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Senior Center Grab and Go meal distribution list (current as of Friday, 3-20-20)

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  • Goddard Riverside Senior Center from 12pm-1pm
  • Central Harlem Kennedy Senior Center from 12pm-1:30pm (note new start time)
  • Project FIND Hamilton Center from 11-12:30pm (Sunday through Friday)
  • Carter Burden Roosevelt Island from 11:45am-1:30pm (their info is also on their network website)
  • Carter Burden Covello breakfast from 8:30am – 9:30am and lunch from 12pm – 1:30pm
  • Carter Burden Lehman from 12pm – 1:30pm
  • Carter Burden CBLC at Epiphany from 12pm – 2pm
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Senior Center meal distribution list (current as of 3-19-20)

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In an effort to distribute this information more widely, I am posting here and directing my followers on social media to this post.
  • Senior Center Grab and Go Meals (updated 3/19 at 4pm)
  • Goddard Riverside Senior Center from 12pm-1pm
  • Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center (Goddard) from 12pm-1pm
  • Central Harlem Kennedy Senior Center from 12pm-1:30pm (note new start time)
  • Project FIND Hamilton Center from 11-12:30pm (Sunday through Friday)
  • Carter Burden Roosevelt Island
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Senior Center lunch pickup times.

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Here’s the list of Manhattan senior center meal pick up locations and times (current as of 3/16 at 4:30pm):
  • Goddard Riverside Senior Center is serving from 12pm-1pm
  • LSNC (Goddard) is serving from 12pm-1pm
  • Central Harlem Kennedy Senior Center serving from 11am-1:30pm
  • Project FIND Hamilton Center serving from 11-12:30pm (Sunday through Friday)
  • Carter Burden Roosevelt Island is serving from 11:45am-1:30pm (their info is also on their network website)
  • Carter Burden Covello:
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Joint Statement by Brewer and Council Member Rivera on the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency program announced by the EDC

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“We’ve heard concerns expressed about the contract issued to Arcadis by the EDC to plan the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) program. Arcadis is subcontracting work to 17 companies including Deltares, the consulting firm we’ve commissioned which is completing a review of the East Side Resiliency Plan (ESCR) that is now undergoing ULURP. Deltares’ work on LMCR is limited to hydrological analysis of tides and currents for the project. “While… Read more

Public hearing Thursday March 21 on congestion pricing’s impact on Manhattanites.

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Canal Street traffic jam, looking westward The congestion pricing plan now under consideration in Albany has the potential to change the way Manhattan works in a major way. For example, equalizing the tolls on all bridges and tunnels would reduce the incentive to cross Manhattan via Canal St. to reach New Jersey. I want to know what Manhattanites think. Attend this public hearing, learn more about the proposal from the experts—and make your voice heard!… Read more

Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island BPs to Mayor’s Charter Revision Commission: Don’t Weaken Community Boards

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Borough Presidents appoint the members of New York City’s 59 community boards, we work more closely with the boards than other elected officials, and we are the boards’ first and most direct source of advice and technical support. We know what it takes for boards to do their job well, and we know how important that job is — because community boards are neighborhoods’ 2018-08-21 – LettertoCharterRevisionCommissionChairPeralesearly-warning system and advocate… Read more