Goya Foods donates food to Venezuela
Goya Foods, America’s
largest Latino food
company, announces its
commitment to donate 200
metric tons of food, equivalent
to 440,000 pounds of
food, to the people of Venezuela.
In collaboration with
the United States government,
Goya is working to
coordinate the delivery
of the truckloads of product
from Goya’s Houston,
Texas facility to Colombia
before entering the
border of Venezuela. “We
unite with our brothers
and sisters in Venezuela
to bring nourishing food
during a time of desperate
need,” said Bob Unanue,
president of Goya Foods.
“I commend the support
of the United States and
other countries, private
and public entities, and
individuals who are also
working diligently to ensure
that the people of
Venezuela receive food,
water, and aid.”
The donation of Goya
Black Beans (Caraotas Negras),
a Venezuelan staple,
is part of Goya’s charitable
arm, Goya Gives, a global
initiative committed to
promoting and supporting
the overall well-being
of communities through
social responsibility, environmental
initiatives,
and company values. Goya
supports over 300 organizations,
events, and scholarships
worldwide and
has always played an active
role in providing food
donations during times of
crisis in the United States,
Puerto Rico, Ecuador,
Mexico, Haiti, Chile, Peru
and El Salvador among
others.
For more information,
visit, www.goya.com.
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The Board of Directors
of the American Board
of Emergency recently
elected two new members:
Yvette Calderon, M.D., and
John L. Kendall, M.D.
Dr. Calderon was nominated
by the Emergency
Medicine communityat
large, and Dr. Kendall
by the Society for
Academic Emergency
Medicine (SAEM). SAEM
is an ABEM sponsor organization
Dr. Calderon is chair of
the Department of Emergency
Medicine at Mount
Sinai Beth Israel, and Professor
of Emergency Medicine
at the Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai.
She has been an ABEM
oral examiner since 2010,
and an item (question)
writer for the Qualifying
(written) exam since 2014.
Dr. Calderon completed
her Emergency Medicine
residency training at the
Jacobi Medical Center.
Dr. Kendall is Professor
of Emergency Medicine
and vice chair of Education
in the Department
of Emergency Medicine,
and Director of Ultrasound
Curriculum at University
of Colorado School
of Medicine. He has been
an ABEM oral examiner
since 2013, and a senior
case reviewer since 2015.
He also is a member of
the MyEMCert Advisory
Panel, Case Development
Panel, and Modifi ed Singles
Advisory Panel, and
was an item writer for
the Qualifying Examination.
In 2016, he was the
recipient of a Lifetime
Service Award from the
Ultrasound Section of
the American College of
Emergency Physicians.
Dr. Calderon and Dr.
Kendall will begin their
terms as ABEM directors
at the close of the summer
board meeting.
The ABEM Board of
Directors is comprised
solely of volunteer, boardcertifi
ed, clinically active
emergency physicians
who are actively participating
in ABEM Maintenance
of Certifi cation, a
program of continuous
learning and periodic assessment.
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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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YVETTE CALDERON, M.D. JOHN L. KENDALL, M.D.
Residents, landlord hash out issues at Bedford Park Manor
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
Residents at a building are
making progress in working with
their landlord to rectify qualityof
life and safety concerns.
Tenants at 2985-87 Webster Avenue,
part of a trio of buildings
known as Bedford Park Manor,
met with representatives from
their landlord, The Stagg Group,
to discuss how to correct a multitude
of issues – from missing
safety cameras to the property’s
overall cleanliness.
The third building, 2999 Webster
Avenue, didn’t participate in
the talks.
Several tenants that the Bronx
Times spoke to cited a variety of
issues in their building, including
neighbors harassing neighbors,
roach infestation near incinerators,
water-damaged ceilings,
squatters who were living in the
basement of 2985 Webster Avenue,
and the lack of building vestibule
locks at 2985.
Zxavier Simpson, 2985 Tenant
Association president, said that he
has witnessed an ongoing downward
spiral in the building since
it fi rst opened three to four years
ago. He is one of the original tenants.
Oswald Feliz, a housing lawyer,
represented the tenants at the
meeting on Friday, March 1 inside
2987 Webster Avenue, and believes
that progress was made.
“I think everyone wants to
solve the problems and for that
reason I am very hopeful we are
going to make quick progress,”
said Feliz, adding “I am sure that
we are going to be able quickly resolve
the issues now that we have
all the parties at the table and on
the same page.”
Michael Brabazon, marking
and communications director for
Stagg, said that the as many as
eight tenants spoke during the
meeting about their concerns.
One situation involved the elevators
that do not function when
fi re or smoke is detected. Management
explained that the system is
designed to shut down in those instances.
Feliz said that tenants brought
up concerns including residents
calling the management offi ce to
schedule access to apartments for
repair crews that never arrived
and the broken security cameras
which were recently repaired at
2987.
“It seems like the security cameras
broke and took a long time to
be replaced, and the tenants said
they want more installed, especially
in stairways,” said Feliz,
who is also the Democratic Party’s
78th Assembly District State Committeeman.
Feliz said the landlord appears
to be listening and they plan to
meet again in early April to talk
about the issues further.
Feliz also said that as of the
March 1 meeting, there weren’t
live-in superintendents at the pair
of buildings, but he expects that
this could change shortly.
Brabazon said that The Stagg
Group and its fi rm Five Star Management
sent three representatives
to tthe enant meeting.
“We wanted to be there,” he
said. “We felt it was the right thing
to do and we wanted to hear what
they had to say.”
Some of the discussed topics,
such as the security cameras not
working, were rectifi ed, said Brabazon.
Additionally, the company is in
the process of launching an online
portal where tenants can make
maintenance requests, he said.
Brabazon said that he did not
want to see ‘an us vs. them’ feeling
develop between the tenants and
management.
In a statement, Senator Jamaal
Bailey, said that it was unfortunate
that tenants had to endure
substandard infrastructure and
lack of superintendent attention
for a signifi cant amount of time
and that he was willing to work
with the tenants and landlord to
fi nd solutions.
Representing The Stagg Group were Michael Brabazon and Frank Buglione, Esq.
Photo by Silvio Pacifi co
Property manager Javier Monry (l.) and
Ken Agosto, who represented Senator
Jamaal Bailey at the meeting.
Photo by Silvio Pacifi co
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