Voters got an earful of crunching metal while exiting the Voting station at Avenue C and 11th Street. A flatbed truck transporting a car was performing a right turn onto 11th Street from Avenue C, when a livery car service sedan, apparently pulling out of bus stop, got a taste of Heavy Metal.
Dear Neighbors, Friends and Community partners:
Housing Works’ Keith D. Cylar Health Center is now reopened, after being closed all of last week due to Hurricane Sandy. The center is in Zone A so we were ordered to evacuate and therefore suspend services.
Today we are open and ready to serve again. Our full-fledged medical facility offers primary care to anyone regardless of HIV status, insurance or ability to pay (sliding scale fees will be offered). Our new Cylar House Behavioral Health Clinic offers long-term psychotherapy, crisis intervention, psychiatric services, and other mental health services and accepts most insurance, but will also service local residents regardless of HIV status or ability to pay (sliding scale fees will be offered).
We want to thank all of our staff who worked to get our center up again, in order to support the community and prevent our community members from going another day without receiving lifesaving services.
If you have any questions about our services, please contact us: 743-749 East 9th St.
212-677-7999 ext. 4202
Primary Care Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm
Behavioral Health Clinic Hours: Monday—Thursday: 7am-7pm, Friday: 7am-6pm
Two visits from tech this past weekend. Last report from tech was "no dial tone in equipment in backyard at 528 E 11th St," which connects to equipment in backyard on 10th St. There is service closer to Ave A.
Business on ground floor of my building was told by Verizon that service will be restored "by Dec 3." No neighbors in my building have landlines. No luck actually speaking to Verizon.
I'd like to find out if others are in this situation, and what we can do together. I'm a senior in a 5th fl walkup. My "emergency cell" is $.30/min, so I need a working landline.
Overheard 3x on east 12th: "great turnout, longest line i've seen" #vote #2012 (cc @evgrieve )
— J (@itsjelani) November 6, 2012
GOLES is running low on supplies.
The list below can dropped off at 6th street community center. 638 east 6th st. Between avenue b and ave c. Contact is Citlalic and Howard. 212-677-1863.
-Diapers -Baby Items, baby foods (lots) -Batteries -Flashlights & candles -Peanut Butter & Jelly -Bottled Water -Fruit n vegetables -Sliced Bread - Feminine hygiene products Blankets
Anyone who would like to donate non-perishable food, water, blankets, flash lights or batteries, GOLES is accepting them at their office (169 Avenue B) today from Noon to 7 pm and the rest of this week until power is restored in buildings that still don't have power due to flood damaged basements. Volunteers are welcome, even if you can only spare an hour.
We ran for, and caught an infrequent bus. Surprisingly, although packed, people cheerfully made room for us. At some point, a rumor circulated that it was the bus driver's birthday. The entire bus sang "happy birthday," followed by "hip, hip hooray." The bus driver got on the loud speaker and said his birthday wasn't until March. We all had a good laugh, and felt better for it.
Gardeners showed up with their tools and some even brought their children to help clean up. After several hours of work, the tree and other items that had been damaged from the storm were on their way to being cleaned up. The tree fell across many garden plots, however, and many were completely destroyed. It will take months, if not years, to restore this East Village oasis.
No one was in the studio and the surrounding businesses and people living in the building are all okay. So we are counting our blessings that the extent of the damage is limited to our physical space.
While the damage is extensive, we are hopeful that we will be up and running again in a few weeks time. We are so thankful for the outpouring of support that we have already received. It's been truly incredible how many hugs, phone calls, texts, offers we have had so far. This is when you really understand how powerful our community truly is.
Passing the gas station ... I heard a policeman screaming 'shut your door' to a woman driver one car away from tanking up. I guess she didn't cause the next thing I heard was her screaming. When I doubled back to see what the commotion was, she was on the ground getting cuffed! I was shocked to see such a display of force upon a mother in front of her two kids.
