BP Adams Hosts 3rd Annual One Brooklyn Health Fair
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams will host the third annual One Brooklyn Health Fair today.
The event will include culinary experts, fitness specialists and medical practitioners and feature ‘Cut the Salt, Curb the Sugar,’ an initiative he launched in 2015 in partnership with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to advance low-sodium, low-sugar dietary choices.
The fair will highlight the importance of healthy eating and preventative care with exhibitors providing health screenings, meditation lesson and physical activity guidance, along with helpful information for both children and adults.
Attendees will also be able to learn about Alzheimer’s disease, autism, cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, kidney disease and dialysis treatment, maternal health, meditation, mental health and mindfulness, organ donation and much more.
The event is slated for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, July 20, at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Columbus Park at 209 Joralemon Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
Gentile To Honor Local Hero In London Terror Attack
City Council Member Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Bath Beach) will honor local hero Mark Ryan Kindschuh’s bravery during the most recent London Terror Attack.
Last month, 19-year-old Kindschuh was inside of a bar in Borough Market with classmates when three terrorists stormed the bar and began attacking patrons, stabbing and shooting people on their rampage. Kindschuh, whose father is the Director of Coney Island’s Emergency Department, rushed to help victims, even using his belt as a tourniquet at one point on one victims head.
Kindschuh will be joined by his father, mother and grandmother at the ceremony as Gentile Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and other members of the Brooklyn Delegation honor his heroism.
The event is slated for 1 p.m. today, July 20, at the City Hall Chambers in Lower Manhattan.
Cymbrowitz Announces Increased Police & Traffic Agent Presence on Emmons Avenue
Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Sheepeshead bay) announced that starting this weekend, the 61st Precinct and traffic enforcement agents will be out in force on Emmons Avenue to help calm quality-of-life issues.
The increased presence will help to alleviate the traffic congestion, illegal tailgate parties and other quality-of-life issues that have been plaguing Sheepshead Bay’s party boat season. The stepped-up enforcement protocol was the result of a productive meeting this week between Cymbrowitz and Commanding Officer of the 61st Precinct, Captain James King.
King will begin sending agents to Emmons Avenue every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through the end of the summer to crack down on double-parking and ease vehicular congestion. The
61st Precinct will also increase its presence on Emmons Avenue every weekend to help maintain safety and eliminate the more pervasive problems that have arisen since the beginning of the party boat season including public drinking at impromptu tailgate parties, intoxicated party boat passengers who disembark at 4 a.m. and cause a ruckus in the community and large crowds of boat patrons clogging the sidewalk and spilling out into the street.
“While issues associated with the party boats have waxed and waned over the years, this particular season has seen a marked increase in the level of frustration we’re experiencing. There are more boats here and therefore more people are boarding and disembarking at the same time, not to mention looking for parking in a neighborhood where parking is a tremendous problem to begin with,” said Cymbrowitz.
Cymbrowitz continued, “We want to keep everyone safe. That’s our first priority. I’m hopeful that stepped up enforcement will help for the remainder of this summer season, but next year isn’t far off. We need to be proactive and do all we can – in whatever way we can – to stop these problems from occurring in the first place.”
Bichotte Releases Results Of The 2016 MWBE Disparity Study
Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte (D-Flatbush, Ditmas Park), and Chair of the Subcommittee on the Oversight of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises released the results of the 2016 Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) Disparity Study yesterday.
A disparity study is conducted in order to evaluate the participation by MWBEs in government contracting compared to the availability of MWBEs in the marketplace. The purpose of the disparity study is to determine whether any race or gender-based disparity exists in New York State contracting. In 2015, the State of New York conducted its second disparity study, the first of which took place in 2010.
The Study took into account contracts issued by the State between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2015 which were analyzed to provide the baseline data. Over 1,800 surveys were received and reviewed by author of the study, Mason Tillman and the Empire State Development Corporation (ESD). Tillman and the ESD hosted 17 disparity study meetings throughout the state in 2015-2016, which were attended by over 1,000 individuals. This year’s results were based on analyzation of five times more contracting data compared to the 2010 study.
The completed study will enable the State to increase the participation of MWBEs on the State’s contracts, and also identify recommendations that will help to build a stronger MWBE program. The study is also useful in helping the State to identify best practices.
“The results of the 2016 Disparity Study have been greatly anticipated. I am looking forward to working with my colleagues to strengthen Article 15-A of the law now that we have the Disparity Study to support it,” said Bichotte.
St. Francis To Host Brooklyn DA Candidates Forum On Criminal Justice Reform
St. Francis College will host a Brooklyn District Attorney candidates forum on criminal justice today.
The forum will focus on the power the DA’s Office has to advance criminal justice reform, police accountability, closing Rikers Island and protecting immigrant New Yorkers.
The topics for the forum will include ending cash bail, halting prosecution of Broken Windows policing offenses, holding New York Police Department (NYPD) officers accountable for brutality, ending unjust prosecutorial practices and supporting concrete reforms.
Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Council Member Vincent Gentile, Ama Dwimoh, Marc Fliedner and Ann Swern are all expected to attend. Brian Vines of BRIC TV will be the nights moderator.
The event is slated for 6-8 p.m. today, July 20, at St. Francis College, Founders Hall at 182 Remsen Street in downtown Brooklyn.
