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Weill Cornell Medicine opens new practice in LIC
BY BILL PARRY
bparry@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Offi cials from Weill Cornell Medicine
cut the ribbon on its new, multidisciplinary
Photo courtesy of Studio Brooke
Cornell Weill Medicine opens its new medical facility in The JACX at 28-25 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City.
National Grid celebrates Day of Service with cleanups in Springfi eld Gardens
BY BENEDETTA TOMMASELLI
editorial@qns.com
@QNS
Aft er what was a year and a half of isolation
and distancing, local communities
in New York were brought together
by National Grid to celebrate their Day
of Service.
More than 1,000 National Grid
employees have been partnering with
nonprofi t organizations, schools, community
centers, parks and other groups
to create diverse activities for their customers
throughout the state of New
York, which services 26,000 square miles
in the state.
In New York City, volunteers will contribute
to various cleanups, including in
Brookville Park in Springfi eld Gardens,
Calvert Vaux Park in Coney Island and
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
In eastern New York, National grid
employees will help youths learn about
STEM education and careers in energy.
In central New York, employees will
help with packing boxes of food to combat
hunger and food insecurity for children
on non-school days and serve food
at local shelters.
While in western New York, volunteers
helped with painting a homeless shelter
and distributing backpacks, winter coats,
groceries, toiletries and more; on Long
Island, volunteers are beautifying parks,
train stations and veterans’ homes, by
installing new fl ag poles and also aiding
food pantries and senior centers.
Th e program’s key off erings for customers
and communities include restabilizing
unifi cation through youth and
community engagement; providing clean
energy and sustainability for a more carbon
neutral future; and connecting the
youth with opportunities in the energy
industry to help improve social mobility
and employability.
National Grid is a multinational electricity
and natural gas utility company,
whose mission is to transform our
electricity and gas networks into cleaner
energy. Serving more than 20 million
people throughout the states of New
York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island,
National Grid is determined to grant fair
and equitable energy transitions.
Th e company has recently announced
its new program Project C. Th is enterprise
is a new advocate of hope for the
communities of New York, it is meant
to help them with the various challenges
that have come with the pandemic.
“We have a long and proud history
of giving back to the communities we
serve,” said Rudy Wynter, National Grid’s
New York president. “My colleagues and
I are carrying on that tradition by recommitting
to our customers and our neighborhoods.
Donating our time, skills, passion
and expertise is at the heart of who
we are. We’re launching Project C today
to ensure we never lose sight of that.”
Th rough the effi ciency of Project C,
National Grid has been able to ignite
motivations and altruism within the
New York service area.
“Project C provides us with focused
attention and resources to address these
key issues,” Wynter said. “It’s our promise
to our customers that we will show
up in our communities even stronger
than we have in the past. We’re thinking
beyond our conventional energy delivery
services and helping to create a more
equitable future for every customer and
neighborhood we serve.”
medical practice in Long Island
City as part of the organization’s ongoing
dedication to delivering exceptional
care to patients.
Th e comprehensive practice, in partnership
with NewYork-Presbyterian,
expands access to the institution’s leading
physicians in Queens and off ers a
one-stop destination for some of the
most in-demand specialties for adults
and children.
Th e new 50,000-square-foot facility,
located in Th e JACX at 28-25 Jackson
Ave., is a major expansion from the original
50th Avenue location in LIC, which
featured one pediatrician and one family
medicine physician when the practice
joined Weill Cornell Medicine in 2018.
Th e new practice will initially include
seven physicians off ering exemplary
patient care in family medicine, internal
medicine, pediatrics and obstetrics and
gynecology. Additional Weill Cornell
Medicine specialists will provide services
at the practice based on community
needs.
A team of orthopedic surgeons from
NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group
Queens will provide top-notch musculoskeletal
care at the new location.
Radiology provided by Weill Cornell
Imaging at NewYork-Presbyterian will be
joining the practice in early 2022 and will
provide a full range of imaging services,
such as X-rays, MRIs and mammograms.
“Not only will the new Long Island
City practice off er comprehensive primary
care services for the whole family
in a rapidly growing community,
it will also have other Weill Cornell
Medicine specialists, expansive imaging
services, orthopedic surgeons and
sports specialists on-site,” said Dr.
Adam R. Stracher, chief medical offi -
cer and director of the Primary Care
Division of the Weill Cornell Medicine
Physician Organization and an internist
at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell
Medical Center. “Th e practice will provide
exceptional primary and specialty
care to patients in Queens in a location
that’s convenient to them.”
Construction on the site began two
years ago with high ceilings and fl oorto
ceiling windows. Th e offi ce is bright,
welcoming and soothing, and features
murals in the exam rooms.
“It is a stunning, beautiful space,”
Stracher said. “It’s state of the art. It has
fantastic light and is an uplift ing place
for patients.”
Patients will also enjoy the convenience
of several options to check in for
appointments. Th ey can use a smartphone
or tablet device to check in electronically
on an app before they arrive,
use a kiosk on-site or speak directly to a
staff member.
To meet a huge demand for orthopedic
care, orthopedic surgeons were added
to the new practice from NewYork-
Presbyterian Medical Group Queens,
according to Dr. Jeff rey E. Rosen, chairman
of the Department of Orthopedics &
Rehabilitation at NewYork-Presbyterian
Queens.
“Musculoskeletal complaints are one
of the most common reasons for visits to
doctors, urgent care services and emergency
rooms,” Rosen said. “We intend to
provide full-service orthopedic care for
the community and work collaboratively
with the pediatric and adult primary care
providers seeing patients at the site. We
want to make it convenient for patients
so they can have the ease of walking
across the hall for all of their care.”
To make an appointment or learn more
about services off ered at the new Long
Island City practice, visit weillcornell.org
or call 646-962-9921.
Photo courtesy of National Grid
National Grid hosted a cleanup in Brookville Park for its Day of Service.
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