Good Morning, Brooklyn: Wednesday, November 3, 2021

November 3, 2021 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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$2.1 MILLION RAISED FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS Acclaimed Brooklyn attorney Frank Carone and world-renowned chef Lidia Bastianich were among the honorees at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn’s recent Futures in Education Annual Scholarship Fund Dinner that raised $2.1 million, surpassing the fundraising goal this year. During the 2020-2021 school year, Futures in Education awarded over $7 million in scholarships to more than 4,000 students in Brooklyn and Queens.

Rosanna Scotto, the co-host of Good Day New York on Fox 5 New York and a diocesan Catholic school graduate herself, served as the mistress of ceremonies. Students of St. Stanislaus-Kostka Catholic Academy in Queens performed “I Lived” by One Republic to kick off the event.

Left to right: Emcee Rosanna Scotto, honoree Frank Carone, Bishop DiMarzio, honoree Lidia Bastianich and Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello.
Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Brooklyn

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SCHOLARSHIP DINNER HONORS CHEF LIDIA BASTIANICH: Futures in Education Dinner honoree Lidia Bastianich has a special connection with Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, Vicar for Development for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Both trained as chefs. Bastianich is a world-renowned Italian-American chef, television host, and author. Msgr. Jamie worked as a restaurant chef and in hotel management before responding to his calling to the priesthood.

Msgr. Jamie has hosted “Breaking Bread,” an exploration of the food and restaurants of Brooklyn neighborhoods, on the diocesan NET-TV.

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PROPOSED MEN’S SHELTER FOR FULTON & HOYT CORNER: The opening of a new men’s public shelter at 1 Hoyt Street, site of the former Modell’s sporting goods store at the corner of Fulton Mall, is the subject of a public information meeting next Monday, Nov. 8, being held remotely via Zoom. Brooklyn Community Board 2 will host Erin Drinkwater, Deputy Commissioner of Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs for the Department of Social Services/Homeless Services along with Matthew Okebiyi, founder and CEO of the African American Planning Commission.

Members of the public may also send written comments to the district office until 2 p.m. on Monday, November 08: [email protected]

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INSURING AGAINST FUTURE PANDEMICS: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-12) has reintroduced the Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2021, legislation that will create the Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program, a system of shared public and private compensation for business interruption losses resulting from future pandemics or public health emergencies. The Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2021 will require insurers make available in all their property and casualty insurance policies coverage for insured losses due to covered public health emergencies.

Such coverage would have to include compensation for up to 180 days’ fixed costs and payroll for covered public health emergencies. Insurers are not prohibited from offering coverage above and beyond that level

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DENIES REQUEST TO REMOVE MONITORING BRACELET: Brooklyn Federal Judge Brian Cogan (U.S. District Court/Eastern District) on Tuesday rejected the motion to remove the electronic monitoring ankle bracelet of Matthew Grimes, the former employee and current co-defendant of Trump inaugural committee chairman Thomas Barrack. Defense attorney Abbe David Lowell, who entered his appearance in the case last week, argued that Grimes, 28, poses a low risk of flight and the bracelet interferes with his daily activities.

Grimes and Barrack have pleaded not guilty to acting as an agent of a foreign government, the United Arab Emirates, without notifying the attorney general.

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GUILTY PLEA ON SUPPORTING TERRORISTS: Daniel Rendon Herrera, also known as “Don Mario,” a citizen of Colombia, on Tuesday pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. The proceeding took place before United States District Judge Dora L. Irizarry.

When sentenced, Rendon Herrera faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in prison and up to life imprisonment, as well as forfeiture in excess of $45 million and a fine of up to $2.25 million.

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DOPPELGÄNGER: The NUUM Collective will be premiering a new work, Doppelgänger, at MAXLive 2021: Neuroverse at New York Live Arts this Friday, November 5. NUUM Collective is a group of artists and performers, all of whom are Tisch alumni, committed to a multi-disciplinary approach to creating a total work of art. Their work, which was developed at NYU’s MetroTech 370 Jay St. location, reaches across a wide-range of forms including choreography, sound, text, visual art and coded rules of interaction.

In Doppelgänger, performer NiNi Dongnier relives a life of leaving and returning through conversation with a past self — a double manufactured out of live projection and the algorithmic manipulation of time.

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EXPANDS LIST OF VACCINES THAT PHARMACIES CAN DISPENSE: Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday signed legislation (S. 4807/A.6476) that will enable pharmacists in New York state to administer all vaccines to anyone over the age of 18 that are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Before this new law, pharmacists were allowed to administer only some of those vaccines. The language of the bill, as presented to State Assembly earlier this year, expands the law to pharmacists, whose longer hours are more accessible to some state residents than are their physicians.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s Senior New York Government Relations Director Michael Davoli was in particular pleased that the HPV vaccine was included, pointing out that it can help prevent six types of cancer.

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HOPE PROGRAM’S COMMUNITY BOARD 2 PRESENTATION: The respected and successful HOPE Program, which empowers New Yorkers to build sustainable futures, will make a presentation via Zoom next Tuesday, November 9, to Community Board 2’s Economic Development & Employment Committee. The HOPE PROGRAM provides comprehensive training, adult basic education, industry certifications, work wellness services, internships and job placement with long-term support.

According to records, 73% of HOPE graduates secure jobs each year.

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ADDRESSING RACIAL INEQUITIES: Reps. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) and Robin Kelly (IL-02), co-vhairs of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Racial Equity Working Group, will hold an in-person press conference in Washington on Thursday morning to discuss their newly established Priority List of more than 40 pieces of legislation aimed to deliver meaningful strides in advancing racial equity. The Congress members will discuss healthcare, broadband access, environmental justice, and numerous other areas where communities of color face the greatest disparities.

Live stream of this press conference will also be available via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/repyvetteclarke.