9/11 Tribute Center programs are offered throughout the year. Lectures, educational workshops and support programs are available to unite family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents, rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in the aftermath of 9/11. Visit tributewtc.org for a schedule of upcoming programs and events.
, from Bellmore Knights of Columbus and Project HOPE will host a Hurricane Sandy Relief Fair for the many residents who are still recovering from the storm. Come find resources to help.
For more information, please call the Project HOPE office at 516-822-6111, x267.
Bellmore Knights of Columbus
2333 Bellmore Ave.
Bellmore, NY
A Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was drawn up for The World Trade Center Campus Security Plan on April 8, 2013. Following that, a public hearing on the DEIS was held on April 23. Catherine McVay Hughes, chair of Community Board 1 testified at that hearing and drew attention to the need for additional information regarding provisions for future storms and potential flooding; she also requested an extension of air quality monitoring; asked where the Downtown PATH greenmarket would be relocated; and also requested further review of the impact of continued construction vehicle access to the World Trade Center Campus during the completion of the Master Plan. Her full statement can be read here.
The public were invited to submit written comments on the DEIS to the Lead Agency by 5:00pm on May 8 (30 days after the Notice of Completion was issued). That deadline has now been extended to 5:00pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Comments should be sent to: Assistant Commissioner David Kelly, Conterterrorism Division, NYC Police Department, One Police Plaza, New York, NY 10038. For further information call 646-610-4557 or email wtceis@nypd.org.
To read the DEIS, please click here or go to: Office of Environmental Coordination,
100 Gold Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10038.
Courtesy of the Battery Park City Broadsheet
The Department of Defense team who will prosecute the KSM are proposing to meet with Boston families of September 11th victims on Monday, May 20, 2013 at 9:30am to discuss the military commission trial at Guantanamo Bay.
If you can attend, please e-mail Karen Loftus, the director of the Victim Witness & VFM CCTV programs at karen.loftus@osd.mil. Kindly reply by April 27, 2013 so they know how many to expect.
The 12th annual Kevin D. Marlo Golf Classic will be held on Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Rolling Green Golf Club in Springfield, PA.
Here is the day’s itinerary -
10:30am Registration
11:00am Lunch & Qualifying round of the Putting Contest
12:00pm Shotgun start
5:00pm Dinner & awards
5:30pm Conclusion of online auction
The price to golf is $250.00. The price for dinner only is $75.00.
To register, please click here.
Rolling Green Golf Club
280 North State Road
Springfield, PA 19064
The 2013 Long Island Kidney Walk will take place on Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Eisenhower Park in East Meadow. Check-in begins at 9:30am; and the walk begins at 10:30am.
For more information, please contact Andrea Denhart at andrea.denhart@kidney.org.
Eisenhower Park
1899 Hempstead Turnpike
East Meadow, New York 11554
National Kidney Foundation
30 East 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
800-622-9010
212-889-2210, ext. 362
The NYPD Running Club will present the 12th annual NYPD Memorial 5-K Run on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The prayer service begins at 9:30am and the run at 10:13am. The run begins at the corner of Liberty Street & West Street, New York. Runners may order a personalized bib to wear to honor a specific fallen officer, or you will be assigned an fallen officer at random. Bib details can be found here. Details about the fallen officers can be found here.
Each year on the Sunday following National Peace Officers’ Memorial Day on May 15, the NYPD Running Club is honored to bring together Law Enforcement Officers and the community, to pay tribute to more than 750 NYPD Officers who have died in the line of duty. In a continued effort to honor their fallen comrades runners and spectators gather for a short prayer at the NYC Police Memorial Wall in Battery Park City, followed by a 5-K Run/Walk, a Children’s Fun Run, and a free barbeque for all participants.
The fee to run for an adult is $25.00 before May 12, 2013; $30.00 after the 12th. For those under 16, the fee to run is $15.00 before May 12, 2013; $20.00 after the 12th. To attend the barbeque only (non-runner) is $10.00.
Online registration will be available here. General information about the run is available here.