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CONEY COMMUNITY Council Member Ari Kagan stopped for a selfie with Executive Director Sam Moore while visiting the Coney Island Y’s Community Market, a biweekly free food distribution site. WHAT’S IN A NAME? Senator Chuck Schumer and Congress Member Carolyn Maloney joined former Assembly Member Joseph Lentol at the Greenpoint Y, where a reception was held to mark the official renaming of the nearby post office in honor of the Assembly Member’s 48 years of service to the community. Post-reception pic with Y staff and Greenpoint Y board members (l to r): Executive Director Kendall Charter, Board Member Frank Carbone, Board Chair Paul Pullo, Former Assemblyman Joe Lentol, YMCA Chief Operating Officer Mel Tse, Board Member Michael Kawochka, and Regional Director of Communications and Fund Development Tatiana Terzuoli.
NEW FRIENDS Council Member Lincoln Restler made some new friends on a visit to the Greenpoint YMCA. NEW AMERICANS IN THE HOUSE Students in the Y’s New Americans Initiative eagerly rushed back to inperson classes after a long span of remote learning. In-person classes have resumed at the Chinatown, Flatbush, Flushing, and Harlem Ys.
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to empower youth, improve health, and strengthen community.
GOOD TIMES Assembly Member Karines Reyes (with staff member Marillian “Millie” Davila) visited the Y’s Glebe Senior Center to give out goodies, information and COVID Test kits.
