BRONX TIMES REPORTER, O 48 CTOBER 4-10, 2019 BTR
William (Bill) Albert Marano passed away on
September 24.
Photo courtesy of Victor Quirolo & Sons Funeral Home
Building Skills’ OSHA training
Participants in the Building Skills’ OSHA training program. Photo courtesy of Building Skills
As the deadline approaches for New
York City’s new training requirements for
construction workers, Building Skills
New York announced that its nonprofi t
programming will help hundreds of locally
based workers get the training they
need to gain and maintain good jobs in
the construction industry. This continues
Building Skills’ longstanding mission to
connect underserved New Yorkers with
workforce development and career opportunities
in construction.
Building Skills is partnering with Public
Housing Communities, Inc., which
works to engage residents of New York
City’s public housing with education and
training opportunities. This partnership
and other work with local stakeholders
have enabled Building Skills to hold training
sessions for current and prospective
construction workers.
New York City’s Local Law 196 requires
construction workers in all fi ve
boroughs to complete a total of 40 hours
of Site Safety Training courses in order
to be permitted to work. By December
1, workers are required to have at least
30 hours completed. The OSHA training
that these workers are receiving as
part of meeting these requirements will
ensure that they are prepared to work
safely and effectively on construction
sites throughout New York City.
Building Skills continues to break
down barriers that have historically excluded
underserved populations from
access to the construction industry.
In addition to actively connecting with
workers to bring awareness to new industry
requirements, the organization
also makes the training accessible at no
cost to workers.
Helping provide access to these trainings
is only adding to the growing number
of resources that Building Skills provides
to workers looking to fi nd jobs and
further their careers. Building Skills has
placed over 600 workers – typically underemployed
minority New Yorkers – in
construction jobs across the city. Additionally,
Building Skills continues to provide
on-the-job support to each worker
as they seek to broaden their skillset and
advance their construction career.
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William (Bill) Albert Marano was
born on December 20, 1929 in the
Bronx, to the late Albert and Grace Marano.
Bill transitioned on September 24,
2019. He worked in the food industry as
a truck driver and as a salesman. Bill
was predeceased by his wife Connie,
and brother Richard (Dick) Marano. He
is survived by four sons - Rick Marano,
Billy Marano, Christopher Matzinger,
and Jason Marano; his daughter in law,
Angela Marano; his niece, Jody Marano;
his grandson, Andrew; two great grandchildren,
Mia and Niylah; a host of aunts,
uncles, nieces, and nephews from Italy,
and several stepchildren. Funeral arrangements
were handled by Victor Quirolo
& Sons Funeral Home.
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The New York City Department of
Sanitation is reminding residents that
the Bronx fall SAFE (Solvents, Automotive,
Flammables, and Electronics) Disposal
event will be held Saturday, October
5 at the Orchard Beach Parking
Lot. The event held rain-or-shine from 10
a.m. until 4 p.m, provides residents with
an opportunity to safely dispose of potentially
harmful household products.
Household products such as pesticides,
strong cleaners, mercury-containing
devices, paints, automotive fl uids,
and medications may be brought to
the drop-off events. Residents can also
bring electronics, which may no longer
be collected with trash and other recycling,
due to a New York state law. To
identify harmful products, look for items
marked DANGER, WARNING, POISON,
or CAUTION. Only city residential waste
will be accepted.
Examples of accepted items include:
automotive products such as motor oil,
transmission fl uid, and auto batteries;
personal care items like unwanted medicines
or cosmetics; thermometers; syringes
(clearly labeled and packaged in
a “sharps” container or other leak proof,
puncture-resistant container); household
products such as pesticides, paint,
hazardous cleaners, compact fl uorescent
light bulbs; and electronics, such as
computers, televisions, and printers.
Materials collected are either recycled,
blended for fuel, or sent to licensed
hazardous waste treatment facilities for
safe disposal. Electronics are responsibly
recycled or refurbished for reuse
through e-cycleNYC. Medications are
managed by environmental police and
incinerated to prevent unintentional poisonings
or entry into the water supply.
DSNY relies on several partners and
contractors to make these events a success,
including the NYC Department of
Parks and Recreation, Covanta Energy,
Electronic Recyclers International, and
Veolia ES Technical Solutions.
For those unable to participate in
these events, visit www.nyc.gov/safedisposal
or contact 311 for other options.
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Sobo & Sobo LLP, the leading personal
injury fi rm in the greater Hudson
Valley, announces their annual scholarship
essay contest. The opportunity for
high school seniors ends Friday, January
31, 2020.
To help students take a deeper look
at their place in this world while helping
them pay for a college education, Sobo
& Sobo is awarding a total of $7,500 to
students in the region. Each student entering
the scholarship contest must complete
an essay about the implications of
technology on personal injury.
The question, open-ended by design,
allows students to express their thoughts,
based on their own individual academic
and cultural experiences. The contest
also gives students the opportunity to
offset the cost of their educations.
One $5,000 scholarship will be
awarded to the contestant with the most
impactful essay, the runner up will receive
$1,000, three third place contestants will
receive $500 stipends. Applications for
the 2019-20 Sobo & Sobo Scholarship
competition are available now at www.
SoboLaw.com/scholarship. The contest
concludes, and all applications must be
received by, the close of business Fridayk,
January 31, 2019. Winners will be
announced by March 31, 2020.
* * *
Stop by picturesque City Island and
enjoy the exciting programs offered at
the PSS City Island Center, which is located
at 116 City Island Avenue, Monday
through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Experience
the exercise classes from gentle
Yoga Stretch, Balance Class, Arthritis
Workshop and Tai Chi as well as the vigorous
Fit For Life and Cardio Fit. They
also offer acrylic painting, calligraphy,
health presentations, blood pressure
monitoring, gardening exchange, singing
group and parties. Lunch is served
from noon to 1 p.m. suggested donation
is $2. The center participants go on
shopping trips every day; i.e. Shop Rite,
Dollar Tree, Target, Kmart, as well as
theatre excursions, special trips, special
luncheons and more. It’s free to become
a member, but you must be 60 years of
age or above.
For more information contact Patty at
(718) 885-0727 or email pattis@pssusa.
org for their monthly calendar.
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Do you need help getting to and from
your medical appointments? Transportation
services are available to seniors
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
in community districts 9, 10, 11 and 12.
The program provides door-to-door service
for all medical appointments. Their
drivers are courteous and professional;
and their vehicles are clean and handicap
accessible, including wheelchair
lifts.
Upcoming special events: Friday, October
11, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Citizen Preparedness
Corp.—free emergency kit
with attendance and registration.
For further information, contact Mildred
Cardona, program director of the
R.A.I.N. Transportation Program, at
(718) 882-8513.
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Two Bronx charter schools were
named 2019 National Blue Ribbon
Schools, an annual award that recognizes
select schools across the nation for
their overall academic excellence or their
success in closing achievement gaps.
Academic Leadership Charter School
and South Bronx Classical Charter
School II were recognized among eight
public and non-public schools from New
York City.
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NYC Health + Hospitals announced
a redesigned inter-facility ambulance
system that will transport patients faster,
make it easier for staff to order transport
services, and ensures patients can be
seamlessly transferred to the appropriate
facility to improve patient retention.
The new patient transportation system
streamlines the logistics of transferring
patients between hospitals and
from hospital-to-home by consolidating
from multiple transportation companies
to one single vendor agreement with
the medical transportation company
Hunter Ambulance. The new system is
expected to generate $21M in new insurance
revenue through patient retention
and complete more than 30,000
ambulance trips a year. The transition
to a single transportation vendor builds
on NYC Health + Hospitals’ continued
priority of transforming the public health
system to provide higher quality of comprehensive
health care to all New Yorkers.
As part of the new agreement, Hunter
Ambulance will purchase a fl eet of 26
new ambulances dedicated to transport
NYC Health + Hospitals patients, manage
all dispatching activities and assign
on-site coordinators to assist with transports.
Hunter Ambulance will guarantee
arrival for inter-facility emergency transports
in 20 minutes or less, and ensure
patients wait no more than one hour for
routine, non-emergency transfers. The
new transportation operation will also
transition from a paper-based ordering
system to a more reliable and effi cient
online process.
Prior to this transition, each facility
coordinated its own patient transportation,
creating an ineffi cient network of
transportation providers. The transition
to a single vendor streamlines coordination
between facility and transport, and
improves turn-around time leading to improved
patient and provider satisfaction.
The expected annual cost to NYC Health
+ Hospitals for ambulance service is
$2.4 million. In the fi rst phase, Hunter
Ambulance will provide transports at all
NYC Health + Hospital’s s acute care facilities.
Hunter Ambulance was selected
through a competitive RFP process issued
in 2017. The Group is a part of the
FDNY network of ambulances and is
based out of the Bronx.
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