[The Whole MeetingIf you watch all of it you get a cookie]
Last week was Marty Golden’s energy town hall it was designed to discuss our public utilities and our energy services. In attendance was Con Edison, Verizon, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
The main topic was Con Ed and the benefits of solar.
Solar was heavily discussed. Basically there are tremendous tax credits: Federal Income tax, State Tax, NYC property tax. In an friend of a friend story that was used as an example: John Doe paid no Federal Tax, No State Tax, and had his property taxes cut almost by half for three years. For approximately $8,000 in up-front cost you can have solar panels which would put your electric bill less than $20. Your return on your investment depends on your usage but kicks in after a few years or if you sell your house.
With Con Ed for us in Gerritsen Beach’s old section – if you have a utility pole in your backyard that is degrading or damaged call Con Ed. Also, with summer coming Con Ed wants to be prepared if power lines are too close to a tree – call 311 or con ed. They will come out an inspect it. The community’s power lines are inspected every three years.
Seems like instead of complaining Senator Golden is offering a decent solution to restore overnight bus service to Gerritsen Beach.
Senator Golden is proposing re-routing one B3 bus per hour down Gerritsen Avenue and then have it continue back along its regular route.
The east bound B3 currently travels past Gerritsen Avenue and Avenue U, and it is being proposed that at this point, it could turn south bound and go the 1.4 miles to the end of Gerritsen Avenue, stopping in the B31 bus stops. Upon reaching the end of Gerritsen Avenue, the bus could then turn around and return to its regular route.
Please Join
State Senator Marty Golden
For A
TOWN HALL MEETING
On April 29, 2010
At IS 278
Marine Park Junior High School
1925 Stuart Street
At 7:00 pm
Con Edison, Department of Environmental Protection, NYSERDA and other organizations will be in attendance to answer any questions or community concerns.
Please Join
State Senator Marty Golden
For A
TOWN HALL MEETING
On April 29, 2010
At IS 278
Marine Park Junior High School
1925 Stuart Street
At 7:00 pm
Con Edison, Department of Environmental Protection, NYSERDA and other organizations will be in attendance to answer any questions or community concerns.
Anne Marie Corrado was born on January 20, 1969 to Arthur and Jean Olsen, and grew up in the Gerritsen Beach section of Brooklyn and has lived there for most of her life,
Anne Marie graduated from John Dewey High School and went on to attend Brooklyn College, and throughout college, she worked part time in an auto parts store to pay for her tuition and was designated the recipient of the Frances Goodman Memorial Scholarship in her junior year; and
After graduating from Brooklyn College with honors, Mrs. Corrado went to work in her alma mater, Public School 277, where she has taught for the past 19 years, and Mrs. Corrado was a classroom teacher for 14 years and is currently serving as the Math Staff Developer and Data Specialist at the school, and;
During her tenure at the school, she has also helped launch P.S. 277’s after-school drama program, and to date, she has co-produced thirteen plays and happily devotes all of her lunch periods to honing the acting skills of her students, and it should be known that one of her greatest joys is knowing that many of her former students have gone on to pursue drama and beyond; and
Anne Marie Corrado is happily married to her husband, Steven, a chef, and together they have raised three beautiful children, James, Nicholas, and Oliva, and they currently reside in the Gerritsen Beach; and now, therefore, be it
Dr. Eleanor Kehoe has served as a Member and a Past President of the Columbiettes’s Columbus Council #126, Dr. Kehoe is a Past President and Member of Our Lady Help of Christians Rosary Society as well as a Lector at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish. At her lifelong parish of OLHC Dr. Kehoe has served as a Member of the Parish Council and Finance Committee. Furthermore Dr. Kehoe is a past member of the Advisory Board of Midwood Catholic Academy; and
the extensive education Dr. Kehoe has received in New York began at Our Lady Help of Christians Grammar School and continued at St. Edmund’s High School this base of Catholic education could be the source of her great work going forward in her life. Dr. Kehoe attended New York Foundling Hospital School for Baby Nurses, The Long Island College Hospital Nursing School where she received an AAS Degree. She also attended Pace University and received a Bachelor’s & Master’s in Nursing and finished her education at Adelphi University where she received a Ph D in nursing and a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner’s License; and
Dr. Kehoe is presently a full time member of the faculty at The College of Staten Island Nursing Department., Adjunct faculty member at St. Francis College, Nursing Dept. for Brooklyn and part time Nursing Supervisor at The New York Foundling Hospital. Past employments included St. Vincent’s Hospital, Maimondies Medical Center, The Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing and Adelphi University.
WHEREAS, Mary Allen Bosco was born in Brooklyn, New York, Mary graduated from Bishop Kearney High School in 1980, attended St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn on a full scholarship and majored in Child Study/Special Education with a concentration in history, and she graduated cum laude in 1984, and Mary received a Masters Degree in Education from Brooklyn College in 1987 and she received an Advanced Certificate in Administration and Supervision in 1991; and
WHEREAS, Mary always had an enthusiasm for working with children, Mary became a teacher with the Department of Education in September of 1984 and began her teaching career in the very same school that she is now Principal, the Elizabeth G. Leary School, P.S. 207, having first taught first grade for eight years and fifth grade for three years before becoming the Assistant Principal in 1995, and
WHEREAS, Mary has been the Principal of P.S. 207 in Marine Park, Brooklyn since 1997, and she has transformed the previous elementary school into an exemplary Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 8 school which comprises two buildings and 1180 students, and has flourished under her leadership; and
WHEREAS, Mary loves her students, is passionate about extending to them the most excellent education in the world and believes that her teachers comprise the best staff in the City of New York, devoted to the students and dedicated to the school community and committed to excellence; and
WHEREAS, Mary married Salvatore Bosco in 1989, and together, they reside in the Oakwood section of Staten Island and have two beautiful children, Lauren and James, who have played an integral part in her life as does her mother, sister, and brother, Mary has been supported by her family throughout her career, and their support has enabled Mary to be a successful leader in education; and now, therefore, be it
Donnalee Davis was married to her husband Jack and moved to the Gerritsen Beach section of Brooklyn in 1993 and has lived there since; and
Donnalee began gardening in her new home in the second summer of her and her husbands ownership, and when Donnalee discovered poison ivy in her backyard she decided to tackle it dressed in a Tyvak mechanics suit and gloves, and on that summer day, Donnalee prepared herself some iced lemonade which she took regular breaks to enjoy while she was ridding her yard of the poison ivy; and
Donnalee had thought with all her gear she would be safe from the poison ivy but taking her gloves off to drink her lemonade gave her poison ivy that started on her wrists and spread lasting two weeks, and thus, her gardening adventure began; and;
The Gerritsen Beach Community Garden started in 1997 and Donnalee immediately began volunteering and continues to offer her time and energy to the beautification of her community thirteen years later, a garden that has blossomed under many leaders and volunteers including the AHRC who offered Donnalee their help with the garden on a weekly basis starting in 2007; and
Donnalee Davis is happily married to her husband, Jack, and hopes that people will feel welcome to stop in and visit the community garden when its gates are open; and now, therefore, be it
Children and families gathered in Marine Park Saturday, March 27, for an afternoon of rides, hot dogs, cotton candy and egg hunting.
At least colored 2,000 Easter eggs nestled in the grass drew a crowd of about 1,500 youths and parents for the community’s yearly Easter Egg Hunt at Marine Park.
The Easter egg’s contained “tickets for prizes” which were “hidden” by Fort Hamilton High School Army JROTC Volunteers. Groups of about 500 people were let into an empty Marine Park and all at once made a dash for eggs. Since there was a 5 egg limit, kids would quickly grab 5 eggs then get in line for their prize which ranged from small toys to full bags of candy.
The MTA Board just voted to approve a package of service cuts that will save the MTA hundreds of millions of dollars while reducing bus and subway service throughout New York City. Basically, the authority’s board feels it has no choice but to cut services because the state will no longer support transit in the most transit-dependent city in the nation. Therefor on June 27, the B31 with a ton of other buses and subway lines are to be cut back.
Who’s to blame?! Our State Senators: Marty Golden for one, and these guys “Pedro Espada, Ruben Diaz, Sr. , Carl Kruger” oh and don’t forget the guy who was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend Hiram Monserrate.
Can these pols stop – with these stupid power struggles and deal with real life situations and talk straight with us?! We don’t elect you to hand out awards every few weeks! Why does everything have to be one vs the other or strictly right or left. Treat us the public like adults and tell us whats going on. Last year for instance, if bridge tolls could of saved these drastic cuts, then tell us don’t stick to party lines. Cuts will happen – understood – in times of need but I blame the state senate.
Although these cuts will come down the pike this summer, the MTA did not vote on a proposal to eliminate the Student MetroCard plan yet, and politicians and advocates are still squaring off on the issue. The Mayor slammed the state for its failure to fund student travel. “It’s the state that has cutback subsidies to the MTA and the state that has cutback the MetroCards for kids so call Albany,” Michael Bloomberg said. “If they cut back our subsidies to the MTA, they cut back the subsidies for MetroCards for the students, I think it is an outrage but it’s not the MTA’s fault, it’s the state’s fault.”
State Senator Martin J. Golden honored local leaders in conjunction with the celebration of Irish Heritage Month on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Knights of Columbus on Nostrand Avenue.
The honorees included:
Mark Cranston, Retired from NYC Department of Corrections and Current Chief of Staff of New Jersey State Department of Corrections
Father Dennis J. Farrell, Pastor, Resurrection Church
Ellen McHugh, Lead Coordinator, New York City Office, Parent to Parent New York State
Larry Morrish, Community Activist, Founding Member, Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade
