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L-Train Shutdown: MTA’s Plan to Add 200 Diesel Buses Could Create Health Crisis EPA: Will Add Roughly 14,351 Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Brooklyn Eagle photo by Andy Katz

If MTA chooses to use 200 diesel buses to transport commuters during the L‐train shutdown, it will create an estimated 14,351 tons of greenhouse gas emissions. See page 2.

Greenpoint YMCA Bestows Spirit of the Community Award on Norm & Elaine Brodsky N. Brooklyn’s Quintessential Philanthropic Power Duo Receives Second-Ever Honor

From left: Norm Brodsky with Assemblymember Joe Lentol, center, and Elaine Brodsky with NY State Assembly Proclamation. See page 2.

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L-Train Shutdown: MTA’s Plan to Add 200 Diesel Buses Could Create Health Crisis EPA: Will Add Roughly 14,351 Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Scott Enman Greenpoint Gazette

Asthma attacks, pneumonia, pulmonary cancer. These are only a few of the respiratory and lung diseases that one can acquire from air pollution. After Los Angeles and Houston, New York City has the third-worst air quality in America among large cities,

according to Science magazine. And with the L-train shutdown looming on the horizon, MTA’s provisional plan to introduce 200 diesel buses during the closure will damage the city’s atmosphere, according to Councilmember Rafael Espinal (D-BushwickBrownsville-Cypress Hills). “As far as we can tell, the MTA's plan is to use 200 diesel buses during the L-train

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shutdown,” Espinal told the Greenpoint Gazette. “That is the equivalent of 2,200 cars on our roads.

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“Our communities will not allow that level of air pollution and environmental disrespect during this crisis, which was originally caused by climate change due to Hurricane Sandy.” Starting in April 2019, the L line will be shut down for 15 months to repair the Canarsie Tunnel, which was severely damaged during Superstorm Sandy. Adding 200 diesel buses or roughly 2,200 passenger cars to New York’s streets for 15 months will create an estimated 14,351 tons of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator. continued on p.14

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Greenpoint YMCA Bestows Spirit of the Community Award To Norm & Elaine Brodsky Brodsky’s 75th birthN. Brooklyn’s Quintessential dayNorm cake, nearly the size of his legendary bocce court, filled room, a picture of the honPhilanthropic Power Duo the oree set atop its creamy white frosting. But birthday wishes just a pretext to get people Receives Second-Ever Honor were together to celebrate a standout By Andy Katz Special to the Greenpoint Gazette

“When people speak about a true Brooklyn power couple,” proclaimed former Borough President Marty Markowitz, “they mean Norm and Elaine Brodsky.” Giando by the Water was packed on Dec. 7, noisier than hell and filled with good spirits despite some people having no clear idea why they were there. “No one knew for certain,” North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President Paul Samulski told the audience. “Some thought it was a Greenpoint YMCA fundraiser, others that it was a birthday party. But either way, it’s still turning out to be a great Brooklyn event!” Samulski was right— there was a lot going on.

year for a couple who have done more than their share to bring good things to their community. “You’ve given back,” Markowitz continued. “You’ve opened doors. You’ve used that property of yours for so many events,” (the last a reference to Norm and Elaine’s white trailer, which sits on the former CitiStorage site). In addition to serving as headquarters for the North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, it’s also a place where Norm and Elaine teach and mentor young entrepreneurs. “Good things happen here,” Brodsky to the Greenpoint Gazette. Indeed. This year marked the final planning for and launch of the Brooklyn Angels Food Truck to aid needy North Brooklyn residents. continued on p.3

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professor at NYU LanSick Season Sends sistant gone Health in Brooklyn and told the Gazette. Viral Infections to Queens, Sagalovich is certified in pulinternal medicine All Corners of NYC, monology, and sleep medicine. “It’s most important to Some Unidentified identify influenza A and B,”

‘Sneeze or Cough Can Make Billions of Airborne Particles’ By Mary Frost Greenpoint Gazette

With the start of flu season, viral infections in the region have been ticking steadily upward over the past several weeks. But the nasal congestion, coughs, fever and body aches you’re experiencing may not be caused by the influenza virus, scientists say. Dr. Gary Paul Leonardi, director of the Virology Laboratory at Nassau University Medical Center, said there are numerous germs in circulation at this time of year on top of influenza A and B. These include respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), rhinovirus, parainfluenza and adenovirus, all of which cause respiratory infections. “Every year we get a number of respiratory viruses in circulation, especially in kids. Once any virus gets to a critical level, it starts to spread,” Leonardi told the Greenpoint Gazette. The cold, dry winter air keeps viruses alive longer, he said. “People stay inside and come into contact with them. You go to church or the synagogue, you hear coughing.” A sneeze or cough will put “billions of particles into the air.” According to researchers, one virus that might be responsible for a cough that just keeps hanging on is RSV. Because in most years RSV season overlaps with flu season, the virus has been a bit of a stealth operator. But when scientists separate out its effects, RSV can be seen to have almost the same impact on health as influenza. Nasal congestion, fever, an “irritating, nonproductive cough,” persistent fatigue and intermittent shortness of breath lasting a month or even two are fairly common with RSV. Most people recover in a week or two, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). But RSV can be a significant cause of respiratory illness, especially for infants, older adults and people with compromised immune systems. It was only during the ’90s that RSV’s potential for “widespread occurrence with serious clinical impact” was recognized, according to a July 2000 report by Ann Falsey and Edward Walsh in the journal Clinical Microbiology Reviews. The disease is unrecognized by most internists, Falsey and Walsh say, “in part because the possibility of RSV is not considered but also because diagnosis is difficult to make during the acute illness.”

The View from the Clinic “RSV, parainfluenza, adenovirus — most times as a clinician you don’t know exactly what you’re dealing with,” Dr. Boris Sagalovich, clinical as-

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Honorees Norm and Elaine Brodsky.

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he said, because vaccine and treatment are only available for the flu. “The other viruses are not that important to ID,” Sagalovich continued, “because it doesn’t change the treatment,” namely, supportive care. Symptoms of influenza include high fever, malaise and joint and muscle pain, Sagalovich said. Within 48 hours of being positively identified, influenza can be treated. “If Tamiflu is taken within 48 hours, it can be very helpful in cutting the length of the disease and recovery can be much faster,” he said. One concern with viral infections is the development of complications like sinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and new-onset asthma (also called adult-onset asthma). In newonset asthma, a person who has never experienced asthma before develops the disease. “It could happen at any age,” Sagalovich said. The victims are often young or middle aged, but Sagalovich says he has seen it in the elderly as well. “If symptoms worsen over four or five days, [people] need to see a doctor,” he said.

Cases of Flu and RSV Increasing According to the New York State Department of Health, RSV has been on the increase since October. Confirmed cases were up substantially the week ending Dec. 2 (the latest available data), with 15.9 percent of tests coming back positive. (Only .6 percent of tests came back positive during RSV’s lowest point in June.) Another type of RSV measurement showed even more of an increase. Confirmed influenza reports were up as well, with an increase of 86 percent across the state during the week ending Dec. 2, with 395 cases — mostly influenza A — logged. Infections in New York City echo these results, which remain normal for this time of year. Roughly 17 percent of tests for RSV came back positive for the week ending Dec. 2, while about 16 percent tested positive for the flu.

Prevention and Treatment Both the scientist and the clinician agree on the importance of getting inoculated with the flu vaccine. “Even if it’s only 40 or 50 percent effective, it’s still something,” Leonardi said. “Why get sick? It might help you.” Leonardi also says that if you’re sick, you should stay home and not infect other people. “Especially if you have contact with people who are fragile.” They also both agree on the importance of washing your hands.

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Greenpoint YMCA Bestows Spirit of the Community Award To Norm & Elaine Brodsky continued from p. 2

From left: Former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, Gina Argento, John Ciafone, Felipe Santana.

From left: Kendall Charter and Ken Varga.

Honorees Norm Brodsky and Elaine Brodsky with Monsignor Jaime Gigantiello. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Andy Katz

The city also finally acquired the final bit of land needed to create the longpromised Bushwick Inlet Park and the Greenpoint Chamber of Commerce officially became the North Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, whose membership granted reciprocal status with the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce … all within the purview the Brodsky’s venerable trailer. It should come as no surprise then that before the YMCA’s Kendall Charter, Sharon Greenberger and Paul Pullo could confer the secondever Spirit of the Community award onto the Brodskys, a representative from U.S. Rep. Caroline Maloney’s office announced Norm and Elaine’s formal entry into the Congressional Record, the City Council issued a proclamation lauding them for their services to the city and Assemblymember Joe Lentol presented a proclamation from Albany in their honor. “They are people our community could not live without,” Lentol admonished. Reminding the audience of long-awaited purchase of Bushwick Inlet Park, he said, “That land could have sold for more than Brodsky got.” This is absolutely credible when you consider how adept Norm Brodsky is raising money. After a round of “Happy Birthday,” Norm joked, “If I ignore this side of the room,

that’s a really good thing because you guys paid to be here. While over here, on the other side, are the freeloaders. You understand? “So I’m going to turn my back on you,” he went on. “Unless you want to give more money, in which case it’s okay to stand up and change sides.” Early last summer, Brodsky told guests assembled for the dedication of the North Brooklyn Angels Food Van that would serve needy North Brooklyn residents: “There’s no free lunch. Enjoy the burgers and hot dogs, but remember, we have to keep this going and your giving inspires people like us to give more!” The Brodskys’ fundraising Weltanschauung is pure tough love. Their accomplishments include launching the Brooklyn Angels Food Truck, or fund The League Education and Treatment Centers for young adults who suffer psychiatric or developmental disorders, providing “gap year” trips to Israel for developmentally disabled Jewish youngsters by way of Darkayno, putting six figures worth of spending green into the pockets of the Telluride Foundation to help maintain a region of ineffable natural beauty or remaking the Greenpoint YMCA into a state-of-theart gymnasium and center for physical education. Additional photos on page 4.

From left: Paul Pullo, Mary Odomirok, Monica Holowacz, Christine Holowacz.

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Norma and Elaine Brodsky pose with copy of Congressional Record entry.

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North Brooklyn Angels Food Van Receives Early Holiday Gift Broadway Stages Plays Santa for Residents and Community Members of Cooper Park Houses

From left: Monica Holowacz, E.W. Fye, Felice Kirby and Ryan Kuonen pose with Broadways Stages’ check. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Andy Katz By Andy Katz Special to EBrooklyn Media

It’s Thursday, just after the noon hour. Remnants of the season’s second snowfall cover the grass at Cooper Park Houses with a thin layer of white that neither sun nor ambient temperatures are strong enough to melt. Along the side-

walk adjacent to Jackson Avenue, about two dozen people wait patiently for their turn to secure a complete lunch from the volunteers manning the North Brooklyn Angels’ food truck. Jackson Avenue has been the truck’s regularly scheduled stop for the past few months. Today (Dec. 14), however, is

special. The North Brooklyn Angels Food Truck is scheduled to receive a substantial donation from nearby Broadway Stages. “One thousand dollars will pay for 250 lunches,” Special Projects Director Felice Kirby explains before moving off to continued on p. 6

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North Brooklyn Angels Special Projects Director Felice Kirby passes out lunches from the Angels’ van. continued from p. 5

greet Broadway Stages’ representative Monica Holowacz, who has arrived to deliver the bounty. Meanwhile, Angels’ Food Truck Executive Director Ryan Kuonen moves between volunteers and clients like a football coach planning a close fourth quarter. She, along with Cooper Park Houses Resident’s Council Vice President E.W. Fye, runs Thursday’s lunch stop with precision. “When they first came here,” Fye pauses to explain, “it was hard to find the right place to park the food truck, so we took it to the [residents’] coun-

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cil, and came up with this spot.” “That’s been an issue all over,” Kuonen agreed. “We have to work with the Fire Department in particular so we don’t block access.” Inside the van, volunteers Sonja Wetzel, James Brady and Claudell Lewis work over steam tables that quickly fog eyeglasses and camera lenses. Today’s lunch special is a fish filet with vegetable rice and fruit cocktail. The odor is distinctly piscine, but not unpleasantly so. “We had this barbecue chicken once,” Wetzel recalls after being asked if any particular menu stood out as especially popular. “I think we ran out of them in less than an hour,

North Brooklyn Angels Special Projects Director Felice Kirby, left, with Broadway Stages’ Monica Holowacz.

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and people still ask when we’re getting it back.” At present, the Angels purchase food already prepared, and staff merely plate it out into portable take-out carriers. But that is soon to change. An unused basement cafeteria at St. John Lutheran Church has nearly completed the renovations needed to pass Department of Health guidelines, with work donated by restaurateurs Norm Brodsky and Josh Cohen. “We’re really looking forward to the different kinds of foods having our own kitchen will enable us to serve,” Kuonen said. “We’ll be able to offer vegetarian and vegan options.” continued on p. 12

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S PORTS Okafor Needs to Shape Up to Help Nets Recently Acquired Center Not Ready to Make Impact Just Yet By John Torenli, Sports Editor Ebrooklyn Media

Recently acquired Nets center Jahlil Okafor isn’t quite ready for prime time, nor any time at the moment, after logging just 25 minutes on the court this season during the closing stages of his ill-fated run as a Philadelphia 76er. The 22-year-old, 6-foot-11 center tried to knock off the rust last Friday night in Toronto, logging a whopping 23 minutes during his Brooklyn debut and registering 10 points and four rebounds. It was the former Duke standout’s only action in four games since officially joining his new Brooklyn teammates following the Nets’ two-game trip to Mexico City earlier this month. Okafor, acquired from Philadelphia on Dec. 7 along with sharp-shooting combo guard Nik Stauskas and a second-round pick in exchange for veteran power forward Trevor Booker, hadn’t stepped on an NBA court since Nov. 7, when he got three minutes of playing time against Utah for the 76ers. “I felt rusty, had some cobwebs on me,” Okafor admitted after nearly equaling his minutes output for the entire campaign in the 120-87 loss to the Raptors. “But just to be able to get out there — run up and down and play basketball — was great.” Unfortunately, Okafor was unable to provide any help during Sunday’s 109-97 loss to Indiana at Downtown’s Barclays Center and has yet to play in front of Brooklyn fans since his acquisition. It doesn’t appear that that will change anytime soon after head coach Kenny Atkinson admitted that the post-up pivot man would need to get in better game shape to run up and down the floor in the Nets’ fast-paced, 3-point-shooting, run-andgun style.

“No, it’s to be expected. He just hasn’t played,” Atkinson said of Okafor, who was taken third overall by the Sixers in the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft. “There’s just a difference between game conditioning — NBA conditioning — for [most people] he’s probably in better shape, but it’s a whole other level,” Atkinson told the New York Post. “It doesn’t surprise me at all. The fact that he’s a bigger guy, that’s part of it, too. It’s more difficult for them.” Especially when said big guy’s strengths, catching the ball in the paint and driving to the basket, aren’t quite what the Nets are looking for in a big man. “We need to put him in a situation to succeed and a position to help us,” Atkinson added. “I told him you’re not going to be alone. It’s not like we’re going to put you on some mountain and you’re going to be running. We’re going to do this together.” Isolation was something Okafor became accustomed to in Philadelphia, where he averaged 17.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game during a solid rookie season before seeing his playing time and effectiveness wane over the next year-and-a-half before arriving in Brooklyn. Offered a fresh start, and a promise that he will be an integral part of the Nets’ future is motivating Okafor to show some patience and work himself back into game shape here in our fair borough. “That’s why I’m happy I’m here with the actual NBA coaching staff that’s taking care of me every day,” Okafor said in a clear snipe at his former organization. “When I was in Philly, I was figuring it out on my own. I had my own trainer [Rick Lewis] that I’ve been working with since eighth grade working me out. But it’s a different level when you’re actually working with an NBA staff.” Though Atkinson did not give an estimate as to

After logging 23 minutes in his Nets debut last Friday night, center Jahlil Okafor (left) will get some time oﬀ while he gets in better playing shape. AP Photo by Michael Perez how long it would take Okafor to be ready to compete night in and night out with the Nets, he does believe that the Fort Smith, Arkansas native will prove valuable to Brooklyn at some point this year. Stauskas also made his Nets debut vs. Toronto and appeared to fit in quite nicely with Atkinson’s scheme. The 24-year-old Michigan alum scored a team-high 22 points in the loss to the Raptors, but was unable to provide much help here in Brooklyn on Sunday, going scoreless in 15 minutes off the bench on 0-for-5 shooting. The Nets (11-18) have dropped three in a row and four of their last five since dealing Booker, and were eager to get back in the win column Wednesday night against visiting Sacramento. Brooklyn will also host Washington here on Friday before embarking on a five-game road trip to close out December.

Spencer Dinwiddie and the rest of the Nets couldn’t keep up with the Indiana Pacers Sunday at Downtown’s Barclays Center. AP Photo by Andres Kudacki

Nothing But Net: General manager Sean Marks stayed busy during the holiday season, signing Long Island Nets standout Milton Doyle to a two-way contract Monday. Doyle leads Long Island with 21.3 points per game this season, and will now be an available to be called up by the NBA franchise when needed, much the same way Brooklyn native Isaiah Whitehead has been utilized throughout the campaign. “If I get to come up here and play, call me at three, four in the morning,” said Doyle. “I’ll be here.” … Nets players are getting in the holiday spirit this week here in Brooklyn. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Caris LeVert were slated to take 25 local children on a shopping spree at Modell’s yesterday afternoon while Joe Harris will distribute goodies to kids in alliance with NYPD today at an annual Sleigh Ride event in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson admitted that newly acquired center Jahlil Okafor is not yet ready to run up and down the court with his new teammates. AP Photo by Kathy Willens

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Our World In Pictures WEST BANK — Clashes Continue: In this Tuesday photo, a Palestinian protester returns a tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli troops in Bir Zeit following protests against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. AP Photo/Nasser Nasser

ISRAEL — Family Celebrates Hanukkah: An Orthodox Jewish man lights candles during Hanukkah in Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on Tuesday. The holiday is an eight-day commemoration of the Jewish uprising in the second century B.C. against the Greek-Syrian kingdom, which had tried to put statues of Greek gods in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

INDIA — Boats Return to the Shore: People gather on Monday morning to collect fish from boats that returned after overnight fishing in the Arabian Sea in Thiruvananthapuram. AP Photo/R S Iyer 8 • Ebrooklyn Media • Greenpoint Neighborhood • Wednesday, December 20, 2017

GERMANY — Warming Up: Meerkats sit under a heating lamp in their enclosure in the Opel Zoo in Kronberg on AP Photo/Michael Probst Tuesday.

Our World In Pictures GUATEMALA — Town Honors Patron Saint: Women kneel to welcome the "guardians of St. Thomas" to the home where the statue of the Catholic icon has been under the care of a family during festivities in honor of the patron saint of Chichicastenango on Monday. The ongoing celebration honors the Mayan town’s patron saint until Dec. 23. AP Photo/Luis Soto

SOUTH AFRICA — New President is Announced: Newly elected African National Congress (ANC) President, Cyril Ramaphosa, right, sits next to outgoing president Jacob Zuma after it was announced that he had won the vote at ANC’s elective conference in Johannesburg on Monday. Zuma’s second and final term as party leader has ended after a scandal-ridden tenure that has seen a plummet in the popularity of Nelson Mandela’s liberation movement. AP Photo/Themba Hadebe

SOUTH KOREA — Marines Hold Joint Military Exercise: U.S. Marines from III-Marine Expeditionary Force from Okinawa, Japan, run in the snow as part of a joint military winter exercise with South Korean marines in Pyeongchang on Tuesday. More than 400 marines from the two countries participated in the Dec. 4-22 exercise. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

ITALY — Rowing Along the Canal: In this Monday photo, a rower paddles along the Naviglio Grande decorated with Christmas lights in Milan. AP Photo/Luca Bruno Wednesday, December 20, 2017 • Ebrooklyn Media • Greenpoint Neighborhood • 9

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On this day in 1862, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on what was expected to be the imminent resignation of Secretary of State William H. Seward. The Eagle gave prominent analysis of the resignations that were expected in the aftermath of the Union Army’s major defeat in the battle of Fredericksburg. Congress tried to force Seward’s resignation. In addition to the Union Army’s casualties at Fredericksburg, Virginia, Seward had also made many enemies. Later editions that week reported that Seward had consented to stay on, after intervention by President Abraham Lincoln, who had become a good friend over time. This is the same William Seward who advocated for the 1867 purchase of Alaska, which came to be known as “Seward’s Folly.” **** On this day in 1941, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page three-deck headlines proclaimed that Allied and Philippine forces, fighting together were trying to break a Japanese stronghold at Davao, in the Philippines. The headlines also declared that the Soviet army had re-captured key cities around Moscow from the retreating German army, and that enemy submarines had been detected off the Atlantic Coast. Also, President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the Allied side, and Adolf Hitler on the Axis side, had both shaken up their military forces. The U.S. naval fleet got a new commander. So did the German army. **** On this day in 1954, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported that beloved Brooklynite Jackie Gleason had just signed an $11 million deal for the situation comedy that would become “The Honeymooners.” Gleason’s character, Ralph Kramden, would be a smart-aleck bus driver whose luck with get-rich schemes was hapless. His co-stars were Audrey Meadows as Kramden’s wise-cracking, formidable wife and Art Carney as Kramden’s pal Ed Norton. “The Honeymooners,” which broadcast from 1955-56, celebrated the lives of working-class Brooklyn residents. It has become one of the most enduring black-and-white TV comedies. Viewers eagerly await holiday marathons on some of the classic-TV stations. **** NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include Emmy Award-winning actress Jenny Agutter, who was born in 1952; singer and activist Billy Bragg, who was born in 1957; author and poet Sandra Cisneros, who was born in 1954; soccer player Ashley Cole, who was born in 1980; singer and TV personality David Cook, who was born in 1982; psychic and clairvoyant Uri Geller, who was born in 1946; actor Jonah Hill, who was born in 1983; pop star JoJo, who was born in 1990; sociologist, educator and writer William Julius Wilson, who was born in 1935; and TV producer Dick Wolf, who was born in 1946. **** JoJo TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL Photo by Evan Agostini/ Invision/AP HUMAN SOLIDARITY DAY. In connection with its observance of the first U.N. Decade for the Edification of Poverty, the U.N. General Assembly declared this date each year recalling that the Millennium Declaration identified solidarity as one of the fundamental and universal values that should underlie relations between peoples in the 21st century. For more information, visit un.org. **** SACAGAWEA DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1812. As a young Shoshone Indian woman, Sacagawea in 1805 traveled (with her 2-month old son strapped to her back) with the Lewis and Clark expedition as an interpreter. It is said that the expedition could not have succeeded without her aid. Few other women have been so often honored. There are statues, fountains and memorials of her, and a mountain peak bears her name. In 2000, the U.S. Mint issued a $1 coin honoring her. **** DR. SAMUEL MUDD WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1833. Mudd was convicted of conspiracy in the assassination of President Abraham Ashley Cole Lincoln and sentenced to life imprisonAP Photo/Reed Saxon ment at Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas.

The basis for his conviction was mainly that he gave medical aid to fleeing Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, who had a broken leg. He was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1869. Mudd and his friends protested his innocence of complicity until his death in 1883 in Maryland. **** SUSANNE K. LANGER WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1895. The New York-born philosopher was known for her work “Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism Jonah Hill of Reason, Rite and Art.” Her studies Photo by Chris Pizzello/ of aesthetics and art exerted a profound Invision/AP influence on thinking in the fields of psychology, philosophy and the social sciences. She died in Connecticut in 1985. **** THE AMERICAN POET LAUREATE WAS ESTABLISHED ON THIS DAY IN 1985. A bill empowering the Librarian of Congress to name, annually, a poet laureate in poetry was signed into law

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by President Ronald Reagan. In return for a stipend as poet laureate and a salary as the consultant in poetry, the person named will present at least one major work of poetry and will appear at selected national ceremonies. The first poet laureate of the U.S. was Robert Penn Warren, appointed to that position by the Librarian of Congress in 1986. Other poets laureate have included Rita Dove, Robert Pinsky, Billy Collins and W.S. Merwin. Prior to 1985, the Library of Congress named consultants in poetry, and these included Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop and Gwendolyn Brooks. **** Special thanks to “Chase’s Calendar of Events” and Brooklyn Public Library.

QUOTABLE “If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.” — philosopher Susanne Langer, who was born on this day in 1895

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Birthdays — December 20 Jenny Agutter, actress (Emmy for The Snow Goose), born in London, England. Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer, actor and songwriter. A child prodigy, he finds inspiration in the songs of Abd Hafez and Oum Kalthoum. Fouad’s pro career started to roll when he joined the band 4M and recorded Sultan Zamani and Metgharrabeen. He soon went solo. His style is a mixture of Pop Egyptian music and Franco-Arab music. He travels the world appearing at festivals and concerts. Wikipedia lists two dozen records and 10 movies/videos in his CV. His first role was in the film Amrika Chika Bika. The music video of the song, Al Hob Al Haqiqi, included a rousing children’s chorus and quickly became a hit and brought Fouad to prominence as one of the top Arab pop singing stars. He appeared in a soap opera entitled Aghla Men Hayati (2010). An online bio states that his work in film led to a dynamic change in Egyptian cinematography. Mohammad is from Abbassia, Cairo.

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Uri Geller, psychic, clairvoyant, born in Tel Aviv, Israel. George Roy Hill, filmmaker (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), born in Minneapolis, Minn. Hill passed in 2002. John Hillerman, actor (The Betty White Show, Magnum P.I.), born in Denison, Texas. John Spencer, actor (The West Wing, L.A. Law), born in New York, N.Y.

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William Julius Wilson, sociologist, educator, writer (When Work Disappears, born in Derry Township, Pa.

Goodbye to Old Faithfuls n Dec. 20, 1922, the era of the horse-drawn fire engine in Brooklyn came to an end with a stirring celebration. City and borough officials and spectators gathered at Brooklyn’s Borough Hall, Court and Joralemon streets, for a ceremony to mark the transition of the horse-drawn fire engine to the motorized fire engine. The firemen were there, the horses were there and so The way it used to be: a contemporary horse-drawn fire were the new motorized fire wagon. Motorized equipment came into use in the 1920s. trucks. It was a momentous occasion and we hope the horses sensed the appreciation that went out to them for the labor and bravery that had meant so much to the citizens of Brooklyn.

FROM THE ORIGINAL EAGLE AND OTHER SOURCES

BROOKLYN — David Levine is a resident of brownstone Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn on Dec. 20, 1926, he is the only child of Henry and Lena (Isaacman) Levine. As a child he visited the garment district sweatshops where his father worked as a patternmaker (men’s pants), a scene in which he has often returned as a subject of his paintings. While in elementary school, he attended classes at the Pratt Institute and the Brooklyn Museum Art School and aspired to be a cartoonist when he grew up. After graduating from Erasmus Hall High School in 1943, Levine enrolled at the Tyler School of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, but his studies there were interrupted by a two-year stint in the U.S. Army. He returned to Tyler and graduated in 1949, and with what remained of his G.I. Bill went back to Manhattan to study with Hans Hofmann. What Levine learned from the doyen of abstract expressionism is difficult to discern; both his paintings and his caricatures look as if the 20th century had never been invented, and he has referred to himself, accurately and unabashedly, as an “art Bircher.” Levine had his first one-man show at the Davis Gallery in Manhattan in 1953 and continued to exhibit there, with seven additional oneman shows, through 1963. The subjects of his paintings were two sets of people, or the same people seen in two different lights: garment workers at their trades and those same workers, or others very much like them, during their moments of relaxation at the beach at Coney Island. Suffused with a warm humanist feeling and an emphasis upon atmosphere and light, those intimate works echoed such 19th century masters as James Whistler, John Singer Sargent, and Jean Vuillard. On Nov. 16, 1957, a New York Herald Tribune reviewer wrote: “It is remarkable the way Levine, without being either imitative or anachronistic in this day of improvisation and abstraction, is able to work in the idiom of the 19th-century masters and still keep his pictures intense, direct and personal.” Levine’s works have been exhibited in many museums throughout the country winning acclaim, awards and prizes. Magazines

On This Day In Brooklyn History December 20, 1876 Sleighs jingle along old Coney Island Road in storm.

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such as Esquire have contracted Levine to do illustrations which led to his becoming a caricaturist of the first order. His caricatures naturally depend upon distortion — the exaggeration of external features that are somewhat extreme as De Gaulle’s nose or Lyndon B. Johnson’s ears. Levine has explained: “What I try to look for are contradictory features. ...Lyndon Johnson, for example, had that pained look in his eyes all the time he was smiling. Nixon’s the opposite. He makes a smiling attempt with his eyes, but the mouth is always pulled down, as if he’s bitten on a lemon.” Jules Feiffer described Levine as “the best political-social-literary caricaturist of this century.” Levine describes himself as “a painter supported by a hobby — satirical drawing.” Levine is also a serious painter whose oils and watercolors — primarily beach scenes and figure studies in the realist tradition — have been exhibited professionally for decades. During that period he had more than a dozen one-man gallery shows and in 1971 shared the spotlight with Aaron Shikler in a twoman exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. There are a number of collections of his caricatures available in book form: “The Man from M.A.L.I.C.E. (1966); “Pens and Needles” (1969) and “No Known Survivors” (1970). In January 1968 both Time and Newsweek magazines were graced with Levine’s drawings on their covers. In earlier years Levine illustrated children’s books. He has taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and the School soldier Shane] came up on a brief leave from Texas, of Visual Arts, in Manhattan. [he] dropped in on Lombardo at his Freeport, L.I. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis home to tell him about his song. was among private collectors “Intrigued by the catchy tune, the orchestra of his work. leader immediately made arrangements to introduce Levine’s own taste in it on his regular radio hour. Mr. Lombardo, whose collecting runs to English orchestra plays in the grill of the Hotel Roosevelt, furniture and English waterManhattan, takes credit for introducing 16 of the 20 colors. Levine, who lives top tunes of this year, and feels certain that he has and dresses simply, has been described as looking another hit on his hands. “‘We’ll give this song as a Christmas present to like an accountant. He has Brooklyn,’ he said. And so, on Christmas night, Mr. described his hobbies as Lombardo will give his own ‘soft, sweet’ arrange- playing tennis and running ment of the Brooklynite’s opus. Although he cus- the vacuum cleaner. He entomarily dedicates his program over station WJZ to tertains no illusions about celebrities, he will provide a fitting background for the power of his pen. “No the song by dedicating the whole program to Brook- government has ever fallen because of my caricatures,” lyn. he once said. “I titillate all “The playing of his song will also be a big pres- those who agree with me in ent for young Shane, who had to rush back to Texas, the first place, and maybe but who will be able to hear it on the nation-wide give them a little courage.” network.”

Nothing Like a Brooklyn Moon for Inspiration! BROOKLYN — The following well-written story by an unknown Brooklyn Eagle writer appeared in the Dec. 20, 1945 issue: “TROPIC MOON INSPIRES A SONG ABOUT BROOKLYN. The moon over Bali and other exotic lands he visited in the South Pacific at Uncle Sam’s expense couldn’t hold a candle to Brooklyn’s moon as far as Terry Shane, a former Brooklynite, is concerned. In fact, the Oriental moon gave him a big yen for a glimpse of the same moon which used to shine in the windows of his childhood home in Bensonhurst. And it brought memories of the times he squired [escorted] Maisie, his childhood sweetheart, home from Ebbets Field; or when they went window-shopping along Flatbush Ave. “Since the same moon also shone on his debut as a pianist with Freddy Martin’s orchestra in the Hotel Bossert [now a Jehovah’s Witness residence in Brooklyn Heights], he naturally translated his feelings into music. Before many more moons had gone by the young GI found himself back in the United States with the words and music for ‘Moon Over Brooklyn’ in his pocket.

“While he was playing at the Bossert with Freddie Martin’s band he became acquainted with Guy Lombardo, who with his Royal Canadians, was featured at the Hotel St. George.” Apparently due to a production error, a portion of the article was not printed in the issue of the Eagle available, but the story continued:”[When

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In addition, the St. John’s Lutheran kitchen will enable the Angels’ Food Truck to provide breakfast service, as well as lunches.

“A lot of our clients are daylaborers,” Kuonen explained, “so by the time lunch rolls around, they’re already away at their work site.” With service over, Wetzel, Brady and Lewis begin to clean

up, working with the ease and precision of long practice. The van’s interior resembles a Finnish steam bath as the hotel pans are removed from the steam table, the hot water drained.

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Outside a man wearing a black leather motorcycle jacket walks up. “Is there any food left?” he asks. Brady hands over a pair of packaged lunches in a plastic

bag for the man. Because North Brooklyn Angels operates through volunteers, they’re always looking for new people, especially as the holiday season advances like an invading army.

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L-Train Shutdown: MTA’s Plan to Add 200 Diesel Buses Could Create Health Crisis EPA: Will Add Roughly 14,351 Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions While there is no perfect solution — and none that MTA has publically announced — to alleviate congestion during the closure, Espinal hopes to pass a bill that will require Gov. Andrew Cuomo and MTA to replace diesel buses with electric ones. “The L-train shutdown … must not be dealt with by burning dirty fossil fuels into the air of our communities,” Espinal said. “What will already be a huge inconvenience to 200,000 New Yorkers cannot also be a huge blow to our environment and air quality. “It is time the MTA commits to electric buses during the L-train crisis and into the future as part of its permanent bus fleet.” Espinal and Chair of the Transportation Committee Ydanis Rodriguez are cosponsoring the bill. Resolution No. 1443 “calls upon [Gov. Cuomo] and MTA to commit to an expeditious transition to an electric bus

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fleet and to use electric buses as a robust part of its replacement service during the upcoming L-train shutdown.” A Transportation Committee Oversight Hearing featured the bill last Thursday at 10 a.m. Other councilmembers supporting the bill include Stephen Levin, Vincent Gentile, Carlos Menchaca and Helen Rosenthal. “I look forward to Thursday's hearing and furthering this conversation with the MTA, advocates and community members so the Ltrain shutdown will have the least impact on our residents,” Espinal told the Gazette. On Dec. 5, L-train riders and North Brooklyn elected officials held a rally in Williamsburg demanding MTA update the public on its plan for the shutdown. “We are still in 2017 and with a year and a half before the closure takes effect, commuters want to take comfort that we are putting in the time to have the best plan possible,” the city’s

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One Problem Leads to Another Aside from the environmental concerns of dieselfueled buses, New York City’s bus system also poses another issue. Bus service can be “slower than walking speed.” That is the unfortunate conclusion of a report on New York City’s bus service that was recently released by City Comptroller Scott Stringer. The report states that the city’s buses are the slowest in the nation among large cities. In fact, the typical New York City bus spends only half its time in motion and in traffic. Another 21 percent is spent at red lights and 22 percent at bus stops, according to the report. In addition, the average bus speed is 5.5 mph in Manhattan and 6.3 mph in Brooklyn.

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