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REP. CLARKE INTRODUCES BILL TO PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM ONLINE ‘FREE TRIAL’ SCAMS

NATIONWIDE — A new bill that Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-9th District) introduced in Congress on Thursday, March 30, aims to protect consumers from online free trial scams. The Consumer Online Payment Transparency and Integrity (Consumer OPT-IN) places the onus on companies, not consumers, when it comes to extending subscriptions and memberships, including requiring a shift from “opt-out” conditions to “opt-in;” and it complements the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recently proposed “click to cancel” rule to make it easier for consumers to get out of unwanted subscriptions.

Rep. Clarke, whose district stretches from Prospect Heights to Gravesend, co-sponsored the bicameral bill with U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland.

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LUNA PARK GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ON SEASON OPENER’S DONATION DAY

CONEY ISLAND — Donation Day is a season-opening tradition of Coney Island’s Luna Park taking place this Sunday, April 2. Founded in 1903, Luna Park will celebrate 120 years of fun and thrills, with the traditional egg cream christening of the 96-year-old Coney Island Cyclone starting at 11 a.m., and the first 96 riders of the day getting a free run of the historic wooden roller coaster.

Donation Day is a vital aspect of Luna Park, which will be giving back to the local Brooklyn community, with proceeds of the day’s sales directly supporting the Coney Island Sharks, Give Kids The World Village, and Operation H.O.O.D.

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TEXAS FEDERAL JUDGE’S RULING COULD POTENTIALLY END SOME HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR AMERICANS

NATIONWIDE — Preventive screenings and health care treatment could become unconstitutional in the wake of a Texas federal judge’s ruling on March 30 that struck down a key part of the nation’s health law, reported the Associated Press on Thursday, March 30. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor blocked the requirement that most insurers cover some preventive care such as cancer screenings, bowing to some conservative and religious plaintiffs who feared that the screenings — such as for cancer — could lead to abortions, even if unrelated to reproductive health. The Biden Administration, warning that O’Connor’s latest ruling “could create extraordinary upheaval in the United States’ public health system,” is likely to appeal.

Although Judge O’Connor had previously ruled that the Affordable Care Act be dismantled, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that decision.

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AMA PRESIDENT DENOUNCES JUDGE’S RULING ON PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE

NATIONWIDE — The American Medical Association on Thursday, March 30 expressed alarm at what it called “deeply flawed court ruling in Texas that jeopardizes access to preventive health services guaranteed under federal health reform, including drugs preventing HIV transmission.” Jack Resneck Jr., MD, the AMA president since June 2022, stated, “Providing insurance coverage for screenings and interventions that prevent disease saves lives – period. Invalidating this provision jeopardizes tools physicians use every day to improve the health of our patients. “

“Denying access to proven preventive care flies in the face of good policy, and the societal costs of establishing barriers to preventive services are immeasurable,” said Dr. Resneck of the AMA, which was founded in 1847.

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AIRCRAFT TANKER FLYOVER TONIGHT ORIGINATES OVER VERRAZZANO BRIDGE

BAY RIDGE — A military assignment takes place Thursday night, March 30 over the Hudson River, when AKC-130 aircraft conducts a flyover from the Verrazzano Bridge to the Mario Cuomo Bridge between Westchester and Rockland Counties. Starting at 10:00 p.m. the aircraft will fly at approximately 2,500 feet.  Lockheed-Martin manufactures the KC-130 — part of its Hercules series — as an aerial tanker according to the websites for both this global security and aerospace company and Military Factory, which describes the aircraft as “developed to refuel and resupply from forward-operating bases near the operational fronts.”

Notify NYC did not provide more information in its 1 p.m. dispatch on Thursday, other than to announce the 10 p.m. event as a planned flyover.

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SEN. GILLIBRAND WORKS TO MAKE SURE MILITARY MEMBERS QUALIFY FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE WHEN NEEDED

NATIONWIDE — Endeavoring to correct a situation in which nearly one in four military service members suffer food insecurity, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who represents a state with several active military bases, including the combined-branch garrison at Fort Hamilton, on Thursday, March 30 announced her intention to include the bipartisan Military Family Nutrition Access Act and in the 2023 Farm Bill. Gillibrand, who is chair of the Senate Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said the bill would exclude Basic Allowance for Housing — a type of military compensation used to cover the costs of off-base housing — from income calculations that determine and sometimes deny Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility. This change would ensure that SNAP is in line with other federal assistance programs that already exclude the Basic Allowance in Housing in eligibility calculations.

Currently, 24% of service members — particularly junior enlisted members — experience food insecurity, posing a threat to military readiness and national security.

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NYU TANDON PROFESSOR CALLS FOR ETHICAL USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Will humans, sound judgment and even humor win out over Artificial Intelligence (AI) or risk being enslaved, an idea that the popular Star Trek series prophesied decades ago? NYU Tandon School of Engineering Professor Julia Stoyanovich offers her perspective in a Charter/Time article on the subject: “Every entity that benefits from ChatGPT, reputationally, financially…. should, at the very least, teach people about ChatGPT, to empower them back, to redistribute. We should have legal mandates around this,” points out Prof. Stoyanovich, who is also director of the Center for Responsible AI at NYU.

Warning that AI “is not to generate new text that is accurate. Or morally justifiable. It’s to sound like a human.” Stoyanovich says it’s appropriate to call out AI programs for what they sometimes are: “Bullshitters.”

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RIBBON-CUTTING CELEBRATES NEW AFFORDABLE-LIVING COMPLEX

CROWN HEIGHTS — City officials last week celebrated the ribbon-cutting for the new mixed-use apartment complex in Crown Heights with 250 affordable-living units for New Yorkers in need. As a part of the redevelopment of the historic Bedford Union Armory, the two residential buildings were built from the ground up to deliver 415 homes, 250 of which are affordable. The armory itself was converted into the Major R. Owens Health and Wellness Community Center.  Marvel Architects of New York and developer BFC Partners built the complex 1101 & 1089 President Street, just a few blocks from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Among those participating in the ribbon-cutting were Edwin Ramirez, Resident and Don Capoccia, Managing Principal, BFC Partners; Jessica Katz, Chief Housing Officer, City of New York; Adolfo Carrión Jr., Commissioner, Housing Preservation & Development; Eric Enderlin, president, The New York City Housing Development Corporation; and Laurie Combo, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of New York.

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NYC CARSHARE PROGRAM TO EXPAND

CITYWIDE — City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez on Wednesday announced the addition of more than 270 new parking spaces to the city’s curbside carshare program, after a successful 230-space pilot cut greenhouse gas emissions by 7 %, cut vehicle miles traveled by 6%, and reduced car ownership — the city estimates that for every one carshare vehicle added, four personal vehicles were either not purchased or sold. In the next phase, the city will work with carshare companies Zipcar, Getaround and Truqit to create designated carshare-only curbside parking spots in new neighborhoods across the city, and add more spots in initial areas as well.

The installations began this week and will continue into next week, bringing the total number of curbside spaces dedicated to carshare to 552; future sites will be identified and installed throughout 2023, while a map of all spots can be found after installations are complete on the city’s website.

 

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BROOKLYN SUBWAY STATIONS SELECTED FOR RENOVATION

BROOKLYN — The MTA on Wednesday announced thirteen subway stations across the city will receive cosmetic upgrades and repairs as part of the agency’s Station Re-NEW-vation program, beginning with the Cortelyou Road Q station in Brooklyn this weekend, Saturday, April 1. To achieve a visibly refreshed station, NYC Transit crews will make a variety of upgrades such as concrete repairs, tile replacement, water mitigation enhancements, grouting, repainting and deep cleaning the entire station from the staircase to the track; following this initial work, routine and specialized cleaning will maintain this level of cleanliness.

Other Brooklyn stations picked for the program include the Broadway G station, the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues M station and the Kings Highway F station; all work on these stops is expected to be completed by June.

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DOCK ST SCHOOL HOLDS AUTISM AWARENESS FUN RUN

DUMBO — The Dock Street School in DUMBO is holding its first Autism Acceptance 5k fun run through Brooklyn Bridge Park this Saturday, with all proceeds benefiting the ASD program at the middle school. Participants of all ages can walk, run or show support from afar by donating.

The run kicks off from Pier 6 on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 8:30 a.m.

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MAYOR LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO HELP NEW YORKERS GET BENEFITS, SERVICES

CITYWIDE — New York City Mayor Eric Adams, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Chief Technology Officer Matthew Fraser on Wednesday launched the first phase of the MyCity portal, a one-stop shop for city services and benefits that will make it easier for New Yorkers to interact with and access the support of a multitude of city agencies. MyCity users will be able to easily check eligibility for, apply for and track services and benefits in the city’s 10 most common languages, as well as securely save their information and documentation for future applications when applying for child care.

The phase one launch features a new streamlined child care assistance application, which allows families to self-screen for benefits eligibility, consolidates a complicated paper application into a single online form, and provides status updates to applicants after submission; phase one of MyCity also directs New Yorkers to existing resources for small businesses owners and job seekers, as well as to the city’s benefits screener.

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CUNY AWARDS RESEARCH GRANTS TO BROOKLYN STUDENTS

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The CUNY Office of Research this week selected the recipients of its 2023 Interdisciplinary Research Grant, including one team from Brooklyn College and one from New York City College of Technology, with each team receiving a one-year grant of $40,000.

• Jennifer Cherrier and Meghan Ference of Brooklyn College’s project “Linking Public Perceptions of Prospect Park with Cyanobacteria Bloom Mitigation: Interdisciplinary Solutions for Urban Water Resource Management” will monitor and test an anti-algae water filtration system installed in Prospect Park and will also study the effectiveness of community education campaigns about the issue.
• Lili Ma of City Tech will lead the project “Multi-Robot Cooperative Target Tracking with Bio-Inspired Task Assignment and Formation Control,” exploring robotic collaboration and investigating the use of human-inspired collective intelligence for robots to make self-adaptive decisions when working together.

The 2023 theme of the grant program, “urban challenges,” encouraged approaches that leverage expertise across disciplines to address complex scientific and societal issues related to human health, climate change, technological innovation and social transformation.

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JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEES FEATURE BROOKLYN CHEFS

BED-STUY — The James Beard Foundation on Wednesday announced the 2023 list of finalists for its prestigious Restaurant and Chef Awards, sometimes described as the Oscars of the restaurant industry, featuring this year several Brooklyn chefs and restaurants in different categories. Chefs Eric Ramirez of Williamsburg’s Peruvian Llama Inn, Charlie Mitchell of Brooklyn Heights’ contemporary American Clover Hill and Nasim Alikhani of Prospect Heights’ Persian Sofreh were nominated in the Outstanding Chef, Emerging Chef and Best Chefs: New York State categories, respectively; while Bed-Stuy’s Nigerian Dept of Culture was nominated for Best New Restaurant.

A full list of the finalists from around the country can be found on the James Beard Foundation’s website.

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PROM PROJECT HOSTS FORMALWEAR GIVEAWAY THIS WEEKEND

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn Prom Project will hold its tenth annual promwear giveaway on Saturday, April 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Urban Assembly Institute of Math & Science for Young Women in Downtown Brooklyn. The group has extended an invitation to all NYC high school graduating seniors in good academic standing and in financial need to attend the giveaway and have the chance to celebrate the tradition of attending prom.

The Brooklyn Prom Project is part of Operation PROM, a volunteer-run organization that helps students attend their proms by collecting and providing free dresses and tuxedos as well as accessory items such as shoes, undergarments, jewelry and bowties to teens who live in shelters, group homes or very low-income households.

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SPECIAL BENSONHURST HIGH SCHOOL SHOWS INNOVATIVE LEARNING TACTICS THAT MAY REPLACE REGENT EXAMS

BENSONHURST — The Leaders High School in Bensonhurst can appear more like a tech startup than your average Brooklyn high school: here is an unusual level of student freedom, according to reporting from Chalkbeat. School staffers say it would be impossible without a key feature of Leaders that sets it apart from most other New York City high schools. Students at Leaders High School are not required to take the year-end Regents exams. Instead, students can enhance their own skill set through their interests. 

When Regents exams are the end goal, the entire curriculum is shaped to drive success on the tests, said Leaders Principal Tom Mullen. Without those tests as the final assessment, there’s a “really powerful” opportunity to reshape what and how students learn. Read more online at www.brooklyneagle.com

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COURT LIFTS INJUNCTION ON CANNABIS: YOU CAN SELL WEED IN BROOKLYN

BROOKLYN — A federal court lifted the injunction Tuesday that prohibited the sale of marijuana in the borough, as well Central and Western New York State, along with the Hudson Valley. The lift of the stay permits the Office of Cannabis Management to issue more marijuana dispensary licenses for businesses, which state government officials hope to proliferate in an effort to encourage growth in the sector. An injunction still prevents the sale of marijuana in the Finger Lakes region, yet officials expressed optimism about the decision and signaled that the state may consider upping the number of licenses available to operators.

Governor Hochul hailed the victory, writing in a press statement, “New York’s brand-new cannabis industry is making significant progress to promote social equity and right the wrongs of the past, creating the fairest and safest market in the nation… For the first time, New Yorkers in nearly every region of the state will have access to safer, high-quality, adult-use cannabis products.”

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RESOURCE FAIR FOR BROOKLYNITES

MILL BASIN — The mayor’s Public Engagement Unit and Assemblymember Jaime Williams will host a resource fair at Williams’ district office, located at 5318 Avenue N, on Friday, March 31, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., offering one-on-one support in identifying city resource programs for Brooklynites and help with navigating the application processes. Members of PEU’s Tenant Support and GetCoveredNYC teams will be on hand to provide specific guidance around tenant rights and accessing health care.

This event is part of a long-term partnership between PEU and Assemblymember Williams to bridge the gap between New Yorkers and their government; every Friday, a PEU GetCoveredNYC specialist holds office hours at Williams’ district office to support district members with health care.

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MAN WANTED FOR LATEST IN SPATE OF HEAD-PUNCHING INCIDENTS

GOWANUS — An elderly man awaiting a subway train at Union St. and 4th Avenue was punched in the head, in what has become an alarming trend. The New York City Police Department is asking the public to help identify an individual in connection to an assault that occurred on Monday evening, March 27, around 8:42 p.m. within the confines of the 78 Precinct, Transit District. The victim, a 67-year-old man, was standing on the northbound R train platform when an unknown individual arose from a nearby bench and, unprovoked, punched the victim in the head before fleeing the station to parts unknown.

The victim sustained injuries to his face and was transported to NY Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in stable condition.

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ART EXHIBIT OPENING IN GREENPOINT

GREENPOINT — Faurschou New York will be debuting its new exhibition, “Embrace the World from Within,” a joint project by the artists Louise Bourgeois, Miles Greenberg and Yoko Ono, on Saturday, April 1. Each artist will install their works in one of Faurschou’s three galleries, in mediums ranging from sculpture to performance to vegetation, highlighting various facets of the exhibit’s theme of “physical and metaphorical aspects of the embrace: From the merging together of bodies, becoming something more and new, to the act of acceptance and cover or by contrast as claustrophobic smothering.”

The exhibition is free for visitors, and will be on display at Faurschou until Sept. 17 of this year.

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STATE HEALTH DEPT. FACES MORE REVIEW AFTER 2022 AUDIT REVEALED COVID-19 BLUNDERS

COBBLE HILL — State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office will conduct a follow-up review of the state Department of Health after a March 2022 audit exposed weaknesses in DOH’s ability to address the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes. DiNapoli’s initial audit found that not only was the DOH unprepared and limited in its ability to respond to infectious disease outbreaks at nursing homes, but also that, under the direction of the Executive (then-Governor Andrew Cuomo), DOH did not provide the public with accurate COVID-19 death counts in nursing homes.

Locally, a Cobble Hill family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Gov. Cuomo for his directive that prohibited nursing homes from refusing patients based solely on COVID-19 diagnoses — an order that endangered other residents, according to Brooklyn Eagle stories published in February 2021. The Arbeeny family pulled their father, Norman, out of the Cobble Hill Health Center after the directive took effect, but he had already become infected with COVID and died at home.

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COMMUNITY RALLIES AGAINST VACANT APARTMENTS

WILLIAMSBURG — Councilmembers Lincoln Restler and Jennifer Gutiérrez, tenant advocacy groups, renters and neighbors rallied last Thursday in protest of apartment warehousing, calling on landlords to put affordable units back on the market, before touring several vacant units in Williamsburg after the rally.  “Warehousing” is a term that describes the practice of landlords purposefully not renting properties in hopes of leasing them for higher amounts later or waiting for changes in regulations – something the rally’s organizers say is contributing to homelessness and economic inequality around the city, as well as driving rents up for struggling New Yorkers.

“Currently, over 60,000 New Yorkers are currently living in shelters while they await affordable housing, while at the same time, over 90,000 apartments are being kept vacant for long periods of time. This is the epitome of the deep inequities of our housing system, in which housing is primarily seen as a profit generator, rather than as a fundamental human right,” stated Gutiérrez.

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LAUNDROBAR OPENS IN CROWN HEIGHTS

CROWN HEIGHTS — Laundry, hot dogs, beer and wine. A newly-opened laundromat in Crown Heights has all these amenities in one place, on Rogers Avenue near Montgomery St., reports Eater New York.  Named Pearl Lee’s Washtub, the laundromat at 314 Rogers, which opened earlier this month, is the brainchild of former nurse Theo DuPree, with the goal of taking the stress out of washing one’s clothes.

Pearl Lee’s Washtub also offers burgers, wine and, to brand-new customers, a free cup of coffee, presumably for the trek back home.

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BELOVED G. ESPOSITO & SONS PORK STORE WILL CLOSE AFTER A CENTURY IN BUSINESS

CARROLL GARDENS — “The secret to a business lasting nearly a hundred years is love,” said George Esposito, one of the third-generation owners of G. Esposito & Sons’ pork and sandwich store, which is closing after a century in business, reports Eater New York. The store, founded in 1922 and originally on Columbia St. before moving to 357 Court St., will close after April 10 — the day after Easter Sunday — according to a sign posted in the storefront’s window.

Although no reason was officially given for going out of business, the Esposito grandsons in the Eater New York story alluded to the neighborhood’s steep rents and a decline in business. G. Esposito & Sons also sold sandwiches, specialty ravioli, and pizzas.

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IMMIGRATION ADVOCACY GROUP ENDORSES EIGHT BROOKLYN COUNCILMEMBERS

BOROUGHWIDE — Several City Councilmembers representing districts throughout Brooklyn received endorsements on Wednesday, March 28, from NYIC Action, the 501(c)4 sister organization of the New York Immigration Coalition. Councilmembers Jennifer Gutiérrez (D-34), Crystal Hudson (D-35), Chi Ossé (D-36), Sandy Nurse (D-37), Alexa Avilés (D-38), Shahana Hanif (D-39), Rita Joseph (D-40) and Justin Brannan (D-43) have “enthusiastically committed to championing NYIC Action’s policy platform, ‘2023: A Vision for New York City,’ a plan that works to protect the rights of all New Yorkers and pushes legislation initiatives that will help immigrants not just survive but thrive in New York.”

NYIC Action’s agenda centers on five policy areas that are critical to immigrants, including ending state support for detention; deportation and mass incarceration; creating healthy communities; securing quality education; building political power and guaranteed civil rights; and ensuring economic justice and good jobs.

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U.S. SENATE VOTES TO REPEAL RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZED 2003 INVASION OF IRAQ

WASHINGTON, DC — Brooklyn’s own Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke after a 66-30 bipartisan vote on Wednesday to repeal the resolution that gave a green light for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and to return a basic war power to Congress, 20 years after an authorization many now view as a mistake. The Bush administration had drummed up support among members of Congress and the American public for invading Iraq by touting what was later shown be false intelligence alleging Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.  “Americans want to see an end to endless Middle East wars,” said Schumer, who pointed out that the repeal “is a necessary step to putting these bitter conflicts squarely behind us.”

However, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell opposed the repeal, warning that the U.S. still has “terrorist enemies.” The repeal’s passage in the GOP-led House of Representatives is less certain.

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CLIMATE JUSTICE CRITERIA NOW IN EFFECT FOR IDENTIFYING DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBORHOODS

STATEWIDE — New York State’s Climate Justice Working Group has finalized the criteria for identifying disadvantaged communities, which includes much of northeast and eastern Brooklyn just beyond the downtown area. The criteria which have been enacted following the Wednesday, March 28 vote will guide the equitable implementation of provisions from New York’s ambitious Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act) that prioritize disadvantaged communities by requiring reductions in air pollution and climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions and targeting clean energy and energy efficiency investments.

The map delineated an area of the borough that includes the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and that stretches across Brownsville and East New York to the Queens County border; as well as sections north of Central Park and The Bronx.

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FAMILY FUN THIS WEEKEND

Balloontopia + Easter Bunny: Balloontopia, a free interactive installation created by Brooklyn Bridge Parents and City Point, will fill over 8,000 square feet with more than 2,500 balloons transformed into sculptures, games, structures like pools and mazes, and events like a “balloon rainstorm.” Also featuring appearances from the Easter Bunny, balloon lovers can RSVP or drop in on Saturday, April 1, and Sunday, April 2, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at City Point in Downtown Brooklyn.

Luna Park Reopening: Beginning on Friday, March 31, Coney Island’s Luna Park is welcoming guests back for a season of unforgettable thrills and memories with brand new rides, including the Tony’s Express roller coaster and Leti’s Treasure log flume, joining the lineup of iconic attractions like the Coney Island Cyclone, the Thunderbolt and the B&B Carousel. Luna Park will be open every weekend until Memorial Day Weekend; while official celebrations to commemorate the start of the season will take place on April 2.

Smorgasburg Returns: The longtime traveling food festival is coming back this weekend, featuring dozens of vendors from a dizzying array of cuisines. Hungry New Yorkers can find Smorgasburg in the Oculus at the World Trade Center on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., in Marsha P. Johnson State Park in Williamsburg on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Breeze Hill in Prospect Park on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL: FIDELITY MUST END ITS NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS

STATEWIDE — The nation’s largest title insurance company, Fidelity National Financial, Inc. must terminate its no-poach (non-compete) agreements that prevented former employees from seeking work in the industry, after New York Attorney General Letitia James launched an investigation and brokered an agreement with the company. The investigation found that Fidelity and its competitors entered into illegal no-poach agreements where they would not solicit each other’s employees. The Attorney General’s settlement with Fidelity stipulates that the insurance giant will terminate any existing no-poach agreements, pay the state $3.5 million, and cooperate with OAG’s ongoing investigations in the industry.  

Fidelity issues its title insurance policies either directly through its own agency or through independent title insurance agencies, which are considered competitors in the labor market and which therefore should be able to compete for employees on the basis of salaries, benefits, and career opportunities. However, Fidelity’s no-poach policies with other companies prevented this.

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