Editorial questions de Blasio health care record
The Red Hook Star Revue invites Mayor Bill de Blasio to a community forum to explain how he saved healthcare in South Brooklyn amid LICH hospital closure. The piece recalls rallies, arrests, and political activism, and critiques the mayor for shifting from hospital to healthcare language and for failing to avert LICH’s demise.
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Red Hook Star Revue
Bill de Blasio
South
Brooklyn
de Blasio
Hicks Street
Nurse’s Union
Lich
Andrew Cuomo
SUNY
PortSide reply weighs recovery efforts in Red Hook
Carolina Salguera of PortSide responds to Mary from Dry Dock Wines & Spirits, defending ongoing recovery work and distinguishing resilience meetings from damage reimbursement. She cites PortSide Sandy damages, a FEMA worksheet estimating $300,000, and notes productive FEMA cooperation on trailer disposal and recovery resources.
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Mary
Dry Dock Wines & Spirits
Carolina Salguera
Portside
Nys
Red Hook
Atlantic Basin
FEMA
Tish James and HPD Downsizing in New York Housing
Tish James criticizes HPD downsizing of tenants in government supported housing amid $35 million in federal Section 8 cuts. She notes unfair treatment of the elderly and disabled, calls for transparency, and urges targeted exemptions and longer deadlines for proof.
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de Blasio
Department of Housing Preservation and Development
HPD
New York
Manhattan
Gale Brewer
Housing Coalition
Mitchell-Lama Program
Daily News
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