Friday, December 21, 2012
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Cops Bring Toys to Monte Kids
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Cops Bring Toys to Monte Kids: BRONX, NEW YORK, December 21- More than 100 children hospitalized during the holidays had a big dose of seasonal cheer delivered by more ...
Cops Bring Toys to Monte Kids
BRONX, NEW YORK, December 21- More than 100 children hospitalized during the holidays had a big dose of seasonal cheer delivered by more than 20 New York Police Department officers who donated toys through their tenth annual toy drive for The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM).
A brother-sister team of Deputy Inspector Christopher McCormack from the 40th Precinct in Mott Haven and Patricia Doyle, a nurse in the Moses Campus Emergency Department, partnered together 10 years ago to brighten the holidays for kids at CHAM. Detective McCormack wanted to give something back for the holidays and his sister, who has worked at Montefiore for more than 20 years, connected him with CHAM. After having such a positive experience during the first toy drive, Detective McCormack committed to continuing his efforts and has recruited numerous NYPD colleagues who eagerly participate each year.
“We started this in 2002 as a way to give back to the community, and each year it gets bigger with more colleagues, old and new, who want to be part of the festivities,” he said. “It brings such joy to the kids and the officers, who get a new sense of appreciation for their own families and also get to share a little happiness with kids who won’t be able to go home for the holidays.”
Meghan Kelly, M.S., C.C.L.S., director of the Child Life Program at CHAM, works with the brother-and-sister team each year and navigates them throughout the hospital to ensure that every child receives a gift. The Child Life Program helps children successfully cope with illness, injury and treatment so they can continue to live normal lives during their healthcare experience. Child life specialists provide emotional support, addressing common fears and misunderstandings and help patients and their families become comfortable with the hospital environment.
“The toy delivery is a great opportunity for the patients and families to see the NYPD giving to our community not only through their service but also through charity,” Kelly said. “This event makes a big difference every year, and we are so thankful for their continued effort to make the holidays special for our kids.”
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Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Shapiro, others question shopping-center project
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Shapiro, others question shopping-center project: By Michael Horowitz BRONX, NEW YORK, December 21- Riverbay board member Al Shapiro and a number of Co-op City shareholders, commenting du...
Shapiro, others question shopping-center project
By Michael Horowitz
BRONX, NEW YORK, December 21- Riverbay board member Al Shapiro and a number of Co-op City shareholders, commenting during last Wednesday night's Riverbay board meeting, expressed reservations about plans to modernize and expand Co-op City's three shopping centers.
Shapiro expressed concerns that the involvement of a developer in the upgrading of the three shopping centers would wind up “pricing out” current merchants who have served the community's shareholders for years.
A spokesman for Cushman & Wakefield, which has been overseeing plans for the development of the three shopping centers, gave assurances that no current merchant would involuntarily be “price out” of a business in the Dreiser Loop, Einstein Loop, and Einstein Loop shopping center.
Commenting Shapiro said that he had an open mind on plans to modernize the three shopping centers --- plans that could create a new revenue stream for the Riverbay Corporation.
In other comments at last Wednesday night's board meeting, board members and shareholders in the audience indicated that they didn't like the idea of a developer profiting from the development of commercial space that the Riverbay Corporation owns.
Cushman & Wakefield's plans for Co-op City's three shopping centers call for a developer to pay for major upgrades of commercial space in the three shopping centers and to share in the income derived from this development, on a 50-50 basis, with the Riverbay Corporation.
Among Riverbay board members, Leah Graham seemed to be most favorably inclined toward Cushman & Wakefield's plans, indicating that she saw no problem with the developer benefiting as long as Co-op City did, too.
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