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Army Corps Restores Marsh Islands in Jamaica Bay N.Y. Posted 9/13/2012

Thu, 2013-12-05 09:23 — debbiefook

By Vince Elias
New York District Public Affairs

It is estimated that approximately 1,400 acres of tidal salt marsh have been lost from the marsh islands in Jamaica Bay, New York since 1924, with the system wide rate of loss rapidly increasing in recent years. From 1994 and 1999, an estimated 220 acres of salt marsh were lost at a rate of 47 acres per year.

With the Manhattan skyline less than 10 miles to the north, the eight by four mile marsh islands complex is an integral part of the Bay, which has been targeted for restoration by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Park Service (Gateway), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the National Resources Conservation Service and the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program.

To quell further erosion of the islands, and adding to an already impressive list of habitat restoration projects in the Bay, the Army Corps commenced the placement of sand from the Harbor Deepening Project’s Ambrose Channel contract in August 2012 to restore Black Wall and Rulers Bar marsh islands.

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Health officials announce public exposures to new measles case

Wed, 2013-12-04 16:20 — debbiefook

Health officials announce public exposures to new measles case

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Local public health officials have confirmed a measles infection in an infant who was in several locations in King County during the contagious period. The infant is a King County resident who was too young to be vaccinated and likely exposed to the measles while overseas.

What to do if you were in location of potential measles exposure

Most people in our area have immunity to the measles through vaccination, so the risk to the general public is low. However, all people who were in the following locations around the same time as the individual with measles should:

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Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12)

Wed, 2013-11-27 09:27 — debbiefook

http://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-reform-act-2012

Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012

In July 2012, the U.S. Congress passed the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12) which calls on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other agencies, to make a number of changes to the way the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is run. Some of these changes already have occurred, and others will be implemented in the coming months. Key provisions of the legislation will require the NFIP to raise rates to reflect true flood risk, make the program more financially stable, and change how Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) updates impact policyholders. The changes will mean premium rate increases for some—but not all—policyholders over time. Homeowners and business owners are encouraged to learn their flood risk and talk to their insurance agent to determine if their policy will be affected by BW-12.

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WEATHER ADVISORY -URGENT

Tue, 2013-11-26 16:45 — debbiefook

Tue Nov 26 15:57:54 2013
STATUS: Open - Active
PROGNOSIS: Monitoring
Weather-Nor-Easter
Citywide

(OEM WEATHER DISTRIBUTION LIST)

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
345 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MAINLY
IN AND NEAR NEW YORK CITY AND COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK AND CONNECTICUT...

NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-HUDSON-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-
345 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...HUDSON COUNTY...SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER COUNTY... COASTAL SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT...AND
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...AND
POSSIBLY A FEW TREES...CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER
OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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One Million K-12 Students Are Homeless in America!

Mon, 2013-11-11 17:10 — debbiefook

One Million K-12 Students Are Homeless

(Image: Student silhouette via Shutterstock)Homelessness is defined as not having a regular permanent residence. This doesn’t necessarily mean living in the streets or in their vehicles – though many do. A large portion of homeless split their times between hotels, homeless shelters or crowding in with friends and families. For many students, when they go to school each morning, they may have no idea where they will be sleeping that night.

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Canarsie Resilience Meeting _ Wednesday November 20th, 2013

Sun, 2013-11-10 08:19 — debbiefook

Community Resilience Collaborative Session

Wednesday, November 20^st 2013 6:00 PM

At

Congregation AAA Sfard

1385 E 94th St, Brooklyn, NY 11236

(Bet. Avenue K & L)

The Case for Collaboration and Community Engagement as Cornerstones for Community Resilience Planning:

· Building Community Disaster Resilience through Private–Public Collaboration

PLENARY SESSION

· Residents and Participants break out into working groups to identify gaps and the top 5 solution sets.

· Re-group and summarize lessons learned and what are the next steps in the Canarsie Recovery Cycle?

What can residents do to help themselves?

Discussion of Pilot Project – Canarsie Natural Healing Center / Eco–village Community.

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Canarsie Community Resilience Meeting

Tue, 2013-11-05 15:36 — debbiefook

Canarsie Resilience Planning Meeting I

(PLEASE CORRECT DATE IS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20TH

Community Resilience Collaborative

Wednesday, November 20th 2013 6:00 PM - 8:00PM

At

Congregation AAA Sfard

1385 E 94th St, Brooklyn, NY 11236

(Bet. Avenue K & L)

(718) 272-6933

The Case for Collaboration and Community Engagement as Cornerstones for Community Resilience Planning:

The goal is to empower our community to collaborate and to build strong community based partnerships to find innovative ways to effectively respond to disasters, rebuild economically stable and resilient communities that are environmentally practical and responsible.

Strong, sustainable communities are possible when stakeholders are informed and engaged in the planning process. This meeting, is the first of many we hope to have to facilitate and support honest, open community dialogue to articulate our problems, to brainstorm, to network and to hopefully discuss and find sustainable solutions that can be implemented.

Community Resilience Meeting, Discussion and Questions will be followed by Reception of Light Food and Refreshments Kosher. For additional information, contact Debbie Tiamfook (212) 470-5152, Rabbi Yossi (718) 272-6933

Have a great week.

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Canarsie Community Resilience Meeting

Tue, 2013-11-05 07:48 — debbiefook

Community Resilience Collaborative

Wednesday, November 21^st 2013 6:00 PM

At

Congregation AAA Sfard

1385 E 94th St, Brooklyn, NY 11236

(Bet. Avenue K & L)

(718) 272-6933

The Case for Collaboration and Community Engagement as Cornerstones for Community Resilience Planning:

The goal is to help to empower our community to collaborate and to build strong community based partnerships to find innovative ways to effectively respond to disasters, to rebuild economically stable and resilient communities that are environmentally practical and responsible.

Strong, sustainable communities are possible when stakeholders are informed and engaged in the planning process. This meeting, is part of a series of Resilience Meetings we hope to have in order to facilitate and support honest, open community dialogue to articulate our problems, to brainstorm, to network and to discuss and to hopefully find sustainable solutions that can be implemented.

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Jamaica Bay Greenway Coalition Meeting -- Saturday Nov. 2, 10:30 am at Ryan Visitor Center Floyd Bennett Field

Sat, 2013-11-02 09:32 — debbiefook

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Hello Canarsie,

I hope you are all well. I am happy to invite you to the next Jamaica Bay Greenway Coalition meeting, which will be held on November 2, 10:30 am at the Ryan Visitor's Center. This will be a very special coalition meeting because as Alice Friedman (from NYCDOT Greenways Department) will join us to introduce DOT's Jamaica Bay Greenway Implementation project and planning process. This is an amazing first step to begin to address some of the greenway issues that have been discussed in previous meetings and workshops. Also, during this meeting we wanted to focus sometime to defining our role(s) in this process as well as how we all mutually benefit from coming together.

As was discussed in the last meeting, we ask that you think about the following and come prepared to discuss:

o Your interests & goals for being part of this project & Coalition

o How you feel the Coalition can help your goals

o What you can do to contribute to the Coalition

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