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Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Partners With HealthyNYC Expo in East Brooklyn and Central Brooklyn

Jul 25, 2019

Today it was announced that Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield will be joining JIG Media in the 3rd Annual HealthyNYC Expo in East Brooklyn. The partnership will also include the HealthyNYC Expo that will take place in Central Brooklyn for the first time.

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield will be joining Bright Health, Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology, VNSNY, and over 35 other partners.

“This year the HealthyNYC Expo has expanded to include Central Brooklyn, and we will eventually produce over 20 citywide Expos each year”, stated Vernon Jones Sr, CEO of JIG Media, which is the company that produces the event. “We are happy to have Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield partnering with us once again, and it’s great that they see the benefits and have agreed to partner with us on all of our remaining events for 2019. They will also be with us at our New York for Seniors Health and Wellness Series, which has become a citywide series that now includes Harlem, Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn. Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield will also be offering free workshops at our events, educating attendees on how to navigate aspects of the healthcare system. We will announce details of the workshop in the coming weeks. I want to also mention that our events are free for the public to attend.”

The HealthyNYC Expo in East Brooklyn will be held at the Brooklyn Sports Club, Saturday September 7, 2019, from 10am to 3pm, and the HealthyNYC Expo in Central Brooklyn will be held at Berean Baptist Church, Saturday October 19, 2019 from 10am to 3pm.  The event is free and open to all residents of New York City. Over 500 people have registered as of the time of this announcement.

Register here for the East Brooklyn Expo (East New York, Canarsie, Brownsville, East Flatbush, Bed Stuy, Bushwick)

Register here for the Central Brooklyn Expo (Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Ft Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights)

Click here to see the full list of events for 2019

To become a partner or vendor of the event you can call (718)285-9351, email [email protected] or request more information here.

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East Brooklyn Jazz Series @ Fusion East Kicks Off Tuesday July 30 With Afro-Cuban-Jazz Featuring Afrazz Trio

Jul 18, 2019

photo courtesy Reverbnation

Brooklyn Buzz and Fusion East Caribbean Soul Restaurant & Bar are collaborating on the East Brooklyn Jazz Series @ Fusion East, on the last Tuesday of every month, beginning July 30, 2019. The first show of the series will feature Afro-Cuban-Jazz by the Afrazz Trio.

There’s No Cover Charge, but you are expected to purchase a meal and/or drinks.

Every Tuesday there are Tequila and Taco Specials at Fusion East, so you get a chance to enjoy the show while taking advantage of the specials of the day. Fusion East has an incredible full menu and full bar. The atmosphere is great and it’s located in the brand new Gateway/Spring Creek area of Brooklyn, where brand new homes, condos and the Gateway Mall are situated.

Tuesday July 30, 2019 – Afrazz Trio – RSVP Here for the July 30 Show

Tuesday August 27, 2019 – LA Blacksmth & Jazz-Plus

Tuesday September 24, 2019 – Just Another Band

For Additional Information or to become an event partner Call 718-285-9351

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New York City Home Care Agency Offers Ownership For Its Home Care Workers

Jul 16, 2019

Bronx-based Cooperative Home Care Associates, a home care agency that allows its workers to become owners in the company, making it the largest worker-owned cooperative in the United States. Cooperative Home Care Associates has been in business for 34 years, and they are an Official Partner of New York for Seniors.

Watch the video feature below.

This feature was produced by the Laura Flanders Show.

To stay updated on the NYC Home Care industry Subscribe to NYCHomeHealthCare.com – (Careers, Choosing a Home Care Agency, Caregiver Support, Home Care News, Job Fairs and more)

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Heart to Heart Becomes Official Partner of New York for Seniors

Jul 09, 2019

Heart to Heart has joined New York for Seniors as an Official Partner.  New York for Seniors provides healthcare resource information for seniors throughout New York City.

“Seniors are the backbone of the city, and our mission at New York for Seniors is to provide information to seniors that will help them thrive in New York City. There are tons of resources, from free quality transportation to health resources, including health fairs, events at adult day centers to live jazz and more. We try to connect the seniors to all of the resources that the city has to offer”, stated Wayne Jordan, Director of New York for Seniors. “We bring the information to the seniors through our New York for Seniors print magazine, the NewYorkforSeniors.com website and our popular citywide New York for Seniors Health & Wellness Resource Series.”

Jordan added, “having Heart to Heart join us as an Official Partner is very important because they offer hyper-local services that seniors need to know about. They offer quality in-home care, adult day services, which provides daily meals as well as activities and trips, and they provide important Support Services. If you are a senior I can’t stress enough the importance of staying active. This is what keeps you thriving. Heart to Heart is a perfect partner that allows us to add to our list of valuable resources. I would also encourage adult children of seniors to visit our website or call our office to find information and events for their parents. This is a team effort between New York for Seniors, our partners, caregivers and seniors themselves.”

Heart to Heart joins the growing list of New York for Seniors’ Official Partners, which includes Empire Blue Cross, Bright Health, Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology, Cooperative Home Care Associates, Visiting Nurses of New York, Brooklyn Sports Club, Berean Baptist Church, Central Harlem Senior Centers, ELMCOR,  Calvary Hospital, Elderplan, GetCoveredNYC, ClearCaptions and many others.

To find out more about New York for Seniors go to www.NewYorkforSeniors.com. Be sure to check their online calendar for upcoming events. See the list of New York for Seniors Official Partners.

To become an Official Partner Request the Partnership Package.

New York for Seniors is a citywide initiative created by Vernon K. Jones, Sr, the CEO of JIG Media, a lifelong New Yorker who is personally involved in the lives of New York City’s seniors.

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Features

For Colored Boys by Brooklyn’s Kota the Friend Is Important Music for the Masses And Could Land Him a Grammy

Jul 04, 2019

Kota the Friend, the Independent hip-hop artist from Brooklyn, has broken through and is beating all the the odds, as he’s making it in the music industry as an Independent artist, turning down deals from four major record labels. His debut album, FOTO, has been listed by many prominent hip hop blogs and magazines as a top 5 for Album of the Year for 2019, and his song ‘For Colored Boys‘ (see video below) has been going viral for the past 4 weeks, with comments and thanks from the likes of Wyclef Jean to local politicians like Councilman Robert Cornegy of Brooklyn, and from other artists and fans from around the world. FOTO has been streamed over 20 million times in less than 30 days.

The album debuted at #2 on the itunes chart and is listed at #2 on the Best 2019 Hip Hop Albums List so far, by UPROXX. Kota the Friend has been featured on Rolling Stone, Complex, DJ Booth, HypeBeast, Hot New Hip Hop, Revolt TV, EARMILK, and just about every other hip hop media.

From UPROXX – FOTO finds Kota ruminating on the nature of faith and religion on “Church,” lamenting his friends’ teases that he’s gone “Hollywood” since his rap career started to take off, and scribing insightful, urgent advice “For Colored Boys” in a world where discrimination is a near certainty and success is not. Foto speaks encouragement into a disheartening world without the glitz of materialism that usually makes such messaging ring hollow.–A.W.

Looks like Brooklyn officially has its own version of Chance the Rapper, the Grammy Award winning Independent hip hop artist. There are discussions of Kota the Friend being nominated as Best New Hip Hop Artist for 2019. Brooklyn should be proud. Kota often reps his Fort Greene neighborhood in some of his songs.

Kota the Friend’s FOTO tour in the U.S. begins August 1 with LA, DC, NYC, Chicago, Portland, Santa Ana, and San Francisco already sold out. His Europe tour begins September 24, 2019, and will take him to Copenhagen, Hamburg, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris, London, and Manchester. Checkout his tour list here. See the ‘For Colored Boys’ video below and checkout the comments on his IG.

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407 Acre State Park Opens in East New York As Senator Persaud & Congressman Hakeem Jeffries Join Gov Cuomo At the Opening

Jul 03, 2019

Governor Cuomo, Senator Roxanne Persaud and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries announced the opening of the state’s newest and largest public park in New York City, the 407-acre Shirley Chisholm State Park along the shores of Jamaica Bay. The new park honors Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, an educator, former representative of the 12th Congressional district in New York for seven terms and the first African American woman to run for president. The park is a signature project of Governor Cuomo’s Vital Brooklyn Initiative, which calls for 34 new or improved pocket parks, community gardens, playgrounds and recreation centers within a ten-minute walk of every Central Brooklyn resident.

“Today we add another gem to our treasure trove of state parks, transforming what was once a blemish on the South Brooklyn community into exquisite open space,” Governor Cuomo said.“Shirley Chisholm fought to improve the health and wellness of underserved communities, a legacy we are carrying on through the Vital Brooklyn Initiative, so we are proud to dedicate this park in memory of her leadership and accomplishments.”

Under the initial $20 million phase, the park will provide ten miles of marked trails for hiking and biking; a bayside pier for picnicking and fishing along the park’s Pennsylvania Avenue side; and water access. Environmental educators will offer programs for children who visit the park, where partnerships are planned with environmental groups such as Audubon New York. In addition, a partnership with Bike New York will create the Shirley Chisholm State Park Bike Library, offering free loaner bikes off all sizes to ride the crushed stone trails of the park.

The park also features a colorful mural honoring Chisholm by Brooklyn muralist Danielle Mastrion. Chisholm, a Brooklyn native, was the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968. She ran in the Democratic primary for President in 1972 as the first African American woman to seek the nation’s highest office. A decade after her death in 2005, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

Under a second $20 million phase currently under design, additions to the park will include a grand entrance on Fountain Avenue; lawn patios – with one large enough for open-air community gatherings and performances; a patio overlooking Hendrix Creek; and pop-up environmental education facilities in both the Fountain and Pennsylvania Avenue sections of the park. This work should be completed in 2021.

The park is a prime excellent example of the beneficial reuse of a formerly contaminated property. State Parks worked closely with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to craft redevelopment plans that are protective of public health and the environment. DEC will continue to work closely with State Parks as subsequent phases of the park proceed in the future.

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries said, “Shirley Chisholm famously said to bring a folding chair if they don’t give you a seat at the table and that’s what she did all her life. Whether it was her groundbreaking election to Congress in 1968, or her historic run for President, she never stopped fighting to make sure every voice was heard. Governor Cuomo is to be commended for this important effort to honor Shirley Chisholm’s legacy.”

Senator Roxanne Persaud said, “Today we begin another exciting day in Brooklyn as we open the first phase of the Shirley Chisholm State Park. Residents of Senate District 19 can look forward to enjoying water sports, hiking, picnicking and other wonderful and healthy activities not far from their homes. No longer will we need to travel miles away to enjoy activities on the water; we now have a state of the art park in our back yard. I commend Governor Cuomo for including this park in the Vital Brooklyn plan and look forward to the full completion in 2021.”

Assembly Member Latrice Walker said, “Shirley Chisolm State Park is just one of the many remarkable transformations of central Brooklyn under Vital Brooklyn. Thank you Governor Cuomo for both recognizing and working with all of us to take the action necessary to improve upon these community treasures. Being the largest state park in Brooklyn, I’m confident Chisholm State Park will provide the residents of East New York and all of Central Brooklyn with the green space to benefit our environment and to provide families with the park space they deserve.”

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HealthyNYC Expo Has Expanded Into a Health Series That Includes East Brooklyn, Central Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx

Jul 02, 2019

The HealthyNYC Expo started three years ago in East New York, Brooklyn, at the Brooklyn Sports Club, but is now expanding to become the HealthyNYC Expo Series, with events coming to various locations throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx and Queens.

HealthyNYC Expo was started by Brooklyn-based JIG Media, a digital marketing agency that focuses on health care and healthy living. “This will be our third year holding the HealthyNYC Expo in East New York, at the Brooklyn Sports Club. ” stated Vernon Jones Sr. CEO of JIG Media, “and we will be expanding this year with the HealthyNYC Expo @Berean Baptist Church in October, which will directly service residents of Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights. Of course everyone is always welcome to attend our events, which are free to the community. The idea is to bring healthy living events directly to as many communities as possible. Our Official Partners are the supporters of this initiative, and they make it all possible. These are companies that truly care about the community.”

The HealthyNYC Expo @Brooklyn Sports Club takes place Saturday September 7, 2019 (10am-3pm) and HealthyNYC Expo @Berean Baptist Church, will be held Saturday October 19, 2019, (10am-3pm). The events will include 35-60 health resource partners, activities for the entire family, zumba, extensive free health screenings by physicians, giveaways, free raffles, a DJ, cooking demonstrations, panel discussions on healthcare, including mental health, health insurance options, and home care.

JIG Media also owns the New York for Seniors initiative, which includes the New York for Seniors Health & Wellness Series, the New York for Seniors print magazine, and the NewYorkforSeniors.com website.

Register to Attend – East Brooklyn | Central Brooklyn

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2019 Threats to Brooklyn Homeowners: A Discussion at the Generational Wealth & Homeowners Roundtable Sat. July 13

Jul 02, 2019

The Homeowners Association Inc., is hosting the Generational Wealth & Homeowners Roundtable, Saturday July 13, 2019 at the New Lots Avenue Public Library. Homeowners from every part of Brooklyn are invited to attend, but it is imperative for homeowners in East New York, Cypress Hills, Brownsville, Canarsie, Bed Stuy, Crown Heights and East Flatbush.

See the flyer below for details.

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HousingPolitics

NYC Elected Officials The Cause Of Anxiety & Mental Illness Among Young People As They Allow Affordable Housing Rents To Skyrocket

Jul 02, 2019

It’s official. Affordable apartments in Brooklyn are disappearing quickly. This building at 410 Tompkins Ave., in Bed Stuy is listed under New York City’s “Affordable Housing” program, with the 11 affordable units going for $2,200 for the 4 studio apartments and $2,300 for the seven 1 bedroom apartments. Keep in mind, these are apartments listed and set aside as “affordable” by New York City.

This explains why so many young people are facing anxiety and mental illness. They are concerned about how they will be able to live in New York City with the rents skyrocketing through the roof. Is it too late for New York City’s elected officials to get serious with developers? Maybe not. If more elected officials had a backbone like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the city might be able to figure out a way to ease the anxiety among young people who grew up in New York City. New York City does have NYCHA, which will be privatized if young people don’t get in the fight. The developers are circling the NYCHA buildings like vultures, ready to scoop up all that property, while the elected officials stand by completely ignorant of the process.

Developers are starting with the NYCHA parking lots, while the elected officials stand on podiums touting such deals as “good for the community”, but not understanding that those parking lot developments are the entry for the developers to get their hands on the entire NYCHA developments. Elected officials are good at using trickery to win elections, but they are no match for the trickery that the developers bring to the game when it comes to taking city and state land for pennies on the dollar. This is a game where there are 2 winners, the elected officials who make a career out of tricking the people and the developers who grab all the land by tricking the elected officials. The losers are New Yorkers who pay for it all. This is a vicious cycle that will not end because people are just not that involved and they don’t understand the process or the game.

Here’s the simple math; if New York City gives tax breaks to the developers, but more people move into the neighborhoods where development is taking place, then the cost for city services increase, which means those costs still have to be paid. Who pays for those services? You got it, the people. The cost for everything, including transit fares, tolls, parking tickets and rents continue to increase for the people but the developers are getting richer every year. As a direct result of elected officials being ignorant on development, young people in New York City are suffering.

See the average rent rates in New York City below, as listed by RentCafe

Neighborhood Average Rent
Madison $1,667
Gerritsen Beach $1,667
Marine Park $1,669
Midwood $1,706
Fiske Terrace $1,706
Plumb Beach $1,728
Old Mill Basin $1,728
Mill Basin $1,728
Georgetown $1,728
Floyd Bennett Field $1,728
Flatlands $1,728
Bergen Beach $1,728
Homecrest $1,740
Kensington $1,753
Bensonhurst $1,795
Bath Beach $1,795
Crown Heights $1,868
Borough Park $1,891
Gravesend $1,935
Ditmas Park $1,935
Prospect Park South $2,012
Flatbush $2,027
Prospect – Lefferts Gardens $2,030
East Flatbush $2,089
Canarsie $2,089
Sheepshead Bay $2,170
Manhattan Beach $2,260
Brighton Beach $2,260
Windsor Terrace $2,324
Wingate $2,677
Clinton Hill $2,698
Bedford-Stuyvesant $2,801
Prospect Park $2,879
Bushwick $3,058
Brooklyn Navy Yard $3,171
Williamsburg $3,291
Prospect Heights $3,317
Red Hook $3,389
Carroll Gardens $3,389
Fort Greene $3,397
Gowanus $3,425
Columbia Street Waterfront District $3,443
Cobble Hill $3,443
Boerum Hill $3,450
Vinegar Hill $3,452
DUMBO $3,452
Downtown Brooklyn $3,452
Brooklyn Heights $3,452
Park Slope $3,478
Greenwood Heights $3,868
Greenpoint $4,345

 

 

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Housing

Instructions on How to Apply for This Affordable Housing Unit in New York City

Jun 24, 2019

Apartment pictured – 671 Liberty Avenue, in East New York

Everyone is aware that securing affordable housing in New York City is like hitting the lottery. Well, that’s why they call it the affordable housing lottery. However, most people do not get into affordable housing because they do not apply.  Affordable housing is not going to come knocking at your door. You have to look for affordable housing, and then apply. Checkout the video and links below to get started on your way to securing affordable housing. People are actually moving into these apartments, but if you do not apply then there is a 100% chance that you will NOT get in. You will be shocked when you receive that acceptance letter. Watch the video, and there are direct links below the video as well.

Here’s a direct link to the small building pictured in East New York at 671 Liberty Ave,  with just a few apartments. The important part is that you must apply. Some buildings are small with a few units, but there are buildings coming up with many units available.

For a full list of lottery apartments Click Here

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