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45TH COUNCILMANIC DISTRICT
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GOWANUS...
ensure that it is operating as
designed,” said Natalie Loney.
But another member worried
that the five-year time
frame is not enough and questioned
who the community
should turn to if something
happens within that period.
“A lot can happen in five
years,” said Brad Vogel.
“What do we do when we
see there’s a violation happening
that’s compromising
the remedy and it’s three more
THREAT...
his safety and someone called
the police to alert them that
he might kill himself.
Some eight squad cars arrived
outside Amofah’s apartment
and barricaded the street
shortly afterwards, all while
he live-streamed the event to
his more than 180,000 Instagram
followers.
He then began shouting
“the revolution will not be
televized” out of his window
and urged bystanders to record
the incident on social
media.
Cops in riot gear and
paramedics got into the online
personality’s apartment,
cuffed him, and wheeled him
out on an upright stretcher
as he shouted “We made it”
while a crowd of about 50 bystanders
cheered him on.
Emergency services drove
Amofah to a nearby hospital
for psychiatric evaluation, according
to an NYPD spokeswoman.
One bystander said that the
police were overreacting to
Amofah’s antics.
“It’s a complete overreaction,
he just had a mental
breakdown and they bring
out eight police cars,” said
Nicholas.
Amofah was hospitalized
two weeks ago after threatening
to kill himself with a
gun on Twitter on April 16
and also garnered social media
attention by posting porn
on YouTube in October 2018
to get his channel deleted, reported
Newsweek .
If someone you know
exhibits signs of suicide, do
not leave the person alone;
remove any firearms, alcohol,
drugs, or sharp objects
that could be used in a suicide
attempt; call the U.S.
National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline at (800) 273–8255;
and take the person to an
emergency room or seek
help from a medical or mental
health professional.
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years until the EPA five-year
intervention? How is it all going
to work, who do we talk
to, who do we hold accountable,”
he said.
Loney said it is in the city’s
best interest to maintain the
cleanup after the feds leave
so that they don’t have to
pay for the remedy multiple
times.
“It’s in their best interest to
maintain the integrity of the
remedy. Nobody wants to have
to spend money twice, or three
or four times,” she said.
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Within hours of arriving
in Istanbul, I had
crossed many of the
things I wanted to do off my
list. I’d been to a bazaar, and
seen the spices and rugs and
jewelry; I’d eaten delicious
kebabs and drank apple tea;
and I was sitting listening to
traditional Turkish music and
watching the swirling skirt
of a whirling dervish.
I’d been looking forward
to my visit to Turkey for
months. I was attending the
wedding of a dear friend who
was marrying a lovely Turkish
man in the seaside town
of Fethiye, on the Turquoise
coast. I’d seen photos of their
life there, and it looked amazing,
so when the invitation
came, it was a no-brainer.
Of course I would go.
Traveling alone internationally
is something I hadn’t
done in a while. I would be
with the wedding party in
Fethiye, but I was on my own
in Istanbul. I had three nights
alone in a foreign city where I
didn’t speak the language and
where I knew no one.
Like with most things,
though, I didn’t think about
it until it was upon me. And
then I started to wonder: what
would I do? My podcast is all
about what the title of it says
it is, “Talking to Strangers,”
and I generally have no problem
with that. But would people
even speak English? It’s
hard to talk when you don’t
speak the same language.
The challenge of travel to
new places is often not being
able to imagine them exactly.
But lately, I don’t even
try. I bought no guide books
and I glanced only cursorily
at some articles that listed
Things to Do in Istanbul.
What I did do was to men-
tion to people that I was going
to Turkey in the hopes that
they might have been there,
or know someone there. In
doing so, I scored, big.
A lovely artist I’d met in
Brooklyn, introduced to me
by a friend, had moved to Istanbul
with her husband, who
is Turkish. We arranged to
meet for brunch and spend
a few hours together.
Another woman whom I
spoke with at a party, a friend
of my sister-in-law’s, lit up
when I mentioned my trip.
She is a chef and food writer
and had been to the area no
fewer than six times. She had
a dear friend she promised
to connect me to and, suddenly,
I had yet another plan
with a lovely local.
This is what makes foreign
places less foreign: knowing
locals. Suddenly, the faraway
place seems more real, less
scary and strange.
On my first evening
abroad, in my mind I was
more like someone in town
to visit friends, even though
I wandered aimlessly around
the Sultanamet/Old City area
where my hotel was, looking
for a cash machine that
I never found. I shopped
around, practicing my resolve
as shopkeepers, open
late, eagerly offered me great
deals on rugs, and robes and
spices. I did spend far too
much on tea — my fault for
not being specific on how
much it was and how much
I wanted before they bagged
it and charged me.
But, in general, I was
amazed by the low prices
and the kind people who
offered generously to give
me a glass of apple or regular
tea or even order me food
when I told them I had yet
to eat and had arrived from
New York on the overnight
plane just hours before.
I didn’t take any of the merchants
up on their offer of food.
Finally, I stopped wandering
and found myself at the first
restaurant I’d noted looked
cool: the tented Mesale Restaurant
near my hotel that offered
live music and the whirling
dervish I had hoped to see
on my trip.
I was amazed at the convivial
atmosphere as people
ordered some sort of flaming
platters and smoked fragrant
Nargile, what I thought of as
hookahs, blowing the smoke
sexily out of their mouths and
noses as the waiters scurried
about keeping the water boiling
with flaming coals that
filled the silver pots they carried.
People clapped along to
the music, and cheered at
points. Couples sat on comfortable
benches and played
backgammon.
I smiled, and ordered lentil
soup and the Special Kebab,
dipping the flat Lavash
bread into the soup and wrapping
it around the delicious
ground meat ovals with fresh
tomatoes and eggplant and yogurt.
Yum!
The next 48 hours were
a whirlwind of sightseeing
like a tourist and wandering
about with my local friends
to their great neighborhoods
— the art-filled Tophane, and
the beautiful residential area
just off the Kandilli pier on the
Asian side of the Bosphorous
Strait. I hit the beautiful Blue
Mosque, wrapping my scarf
around my head and taking
off my shoes to walk the carpets
of the beautiful 17th century
mosque, and then across
the way to the Hagia Sophia
Museum, staring, amazed at
the architectural monument to
Byzantine and Ottoman empires
that was built first as a
Christian basilica in the sixth
century.
I also ventured in through
the gardens to Topkapi Palace,
lured up to it high on the hill
from seeing it on my morning
walk along the water.
My feet are sore, but my
mind and heart are filled with
the beauty of this beautiful,
friendly city and its energy. For
a fearless New Yorker, Istanbul
presents a terrific opportunity
to unearth some amazing history
and have a ‘foreign’ yet
strangely familiar experience.
After all, in so many ways,
people seem to be so much
the same wherever I go.
Fearless
Living
By Stephanie Thompson
By Kevin Duggan
Brooklyn Paper
It was fun for all the
family!
An affordable housing organization
invited 1,000 tenants
across the five boroughs
to screenings of the newly released
movie “Avengers: Endgame”
on Saturday.
The New York State Association
for Affordable Housing,
which represents developers
and other interest groups of
the affordable housing industry,
offered 1,000 tickets along
with $15 gift cards for popcorn,
drinks, and other concessions
to residents of their
members’ buildings across the
five boroughs.
Among the Kings County
residents were families from
Fort Greene’s Ingersoll
Houses, who went to see the
superhero movie at United
Artists cinema at the corner
of Court and State streets in
Brooklyn Heights at 3 and
4 p.m.
The outing was part of the
association’s effort to foster
a community beyond just the
physical buildings, according
to a spokesman for a Gowanus
developer.
“As NYSAFAH members,
we strive to provide not just
safe and affordable housing,
but also programs, opportunities,
and experiences
to our residents and neighbors.
The 1,000 movie tickets to
see ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ is
just one example of how NYSAFAH
members are committed
to being good stewards
for the children and families
living in our city’s affordable
housing,” said Kirk Goodrich,
partner at Monadnock Development,
which was one of the
more than a dozen sponsors
of the event, including developers,
politicians and community
leaders.
Families from Fort Greene’s Ingersoll Houses were among the 1,000 residents
across the city to get a free ticket to see the new “Avengers: Endgame” movie
on April 27.
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