Fwd: Notify NYC - Coastal Flooding Preparedness

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Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 5:59 PM
Subject: Notify NYC - Coastal Flooding Preparedness
To: emilyholiday@gmail.com <emilyholiday@gmail.com>

Notification issued 09-14-2023 at 05:58 PM.

New York City Emergency Management urges New Yorkers to prepare for possible coastal flooding and hazardous beach conditions through early Sunday morning.

 

Inundation levels of up to 2 feet above normally dry ground during high tides Friday night to early Sunday morning are expected. Winds gusts up to 35 mph out of the north are also possible.

 

-A High Surf Advisory is in effect for Southern Queens and Brooklyn until 10:00 PM on 9/14.

-A Coastal Flood Advisory is in effect for Southern Queens from 6PM on 9/15 to 3AM on 9/17.

-A Coastal Flood Statement is in effect for Northern Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan, The Bronx and Brooklyn from 6PM on 9/15 to 3AM on 9/17.

 

Preparedness Actions: 

- During periods of heavy inundation, seek higher ground, seek higher ground or, if in a basement, prepare now to move to a higher floor if needed.

-Avoid driving through or coming in contact with flood waters. Six inches of fast flowing water can knock you off your feet, and as little as one foot of rushing water can carry away a car.

-New York City residents, please call 311 if you encounter flooding that makes roads impassable, causes property damage, or persists for more than 48 hours.

-Beaches are closed to swimming, but surfers should be cautious of rip currents. 

 

For more information, visit https://on.nyc.gov/48dPr3H or www.weather.gov/nyc.

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Fwd: A personal Covid plan

I'm sharing this article because I've heard that Kenmore Hall hosted Covid testing on site on Wednesday, September 13. This may help tenants decide how to protect themselves from the virus. 

I'm curious about something, though - maybe someone can fill me in by leaving a comment. If you're a Kenmore Hall tenant and have to quarantine  yourself because you've tested positive, are any accommodations made to deliver groceries, meals, medications, or other material from local stores so that quarantined individuals don't have to go out and about while sick?

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Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 6:05 AM
Subject: A personal Covid plan
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Creating your own Covid best practices

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Hey there, it's Cailley in New York. Once upon a time, the government put rules in place to keep people safe from Covid. These days, it seems we make our own rules. More on how to do that, but first…

Today's must-reads

New Covid boosters should be available within days. Citigroup will let moms in India work from home for a year after maternity leave in a bid to boost retention. A depression treatment startup has temporarily implanted a device in two human skulls.

The 'Swiss cheese' model for DIY Covid rules

My newsroom colleagues have been wondering how we're supposed to act in this new phase of Covid. Cases are rising but are estimated to be much lower than previous peaks. What does that mean for wearing a mask? Getting boosted? Sending your kid to school?  If it feels like the rules are unclear, it's because they are. Lockdowns and mask mandates — specific guides from government agencies and other officials — are in the past.  These measures were once imposed on people, says William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt Medical Center. "But now they're a matter of your individual decision making." In other words, updated Covid guidelines are left up to personal responsibility.  "Think about who you are, what's your risk tolerance," and behave accordingly, Schaffner says.  Katrine Wallace, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago, referred to something public health experts use called the "Swiss cheese model," in which slices, or prevention methods, are layered on top of each other. The holes, or weaknesses, are misaligned. The goal is to create a solid block that, ideally, the virus can't get through. One person may need more layers than another depending on factors like geography and vulnerability to serious infection.  To be sure, some of the basics still apply. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website provides a baseline of information with guidance on various topics. Those include what to do if you test positive for Covid, rules for schools and details about long Covid, which hasn't changed in months. New CDC guidance released on Tuesday recommends updated booster shots for everyone over six months old.  But Wallace says there are more steps that require research based on the individual. Some groups are at higher risk for Covid than others, which is also covered on the CDC's website. The chances of someone getting Covid goes up as cases increase around them, too.  Finding local Covid conditions used to be easy, but with the end of widespread testing, robust data reporting on Covid cases was dismantled. That leaves us with spottier data based on wastewater testing, hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Here, the CDC's website is less useful.  Because the agency's tracker map by county is now based on hospitalizations rather than cases, "pretty much the whole map is green," Wallace points out. The verdant graphic, which indicates low hospitalization rates, might not be reflective of the actual number of cases in an area.  Wallace suggests turning to a local public health department to assess community Covid rates. Schaffner notes that if hospitalizations in an area are rising, you can be sure that Covid is circulating.  Armed with this information, you're ready to add the appropriate layers of protection. Those layers, such as wearing a mask, avoiding crowded indoor places, getting boosted, along with other seasonal jabs and stocking up on FDA authorized home tests, should sound familiar. "If you are a very prevention and health-oriented person, feel free to wear your mask," Schaffner says. "But nobody's going to go out there and twist your arm." — Cailley LaPara

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From: Notify NYC

Flood Watch for NYC: Until 6:00 PM on 9/13. 1 to 2 inches of rain may cause flooding of roadways & streets. Do not drive or walk where water covers the roadway. Prepare to move to higher ground during periods of heavy rain. Info: www.weather.gov/okx.

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Flood Advisory for NYC: until 9:15 PM on 9/11. Up to 1 in. of rain expected to cause flooding of low-lying & poor drainage areas. www.weather.gov/okx/.

Fwd: Notify NYC - Flood Advisory - Manhattan, The Bronx

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Date: Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Subject: Notify NYC - Flood Advisory - Manhattan, The Bronx
To: emilyholiday@gmail.com <emilyholiday@gmail.com>

Notification issued 09-11-2023 at 04:16 PM.

The National Weather Service has issued the following:
What: Flood Advisory
Where: Manhattan, The Bronx
When: Until 7:15 PM on 9/11
Hazards: An additional 0.5 - 1 inch of rain expected. Heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage areas and low lying spots.

Preparedness Actions:

- Do not drive your vehicle or walk into areas where water covers the roadway as the water depth may be too great to allow you to cross safely.

For the latest weather info: www.weather.gov/okx/.
 




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Flood Advisory for Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, The Bronx: Until 1:15 PM on 9/10. 0.5 - 1in. of rain expected to cause flooding of low-lying & poor drainage areas. www.weather.gov/okx/.

From: Notify NYC

Flood Advisory for Manhattan, Staten Island: Until 12:30 PM on 9/10. 0.5 to 1in. of rain expected to cause flooding of low-lying & poor drainage areas. www.weather.gov/okx/.

Fwd: Notify NYC - Severe Thunderstorm Watch - NYC

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Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 3:22 PM
Subject: Notify NYC - Severe Thunderstorm Watch - NYC
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Notification issued 09-08-2023 at 03:21 PM.

The National Weather Service has issued the following:

What: Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Where: NYC

When: Until 11:00 PM on 9/8

Hazards: Severe thunderstorms may bring strong winds, heavy rain, and hail. Strong winds can cause flying debris, turn unsecured objects into projectiles, and cause power outages.

Preparedness Actions: Exercise caution when walking, biking, or driving. Remain alert for threatening weather and possible warnings.

Before an outage

- Charge cell phones

- Gather supplies

- Turn refrigerators/freezers to a colder setting

During an Outage

-Stay clear of downed power lines

-Turn off all appliances

-Keep refrigerator/freezer doors closed to prevent food spoilage

-Do not use generators indoors

-If you have a disability/access needs, or use life sustaining equipment (LSE) and need immediate assistance, dial 911.

For the latest weather info: www.weather.gov/okx.

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Fw: Invitation: Kenmore Hall Tenants Association Meeting @ Weekly from 6pm to 6:30pm on Sunday from Sun Sep 10 to Sun Nov 12 (EDT) (emilyhbrown@outlook.com)

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Sent: Monday, September 4, 2023 6:06 PM
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Subject: Invitation: Kenmore Hall Tenants Association Meeting @ Weekly from 6pm to 6:30pm on Sunday from Sun Sep 10 to Sun Nov 12 (EDT) (emilyhbrown@outlook.com)
When: Occurs every Sunday from 6:00 PM to 6:30 PM effective 9/10/2023 until 11/12/2023. America/New_York
Where: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71101702640?pwd=nmU46G2bhi3NybPhiDO0IbgAh3ag8q.1

 

Kenmore Hall Tenants Association Meeting

Emily Brown is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71101702640?pwd=nmU46G2bhi3NybPhiDO0IbgAh3ag8q.1 Meeting ID: 711 0170 2640 Passcode: 4Rw6bq

Emily Brown is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71101702640?pwd=nmU46G2bhi3NybPhiDO0IbgAh3ag8q.1 Meeting ID: 711 0170 2640 Passcode: 4Rw6bq When Weekly from 6pm to 6:30pm on Sunday from Sunday Sep 10 to Sunday Nov 12 (Eastern Time - New York) Location https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71101702640?pwd=nmU46G2bhi3NybPhiDO0IbgAh3ag8q.1 View map Guests emilyholiday@gmail.com - organizer emilyhbrown@outlook.com View all guest info RSVP for emilyhbrown@outlook.com for all events in this series Yes No Maybe More options Invitation from Google Calendar You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more

Fwd: Notify NYC - Heat Advisory - 9/5 - 9/6 (CW)

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Date: Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 3:28 PM
Subject: Notify NYC - Heat Advisory - 9/5 - 9/6 (CW)

Notification issued 09-04-2023 at 03:26 PM.

The National Weather Service has issued the following:
What: Heat Advisory
Where: NYC
When: 11:00 AM on 9/5 to 8:00 PM on 9/6
Hazards: High heat and humidity with heat indices of 95 to 99 degrees expected. These conditions are dangerous to health. People without air conditioning, older adults, and people with chronic health conditions are most at risk.
Preparedness Actions:
- Avoid strenuous activity
- Active children, adults, and people with lung disease such as asthma should reduce prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors

For more information and safety tips on avoiding heat illness, visit www.NYC.gov/beattheheat.

For the latest weather info: www.weather.gov/okx/.

 

 

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VIRTUAL TENANT MEETINGS

Are tenants interested in having tenant meetings using Zoom? It could give tenants an opportunity to discuss issues concerning life at Kenmore Hall without being interrupted or interfered with by social workers or staff; you can join the meetings using your smartphone, tablet or laptop, if you have one (smartphones & tablets are available to low-income people using Assurance, for instance). I'd be happy to set this up and host it. We can do occasional meetings, OR I can just set up meetings that happen on a regular schedule, say once a week, or once a month, at a time when most people might be available to participate. I'm not a morning person, so I'd rather do this in the afternoon or evening. Let me know if you're interested; it's easiest to send out the link to a Zoom meeting by email, but I think I can also post it here on the blog. Feel free to contact me with your email address (and if you like, also let me know what types of things you'd like to discuss) - email me at emilyhbrown@outlook.com, OR leave me a message at 347-850-2283.

Some tenants are concerned (STILL, AGAIN) about a topic we've covered here before: Dead Kenmoreans

 Ambulances pull up to the building on a daily basis; sometimes the tenants returns, other times, not so much. 

Do you feel that the crisis-level illness and death rate in the building is higher than in other buildings? Log in with a comment

IS KENMORE ASSOCIATES/H.S.I. TAKING YOU TO HOUSING COURT IN AN ATTEMPT TO EVICT YOU?

 Gothamist (an online publication associated with radio station WNYC) wants to hear from tenants facing possible eviction in New York City, in connection with a series they're doing on tenants and evictions. They are usually very pro-tenant, and while they may not be able to help you legally, it might be interesting to get the word out about H.S.I.'s eviction tactics. After all, H.S.I. is supposed to be helping SOLVE the homelessness problem, not make it worse. 

Here's a link to their questionnaire: https://airtable.com/shrpsjuMjm1eiK5iW?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=nypr-email&utm_campaign=Newsletter+-+Early+Addition+-+20230811&utm_term=Share+your+story+here.&utm_id=240755&sfmc_id=54575562&utm_content=2023811&nypr_member=Unknown

This is what Gothamist says about the project:

Help us cover evictions

Have you been evicted? Are you facing eviction? Are people in your building receiving eviction notices? Or are you a property owner who is trying to evict someone? We want to hear about your experiences with evictions to help guide our news coverage and unearth issues that may be happening. We're gathering these stories to help inform our reporting and will contact you if we wish to publish any part of your account. We won't publish any identifying information without your permission. We take your privacy seriously and appreciate you sharing your story.

THINGS YOUR CASEWORKER SHOULD BE HELPING YOU WITH (but probably isn't because they're too busy trying to pry into your medical records and other personal business) - PART 1 Fair Fares: Most of the tenants in the building are probably eligible for a half price Metrocard through the Fair Fares program. It's easy to find out, too, if you go online: https://www.nyc.gov/site/fairfares/index.page You can do this yourself in the computer lab (or at the library). For those tenants who are uncomfortable with computers, though, the caseworkers SHOULD be providing assistance. The card needs to be renewed on a yearly basis, but this is also fairly easy. While we're on the topic of computer use, anyone that wants to get more comfortable with the basics ought to be able to get up to speed at the Learning Center (computer lab). I don't know what the current person working in the lab offers, but it's worth a conversation. Sometimes the local libraries have free classes, too, so that's worth looking into. Keep in mind that every yime you talk to a case manager/social worker, they're billing your Medicaid for the "service", even though none of them is actually a health care provider. It's part of why I don't talk to them often, and refuse to give them my insurance information - I have plenty of real health issues to spend my Medicaid allotment on already, and don't need a rude surprise along the lines of "you've filled your quota for the year"...

Francesca Rossi Today

Remember Francesca Rossi, former Clinical Director at Kenmore Hall and gal-pal of Juan Thompson the mad bomber journalist? She's moved on to set up a practice as a licensed clinical social worker who counsels people dealing with cyberstalking, and calls her practice Thriving Through. She's essentially figured out how to make a living from her alleged experiences being cyber-stalked by her thug ex-boyfriend. Ironically (or not, depending on how you look at it) she spends a LOT of time on Thriving Through's website talking about how traumatic it can be for victims of cyberstalking to deal with being on-camera all the time, especially after the expansion of Zoom meetings during the Covid epidemic - and puts a high value on getting peoples' permission to put them on camera before insisting they participate in Zoom meetings and the like. The irony should be obvious to anyone living in Kenmore Hall, where tenants are on camera all the time - and subject to remote surveillance by Mr. Garcia, the security director. Want to see more? Google her: Francesca Rossi LCSW (the LCSW is important, because there's also an Italian mathematician with the same name), or look up https://www.thrivingthrough.com/ Oh, and if you're wondering whatever happened to Juan Thompson, he's back in jail for violating his parole. He was released from jail in December 2021. According to the RiverFront Times

According to court filings, Thompson "evaded" his court supervision in June and July by "making false claims of being hospitalized." He also failed to attend court-mandated counseling, filings say. Thompson's supervised release was officially revoked at a hearing in federal court yesterday morning. A judge sentenced him to four months in prison.

Here's the link to the full article: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/fake-st-louis-journalist-juan-thompson-headed-back-to-prison-38820695

If you're interested in her pathetic statement, condemning Juan Thompson at his sentencing, here's the link: https://www.thecut.com/2017/12/juan-thompson-cyberstalking-victim-francesca-rossi-statement.html

One of "Kenmore's Finest" showed up recently on a neighbor's Facebook feed: https://www.facebook.com/1156116234/videos/755554748792347 Jeez, I can't seem to get this link to automatically "connect", so I suggest you copy the top link and paste it into your browser.

https://nypost.com/2022/03/11/biden-plan-to-close-city-va-hospitals-is-a-thumb-in-the-eye-to-vets/?fbclid=IwAR2oGj6tLg3tY3bll7_PhLPgGzTZlpbFze9l5Czru69qSENF4q8gEq0OUjY

IF YOU'RE A VETERAN, YOU NEED TO READ THIS!

President Biden wants to shut down Veterans' Administration hospitals, and Manhattan's facility on 23rd Street is apparently on the list Here's a link to an article in The Post: Sounds like a catastrophe in the works - especially for a lot of Kenmore Hall's tenants. I'll try to find out which of our local representatives may be able to help convince President Biden that this is a huge mistake. I know there are tenants in the building who are MUCH more plugged in about this than I am (Doc? Christopher Smith?) so hopefully some of them will see this and leave comments about steps everyone can take.