KING ATTENDS VIRGIN ISLANDS LEGISLATORS, LABORERS RETREAT
From Thursday, August 8 to Saturday, August 10, Councilman Andy King attended the Black, Latino and Asian Legislators
and Laborers Retreat in St. Thomas of the U.S. Virgin Islands. King and other retreat participants went to My Brother’s
Workshop where they learned to assemble school yard benches for Yvonne Milliner-Bowsky Elementary School which is
still recovering from two Category 5 storms.
Councilman King (back, c) and BLALL members had a great time helping others. Photo courtesy of Councilman Andy King’s Offi ce
WEST FARMS SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING OPENS
Councilman Rafael Salamanca joined the Hebrew Home, FOXY Mangement, NYC Housing Preservation & Development and
NYCHA to celebrate the opening of 1880 Boston Road, a 167-unit, 100% affordable housing building for seniors in the 17th
Council District.
BETH ABE LAUNCHES NEW
SENSORY PROGRAM
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ADAMS HOUSES, MICHELANGELO
APARTMENTS’ FAMILY DAY
Councilman Rafael Salamanca joined NYCHA Adams Houses and
the residents of Michelangelo Apartments for their Family Day.
Salamanca (c) had a great time meeting with residents.
Photo courtesy of Councilman Rafael Salamanca’s Offi ce
Salamanca (front, c) and partners celebrated the grand opening of 1880 Boston Road.
Photo courtesy of Councilman Rafael Salamanca’s Offi ce
Beth Abraham Center, the 448-bed nursing home and rehabilitation
facility on Allerton Avenue and Bronx Park East,
has introduced a brand new sensory program designed to
help stimulate the senses for low functioning residents with
dementia or other memory related issues. These particular
residents have, over time, begin to lose a fair amount of
their key senses, such as smell, taste, sight, hear and touch
and this program hones in on those areas the patient can
mostly benefi t from by adding real world products that the
residents can get re-acquainted with.
A resident smells a rose to help improve her memory as part
of the sensory program.
Photo courtesy of Centers Health Care/Beth Abraham Center
GO BAGS DISTRIBUTED
IN PELHAM BAY
NYC Emergency Management Department and Community
Board 10 distributed 100 Go Bags to Bronxites on Thursday,
August 22 at Amendola Plaza. The event was part of
the department’s Mobile Offi ce Hours initiative to connect
neighborhoods throughout the fi ve boroughs with essential
preparedness information and resources.
NYC Emergency Management Commissioner Deanne Criswell
(r) gave a Go Bag to a resident during a Mobile Offi ce Hours
preparedness event in Pelham Bay. Photo courtesy of NYC EM