Politicians team-up for 19th Annual Seniors informational luncheon
Presenters at the 19th Annual Senior Informational Luncheon, Attorneys
of Law, Fearonce G La Lande, and Andrea S. Ogle, nominee for Queens
County Judgeship, Christine Burke, District Attorney’s offi ce, former prosecutor,
Council Member I. Daneek Miller, District Attorney Queens County,
Melinda Katz, Assembly Member Vivian Cook, Yvonne Murphy, MA, Attorney
at Law, Vivian L. Joseph, and Courtney Heyward, community development
specialist, at the 19th Annual Senior Informational Luncheon, at
Thomasina’s Catering Hall, Jamaica, Queens.
Photo by Tangerine Clarke
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
infused with the rhythms and unapologetic
vulnerability of bluegrass and
old folk songs. Everything came fullcircle:
things had to fall apart before
they could be rebuilt. On a Saturday
Night will be released on Friday, If rain,
event will be hosted in The Gowanus
Dredgers’ Boathouse with open doors
for ventilation and proof of one COVID
shot will be required. brooklynbasementrecords.
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243–0849. 7 – 8 pm.
Saturday, Oct. 2. Description: Every
Saturday night Comedians You Should
Know is proud to present our new headliner
series featuring longer sets from
some of the best comics in the city.
For up to date line ups visit our website:
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cysknyc.com (718) 387–3585 Location:
The Gutter 200 N. 14th St. between
Wythe Avenue and Berry Street Brooklyn,
NY. 9 – 11 pm.
3 SUNDAY
Sunday, Oct. 3. Description: The
46th Annual Atlantic Antic™ Festival
returns on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021,
12-6pm, rain or shine! The Annual
Atlantic Antic™ is produced by the
Atlantic Avenue Local Development
Corporation (AALDC) and it is the oldest
and largest street festival in Brooklyn,
New York. The festival brings
together all ages and backgrounds to
celebrate food, music, shopping, and
community! The 46th Annual Atlantic
Antic™ Festival goes along Atlantic
Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the
waterfront, stretching over 10 blocks
through neighborhoods Boerum Hill,
Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, and
Downtown Brooklyn. The Atlantic
Antic™ brings together people of all
ages and ethnic backgrounds to Atlantic
Avenue to celebrate the longstanding
tradition of food, art, music, shopping,
festivities, and fun! instagram.
com/atlantica… 718-875-8993 Location:
Atlantic Avenue from 4th Avenue
to waterfront Atlantic Ave from 4th
Ave to waterfront Brooklyn, 11210 and
11217. noon – 6 pm.
Sunday, Oct. 3. Caribbean Folk
Ensemble, the Braata Folk Singers,
will grace the stage once more after
a triumphant return to concert performance
on Father’s Day earlier this
year. Armed with an expanded repertoire,
this performance will mark the
New York-based group’s second live
production since the pandemic began.
The concert will include the muchloved
inspirational, folk and reggae
songs from the June 2021 concert. The
Braata Folk Singers, under the creative
direction of Jamaican-born actor, singer,
and producer Andrew Clarke, and
the musical direction of Joel Edwards,
present “Rebirth” on Sunday, Oct. 3,
2021 at the Jamaica Performing Arts
Center (JPAC) at 6 p.m. Tickets will be
$25 pre-sold and $30 at the door. Tickets
can be reserved at braataproductions.
org/bfsreboot. JPAC is located at
153-10 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, New
York near the Parsons/Archer subway
stop. The concert is produced by Braata
Productions, which is dedicated to giving
Caribbean and Caribbean-American
artists a platform to showcase
their work and talents. Their mission
is to transform lives through cultural
awareness and the arts and to bring
Caribbean folk culture, artists, music,
stories, movement, and theater into
more prominent spaces while providing
an opportunity for Caribbean artists to
receive greater recognition. The Braata
Folk Singers are proud ambassadors of
Caribbean folk music. Queens County
is home to one of the world’s largest
communities of Caribbean expatriates.
performance, for the public to enjoy.
The Celebration and performance will
take place at: the Gowanus Dredgers
Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd Street,
Between Bond street and the Gowanus,
Brooklyn Oct. 2, 7 pm – 8 pmNew
York based singer-songwriter and bluegrass
musician J.M. Clifford was coping
with the recent death of a parent
and a divorce when the global pandemic
hit. Quarantined in his Brooklyn
apartment, On a Saturday Night, a
record about loss, acceptance and salvation,
was born. On a Saturday Night
was recorded at The Bunker Studio in
Bushwick, Brooklyn. Masked up and
sanitized, the bluegrass community
that lifted Clifford back up on his feet
was now helping him put down roots
in the genre that he credits with helping
him through some very dark times.
Co-Produced by Clifford, Ron Pope,
and Nicole Cosme, the tracks range
from traditional bluegrass romps to
delicate and sparse ballads with introspective
lyrics. The songs address his
personal struggles head on, eventually
finding some much needed closure and
acceptance. For all of the bad the pandemic
brought, it allowed Clifford to
start processing painful emotions and
memories, distilling them into songs
By Tangerine Clarke
District 27 Queens Council Member,
I. Daneek Miller, partnered with District
Attorney Queens County, Melinda Katz,
and District 32 Assemblywoman, Vivian
Cook, to alert seniors and keep them safe
from the uptick of crime that continues
to threaten their livelihood.
The Senior Informational Luncheon
on Sept. 23, part of the 19th Annual Senior
Appreciation Month programming, at
Thomasina’s Catering Hall in Jamaica,
Queens, gave retirees who were required
to show vaccination cards, a wealth of
information from NYC Medicare Advantage
Plus program regarding warning
signs of scam, how to protect themselves
from becoming victims, and agencies
they could seek help from.
DA Katz called on the retirees to
“trust but verify before they share information,
or send money at the request of
bogus callers who seek to defraud them
of their finances by gaining their trust.”
Katz who has been district attorney
for two years, said her job is to find, prosecute,
and seek justice, making sure to
clamp on murders, and the shooting of
people on the streets, ensuring accountability
for crimes.
“We have to make sure the youth
don’t pick up the same guns, we just got
off the streets,” said Katz. She called
for mentorship programs, youth activities,
violence and drug rehabilitation,
and mental health care to ensure these
issues do not befall future generations.
Her two-year nation-wide conversation
with policing in America, and her
several bureaus that address predatory
lending, gang violence, elder crime, that
are taking over Queens are of utmost
importance in the Queens District
office.
Christine Burke, section chief, Elder
Fraud Unit, in the Queens DA’s office,
called on the over 60 population to be
vigilant, adding, ‘We are here to help.”
“Scams and frauds that target older
adults, happen because maybe they isolated,
home alone, or accumulated assets
scammers know about.”
“Phone scams, asking for money to
bail out a grandchild are some of the
most popular scams that are perpetrated
on even the most educated person, said
Burke.
“We have more that 200 open complaints,”
she said, for example, romance,
lottery scams, that people do not report
because they are ashamed to do so.”
“It is important to report these
crimes,” urged Burke, a former prosecutor.
Moderator and Attorney at Law, Andrea
S. Ogle spoke on elder abuse, domestic
violence, orders of protection, identity
theft and the consequences of the
CARES Act. Ogle said it has been a privilege
to work with the councilmember’s
office for many years to bring “this program
to the community that has always
been, very successful.”
She thanked Council Member Miller
and DA Katz and her office, as well as
Assemblywoman Cook for highlighting
issues relating to seniors.
“Aging issues is not something we
discuss, but issues relating to the seniors
come through every court in the state of
NY, whether housing, family, surrogate,
criminal, or the supreme court, seniors
can be assisted as they grow older so they
can address some of the challenges they
face,” said Ogle.
The member of the bar, who is a nominee
for judgeship in Queens County, and
will be on the Nov. 2, ballot, said, “It is
important that we talk about life planning
matters elders have to deal with
so these issues, don’t become a crisis,
she said
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