at the Brookdale Urgent Care Center, 1235 Linden Boulevard in East Flatbush.
Brooklyn Congressmembers Prepare For Election Season With Town Hall
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn,LES, Queens) Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-Crown Heights, Flatbush, East Flatbush, Brownsville, Sheepshead Bay) and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Central Brooklyn, Coney Island) will join together to host a town hall meeting in Brooklyn today to gear up for national and local elections.
The event will begin the process of developing a plan for future national elections, inform residents about upcoming local elections, discuss the current political landscape and lay out ways New Yorkers can resist the Trump Administration’s policies.
The event will also promote voter registration – and voter turnout as New York State’s voter turnout in the 2016 Presidential Election was an anemic 57%. The event will also help New Yorkers find ways to get involved in other races throughout the state and the country.
The event is slated for 7 p.m., today, May 8, at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street, in the Genovesi Center (4th Floor) in Downtown Brooklyn.
Hamilton Hosts Annual Senior Games
State Senator Jesse Hamilton (D-Central Brooklyn) alongside Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and City Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.(D-Bedford -Stuyvesant/Northern Crown Heights) will host this year’s Senior Games,.
The Brooklyn Senior Games Highlights interactive fitness and recreational opportunities as a life long activity, promotes a positive senior image and encourages true competition.
Participants must be 50+ and older to enter, activities will include swimming, table tennis, bowling, track field. First, second and third place winners will receive a gold, silver and bronze medal for their efforts.
The event is slated to begin today, May 8 and run through the week until May 13.
Schumer Applauds Green’s Withdrawal From Consideration As Army Secretary
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) praised Senator Mark Green’s (R-Tenn) decision to withdraw from consideration for U.S. Army Secretary last week citing his lack of tolerance for LGBTQ individuals and minority groups.
“Mark Green’s decision to withdraw his name from consideration as Army Secretary is good news for all Americans, especially those who were personally vilified by his disparaging comments directed toward the LGBTQ community, Muslim community, Latino community and more. He was the wrong choice to serve as Secretary, and should not have been nominated in the first place,” said Schumer.
“As I said before, a man who was the lead sponsor of legislation to make it easier for businesses to discriminate against the LGBTQ community; opposes gay marriage, which is the law of the land; believes being transgender is a ‘disease;’ supports constricting access to legal contraception; and makes deeply troubling comments about Muslims is the wrong choice to lead America’s Army,” said Schumer.
Green claims the withdrawal was due to “mischaracterization” and “false facts” made by the media about his “christian beliefs.”
Carroll To Hold Budget Town Hall
Assembly Member Robert Carroll (D-Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, Kensington, Ditmas Park and parts of Borough Park) will host a Budget Town Hall this week to discuss the President’s budget proposals and how it could impact Brooklyn residents.
On the agenda for the meeting is education, transportation and environmental protection. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer will also be in attendance along with Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon (D-Boerum Hill).
The event is slated for 6:30 p.m., May 10 at the John Jay Educational Complex, 237 7th Ave (between 4th and 5th Street) in Park Slope.
Persaud Pushes For Vote On Gun Violence Prevention Bill
State Sen. Roxanne Persaud (D-Canarsie, East New York, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Flatlands, Mill Island, Georgetown) pushed for a vote on her common sense gun violence legislation last week in Albany.
Persaud along with Assembly member Jo Anne Simon (D-Boerum Hill) introduced bill, S4363, last year in the State Assembly that would establish a Firearm Violence Research Institute in New York State. The institute would examine the causes and impacts of firearm violence and identify and provide scientific evidence on which to base effective prevention efforts.
“In fighting gun violence it is important that we recognize the underlying factors that give rise to this epidemic. The introduction of varied legislation allows us to combat this scourge that is responsible for the loss of lives and increased aggression. It is important that we present a united front and work together if we are to eliminate this threat to our communities,” said Persaud.
