Jeffries Announces 2019 State of the District Address
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, East New York, Canarsie, Mill Basin, Coney Island, parts of Queens) announced his 2019 State of the District Address this week.
The annual event will include a speech in which Jeffries will discuss the progress of the 8th Congressional District over the last year, the Trump administration and the unique challenges ahead for New Yorkers and the country going forward.
Additionally, the event will also feature musical and artistic performances from local residents.
The event is slated for 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 31 at Brooklyn Technical High School, at 29 Forte Greene Place in Fort Greene.
Persaud Honors Local Firefighter Who Died in Line of Duty
State Senator Roxanne Persaud (D-Canarsie, East New York, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Flatlands, Mill Island, Georgetown, Ocean Hill, Starrett City) expressed her condolences yesterday to the family of a Fire Department of New York (FDNY) firefighter who died while trying to save injured motorists.
On Sunday, Jan. 6, Steven H. Pollard, a 30-year-old probationary firefighter assigned to Ladder Company 170 — stationed in Canarsie, responded to a car crash at the Mill Basin drawbridge on the Belt Parkway. In an attempt to cross over from the eastbound lanes to the westbound lanes, where two injured motorists remained trapped in their flipped-over car, he fell about 50 feet through the gap between the roads.
Pollard, who came from an FDNY family and had one and a half years on the job, was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital where he was rushed following the accident.
“We lost a brave man and devoted hero of the community in Steven Pollard yesterday. We thank him for his selfless service to the public and we will not forget the sacrifice he made for the safety of others. My deepest condolences to Steven’s family and his fellow members of the FDNY,” said Persaud.
Eichenstein Appointed Prominent Committee Assignments
Assembly member Simcha Eichenstein (D-Boro Park) announced his appointment to serve on several prominent committee yesterday.
On Monday, Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie appointed the new Assemblyman to serve as a member of the Aging, Cities, Housing, Real Property Taxation and Social Services committees.
Eichenstein plans to use these committee assignments as an opportunity to address significant needs of his district including housing needs and a fairer property tax system.
“I would like to take a moment to thank Speaker Heastie for placing his trust in me and appointing me to serve on these critical committees. I look forward to serving on these committees and with my fellow assembly members,” said Eichenstein.
“Together, we will fight for our communities needs while sharing a common goal of a brighter New York,” added Eichenstein.
Brannan, Johnson Continue Transit Rider Survey In Brooklyn
City Council member Justin Brannan (D-Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach) will join acting Public Advocate and Speaker Corey Johnson continue his five-borough Transit Survey in Brooklyn today.
On Tuesday, Johnson will continue the five day, five-borough transit tour as he conducts a citywide transit survey to get feedback from straphangers from all over the City, which launched on Monday.
Brannan and other Brooklyn elected officials will be stationed at a local subway station to hear directly from New Yorkers about their commutes.
The event is slated for 5 p.m., today, Jan. 8, at 77th Street R Subway Station in Bay Ridge.
The survey is also available online at the Acting Public Advocate’s website. All New Yorkers are encouraged to participate by taking the survey either in person or online.
AM Williams Hosts Jamaica Bay Greenway & Plumb Beach Clean Up
Assembly member Jaime Williams (D-Canarsie, Georgetown, Mill Basin, Marine Park, Bergen Beach, Gerritsen Beach) hosted a clean up initiative over the weekend for the Jamaica Bay Greenway and Plumb Beach.
The event was held alongside the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, the American Littoral Society, the National Parks Conservation Association and the National Park Service as the first park clean up of 2019.
Plumb Beach, is known for amassing small trash, like plastic bottles and straws, and refuse from inbound currents and tides, which needs regular clean up. Williams a staunch environmentalist braved the cold and wet sandy dunes with so many others to remove the bane of the wetlands, plastics and refuse.
The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy is a not for profit organization that prides itself on the importance of maintaining the local wetlands and environment.
“Our wetlands play such vital function in our environment and to allow them to not have the needed cleanliness is detrimental to all. After all it is not only this generation’s planet but our children’s and grandchildren’s and the next generation thereafter, cleaning up is the least we can do”, said Williams.
