CITY ISLAND ARTS WEEKEND

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The countdown to The City Island Arts and Crafts Fair is on, with only seven days to go.

It is a beautiful Saturday on City Island, the pearl of New York City. Everyone is well aware that there is only just one week left before this island paradise is transformed for our Special Street Fair.

Come and join in the fun. The public is also invited to Ron Terner's Focal Point Gallery for an open house and reception on Friday night. http://www.photographybyronterner.com/

For additional information: http://www.cityislandchamber.org/

RESILIENCE + THE BEACH

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It will cost $1B to keep our New York region high and dry, according to a scientific research study.

Nationally as well as along the famed Jersey Shore, barrier islands are the most vulnerable coastal condition, and the most central to a traditional notion of beach tourism and culture. The Barrier Island project diversifies the traditional beach economy, allowing the economic, social, and ecological health of communities to evolve as the environment of the shore shifts and changes. Identifying a series of high-and-dry nodes with greater access to regional transportation systems and a broader terrain for year-round Eco-tourism, the project provides a new, more resilient choice for the beach-goer.

The headlands are the highest, driest, and least vulnerable of coastal edge typologies. They are characterized by large, linear ocean frontage areas, small communities with well-formed urban cores, access to public transportation, and a network of coastal lakes. Although headland communities offer the potential for less vulnerable, higher density development, they also struggle with water management challenges, a relative absence of ecological resilience, and socially vulnerable populations. The Headlands project introduces a series of layered strategies with integrated social and ecological components to address these challenges.

COMPARING LOCAL HOSPITALS

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Of all 179 hospitals in the New York, New York metropolitan area, these are a couple of the local rankings. This metro area, also called NYC, includes Long Island, Westchester County, and northern New Jersey.

Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY is ranked nationally in 3 adult and 3 pediatric specialties. It was also high-performing in 9 adult specialties, as shown below. Montefiore Medical Center is a 1,418-bed general medical and surgical facility with 83,480 admissions in the most recent year reported. It performed 14,932 annual inpatient and 12,939 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 294,056 visits. Montefiore Medical Center is a teaching hospital. Acording to US News and World Report, it is ranked #7 in New York Metro area.

Jacobi Medical Center is a general medical and surgical hospital in Bronx, NY. It performed nearly at the level of nationally ranked U.S. News Best Hospitals in 1 adult specialty, as shown below. Jacobi Medical Center has 457 beds. The hospital had 20,083 admissions in the latest year for which data are available. It performed 3,144 annual inpatient and 9,787 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 97,198 visits. Jacobi Medical Center is a teaching hospital. According to US News and World Report, it is ranked #49 in New York metro area.

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE

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NY voter registration deadline for the June federal primary election is TOMORROW 5/30.

Voters are able to register using the state's online MyDMV, an automated system launched last year to register or update voter registration. Only 113,598 voter registrations have been processed online with 33,165 being first-time voters.

NEW YORK'S $555 MILLION BRIDGE

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NY Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced that a design-build team has been selected to replace the eastbound Kosciuszko Bridge carrying the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway over Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens in New York City.

The team includes construction companies Skanska, an experienced design-build construction firm based in New York City, which will be managing partner; Ecco III of Yonkers; Kiewit of Nebraska; and HNTB of Kansas as the lead design firm. The $555 million project is the largest single contract the New York State Department of Transportation has ever undertaken.

CITY ISLAND BRIDGE PROJECT OPEN HOUSE

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This is a community reminder about Project Open House. This is not a closed door hearing like the ones previously held. The meeting will take place TODAY May 29 from 4:30 pm and 7:00 pm. at P.S. 175, 200 City Island Ave.

DOT representatives and engineers will be on hand to receive comments and answer questions from the community related to the new design of the bridge.

If you have questions, contact Huáscar Robles, the community liaison, at 917.626.8391 or 718.885.1251.

NYC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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The New York City International Film Festival will be showing movies from May 29th - June 5th.

Filmmakers from 27 countries will be in New York City to premiere over 77 films. The festival is sponsored by Peroni Italy and features a variety of events. Latino Film Day is back by popular demand and made possible by Made in NY. Festival highlights Include:

May 29– Black Tie Opening Gala with Red Carpet & Screening of “Sam”

May 30 – Feature Film Screenings with Red Carpet – Gulshan Grover to introduce “Burning

Calcutta”

ITS A BIG FAT WORLD

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Nearly one third of the people on earth are considered overweight. There is no country in the world where people have avoided obesity rates and the trend has been tracked for over thirty years.

There is a fat chance that either you, or someone you know is obese. In fact more than 2 billion people are now overweight. The highest overweight areas are found in the midsections of the body, so it goes to show that the top culprits are the Middle East and North Africa. Here nearly 60 percent of men and 65 percent of women are fatties.

RIP MAYA ANGELOU

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American Poet Maya Angelou, author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' dies at age 86.

M. Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. Maya grew up in St. Louis and Stamps, Arkansas. She was an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist.

President Bill Clinton asked her to read a poem at his inauguration. It was the first poem read at an inauguration in 32 years.

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