Whats News Breaking: Thursday, August 12, 2021

August 12, 2021 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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EXCLUDED WORKERS FUND LAUNCHED: New Yorkers who lost income due to COVID-19 and didn’t receive Unemployment or Federal COVID-related relief could be eligible to receive up to $15,600. An awareness campaign for this program is the Excluded Workers Fund Launch Fair, taking place this Saturday, August 14th, from noon to 6 p.m. at Maria Hernandez Park in Bushwick.

Readers can learn whether they qualify and can prepare for your application via bit.ly/FEWchecklist. The application website is:https://dol.ny.gov/EWF

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GOOD NEWS FOR CUNY STUDENTS: The City University of New York (CUNY) on Wednesday suspended two policies that barred students in debt from continuing their studies at this university system. Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez has suspended a long-held policy that bans CUNY schools from releasing the official transcripts of students and graduates who owe the University unpaid tuition and fees. Separately, he has directed CUNY colleges to lift financial holds on approximately 74,000 students who were enrolled during the semesters of the COVID-19 pandemic, clearing the way for them to register for the Fall 2021 semester even if they owe outstanding tuition and fee balances to CUNY.

The chancellor is instituting both measures in connection with the CUNY Comeback Program, an initiative announced by Governor Cuomo on July 28 to forgive some $125 million in unpaid institutional debt for at least 50,000 students and recent graduates, one of the country’s largest student debt forgiveness initiatives of its kind.

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AN EVENING OF JAZZ: The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Hosts an Evening of Jazz with Lafayette Harris, Ron Jackson and Ty Stephens as Part of its Midsummer Nights Stoop Concerts this evening, Thursday, August 12 at 4:30 p.m. BKCM welcomes an all-star lineup of jazz musicians to the penultimate stoop performance of the season. Pianist Lafayette Harris (one of the newest faculty members), guitarist Ron Jackson and vocalist Ty Stephens (from the original Broadway cast of “Sophisticated Ladies”) will present a free concert for the community.

The series, which closes next Thursday, August 19 (a special Kids Edition), is part of BKCM’s unflagging commitment to providing paid performance opportunities to professional musicians. Since the onset of the pandemic, BKCM has helped to create more than 350 unique paid gigs for area musicians.

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Petty Officer 3rd Class Peter Anglade
Photo courtesy of Navy Office of Community Outreach

NAVAL OFFICER GREW UP LOVING SHIPS: Brooklyn native Peter Anglade, Petty Officer 3rd Class serving in the U.S. Navy, is participating in the Large-Scale Exercise (LSE 2021) aboard USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), a U.S. Navy warship that transports and launches Marines from sea to shore as part of amphibious assault operations. A 2007 James Madison High School graduate, Anglade joined the Navy three years ago.

“I wanted to be a part of something bigger than myself and to challenge myself physically, mentally and spiritually,” said Anglade. “Growing up, I had a fascination with ships and boats, so I wanted to experience the life of being on a boat and out to sea.”

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BIG BOOM FILM SHOOT: Greenpoint residents should plan to brace themselves for a series of controlled explosions as part of a movie shoot today, Thursday, August 12. According to the NYPD, the explosions will be staged between 10 a.m. to 2 p m. in the rear of 3 Noble Street in Greenpoint.

The title of the film has not been released as of press time.

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NEW AMBULANCE IS UNVEILED: Maimonides Medical Center on Wednesday unveiled a new 2020 Demers Mercedes High Top Sprinter Van Ambulance, purchased through funds donated by the American Buddhist Confederation earlier this year. Funds from the donation will also go towards funding COVID-19 testing and vaccination programs in Brooklyn. The ambulance makes daily patient transfers between Maimonides’ main campus and the Cancer Center.

The new ambulance will also be used to support events in the Chinese community, to provide standby medical coverage, and to transport materials used for educational outreach, as well as health screenings.