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Moving Forward

June 3, 2011 at 8:24 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

We know the System is broken, but we’re all either too tired, too chicken, too drug-dazed, or too frightened to do anything about it.

Letter to EPA on Coal Emissions

May 13, 2011 at 2:07 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Dear Administrator Jackson:

I have listened in horror over the last decade as a rising squall of negative hate-speech is directed against those who strive to protect our planet–especially those in government agencies like EPA.

Many of the most critical words against the mission to protect the planet from deregulated energy, food, and chemical corporations come from so-called free-market economists and “libertarians” who want government to “get out of the way” of their economic exploitation for profit of our natural resources and society.

Surprisingly, the Christian Bible is clearly opposed to the anti-environmentalists (see Genesis 2:15, for one example).

Therefore, we must redouble our efforts not only to protect the planet and its resources for future generations, but to endeavor to pass these on in BETTER CONDITION than we ourselves inherited them from our progenitors.

Let the “free market deregulators” find their own planet to ravage for short term profit.

And, thank you for proposing the long overdue rule that would enforce the clean air act’s modern health standards. This rule will help to protect my family and community from the mercury emitted from coal-fired power plants. As many as 1 in 6 American women of childbearing age have enough mercury in their bodies to put their baby at risk of mercury poisoning, which causes brain damage, learning disabilities, and birth defects. Please adopt the strongest possible protections from mercury and other toxic air pollution emitted from coal fired power plants.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

April 7, 2011 at 4:18 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

It’s amazing how my life and my mind just run down like water down a rain spout and I’m at the bottom at the same time I’m at the top, but I’m really always at the bottom, the end, before I even get started! Rode the blue mountain bike to work and back. Feel like I’m falling forward onto my hands when I ride that thing.

Worked overtime four hours, including going up to the cafeteria and waiting twenty minutes for Claude to grill a thick, succulent salmon steak to perfection, and eating it, which took another twenty minutes. Then I went through a box of files from Martha Stewart’s family trust fund. Her real name is Martha Steryka. It seemed as if there was a huge flurry of activity as far as transferring her assets before she went to prison for illegal stock trades.

Every day the sorrow and disgust over the dissipation of the American character and culture becomes more and more sickening. Working at Weil just makes me feel more and more guilty all the time because, not only am I profiting from the unbridled greed and economic gluttony of my employers and their clients, but I do virtually nothing to help those less fortunate than myself, which is 99% of the humanity.

I sit around Mark’s office at Weil, surfing the internet and taking care of my personal business, paroxysms of fear, anger and helplessness surging through my consciousness because of the state of our politics and our social fabric, because of the people with no job, no money, no health care, and little look forward to. I think about kids living in ghetto apartments where the tv is always on. I think about my failures to write, to teach, to grow food.

No one has joined Peace Action Manhattan from watching my show. It’s a perfect zero.

Man, is that discouraging.

As seen over the weekend

March 29, 2011 at 6:47 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Chris Hedges:

It permits the war industry to drain half of all state expenditures, generate trillions in deficits, and profit from conflicts in the Middle East we have no chance of winning. It permits corporations to evade the most basic controls and regulations to cement into place a global neo-feudalism. The last people who should be in charge of our food supply or our social and political life, not to mention the welfare of sick children, are corporate capitalists and Wall Street speculators. But none of this is going to change until we turn our backs on the Democratic Party, denounce the orthodoxies peddled in our universities and in the press by corporate apologists and construct our opposition to the corporate state from the ground up.

This was a long article by Hedges and full of the direct hit one liners that make his paragraphs and opinions so strong.

March 24, 2011

March 29, 2011 at 6:22 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Typing with booboo’s neck on my wrist. Today we took Mary to the doctor. She’s doing well. So much to write about. Too bad I can’t.

March 11, 2011

March 29, 2011 at 6:20 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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There’s Never Enough Time

March 25, 2011 at 3:06 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

I really like this blog, but it’s hard to figure out all the logistics, like how to post articles, videos, how to move around and command the features and spaces from the dashboard, how to change formats or themes.

I’m barely taking the time to type. On top of it all, these two dachshunds are hanging all over me.

Contacts

March 14, 2011 at 3:38 am | Posted in peace action | Leave a comment

Community Boards–Manhattan

This page is located on the NYC.gov Web site at
http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/cb_manhattan.shtml

Community Boards – Find Your Community Board
The official Web sites of the various community boards are independent entities, not affiliated with the Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit, nor NYC.gov, the Official NYC Web site.

Select a Borough
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Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island

Download Manhattan Map (in PDF)

Manhattan

Community Board 1
Neighborhoods:
Tribeca, Seaport/Civic Center, Financial District, Battery Park City

CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 1
49-51 Chambers Street, Room 715
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212.442.5050
Fax: 212.442.5055

Email: man01@cb.nyc.gov
Web site

Chair: Ms. Julie Menin
District Manager: Mr. Noah Pfefferblit
Board Meeting: Fourth Tuesday, 6:00pm
Cabinet Meeting: Third Tuesday, 11:00am

Pct:
1
5
7
Pct Phone:
212.334.0611
212.334.0711
212.477.7311

Community Board 2
Neighborhoods:
Greenwich Village, West Village, NoHo, SoHo, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 2
3 Washington Square Village, #1A
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212.979.2272
Fax: 212.254.5102
Email: cb2manhattan@nyc.rr.com
Web site

Chair: Ms. Jo Hamilton
District Manager: Mr. Bob Gormley
Board Meeting: Second to last Thursday, 6:00pm
Cabinet Meeting: Second Thursday, 10:00am
Pct:
1
5
6
9 Pct Phone:
212.334.0611
212.334.0711
212.741.4811
212.477.7811

Community Board 3
Neighborhoods:
Tompkins Square, East Village, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Two Bridges CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 3
59 East 4th Street,
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212.533.5300
Fax: 212.533.3659
Email: info@cb3manhattan.org
Web site

Chair: Mr. Dominic Pisciotta
District Manager: Ms. Susan Stetzer
Board Meeting: Fourth Tuesday, 6:30pm
Cabinet Meeting: Second Tuesday, 2:30pm
Pct:
5
7
9 Pct Phone:
212.334.0711
212.477.7311
212.477.7811

Community Board 4
Neighborhoods:
Clinton, Chelsea CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 4
330 West 42nd Street, Suite 2618
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212.736.4536
Fax: 212.947.9512
Email: info@manhattancb4.org
Web site

Chair: Mr. J.D. Nolan
District Manager: Mr. Robert J. Benfatto
Board Meeting: First Wednesday, 6:30pm
Cabinet Meeting: Third Wednesday, 10:00am
Pct:
10
MSP
MNP
13 Pct Phone:
212.741.8211
212.239.9811
212.767.8400
212.477.7411

Community Board 5
Neighborhoods:
Midtown CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 5
450 7th Avenue, Rm. 2109
New York, NY 10123
Phone: 212.465.0907
Fax: 212.465.1628
Email: office@cb5.org
Web site

Chair: Mr. David Siesko
District Manager: Mr. Wally Rubin
Board Meeting: Second Thursday, 6:00pm
Cabinet Meeting: First Thursday at 10:00am
Pct:
10
MSP
MNP
Pct Phone:
212.741.8211
212.239.9811
212.767.8400

Community Board 6
Neighborhoods:
Stuyvesant Town, Tudor City, Turtle Bay, Peter Cooper Village, Murray Hill, Gramercy Park, Kips Bay, Sutton Place CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 6
866 UN Plaza, Suite 308
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212.319.3750
Fax: 212.319.3772
Email: mn06@cb.nyc.gov
Web site

Chair: Mr. Mark Thompson
District Manager: Ms. Toni Carlina
Board Meeting: Second Wednesday, 7:00pm
Cabinet Meeting: Fourth Thursday, 10:30am
Pct:
13
17 Pct Phone:
212.477.7436
212.826.3211

Community Board 7
Neighborhoods:
Manhattan Valley, Upper West Side, and Lincoln Square CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 7
250 W. 87th Street
New York, NY 10024
Phone: 212.362.4008
Fax: 212.595.9317
Email: office@cb7.org
Web site

Chair: Mel Whymore
District Manager: Ms. Penny Ryan
Board Meeting: First Tuesday, 6:30pm
Cabinet Meeting: Fourth Wednesday, 9:30am
Pct:
20
CPP
24 Pct Phone:
212.580.6411
212.570.4820
212.678.1811

Community Board 8
Neighborhoods:
Upper East Side, LenoxHill, Yorkville, and Roosevelt Island CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 8
505 Park Avenue, Suite 620
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212.758.4340
Fax: 212.758.4616
Email: info@cb8m.com
Web site

Chair: Ms. Jackie Ludorf

District Manager: Ms. Latha Thompson
Board Meeting Third Wednesday, 6:30pm
Cabinet Meeting: Last Tuesday, 10:00am
Pct:
19
CPP Pct Phone:
212.452.0600
212.570.4820

Community Board 9
Neighborhoods:
Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, and West Harlem

CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 9
16-18 Old Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Tel: (212) 864-6200
Fax: (212) 662-7396
Email: NYC-CB9M@juno.com
Web site

Chair: Hon. Larry English, Esq.
District Manager: Eutha R. Prince
Board Meeting: Third Thursday, 6:30pm
Cabinet Meeting: Second Wednesday, 10:00am
Pct:
26
30 Pct Phone:
212.678.1311
212.690.8811

Community Board 10
Neighborhoods:
Central Harlem CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 10
215 West 125th Street
4th Floor
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212.749.3105
Fax: 212.662.4215
Email: mn10@cb.nyc.gov
Web site

Chair: Mr. W. Franc Perry
District Manager: Mr. Paimaan Lodhi
Board Meeting: First Wednesday, 6:00pm
Cabinet Meeting: Third Wednesday, 10:00am
Pct:
28
32 Pct Phone:
212.678.1311
212.690.8811

Community Board 11
Neighborhoods:
East Harlem CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 11
1664 Park Avenue, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10035
Phone: 212.831.8929
Fax: 212.369.3571
Email: info@cb11m.org
Web site

Chair: Mr. Matthew Washington
District Manager: Mr. George Sarkissian,
Board Meeting: Third Tuesday, 6:30pm
Cabinet Meeting: Last Wednesday, 10:30am
Pct:
23
25 Pct Phone:
212.860.6411
212.860.6511

Community Board 12
Neighborhoods:
Inwood and Washington Heights

CB Address:
Manhattan Community Board 12
711 West 168th Street, Ground Floor
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212.568.8500
Fax: 212.740.8197
Email: mancb12@verizon.net
Web site

Chair: Pamela Pelanque-North
District Manager: Mr. Ebenezer Smith
Board Meeting: Fourth Tuesday, 7:00pm
Cabinet Meeting: Third Thursday, 9:30am
Pct:
33
34 Pct Phone:
212.927.3272
212.927.9711

New York City Council–Manhattan

New York City Council Members
NAME DISTRICT BOROUGH POLITICAL PARTY
Mail Maria del Carmen Arroyo 17 Bronx Democrat
Mail Charles Barron 42 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Gale A. Brewer 6 Manhattan Democrat
Mail Fernando Cabrera 14 Bronx Democrat
Mail Margaret Chin 1 Manhattan Democrat
Mail Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. 27 Queens Democrat
Mail Elizabeth Crowley 30 Queens Democrat
Mail Inez E. Dickens 9 Manhattan Democrat
Mail Erik Martin Dilan 37 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Daniel Dromm 25 Queens Democrat
Mail Mathieu Eugene 40 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Julissa Ferreras 21 Queens Democrat
Mail Lewis A. Fidler 46 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Helen D. Foster 16 Bronx Democrat
Mail Daniel R. Garodnick 4 Manhattan Democrat
Mail James F. Gennaro 24 Queens Democrat
Mail Vincent J. Gentile 43 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail David G. Greenfield 44 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Sara M. Gonzalez 38 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Daniel J. Halloran 19 Queens Republican
Mail Vincent Ignizio 51 Staten Island Republican
Mail Robert Jackson 7 Manhattan Democrat
Mail Letitia James 35 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Peter Koo 20 Queens Republican
Mail G. Oliver Koppell 11 Bronx Democrat
Mail Karen Koslowitz 29 Queens Democrat
Mail Brad Lander 39 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Jessica S. Lappin 5 Manhattan Democrat
Mail Stephen Levin 33 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Melissa Mark-Viverito 8 Manhattan Democrat
Mail Darlene Mealy 41 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Rosie Mendez 2 Manhattan Democrat
Mail Michael C. Nelson 48 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail James S. Oddo 50 Staten Island Republican
Mail Annabel Palma 18 Bronx Democrat
Mail Christine C. Quinn 3 Manhattan Democrat
Mail Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. 47 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Diana Reyna 34 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Joel Rivera 15 Bronx Democrat
Mail Ydanis Rodriguez 10 Manhattan Democrat
Mail Deborah Rose 49 Staten Island Democrat
Mail James Sanders, Jr. 31 Queens Democrat
Mail Larry B. Seabrook 12 Bronx Democrat
Mail Eric Ulrich 32 Queens Republican
Mail James Vacca 13 Bronx Democrat
Mail Peter F. Vallone, Jr. 22 Queens Democrat
Mail Jimmy Van Bramer 26 Queens Democrat
Mail Albert Vann 36 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Mark Weprin 23 Queens Democrat
Mail Jumaane D. Williams 45 Brooklyn Democrat
Mail Ruben Wills 28 Queens Democrat

NYS Assembly

Daniel J. O’Donnell
District Office
245 West 104th Street
New York, NY 10025
212-866-3970
Albany Office
LOB 819
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-5603

NYS Senate

Bill Perkins-District 30

March 8, 2010

March 10, 2011 at 12:43 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

It’s a pattern that all the mundane, everyday events of life–like clocking in at work, riding the elevator, lighting my pipe, brushing my teeth, printing and filing at Weil, etc… — are framed within the emotional tenterhooks of some stress-inducing or absorbing circumstance

Last night I went to a little Peace Action meeting at Jerry’s. Oh! I forgot. I have to email John the flier. Jerry always supplies the group with refreshments and cookies and so forth, so I considered bringing something at the last minute. I parked my bike in front of his building about 25 minutes before the meeting and walked West on 86th Street to Columbus Avenue.

There I read a long detailed menu for a Korean health food deli and ice cream store. The menu was good. I decided to get a large chile with rice on the side. When I went in to order, though, there was a “cash only” sign on the register.