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Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
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REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
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REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
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emergency medical care and vital
health care services.
But this state-operated public hospital has been in
danger of being closed or privatized for more than two
years. Hundreds of jobs have been lost, and numerous
health care services have been cut or curtailed due to the
hospital’s ill-prepared “Sustainability Plan.”
Now, there is language in the 2014-15 proposed state
budget that would open the door to as many as five cor-
porations to operate SUNY’s public hospitals.
United University Professions, the union that represents
nearly 3,000 employees at SUNY Downstate, has been
fighting to keep SUNY Downstate a fully operational state-
run facility. However, UUP isn’t fighting the battle alone.
The SUNY Downstate Coalition of Faith, Labor and
Community Leaders has become an important ally. The
coalition has staged a number of rallies and protests over
the past 18 months to save health care services and jobs
at SUNY Downstate and keep it a public facility.
The latest such effort is a 48-hour interfaith fast. It
will begin Sunday, March 9, at 3 p.m., in front of
Downstate’s 470 Clarkson Avenue entrance. Interfaith
leaders and members of the community will participate
to show their strong support for this beacon in Brooklyn
and call attention to the threats it faces.
You can take part in the fast or find out more about it
by calling 718-270-1519, or sending an email to
Brooklyn@uupmail.org.
We strongly urge you to join our campaign. Take part in
the fast, or come out and show your support. Together, we
can deliver a strong message that SUNY Downstate must
remain a full-service, state-operated public hospital.
The threats facing SUNY Downstate are real. The
SUNY Board of Trustees has openly discussed the possi-
bility of closing SUNY Downstate. There is also language
affiliate with an academic medica
ing hospital. SUNY Downstate
teaching hospital.
Privatizing or closing SUNY D
the state to save dollars is shortsig
We believe the answer to Brookl
comings lies in the “Brooklyn Hosp
a UUP-backed initiative to stabil
care throughout Brooklyn.
This plan would preserve SUN
several financially unstable ho
including Interfaith Medical Ce
Island College Hospital and King
Center. You can see the
http://www.brooklynhospitalplan.o
It calls for the creation of a netw
latory care centers, and would be
iated with 14 other Brooklyn hosp
be the network’s hub, educating
cians and medical staff to the car
with doctors at the other hospital
It’s a simple, effective plan an
will work.
New York has a responsibility to
care needs of its citizens. The Bro
Net Plan—our plan and the co
viable, workable option for long
Brooklyn.
That’s something that Brooklyn
need.
Frederick E. Kowal is president
Professions, the union representing 3
sional staff at SUNY’s 29 state-opera
SUNY’s public teaching hospitals an
in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island an
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
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Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
(Estab. 1953)
All letters sent to the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS should be brief and are subject to con-
densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
HOMEREPORTERHOMEREPORTERAND SUNSET NEWS
Each day, thousands of people depend
on SUNY Downstate Medical Center for
emergency medical care and vital
health care services.
But this state-operated public hospital has been in
danger of being closed or privatized for more than two
years. Hundreds of jobs have been lost, and numerous
health care services have been cut or curtailed due to the
hospital’s ill-prepared “Sustainability Plan.”
Now, there is language in the 2014-15 proposed state
budget that would open the door to as many as five cor-
porations to operate SUNY’s public hospitals.
United University Professions, the union that represents
nearly 3,000 employees at SUNY Downstate, has been
fighting to keep SUNY Downstate a fully operational state-
run facility. However, UUP isn’t fighting the battle alone.
The SUNY Downstate Coalition of Faith, Labor and
Community Leaders has become an important ally. The
coalition has staged a number of rallies and protests over
the past 18 months to save health care services and jobs
at SUNY Downstate and keep it a public facility.
The latest such effort is a 48-hour interfaith fast. It
will begin Sunday, March 9, at 3 p.m., in front of
Downstate’s 470 Clarkson Avenue entrance. Interfaith
leaders and members of the community will participate
to show their strong support for this beacon in Brooklyn
and call attention to the threats it faces.
You can take part in the fast or find out more about it
by calling 718-270-1519, or sending an email to
Brooklyn@uupmail.org.
We strongly urge you to join our campaign. Take part in
the fast, or come out and show your support. Together, we
can deliver a strong message that SUNY Downstate must
remain a full-service, state-operated public hospital.
The threats facing SUNY Downstate are real. The
SUNY Board of Trustees has openly discussed the possi-
bility of closing SUNY Downstate. There is also language
in the Executive Budget, which would allo
to control SUNY’s public hospitals; one cor
affiliate with an academic medical institu
ing hospital. SUNY Downstate has Br
teaching hospital.
Privatizing or closing SUNY Downstat
the state to save dollars is shortsighted an
We believe the answer to Brooklyn’s hea
comings lies in the “Brooklyn Hospitals Sa
a UUP-backed initiative to stabilize and
care throughout Brooklyn.
This plan would preserve SUNY Down
several financially unstable hospitals
including Interfaith Medical Center, Br
Island College Hospital and Kingsbrook J
Center. You can see the proposa
http://www.brooklynhospitalplan.org.
It calls for the creation of a network of s
latory care centers, and would be controlle
iated with 14 other Brooklyn hospitals. Do
be the network’s hub, educating and su
cians and medical staff to the care center
with doctors at the other hospitals.
It’s a simple, effective plan and, if give
will work.
New York has a responsibility to provide
care needs of its citizens. The Brooklyn Ho
Net Plan—our plan and the communit
viable, workable option for long-term h
Brooklyn.
That’s something that Brooklyn residen
need.
Frederick E. Kowal is president of Uni
Professions, the union representing 35,000 fac
sional staff at SUNY’s 29 state-operated camp
SUNY’s public teaching hospitals and health
in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island and Syracu
charter schools poised to open in September, 2014 may be
worthy additions to the city’s educational offerings, their
needs should not trump the needs of existing schools
with existing students. And, indeed, when a charter
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
BY FREDERICK E. KOWAL
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Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
(Estab. 1953)
All letters sent to the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS should be brief and are subject to con-
densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
HOMEREPORTERHOMEREPORTERAND SUNSET NEWS
Each day, thousands of people depend
on SUNY Downstate Medical Center for
emergency medical care and vital
health care services.
But this state-operated public hospital has been in
danger of being closed or privatized for more than two
years. Hundreds of jobs have been lost, and numerous
health care services have been cut or curtailed due to the
hospital’s ill-prepared “Sustainability Plan.”
Now, there is language in the 2014-15 proposed state
budget that would open the door to as many as five cor-
porations to operate SUNY’s public hospitals.
United University Professions, the union that represents
nearly 3,000 employees at SUNY Downstate, has been
fighting to keep SUNY Downstate a fully operational state-
run facility. However, UUP isn’t fighting the battle alone.
The SUNY Downstate Coalition of Faith, Labor and
Community Leaders has become an important ally. The
coalition has staged a number of rallies and protests over
the past 18 months to save health care services and jobs
at SUNY Downstate and keep it a public facility.
The latest such effort is a 48-hour interfaith fast. It
will begin Sunday, March 9, at 3 p.m., in front of
Downstate’s 470 Clarkson Avenue entrance. Interfaith
leaders and members of the community will participate
to show their strong support for this beacon in Brooklyn
and call attention to the threats it faces.
You can take part in the fast or find out more about it
by calling 718-270-1519, or sending an email to
Brooklyn@uupmail.org.
We strongly urge you to join our campaign. Take part in
the fast, or come out and show your support. Together, we
can deliver a strong message that SUNY Downstate must
remain a full-service, state-operated public hospital.
The threats facing SUNY Downstate are real. The
SUNY Board of Trustees has openly discussed the possi-
bility of closing SUNY Downstate. There is also language
in the Executive Budget, which would allow corporations
to control SUNY’s public hospitals; one corporation must
affiliate with an academic medical institution or teach-
ing hospital. SUNY Downstate has Brooklyn’s only
teaching hospital.
Privatizing or closing SUNY Downstate as a way for
the state to save dollars is shortsighted and unnecessary.
We believe the answer to Brooklyn’s health care short-
comings lies in the “Brooklyn Hospitals Safety Net Plan,”
a UUP-backed initiative to stabilize and deliver health
care throughout Brooklyn.
This plan would preserve SUNY Downstate and save
several financially unstable hospitals in Brooklyn,
including Interfaith Medical Center, Brookdale, Long
Island College Hospital and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical
Center. You can see the proposal online at
http://www.brooklynhospitalplan.org.
It calls for the creation of a network of satellite ambu-
latory care centers, and would be controlled by and affil-
iated with 14 other Brooklyn hospitals. Downstate would
be the network’s hub, educating and supplying physi-
cians and medical staff to the care centers and working
with doctors at the other hospitals.
It’s a simple, effective plan and, if given a chance, it
will work.
New York has a responsibility to provide for the health
care needs of its citizens. The Brooklyn Hospitals Safety
Net Plan—our plan and the community’s plan—is a
viable, workable option for long-term health care in
Brooklyn.
That’s something that Brooklyn residents desperately
need.
Frederick E. Kowal is president of United University
Professions, the union representing 35,000 faculty and profes-
sional staff at SUNY’s 29 state-operated campuses, including
SUNY’s public teaching hospitals and health science centers
in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island and Syracuse.
needs should not trump the needs of existing schools
with existing students. And, indeed, when a charter
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
In addition, elected officials and senior advocates are
pushing for a raise in the income that seniors can have
and still qualify for SCRIE, a program that controls
increases in rent. The last time the income ceiling was
increased (to $29,000) was in 2009, meaning that an
increase is now overdue.
We join advocates in urging seniors and their
families to call their state elected officials and let them
know – the time has come to make it easier for seniors
to age with dignity.
The Tolls are Too Damn High!
That’s the unfortunate reality of trying to commute
by car inside the city of New York.
The cost to travel round trip across any of our tolled
crossing is $15 cash. The discounted EZ-Pass rate is
just under $11.
For trips into Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx,
we have several toll-free options which allow for easy
commuting between boroughs without facing this daily
expense.
However, there is no way to enter Staten Island
without being hit by this outrageous toll. For those that
work, go to school, or visit family in Staten Island, they
are paying $10.66 each time they cross the bridge, with
EZ-Pass. That is unsustainable, and unrealistic.
For two years now, Assemblymember Nicole
Malliotakis and I have been fighting for a reduced fare
for those who cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
three or more times a month.
This discount would mirror that put in place by
the Port Authority, allowing for a 58 percent discount
from the cash price for crossing the bridge for those
who have residency in New York City and travel over
the bridge more than three times a month.
This would bring the price from $10.66 to $6.30.
That would be real savings for our families, real relief
from the tolls.
Last week, we had a major victory in this fight. The
New York State Senate included a feasibility study
in its one house budget. This means our plan is on
the way to becoming a reality. We need to keep the
pressure on.
We need to convince the Assembly and the governor
that this discount plan needs to be a priority.
Please join with us and sign a petition to let
everyone know how important this issue is.
Visit www.TheTollsareTooDamnHigh.com and sign
onto our petition to make this discount plan a reality.
Together we can achieve reasonable toll rates on
the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
State Senator Marty Golden represents the 22nd
Senate District in Brooklyn, including Bay Ridge,
Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Manhattan Beach,
Gravesend, Gerritsen Beach, Marine Park and
portions of Sheepshead Bay, Midwood and Boro
Park.
skyrocketing tolls
BY STATE SENATOR MARTY GOLDEN
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Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
(Estab. 1953)
All letters sent to the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS should be brief and are subject to con-
densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
HOMEREPORTERHOMEREPORTERAND SUNSET NEWS
emergency medical care and vital
health care services.
But this state-operated public hospital has been in
danger of being closed or privatized for more than two
years. Hundreds of jobs have been lost, and numerous
health care services have been cut or curtailed due to the
hospital’s ill-prepared “Sustainability Plan.”
Now, there is language in the 2014-15 proposed state
budget that would open the door to as many as five cor-
porations to operate SUNY’s public hospitals.
United University Professions, the union that represents
nearly 3,000 employees at SUNY Downstate, has been
fighting to keep SUNY Downstate a fully operational state-
run facility. However, UUP isn’t fighting the battle alone.
The SUNY Downstate Coalition of Faith, Labor and
Community Leaders has become an important ally. The
coalition has staged a number of rallies and protests over
the past 18 months to save health care services and jobs
at SUNY Downstate and keep it a public facility.
The latest such effort is a 48-hour interfaith fast. It
will begin Sunday, March 9, at 3 p.m., in front of
Downstate’s 470 Clarkson Avenue entrance. Interfaith
leaders and members of the community will participate
to show their strong support for this beacon in Brooklyn
and call attention to the threats it faces.
You can take part in the fast or find out more about it
by calling 718-270-1519, or sending an email to
Brooklyn@uupmail.org.
We strongly urge you to join our campaign. Take part in
the fast, or come out and show your support. Together, we
can deliver a strong message that SUNY Downstate must
remain a full-service, state-operated public hospital.
The threats facing SUNY Downstate are real. The
SUNY Board of Trustees has openly discussed the possi-
bility of closing SUNY Downstate. There is also language
affiliate with an academic medica
ing hospital. SUNY Downstate
teaching hospital.
Privatizing or closing SUNY D
the state to save dollars is shortsig
We believe the answer to Brookly
comings lies in the “Brooklyn Hosp
a UUP-backed initiative to stabil
care throughout Brooklyn.
This plan would preserve SUN
several financially unstable ho
including Interfaith Medical Ce
Island College Hospital and King
Center. You can see the
http://www.brooklynhospitalplan.o
It calls for the creation of a netw
latory care centers, and would be
iated with 14 other Brooklyn hosp
be the network’s hub, educating
cians and medical staff to the car
with doctors at the other hospital
It’s a simple, effective plan and
will work.
New York has a responsibility to
care needs of its citizens. The Bro
Net Plan—our plan and the co
viable, workable option for long
Brooklyn.
That’s something that Brooklyn
need.
Frederick E. Kowal is president
Professions, the union representing 3
sional staff at SUNY’s 29 state-opera
SUNY’s public teaching hospitals an
in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island an
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
(USPS 248.800)
9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
(Estab. 1953)
All letters sent to the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS should be brief and are subject to con-
densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
HOMEREPORTERHOMEREPORTERAND SUNSET NEWS
Each day, thousands of people depend
on SUNY Downstate Medical Center for
emergency medical care and vital
health care services.
But this state-operated public hospital has been in
danger of being closed or privatized for more than two
years. Hundreds of jobs have been lost, and numerous
health care services have been cut or curtailed due to the
hospital’s ill-prepared “Sustainability Plan.”
Now, there is language in the 2014-15 proposed state
budget that would open the door to as many as five cor-
porations to operate SUNY’s public hospitals.
United University Professions, the union that represents
nearly 3,000 employees at SUNY Downstate, has been
fighting to keep SUNY Downstate a fully operational state-
run facility. However, UUP isn’t fighting the battle alone.
The SUNY Downstate Coalition of Faith, Labor and
Community Leaders has become an important ally. The
coalition has staged a number of rallies and protests over
the past 18 months to save health care services and jobs
at SUNY Downstate and keep it a public facility.
The latest such effort is a 48-hour interfaith fast. It
will begin Sunday, March 9, at 3 p.m., in front of
Downstate’s 470 Clarkson Avenue entrance. Interfaith
leaders and members of the community will participate
to show their strong support for this beacon in Brooklyn
and call attention to the threats it faces.
You can take part in the fast or find out more about it
by calling 718-270-1519, or sending an email to
Brooklyn@uupmail.org.
We strongly urge you to join our campaign. Take part in
the fast, or come out and show your support. Together, we
can deliver a strong message that SUNY Downstate must
remain a full-service, state-operated public hospital.
The threats facing SUNY Downstate are real. The
SUNY Board of Trustees has openly discussed the possi-
bility of closing SUNY Downstate. There is also language
in the Executive Budget, which would allow
to control SUNY’s public hospitals; one cor
affiliate with an academic medical institu
ing hospital. SUNY Downstate has Br
teaching hospital.
Privatizing or closing SUNY Downstate
the state to save dollars is shortsighted an
We believe the answer to Brooklyn’s heal
comings lies in the “Brooklyn Hospitals Sa
a UUP-backed initiative to stabilize and
care throughout Brooklyn.
This plan would preserve SUNY Downs
several financially unstable hospitals
including Interfaith Medical Center, Br
Island College Hospital and Kingsbrook J
Center. You can see the proposa
http://www.brooklynhospitalplan.org.
It calls for the creation of a network of s
latory care centers, and would be controlle
iated with 14 other Brooklyn hospitals. Do
be the network’s hub, educating and sup
cians and medical staff to the care center
with doctors at the other hospitals.
It’s a simple, effective plan and, if give
will work.
New York has a responsibility to provide
care needs of its citizens. The Brooklyn Ho
Net Plan—our plan and the communit
viable, workable option for long-term h
Brooklyn.
That’s something that Brooklyn residen
need.
Frederick E. Kowal is president of Uni
Professions, the union representing 35,000 fac
sional staff at SUNY’s 29 state-operated camp
SUNY’s public teaching hospitals and health
in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island and Syracu
charter schools poised to open in September, 2014 may be
worthy additions to the city’s educational offerings, their
needs should not trump the needs of existing schools
with existing students. And, indeed, when a charter
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
BY FREDERICK E. KOWAL
(USPS 248.800)
9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
(Estab. 1953)
All letters sent to the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS should be brief and are subject to con-
densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
HOMEREPORTERHOMEREPORTERAND SUNSET NEWS
Each day, thousands of people depend
on SUNY Downstate Medical Center for
emergency medical care and vital
health care services.
But this state-operated public hospital has been in
danger of being closed or privatized for more than two
years. Hundreds of jobs have been lost, and numerous
health care services have been cut or curtailed due to the
hospital’s ill-prepared “Sustainability Plan.”
Now, there is language in the 2014-15 proposed state
budget that would open the door to as many as five cor-
porations to operate SUNY’s public hospitals.
United University Professions, the union that represents
nearly 3,000 employees at SUNY Downstate, has been
fighting to keep SUNY Downstate a fully operational state-
run facility. However, UUP isn’t fighting the battle alone.
The SUNY Downstate Coalition of Faith, Labor and
Community Leaders has become an important ally. The
coalition has staged a number of rallies and protests over
the past 18 months to save health care services and jobs
at SUNY Downstate and keep it a public facility.
The latest such effort is a 48-hour interfaith fast. It
will begin Sunday, March 9, at 3 p.m., in front of
Downstate’s 470 Clarkson Avenue entrance. Interfaith
leaders and members of the community will participate
to show their strong support for this beacon in Brooklyn
and call attention to the threats it faces.
You can take part in the fast or find out more about it
by calling 718-270-1519, or sending an email to
Brooklyn@uupmail.org.
We strongly urge you to join our campaign. Take part in
the fast, or come out and show your support. Together, we
can deliver a strong message that SUNY Downstate must
remain a full-service, state-operated public hospital.
The threats facing SUNY Downstate are real. The
SUNY Board of Trustees has openly discussed the possi-
bility of closing SUNY Downstate. There is also language
in the Executive Budget, which would allow corporations
to control SUNY’s public hospitals; one corporation must
affiliate with an academic medical institution or teach-
ing hospital. SUNY Downstate has Brooklyn’s only
teaching hospital.
Privatizing or closing SUNY Downstate as a way for
the state to save dollars is shortsighted and unnecessary.
We believe the answer to Brooklyn’s health care short-
comings lies in the “Brooklyn Hospitals Safety Net Plan,”
a UUP-backed initiative to stabilize and deliver health
care throughout Brooklyn.
This plan would preserve SUNY Downstate and save
several financially unstable hospitals in Brooklyn,
including Interfaith Medical Center, Brookdale, Long
Island College Hospital and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical
Center. You can see the proposal online at
http://www.brooklynhospitalplan.org.
It calls for the creation of a network of satellite ambu-
latory care centers, and would be controlled by and affil-
iated with 14 other Brooklyn hospitals. Downstate would
be the network’s hub, educating and supplying physi-
cians and medical staff to the care centers and working
with doctors at the other hospitals.
It’s a simple, effective plan and, if given a chance, it
will work.
New York has a responsibility to provide for the health
care needs of its citizens. The Brooklyn Hospitals Safety
Net Plan—our plan and the community’s plan—is a
viable, workable option for long-term health care in
Brooklyn.
That’s something that Brooklyn residents desperately
need.
Frederick E. Kowal is president of United University
Professions, the union representing 35,000 faculty and profes-
sional staff at SUNY’s 29 state-operated campuses, including
SUNY’s public teaching hospitals and health science centers
in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island and Syracuse.
needs should not trump the needs of existing schools
with existing students. And, indeed, when a charter
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
pleted by May, salutes the area’s storied past as it builds
on the excitement and growth that have characterized
the amusement area over the past several years.
The continued progress is great news for Coney,
for Brooklyn and for the city as a whole, particu-
larly coming in the wake of the devastation wrought by
Superstorm Sandy, which in areas like Coney Island is
still a factor.
We hope it is a harbinger of more good things to
come.
Some welcome news came on the cusp of National
Nutrition Month. The Obama administration
announced significant reforms of nutrition labeling to
educate consumers better so they know what they’re
putting in their bodies each day.
That announcement dovetailed with a federal report
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
showing a stunning reduction in the obesity rate
of young children. Both display encouraging news,
because addressing health and fitness issues early on
produces a lifetime of benefits.
As a nonprofit that provides access to primary care
for our city’s underserved communities, Community
Healthcare Network is on the frontlines of this unrelent-
ing war on obesity. We’re taking our efforts to the streets
this month to inform people as they shop – and eat.
An alarming proportion of unhealthy foods stock
the shelves of corner delis across our city. While these
small businesses are the lifeblood of vibrant neighbor-
hoods, the choices many folks make are packing on
the pounds.
This month, we encourage New Yorkers to put down
those salted Wise potato chips and instead make some
wise decisions about their health. Here’s our top 10 list
of the calorie culprits at the corner stores:
•Don’t saddle up to the breakfast bar. Breakfast
bars (granola, protein and energy bars) can have more
sugars than breakfast pastries and candy bars.
•Quenching your thirst. Gatorade and enhanced
vitamin drinks usually don’t have vitamins and contain
unnecessary salts and sugars.
•The low-down on “low fat.” It normally means
high salt and higher sugar.
•When the chips are down. No-cholesterol potato
chips are fried in vegetable oil; cholesterol is irrelevant.
•Don’t butta la pasta. Tri-color pasta doesn’t mean
anything other than it’s dyed pasta.
•Separate wheat from the chaff. Make sure “wheat”
bread contains “whole grains.”
•Fruitful? More like full of sweeteners. Some
smoothies and fruit juice are loaded with sugar and
fattening yogurt.
•When Greek and regular yogurt are not chic.
Avoid with added fruit/fruit syrup. And, the frozen
kinds usually pack in more sugar and far less protein.
•Down the wrong trail. Avoid mixes with added
chocolates (which add in tons of extra calories and
sugar) and watch portions.
•Low price, but hidden costs. Processed foods are
easy to grab on-the-go, but boxed muffins and snacks,
chicken nuggets and processed meats contain tons of
sodium, sugar and unhealthy preservatives.
Consumed over the years, the above ingredients are
the recipe for an unhealthy future. Seem overwhelm-
ing? Not if you start with some simple changes. So
here are 10 healthier picks: sweet potatoes, avocados,
plain Greek yogurt or regular plain yogurt, trail mix
(without the add-ins!), whole grain bread, natural nut
butter, light air-popped popcorn or pretzels, cottage
cheese, fruit and eggs.
We want to ensure that all New Yorkers have the
tools to develop better habits within their means.
Starting with small changes, what they put on their
plates can make a huge difference.
Catherine Abate is the president/CEO of Community
Healthcare Network.
dietary choices
BY CATHERINE ABATE
Each day, thousands of people depend
on SUNY Downstate Medical Center for
emergency medical care and vital
health care services.
But this state-operated public hospital has been in
danger of being closed or privatized for more than two
years. Hundreds of jobs have been lost, and numerous
health care services have been cut or curtailed due to the
hospital’s ill-prepared “Sustainability Plan.”
Now, there is language in the 2014-15 proposed state
budget that would open the door to as many as five cor-
porations to operate SUNY’s public hospitals.
United University Professions, the union that represents
nearly 3,000 employees at SUNY Downstate, has been
fighting to keep SUNY Downstate a fully operational state-
run facility. However, UUP isn’t fighting the battle alone.
The SUNY Downstate Coalition of Faith, Labor and
Community Leaders has become an important ally. The
coalition has staged a number of rallies and protests over
the past 18 months to save health care services and jobs
at SUNY Downstate and keep it a public facility.
The latest such effort is a 48-hour interfaith fast. It
will begin Sunday, March 9, at 3 p.m., in front of
Downstate’s 470 Clarkson Avenue entrance. Interfaith
leaders and members of the community will participate
to show their strong support for this beacon in Brooklyn
and call attention to the threats it faces.
You can take part in the fast or find out more about it
by calling 718-270-1519, or sending an email to
Brooklyn@uupmail.org.
We strongly urge you to join our campaign. Take part in
the fast, or come out and show your support. Together, we
can deliver a strong message that SUNY Downstate must
remain a full-service, state-operated public hospital.
The threats facing SUNY Downstate are real. The
SUNY Board of Trustees has openly discussed the possi-
bility of closing SUNY Downstate. There is also language
in the Executive Budget, which would allow corporations
to control SUNY’s public hospitals; one corporation must
affiliate with an academic medical institution or teach-
ing hospital. SUNY Downstate has Brooklyn’s only
teaching hospital.
Privatizing or closing SUNY Downstate as a way for
the state to save dollars is shortsighted and unnecessary.
We believe the answer to Brooklyn’s health care short-
comings lies in the “Brooklyn Hospitals Safety Net Plan,”
a UUP-backed initiative to stabilize and deliver health
care throughout Brooklyn.
This plan would preserve SUNY Downstate and save
several financially unstable hospitals in Brooklyn,
including Interfaith Medical Center, Brookdale, Long
Island College Hospital and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical
Center. You can see the proposal online at
http://www.brooklynhospitalplan.org.
It calls for the creation of a network of satellite ambu-
latory care centers, and would be controlled by and affil-
iated with 14 other Brooklyn hospitals. Downstate would
be the network’s hub, educating and supplying physi-
cians and medical staff to the care centers and working
with doctors at the other hospitals.
It’s a simple, effective plan and, if given a chance, it
will work.
New York has a responsibility to provide for the health
care needs of its citizens. The Brooklyn Hospitals Safety
Net Plan—our plan and the community’s plan—is a
viable, workable option for long-term health care in
Brooklyn.
That’s something that Brooklyn residents desperately
need.
Frederick E. Kowal is president of United University
Professions, the union representing 35,000 faculty and profes-
sional staff at SUNY’s 29 state-operated campuses, including
SUNY’s public teaching hospitals and health science centers
in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island and Syracuse.
needs should not trump the needs of existing schools
with existing students. And, indeed, when a charter
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
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(USPS 248.800)
9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
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POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
HOMEREPORTERHOMEREPORTERAND SUNSET NEWS
health care services.
But this state-operated public hospital has been in
danger of being closed or privatized for more than two
years. Hundreds of jobs have been lost, and numerous
health care services have been cut or curtailed due to the
hospital’s ill-prepared “Sustainability Plan.”
Now, there is language in the 2014-15 proposed state
budget that would open the door to as many as five cor-
porations to operate SUNY’s public hospitals.
United University Professions, the union that represents
nearly 3,000 employees at SUNY Downstate, has been
fighting to keep SUNY Downstate a fully operational state-
run facility. However, UUP isn’t fighting the battle alone.
The SUNY Downstate Coalition of Faith, Labor and
Community Leaders has become an important ally. The
coalition has staged a number of rallies and protests over
the past 18 months to save health care services and jobs
at SUNY Downstate and keep it a public facility.
The latest such effort is a 48-hour interfaith fast. It
will begin Sunday, March 9, at 3 p.m., in front of
Downstate’s 470 Clarkson Avenue entrance. Interfaith
leaders and members of the community will participate
to show their strong support for this beacon in Brooklyn
and call attention to the threats it faces.
You can take part in the fast or find out more about it
by calling 718-270-1519, or sending an email to
Brooklyn@uupmail.org.
We strongly urge you to join our campaign. Take part in
the fast, or come out and show your support. Together, we
can deliver a strong message that SUNY Downstate must
remain a full-service, state-operated public hospital.
The threats facing SUNY Downstate are real. The
SUNY Board of Trustees has openly discussed the possi-
bility of closing SUNY Downstate. There is also language
ing hospital. SUNY Downstate has Brooklyn’s only
teaching hospital.
Privatizing or closing SUNY Downstate as a way for
the state to save dollars is shortsighted and unnecessary.
We believe the answer to Brooklyn’s health care short-
comings lies in the “Brooklyn Hospitals Safety Net Plan,”
a UUP-backed initiative to stabilize and deliver health
care throughout Brooklyn.
This plan would preserve SUNY Downstate and save
several financially unstable hospitals in Brooklyn,
including Interfaith Medical Center, Brookdale, Long
Island College Hospital and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical
Center. You can see the proposal online at
http://www.brooklynhospitalplan.org.
It calls for the creation of a network of satellite ambu-
latory care centers, and would be controlled by and affil-
iated with 14 other Brooklyn hospitals. Downstate would
be the network’s hub, educating and supplying physi-
cians and medical staff to the care centers and working
with doctors at the other hospitals.
It’s a simple, effective plan and, if given a chance, it
will work.
New York has a responsibility to provide for the health
care needs of its citizens. The Brooklyn Hospitals Safety
Net Plan—our plan and the community’s plan—is a
viable, workable option for long-term health care in
Brooklyn.
That’s something that Brooklyn residents desperately
need.
Frederick E. Kowal is president of United University
Professions, the union representing 35,000 faculty and profes-
sional staff at SUNY’s 29 state-operated campuses, including
SUNY’s public teaching hospitals and health science centers
in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island and Syracuse.
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
(USPS 248.800)
9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
(Estab. 1953)
All letters sent to the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS should be brief and are subject to con-
densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
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attend those schools deserve no less.
(USPS 248.800)
9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
(Estab. 1953)
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densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
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school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
(USPS 248.800)
9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
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POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
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involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
and still qualify for SCRIE, a program that controls
increases in rent. The last time the income ceiling was
increased (to $29,000) was in 2009, meaning that an
increase is now overdue.
We join advocates in urging seniors and their
families to call their state elected officials and let them
know – the time has come to make it easier for seniors
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(USPS 248.800)
9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
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(Estab. 1953)
All letters sent to the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS should be brief and are subject to con-
densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
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The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
(USPS 248.800)
9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
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densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
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danger of be
years. Hundr
health care s
hospital’s ill-
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budget that w
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fighting to ke
run facility. H
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worthy additions to the city’s educational offerings, their
needs should not trump the needs of existing schools
with existing students. And, indeed, when a charter
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
(USPS 248.800)
9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
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densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
HOMEREPORTERHOMEREPORTERAND SUNSET NEWS
But this sta
danger of being
years. Hundred
health care serv
hospital’s ill-pre
Now, there is
budget that wo
porations to ope
United Unive
nearly 3,000 em
fighting to keep
run facility. How
The SUNY D
Community Le
coalition has sta
the past 18 mon
at SUNY Down
The latest su
will begin Sun
Downstate’s 47
leaders and me
to show their st
and call attenti
You can take
by calling 71
Brooklyn@uupm
We strongly u
the fast, or com
can deliver a str
remain a full-se
The threats
SUNY Board of
bility of closing
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
the amusement area over the past several years.
The continued progress is great news for Coney,
for Brooklyn and for the city as a whole, particu-
larly coming in the wake of the devastation wrought by
Superstorm Sandy, which in areas like Coney Island is
still a factor.
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come.
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budget that wou
porations to ope
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nearly 3,000 em
fighting to keep S
run facility. How
The SUNY D
Community Lea
coalition has sta
the past 18 mon
at SUNY Downs
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will begin Sun
Downstate’s 470
leaders and mem
to show their str
and call attentio
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by calling 718
Brooklyn@uupm
We strongly ur
the fast, or come
can deliver a str
remain a full-ser
The threats f
SUNY Board of
bility of closing S
with existing students. And, indeed, when a charter
school is put inside a public school, the process must
involve the school communities at both educational insti-
tutions, and parents must also be involved.
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.
9733 Fourth Avenue, Bklyn, NY 11209
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Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
THE BROOKLYN SPECTATOR is published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group,
Inc., continuing THE BROOKLYN TIMES (established 1974) including Bay Record
and Advertiser, The Shore Record and The Flatbush Reporter.
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Name withheld on request.
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BROOKLYN SPECTATOR. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the BROOK-
LYN SPECTATOR within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed unless
paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The
advertiser agrees to hold the BROOKLYN SPECTATOR and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or record-
ing placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
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(Established 1933)
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9733 FOURTH AVE. • BROOKLYN, NY 11209
Co-Publisher ... Victoria Schneps-Yunis
Co-Publisher ... Joshua A. Schneps
Editor in Chief ... Helen Klein
Telephone 718-238-6600
Fax 718-238-6630
E-mail editorial@homereporter.com
Periodical postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Published weekly by Brooklyn Media Group, Inc.
Single copies, 50 cents. $35 per year by mail, $40 outside Brooklyn. On June 8, 1962, the Bay
Ridge Home Reporter (founded 1953) and the Brooklyn Sunset News, a continuation of the Bay
Ridge News (founded 1943) were merged into the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS.
Postmaster: Send Address Changes To:
Home Reporter and Sunset News
9733 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11209
Entire contents copyright 2014 by Home Reporter and Sunset News
(Estab. 1953)
All letters sent to the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS should be brief and are subject to con-
densing. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where avail-
able, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name with-
held on request.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, AS WELL AS OP-ED PIECES IN NO WAY REFLECT THE PAPER’S
POSITION. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising
beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the HOME
REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed
unless paid prior to publication. Brooklyn Media Group, Inc. assumes no liability for the content or
reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertis-
er agrees to hold the HOME REPORTER AND SUNSET NEWS and its employees harmless from all
cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording
placed by the advertiser or any reply to such advertisement.
HOMEREPORTERHOMEREPORTERAND SUNSET NEWS
danger of being
years. Hundreds
health care serv
hospital’s ill-pre
Now, there is
budget that wou
porations to ope
United Univer
nearly 3,000 em
fighting to keep S
run facility. How
The SUNY D
Community Lea
coalition has sta
the past 18 mon
at SUNY Downs
The latest su
will begin Sun
Downstate’s 470
leaders and mem
to show their str
and call attentio
You can take p
by calling 718
Brooklyn@uupm
We strongly ur
the fast, or come
can deliver a stro
remain a full-ser
The threats f
SUNY Board of
bility of closing S
The city must go back to the drawing board and come
up with alternative arrangements for the charter schools
planned for Seth Low and Cavallaro as well as other
schools where they are opposed.. The students who
attend those schools deserve no less.