News, News: Thursday, July 13, 2023

HUGE NEW MIGRANT SHELTER OPENS NEAR BROOKLYN NAVY YARD

CLINTON HILL – A new migrant shelter that opened last week at 47 Hall St., near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will become the the largest dormitory-style retreat in New York City history, according to THE CITY. The site, about two blocks from Steiner Studios, will house nearly 2,000 people in the block-sized complex’s two previously vacant buildings. A City press release was issued Tuesday after the publication asked about the approximately 450 migrants already moved to a previously undisclosed “respite center” at the site.

Developer RXR, which donated $10,000 to Mayor Eric Adams’ former nonprofit One Brooklyn Fund, bought the property in 2018. Neither RXR nor the mayor’s office would say how much the city for rent, said THE CITY.

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BIG PLANS TO FINALLY RESTORE, REOPEN THE MAGNIFICENT BROOKLYN PARAMOUNT THEATER

FORT GREENE — Is Long Island University’s Brooklyn Paramount Theater finally getting its makeover? Brownstoner reports that the magnificent but defunct Fort Greene theater, at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue, is being restored by the world’s largest live entertainment company and will reopen in 2024 as a “major live event venue.” LIU at one time used the golden music hall as a gymnasium, and several plans announced to reopen the historic site have fallen. The Rococo-style theater hosted performances by artists such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Bing Crosby, Buddy Holly and Chuck Berry, and was the first theater in the world designed to show talking films.

Live Nation, which operates Brooklyn Bowl and Irving Plaza, is preparing for a reopening in the first or second quarter of 2024, Brownstoner says.

Brooklyn Paramount Theater in 1948. Photo courtesy of Long Island University.

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COLTON ORGANS STREET CLEANING ON KINGS HIGHWAY

GRAVESEND – Saying that “Cleaner streets mean a better quality of life,” state Assemblyman William Colton (D-47) is once again hosting neighborhood cleanup events in his district., which includes Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Dyker Heights. Colton and a crew of volunteers completed one such cleanup on Wednesday, July 12 on Kings Highway between West 12th and West 13th streets, including at a basin (sewer drain) on W. 13th.thwhich he said will prevent flooding on rainy days.

Colton, who has been campaigning to clean up the neighborhood for many years, said the hot, humid weather wasn’t a deterrent. No weather can stop my volunteers and I from doing a good deed for the community.”

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PATHWAYS IN TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM GET FUNDING TO CONNECT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE WITH CAREER

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Two Brooklyn Public Schools projects have received project funding as part of New York State’s Pathways in Technology program, Governor Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday, along with a total of 31.5 million dollars in funding.. This investment funds regional collaborations that address the greatest need for improved access to postsecondary opportunities, primarily for academically and economically at-risk students, and works to strengthen the pipeline between local talent and industries with favorable job prospects. The High School for Innovation in Advertising & Media in Canarsie will receive $2,656,158 in partnership with the NYC College of Technology in downtown Brooklyn and the American Association of Advertising Agencies. Urban Assembly New York Harbor School on Governors Island receives $2,588,895 in partnership with SUNY Maritime College and the Billion Oyster Project, which the Eagle previously covered.

Each partnership will include K-12, higher education and business/entrepreneur partners. The New York State Pathways in Technology Early College High School (NYS P-TECH) program incorporates an integrated 4- to 6-year program that combines high school, college, and vocational training.

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NEW EVENTS DIRECTOR JOINS INDUSTRY CITY CAMPUS

SUNSET PARK — Industry City has named Amanda Braddock as the new director of events for its Brooklyn waterfront campus in Sunset Park. Braddock, who brings 15 years of experience as an event and hospitality leader, will develop and lead the strategic vision for both private events and public programming. He will manage the property’s multiple designated event spaces and oversee Industry City’s robust programming, which includes cultural festivals, trade shows, film screenings, professional talks and salsa nights, among many creative ventures.

Braddock, who has lived in Brooklyn for 13 years, has also held event director titles at Madison Square Garden and The William Vale and was the founding owner and operator of Purslane, a sustainable events and catering company. He began his career as a 4-star diner at Le Bernardin.

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DOCTORS ACCOMPANY PATIENTS TO ACCESS HEALTH

CONEY ISLAND TO BUSHWICK — Access to medical care is available to Brooklyn’s Asian community, with the Wednesday, July 12 launch of the “Doctor Public Service Announcement” video series. Part of NYC Health + NYC Health’s Hospitals Access to Health Care program and completed in partnership with the Asian American Federation, the series features physicians from the public hospital system speaking directly to New Yorkers to encourage enrollment , renewals and primary care appointments. The series features NYC Care CEO and family physician Jonathan Jiménez, MD, MPH, of NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health in East New York, and Michelle V. Soto, MD, of NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health. In conjunction with the launch, NYC Care will kick off a “Health Action Weekend” in Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island from Friday, July 14 through Sunday, July 16, including Sunset Park, Coney Island, and Bushwick.

The videos, which were shot in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Bengali, along with subtitles in 13 languages, will be featured in a city-wide marketing campaign, shared on social media and sent directly to NYC members Expensive

From left: Jo-Ann Yoo, executive director of the Asian American Federation, Jonathan Jimenez, executive director of NYC Care, and Mohammad Razvi, CEO of the Brooklyn-based Council of Peoples Organization, pose with extended NYC Care membership card samples. Photo: NYC Health + Hospitals.

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REP. CLARKE REPRESENTS BILL TO HELP UTERINE FIBRIDE SUFFERERS

FLATBUSH AND CAPITOL HILL – Rep. Yvette Clarke is reintroducing the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Uterine Fibroid Education and Research Act in the 118th Congress and has scheduled a press conference for Wednesday afternoon, July 12. The bill would establish $150 million in new research funding over five years through the National Institutes of Health, expand the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services database on chronic conditions to include information on services provided to women and girls with fibroids and other critical conditions.

The bill is named after Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a close colleague of Rep. Clarke and the first African-American woman elected to Congress from Ohio. It represented much of downtown Cleveland and the east side suburbs. Tubbs Jones died in 2008 from a ruptured aneurysm and brain hemorrhage.

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CITY PUBLIC HOSPITAL SYSTEM GUIDES AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AWARDS

BOROUGHWIDE — The American Heart Association has recognized all 11 facilities in the NYC Health + Hospitals system, including three in Brooklyn, with Get with the Guidelines and Mission: Lifeline Awards for their commitment to quality care. in heart failure, heart attack, stroke, diabetes and resuscitation. Among Brooklyn facilities: NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County won the Gold Plus Awards for Heart Failure and Stroke, the Gold Award for Adult Resuscitation, plus several awards d ‘honor in these categories and diabetes. NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health (Ruth Bader Ginsberg) won Gold Plus Awards in the stroke category and a Lifeline NSTEMI Silver Award. Woodhull Hospital received Gold Plus awards in the heart failure and stroke categories and honor roll in the diabetes category.

The hospital system won these awards by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure and stroke patients at a certain level during a designated period, including measures to assess the appropriate use of drugs and therapies aggressive risk reduction measures.

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FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING REACHES YOUTH IN SOME NYC PROGRAMS

IN THE CITY — Mayor Eric Adams signed a bill sponsored by Councilwoman Farah Louis on Tuesday (Flatbush, Midwood) amending city code to allow financial education in New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) summer youth employment programs and homeless and runaway youth programs. “As a young person, I never had information about how to save or how to be financially responsible. By signing this bill into law, we are helping our young people learn the skills they need to succeed economically,” Adams said in a news release.

“This bill shows our commitment to ending intergenerational poverty to build a more inclusive economy, providing real economic opportunity for all,” Louis said. Youth will receive instruction on banking, budgeting, credit, debt, savings and taxes.