Month: September 2024

NYC proposes expanding Brooklyn Bridge bike path entry by removing car lane, parking spots  New York Daily News

NYC proposes expanding Brooklyn Bridge bike path entry by removing car lane, parking spots  New York Daily News

NYC proposes expanding Brooklyn Bridge bike path entry by removing car lane, parking spots  New York Daily News

NYC proposes expanding Brooklyn Bridge bike path entry by removing car lane, parking spots  New York Daily News

Two men shot in front of Brooklyn deli, police say  ABC7 New York

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The Sunset Park Health Council, including nine Brooklyn-based Family Health Centers at NYU Langone Health, has been awarded $600,000 to expand its anti-overdose education program across Brooklyn. 

Over the next three years, the Family Health Centers will use the funds — granted by the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation — to support its Prevention Education Partnership program. PEP offers talks and trainings on opioid use, overdose prevention, and harm reduction for teachers, students and schools, with a mission to “to keep youth safe, healthy, and out of the emergency department.”

“All of us at the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone are thrilled to receive this grant and expand the overdose prevention program to make a greater impact for the youth in the Sunset Park community,” said Dr. Diana Lee, assistant medical director, Addiction Medicine Program Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, in a statement. “This funding allows us to address the critical need for opioid education and overdose preparedness in schools and prioritize the safety of our nation’s youth in moments of crisis.”

The last few years have seen a surge in overdoses caused by illegally-manufactured fentanyl, according to NYU-Langone. In response, PEP is working to develop a comprehensive “School-Based Opioid Overdose Prevention Program,” designed to address the dangers of fentanyl head on. Opioid overdose deaths in New York State increased by 68% between 2019 and 2021, according to the state Comptroller’s office, seemingly spurred by the pandemic. 

In 2022, 5,337 people died from opioid overdose in New York State, per health department data and more than 92% of those deaths were caused by synthetic opioids including fentanyl. Nearly half of those deaths were within New York City alone. 

In schools, the program would train staff how to respond to opioid overdoses, how to screen for drug use and refer students out for treatment, and distribute Narcan, or naloxone, which is used to stop opioid overdoses. It would also provide an educational curriculum for students and parents. The goal, in part, would be to ensure schools are equipped to address the ongoing fentanyl and opioid crisis among local teens. 

“By preparing schools for overdose, dispensing naloxone, and using a train-the-trainer model, the goal is to create a sustainable, replicable framework for schools to protect students and families from the devastating impact of the evolving opioid crisis,” NYU-Langone said in a statement. 

Since 2015, PEP has been brought to more than 350 New York City Public schools and educated more than 15,000 people. Since 2022, it has trained more than 1,000 teachers and school faculty in overdose response, and has distributed Narcan to more than 60 schools. 

NYPD brass defended Wednesday their response to Monday’s mass shooting that wounded four and killed one at Brooklyn’s West Indian American Day Parade, along with the decision to let the festivities play out despite the loss of life.

Top brass, during a One Police Plaza press conference on Sept. 4, charged that the Labor Day weekend was a safe one when compared to the notoriously bloody history of the holiday, even though a mass shooting rocked the parade route on Sept. 2.

Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey, in particular, went on the defensive, telling reporters that he had attended every parade since the late 1990s and that despite the deadly shooting at this year’s festivities, it was still less violent than previous years.

“Historically, this event was smeared by violence that occurred over the weekend at J’Ouvert and during the parade, but history also shows that the NYPD and the community have drastically reduced violence at this event,” Maddrey said.

Police believe the shooting was gang-related and a deliberate act, in which a man in his 20s hopped over the steel police barricades with the intention of gunning down a particular target. In the fuselage of gunfire, he also hit several bystanders in the process.

The victims of Monday’s bloodbath range in age from teenagers to seniors after a gunman opened fire into a crowd of spectators around 2:35 p.m. on Sept. 2 at 307 Eastern Pkwy. in Crown Heights as the parade proceeded through the area.

One of the victims, 25-year-old Denzel Chan of Spring, TX, was struck in the abdomen and succumbed to his injuries just before midnight at Kings County Hospital.

NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtery said the gunman was able to slip away amidst the large crowd as responding cops tended to the wounded.

“They (the officers) looked back and saw the victims laying on the floor. They made the decision to go back and help those victims out first,” Daughtery said.

Despite the mass shooting, police officials chose not to stop the parade — leaving colorfully dancers striding down the roadway even as investigators placed numbered markers on the ground showcasing discarded bullet casings. 

“It crossed my mind to shut the parade down, to end it early. It did cross my mind,” Chief Maddrey said. “People were concerned, but people still wanted to celebrate their heritage.”

Members of the media critiqued the tone of the press conference, asking officials to speak about what they felt like they did right instead of focusing on the murder that slipped through the cracks, with journalists going as far as to call the security procedures a failure. Chief of Patrol John Chell took umbrage with the notion that NYPD failed.

“Our cops were running toward the danger, not looking to fail as you put it. As human beings we were upset about what happened, as professionals we were upset because we want our plan to be flawless and we have set a high mark for this parade,” Chief Chell said. “We certainly didn’t fail.”

Police also stated that they attempted to preemptively halt any violence over the weekend by confiscating some 31 firearms and making 35 arrests from Thursday through Monday, even going as far as to give an example of the arrest of an 18-year-old man, identified as Cesar Green, armed with a gun at the parade.

“Cesar Green shouldn’t even be walking the streets of New York City. He has two prior open gun open gun [cases,]”  Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael Lipetri said, adding the second open gun case resulted in Green being released on bail in Brooklyn.