FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com DECEMBER 12, 2013 • THE QUEENS COURIER 21 What every woman should know about Long Island hospitals. Healthgrades ® ® has recognized only one New York State hospital for its superior care of women*: Winthrop. If every hospital provided women with the same level of care as Winthrop and the other Women’s Health Excellence Award™ recipients, nearly 40,000 lives could have been saved†. A recent landmark study by Healthgrades®, the leading independent health care ratings organization, of women aged 65 years and older, 2008-2010, reveals some alarming facts. Following a heart attack, for example, women receive far fewer surgical interventions than men. And when they do, women suffer a 29.1% higher death rate. Other disturbing disparities were found across 16 of the most common diagnoses and procedures among women. But women are not powerless. A small percentage of hospitals are doing a far superior job for women. And saving thousands of lives. Only one of these elite institutions is located in Nassau and Suffolk counties – Winthrop-University Hospital. Your health means everything. To you and your family. To learn more, visit winthrop.org or call 1.866.WINTHROP for a physician referral. Winthrop-University Hospital is one of only seven hospitals nationwide, and the only hospital in New York State, to simultaneously receive all three of these achievements. 259 F irst S t reet, M ineola, N ew York 1 1501 • 1 .866.WINTHROP • w inthrop.org * As measured by outcomes in Women’s Health, Gynecologic Surgery and Maternity Care, 2012. † Healthgrades 2012 Trends in Women’s Health In American Hospitals. PHOTO COURTESY OF FLICKR/POLICY EXCHANGE Bill Bratton was named the city’s next police commissioner on Thursday, December 5. Bratton is top cop BY MAGGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com In a much-anticipated move, mayor-elect Bill de Blasio named Bill Bratton as the city’s next top cop, promising to “heal the wounds” caused by stop-and-frisk. “He has combined the best of tradition and the best of innovation in an extraordinary career of achievement,” de Blasio said at the announcement on Thursday, December 5. This is Bratton’s second run as commissioner, following his fi rst stint from 1994 to 1996 under Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He will replace Raymond Kelly, who has held the position since 2002. De Blasio’s campaign platform staunchly opposed the controversial police tactic and made it clear he would not keep Kelly. “We’ve seen an approach that has too often alienated communities,” de Blasio said. “This has caused a lack of partnership between police and community.” Now, he said we need to “heal some of the wounds and reopen communication between police and community.” Bratton, 66, said one of his goals is to bring these groups together “in a collaboration where there is mutual respect and there is mutual trust.” “We need to ensure that police are not the fl ashpoint for disruption, disturbances and anger,” he said. “It policing must be done compassionately. It must be done consistently.” Bratton was long-rumored to be de Blasio’s pick along with NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks and First Deputy Commissioner Rafael Pineiro. The police veteran, with nearly fi ve decades of experience, is coming off an earlier run as the Los Angeles Police Department’s chief from 2002 to 2009. He also served as the Boston Police Commissioner before fi rst coming to New York. During his time with the NYPD, Bratton created tactics that are credited with cutting the steep crime rate in half, including COMPSTAT and real-time crime analysis. “Bill Bratton is the leading national voice of community policing, of a progressive and proactive approach to policing, focusing on the collaboration between police and community,” de Blasio said. NYC debuts interactive crime data map The public will now be able to access crime data for neighborhoods around the fi ve boroughs. The city debuted an interactive crime map this past weekend that will allow the public to search and access data on felony crimes, based on location. “With unprecedented population levels, New York City is safer than ever, with homicides on pace this year to fall below recent historic lows,” said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. “This administration has relied on data to drive its crime fighting, and this map helps enhance New Yorkers’ and researchers’ understanding of where felony and violent crime persists.” The map is accessible through the NYPD website and at http://maps.nyc.gov/crime. The map, created by the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) using Google products with crime complainant data reported to the NYPD, provides felony crime information for the prior calendar year, current year and by month within the current year. The interactive map allows the public to search basic data on the seven major felony crimes as defined by the New York State Penal law (murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and grand larceny of motor vehicle). The searches are based on address, zip code or police precinct. The map displays crimes at the nearest street intersection or area. Filters for specific crime type display the results by year or month in one of three ways: precinct level, showing crime incidents per 1,000 residents as a shaded map; graduated points which correspond to the number of crimes at a given location; or as a “heat map” that marks crimes in the selected area. Crime statistics by each precinct have been available since 2003 on the NYPD’s website and are updated weekly.
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