Spurred by reductions in federal funding, Montefiore Medical Center has restructured its treatment plan for patients suffering from sickle cell disorders. The new plan, which officially went into effect on Jan. 12, means outpatient services have been relocated and patients suffering from flare-ups will have to rely more on emergency rooms for immediate care.
The list of injustices emanating from the deals surrounding the construction of the new Yankee stadium is long and depressing.
But the greatest civic offense is the theft of invaluable public green space and the broken promises to provide replacement parkland to the community in a timely fashion.
Several parks were promised as replacements for the centrally located Macombs Dam and Mullaly parks now occupied by the new stadium. None are on-line and most have experienced delays.
The most substantial of the replacements, a waterfront park on the Harlem River, has run into repeated delays, as Jose DeJesus, a student in our youth journalism program reported in the most recent edition of Bronx Youth Heard.
As journalists Gary Axelbank and Harvey Araton recently commented, perhaps the grandest monument to the city’s unforgivable heist of green space in a community struggling with asthma and other public health problems, is the old Yankee Stadium, which still stands despite city promises it would be razed to make way for new baseball fields, so local kids can start running the bases again.
We have one more question: Why is it that only reporters are making noise about this? Is there not one elected official who considers this important enough to at least issue a press release, especially since every elected official save one supported the project?
But the greatest civic offense is the theft of invaluable public green space and the broken promises to provide replacement parkland to the community in a timely fashion.
Several parks were promised as replacements for the centrally located Macombs Dam and Mullaly parks now occupied by the new stadium. None are on-line and most have experienced delays.
The most substantial of the replacements, a waterfront park on the Harlem River, has run into repeated delays, as Jose DeJesus, a student in our youth journalism program reported in the most recent edition of Bronx Youth Heard.
As journalists Gary Axelbank and Harvey Araton recently commented, perhaps the grandest monument to the city’s unforgivable heist of green space in a community struggling with asthma and other public health problems, is the old Yankee Stadium, which still stands despite city promises it would be razed to make way for new baseball fields, so local kids can start running the bases again.
We have one more question: Why is it that only reporters are making noise about this? Is there not one elected official who considers this important enough to at least issue a press release, especially since every elected official save one supported the project?
If there is another place on earth as focused on our inauguration today as we are, it is the small East African nation of Kenya. The home of President Barack Obama’s father, Kenya declared a national holiday after Obama’s election in November. Since then their pride and interest has continued to grow.