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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, MAY 12, 2019
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PSYCHIC & MEDIUM
KATHLEEN
AVINO
ABOUT ME
I live in Brooklyn and although my background is in design and construction, I now provide in-depth psychic and
medium readings for clients all over the world. I gained my gifts 20 years ago. I am compassionate to what you
are going through. I have struggled with many health issues and heartache, but I always keep a positive attitude.
Along with my inspirational readings, I also host Sicilian Cooking classes!
ABOUT MY READINGS
My abilities are God given and are used to help others achieve inner peace, joy and solutions for their highest
good. I hear voices, feel energy and see pictures that answer concerns. My Spirit Guides and those crossed
over speak to me.
The information is always given honestly, directly, accurately and with love to whomever seeks my help. Whether
it is in person or over the phone, with just your fi rst name I can help you fi nd happiness.
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LOOKING FOR ANSWERS: Father Joe DeVincenzo wanted to know how the shelters would affect local
property values. Photo by Colin Mixson
SHELTER
a deal with developers to
house destitute families
there.
The neighboring shelters
will be run by nonprofi
t shelter operator Win
and will feature a combined
253 units, along with childcare
services and programs
designed to help get downand
out New Yorkers back
on their feet and into permanent
housing.
Both buildings will feature
24-hour security and
surveillance, and will be
offered exclusively to families,
with the majority of
residents expected to be
women and children, according
to Jackie Bray, fi rst
deputy commissioner at the
Department of Homeless
Services.
At the meeting, questions
about the shelters’ effect
on property values were
quick to arise, with one
Park Slope resident asking
why the refugees couldn’t
be sited in a less gentrifi ed
area.
“Why are the shelters
being taken out of areas
now marked for gentrifi cation,
like Sunset Park, and
moved into areas that have
already been gentrifi ed,”
asked Father Joe DeVincenzo.
Another woman asked
about what effect the shelter’s
pint-sized residents
would have on local schools,
claiming nearby PS 124 is
already near capacity.
Bray, Lander, and former
City Council Speaker
Christine Quinn, who now
serves as Win’s chief executive
offi cer, struggled to address
concerns expressed
by residents as their audience
at the packed high
school auditorium shouted
over them, and Quinn in
particular was routinely
drowned out by a chorus of
boos.
The Homeless Services
offi cial claimed there’s
“zero research” showing
shelters reduce property
values, and said the city
bases its decision to site
a shelter in a community
based on the number of existing
shelters there and its
current population of homeless
residents.
Lander addressed concerns
about school overcrowding,
saying he would
work with city agencies
and local school leaders
to ensure there was space
for the kids, but noted that
many shelter kids tend to
stick with whatever schools
they’re already attending.
Beyond that, the properties
were always planned for
residential use, and would
have likely attracted more
students to local schools had
they opened as market-rate
rentals, although nobody
made an issue of it until the
shelters were announced,
according to Lander.
“Both those buildings
have been in construction
for quite a while, and no one
had brought any concerns
about the capacity of the
schools,” he said.
One Park Sloper scorned
his neighbors, describing
them as faux liberals for
their harsh criticism of the
city’s shelter plan.
“I must say to my neighbors
who claim to be progressive,
and post signs on
their windows supporting
Syrian refugees, if you’re
against homeless people
coming into our neighborhood,
you’re against homeless
people,” said Joel Berg.
Many locals did express
support for the shelter, including
one man who asked
what community members
could do to support shelter
residents.
Quinn suggested volunteering
during Win events
for kids, including the shelter
operator’s summercamp
program, in addition
to wrapping free gifts for
kids come Christmas time.
The audience would
eventually boo her before
she could fi nish describing
opportunities to help the
shelter residents.
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