Over the past few years, municipal retirees have had to anxiously grapple with the prospect that they may have to switch health care plans from the Medigap plan promised to them, to a Medicare Advantage plan. I know that promise I was made the same promise when I began my career as a public school special education teacher more than years ago.
Several families seeking asylum in the city-operated shelter at Van Cortlandt Motel have spoken out against poor living conditions there. These alleged conditions include bed bugs, mice, nauseous smells, moldy ceilings, an abundance of food being unnecessarily thrown out, and abusive management.
What do you do when the sidewalk is covered head to toe in vegetation and garbage for years without anyone wanting to take responsibility for it? Angel Ortega, superintendent at Briar Oaks and senior north regional shop steward 32BJ, and several others took out the chainsaws and machetes and did it themselves.
Councilman Eric Dinowitz discussed education, housing, mental health, and literacy funding with residents at a budget forum last Thursday at Mosholu Montefiore Community Center.