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CAT
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Mr. Belvedere.
“I’m the proud owner of a new kitten
and yes, I’m a cat dude and this
one needed a home,” Lynn said of his
new best friend, a young male that he
will now need to take to the vet because
of ear mites.
“I’ve got a new best friend,” Lynn
said proudly. “He’s gonna have a
happy home now.” The trapped cat. Photo by Todd Maisel
MASKS
Brooklyn — Marine Park — it’s outrageous
to be shut out of City Hall’s mask
distribution program.”
Following the program’s debut,
Gounardes organized a letter signed
by 16 fellow pols calling on Hizzoner to
provide masks to more than one million
residents in the southern half of
the borough, where many of the city’s
essential workers and underserved
populations reside.
“This glaring omission leaves out
more than a million southern Brooklynites
— including many essential
workers, senior citizens, non-English
speakers, individuals with highhealth
risks, and NYCHA residents
— without access to a protective face
covering,” read the letter, delivered
to de Blasio on Thursday and later obtained
by Brooklyn Paper.
Days later, de Blasio announced
that volunteers, who will continue to
hand out complimentary face coverings
at city parks, will broaden distribution
to include NYCHA buildings,
Department of Education-sanctioned
“grab-and-go” meal hubs, citywide
ferry terminals, grocery stores, and
Mitchell-Lama buildings.
Southern Brooklyn Councilman
Mark Treyger commended the expansion
— especially the addition of DOE
meal sites — but lamented that his
constituents have claimed the added
Coney Island locations are not yet
equipped with the handouts.
“They went to some of the schools
in Coney Island and no one had the
masks,” Treyger told Brooklyn Paper,
adding also that DOE staffers were unaware
of the mayor’s announcement.
“That really speaks to a level of disconnect
between City Hall and their
staff.”
The councilman said he’s reached
out to City Hall, and that they are
“working to rectify the situation.” He
also hopes the city will consider distributing
masks on the Coney Island
Boardwalk, and within other public
spaces in his district that tend to
draw crowds, instead of concentrating
resources in the city’s wealthier zip
codes.
“They need to make sure that large
public spaces such as the boardwalk
also has access and some of our larger
parks and open spaces,” Treyger said.
“Many of our families, I would argue,
have a much greater need than zip
codes around Central Park and Prospect
Park.”
Until the program fully reaches
southern Brooklyn, residents of the
area will have to travel several miles
to the closest distribution site, which
can sometimes be as far as neighboring
Queens.
One Coney Islander made a nearly
1.5-hour trip by bike to his closest outpost
at Baisley Pond Park in South Jamaica
on Monday afternoon, only to
fi nd out there were no masks left 15
minutes before the two-hour distribution
window had closed.
“People are not happy,” the resident
tweeted.
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Councilman Mark Treyger would like to see masks handed out on the Coney Boardwalk.
Photo by Todd Maisel
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