Celebrating Community
Care Forward is a Brooklyn-based standards-raising initiative for care workers and women and this is the country’s first neighborhood based standards-raising initiative for domestic workers. Care Forward, an initiative of the Carroll Gardens Association and We Rise, had an event at JJ Bryne Park on April 28 since President Biden and the White House federally proclaimed April as Care Workers […]
On May 15, I attended the monthly meeting of the revived Red Hook Civic Association at P.S. 15 on Sullivan St. The meeting was scheduled to begin at 6 PM but I arrived early and chatted with some other attendees outside of the school. Shortly afterward, Jacqui Painter arrived we were allowed into the building. We went to the auditorium, […]
While walking down Henry St., I noticed a shop called Catrina NYC with colorful jewelry and t-shirts outside the front door. Looking through the window, I could see there was more jewelry, artwork, dolls, toys, textiles, and much more. After going inside, I was greeted by Karina Perez and her dog, a dachshund named Caramelo. Perez was kind enough to […]
ReKlame Health, a NYC based tele psychiatry and addiction medics provider for the BIPOC community, launched their in-home AUD (alcohol use disorder) treatment program in the city. The program rollout in NYC provides virtual and in-home AUD medicine treatment program. ReKlame sends a nurse to the patient’s home to administer a monthly shot and the same nurse will visit each […]
As Dawn Casale, Smith Street Alliance co-chair, briefly opened the meeting, she welcomed everyone who had come out to learn about the Smith Street Business Improvement District (BID) formation process. For nine years, she has been advocating for a BID in the Court/Smith Street area, alongside a small group of other residents and local business owners. So by April 19, […]
I was struck by a conversation I had with my friendly UPS driver the other day. I told him that I had just gotten back from a two week vacation overseas, and he told me he just did the same. He had spent a week in Poland and a week in Belarus visiting family. I’ve spent most of my life […]
Summit Academy Charter School is a trailblazer since it is the first school in New York City to offer a fully equipped and operational gaming lab for its middle and high school students. The students concentrate on Esports and receive instruction from their coach, Joel Lopez. The Esports Innovation Lab is a result of the joint vision and partnership of […]
Spring has come and the weather is getting warm which means it is now officially ice cream season. While most of the ice cream parlors which were closed for the winter have already re-opened, Ample Hills, which has 12 ice cream parlors, including its factory in Red Hook remains closed indefinitely. A modest Prospect Heights beginning Ample Hills was started […]
There are a lot of different triggers of asthma but among the most common ones here in New York City are pests including rats, mice, and roaches. Unfortunately, they are all over the city, and while they are a problem for all New Yorkers, they are especially detrimental to those who have asthma. In an attempt to address its rat […]
On April 19, New York State Homes and Community Renewal Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas announced the start of construction on a $4 million project to implement resiliency measures at the Addabbo Center (120 Richards St.) The announcement took place in front of the center, as it was a beautiful day. As part of the project, a 100-kW elevated backup power generator […]
