Rep. Malliotakis requests over $11M in funding for Snug Harbor, St. George Theatre and other district projects
Updated May 11, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Rep. Nicole Malliotakis requested over $6 million for various projects on Staten Island and more than $5 million to fund various projects in the South Brooklyn part of her district.
Malliotakis’ requests were submitted to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Committee on Appropriations.
There is a look at the funding proposals:
Goodhue Center, 304 Prospect Ave., 10301 - $494,000 requested for improvements and repairs.
Biplane Catheterization Lab at Richmond University Medical Center, 355 Bard Ave., 10310 - $1,813,000 requested to build a biplane Catheterization lab.
School mom was shot by cops during alleged starter-pistol rampage in ’18. She alleges excessive force. Her lawsuit moves toward trial.
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
The starter pistol police allege Lori Gjenashaj had in her possession when police shot her in 2018. (NYPD photo)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Lori Gjenashaj, a Staten Island woman shot by NYPD officers in 2018 after she allegedly brandished a starter pistol during a wild rampage, filed a lawsuit against two members of the department that is now slated to go to trial in early October.
The litigation, filed in the Southern District of New York, alleges NYPD Lt. Matthew Harrison and Police Officer Giancarlo Maratea used excessive force when they pulled her over on Grymes Hill on March 25, 2018.
Man, 36, stabbed inside building on Bay Street; cops seek tips
Updated May 11, 2021;
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying a man sought for questioning in connection with a reported stabbing on Friday on Bay Street in Stapleton.
A 36-year-old man reported to police that an unidentified individual used a metal object to stab him on the right side of his abdomen on Friday at about 1:20 p.m. inside 568 Bay Street. The victim suffered a puncture wound and was removed in stable condition to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton, according to a spokeswoman for the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
COVID hospitalizations on S.I. down again after slight increase; no new deaths
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
Coronavirus hospitalizations on Staten Island are at its lowest level since early November. Sign thanking health care workers on fence outside temporary hospital facility which had been at South Beach Psych Center. (Staten Island Advance/Tom Wrobleski)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Coronavirus (COVID-19) hospitalizations on Staten Island have dipped to the lowest level since early November, one day after briefly rising.
At the same time, there was no change in the borough’s suspected coronavirus death total, while 45 new confirmed cases of the disease were recorded here, city Health Department data shows.
Accountable-care organizations call for delay in new reporting requirements
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The nation s accountable care organizations sent a letter last week to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, urging the agency to delay certain changes to quality reporting requirements for value-based payments. Backed by large, national medical groups, the letter warned that rushed implementation of these changes could deter new organizations from joining the shared-savings program or even cause organizations to leave it.
Accountable care organizations are groups of hospitals, physicians and health centers that work to improve health outcomes while reducing cost. Organizations that achieve savings are entitled to share them with CMS, and those that incur losses have to chip in.