Diamond is our 6 year old Schipperke mix. Stop by the shelter and spend time with her to see if she is the right match for you. Diamond will thrive in a forever home and be your faithful companion. She will be responsive to positive reinforcement training. Our experienced staff is available to talk with you, answer your questions, and provide advice on how to transition her to your home.
Diamond is spayed, dewormed, treated to prevent fleas and ticks, and up-to-date with vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $200.00. She'll get one free exam at our vet's office, one free month of pet health insurance, and a microchip. If you'd like to adopt her, please call or visit.
Diamond can't wait to meet you!Sean Casey Animal Rescue
Solomon is our 3 year old Pit Bull mix. Solomon has an interesting story...he was at Animal Care & Control in Brooklyn for a while but he wasn't adopted.
He got sick and tested positive for heartworm and was placed on the euthanasia list, but no one wanted to perform the procedure because of the cross on Solomon's chest!
Solomon was placed at our rescue where he has been successfully treated for heartworm and is ready to find his forever home.
Solomon needs a home with no small animals (no cats, guinea pigs etc). Solomon has survived the city shelter and heartworm...he is ready to live his life to the fullest and find his lifelong companion!
Solomon's adopter must have him retested for heartworm and keep him on heartworm preventative medication for the rest of his life. Stop by the shelter and spend time with him to see if he is the right match for you.Sean Casey Animal Rescue
Solomon will thrive in his forever home and be your faithful companion. He will be responsive to positive reinforcement training. Our experienced staff is available to talk with you, answer your questions, and provide advice on how to transition him to your home.
Solomon is neutered, dewormed, treated to prevent fleas & ticks, and is up to date with vaccinations. His adoption fee is $200.00, and he'll get one free exam at our vet's office, one free month of pet health insurance, and a microchip.
If you'd like to adopt him please call or visit...we are conveniently located in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn near the F train and we're open every day from 11am to 7pm. Solomon can't wait to meet you!
As I talk to the parents of public school students, one issue I've heard about often is school food - making it more nutritious and sustainable, and getting kids to eat healthy meals (not always at easy thing, I know, as the parent of a 7 year old and a 10 year old).
Many schools in our community have already taken some great steps forward - among other things, they're putting in salad bars, planting school gardens, working with SchoolFood staff on menus, getting rid of Styrofoam, reducing waste, and planning harvest days. As I educate myself further, I've learned that there are many ways for schools to improve the food they serve and that there are many actions we can take, as a city, to do better in feeding our children when they're not at home.
Toward that end, my office and parent leaders from local schools have been working together with the New York City Department of Education's Office of SchoolFood, the Brooklyn Food Coalition, GrowNYC, the District 15 Community Education Council and other organizations on the "School Food Rocks" conference, to be held Saturday, October 23rd.
"School Food Rocks" will bring together parents, educators, students, SchoolFood staff, and food activists to discuss how we can work together to achieve healthier and more sustainable school food throughout District 15. The conference will help schools get started or take next steps in improving their food programs, and strengthen the network of parents and school leaders working on food issues.
The conference will take place on Saturday, October 23rd, from 10am-3pm, at MS 51 (350 5th Avenue). You can register through our website. The day-long event will include an expo fair of sustainable school food programs; workshops on a range of topics; and keynote speeches from Chef Jorge (the first executive chef of the New York City schools) and celebrated author and "Renegade Lunch Lady" Chef Ann Cooper.
Topics covered at the conference will include:
- starting a school garden
- working with SchoolFood on implementing salad bars and healthy menus
- improving your schools' recycling program
Whether your school already has an active sustainable food program, or is just getting started, this conference will be a chance for you to share best practices and collect new information.
I hope you will join us on October 23. Click Click here to register!
I look forward to seeing you there!
September 23, 2010
Dear New Yorker,
We wanted to give you a quick update on our efforts to assist small business as we head into the fall season.
Preventing Unnecessary Burdens
To help make NYC a friendlier place for small business, this past month the Council passed legislation (Intro. 91) that will improve the City's rule-making process as well as the regulatory environment for members of regulated communities, particularly small business.
The bill, which we expect the Mayor to sign into law shortly, comes largely from the work of the Regulatory Review Panel and also incorporates principles first proposed by Council Minority Leader James Oddo.
Specifically, Intro. 91 will change the City's rule-making process to ensure, among other things, that:
- agency rules are not unduly burdensome;
- agencies conduct outreach to those affected by the proposed rules;
- new or modified rules are clear and easy to understand;
- cure periods instead of automatic fines are included in rules whenever possible and appropriate so that businesses have an opportunity to fix problems before they are fined; and
- agencies promulgating rules carefully consider ways to prevent unreasonable compliance costs.
We'd like to thank the Mayor and his administration for their leadership and support in this effort.
We'd also like to thank Anthony Crowell, Council Minority Leader Oddo, Council Member Leroy Comrie, Council Member Karen Koslowitz and the entire Regulatory Review Panel for all of their hard work and effort seeing this bill through the Council.
For additional information on Intro. 91, click here or visit us online at http://www.council.nyc.gov.
3 Golden Rules to Help Small Biz
In an op-ed piece that we wrote that recently appeared in the September 13th edition of Crain's New York Business Weekly, we describe our three "golden rules" for supporting small business:
By sticking to these three simple rules, we can better support small businesses and keep our City growing and moving forward.
- Help make it easier for owners to open their doors.
- Help existing small businesses grow and expand.
- Get out of the way of small businesses.
Sincerely,
Christine C. Quinn
Speaker
NYC Council
Diana Reyna
Chair, Small Business Committee
NYC Council
The Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts, more commonly known as BIPA, was launched in 1993 with a view to keeping alive the rich Bengali culture among Bangladeshis living in the U.S., and to acquainting and enriching the American mainstream with our wonderful heritage.
We have performed in many mainstream establishments, including Ellis Island, the United Nations, Union Square Park, the American Museum of Natural History, the Queens Museum of Art, New York City public libraries, parks, schools, and colleges; Governor’s and Mayor’s programs, Asian Heritage Festivals, and also in various states across the country.
The founding members of BIPA are still active teachers, and they have been working very hard for the past 17 years to ensure that all of their students learn what they need to know to pass on our culture to future generations. These students become part of the “uttoradhikar,” or “inheritance” of their culture.
The Sean Casey Animal Rescue Team
Artists in Permanent Residence:Green-Wood Cemetery, since its founding in 1838, has attracted many artists. They have come to tour its grounds, to appreciate its picturesque and romantic landscape. In large numbers, they have chosen to be interred in its earth. For the last decade, we have been collecting items pertaining to Green-Wood and those who have chosen it as their final resting place: photographic portraits, a soda fountain, post cards, books, Coney Island menus and rides, and much more. These items have supplemented historic records and maps already in our archives.Source: http://www.green-wood.com/store.php/store/category/2/event/52
Five years ago, Richard J. Moylan, Green-Wood’s president, began collecting, on behalf of our Historic Fund, art created by painters who are interred here. Since then, research by our Artists Project has revealed more than 300 artists who lie in Green-Wood’s earth, ranging from Asher B. Durand (1796–1886), leader of the Hudson River School (America’s first group of painters), to Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), an Andy Warhol protégé.
We will display just a few paintings and prints from what has grown into a substantial and unique collection, one which helps us to tell the story of Green-Wood Cemetery and its permanent residents. Soon, we hope, we will be able to devote a space here to permanent displays from our ever-growing, and endlessly fascinating, collection.
This collection makes its premiere at the Third Annual Gala Benefit on Thursday, September 16.
The event is free and open to the public.
Location: The Historic Chapel @ Green-Wood
Source: http://www.green-wood.com/store.php/store/category/2/tour/242
The Draft Riots of 1863 is one of the saddest chapters in New York City history. Many of the participants – both famous and unknown – are buried in Green-Wood. Horace Greeley, Henry J. Raymond, “Boss” Tweed, the Brooks Brothers, abolitionist Abigail Hopper Gibbons and others, rest here along with little known victims of the riots. The 2005 film, “Gangs of New York” featured many of them as characters, including one, William “Bill the Butcher” Poole, who was actually dead by the time of the riots. Walk may be hilly and strenuous – wear comfortable walking shoes.
The tour is $10 for Historic Fund members / $15 for non-members. Reservations are recommended. Reserve your ticket online today or call 718.768.7300.
Ruth Edebohls is a tour guide for the Green-Wood Historic Fund. After having worked for the Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment as its Coordinator of Urban Tours and as a tour guide for 15 years, she began doing tours for the Historic Fund a year ago. A Brooklyn native, she is a licensed New York City Tour Guide and urban historian with a special enthusiasm for Green-Wood Cemetery. Over the years, she has created and led many fascinating tours of Green-Wood.
Meeting Point: Inside the main entrance at 25th Street and 5th Avenue.
Price: $15.00.
subject: PLEASE TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS. LET'S KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.
Dear neighbors, I got this from a concerned neighbor on Clara Street. Let's keep an eye out for unusual activity.
"Just wanted to keep you in the loop. Today a house was broken into on Clara between Dahill and Chester. The robber climbed through a window from the backyard. Some stuff was stolen since no one was home at 11:30 AM today, yeah broad daylight. The cops showed up later and did their thing. Nothing further to report."
