{"id":165,"date":"2024-09-18T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/?p=165"},"modified":"2025-08-25T11:58:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:58:33","slug":"press-advisory-rally-for-trauma-center-in-far-rockaway-as-new-york-city-council-majority-whip-brooks-powers-speaker-adrienne-adams-mayor-eric-adams-elected-leaders-and-civic-leaders-seek-state-su","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/2024\/09\/18\/press-advisory-rally-for-trauma-center-in-far-rockaway-as-new-york-city-council-majority-whip-brooks-powers-speaker-adrienne-adams-mayor-eric-adams-elected-leaders-and-civic-leaders-seek-state-su\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Advisory: Rally for Trauma Center in Far Rockaway as New York City Council Majority Whip Brooks-Powers, Speaker Adrienne Adams, Mayor Eric Adams, Elected Leaders, and Civic Leaders Seek State Support for a Far Rockaway Trauma Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(<strong>New York, NY<\/strong>) \u2013 New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams and Mayor Eric Adams will join Council Majority Whip Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, elected officials, labor leaders, and community leaders to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to support a level 1 or 2 trauma facility on the Rockaway Peninsula. The community will also celebrate over $50 million secured towards bringing a new Far Rockaway trauma center.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What<\/strong>:&nbsp; Press conference and rally for trauma center in Far Rockaway, calling on state for support&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When<\/strong>:&nbsp; Friday, September 20, 2024, 12:00 PM&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where<\/strong>:&nbsp; Beach 21<sup>st<\/sup> Street Plaza (corner of Beach 21<sup>st<\/sup> Street and Mott Avenue)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Far Rockaway, NY 11691<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New York City Council Majority Whip Selvena N. Brooks-Powers<\/li>\n<li>New York City Speaker Adrienne Adams<\/li>\n<li>New York City Mayor Eric Adams<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Mitchell Katz, Co-Chair, President &amp; CEO, H+H\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Elected Officials\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Far Rockaway Trauma and Health Access Task Force<\/li>\n<li>Labor unions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why<\/strong>:&nbsp; The deaths of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/news\/2021\/06\/11\/classmates-remember-10-year-old-murdered-in-far-rockaway\">Justin Wallace<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/queens\/news\/2024\/04\/17\/nypd-detective-diller-s-death-reignites-call-for-trauma-hospital-in-the-rockaways\">Detective Jonathan Diller<\/a>&nbsp;both highlighted the need for quality, accessible trauma care for those living and working in Far Rockaway.&nbsp;With a population of more than 2 million people, Queens has only three trauma centers serving adults. In Far Rockaway, the southernmost part of Queens, the closest facility is almost 10 miles away. This distance is a matter of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/story\/theres-dearth-trauma-centers-far-rockaway\/\">life and death in emergency situations<\/a>. The Administration has already secured $25 million and committed to fully fund a level 1 or 2 trauma facility in Far Rockaway, but now it is time for Governor Hochul to step up!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media Contact for Majority Whip Selvena Brooks-Powers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julian Martin | <a href=\"mailto:jmartin@council.nyc.gov\">jmartin@council.nyc.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(<strong>New York, NY<\/strong>) \u2013 New York City Council Speaker Adrienne E. Adams and Mayor Eric Adams will join Council Majority Whip Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, elected officials, labor leaders, and community leaders to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to support a level 1 or 2 trauma facility on the Rockaway Peninsula. The community will also celebrate over $50 million secured towards bringing a new Far Rockaway trauma center.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/2024\/09\/18\/press-advisory-rally-for-trauma-center-in-far-rockaway-as-new-york-city-council-majority-whip-brooks-powers-speaker-adrienne-adams-mayor-eric-adams-elected-leaders-and-civic-leaders-seek-state-su\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":333,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","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\/165","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\/333"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/selvena-brooks-powers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}