STANDING Brooklyn’s Biggest Booster
TJ Club celebrates at annual holiday party
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
Talk about party politics!
Three cheers for the Thomas
Jefferson Democratic Club, which
hosted local politicos and prominent
legal eagles at their annual
holiday party on Dec. 15!
The inf luential Canarsie political
club — led by Kings County Democratic
Party Boss Frank Seddio —
held the event at the more spacious
digs of Berge Beach’s Hudson River
Yacht Club for a fete replete with
food, dancing, and karaoke, according
to one of the organizers behind
the event.
The night was an all-around
success, according to Democratic
District Leader Sue Ann Partnow,
who said the night was made better
by Kings County’s political
honchos who made time in their
busy schedules to celebrate the
holidays.
“We look forward to it every
year,” Partnow said. “We feel good
and they feel good.”
This year’s event featured attendance
from several high-profile
members on the borough’s political
scene — including Seddio, Councilman
Rafael Espinal (D—Bedford-
Stuyvesant), and Brooklyn District
Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Standing O salutes the Thomas
Jefferson Democratic Club for a
successful event!
COURIER LIFE, D 36 ECEMBER 20-26, 2019
BY ROSE ADAMS
Fillmore Real Estate’s Sheepshead
Bay offi ce honored Maimonides Medical
Center at its Dec. 16 holiday bash
that, according to one organizer, was
a night to remember.
“It was a good night,” said Ann
McBride, a realtor at the Fillmore. “It
was a nice get-together.”
During the big event, around
75 staffers at Fillmore and Maimonides
schmoozed over food, drinks,
and music at the Avenue U offi ce
before realtors presented the chairman
of surgery at the medical center,
Dr. Patrick Borgen, with a check
for $41,000 for breast cancer research.
According to McBride, the money
was raised at Fillmore’s annual community
based event, Pat’s Pink Party,
which raises funds for breast cancer
research and outreach programs.
This past Oct., Fillmore sponsored
the 12th pink party in Mill Basin,
where locals and healthcare workers
gathered to fundraise for the noble
cause.
BY JESSICA PARKS
Cheers to fi ve years!
Healthcare provider
MetroPlus celebrated the fi veyear
anniversary of its Brooklyn
Community Offi ce in Flatbush on
Dec. 13 — while simultaneously
continuing to enroll prospective
insurees at an RV outside!
Over 31,000 consumers have
enrolled in health insurance at
the community offi ce, which was
launched in an effort to better
engage the surrounding community
by providing services and
forging partnerships, said the organization’s
chief growth offi cer.
“I think the offi ce really showcased
how a health plan could
work with the community to
bring needed services by partnering
with all these new entities we
didn’t have a relationship with
prior to,” said Roger Milliner.
The Brooklyn Community Offi
ce offers a myriad of community
services — such as English classes,
health education and screenings,
fi re safety classes, SNAP enrollment
assistance, immigration legal
services, and much more to
residents and consumers in the
outlying community.
The anniversary bash hosted
hundreds of attendees and a
number of elected offi cials or
their representatives — including
State Assemblywoman Rodneyse
Bichotte, State Senator
Kevin Parker, City Councilman
Mathieu Eugene, State Assemblywoman
Diana Richardson, State
Senator Zellnor Myrie, and State
Assemblywoman Jamie Williams
— who awarded proclamations to
MetroPlus Health Plan or gave
speeches to the crowd.
Following the reception and
speeches from the podium, attendees
enjoyed activities and entertainment
provided by MetroPlus
which truly had something for
everybody with a masseuse, a
photo booth, pictures with Santa
Claus and an area dedicated to
arts and crafts.
MetroPlus Health Plan also
conducted a holiday toy drive,
where they distributed hundreds
of toys to needy families
in the surrounding community!
Photos on Page 30
John Reinhardt and Ann McBride, along with their colleagues at Fillmore Real Estate,
presented a $41,000 check to Maimonides Medical Center’s Dr. Patrick Borgen.
Photo by Corazon Aguirre
Real estate firm honor Brooklyn hospital
From left, Michele Sealey, State Sen. Roxanne J. Persaud,
Yolaine Ridore, Rochone Fisher, Rosamond Arriaga, Sue
Ann Partnow, Sharron Borno.
Top Photo: Ben Pinczewski, State Sen. Roxanne J. Persaud, District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez, Democratic District Leader Sue Ann Partnow, and Hon. Frank
Seddio. Bottom photo: Hon. Caroly Cohen and her son, Democratic District
Leader David Schwartz, Craig Montalbano, Hon. Rosemarie Montalbano, Democratic
District Leader Tommy Torres, Hon. Theresa Ciccotto, Hon. Carolyn
Walker-Diallo, Councilman Rafael L Espinal Jr., Hon. Frank Seddio, and Democratic
District Leader Sue Ann Partnow. Photos courtesy of Sue Ann Partnow