{"id":160,"date":"2025-05-22T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/?p=160"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:05:17","slug":"statement-from-new-york-city-council-majority-whip-selvena-n-brooks-powers-on-far-rockaway-trauma-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/2025\/05\/22\/statement-from-new-york-city-council-majority-whip-selvena-n-brooks-powers-on-far-rockaway-trauma-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from New York City Council Majority Whip Selvena N. Brooks-Powers on Far Rockaway Trauma Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<strong>Queens, NY<\/strong>) &#8211; I welcome the news that the New York State Department of Health has expressed support for certifying a trauma facility in Far Rockaway. While this is a significant step forward, our fight is not over. My office has worked closely with the Far Rockaway Trauma and Healthcare Access Taskforce\u2014including Co-Chair Dr. Mitchell Katz and other key community and labor partners\u2014to move this vital project forward. We are grateful for the collaboration so far.<\/p>\n<p>I also want to thank my colleagues in the New York City Council for prioritizing the $300,000 allocation in this year\u2019s budget to fund the NYCHA land transfer process for the proposed site in the preliminary budget response. This critical investment will help turn the vision of a trauma center into a reality.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks ahead, we look forward to participating in the working group convened by Mayor Eric Adams, alongside fellow elected officials and city agencies, to ensure this project advances with urgency and transparency. The people of the Rockaways deserve nothing less&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact for Majority Whip Selvena Brooks-Powers:<\/p>\n<p>Julian Martin | <a href=\"mailto:jmartin@council.nyc.gov\">jmartin@council.nyc.gov<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(<strong>Queens, NY<\/strong>) &#8211; I welcome the news that the New York State Department of Health has expressed support for certifying a trauma facility in Far Rockaway. While this is a significant step forward, our fight is not over. My office has worked closely with the Far Rockaway Trauma and Healthcare Access Taskforce\u2014including Co-Chair Dr. Mitchell Katz and other key community and labor partners\u2014to move this vital project forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/2025\/05\/22\/statement-from-new-york-city-council-majority-whip-selvena-n-brooks-powers-on-far-rockaway-trauma-center\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}