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Brooklyn Book Festival Schedule 2019

By Scott Enman Brooklyneagle.com

The largest free literary event in New York City and one of the premier book festivals in America released a packed schedule on Thursday with roughly 100 programs featuring more than 300 authors across 13 locations in Brooklyn.

The Brooklyn Book Festival, created in 2006 by former Borough President Marty Markowitz, was initially started to showcase the “Brooklyn Voice” and the many authors who reside in the borough, but it has steadily grown into a world-renown festival with both national and international authors.

The event will bring some of the largest literary stars to the Downtown Brooklyn area, including Pulitzer Prize finalist Susan Choi, Joyce Carol Oates and Marlon James.

It will also feature many Brooklyn authors like Ashley C. Ford, Jonathan Safran Foer, Andrew Cotto and Siobhan Adcock.

“When Joyce Carol Oates, Marlon James, N.K. Jemisin, and Edwidge Danticat (along with 300 other astonishingly talented authors) converge in Brooklyn, who the hell would want to miss that literary combustion?” asked Johnny Temple, chairperson of the Brooklyn Literary Council.

“Our programming has something wonderful on offer for everyone — young, old, or in between — who enjoys words in any form.”

The event, which takes place from Sept. 16 through Sept. 23, includes a Festival Day, a Literary Marketplace with roughly 250 booksellers, a Children’s Day and dozens of Bookend Events.

It will also include a special Walt

Whitman stage hosted by the Brooklyn Eagle for The Good Gray Poet’s 200th birthday.

Among the highlights announced by the festival: Decolonized Epics: History, Fantasy, and Futurism in African Writing and its Diaspora. Three novelists from Africa and its diaspora set their stories in the widest possible canvas. Braiding Zambian history with futuristic speculation, Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift follows three families trapped in a cycle of revenge that lasts from the beginning of colonial settlement to the advent of superintelligent mosquito drones. In House of Stone, Novuyo Rosa Tshuma interrogates history’s silences in a panoramic narrative of Zimbabwe before and after independence. And in Marlon James’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf, folklore from across the continent shapes a fantasy quest of epic dimensions. Moderated by Hafizah Geter, Little A/Topple Books.

Can We Say What We Mean?

Adventures (and misadventures) in grammar, punctuation, and the idiosyncrasies of expression, with essayist and former New Yorker copy editor Mary Norris (Greek To Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen) and longtime Random House copy chief Benjamin Dreyer (Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style). Moderated by John McWhorter (Words on the Move).

Aftermath: After Americans Kill Americans. The tragedy of mass shootings and unjust murders in America leave communities in shock, families and friends devastated and saddens, frightens and shames us. Moving forward is about personal choices and accountability. Dave Cullen (Parkland)

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investigates how Parkland students organized student protests and marches against gun violence and called out America. Reverend Anthony B. Thompson (Called to Forgive: The Charleston Church Shooting, a Victim’s Husband and the Path to Healing) shares how and why he and his congregation chose to practice forgiveness and how it heals.

DeRay Mckesson (On The Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope) discusses his path of activism after racial injustices like Ferguson and his work with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Feminism in YA: Whether it’s falling in love for the first time, navigating identity in the age of the Internet, leading a rebellion to take back what’s rightfully yours, or summoning magic powers from within to catch a killer, feminism plays a crucial role in how girls move through the world and advocate for themselves and others. Join bestselling YA authors Jenny Han (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before), Mary H.K. Choi (Permanent Record), and Laura Sebastian (Lady Smoke) as they discuss how feminism, in all its definitions, factors into their stories, their characters, and their worlds. Moderated by bestselling author Libba Bray (The Diviners series).

Imagining Beyond: Join N.K. Jemisin (How Long ’til Black Future Month?, Broken Earth series, The Inheritance trilogy), Ted Chiang (Exhalation) and Mark Doten (Trump Sky Alpha) for a conversation about sci-fi, exploring new worlds, and how imagining beyond our reality can be the perfect way to ground ourselves in the present.

Moderated by Jaime Green, series editor for Best American Science and Nature Writing.

A magical piece of artwork created by artist Raúl Colón illustrates the Brooklyn Book Festival’s poster this year.

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Sahadi’s finally opens its doors in Sunset Park

By Jaime DeJesus Brooklyneagle.com

Foodies, rejoice! After a long wait, Sahadi’s has finally opened its doors in Sunset Park.

The family specialty grocery store that’s been a Brooklyn fixture since 1948 announced in early 2018 that it would open its second location in Industry City. That happened officially on a recent Thursday, to much fanfare.

The new space is 7,500 square feet with approximately 80 seats and a bar. It will offer the traditional ancient grains and spices, bins of freshly roasted nuts, dried fruits, imported olives and old-fashioned barrels of coffee beans that customers look for at its first location on Atlantic Avenue, along with new additions.

Co-owner Christine Sahadi Whelan is pleased to have the second location finally open.

“Our family and our business have deep roots in Brooklyn. We live here, we work here,” she said. “Brooklyn is a dynamic place. We’re constantly looking for ways to innovate while preserving what our longtime customers know and love. The Industry City store will allow us to share the beloved Sahadi food and hospitality culture in a new, modern setting.”

“Supporting the growth of Brooklyn-born business is an important part of what we do at Industry City,” added Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball. “Sahadi’s is a legendary Brooklyn outpost that we will be proud to see grow within our campus.”

Whelan told the Brooklyn Reporter last year about the importance of Sahadi’s opening up in Industry City.

“We have been discussing joining them in their campus for quite a number of years,” she said. “It’s a beautiful cam-

pus. They’re great partners.

My husband Pat is a longtime part of the Sunset Park Waterfront Task Force and our warehouse is in that area so we are part of that community already.”

She also discussed what makes Sahadi’s and Sunset Park a good match.

“This is a neighborhood we are intimately devoted to already,” she added. “We love being a part of it on the manufacturing level. The space is totally renovated and wide open and will give us opportunities that we don’t have on Atlantic. While other neighborhoods were extremely appealing for the new customer base, we felt that being close to our existing store, it makes it easier for us to be transporting goods, doing deliveries, things like that.”

The Industry City location will offer light breakfast and full coffee service, lunch, bakery items, and grab-and-go dinner options.

According to Sahadi’s, “Daily meze — featuring dishes like mini kibbeh, couscous timbale and hummus — will be paired with Lebanese and Mediterranean wines and select spirits. Lunch and grab & go options will range between $9-14.”

The new eatery will also offer an open kitchen that allows customers to order their food and watch staff prepare madeto-order saj and pita breads.

The new store has been designed to create “a warm and relaxed community vibe — a departure from the ticketed, bazaar-like atmosphere at the original location,” Sahadi’s said in a release. “The Industry City store is just a few blocks from Sahadi’s longtime production facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The Sunset Park warehouse houses an 18-foot-tall roaster which freshly roasts top quality nuts

Nuts by the pounds are a classic Sahadi’s offering.

The store is stocked with all the Sahadi’s specialties.

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and seeds, stores thousands of pallets of imported delicacies, and supplies accounts across the country.”

Co-owner Ron Sahadi explained what has given the business staying power.

“We were artisanal before it was cool,” he said. “We’ve always been very particular when sourcing foods from all over the world to put on our shelves. We’re looking forward to sharing our carefully vetted product mix, which include local and imported offerings, with the Industry City community.”

“We’re excited to expand our footprint in Brooklyn,” co-owner Pat Whelan said, adding that bringing jobs to the area is also important, “and keep[ing] good, solid manufacturing and hospitality jobs in our community. We’ve always been committed to diversity in hiring practices and are looking forward to working with Industry City’s Innovation Lab in the months to come.”

Sahadi’s will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Photo courtesy of Sahadi’s

Some of the prepared food that Sahadi’s sells.

On fire! If votive candles were votes, Liz Warren would win

By Lore Croghan Brooklyneagle.com

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is trending in Brooklyn — as a votive candle.

Sales of $14 candles that depict the Democratic presidential primary candidate as a Catholic saint are surging at a Prospect Lefferts Gardens gift shop called Awesome Brooklyn. “She came from worst to first,” store owner Vanessa Raptopoulos told the Brooklyn Eagle.

By rising to top-selling “saint” at Awesome Brooklyn, Warren — or her candle, at least — has beaten U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is also featured on a prayer candle.

Warren, wearing a smile and her customary frameless glasses, appears on the glass holder of her devotional candle with a crown and halo around her head, wearing a belted robe and a cape. “Saint” Elizabeth points to her heart, which is ringed with a wreath of roses, pierced by a sword, surrounded by rays of light and topped with flames. In Catholic iconography, this is the Immaculate Heart of Mary, an image associated with the mother of Jesus Christ.

Actual prayer candles are a traditional element of Latin American and Caribbean Catholic rituals. The fake ones, depicting politicians, feminists and celebrities, are popular but have led to debate about whether they’re cultural appropriation or parody art.

The Massachusetts senator’s candle has pulled ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is featured on two different prayer-candle designs at the Flatbush Avenue store. Warren’s also ahead of candles depicting former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama and talk-show superstar Oprah Winfrey.

Here’s Sen. Elizabeth Warren, as depicted on a votive candle sold at a gift shop called Awesome Brooklyn. Eagle photo by Lore Croghan Her candle is even more popular than that of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

It’s besting one graced by artist Frida Kahlo, who was the subject of a heavily attended exhibition at the nearby Brooklyn Museum earlier this year.

The unscented 8-inch-high candles are made

by Illuminidol, a small business based in Austin, Texas.

The Warren campaign did not respond to a request for comment about the popularity of devotional candles bearing her image.

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Caribbean Literary Fest coming to Brooklyn

By Alex Williamson Brooklyneagle.com

The West Indian Day Parade may be over, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop celebrating Brooklyn’s Caribbean ties. The first Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival is making its debut Sept. 6-8.

The BCLF will feature panel discussions, readings and theatrical productions to honor the work of dozens of authors hailing from places like Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti and Puerto Rico.

The theme is “Caribbean beyond Carnival,” which organizer Marsha Massiah-Aaron says is a nod to both the festival’s chronological placement on the weekend after the parade, and to the nuance that’s often lacking in American ideas of Caribbean culture.

“Carnival is a metaphor for any mainstream notion of what being a Caribbean looks like,” said Massiah-Aaron. “For the Jamaican, that might be reggae and Bob Marley, but it will not include Bustamante and its past of resistance … There’s really only one way that we can reshape the narrative, and that’s by exposing our stories and celebrating the contributions that Caribbean people have made,” she said.

Despite being in its first year, the BCLF has already landed some literary heavyweights, including Antiguan American writer Jamaica Kincaid, author of “Lucy” and “A Small Place,” and Trinidadian American writer Elizabeth Nunez, author of “Prospero’s Daughter” and a professor of English at Hunter College-CUNY. An open-air event at 3 p.m. on Sunday in The Plaza at 300 Ashland will celebrate the griot, an oral historian and musician in West African tradition who acted as a repository for a group’s stories. In the Caribbean, where reading and writing were outlawed for enslaved Africans, the storytelling role of the griot (pronounced gree-oh) became vital for passing cultural heritage down through generations.

“Our ancestors were very resilient despite all of the things that had been meted out to them and managed to keep the cultural identity alive through storytelling,” said Massiah-Aar-

Photo courtesy Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival via Instagram

on. “The griot is that central figure who bore on his or her shoulders the responsibility of keeping that identity and that culture intact, despite really vicious circumstances.”

The griot event will be broken into three parts and moderated by three panelists, including Trinidad-born essayist Attillah Springer

and Kevin Adonis Browne, who won the 2019 Bocas Prize in Caribbean Literature for his book “High Mas: Carnival and the Poetics of Caribbean Culture.”

Other readings, discussions and events will be held throughout the weekend at Greenlight Bookstore, 333 Lounge, the Center for Fiction

and Brooklyn Historical Society.

BCLF is produced by The Idea Room Corp. in partnership with Borough President Eric Adams office. The festival is free and open to the public. To register or see a schedule of events, visit https://www.bklyncbeanlitfest. com/schedule

How you can help victims of Hurricane Dorian

By Mary Frost

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Hurricane Dorian has devastated portions of the Northern Bahaman islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama. Communications are down and the extent of damages has not yet been realized, but satellite images show much of Grand Bahama is flooded, with homes, businesses and the main airport under sea water.

The slow-moving storm is now headed north, and brushed the coast of Florida on its way up the coast toward North Carolina. Millions of people could be impacted by wind, rain and a high storm surge.

What can Brooklynites do to help? Here are some organizations rushing to assist those in need.

Red Cross Ten thousand residents were headed to shelters Tuesday morning in Florida, and the American Red Cross estimates that 60,000 along the East Coast may need sheltering before the storm is over. You can donate here.

“We anticipate extensive shelter needs, alongside the need for shortterm economic support, as well as for clean water and health assistance,” Sune Bulow, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ Emergency Operation Centre, said in a statement.

Direct Relief Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid organization, is delivering medical aid to affected areas. You can donate at http://bit.ly/2lYYGSO. 4 • Brooklyn Eagle • Thursday, September 5, 2019

Cameras outside the International Space Station captured views at 11:27 a.m. Eastern time Sept. 2 of Hurricane Dorian from 260 miles in altitude as it churned over the northwestern Bahamas.

Photo courtesy NASA Global Giving The Washington, D.C.-based crowdfunding site has started a disaster relief fund to go toward food, water, medicine and longer-term recovery assistance. You can donate at http://bit.ly/2jXzpaQ. Chef José Andrés World Central Kitchen Celebrity chef and philanthropist José Andrés has a mission to feed communities devastated by natural disasters. His World Central Kitchen fed Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria, Texans after Hurricane Harvey and Paradise residents after California’s Camp Fire.

Now he has set up a string of kitchens to feed Bahamians devastated

by Hurricane Dorian. He has also launched multiple teams in Florida, ready to help feed the 10,000 people already in shelters there. You can donate at http://bit.ly/2lErzDp.

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News From Your Neighborhood WILLIAMSBURG STREET DANGEROUS FOR DRIVERS

WILLIAMSBURG — Driving down South Fifth Street has become dangerous because painted street markers are missing, according to CBSNewYork. A parked car lane is in the middle of the street, with bikes on one side and car traffic on the other. At least one confused driver was about to line up behind the parked cars until he realized that they were stationary. A spokesperson for the city Department of Transportation said that crews will be painting markings on the street this month, weather permitting. 

CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FLOODS SLOPE ROWHOUSES

PARK SLOPE — A massive city construction project has resulted in the routine flooding of several Park Slope brownstones, according to the Brooklyn Paper. “People have had anywhere from 2 to 16 inches of sewer water and stormwater in their homes,” Michael Saunders, who lives near Sixth Avenue and St. Johns Place, told the Brooklyn Paper. “It’s cost me thousands of dollars to deal with the damage.” The project requires workers to dig a massive trench along Sixth Avenue between Union Street and Park Place in an effort to replace underground water mains and install sewers, catch basins, and manholes. 

LAWSUIT: RED-LIGHT CAMERAS ARE ILLEGAL

CITYWIDE — A Brooklyn man is suing the city Department of Transportation, claiming that red-light cameras are illegal, according to the New York Post. The plaintiff, whose name is Monroe Street, filed his lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday after he was issued a $50 fine for going through a red light in Brooklyn. He claims his ticket’s accompanying “Technician’s Certificate,” which is designed to ensure that a worker double-checked the red-light camera, is illegal because it wasn’t notarized. Street’s lawsuit wants any red-light camera tickets issued to drivers since August 2013 to be voided, since most of them haven’t been notarized. 

CITY AGENCY COULD BUY EX-CATHOLIC SCHOOL SITE

KENSINGTON — Brooklyn Catholic leaders are in the process of demolishing a rundown former school building on Fort Hamilton Parkway between 40th and 41st streets and are also looking to sell the site, according to the Brooklyn Paper.

When asked whether they were in the process of purchasing the property, a spokesperson for the city’s School Construction Authority suggested that they are. “We are very early in the process,” said spokesperson Kevin Ortiz. “The [School Construction Authority] is always looking at diocese buildings as viable locations for new public school space,” Ortiz added.

The building was formerly occupied by St. Catherine of Alexandria School, which the diocese closed in 2005 due to declining enrollment. 

FORMER REPUBLICAN POL MAY HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

BAY RIDGE — Former Republican State Sen. Marty Golden is considering a run against Democratic State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, according to Kings County Politics. Gounardes lost to Golden in the 2012 Senate race but defeated him last year by a little more than 1,000 votes. Gounardes’ win was part of the “Blue Wave” that also enabled Democrat U.S Rep. Max Rose (Southern Brooklyn-Staten Island) to defeat Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan, Kings County Politics said. State Conservative Party Chair Jerry Kassar, Golden’s former chief of staff, said, “Marty has not made a decision yet.

We’ve been taking to him, and he’s not sure yet, as he has a very good job with the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens.” 

STREET COVERED WITH RAW CHICKEN PARTS

BOERUM HILL — A stretch of Bond Street in Boerum Hill was covered with raw chicken parts last Friday morning, according to The New York Times. “Every car and truck that pushed through the scattered parts unleashed a series of pops, snaps and cracks,” the Times reported. The parts were mainly thighs and wings, and there may have been some turkey parts as well, onlookers said. Neighborhood residents believed the parts fell off a truck, as there are several butchers nearby. 

SUMMER GUEST HOUSES ON GOVERNORS ISLAND

GOVERNORS ISLAND — Governors Island now has “outlook shelters,” or luxurious trailer-type structures where guests can stay overnight, according to Gothamist. They are now open for business and will remain until Oct. 31, when Governors Island closes for the season. Each unit has landscaped decks, 10-foot ceilings, whitewashed pine walls and a “luxurious soaking tub.” You also get a private library and “luxury

The Brooklyn Cyclones are overjoyed at MCU Park on Monday afternoon after locking up the New York-Penn League’s McNamara Division title.

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dio Gallos is listed as the architect of record. The building will have 35 residences, which will most likely be rentals, as well as 17 enclosed parking spots. The site is currently occupied by a two-story private home, and demolition permits have not yet been filed. 

ANOTHER ANTI-HASIDIC ATTACK IN CROWN HEIGHTS

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A man has been arrested after police said he mowed down a cyclist in Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to NY1 News. Police said Korey Johnson, who is facing murder and manslaughter charges, saw the cyclist trying to break into his car on Marcus Garvey Boulevard. Johnson apparently confronted the man, and it quickly turned physical. Police say the cyclist hit a woman with a screwdriver, then tried to get away on his bike. Johnson get into his car, then followed the cyclist. The victim suffered severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, said NY1. 

bath products.” The shelters are provided by Collective Retreats, which also offers a group of furnished tents positioned around a lodge.  BOERUM HILL — Police arrested a Boerum Hill man on felony robbery charges because he allegedly threatened to beat a worker at a Downtown Brooklyn Starbucks in order to steal a coffee mug on Thursday, the Brooklyn Paper said. The victim told police he was serving customers at the chain’s location on Jay Street near Myrtle Avenue when the suspect threatened to hit him in the face in a bid to steal the coffee cup. Police charged the man with third-degree robbery, third-degree menacing and petit larceny.  CROWN HEIGHTS — A group of teens threw ice at a truck stopped a traffic light in Crown Heights on Thursday evening, according to PIX11. A 34-year-old Hasidic man was in the truck when it was stopped at Prospect Place and Brooklyn Avenue and was hit in the head by the ice. After the incident, he saw a group of teens running away from the scene. Police are investigating the incident as a bias attack. 

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CITYWIDE — For 10 years, the American Institute of Architects’ New York Chapter has been sponsoring a boat tour around the city for an architectural view of skyscrapers, bridges, infrastructure and more, according to NY1. The tour, led by architect Arthur Platt, leaves from Chelsea Piers, moves along the West Side, then turns around for a look at the changing waterfronts of Brooklyn and Queens. “One of the main themes at the forefront has been, how do you build an urban waterfront in an age of rising sea levels and frequent storm events,” Platt told NY1. 

MAN PUNCHES TRAIN CONDUCTOR

DOWNTOWN BROOKYN — A man asked a subway train conductor for directions, then punched her when she told him he was on the wrong platform, according to Patch. The man approached the conductor’s window as the southbound D train pulled into the DeKalb Avenue station, police said. After the man became upset and punched her through the window, he flicked his lit cigarette at her and ran away, police said. 

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EAST FLATBUSH — One person has been injured after a car slammed into a post office on East 94th Street and Church Avenue, according to CBSNewYork. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses looked on as the vehicle crashed through the East Flatbush post office’s metal security gate. There was no word on what caused the accident. 

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MIDWOOD — Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 1730 Ocean Ave. in Midwood between Avenue L and Avenue M, according to New York YIMBY. Eddie Yair, operating under the name of Ocean Avenue Development LLC, is listed as the owner, while Francisco Nunez of Stu-

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SYNAGOGUE ATTACK IN FLATBUSH

FLATBUSH — An Orthodox Jewish man was verbally and physically attacked in front of a synagogue in Flatbush, according to the Forward. In the attack, which took place on the Sabbath, two men who may have been drunk hit the Jewish man in the face with a belt and yelled anti-Jewish racial slurs. The victim told police that he had not spoken to the men before the attack. The NYPD is treated the incident as a hate crime. 

EX-CON THREATENS TO KILL HIS EX-WIFE

BOROUGHWIDE — Scott Smith, a Brooklyn ex-con who was out on parole last month after half a decade in a Missouri prison, said during an Aug. 3 phone call that he still wanted to kill his wife, and he’d “happily live in a cell and await the needle” after killing her, according to the New York Daily News.

He even said he’d kill her in front of her 5-year-old daughter.

“I just want to tell you, you’re about to die,” said the defendant. He also texted his former prosecutor that he’d kill the victim from the 2014 federal case, the Daily News said. “Five years, I’ve been waiting for what’s about to happen. I’ve fantasized about it every night.” 

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FLATBUSH — A one-bedroom co-op in a 1940 elevator building in Flatbush near Brooklyn College is currently being offered for $329,000, according to Brownstoner. The building at 2601 Glenwood Road, says Brownstoner, “features characteristic period elements of preview apartments, such as parquet floors, shelves in a niche, arched doorways and coved ceilings. The building was built by Abraham Fox, a pioneer Brooklyn builder, and his son Milton. It was originally called the Rutledge and featured a Colonial-style entranceway, which has since been covered up. 

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BUSHWICK — To serve the LGBT population, Sasha Sigel has developed Queer and Trans Yoga at Daya Yoga Studio at 360 Jefferson St. in Bushwick, according to Bushwick Daily. At the core of the program, which is also known as QT, is Sigel’s trauma-sensitive training, and yogis can design their own regimen. Another unique element of QT yoga is its commitment to the LGBT community. “This class is for trans and queer folk to simply be in our own community without navigating other dynamics,” said Sigel.

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South Brooklyn to host multiple 9/11 memorial events

BY VICTOR PORCELLI EDITORIAL@ BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

On September 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked commercial jetliners and flew them into the World Trade Center, Brooklyn residents were among uniformed service member, first responders and financial sector victims.

Now, 18 years after the horrific attack, Brooklyn residents will hold a host of memorials for those who died on that terrible day.

At 10 p.m. on Friday Sept. 6, the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Hamilton will hold its annual 9/11 Commemorative Memorial Ceremony. Fort Hamilton is the only active military base in New York City. Its ceremony often includes a moment of silence and a bugle performance of “Retreat.”

The Night Before Candlelight Ceremony will take place at MCU Park’s Wall of Remembrance at 7 p.m. on Sept. 10. The wall is engraved with images of 346 firefighters, 37 Port Authority officers, 23 New York City police officers, three New York State officers, one member of the New York Fire Patrol and one rescue dog.

This year, the ceremony will use electric candles and will have Fire Department chaplains present.

“It’s hard to realize that it’s been 18 years since 9/11,” Sol Moglen, honorary deputy chief with the FDNY and founder of the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, told this paper. “This is the 18th anniversary, and a

lot of the families don’t feel comfortable going down to Ground Zero because it’s a very sad place. But in Coney Island, at the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, they come to celebrate them and that’s the nice part: we’ve made it a celebration.”

Those interested can meet at the memorial at 1904 Surf Ave. at 7 p.m.

On Sept. 11 itself, Brooklyn State Sen. Andrew Gounardes will be continuing the tradition of his predecessor, Marty Golden, by holding two vigils: one in Marine Park and one in Bay Ridge.

First, the senator will mark the anniversary at Marine Park ebrooklyn media/file photo in front of the Carmine Carro Community Center at 6 p.m. A A scene from last year’s memorial on the 69th Street Pier. second vigil will be held at the 69th Street Pier at Bay Ridge committee, explained. “So, Commemoration Ceremony Mychal Judge, a Franciscan Avenue and Shore Road at 7:30 one day out of the year, the at 4 p.m. This year’s cere- priest, was also killed. The p.m. Both include a 21-gun handball court is given to us mony is dedicated to the 18th mass will also honor Fr. Judge. salute and a candle-lighting. by the Parks Department and anniversary of the tragedy, and The Brooklyn Heights “Our community comes we remember the people that will include candle-lighting, a Interfaith Clergy Association together each year to mark we lost and we honor the first laying-the-flowers ceremony, a will hold its annual evening the events of September 11,” responders in our area, just to Color Guard presentation and prayer service on the Brooklyn Gounardes said. “Together, let them know that we appreci- speeches from 9/11 family Heights Promenade. The event we mourn those we lost on that ate everything they do.” members, major supporters of will take place at Montague Attendees will meet at the the memorial and clergy. The Street, on the 11th, from 6:30day, and recommit ourselves to keeping their memories alive. handball court on the corner September 11 Family Group is 7:30 p.m.

As the years pass, it remains of Avenue X and Bedford Av- a nonprofit organization that Also in Brooklyn Heights, essential to remember and re- enue. The court is home to a unites families of the victims. the Brooklyn Historical Soflect on the events of that day mural painted by Brooklynite At 8 a.m. on the 11th, As- ciety, 128 Pierrepont St., will and how it forever shaped our Ray Fiore after he spent three sumption Roman Catholic mark the anniversary with lives, our city and our nation.” days volunteering at Ground Church, 55 Cranberry St., will a screening, in real time, of Also on the 11th, the Zero. It includes the names hold its Mass of Remembrance Wolfgange Staehle’s work, Brooklyn/Bedford Park 9/11 of over 400 South Brooklyn for the firefighters from the “2001,” a visual recording of Memorial Committee will host residents lost in the attacks Engine Co. 205/Hook and Lad- the events of Sept. 11, 2001. a candlelit vigil at Bill Brown as well as a painting of the der 118 firehouse on Middagh Staehle had set up cameras in Park from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

American flag.

Street in Brooklyn Heights. All Brooklyn to record a day in the “We were created because On Sept. 11, at the Memorial eight firefighters who were on life of New York City; instead, we felt, as just regular people, Square in Brooklyn’s Asser duty the day of the attacks lost they recorded the attacks and that we can’t let people forget,” Levy Park, the September 11 their lives. While administer- their aftermath. The screening Tina Gray, a member of the Family Group will hold its ing last rites to victims, Fr. will begin at 8:30 a.m. and

continue till 7 p.m. Following the screening, there will be a discussion, beginning at 7 p.m., moderated by Jessica Chen, senior director of public and professional programs at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, with a panel of writers, Garrett Graff, Giannina Braschi and Lorem Ipsum.

In Dyker Heights, St. Ephrem’s Church at Fort Hamilton Parkway and Bay Ridge Parkway will also hold its annual ceremony, in which participants will attend a Mass before heading outside, where the church has installed a statue of Jesus holding the Twin Towers.

Finally, the 18th Annual Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers 5k Run & Walk will take place on Sunday, Sept.

29 beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Siller was an FDNY firefighter who died trying to rescue survivors. The run retraces his final footsteps, beginning at the Brooklyn entrance to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and finishing across from the World Trade Center at West and Murray streets.

The run will be followed by a barbecue and concert; 30,000 participants are expected to attend. The event honors all first responders, and this year will for the first time also include tributes to service men and women killed in the line of duty since 9/11; their faces will be displayed on banners held by ROTC Cadets. For information on participating, go to tunnel2towers.org.

Noah Singer contributed reporting to this article.

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Red Hook’s S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse has been torn down

INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan

The big hunk of junk at the center of the picture is the remains of the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse’s roof.

The building is ‘a casualty of a system that does not work,’ an activist says.

By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

I saw the death blow that brought down the Bowne building.

It happened on Labor Day — Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.

Construction workers all over America had the day off.

But a demolition crew was on the job at the Red Hook property where entrepreneur Samuel Winter Bowne built a four-story brick grain storehouse for Gowanus Canal commerce in 1886.

At 10:23 a.m., an excavator with a rope attached to it backed over debris-strewn ground — and with a single yank, tore the roof right off the historic S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse at 595 Smith St. Mighty timbers that had held up the roof since Grover Cleveland was President snapped like toothpicks.

A long, flat panel of roofing material, which was ribbed with a row of wood beams, twisted as it plummeted earthwards. A torrent of brown dust cascaded to the ground.

At 10:40 a.m., when I left my sidewalk vigil for the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, the excavator was using a pair of giant jaws to pick up broken bits of the building and toss them into a pile.

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Workers at the site cheered so loudly that I heard them on the other side of the Gowanus Canal, where I stood on the sidewalk of the Hamilton Avenue Bridge as noisy traffic rushed by.

The S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, which belongs to the Chetrit Group, is the Gowanus Canal-side industrial building that preservation advocates and elected officials tried to save from demolition.

The roof the workers ripped off was the last thing that held together what remained of the north half of the building.

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An excavator is hard at work at the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse even as rain falls on Labor Day afternoon.

By early morning on Labor Day, a large portion of the brick wall on the side of the building facing the Gowanus Canal had already been knocked down.

An interior wall that had divided the north and south sides of the grain storehouse was exposed to the open air.

When I stood on the sidewalk on Smith Street, I could see graffiti murals on it. One of them was labeled “Project Mayhem” in big letters.

The demolition crew was working although the city Buildings Department had issued a Partial Stop Work Order for the property on Aug. 29. On Monday, I asked agency spokesperson Andrew Rudansky if what they were doing was legal under the order’s provisions.

He said the order solely banned “scaffold work.”

Buildings Department inspectors who checked up on the crew at 595 Smith St. early Monday afternoon “determined that no scaffold work was ongoing, and the active demolition work did not violate the Partial Stop Work Order,” Rudansky told me.

A few days earlier, the demolition crew had obliterated the south half of the building. That’s the part of the historic property where a two-alarm fire was “deliberately set” — those are the words of FDNY spokesperson Jim Long — in June 2018.

As a Bureau of Fire Investigation report obtained by City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca says, on the night of that fire, a nearby hydrant that didn’t work properly had a brick and screws stuffed inside it.

After I left the doomed building, it rained a lot.

When a huge mid-afternoon downpour subsided somewhat, I returned to the Bowne building and discovered the workers had done lots more demolition in my absence.

The very northernmost corner of the structure was still standing. Just about everything else was gone, gone, gone, reduced to mammoth mounds of rubble in the rain.

As thunder cracked in the distance and light rain fell, workers walked on wet piles

of lumber. They don’t appear very clearly in my photos, but they were easy for me to see because they were wearing bright yellow vests.

The rain stopped for a few minutes, and the excavator got to work, tossing around torn-up timbers once again. It started raining lightly, but the machine kept right on rumbling.

‘SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS’ In 2018, before there was a fire at the Bowne building, the Gowanus Landmarking Coalition asked the Landmarks Preservation Commission to put the property on its calendar to consider designating it as a landmark. That didn’t happen.

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Red Hook’s S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse has been torn down In the afternoon on Labor Day, everything but the north corner of the Bowne building has been reduced to rubble.

— Continued from page 12INB — “The Bowne Storehouse is the Empire State Building of the Gowanus Canal,” Simeon Bankoff, the executive director of the Historic Districts Council, told me in July.

It was the waterway’s most visible 19th century industrial building.

The Chetrit Group didn’t respond to a request for comment about what it plans to construct on the Bowne building site.

Earlier this year, Menchaca revealed that during his first term as councilmember, the developer showed him a design with residential towers.

In the wake of the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse’s demise, preservationists and community activists think city regulations governing demolition permits should be changed — in particular, permits for buildings with ongoing fire investigations.

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“Something is wrong with the permitting process,” Bankoff said.

“On the one hand, you have the city recognizing that this is a worthy historic resource which has been damaged under suspicious circumstances; on the other, permits are issued to demolish the building and once issued, trump everything else,” he explained.

‘THE LAW NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO STOP BAD ACTORS’ “If there is an ongoing fire and/or police investigation of a site, the Buildings Department needs to bar issuance of demolition permits for the site until such time as the investigation has been completed,” Gowanus Landmarking Coalition member Brad Vogel said.

Artist Ken Rush shows me his painting needs to be an automatic red of the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse flag“This in the Department of Buildings’ sysafter a June 2018 fire at the building. tem — it should not be subject to the whim of the investigating agency as to whether it decides to inform DOB of the investigation or not,” he added.

“The historic Bowne Storehouse is a casualty of a system that does not work and an unethical developer who knew where all the cracks in the system are and who committed lots of violations along the way,” said Carolina Salguero, founder and president of PortSide NewYork, which operates a museum and floating cultural center on the Mary A. Whalen tanker.

The inside of the Bowne building’s northernmost wall is visible to passersby on Labor Day afternoon.

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By Paul Frangipane, Jimin Kim and Mark Davis

INBrooklyn photo by Mark Davis

Monday was Labor Day, which means the West Indian Day Parade and preceding J’Ouvert celebration turned the neighborhood of Crown Heights into a massive celebration of Caribbean culture.

The combined events drew thousands of spectators as the neighborhood was decorated with people dressed in colorful costumes and traditional attire.

J’Ouvert, the pre-dawn observance that ramps up to the West Indian Day Parade, is celebrated with steel pan drumming, dancing and reveling (which includes motor oil, paint and baby powder body painting).

The name means daybreak, but starting last year and continuing this year, the celebration began at 6 a.m. as a way to help curb violence by pushing the beginning of the parade into the morning light. Several thousand police officers also accompanied participants as they made their way across Empire Boulevard and down Nostrand Avenue.

The West Indian Day Parade, which has been held in Crown Heights since 1969, was full of traditional Caribbean head dresses, dancing and flags. The parade kicked off at Ralph Avenue and made its way across Eastern Parkway to Grand Army Plaza.

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BACK TO SCHOOL Reaching-Out gives kids backpacks to start school year in style

BY PAULA KATINAS PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

Hundreds of children will be ready when school opens on Sept. 5, thanks to Reaching-Out Community Services Inc., which distributed free backpacks and school supplies at a late summer event outside its Bensonhurst headquarters on Thursday morning.

Tom Neve, founder and

executive director of Reaching-Out, a non-profit organization that assists low-income residents, said more than 700 families signed up for the backto-school event. “It went wonderfully,” Neve told this paper.

Neve and an army of volunteers handed out backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons and other school supplies to the happy and eager kids. Tents

were set up on the sidewalk outside Reaching-Out’s offices at 7708 New Utrecht Ave. and children and their parents patiently lined up to have the opportunity to stop at each booth to collect

Yusuf Sharofiddinov showed off his new backpack.

Excited kids filled their backpacks with school supplies.

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The crowd waited to get their goodies outside ReachingOut’s headquarters.

school supplies they needed.

Reaching-Out, which Neve, a retired New York City sanitation worker, founded more than 25 years ago, operates a

food pantry for underprivileged families and Neve said he sees the back-to-school backpack giveaway as an extension of the organization’s mission.

“We feed the body, so we think it’s important to feed the mind,” he said. “It’s another way we like to give back to the community.”

Reaching-Out conducts a back-to-school drive every year.

Neve credited the event’s sponsors and volunteers with its success.

The volunteers who helped Neve hand out the school supplies included several members of Midwood High School’s Key Club.

The sponsors who donated funds to help Reaching-Out purchase hundreds of backpacks and school supplies included the Verrazano Rotary Club, Ben-Bay Kiwanis Club, Dime Community Bank, Bensonhurst Center for Health and Rehabilitation and J.L. HVac Inc. Councilmember Justin Brannan, a Democrat representing Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and parts of Bensonhurst, secured city funding to help Neve with the event.

“These are the people who

Tom Neve posed with an excited Melisa Chanash. make it happen. If not for them, I couldn’t do it,” Neve said of Brannan and the sponsors.

NYU Langone preps students with supplies, vaccines in back-to-school event

BY VICTOR PORCELLI EDITORIAL@ BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

Sunset Park residents received free school supplies, dental screenings and face paintings from NYU Langone Health at a back-to-school event on Wednesday.

At Martin Luther Playground, right across from NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, hundreds of families flocked to receive everything they need before the school year starts.

The event was timed to occur during National Health Center Week, which celebrates federally qualified health centers across the country.

With around 60 sites in New York City, NYU Langone’s Family Health Centers serve most of southwest Brooklyn.

The centers run more than 40 school-based programs and eight primary care sites, according to Executive

Director of the centers Larry McReynolds.

With the mission of increasing access to care in marginalized or hard-to-reach populations, the centers partnered with Empire BlueCross BlueShield HealthPlus and a variety of community programs on Wednesday.

More than 1,600 backpacks filled with pens, pencils, a notebook, a folder and more were handed out. Dental screenings, a tooth-brushing presentation and vaccinations were also provided by the health center.

“We want to make sure that kids are ready to go back to school physically, mentally, financially and also have the supplies to be successful when the new school year starts,” McReynolds told this newspaper.

McReynolds said that National Health Center Week is held purposefully around the

same time as kids get ready to head back to school because children are required to complete physicals anyway at the beginning of the school year.

Cynthia Felix, a board member of the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, said that she feels the timing couldn’t be better.

“It’s a great week to do it because a lot of parents are anxious about back-to-school and how to pay for their supplies,” Felix told the Brooklyn Reporter. “This gives them the opportunity to get everything done before school begins and they don’t have that anxiety.

Their kids go back to school confident that they have their supplies and the parents go back to school confident that their kids are healthy and ready to conquer school.”

This year, in particular, there have been policy changes that may affect the communities the centers serve, McReynolds

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Senior Vice President and Vice Dean of Human Resources and Organizational Development and Learning Nancy Sanchez and Executive Director of NYU Langone’s Family Health Centers Larry McReynolds (back left) posed with community members and Empire representatives at the event. said. He cited cuts to Medicaid, immigration policies and the recent removal of the religious exemption for vaccinations.

He said that the back-toschool event was meant not only to inform community

members and guide them … the health center is here for through the changes, but also you regardless,” McReynolds serve as a reminder of the said. “Regardless of ability to resources the health center pay, regardless of language, provides. regardless of insurance cover“Given all of the things that age, we’re here for you over the are going on in the community long haul.”

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Writing a condolence letter: Do’s and don’ts with Amy Cunningham It’s difficult to know what to say when someone close to you has lost a loved one. The best intentioned of us get caught up in finding the right words, leaving that message unwritten and unsent. But it’s the act of sending that’s important, suggests licensed funeral director and death educator Amy Cunningham, stressing, “Take excellence off your list of objectives.”

On March 30 of this year, Cunningham led a step-by-step guide to the Art of the Condolence Letter in the Green-Wood Cemetery’s Modern Chapel.

Drawing on letters written by some of history’s greatest luminaries, Cunningham encouraged a frank discussion on the lost art, delving deeply into conversations on grief, loss and, ultimately, the human experience.

The writing of a condolence letter, Cunningham emphasizes, is about practice, not perfection. She urges one to consider it as a meditative exercise rather than focusing on the final result. “Condolence notes are in essence always failures, but that’s okay,” she says. “The act of writing them is the point. The act of comforting is secondary.”

Wondering where to begin?

Cunningham has a few pointers. She recommends a letter sent by mail, even better if it’s handwritten. She stresses that it’s the personal touch that makes all the difference. (Cunningham presented her personal writing kit during the program, inspired by Victorian stationery boxes, to illustrate this point.)

Let them know you are there and thinking of them.

Share a memory or story. She

also pointed out a few common blunders to avoid. Say “died,” not “passed away.” Don’t say, “I know how you feel.”

You may not have the words of Emily Dickinson or Ernest Hemingway, but you’re forging human connection, and that’s what really matters. Lastly, Cunningham stresses that it’s not only about the recipient. It is also a deeply personal experience for the writer, who in the act of writing is forced to reflect upon his or her own experience and understanding of life and death.

This discussion, and other death education programming, including the Death Café, hosted by Cunningham at GreenWood since 2017, are just some of the ways that Green-Wood continues to engage its audiences in conversations on death and dying in the 21st century.

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Why wills matter Everyone needs and should have a will. A will is a legal declaration of how a person wishes his or her possessions to be disposed of after death.

Wills make sure that the antique jewelry which belonged to a beloved grandmother will be passed on to a daughter or that college will be possible for a grandson or that one’s favorite charity will receive funds to continue its good work.

If you die without a will, your possessions and property will be distributed only among your family members; perhaps not exactly the way you want. New York State law will make these determinations – not you. No charities or friends would benefit. Many other legal complications may arise after a person dies “intestate” or without a will. Some of them can be costly and lead to an unnecessary tax burden on your estate or family.

Many people believe that a will is only necessary when there is a significant amount of money, valuables and property to be distributed after death to loved ones, children, families, friends and charities. Nothing could be further from the truth. Even a person with a limited amount of money or property should have a will.

How does one go about making a will? The first thing to do is to list all your assets and then decide whom you want to share these assets.

You will also need to think about a “personal representative” or “executor” who will carry out the provisions of your will.

Most experts caution against drafting your own will without using professional legal advice. Even though the “will” forms available on the internet or at an office supply store look

impressive, they may omit an essential requirement. It is all right to use these forms for a draft of your will, but it is best to call an attorney and make an appointment to discuss the final draft of your will. Many attorneys are willing to quote prices over the telephone so be sure to discuss fees in advance. Many offer a free or low-cost first consultation.

A copy of your will along with any funeral arrangements you have made should be kept in a safe place where family or a close friend can have access to the information when needed.

A safe deposit box is sealed immediately after the death notice is published, so it is not recommended for storing instructions for funeral arrangements, wills or insurance documents.

If you do not have a personal attorney, call the New York State Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service at 1-800-342-3661.

You can request a comprehensive report on Wills and Living Trusts by writing: AARP, 601 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20049.

Reprinted with the permission of the New York State Funeral Directors Association

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Sheri was predeceased by her parents Tom and Judith Josephs. Her death is also deeply felt by the many devoted friends she made throughout her life, including childhood friends, college and law school classmates, and the community residents who shared her passion for Brooklyn. Sheri was a proud alumna of Vassar College and Brooklyn Law School. An expert in bankruptcy law, Sheri especially enjoyed the several years she clerked for the late Judge John Connelly in the Bankruptcy Court, SDNY. Sheri was very active in her Boerum Hill community, and will always be remembered by her friends and family for her exceptional warmth and intelligence.

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Review & Comment Addressing lead pollution in U.S. drinking water to make it safe for all

By Qi Bing and Maura C. Allaire The Conversation

Since the Flint drinking water crisis erupted five years ago, Americans have realized that many cities and towns struggle to ensure safe water. Currently residents of Newark, New Jersey are drinking bottled water after the city realized lead filters it handed out had failed.

While most water systems in the United States provide reliable, high-quality drinking water, our research has shown that as of a few years ago, 21 million people in the United States relied on water from utilities with health violations. Why? Infrastructures are aging, environmental hazards are evolving and cities lack the funds to make fixes.

No amount of lead in the body is safe, and children under age five are especially at risk. Lead poisoning can damage the central nervous system, reduce IQ, delay growth and cause behavior and learning problems. Nearly half a million children in the U.S. have elevated blood lead levels. Exposure comes primarily from lead paint, but lead in drinking water also contributes.

Our research group studies long-term trends in drinking-water quality and what factors cause unsafe water. Our studies have shown that this public health crisis can be corrected through better enforcement, stricter sampling protocols, revised federal regulations and more funding for state agencies.

Lead contamination in water is widespread Since it began regulating lead in 1991, the Environmental Protection Agency has reported nearly 7,000 violations of the federal Lead and Copper Rule, which sets maximum levels of these metals in drinking water. Of these violations, 4,110 occurred in community water systems, which serve people yearround. Another 2,639 were recorded in non-community water systems that serve places like schools. The violations have fluctuated over two decades, showing no clear downward trend.

Between 2014 and 2018 the EPA reported 740 violations of the Lead and Copper Rule at community water systems. Montgomery and Harris counties in Texas had the highest number of violations. Several counties in the Northeast violated the rule multiple times, including Baltimore and Worcester, Massachusetts.

Although violations in cities are rare, six communities with populations of 100,000 people or more had water with too much lead and copper, including Portland, Oregon; Providence, Rhode Island; and systems in northern New Jersey, Mississippi and Wisconsin.

Very high lead levels tend to appear in very small communities. Three towns with fewer than 3,000 people – two in Michigan and one in Utah — experienced levels over 100 times the regulatory limit.

Lead accumulates as water travels through pipes At treatment plants, lead levels often are acceptable — but then they rise as water flows through service lines. Acidic water can corrode lead pipes and carry lead that leaches from them to the tap. Utilities can’t fully control the problem because property owners usually own the pipes that connect homes to the water mains.

Until the 1950s, lead pipes to houses were common. By 1986 they were banned, but old lead pipes remain — and are corroding — across the country, especially in the Northeast, Midwest and older urban areas.

Nearly one-third of water systems in the U.S. report that at least some of their service lines contain lead. The exact number of lead service lines is estimated at 7 to 11 million — more than 50,000 miles of lead pipes. This would mean that service lines to the homes of about 15 to 22 million people, or 7 percent of those served by a community water system, could contain lead.

More than one in five utilities do not know whether lead service lines exist for the homes they serve. Addressing this problem will require the federal government to update regulations, while states improve monitoring and enforcement.

The EPA does not require lead testing in schools, and sampling procedures at community water systems can be inconsistent.

Lead is one of the few water contaminants that utilities are required to measure at a customer’s home, and utilities do not always follow EPA sampling procedures in practice. A violation is incurred only if 10 percent or more of samples have concentrations above the action level for lead, which is 15 parts per billion.

Some utilities take many more samples than required and discard those with high lead levels, a 2016 investigation found.

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Another hurdle is reduced funding for enforcement activities.

State funding declined by 26 percent from 2001 to 2011, while workloads have increased due to new rules.

Controlling corrosion and replacing pipes Water system managers must inform the public when they find elevated lead levels. They may need to reduce pipe corrosion or replace service lines made of lead.

Water treatments to adjust pH and lessen corrosion can be effective in reducing exposure to lead. They are required in cities of more than 50,000 and in smaller systems with violations. Flint’s system lacked proper corrosion control, which would have cost only about $100 per day.

Replacing lead pipes nationwide, which would permanently solve the corrosion problem, would cost $16 billion to $80 billion. Utilities that cannot reduce lead levels through corrosion control are legally required to replace pipes at a rate of 7 percent yearly. However, they only have to pay for replacing pipes they own. Many homeowners decline to pay for their portion, which can cost between $1,000 and $12,000.

Partial replacements can worsen conditions by disrupting pipelines and dislodging lead. Nonetheless, some cities have launched replacement programs. Others, including Detroit, Den-

ver and Newark, have taken steps to identify and inventory lead pipes in their service areas.

Stricter rules Revised federal and state guidelines could limit oversampling by utilities and improve water testing in people’s houses. New regulations could prohibit the practice of “pre-flushing,” or running water for several minutes before drawing a sample, which some engineers use to clear lead from pipes prior to testing.

Another strategy would be for regional EPA offices to conduct random sampling of tap water quality.

The EPA currently is considering long-term revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule. In our view, an updated rule should require corrosion control, identification and replacement of lead lines, specific sampling procedures and better public education.

We believe that lead contamination can be eliminated through better enforcement, more funding for state agencies, stricter sampling and proactive efforts to control corrosion. These actions will pay off by improving children’s health nationwide.

Qi Bing is a Ph.D. Student in Urban and Environmental Planning and Policy, University of California, Irvine Maura C. Allaire is an Assistant Professor of Water Economics and Policy, University of California, Irvine

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Celebrate the women New York (should be) named for at the Transit Museum

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n the street signs, subway stations, neighborhoods and buildings of New York, the names of historically significant men are everywhere.

Bleecker Street. Astor Place.

Lincoln Center. Even Downtown Brooklyn’s Schermerhorn Street is named for 18th-century Dutchman Peter Schermerhorn, best remembered for having owned a large rope factory.

What would it be like to live in a city where everything was named for notable women instead?

That’s the question posed by the City of Women map, currently on display at the Transit Museum’s “Navigating New York” exhibit. The map was co-created by geographer and writer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro and prominent feminist critic and essayist Rebecca Solnit, author of “Men Explain Things to Me.” Together, Solnit and Jelly-Schapiro wrote “Nonstop Metropolis,” a book of imaginative essays and maps, including the City of Women map, that won the Municipal Art Society’s pres-tigious Brendan Gill Prize in 2017.

The museum will unveil an updated version of the map Sept. 19 during a conversation with Jelly-Schapiro and New York Times contributor Julie Scelfo. The discussion will explore the significance of place names and

challenge the status-quo of the world’s overwhelmingly male toponyms.

The City of Women map re-imagines the city’s subway system as a landscape devoted to its Great Women, where Lorimer Street is replaced with Barbra Streisand Street, Astoria Boulevard becomes Ethel Merman Boulevard and 18th-century attorney John Chambers is ousted from Lower Manhattan

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emma Lazarus and Zora Neal Hurston get an overdue shoutout as well.

The project was intended to pay “homage to some of the great and significant women of New York City in the places where they lived, worked, competed, went to

school, danced, painted, wrote, rebelled, organized, philos-ophized, taught and made names for them-selves,” Solnit said in a statement.

The updated version of the City of Women map will add more than 80 names and take into account some of the subway system’s major changes in recent years, including the extension of the 7 line to Hudson Yards and the opening of the Second Avenue Subway.

The conversation between Scelfo and Jel-ly-Schapiro and the map unveiling will take place at the Transit Museum on Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, or $10 for museum mem-bers. For tickets and info, go to http://bit.ly/2lX-3cRD.

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