BP Diaz sponsors public health event
The Bronx Borough President
Ruben Diaz, Jr., will be sponsoring
‘Learning How to Prevent Legionnaires,’
a public health event, on Friday,
May 3, at Veterans’ Memorial
Hall, 851 Grand Concourse.
Doors open at noon for a light
lunch; program begins promptly at
12:30 p.m.
Learn how to protect yourself and
your loved ones from this disease
from highly-regarded health experts.
To RSVP, contact Lucille Roldan at
(718) 590-3522 or lroldan@bronxbp.
nyc.gov. The deadline to RSVP is Friday,
April 19.
This event is wheelchair accessible.
For requests or informationregarding
accessibility, email webmail@
bronxbp.nyc.gov, by Tuesday,
April 30.
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The scenario has become all too
common: someone is the victim of
identity theft and it costs the victims
hundreds of dollars and countless
hours to restore their good name and
credit rating. In fact, over 60 million
Americans were affected by identity
theft, which on average costs nearly
$300 in out-of-pocket costs to resolve.
Ridgewood Savings Bank, the
largest mutual savings bank in New
York State, is taking action to help
protect our depositors against these
crimes by offering our checking customers
EZShield Identity Theft Protection
® – the sophisticated platform
that delivers immediate restoration
assistance to fraud victims.
Through its partnership with industry
leader EZShield, Ridgewood
Savings Bank provides all of our
checking customers with free access
to EZShield ID Restoration which includes
24/7 live support with a USbased
Certifi ed Resolution Specialist
to restore identity through a comprehensive
restoration process.
Ridgewood’s Premier Checking
customers also receive free access
to EZShield ID Protection Plus—a
powerful suite of protection services
including ID restoration; dark web
monitoring (daily monitoring of customer
personal information on black
market websites); credit monitoring
(daily scans that monitor for changes
and activity on customer credit reports);
and identity theft insurance
with up to $1 million reimbursed for
identity theft-related expenses, including
lost wages incurred during
the time period a customer is protected
by EZShield. EZShield ID
Protection Plus is also available to
other Ridgewood checking customers,
non-checking customers, and
business customers for a fraction of
the retail price of these services if
purchased by a consumer independently.
To learn more about the benefi ts
of checking with Ridgewood Savings
Bank and for applicable terms and
conditions, visit www.ridgewoodbank.
com/home/personal/checking.
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The United Federation of Teachers
and NYC DOE Bronx Borough
Offi ce will collaboratively host a Fair
for Students and Families highlighting
agencies, colleges, and vendors
that can assist students with special
services and options when they
transition from high school to college
or the world of work, on Friday,
May 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
UFT Learning Center, 2500 Halsey
Street.
Students will be able to engage
with career professionals and gain
valuable knowledge of occupations
to assist when completing their annual
BRONX TIMES REPORTER, A 50 PRIL 19-25, 2019 BTR
vocational assessments.
Bring students and encourage
parents/guardians to attend. Parent
workshops will focus on ACCES VR,
graduation requirements, CDOS,
Skills & Achievement Commencement
Credential plus more. Student
workshops will focus on writing resumes
and self - advocacy.
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Do you need help getting to and
from your medical appointments?
Transportation services are available
to seniors Monday through Friday,
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., in community districts
9, 10, 11 and 12. The program
provides door-to-door service for all
medical appointments. Their drivers
are courteous and professional; and
their vehicles are clean and handicap
accessible, including wheelchair
lifts.
For further information, contact
Mildred Cardona, program director
of the R.A.I.N. Transportation Program,
at (718) 882-8513.
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Stop by the PSS City Island Center,
located at 116 City Island Avenue,
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Experience their exercise
classes from gentle yoga stretch,
balance class, arthritis workshop
and tai chi as well as the fi t for life
and cardio fi t. They also offer acrylic
painting, calligraphy, canasta, health
presentations, singing group, and
parties. Lunch is served from noon
to 1 p.m., suggested donation $2.
The center participants go on shopping
trips every day; i.e. Shop Rite,
Dollar Tree, Target, Kmart ,as well as
theatre excursions, boat trips, special
luncheons and more. It’s free to
become a member but you must be
60 years or above. For more information
contact Patty at (718) 885-0727
or email pattis@pssusa.org for their
monthly calendar.
Upcoming Special Events:
Wednesday, April 24 at 12:30 p.m.,
PSS Circle of Care Presentation;
and Friday, April 26 at 12:30 p.m.,
Chair Massage. Check out some
new classes: Mixed Media Art every
Monday at 10 a.m. and Thursday at
1 p.m.; and Swing Dance, Mondays
at 1 p.m.
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South Bronx-based Health People:
Community Preventive Health
Institute launched its #DiabetesEmergency,
#DiabetesCrisis social
media campaign to push the New
York City Board of Health to declare
type 2 diabetes as a public health
emergency.
The board will be debating the
issue at its next public meeting on
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at Health
Department offi ces at Gotham Center,
42-09 28th Street, Room 3-32
Long Island City, NY 11101.
“So many people – and their family
and friends – are suffering from
diabetes that we wanted to give them
a chance to tell the city why diabetes
is an emergency and to say what
has happened to them as this disease
has increased and increased
for years,” said Chris Norwood, executive
director of Health People.
More than 16 percent of New York
BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN DIAZ, JR.
City’s adult population – a staggering
1.1 million men and women age 20
and older – now have diabetes. It is
the city’s most prevalent and costly
disease. It is causing never-beforeseen
levels of disease-related disability,
including eye problems and
blindness, kidney disease and dialysis
and lower-limb amputations. The
city’s diabetes-related lower limb
amputation rate alone has soared 55
percent since 2009 and yet the city
has no coherent response.
As part of the #DiabetesEmergency,
#DiabetesCrisis campaign,
Health People will be highlighting
New Yorkers impacted by the disease
who are urging the Board of
Health to recognize type 2 diabetes
as a public health emergency.
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The American Institute of Criminal
Law Attorneys has recognized
the exceptional performance of New
York’s Criminal Law Attorney Renée
C. Hill as 2019 10 Best Criminal Law
Attorneys for Client Satisfaction.
The American Institute of Criminal
Law Attorneys is a third-party attorney
rating organization that publishes
an annual list of the Top 10
Criminal Law attorneys in each state.
Attorneys who are selected to the
“10 Best” list must pass AIOCLA’s
rigorous selection process, which is
based on client and/or peer nominations,
thorough research, and AIOCLA’s
independent evaluation. AIOCLA’s
annual list was created to be
used as a resource for clients during
the attorney selection process.
One of the most signifi cant aspects
of the selection process involves
attorneys’ relationships and
reputation among his or her clients.
As clients should be an attorney’s top
priority, AIOCLA places the utmost
emphasis on selecting lawyers who
have achieved signifi cant success in
the fi eld of Criminal Law without sacrifi
cing the service and support they
provide. Selection criteria therefore
focus on attorneys who demonstrate
the highest standards of Client Satisfaction.
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