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Seeking out a ‘miracle’
Lawyers unable to prove existence of Crown Heights housing deal
MTA to make 21 stations accessible by 2024
Dr. Melinda Keller of
the Brooklyn Spine Center
has been treating patients
with chronic back pain for
36 years.
She has heard it all from
patients who come to her
as a last resort, after they
have tried pills and injections.
Yet, despite these
treatments, they are still
suffering. They can’t sit
and do computer work for
their jobs. They can’t bend
to pick up their grandchildren.
Many can’t sleep at
night because the pain is excruciating.
Their quality of
life is so diminished, many
consider surgery to be their
only option.
But Dr. Keller provides
them with another alternative:
non-surgical decompression.
She utilizes
the DRX-9000 (pictured
right), a state-of-the-art device
that helps restore spinal
discs back to optimal
health. The machine gently
stretches the spine so that
pain subsides. As a result,
pressure on the nerves is
released. “It accelerates
the natural healing process,
and offers an effective
alternative to risky spine
surgery, painful injections,
and prescriptive medications,”
says Dr. Keller.
The results are based on
scientifi c evidence. “Post-
MRI results reveal actual
physical improvement to
the health of the spinal disc
in approximately 90% of the
cases,” says the doctor.
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D.R.X. stands for Decompression
Reduction Extraction,
and the DRX -9000 is
the best quality and most researched
decompression device
on the market, she says.
The system is manufactured
by Axiom Worldwide, and is
Food and Drug Administration
approved. This technology
allows Dr. Keller to
apply a controlled amount
of traction to specifi c parts
of the spine, gently easing
the pressure off of patients’
injured discs. Keeping discs
healthy is important. “Discs
are responsible for drawing
fl uid from the body that carries
nutrients and oxygen to
the spine,” says Dr. Keller.
“The spine needs these nutrients
to stay strong.”
The procedure is noninvasive,
and patients do not
feel any pain when undergoing
the treatment.
The only
thing they may
feel is a gentle
tug to the spine
as the machine
works to ease the
symptoms associated
with herniated
discs, degenerative disc
disease, and sciatica. While
this is taking place, patients
are lying comfortably on top
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of the machine’s cushioned
table. The treatment takes
place slowly and gradually,
so that patients are relaxed
and stress-free.
Some patients report
feeling a sense of relief right
away, as the machine can offer
immediate relief to the
pressure on their discs. Several
DRX-9000 treatments
are usually needed to obtain
lasting results. Dr. Keller
will discuss the timeframe
with each patient, outlining
a treatment plan that’s
based on individual needs.
Each session lasts about 45
minutes, providing time for
the DRX-9000 to lengthen
and stretch the spine, as
it reduces pressure to the
nerves.
Good spinal health is essential,
says the doctor, as
it can mean the difference
between staying active and
being bed-ridden. Some patients
come into the offi ce,
and they can barely walk.
If left untreated, what will
their spines be like when
they age? “Half of all babies
born in the year 2000
or later, can expect to live
to be 100 years old,” says
Dr. Keller. “We are already
living longer, but we have
to live better.” Keeping our
spines functioning at 100%
prolongs quality of life.
More than 900 insurance
companies cover chiropractic
care, and the warm staff
at the Brooklyn Spine Center
will make a courtesy call
on your behalf to see what
your plan offers. The staff
is compassionate, upbeat,
easy-going, and available to
help.
Brooklyn Spine Center
5911 16th Ave. between 59th
and 60th streets in Borough
Park, (718) 234-6212, www.
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Open Mondays – Thursdays,
9 am – 7 pm; Fridays, 9
am – 2 pm; Saturdays, 9 am
– noon, by appointment.
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By Aidan Graham
Brooklyn Paper
City lawyers were unable
to provide documents proving
the existence of the “miracle
deal” Council Majority
Leader Laurie Cumbo
claims she brokered with developers
that would bring
118 units of affordable housing
to Crown Heights.
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Justice Reginald Boddie ordered
the city to turn over
proof of the supposed agreement
amid a lawsuit brought
by a local anti-gentrification
activist, who claims there’s
no guarantee the community
will see the promised
benefits from the massive
construction project.
“We had a discovery request
for documentation on
the deal, but she didn’t have
it,” said Alicia Boyd, who
is representing herself in a
suit against the city and developers.
“It looks very bad
if you have an elected official
who made that promise
on the record to the public...
and then you find out
that the affordable housing
didn’t exist.”
The development — comprised
of two 16-story towers
at 40 Crown St. and 931 Carroll
St. — has been jammed
up in the courts amid Boyd’s
last-ditch legal effort to halt
the development, claiming
Cornell failed to properly
vet the residential complex’s
environmental impact ahead
of a City Council vote to upzone
the area.
Cumbo made a big show
of grilling developers at a
Council hearing in November
, asking representatives
for the builder pointed questions
about how gentrification
made them feel, but the
councilwoman appeared at a
subsequent hearing the following
month to announce
her wonder deal , which
added 118 below-marketrate
units on top of the 140
already promised by the
developer in exchange for
Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo claimed to have brokered
a “miracle” deal to add over 100 additional
affordable housing units, but has failed to provide
any formal documentation about it.
the city’s permission to exceed
existing height regulations.
“This is nothing short of
a miracle to announce I have
secured commitments to increase
affordable housing,”
Cumbo boasted at the Dec.
13 Council hearing.
However, despite multiple
requests made between
Sept. 19 and Sept. 24, Cumbo’s
office was similarly unable
to turn over any formal
paper trail related to her pact
with developers.
A spokeswoman for
Cumbo, after initially declining
to comment, provided
a memo on Sept. 24
outlining the deal in bullet
points, but that document
was neither signed by any
party, nor dated. The spokeswoman
then did not respond
to any of several follow-up
questions.
Both developers involved
in the project — Cornell Realty
and Carmel Partners —
did not respond to multiple
requests for comment.
A third-par ty, nonprofit
contractor tasked
with construction of some
of the added affordable
units — Asian Americans
for Equality — declined
to comment.
By Kevin Duggan
Brooklyn Paper
The Metropolitan Transportation
Authority announced
plans to make 21
Brooklyn subway stations
wheelchair-accessible over
the next five years.
The MTA is reserving the
upgrades for heavily trafficked
stations located in accessibility
deserts throughout
Brooklyn, which remains one
of the most difficult borough’s
to traverse for disabled straphangers,
according to one disability
advocate.
“Brooklyn is really poorly
served when it comes to ADA
in the subway system, so this
is a good start,” said Joe Rap-
paport, the head of the Brooklyn
Center for Independence
of the Disabled.
Some Brooklyn subway
lines disenfranchise entire
neighborhoods of disabled
commuters, such as the R
line in Bay Ridge or the F
train between Kensington
and Coney Island.
Transit workers are currently
laboring to enhance accessibility
along the R line —
installing elevators at 59th,
86th, and 95th street stations
— and have plans to upgrade
the transit hub at 36th Street,
where local riders can transfer
to the N and D trains, under
the new plan.
The announcement also includes
new elevators for four
stops along the F train in central
and southern Brooklyn,
elevators for the L, J, and Z
trains platforms at the Broadway
Junction stop in Cypress
Hills, where straphangers are
forced to ascend a vertigo-inducing
series of escalators and
staircases, and a new elevator
at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn
station in Downtown Brooklyn,
where the developer of
a neighboring building constructed
a street-to-mezzanine
elevator last year, but
which requires riders to descend
a flight stairs to access
it.
A full list of the stations
earmarked for accessibility
upgrades can be found on the
MTA’s website .
The transit agency named
a citywide total of 44 subway
stations in its accessibility
master plan, which is
one part of a record-breaking
$51.1 billion 2020-2024
capital plan.
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