NY Congressional Watch

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US Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, released the statement below following consideration of H.R. 2009, the Republicans’ 40th attempt to dismantle the Affordable Care Act:

“This bill makes it clear, once again, that Republicans have no vision for America. They have no solutions for creating jobs, strengthening our economy or improving life for middle-class Americans. Instead, for the 40th time they are attempting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Enough is enough – the political gamesmanship needs to stop.

NYC Summer Streets 2013

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On three consecutive Saturdays in August (3,10 and 17), seven miles of NYC streets will be opened for hundreds of thousands of people to play, walk, cycle and run between 7 am and 1 pm. Over the past two summers, the Urban Art Program has presented a number of fun, exciting and interactive temporary art interventions along the Summer Streets route. This summer, one of the signature projects is Voice Tunnel at the Park Avenue Tunnel.

Who will be most affected by climate change, the rich or the poor?

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The notion that we'll avoid serious damage to the world's climate if we limit the warming of the atmosphere to a 2-degree-Celsius rise in temperature is untrue, says Stanford climate scientist Chris Field.

According to Field, director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University.
"There is a lot of misunderstanding about the nature of the vulnerability to climate change. Many people assume that it's concentrated somewhere else, especially in poor parts of the world. In reality, vulnerability has different dimensions in different places.

Weekend Bridge and Street Closures

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The following streets in Manhattan will be closed on Saturday from 7 am to 1 pm for DOT Summer Streets:
* Centre Street between Brooklyn Bridge exit and Reade Street/Lafayette Street
* Lafayette Street between Reade Street/Centre Street and Fourth Avenue
* Fourth Avenue between Lafayette Street and 15th Street
* Union Square East between 15th Street and 17th Street
* Park Avenue South between 17th Street and 32nd Street
* Park Avenue between 32nd Street and 72nd Street (Including the viaduct between 40th Street and 46th Street)
* 72nd Street between Park Avenue and 5th Avenue

Useful Caregiver Services

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Being a caregiver for an ailing parent, spouse, child, or other loved one can feel like a lonely undertaking. It needn't, even if you don't have family nearby to pitch in. Help for caregivers is available from various organizations. Once you learn what's available, it may be easier to chart a less-demanding course toward meeting the needs of your spouse, relative, or friend.

Here are some types of services and professionals you might want to investigate.

Broadway Reconstruction Advisory

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Reconstruction of roadway, utility upgrades, and replacement of trunk water mains on Broadway between Rector and Ann Streets is scheduled to begin on Monday, August 5th. The work will be conducted in two-block segments at a time.

1st Segment (August 13 - December 13): Rector – Thames (West Side)
2nd Segment (December 13 - July 14): Thames – Liberty (West Side)

The remaining segments are to be determined/scheduled as construction work advances.

Bronx Salsa Festival

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Throughout the month of August, the third annual Bronx Salsa Fest will bring performances, classes, concerts, parties and other events celebrating Latin dance to venues across the Bronx. From a sunset bomba performance at Wave Hill in Riverdale on August 17, to the finale performance at Woodlawn Cemetery on August 25, there will be numerous opportunities – many of them free – to experience this vibrant art form.

Below is a selection of Salsa Fest events. For a full list, visit ilovethebronx.com.

Salsa Fest Kick Off: Screening of Fania All Stars Live in Africa & Salsa Dance Party

Pew Project: The News Media - 2013

Signs of the shrinking reporting power are documented throughout this year’s report. Estimates for newspaper newsroom cutbacks in 2012 put the industry down 30% since 2000 and below 40,000 full-time professional employees for the first time since 1978. In local TV, our special content report reveals, sports, weather and traffic now account on average for 40% of the content produced on the newscasts studied while story lengths shrink. On CNN, the cable channel that has branded itself around deep reporting, produced story packages were cut nearly in half from 2007 to 2012.

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Art Exhibition at Focal Point Gallery

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August Art Exhibition at Focal Point Gallery
"Open Call, Artist's Choice."
Just a reminder there is still time to get work in for this show. I start to hang this Thursday so art work has to be in today or tomorrow.

The exhibition opens
Friday August 2nd with an opening reception 7pm-10pm
If you are an artist interested in exhibiting
Deadline to drop off work, July 26th
All work has to be ready to hang.
The exhibition will stay up till the end of the month.
There is a $20 hanging fee for each piece and a
30% commission of sales
Please call for further information. (718) 885-1403

UN: Journalists Need Protection

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Speaking at the UN Security Council's first special session on the protection of journalists, AP Executive Editor and CPJ Vice Chair Kathleen Carroll began by remembering the AP journalists who were killed in the line of duty. But most journalists killed around the world are murdered. "In the overwhelming number of cases, 90 percent, the killers go unpunished," she said, citing CPJ research.

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