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29 Jan

Senate Majority Passes Sweeping Anti-Gun Violence Legislation To Protect New Yorkers

by admin in Home Page, News

Albany – The New York State Senate Majority today passed major legislation to combat gun violence and protect all New Yorkers. The Senate Democrats have been leaders in standing up to the corporate gun lobby, and have offered a series of common sense bills to address the repeated tragedies caused by gun violence.

“We have a responsibility to keep New York families safe and secure from gun violence,” said Senator Liz Krueger. “That means enacting commonsense laws that the vast majority of people, including gun owners, support. It’s simply not enough to offer words of condolence after yet another school massacre, yet another teen gun suicide, yet another incident of domestic violence with a gun. These tragedies are preventable, and today we have taken an important step to do just that.”

The historic legislation passed by the Senate Democratic Majority includes:

Extreme Risk Protection Orders: This bill, S.2451 introduced by Senator Brian Kavanagh, allows law enforcement officials, family and household members and certain school officials to seek a court order requiring a person likely to harm themselves or others to relinquish any firearms in their possession.

Effective Background Check Act: This bill, S.2374 introduced by Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, establishes an extension of time up to thirty calendar days for national in-state background checks.

Bump Stock Ban: This bill, S.2448 introduced by Senator Luis Sepulveda, prohibits the possession of a device that accelerates the rate of fire of a firearm.

Preventing School Districts from Allowing Teachers to be Armed: This bill, S.101A introduced by Senator Todd Kaminsky, prevents K-12 schools from authorizing anyone other than a security officer, school resource officer, or law enforcement officer to carry a firearm on school grounds.

Gun Buy Backs: This bill, S.2449 introduced by Senator Shelley Mayer, directs the State Police to devise regulations for gun buyback programs so that all buyback programs across the state are operated consistently with uniform best practices.

Out of State Mental Health Records: This bill, S.2438 introduced by Senator Anna Kaplan, will require out-of-state applicants for gun permits to allow New York permitting authorities to review out-of-state mental health records.

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29 Jan

Sen. Krueger’s Free Events List – February 2019

by admin in Community, Home Page

Upcoming Free Events in Senate District 28:

February 2019

Courtesy of State Senator Liz Krueger

If you would like to receive this list via email, let us know. Send your name, address, and email address to liz@lizkrueger.com, with the subject “Free Events List.”

Please note: This schedule is subject to change – it is recommended that you call ahead to confirm these events with the host or ask to RSVP.

To attend events sponsored by Health Advocates, you must be a HA member. Memberships are free and you can sign up to be a member at the event. Please contact 212-980-1700 for more information.

Friday 2/1/19

10:00 AM 67^th Street Library, 328 East 67th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically

(Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Exercise: Dance Fitness Classes for senior, Call 347-683-2691 for more information

10:30 AM Mid-Manhattan Public Library, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Books & Poetry: Reading Group on Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air

10:30 AM-11:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:00 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Free E-file Tax Assistance

(Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

11:30 AM-12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Italian Speaking, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

12:00 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Bridge, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Activity: e-Services help, Drop by the table near the front door with device to learn to take advantage of free access to books, films, magazines, and more

2:00 PM 58^th St Library, Community Meeting Room, 127 East 58^th St

Movie: Wonder (2017), a PG movie on boy with facial deformity who starts 5^th grade

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Inside Out (2015), PG family friendly movie

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Selma (2014), PG-13 movie on civil-rights activists

3:00 PM-3:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Advanced Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

4:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Lecture: Book Launch and Roundtable on Queer Milton in Rm 4406, English Student Lounge

4:00 PM-4:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Beginners Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

6:00 PM-6:45 PM Bryant Park, Ice Rink

Performance: Frost-Fest Professional Ice-Skating Performance starring Olympian and Winter Village Skating Ambassador Johnny Weir and athletes from Special Olympics NY

Saturday 2/2/19

10:00 AM 58th Street Library, 127 East 58^th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically

(Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:30 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Braille Study Group for both blind and sighted learners, RSVP to 212-621-0627

11:00 AM-12:00 PM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street, 1st & York

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018,

188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Career Services with Michelle Pyram on how to get paid for giving the highest expression of yourself

12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th St

Movie: First Man, Bio of Neil Armstrong, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Designing Tactile Graphics with TactileView

2:00 PM NYPL Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Workshop: Make 2019 Your Best Year Ever: Goal Setting

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Movie: Anna Lucasta (1958)

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

3:00 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Comparing Web Browsers

3:30 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Workshop: 53^rd Street Writing Workshop, Share your writing and receive feedback

Monday 2/4/19

10:00 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Activity: English Conversation Group

10:30 AM-11:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Exercise: Arthritis Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:30 PM-2:30 PM St. Catherine of Sienna Church, 411 East 68^th Street

Exercise: Tai Chi sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:30 PM-3:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Mah Jong, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Discussion: Death Café, informal group-directed discussion of death

2:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Exercise: Stay Well Exercise, Chair-based program

2:00 PM-3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Photography, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

3:15 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Cell Phone Class, RSVP Required to 212-980-1700, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

4:00 PM 67^th Street Library, 328 East 67th Street

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion Group on Belinda Bauer’s Snap

4:00 PM-5:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Dance with Alex (No partners required), sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

5:30 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Av

Activity: Open Computer Lab with tech volunteer

5:30 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Books & Poetry: Read aloud from Maureen McLane from some of her work

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Author Talks: Novelists Rabeah Ghaffari and Crystal Hana Kim on To Keep the Sun Alive

6:30 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building Celeste Auditorium Richmond Rehab Center, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Author Talk: Victor LaValle and guests on Howard Zinn’s A People’s Future of the United States

Tuesday 2/5/19

10:00 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 1, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: AARP Tax-Aide: Free Tax Assistance and Preparation (Need to bring government issued photo ID, social security cards for you and all dependents, all income-related items, all deduction-related items, and Form 1095-A)

10:30 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Career Finders Boot Camp: How to present yourself: Who you are and what do you offer?, self-marketing techniques for networking conversations and resume creation

11:00 AM Epiphany Library Neighborhood School, 228 East 23^rd Street

Activity: Coloring Club

11:00 AM WNET Plaza betw. 49^th and 50^th Streets and betw. 8^th and 9^th Avenue

Tour: Channel 13 Tour sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

11:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: English Conversation Groups

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:00 PM NYPL Yorkville Library, 222 East 79th Street

Lecture: Safe Sleep for Babies: prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

1:00 PM Grand Central Library Teen Central, 135 East 46^th Street

Activity: Spanish Conversation Circle

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

1:30 PM-2:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th St.

Activity: Pet Club Social- Nutritious Food for Your Pet, RSVP required to 212-980-1700 sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: The 33 (2015), PG 13 movie on rescue of 33 miners during collapse of Chilean mine

2:00 PM- 3:00 PM Abyssinian Towers, 50 West 131^st St.

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

3:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Activity: Microsoft Word for Beginners, RSVP required to 212-289-0908

5:30 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Lecture: 30 Minutes on Medicare Basics

5:30 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Workshop: Filling our hearts with love through meditation

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Long-term care and how to fund it: How to prepare and pay for age-related care needs while protecting your family’s assets

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Healy Hall, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: StartUP! 2019 Business Plan Competition: Developing Your Market Plan

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

6:30 PM-8:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Books & Poetry: “NYC vs. The Axis”, survey of the history of New York City through book Victory City in Room 9100: Skylight Room

7:00 PM B&N Union Square, 33 East 17th Street; 86^th and Lexington Ave, 150 East 86th St

Books & Poetry: Book Club The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict

Wednesday 2/6/19

6:00 AM-7:00AM Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue Terrace

Exercise: Boot Camp

10:00 AM 58th Street Library, 127 East 58^th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

11:30 AM NYPL Yorkville Library, Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Workshop: Adult One-on-One Computer Help, RSVP required to 212-744-5824

11:00 AM-12:00 PM Fifth Avenue United Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55^th St.

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: A Dog’s Purpose (2017), PG family friendly movie on lifetimes of dog

11:30 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Braille Study Group for both blind and sighted learners, RSVP to 212-621-0627

12:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Lecture: Meditation for Stress Reduction and Well Being

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

12:30 PM Mercy Center, 377 East 145^th Street

Exercise: Meditation & Chair Yoga for Arthritis sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10^th Street

Activity: Chess, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 109 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: French Conversation Group for Intermediate/Advanced speakers

2:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: Learn to play chess for adults

2:15 PM- 4:15 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Poker, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

4:30 PM NYPL Yorkville Library, Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Activity: Yorkville Writing Circle

5:30 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave

Activity: Open Computer Lab with tech volunteer

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Confidence Building Workshop for Career Help

6:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Author’s Talk: Jane Leavy discuss her biography of Babe Ruth

6:00 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building South Court Classroom A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Lecture: What DNA testing can and can’t tell you

6:30 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building Margaret Liebman Berger Forum, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Movie: An evening of short films by Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren who revolutionized the art of animation

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Author Talk: Photographer Harvey Stein on In Mexico: Between Life and Death

6:30 PM-8:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Discussion: “Monuments of the Future: Alternative Approached”, a public dialogue on how and what we remember in Room 1218 Segal Theater

7:00 PM B&N 86^th and Lexington Avenue, 150 East 86^th Street

Books and Poetry: Meet the author Mary Adkins on novel debut of When You Read This

Thursday 2/7/19

10:00 AM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23^rd Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:00 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 1, 188 Madison Ave

10:00 AM-11:00 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Ave

Exercise: Alexander Technique, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Activity: Computer Lab with tech volunteers to assist you with any computer topic,

RSVP required to 212-289-0908

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Books & Poetry: Literature Out Loud: Read aloud of African-American Contemporary Poetry

1:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Music: Music in Midtown, performance of chamber works by students of music performance program in Room 1201 Elebash Recital Hall

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Rutgers Church, 236 West 73^rd St.

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Movie: Victor Victoria (1982), a female singer in thirties Paris finds more success posing as a female impersonator

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: Open Craft Hour

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

4:00 PM 53rd Street Library, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Adult Coloring

4:00 PM-6:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Lecture: Resources for Studying Latin America and US Latinos from librarians and archivists from NYPL and CUNY libraries in Room 9204

4:15 PM-6:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Lecture: Charles Yang’s (UPenn) Linguistic Colloquium in Room 6417

4:30 PM-6:30 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Lecture: Margaret Rosario presents “Health Disparities by Sexual Orientation” in Rm 5318

5:00 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Lecture: Mindful Communication: Language and Disability Discussion & Best Practices, with the Museum Access Consortium

6:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion Group on Diane Guerrero’s In the Country We Love

6:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion on Pat Parker’s novel The Silence of the Girls

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Start and grow your business with ReferenceUSA, a business & consumer data source

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Room 67A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: Basic Chinese Conversation Level II

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

7:00 PM B&N 86^th and Lexington Avenue, 150 East 86^th Street

Books and Poetry: Meet the author Michael Tomasky on If We Can Keep It: How the Republic Collapsed and How It Might Be Saved

Friday 2/8/19

10:00 AM 67^th Street Library, 328 East 67th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Exercise: Dance Fitness Classes for Seniors

10:30 AM-11:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM-12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Italian Speaking, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

12:00 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Bridge, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Movie: 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), PG movie on a friendship that unfolds through letters between a NY scriptwriter and a London bookseller

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Activity: e-Services help, Drop by the table near the front door with your device to learn how to take advantage of free access to books, films, magazines

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Room 67A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Books & Poetry: Open Book Hour: Fantastic Realms

2:00 PM 58^th St Library, Community Meeting Room, 127 East 58^th St

Movie: Loving Vincent (2017), animation on Van Gogh

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: A Dog’s Purpose (2017), PG family friendly movie on lifetimes of dog

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Lincoln (2012), PG 13 historical movie Lincoln

3:00 PM-3:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Advanced Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

4:00 PM-4:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Beginners Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

Saturday 2/9/19

9:30 AM-12:30 PM Carl Schurz Park, 86th Street at East End Avenue

Activity: Year-Round Volunteer Gardening

10:00 AM 58th Street Library, 127 East 58^th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically

(Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:15 AM-4:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Day of Mindfulness, time of meditation

10:30 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion Group on Emily St John Mandel’s Station Eleven

10:30 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Braille Study Group for both blind and sighted learners,

RSVP to 212-621-0627

11:00 AM-12:00 PM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street, 1st & York

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Av

Workshop: Steps to Financial Adulthood

12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th St

Movie: Tully, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Music: New York Opera Forum’s performance of ORFEO ed EURIDICE opera

1:30 PM 67^th Street Library Community Room, 328 East 67th Street

Art: Meet the Artists: Ellen Hughes, landscape oil painter and Al Gordon, abstract oil painter

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Movie: In the Heat of the Night (1967)

2:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Movie: Little Boy (1977)

Monday 2/11/19

10:00 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Activity: English Conversation Group

10:30 AM- 11:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Exercise: Arthritis Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: Make a card for your best friend or valentine

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:30 PM-3:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Mah Jong, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st StExercise: Stay Well Exercise, Chair-based program

2:00 PM-3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Photography, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

3:15 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Cell Phone Class – RSVP Required to 212-980-1700 sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

4:00 PM-5:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Dance with Alex (No partners required) sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

5:15 PM NYPL Yorkville Library, Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Activity: Yorkville Writing Circle

7:00 PM B&N 86^th and Lexington Avenue Cafe, 150 East 86^th Street

Books and Poetry: Monday Night Reading Group on Kelli Este’s The Girl Who Wrote in Silk

Tuesday 2/12/19

10:00 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 1, 188 Madison Ave

10:00 AM-12:00 PM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23^rd Street

Activity: Crochet and Knitting Group

10:30 AM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library, Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Career Finders Boot Camp: Preparing to Ace the Interview in a Multi-Generational Workplace

11:30 AM Webster Library, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: English Conversation Groups

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:00 PM Grand Central Library Teen Central, 135 East 46^th Street

Activity: Spanish Conversation Circle

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: The Blind Side (2009), PG 13 movie on football player Michael Oher from homeless boy to star

2:00 PM-3:00 PM Abyssinian Towers, 50 West 131^st St.

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

3:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Activity: Microsoft Word for Beginners, RSVP required to 212-289-0908

3:00 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Tai Chi, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

5:30 PM 67^th Street Library, 328 East 67th Street

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion Group on Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime

5:30 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Workshop: Credit/Debit Management Workshop

5:30 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Movie: Trois couleurs: Blanc (Krzyskztof Bieslowski’s Three Colors film)

5:45 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Lecture: Privacy in Public by Metro Libraries Association, panel speakers speaking about digital privacy and security in vulnerable or marginalized populations

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Business Legal Structures, part of the IRS’ Small Business Tax Series designed to inform you about various business structures and help you determine which type is most suitable for your emerging or existing business

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

7:00 PM B&N 86^th and Lexington Avenue, 150 East 86^th Street

Books and Poetry: Meet the author Dave Cullen on his book Parkland: Birth of a Movement

Wednesday 2/13/19

6:00 AM-7:00AM Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue Terrace

Exercise: Boot Camp

10:00 AM 58th Street Library, 127 East 58^th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM Fifth Avenue United Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55^th St.

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Braille Study Group for both blind and sighted learners, RSVP to 212-621-0627

11:30 AM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Home (2015), a PG family friendly movie on alien and girl forming bond

12:00 PM NYPL Yorkville Library, Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Activity: Facebook Basics, First served basis, space limited to 5 patrons

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

12:30 PM Mercy Center, 377 East 145^th Street

Exercise: Meditation & Chair Yoga for Arthritis sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10^th Street

Activity: Chess, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 109 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM Webster Library, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: Learn to play chess for adults

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Movie: Selma (2014)

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: French Conversation Group for Intermediate/Advanced speakers

2:15 PM-4:15 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Poker, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

5:30 PM NYPL Yorkville Library, Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Author Talk: Mary McAuliffe discusses her book When Paris Sizzled

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Author Talk: Cardiologist and author Sandeep Jauhar with Danielle Ofrion on the human heart

Thursday 2/14/19

10:00 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 1, 188 Madison Ave

10:00 AM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23^rd Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically

(Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:00 AM-11:00 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Ave

Exercise: Alexander Technique, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Activity: Computer Lab with tech volunteers to assist you with almost any computer topic, RSVP required to 212-289-0908

12:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Movie: The Red Shoes (1948), a ballerina rises to stardom with a renowned troupe but her life is soon complicated by a romance with a struggling composer and an impresario

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

12:00 PM-1:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Discussion: Hip hop pedagogy in Room C197

1:00 PM China Institute, 40 Rector Street

Exhibition: Art of the Mountain: Through the Chinese Photographers Lens, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Rutgers Church, 236 West 73^rd St.

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Movie: The Quiet Man (1952), a retired American boxer returns to his birth village in Ireland and finds love

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

3:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Insurance: The Foundation of Your Financial Health, learn the basics and more common insurance needs and coverage

3:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Movie: Searching (2018), PG13 movie on a father who spirals down an unnerving internet rabbit hole to find his missing daughter

4:00 PM 53rd Street Library, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Adult Coloring

4:30 PM-6:30 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Lecture: Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith on “The Youth Readiness Intervention: A Collaborative Model for Building Mental Health Capacity in Post Conflict Settings” in Room 5318

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Self-Recruiter Lecture Series: Building your professional network with LinkedIn and how to use it in your job search

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Room 67A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: Basic Chinese Conversation Level II

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Friday 2/15/19

10:00 AM 67^th Street Library, 328 East 67th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Exercise: Dance Fitness classes for Seniors

10:30 AM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Discussion: La Leche League, discuss joys and challenges of nursing 9+ months baby

10:30 AM-11:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM-12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Italian Speaking, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Av

Workshop: Organizing Your Job Campaign for Success and Sanity, about the process of job campaign

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

12:00 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Bridge, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Activity: e-Services help, Drop by the table near the front door to learn to take advantage of free access to books, films, magazines

2:00 PM 58th Street Library Community Meeting Room, 127 East 58^th Street

Movie: Topkapi (1964), a con man gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to retrieve a jeweled dagger

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Home (2015), PG movie on alien and girl forming unlikely bond

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: 1776 (1972), G-rated patriotic musical on Declaration of Independence

3:00 PM-3:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Advanced Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

3:30 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Writing a LinkedIn Summary

4:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Lecture: Alan Liu on “What Infrastructure Assumes: Digital Humanities and Critical Infrastructure Studies” in Room 4406 English Student Lounge

4:00 PM-4:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Beginners Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

6:30 PM-8:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Books & Poetry: Bridget Davis on The World According to Fannie Davis with Farrah Griffin in Rm 1201 Elebash Recital Hall

7:00 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Exhibition: Love and Resistance, Stonewall 50 with a night of curator talks, trivia, special guests, and more on history of LGBTQ civil rights following the 1969 Stonewall riots

Saturday 2/16/19

10:00 AM 58th Street Library, 127 East 58^th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:15 AM-10:55 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87^th Street

Seminar: Getting Information from Medical Staff, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

10:30 AM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion Group on Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage

10:30 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Braille Study Group for both blind and sighted learners, RSVP to 212-621-0627

11:00 AM 53rd Street Library Classroom A, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Origami Meetup Group

11:00 AM-12:00 PM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street, 1st & York

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th St

Movie: Mama Mia! Here we go again, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM-3:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park at 61st Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Southern Welcome Tour

2:00 PM-4:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Movie: The Wiz (1978), contemporary Dorothy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Monday 2/18/19

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

Tuesday 2/19/19

10:00 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 1, 188 Madison Ave

11:00 AM Epiphany Library Neighborhood School, 228 East 23^rd Street

Activity: Coloring Club

11:00 AM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Art: The Naming of Things: A collaborative exhibition between Pratt Institute and NYPL

11:30 AM Webster Library, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: English Conversation Groups

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:00 PM Grand Central Library Teen Central, 135 East 46^th Street

Activity: Spanish Conversation Circle

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Concussion (2015), PG 13 movie on a doctor discovering brain disease in former football players but the NFL denies his claims

3:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Activity: Microsoft Word for Beginners, RSVP required to 212-289-0908

3:00 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Tai Chi, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

6:00 PM Grand Central Library Teen Central, 135 East 46^th Street

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion on Tony Kushner’s Angels in America

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Life Planning: Wills, Advance Directives, and Estate Planning

6:00 PM-7:30 PM Bryant Park Kinokuniya Bookstore, 1073 Avenue of the Americas, betw. West 41st & West 40th Streets

Books & Poetry: Winter Poetry readings by Victor Alcindor, Marina Carreira, Darla Himeles, Lynne McEniry

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Wednesday 2/20/19

6:00 AM-7:00AM Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue Terrace

Exercise: Boot Camp

10:00 AM 58th Street Library, 127 East 58^th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

11:00 AM NYPL, Schwarzman Building South Court Classroom B, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Lecture: Researching African American Historical Newspapers with NYPL e-resources

11:00 AM-12:00 PM Fifth Avenue United Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55^th St.

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Braille Study Group for both blind and sighted learners,

RSVP to 212-621-0627

11:30 AM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Wonder (2017), PG movie on a young boy with facial deformity begins the 5^th grade

11:30 AM NYPL Yorkville Library, Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Workshop: Adult One-on-One Computer Help Workshop, RSVP required to 212-744-5824

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

12:30 PM Mercy Center, 377 East 145^th Street

Exercise: Meditation & Chair Yoga for Arthritis sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10^th Street

Activity: Chess, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 109 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:30 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Job Search Planning and Tips for Mature workers

2:00 PM Webster Library, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: Learn to play chess for adults

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: French Conversation Group for Intermediate/Advanced speakers

2:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Exercise: Fall Prevention Exercises with physical therapists

2:00 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building South Court Classroom A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Lecture: Researching the History of Your New York City Home

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Movie: Silkwood (1983), R movie about a worker at a nuclear power plant who risks her life to expose unsafe practices

2:15 PM-4:15 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Poker, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

4:30 PM NYPL Yorkville Library, Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Activity: Yorkville Writing Circle

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Be Your Promise: Staying Positive During a Difficult Job Search

6:30 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building Celeste Auditorium, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Art: Sol LeWitt’s Wall Paintings

7:00 PM B&N 86^th and Lexington Avenue Cafe, 150 East 86^th Street

Books and Poetry: Upper East Side Fiction Reading Group on Isabel Allende’s In the Midst of Winter

Thursday 2/21/19

10:00 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 1, 188 Madison Ave

10:00 AM-11:00 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Ave

Exercise: Alexander Technique, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

10:00 AM-2:00 PM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23^rd Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

12:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Activity: Computer Lab with tech volunteers to assist you with almost any computer topic, RSVP required to 212-289-0908

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Books & Poetry: Literature Out Loud: read aloud of Postcolonial literature

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Rutgers Church, 236 West 73^rd St.

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Movie: Riff-Raff (1936), two dock workers fighter over a sexy woman on California coast

2:00 PM American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square

Exhibition: Jamaican Artist John Dunkley and Ghana Artists Paa Jo’s large scale architectural models of Gold Coast castles and forts that were used to sell 6 million Africans into slavery, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

3:00 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building South Court Classroom A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Lecture: Researching African American Historical Newspapers with NYPL e-resources

3:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Movie: Mission: Impossible Fallout (2018), PG13 movie on Ethan Hunt and his team stopping a nuclear attack while on a run from a CIA agent

4:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Movie: Dr. Strangelove (1964), an insane general triggers a path to a nuclear holocaust

4:30 PM-6:30 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Lecture: Marc Helbling presents “What is Islamophobia? Disentangling Citizens’ Feelings Toward Ethnicity, Religion and Religiosity Using a Survey Experiment” in Room 5318

6:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Author Talk: Andrea Frohn’s The African Burial Ground, archeological finds in Manhattan of communal cemetery containing remains of 20,000 people

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Tax Tips for Freelancers

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Room 67A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: Basic Chinese Conversation Level II

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

6:30 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building Wachenheim Trustees Rm, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Author Talk: In Putin’s Footsteps: Nina Khrushcheva

Friday 2/22/19

10:00 AM 67^th Street Library, 328 East 67th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Exercise: Dance fitness classes for seniors

10:30 AM-11:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM-12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Italian Speaking, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

12:00 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Bridge, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Movie: Revolutionary Road (2008), R movie on a 1950s suburban couple struggling to find fulfillment

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Activity: e-Services help, Drop by the table near the front door with your device to learn how to take advantage of free access to books, films, magazines

2:00 PM 58th Street Library Community Meeting Room, 127 East 58^th Street

Movie: LBJ (2016), Lyndon B Johnson deals with civil rights struggles of the 1960s

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Wonder (2017), PG movie on young boy with facial deformity starting school

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: W (2008), PG 13 movie on a semisatiric biopic of George W Bush

2:00 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: 3D Pen Drawing Workshop

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Advanced Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Beginners Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

Saturday 2/23/19

10:00 AM 58th Street Library Community Meeting Room, 127 East 58^th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically

(Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

10:15 AM-10:55 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87^th Street

Seminar: Pain Management, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

10:30 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Braille Study Group for both blind and sighted learners, RSVP to 212-621-0627

11:00 AM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Exercise: Yoga for Beginners

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street, 1st & York

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Healy Hall, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: StartUP! 2019 Business Plan Competition: Developing Your Marketing Plan

12:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Av

Workshop: Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

2:00 PM NYPL Yorkville Library, Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Workshop: Time Management: Practical Strategies that can change your life

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Movie: Fences (2016), film on a black garbage collector in 1950s Pittsburgh

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Movie: Crazy Rich Asians

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

3:00 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Comparing Web Browsers

4:00 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Books & Poetry: A Tribute to the Life and Work of Meena Alexander by GC English Community in Room 4406 English Student Lounge

Monday 2/25/19

10:00 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Activity: English Conversation Group

10:30 AM-11:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Exercise: Arthritis Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:30 PM-3:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Mah Jong, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Exercise: Stay Well Aging, a chair based exercise program for seniors

2:00 PM-3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Photography, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

3:15 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Cell Phone Class – RSVP Required to 212-980-1700 sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

4:00 PM-5:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Dance with Alex (No partners required) sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Author Talk: Kristen Roupenian on Cat Person and Other Stories

6:30 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building Celeste Auditorium, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Author Talk: Bertolt Brecht Out Loud

Tuesday 2/26/19

10:00 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 1, 188 Madison Ave

10:00 AM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23^rd Street

Activity: Crochet and Knitting Group

11:30 AM Webster Library, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: English Conversation Group

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:00 PM Grand Central Library Teen Central, 135 East 46^th Street

Activity: Spanish Conversation Circle

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Remember the Titans (2000), PG movie on high school coach promoting racial harmony

2:00 PM-3:00 PM Abyssinian Towers, 50 West 131^st St.

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

3:00 PM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23^rd Street

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion on Gabrielle Zevin’s The Storied Life of AJ Fikry

3:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Workshop: Microsoft Word for Beginners, RSVP required to 212-289-0908

3:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, & Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Planning for the Self-Employed Retirement

3:00 PM-4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Tai Chi, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

5:30 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Movie: Trois Couleurs: Rouge (Krzystztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors film)

5:30 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Author Talk: Gianpaolo Baiochhi on his latest book We, the Sovereign

6:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Room 67A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: Free Creative Writing Happy Hour: Food Writing

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Wednesday 2/27/19

6:00 AM-7:00AM Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue Terrace

Exercise: Boot Camp

10:00 AM 58th Street Library Community Meeting Room, 127 East 58^th Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM Fifth Avenue United Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55^th St.

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Lecture: Join NYPL and Bellevue Hospital Center to learn more about strokes

11:30 AM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Braille Study Group for both blind and sighted learners,

RSVP to 212-621-0627

11:30 AM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Turbo (2013), PG movie on misfit snail gains superspeed power

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

12:30 PM Mercy Center, 377 East 145^th Street

Exercise: Meditation & Chair Yoga for Arthritis sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10^th Street

Activity: Chess, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 109 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Special Event: Weill Cornell Medicine Well Series presents “Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, and Lewy Body Dementia”

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: French Conversation Group for Intermediate/Advanced speakers

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Movie: North Country (2005), R-rated movie on the first successful sexual harassment case in the US

2:00 PM Webster Library, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: Learn to play chess for adults

2:15 PM-4:15 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Poker, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

5:30 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Author Talk: Maria Laurino on “Were You Always Italian?”, hilarious examination of third-generation ethnic identity

5:30 PM NYPL Yorkville Library, Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Author Talk: Lauren Willig discusses her book The Glass Ocean

6:00 PM NYPL, Schwarzman Building South Court Classroom A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd St

Lecture: Getting Started in Genealogy Research

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Healy Hall, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: StartUP! 2019 Business Plan Competition: Developing Your Marketing Plan

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Why Include a Staffing Agency in Your Job Search?

7:00 PM B&N 86^th and Lexington Avenue, 150 East 86^th Street

Activity: Knobble Knitters

Thursday 2/28/19

10:00 AM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 1, 188 Madison Ave

10:00 AM-11:00 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Ave

Exercise: Alexander Technique, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

10:00 AM-2:00 PM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23^rd Street

Workshop: Tax Prep with AARP, file our tax return electronically (Need to have email address and bring all necessary documents and information)

12:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Movie: Kings Go Forth (1958), love triangle in WWII France

12:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Activity: Computer Lab with tech volunteers to assist you with almost any computer topic, RSVP required to 212-289-0908

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Bryant Park, Upper Terrace or Lawn

Activity: Juggling

1:00 PM-2:00 PM Rutgers Church, 236 West 73^rd St.

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96^th Street

Movie: No Time for Sergeants (1958), a country boy has a hard time adjusting to army life

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

3:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3^rd Avenue @ 31st St

Movie: Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018), story of Olympian and WII hero Louis Zamperini

4:00 PM 53rd Street Library, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Adult Coloring

4:30 PM-6:30 PM CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue b/t 34th & 35^th

Lecture: Irina Sekerina presents “Analyzing Quantity and Quality of Input in Bilingual Language Acquisition” in Room 5318

5:30 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Author Talk: Jennifer Jacquet on her book Is shame necessary?, use of public shaming as a form of resistance

6:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Books & Poetry: Shellen Lubin’s Play Reading of “Waiting”

6:00 PM NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave

Workshop: Stepping Stones for Success, tools, tips, and insights to help you along the path to your own personal and professional fulfillment

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Room 67A, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: Basic Chinese Conversation Level II

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Public Library Program Room, 476 Fifth Avenue @ 42nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Place	Address	Phone Number
NYPL 53^rd Street Library	18 West 53rd Street	212-714-8400
NYPL 58^th Street Library	127 East 58^th Street	212-759-7358
NYPL 67^th Street Library	328 East 67^th Street	212-734-1717
NYPL 96^th Street Library	112 East 96th Street	212- 289-0908
NYPL Epiphany Library	228 East 23^rd Street	212-679-2645
NYPL Grand Central Library	135 East 46^th Street	212-621-0670
NYPL Kips Bay Library	446 3^rd Ave @ 31^st St	212-683-2520
NYPL Webster Library	1465 York Ave @ 78 St	212-288-5049
NYPL Yorkville Library	222 East 79th Street	212-744-5824
NYPL Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library	40 West 20^th Street	212- 206-5400
NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St.	5th Ave. and 42nd St.	212-340-0863
NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library	188 Madison Ave.	917-275-6975
NYPL New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg.	5th Ave. and 42nd St.	917-275-6975
CUNY Graduate Center	365 5th Ave.	212-817-7000
CUNY Hunter College	695 Park Ave.	212-396-6049
CUNY Baruch College	55 Lexington Ave.	646-312-1000
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House	331 East 70th Street	212-744-5022

22 Jan

Senator Krueger and Senate Majority Pass Historic Pro-Women Legislation

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Albany – The Senate Majority today passed a series of historic legislation that will protect and ensure New York women’s health rights. Passed on the 46th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, the Reproductive Health Act (RHA) will codify that decision into New York law and modernize New York’s statutes to protect women’s rights. The Senate Majority also passed the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act (CCCA) that will ensure insurance companies cover FDA-approved contraceptive drugs, devices and products. Additionally, the Boss Bill that passed will prevent an employer’s religious beliefs from infringing on women’s health care decisions. The Senate Majority, together with the Assembly Majority, passed these three important bills through the Legislature swiftly to ensure New York State again becomes a leader in the fight to protect and expand women’s rights.

“The decision about whether to have an abortion is deeply personal,” said Senator Liz Krueger, sponsor of the Reproductive Health Act. “It involves a complex weighing of a woman’s unique circumstances, her medical needs, her private morality, and her own body. That is why it is a decision that must be made by a woman and her healthcare provider alone – not by the government. Our abortion laws, once groundbreaking, are now almost fifty years old. They do not meet the standard set by Roe v. Wade, and they do not reflect modern medical practice. We will never know how many New York women have suffered and even died because our outdated laws prevented them from getting the care they desperately needed. Today we turn the page. By enacting the RHA, the CCCA, and the Boss Bill, New York will once again lead the nation on women’s reproductive healthcare, and help ensure that all New Yorkers have the freedom and opportunity to make their own decisions about their health and their families.”

Video of the floor debate on the Reproductive Health Act can be seen by clicking here.

The historic legislation passed by the Senate Democratic Majority includes:

Reproductive Health Act: This bill, S.240, introduced by Senator Krueger, will modernize New York’s nearly 50-year-old statutes regarding abortion and ensure that New York State law treats abortion as health care, not a criminal act. The Assembly has passed this version of the RHA in 2017 and 2018.

Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act: This bill, S.659-A, introduced by Senator Julia Salazar, will require health insurance companies to include coverage of all FDA-approved contraceptive options, as well as contraceptive counseling, and services. The Assembly first passed this legislation in 2015.

Boss Bill: This bill, S.660, introduced by Senator Jen Metzger, will ensure that employees or their dependents are able to make their own reproductive health care decisions without incurring adverse employment consequences. The Assembly has passed it each year since 2014.

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16 Jan

Legislature Announces Joint Budget Hearing Schedule

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Albany – Senate Finance Committee Chair Liz Krueger and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene E. Weinstein today announced the Joint Legislative Hearing Schedule on the 2019-2020 Executive Budget Proposal.

These hearings, each of which focuses on a programmatic area, are intended to provide the appropriate legislative committees with public input on the Executive Budget proposal.

The hearings will be available for viewing on the Senate and Assembly websites. The Legislative Channel (on cable systems throughout the state) also will carry the proceedings, which will be preempted when the houses are in session. At the conclusion of the legislative deliberations, the channel will resume televised coverage of the hearings.

In accordance with the schedule, the hearings will commence on Wednesday, January 23, and conclude on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. The respective state agency or department heads will begin testimony each day, followed by witnesses who have requested to testify on that area of the budget. Those scheduled to testify must limit comments to no more than 5 minutes.

Requests to testify must be made by contacting the appropriate person listed on the schedule no later than the close of business, two business days prior to the respective hearing.

Witnesses scheduled by the committees to testify in person are required to send a copy of their prepared testimony via email at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing to both financechair@nysenate.gov and to wamchair@nyassembly.gov, and must provide 50 copies of their testimony on the day of the hearing. Please indicate in the subject field of the email which hearing your testimony relates to. Witnesses may not be permitted to testify if the above time frames are not adhered to. Witnesses also are encouraged to summarize their key points and submit the rest of their testimony in writing only.

Due to time constraints related to provisions of the New York State Constitution concerning the approval of the state budget by April 1st, only a limited number of witnesses can be accommodated at any given hearing. However, any party may still provide written testimony to the committees at the above email addresses, at any time up until seven (7) days after the date of the hearing.

The agency and the departmental portion of the hearings are provided for in Article 7, Section 3 of the Constitution and Article 2, Section 31 of the Legislative Law. The state Legislature is also soliciting public comment on the proposed budget pursuant to Article 2, Section 32-a of the Legislative Law.

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Note: Click here to view Hearing Schedule

08 Jan

Civic Organizations Call For Overhaul Of Ethics Enforcement To Restore Public Trust In Government

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Albany, NY – Civic groups today called on Governor Cuomo to expand his Democracy Agenda to include a measure to reduce the risk of corruption. The groups said that while the Governor deserves credit for his agenda of voting and campaign finance reform, the absence of significant ethics enforcement reform leaves his package incomplete.

Corruption destroys democracy by undermining the confidence of the people that their elected representatives will put the people’s interests ahead of their private financial interests. Strong ethics enforcement holds officials to their oath “faithfully to discharge” the duties of their office. (Constitution Article XIII, section 1). It is the first line of defense against corruption.

The former Assembly Speaker, the former Senate Majority Leader and the former Executive Deputy Secretary to the Governor have all been recently convicted for selling their official authority for personal gain. In another trial, a top official of the State University has been convicted of bid rigging in favor of two large campaign contributors to the Governor. All of these cases were brought by federal prosecutors. The groups charge that had state ethics enforcers been viewed as independent and fearless, perhaps these scandals would not have occurred.

To be clear, there is no charge that the Governor knew of or authorized any of these activities. But equally he has not used them as a good reason to strengthen ethics enforcement.

Civic groups want action to respond to these unprecedented state government scandals. Nine leading reform and education groups have called for first passage of a constitutional amendment that would put some teeth into New York State’s ethics enforcement structure, which is widely dismissed as lacking the independence, will and structure effectively to combat corruption.

The Anti-Corruption Constitutional Amendment advocated by these groups, first introduced in the 2017-18 legislative session, is now being reintroduced in both Houses of the Legislature. Senator Liz Krueger is the prime sponsor in the Senate and Assemblymember Robert Carroll is the prime sponsor in the Assembly.

Because it is a constitutional amendment (needed to create an ethics enforcement exception to legislative immunity), it needs to be passed in two legislative sessions before in can be voted on by the People. Nonetheless, public hearings on the proposal should promptly be scheduled by both Houses of the Legislature quite possibly to be held jointly. Amending the Constitution is serious business, and New Yorkers deserve to have it done correctly.

The Anti-Corruption Amendment would create the Commission on State Government Integrity (the “Integrity Commission”) to replace the Joint Commission On Public Ethics and the Legislative Ethics Commission. These two bodies lack the independence needed to be effective enforcers of ethics laws.

In many states all three branches, legislative, executive and judicial, make ethics commission appointments. This is the case in New York only for the Commission on Judicial Conduct, which is a well-regarded enforcer of judicial ethics created in the State Constitution. A majority of the members of the Integrity Commission would be appointed by the judiciary and only a minority by the bodies being regulated.

Senate prime sponsor Senator Liz Krueger said: “New York State should be a beacon of good government, but instead we’ve repeatedly been near the top of the rankings for corruption. Recent convictions of close aides to the Governor are only the latest example, as legislators from both parties, including the most powerful legislative leaders, have faced corruption charges for years. The various “ethics reforms” the Legislature and Governor have implemented in the past have failed. This amendment will create a truly independent ethics enforcement structure and ensure that the fox is no longer guarding the henhouse.”

Assembly prime sponsor Assemblymember Robert Carroll said: “It is no secret that New York has a corruption problem. Recent polling shows that 80% of voters see ethics reform as a serious issue and the best way to demonstrate that New York State is addressing their concerns is by establishing a well-funded and truly independent commission with the constitutional authority to handle ethics and integrity complaints. As the prime-sponsor of this legislation in the Assembly I know how critical it is that we establish this commission so that we can start to restore integrity in our government.”

Contact information for the groups:

Campbell Public Affairs Institute, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University: Grant Reeher, gdreeher@maxwell.syr.edu;

Carey Institute for Government Reform, Wagner College, Stephen Greenwald 718 420 7131;

Center for the Advancement of Public Integrity, Columbia Law School: Berit Berger, 212 854 8379;

Committee on Government Ethics and State Affairs, New York City Bar Association: Eric Friedman, 212 382 6754;

Committee to Reform the State Constitution: Evan Davis, 212 534 5876

Common Cause/New York: Susan Lerner, 212 691 8421;

League of Women Voters of the State of New York: Laura Bierman, 518 465 4162;

New York Public Interest Research Group: Blair Horner, 518 727 4506.

Reinvent Albany: Alex Camarda, 917 388 9087

BACKGROUND ON THE REFORM PROPOSAL

New York is the only state where the ethics commission does not operate by majority vote. Incredibly two (2) of the Governor’s appointees to 14-member JCOPE can veto and investigation or a finding of violation, as can three (3) of the appointees of the legislative leaders. The Integrity Commission would operate by majority vote.

New York is also marked by its division of ethics enforcement responsibility. JCOPE can find a violation by executive branch officials or employees and impose a fine but only the LEC can find a violation by or fine an legislative branch official or employee. The LEC may reject JCOPE’s interpretation of the law. In all cases, discipline (admonishment, censure, demotion, suspension or removal) is left to the discretion of entity in which the official or employee works. The Integrity Commission would have full discipline authority over both braches except that as currently only the Legislature could remove an elected official. A constitutional amendment is needed to create a single enforcement body with full sanctioning power.

Nearly half the states give the responsibility for enforcing the campaign finance laws to their ethics commission. New York needs to do the same because the State Board of Elections is controlled by the political parties and therefore is not sufficiently independent to enforce campaign finance laws designed to limit the pay-to-play culture.

Ethics and other rules barring official misconduct are only as good as the mechanism available to enforce them. Without an adequate enforcement mechanism these rules exist only on paper without real world force or effect. “Paper” rules do nothing to combat what far too many see as a culture of corruption and pay-to-play in Albany.

Other key features of the Anti-Corruption Amendment include the following:

Unlike JCOPE, where the person appointing a member can remove that member for what the appointing authority deems to be substantial neglect of duty, members of the Commission could be removed for cause only through a process by which a majority of the Commission votes to make an application for removal to the Court of Appeals.
Ex parte communications between Commission members and their appointing authorities and related staff would be barred, and no member could have held office, employment in state government or any political party or been engaged as a lobbyist in the three years prior to his or her appointment or during his or her term.
Transparency laws would apply equally to the executive and legislative branches.
All state officers and employees would have an ethical duty to report known misconduct to the Commission and would be protected against retaliation.
Sexual harassment would be barred as ethical misconduct.
The Integrity Commission would have full authority to sanction officers or employee of public authorities.

The text of the Anti-Corruption Amendment is available at www.committee2reform.org/anti_corruption_amendment.

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07 Jan

Senator Krueger’s Community Bulletin – January 2018

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Sen. Krueger’s Community Bulletin for January is available here! It can be downloaded as a PDF file here, and is viewable below.

07 Jan

Senator Krueger Joins Gov. Cuomo, Sec. Clinton, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Electeds And Advocates To Push Passage Of The Reproductive Health Act

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New York – Today, Senator Krueger joined Governor Andrew Cuomo, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, members of the Senate, Assembly, and City Council, and reproductive health advocates to commit to passage of the Reproductive Health Act in the first month of the 2019 legislative session.

20 Dec

Sen. Krueger’s Free Events List – January 2019

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Upcoming Free Events in Senate District 28:

January 2019

Courtesy of State Senator Liz Krueger

If you would like to receive this list via email, let us know. Send your name, address, and email address to liz@lizkrueger.com, with the subject “Free Events List.”

Please note: This schedule is subject to change – it is recommended that you call ahead to confirm these events with the host or ask to RSVP.

To attend events sponsored by Health Advocates, you must be a HA member.

Memberships are free and you can sign up to be a member at the event.

Please contact 212-980-1700 for more information.

Wednesday 1/2/19

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM Fifth Avenue United Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55^th St.

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Incredibles (2004), a family-friendly movie

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10^th Street

Activity: Chess, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:15 PM- 2:15 PM Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 109 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87th St.

Information Session: Dental Health seminar from the NYU College of Dentistry sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Wednesdays

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Movie: 12 Angry Men (1957)

2:15 PM- 4:15 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Poker, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

Thursday 1/3/19

10:00 AM– 11:00 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Ave

Activity: Alexander Technique sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg. Library South Court Classroom A, 5th Ave. & 42nd St. Workshop: Researching Ship Passenger Lists

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: Open Craft Hour: informal hour-long space for crafters to practice knit, crochet, sew

2:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Movie: Won’t You Be My Neighbor (2018), PG13 documentary on the life of Fred Rogers

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

3:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Activity: Games and Hobbies Meetup: Bring your own game, knitting, etc.

4:00 PM 53rd Street Library, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Adult Coloring

4:30 PM 67^th Street Library, 328 East 67th Street

Activity: Women’s Writing and Discussion Group

6:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Books& Poetry: Book Discussion Group: George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo

6:00 PM Webster Library, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Discussion: Book Discussion on Behold the Dreamers

(Participants must reserve copies of each title through the Library’s catalog system. You can reserve your copy by placing a hold on-line at www.nypl.org or visiting your local branch.)

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: Basic Chinese Conversation Level II

6:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Lecture: Overcoming Career Obstacles in the New Year

Friday 1/4/19

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM– 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Italian Speaking, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM– 4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Bridge, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Workshop: e-Services Help

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Incredibles (2004), a family-friendly movie

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Runaway Train (1985), Rated R

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Advanced Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

3:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Lecture: Crafting an Elevator Pitch

4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Beginners Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

Saturday 1/5/19

10:15 AM – 10:55 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street, 1st & York

Seminar: Nutrition, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street, 1st & York

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Healy Hall, 188 Madison Ave.

Event: New York StartUP! 2019 Business Plan Competition Orientation

12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th St

Movie: Ocean’s 8 sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM-4:00 PM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23rd Street

Books & Poetry: The Friends of Dickens Book Club Meeting: Ch. 29-34 of Dombey and Son

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Creative Writing Workshop

2:00 PM-3:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park at 61st Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Southern Welcome Tour

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Movie: Rear Window (1954)

3:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Join Certified Life/Career Coach and Television Packaging Agent Jim Arnoff for the insider’s take on recharging your career and truly embracing your strengths, skills, and passions.

Sunday 1/6/19

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

Monday 1/7/19

10:30 AM- 11:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Exercise: Arthritis Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Performance: Theater Production of Casanova, by Northern Ballet

1:30 PM –3:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Mah Jong, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Exercise: Stay Well Exercise – chair-based program for seniors

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Discussion: Death Café, informal group-directed discussion on death

2:00 PM –3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Photography, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

3:15 PM –4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Cell Phone Class – RSVP Required to 212-980-1700 sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

4:00 PM 67^th Street Library, 328 East 67th Street

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion Group: Mystery Mondays-Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects

5:15 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Activity: Yorkville Writing Circle

5:30 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Performance: From Beatles to Patsy Cline: An Intimate Performance with Sheri Miller

5:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Training Rm 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab on Computer Help

Tuesday 1/8/19

10:00 AM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23rd Street

Activity: Crochet and Knitting Group, Please bring your own supplies

11:00 AM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Training Rm 2, 188 Madison Av

Workshop: Open Lab on Computer Help

11:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: English Conversation Class

12:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Training Rm 2, 188 Madison Av

Workshop: Open Lab on Computer Help

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Activity: Spanish Conversation Circle

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Workshop: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

1:30 PM- 2:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th St.

Activity: Pet Club Social, RSVP required to 212-980-1700, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Rating G

3:00 PM- 4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th St.

Exercise: Tai Chi, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

5:30 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Event: Foresters Financial, everything women need to know to maximize retirement income

5:30 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Movie: TROIS COULEURS: BLEU

5:30 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Books & Poetry: Author Talk: We, The Sovereign by Gianpaolo Baiocchi

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM New York Presbyterian, 1315 York Ave. @ 71^st St. 1^st Floor

Health: Ostomy Support Group

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Training Rm 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Financial Planning for College using 529 Plans

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Workshop: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Wednesday 1/9/19

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55^th St

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), PG

12:00 PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg. Library South Court Classroom A, 5th Ave. & 42nd St. Workshop: Researching Naturalization Records

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10^th Street

Activity: Chess, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:15 PM- 2:15 PM Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 109 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Wednesdays

2:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Exercise: Fall Prevention Exercises, with physical therapists

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Movie: Erin Brockovich (2000)

2:15 PM- 4:15 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Poker, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Weil Cornell Greenberg Center, 1305 York Ave. @ 70th St. 2^nd Fl.

Health: Senior Fitness: When to Exercise and When to Stop

4:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Performance: The Cockettes in the Palace, Recordings of theatrical productions by the Cockettes

5:15 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Workshop: Adult One-on-One Computer Help, RSVP required by phone at 212.744.5824.

5:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Training Rm 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab on Computer Help

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Healy Hall, 188 Madison Ave.

Event: New York StartUP! 2019 Business Plan Competition Orientation

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Room 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Learn How to Break Into the Data Science & Analytics Careers – The Hottest Areas In the Job Market Today

Thursday 1/10/19

10:00 AM– 11:00 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Ave

Activity: Alexander Technique sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:00 AM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for Computer help

12:00 AM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for Computer help

1:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Movie: Sweet Smell of Success (1957), NR rating

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Discussion: Literature Out Loud: Beat Poetry & Subculture

2:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Movie: This Land is Mine (1943), animation on citizens of a small village fighting the Nazis

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

2:30 PM Church of the Heavenly Rest, 1085 5^th Ave

Event: Elderly Law Attorney Seminar, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

3:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Managing Student Loan Debt

3:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Activity: Games and Hobbies Meetup: Bring your own game, knitting, etc.

4:00 PM 53rd Street Library, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Adult Coloring

4:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Movie: Disney’s Christopher Robin (2018), PG rating

4:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Movie: Raging Bull (1980)

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: Basic Chinese Conversation Level II

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Friday 1/11/19

10:30 AM-12:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Exercise: Dance Fitness Classes for seniors

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Weil Cornell Greenberg Center, 1305 York Ave. @ 70th St. 2^nd Fl.

Health: Senior Fitness: Post-Liver Transplant Support Group

11:30 AM– 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Italian Speaking, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM– 4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Bridge, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Activity: e-Services Help

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), a family-friendly movie

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979), PG

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: Open Book Hour- Book Social

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Advanced Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Beginners Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

Saturday 1/12/19

10:00 AM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Special Event: Volunteer Fair: Meet non-profit organizations in the neighborhood! Get information and/or make a commitment to volunteer!

10:15 AM- 10:55 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87^th Street

Event: Junior League Seminar on Cooking and Health Education for Families

sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

10:30 AM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Books & Poetry: Kips Bay Classic Literature Book Discussion

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87th Street, 1st & York

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 AM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Budgeting

12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th St

Movie: The Big Sick sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23rd Street

Books & Poetry: Dickens Fellowship of NY- bookclub: Ch. 51-56 of Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers

1:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Music: New York Opera Forum Recital of Gaetano Donizetti’s LA FAVORITE

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Wednesdays

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Movie: A Thousand Clowns (1965)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

2:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Movie: Ain’t Nobody’s Business (1977)

2:00 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Lecture: Make 2019 Your Best Year Ever: Goal Setting

2:00 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Creative Writing Workshop

Monday 1/14/19

10:30 AM- 11:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Exercise: Arthritis Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:30 PM –3:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Mah Jong, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM –3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Photography sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Exercise: Stay Well Exercise, chair based program for seniors

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Workshop: Filling our hearts with love through meditation

3:15 PM –4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Cell Phone Class – RSVP Required to 212-980-1700 sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

7:00 PM Barnes and Nobles, 86^th & Lexington Av Cafe @ 150 East 86^th St

Books & Poetry: Monday Night Reading Group discussing Alice Hoffman’s The Rules of Magic

Tuesday 1/15/19

11:00 AM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for Computer help

12:00 AM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for Computer help

11:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: English Conversation Class

12:00 PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg. Library South Court Classrooms, 5th Ave. & 42nd St. Workshop: Writing Your Family History

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Activity: Spanish Conversation Circle

1:00 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Workshop: Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Information Session on nutrition

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Discussion: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

1:30 PM- 2:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th St.

Workshop: Keeping your resolution to keep organized sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: West Side Story (1961)

3:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Workshop: Microsoft Word for Beginners, RSVP required to 212-289-0908

3:00 PM- 4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th St.

Exercise: Tai Chi, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

4:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Workshop: Protest Sign Making Workshop

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM NYP/Weil Cornell, 525 East 68^th St., Room 1601.

Health: Brain Aneurysm Support Group

5:30 PM 67^th Street Library, 328 East 67th Street

Books & Poetry: Book Discussion Group: Tama Janowitz’s Scream

Wednesday 1/16/19

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM Fifth Avenue United Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55^th St.

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Incredibles 2 (2018), a family-friendly movie

12:00 PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg. Library, South Court Classroom A, 5th Av. & 42nd St.

Lecture: Getting Started in Genealogy Research

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10^th Street

Activity: Chess, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:15 PM- 2:15 PM Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 109 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Movie: On the Waterfront (1954)

2:15 PM- 4:15 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Poker, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

4:30 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Activity: Yorkville Writing Circle

5:30 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Event: Foresters Financial: How to financially plan for emergencies, family protections, home purchase/remodel, college education, wedding, and more

5:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for Computer help

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Lecture: Employment Outlook from 2018 to 2026

7:00 PM Barnes and Nobles, 86^th & Lexington Av Cafe @ 150 East 86^th St

Books & Poetry: Upper Eastside Fiction Reading Group discussing Min Jin Lee’s Free Food for Millionaires

Thursday 1/17/19

10:00 AM– 11:00 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Ave

Activity: Alexander Technique sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:00 AM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for Computer help

12:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for Computer help

1:00 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Workshop: Business Planning Basics

2:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Movie: The Dark Mirror (1946), NR rating, a crime and thriller film that is animated

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

4:00 PM 53rd Street Library, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Adult Coloring

4:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Movie: Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), PG-13 rating

5:30 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Books & Poetry: Author Talk by Katherine Verdery on My Life as a Spy

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop (career-services): Traditional media vs. Social Media Jobs

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: Basic Chinese Conversation Level II

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Discussion: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Friday 1/18/19

10:30 AM-12:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Exercise: Dance Fitness Classes for seniors

10:30 AM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Discussion: La Leche League: Gather to discuss the joys and challenges of nursing an older baby. For parents/caregivers and babies 9 months and older

10:30 AM- 11:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM– 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Italian Speaking, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Room 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop (career-services): Why networking is so hard and how to master it

12:00 PM– 4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Bridge, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Workshop: e-Services Help

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Incredibles 2 (2018), a family-friendly movie

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: The Shining (1980), Rated R

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Advanced Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

3:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Room 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Strengthening your resume

4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Beginners Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

Saturday 1/19/19

10:15 AM- 10:55 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87^th Street

Lecture: Bone Weakness sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

10:30 AM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Discussion: Book Discussion on The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand

11:00 AM 53rd Street Library Classroom A, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Origami Meetup Group

11:00 PM- 12:00 PM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Healy Hall, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: StartUP! 2019 Workshop 1: Business Planning Research and Resources

12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th St

Movie: The Death of Stalin, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Movie: Split

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Creative Writing Workshop

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Movie: The Main Event (1979)

Sunday 1/20/19

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

Tuesday 1/22/19

10:00 AM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23rd Street

Activity: Crochet and Knitting Group, Please bring your own supplies

10:30 AM Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg. Library, South Court Classroom A, 5th Av. & 42nd St. Workshop: Preserving Your Family Archive

11:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: English Conversation Class

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46^th Street

Activity: Spanish Conversation Circle

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Discussion: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: It’s Always Fair a Weather (1955), NR Rating

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

3:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Workshop: Microsoft Word for Beginners

3:00 PM- 4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th St.

Exercise: Tai Chi, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Healy Hall, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: StartUP! 2019 Workshop 1: Business Planning Research and Resources

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Lecture: What the Financial Industry Does and How It Works: Terminology, Concepts, and Key Issues

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Discussion: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Wednesday 1/23/19

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM Fifth Avenue United Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55^th St.

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Workshop: Adult One-on-One Computer Help, RSVP required to 212.744.5824

11:30 AM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: A Wrinkle in Time (2018), PG Rating

1:00 PM- 2:00 PM Marshall Chess Club, 23 West 10^th Street

Activity: Chess, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:15 PM- 2:15 PM Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 109 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Movie: Suffragette (2015)

2:15 PM- 4:15 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Poker, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

5:30 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Books & Poetry: Author Talk with local mystery authors LA Chandler, RJ Koreto, DJ Bartley

5:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for Computer help

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Self-Recruiter Lecture Series: Resume Renovation

Thursday 1/24/19

10:00 AM– 11:00 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Ave

Activity: Alexander Technique, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Workshop: LEAD Professional development program for young women immigrants on job search process, Resume writing, US workplace culture, Job interviews, Networking, Public speaking, Teamwork, and much more!

1:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Movie: Fistful of Dollars (1964), R-rating

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Discussion: Literature Out Loud: Spoken Word Poetry & Resistance

2:00 PM 96th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Movie: The Petrified Forest (1936)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Weil Cornell Greenberg Center, 1305 York Ave. @ 70th St. 2^nd Fl.

Health: Medical Marijuana and Integrative Health

4:00 PM 53rd Street Library, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Adult Coloring

4:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Movie: Crazy Rich Asians

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: Basic Chinese Conversation Level II

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Discussion: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Friday 1/25/19

10:30 AM-12:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Exercise: Dance Fitness Classes for seniors

10:30 AM- 11:30 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:00 AM – 9:00 PM NYP/Weil Cornell, 525 East 68^th St., Cayuga Room

Health: Blood Drive

11:30 AM– 12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Italian Speaking, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM– 4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Exercise: Bridge, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Workshop: e-Services Help

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Gorky Park (1983), R Rating

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: A Wrinkle in Time (2018), PG Rating

3:00 PM- 3:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Advanced Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

3:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Thinking about a Career Change

4:00 PM- 4:45 PM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Activity: Beginners Harmonica, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

Saturday 1/26/19

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Church of the Heavenly Rest, 1085 Fifth Ave. @ 90^th Street

Special Event: Thrift Sale

10:15 AM- 10:55 AM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87^th Street

Lecture: Jr. League Seminar: Vision as we Age sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP required to 212-980-1700

11:00 AM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Exercise: Yoga for Beginners

11:00 PM- 12:00 PM St. Joseph’s Church, 404 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Chair Yoga, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

12:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Income Taxes

12:00 PM-1:00 PM Central Park, Inside the Park at 61st Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Southern Welcome Tour

12:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th St

Movie: Baby Driver, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Movie: BlacKkKlansman

2:00 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Exhibition: Thomas Pryor’s photographs of Yorkville in 1960’s, “City Boy: Yorkville, My Hometown”

2:00 PM Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, 40 West 20^th Street

Workshop: Creative Writing Workshop

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Movie: The First Wives Club (1996)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

Monday 1/28/19

10:30 AM- 11:30 AM Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Ave @ 73rd

Exercise: Arthritis Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

1:30 PM –3:30 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Mah Jong, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Exercise: Stay Well Exercise, Chair-based program

2:00 PM –3:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Photography sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

3:15 PM –4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street

Activity: Cell Phone Class – RSVP Required to 212-980-1700 sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

5:15 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Activity: Yorkville Writing Circle

5:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for computer help

Tuesday 1/29/19

10:30 AM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Career Finders Boot Camp:Session 1:How Prepared Are You for Your Job Search?

11:30 AM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Activity: English Conversation Class

12:00 PM Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg. Library, South Court Classroom A, 5th Av. & 42nd St.

Lecture: Newspapers in Genealogy Research

1:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Activity: Spanish Conversation Circle

1:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Discussion: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

1:15 PM- 2:15 PM Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 109 East 87^th Street

Exercise: Basic Exercise, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

3:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Workshop: Microsoft Word for Beginners, RSVP required to 212-289-0908

3:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Rm 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Preparing for Retirement 101

3:00 PM- 4:00 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th St.

Exercise: Tai Chi, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

6:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: Free-Writing Happy Hour: The Art of Letter Writing letter using epistolary novels (novels written in letter form)

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Wednesday 1/30/19

10:00 AM-2:00 PM 58^th Street Library, 127 East 58th Street

Workshop: Free Tax Prep with AARP to help you prepare and file for taxes electronically.

Just need email address, basic computer skills, and necessary documents & information

11:00 AM- 12:00 PM Fifth Avenue United Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55^th St.

Exercise: Strengthen and Tone, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Theater, 18 West 53rd Street

Movie: Inside Out (2015), PG Rating

2:00 PM 53rd Street Library Community Room, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: English as a Second Language Conversation Circle

2:00 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Movie: Milk (2008), Rating R, story about Harvey Milk

2:15 PM- 4:15 PM Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88^th Street

Activity: Poker, sponsored by the Health Advocates for Older People

5:30 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Books & Poetry: Author Talk with Glenn Hurtz on Three Minutes in Poland

5:30 PM Yorkville Library Meeting Room, 222 East 79th Street

Exhibition: Thomas Pryor’s photographs of Yorkville in 1960’s, “City Boy: Yorkville, My Hometown”

5:30 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Training Room 2, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Open Lab for computer help

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Healy Hall, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: StartUP! 2019 Workshop 1: Business Planning Research and Resources

6:00 PM Science, Industry, and Business Library Conference Room 018, 188 Madison Ave.

Workshop: Who are you and what are you supposed to be doing with your life

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Program Room, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: English Conversation Hour for intermediate and advanced speakers

Thursday 1/31/19

10:00 AM Epiphany Library, 228 East 23rd Street

Workshop: Free Tax Prep with AARP to help you prepare and file for taxes electronically.

Just need email address, basic computer skills, and necessary documents & information

10:00 AM– 11:00 AM Church of the Holy Trinity, 341 East 87^th Street between 1^st and 2^nd Ave

Activity: Alexander Technique, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People

11:30 AM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Workshop: LEAD Professional development program for young women immigrants on Job search process, Resume writing, US workplace culture, Job interviews, Networking, Public speaking, Teamwork, and much more!

1:00 PM Society of Illustrators, 128 East 63^rd Street

Exhibit: Advertising, Institutional, Surface/Product Design, Uncommissioned Categories, sponsored by Health Advocates for Older People, RSVP Required to 212-980-1700

2:00 PM 96^th Street Library, 112 East 96th Street

Movie: Shadow of a Doubt (1944)

2:00 PM-3:30 PM Central Park, In front of the Samuel F. B. Morse statue, inside the Park at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue

Tour: Heart of the Park Tour

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Weil Cornell Greenberg Center, 1305 York Ave. @ 70th St. 2^nd Fl.

Health: Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disorder (COPD)

3:00 PM Grand Central Library, 135 East 46th Street

Activity: Games and Hobbies Meetup: Bring your own game, knitting, etc.

4:00 PM 53rd Street Library, 18 West 53rd Street

Activity: Adult Coloring

4:00 PM Kips Bay Library, 446 3rd Ave @ 31st St

Movie: Alpha (2018), PG-13 rating

5:30 PM Webster Library Auditorium, 1465 York Ave @ 78 St

Books & Poetry: Author Talk with Kate Bolick on Spinster

6:30 PM Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St Room 67A, 5^th Ave and 42^nd Street

Activity: Basic Chinese Conversation Level II

Place	Address	Phone Number
NYPL 53^rd Street Library	18 West 53rd Street	212-714-8400
NYPL 58^th Street Library	127 East 58^th Street	212-759-7358
NYPL 67^th Street Library	328 East 67^th Street	212-734-1717
NYPL 96^th Street Library	112 East 96th Street	212- 289-0908
NYPL Epiphany Library	228 East 23^rd Street	212-679-2645
NYPL Grand Central Library	135 East 46^th Street	212-621-0670
NYPL Kips Bay Library	446 3^rd Ave @ 31^st St	212-683-2520
NYPL Webster Library	1465 York Ave @ 78 St	212-288-5049
NYPL Yorkville Library	222 East 79th Street	212-744-5824
NYPL Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library	40 West 20^th Street	212- 206-5400
NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library @ 42nd St.	5th Ave. and 42nd St.	212-340-0863
NYPL Science, Industry, and Business Library	188 Madison Ave.	917-275-6975
NYPL New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Bldg.	5th Ave. and 42nd St.	917-275-6975
CUNY Graduate Center	365 5th Ave.	212-817-7000
CUNY Hunter College	695 Park Ave.	212-396-6049
CUNY Baruch College	55 Lexington Ave.	646-312-1000
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House	331 East 70th Street	212-744-5022

11 Dec

Senator Krueger Opposes Trump Administration “Public Charge” Proposed Rule Change Attacking Immigrant New Yorkers

by admin in Home Page, News

New York – State Senator Liz Krueger today released a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Neilsen, opposing the proposed rule changes regarding “public charge.” The letter is available to download here, and can be viewed below.

06 Dec

Senator Krueger’s Community Bulletin – December 2018

by admin in Community, Home Page

Sen. Krueger’s Community Bulletin for December is available here! It can be downloaded as a PDF file here, and is viewable below.

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