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10/26/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers Occupy Wall Street's, Healthcare for the 99%, as they lead a "March Against the Health Insurance Industry." Coverage picks up at final destination, St. Vincent's Hospital, as local activists from the Coalition for a New Village Hospital and Hands Off St. Vincents!, prepare to greet the marchers and conduct a teach-in.
Real estate developer Bill Rudin, has purchased the hospital property for approximately $260 million and has announced plans to build luxury condominiums. Also planned is an "urgent care center," which activists argue will leave the area without an adequately equipped full-fledged hospital.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related articles/links:
Healthcare for the 99% -- Occupy Wall St Working Group
http://owshealthcare.wordpress.com/
Daily Kos - Video of Healthcare for 99%/OWS March in NYC
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/27/1030581/-Video-of-Healthcare-for-99-...
DNAInfo: Village Hospital Coalition Joins Occupy Wall Street Protesters
http://dnainfo.com/20111003/greenwich-village-soho/village-hospital-coalition...
DNAinfo.com - Luxury Condos in Former St. Vincent's Building to Hit the Market
http://dnainfo.com/20110926/greenwich-village-soho/luxury-condos-former-st-vi...
PNHP - Doctors Support Occupy Wall Street Because Wall Street Is Occupying Health Care
http://www.pnhp.org/ows/index.php
Gotham Gazette - St. Vincent's Highlights Crunch for Hospitals Serving the Poor
http://gothamgazette.com/article/health/20110720/9/3569/
NY Magazine - St. Vincent's is the Lehman Brothers of Hospitals
http://nymag.com/news/features/68991/
Paul Krugman - NY Times - Patients Are Not Consumers
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/patients-are-not-consumers/
David Brooks - NY Times - Where Are the Liberals?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/opinion/brooks-where-are-the-liberals.html?...
Related sites:
Occupy Together
http://occupytogether.org/
Coalition for a New Village Hospital
http://demandahospital.blogspot.com/
Hands Off St. Vincent's!
http://handsoffstvincents.com
Hands Off St. Vincents Call for a New Hospital (Petition)
http://signon.org/sign/hands-off-st-vincents?source=c.fwd&r_by=195129410/26/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers Occupy Wall Street's, Healthcare for the... more
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10/26/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers Occupy Wall Street's, Healthcare for the 99%, as they lead a "March Against the Healthcare Industry." Coverage picks up at final destination, St. Vincent's Hospital, as local activists from the Coalition for a New Village Hospital and Hands Off St. Vincents!, prepare to greet the marchers and conduct a teach-in.
Real estate developer Bill Rudin, has purchased the hospital property for approximately $260 million and has announced plans to build luxury condominiums. Also planned is an "urgent care center," which activists argue will leave the area without an adequately equipped full-fledged hospital.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related articles/links:
Healthcare for the 99% -- Occupy Wall St Working Group
http://owshealthcare.wordpress.com/
Daily Kos - Video of Healthcare for 99%/OWS March in NYC
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/27/1030581/-Video-of-Healthcare-for-99-...
DNAInfo: Village Hospital Coalition Joins Occupy Wall Street Protesters
http://dnainfo.com/20111003/greenwich-village-soho/village-hospital-coalition...
DNAinfo.com - Luxury Condos in Former St. Vincent's Building to Hit the Market
http://dnainfo.com/20110926/greenwich-village-soho/luxury-condos-former-st-vi...
PNHP - Doctors Support Occupy Wall Street Because Wall Street Is Occupying Health Care
http://www.pnhp.org/ows/index.php
Gotham Gazette - St. Vincent's Highlights Crunch for Hospitals Serving the Poor
http://gothamgazette.com/article/health/20110720/9/3569/
NY Magazine - St. Vincent's is the Lehman Brothers of Hospitals
http://nymag.com/news/features/68991/
Paul Krugman - NY Times - Patients Are Not Consumers
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/patients-are-not-consumers/
David Brooks - NY Times - Where Are the Liberals?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/opinion/brooks-where-are-the-liberals.html?...
Related sites:
Occupy Together
http://occupytogether.org/
Coalition for a New Village Hospital
http://demandahospital.blogspot.com/
Hands Off St. Vincent's!
http://handsoffstvincents.com10/26/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers Occupy Wall Street's, Healthcare for the... more
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“A Year in New York” is an enchanting, emotionally moving five-minute documentary short film by videographer Andrew Clancy, accompanied by Irish singer/songwriter James Vincent McMorrow’s beautiful song “We Don’t Eat.” Sometimes words cannot do justice to life in a big city, as “A Year in New York” so entrancingly confirms. The film reveals that despite the chaos that surrounds urban life, there is a common thread of excitement and resilient optimism.
“A Year in New York” presents the viewer with a stream of quintessential New York visual imagery, from the No. 7 train rolling past Silvercup Studios' iconic film and television complex, to die-hard Rangers fans losing it at Madison Square Garden; from runners and rollerbladers cruising through city parks, to late-night, outdoor summer concerts; from blinking beacons on NYPD police cars, to the sparkling lights of the colossal Rockefeller Christmas Tree, resulting in a stunning homage to the city that never sleeps and to its lucky inhabitants.
This piece includes a number of wonderful high-resolution color photographs, a magnificent photo-gallery and the entrancing documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/a-year-in-new-york-a-beautiful-visual-symphony/“A Year in New York” is an enchanting, emotionally moving five-minute... more
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10/23/11 - The Hedz-Up Report is back at Zuccotti Park. This time for OWS' Healthcare Group Meeting and Teach-In. In this clip, activist Louis Flores, addresses the group and brings them up-to-speed on the plight of SVH and the Oct. 26th collaborative march organized by local community activists and Occupy Wall St. Download fliers here:
Healthcare for the 99% – Occupy Wall St Working Group
owshealthcare.wordpress.com/
Veteran community activist/journalist, Jim Fouratt, also shares his views on St. Vincent's and the general state of healthcare in this country.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related articles/links:
St. Vincent's Proposal Voted Down by Community Board 2
dnainfo.com/20111021/greenwich-village-soho/st-vincents-proposal-voted-down-by-community-board-2
Florida Nurses RNs United Occupy Tampa 10/22/2011
youtube.com/watch?v=IHV2Rw79bpI
DC Douglas' "Why #OccupyWallStreet? 4 Reasons"
dcdouglas.com/occupywallstreet-ows/
DNAInfo: Village Hospital Coalition Joins Occupy Wall Street Protesters
dnainfo.com/20111003/greenwich-village-soho/village-hospital-coalition-joins-occupy-wall-street-protesters
Rudins Close on Purchase of St. Vincent’s Campus
blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2011/10/03/rudins-close-on-purchase-of-st-vincents-campus/
DNAinfo.com - Luxury Condos in Former St. Vincent's Building to Hit the Market
dnainfo.com/20110926/greenwich-village-soho/luxury-condos-former-st-vincents-building-hit-market
Related sites:
Occupy Together
occupytogether.org/
Coalition for a New Village Hospital
demandahospital.blogspot.com/
Hands Off St. Vincent's!
handsoffstvincents.com10/23/11 - The Hedz-Up Report is back at Zuccotti Park. This time for OWS'... more
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8/27/11 - The Hedz-Up Report presents full-length coverage of this past spring's, "Rally to Demand a Hospital!" The rally, organized by the Coalition for a New Village Hospital, commemorated the one-year anniversary of the abrupt closure of St. Vincent's Hospital, amid charges of corruption and widescale financial mismanagement.
Latest developments: The NY Post reported last week that Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance, is currently investigating SVH's financial payouts to its board members prior to declaring bankruptcy:
NY Post - DA eyes St. Vinny's 'go-for-broke plan'
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/da_eyes_st_vinny_go_for_broke_plan_fvDtudcbAWyxqqiQnhbzaI#ixzz1WGWaWH2D
Partial list of speakers:
Marti Gould Cummings - Actor/Activist, Broadway Speaks Out
Paul Newell - District Leader, 64th Assembly District
Eileen Dunn, R.N. - Former Head, St. Vincent's Hospital Nurses Association
Dr. David Kaufman - Former Director, HIV Center, St. Vincent's Hospital
Yetta Kurland - Attorney/Activist, leader of the Coalition For a New Village Hospital
Jeannie Wilcke - President, Downtown Independent Democrats
Timothy Lunceford - Activist, Hands Off St. Vincent's!
Cathy Marino Thomas - President, Marriage Equality NY
George Capsis - Publisher, WestView News
Caroline Murphy - Singer/Songwriter
Gene Glaberman - President, Chelsea Midtown Democratic Club
Miguel Acevedo - President, Fulton Houses Tenants Association
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related articles/links:
NY1 - Village Residents Demand A New Neighborhood Hospital
http://tinyurl.com/3bn7w8f
Soho Journal - A Letter from Yetta Kurland
http://www.sohojournal.com/content/letter-editor-st-vincents
WestView News - Ed Koch Answers Our Questions
http://www.westviewnews.org/cms/articles/1235-ed-koch-answers
Gotham Gazette - St. Vincent's Highlights Crunch for Hospitals Serving the Poor
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/health/20110720/9/3569/
NY Magazine - St. Vincent's is the Lehman Brothers of Hospitals
http://nymag.com/news/features/68991/
WNYC News- St. Vincent's Developer Launches PR Blitz to Win Over Skeptics
http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/apr/13/developers-set-alternative-coalition-promote-new-health-facility/
Paul Krugman - NY Times - Patients Are Not Consumers
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/patients-are-not-consumers
Related sites:
Coalition for a New Village Hospital
http://demandahospital.blogspot.com/
Hands Off St. Vincent's!
http://www.handsoffstvincents.com8/27/11 - The Hedz-Up Report presents full-length coverage of this past spring's,... more
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5/31/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers Community Board 2's, St. Vincent's Omnibus Committee Meeting. In attendance are Northshore-LIJ Health System officials, including CEO Michael Dowling. In this clip, civil rights activist/lawyer, Yetta Kurland, leader of the Coalition for a New Village Hospital, takes NS-LIJ to task for its lack of transparency and misinformation campaigns.
More about CB2 from their website:
Community Board 2 is one of the first community boards to be established in the early 1960's. There are 12 Community Boards in Manhattan and 59 across New York City that are charged with representing community interest on crucial issues of development and planning, land use, zoning and City service delivery, such as sanitation and street maintenance, as well as coordination with social services and public education facilities.
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb2/html/about/about.shtml
Plans for St. Vincent's Site:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb2/html/plans_stvincents/plans_stvincents_site.shtml
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related articles:
Petition to to block the sale of the St. Vincent's
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/New-Village-Hospital-Schneiderman/
The Villager - North Shore-L.I.J. presents E.R. plan as hospital hopers hang on
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_423/northshore.html
NY Times - Fewer Emergency Rooms Available as Need Rises
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/health/18hospital.html
DNAInfo.com - Law Firms Cashed in on St. Vincent's Bankruptcy, Report Says
http://www.dnainfo.com/20110510/greenwich-village-soho/law-firms-others-cashe...
NY Times - Accord With Comptroller Will Help Attorney General Pursue Corruption Cases
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/nyregion/ny-attorney-general-granted-power-...5/31/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers Community Board 2's, St. Vincent's... more
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“Thank You for Smoking” is a wonderful series of color photographs that shows people hiding away to enjoy a smoke. But looking at these pictures, you might not even notice some of the smokers until the last second. The photographer who captured the images in this collection caught some very interesting stories of furtive smokers. But having to sneak their smokes in an atmosphere of such clandestine secrecy…really, have we come to that, guilt?
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, as well as a photo-gallery of additional color images.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/thank-you-for-smoking/“Thank You for Smoking” is a wonderful series of color photographs that... more
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“Multi-Facial” is a fascinating, emotionally moving 1995 short film that was written, directed and produced by Vin Diesel, who also played the starring role in the film. Whether you’re a cult fan of Vin Diesel’s high-octane action thrillers, or a movie snob who can’t stand him, you need to leave your biases at the door on this one: “Multi-Facial” is an awesome short film.
As a struggling actor in the early 1990′s, Vin Diesel couldn’t get any jobs. So he went in the time-honored direction for out-of-work actors and made his own film. The semi-autobiographical short film presents a dramatic male monologue about the problems that accompany an actor as he goes to a variety of auditions, due to his multi-ethnic appearance. It was a pretty successful move for him too; the film played at Cannes in 1995, and based largely on the impression the short made upon Steven Spielberg, Diesel was able to land his star-making role in “Saving Private Ryan.”
Vin Diesel’s monologue in the closing audition scene is unexpectedly emotional, effortlessly and organically concluding the themes built up throughout the film. A wonderful showcase for Diesel’s real talents, the film works amazingly well cinematically, making it one of the greatest short films ever made about acting.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, as well as the remarkable short film, “Multi-Facial.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/vin-diesels-multi-facial-not-too-light-not-too-dark/“Multi-Facial” is a fascinating, emotionally moving 1995 short film that... more
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4/24/11 - On the cusp of next week's rally marking the one-year anniversary of the closure of St. Vincent's Hospital, The Hedz-Up Report presents full-length coverage of last October's, 100 Days Without A Hospital Rally.
Partial list of speakers:
Michelle Clooney - Actor/Activist
Yetta Kurland - Attorney/Activist, leader of the Coalition For a New Village Hospital
Richard Stack - Actor/Activist
Eileen Dunn, R.N. - Former Head, St. Vincent's Hospital Nurses Association
Dr. David Kaufman - Former Director, HIV Center, St. Vincent's Hospital
Lt. Dan Choi - Iraq War Veteran/Activist
Bishop Alfred Johnson - The Church of the Village
Heather Matarazzo - Actor/Activist
Caroline Murphy - Singer/Songwriter
Rev. Lyndon F. Harris - St. John's Lutheran Church
Barbara Crane, R.N. - Pres., National Federation of Nurses
George Capsis - Publisher, WestView News
Paul Newell - District Leader, 64th Assembly District
Nicky Perry - Owner, Tea & Sympathy Restaurant
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related articles:
NY Magazine - St. Vincent's Is the Lehman Brothers of Hospitals
http://nymag.com/news/features/68991/
New School Free Press - St. Vincent's Rally
http://www.nsfreepress.com/story/st-vincents-rally
Westview News - Goodbye, Hospital, Farewell, Emergency Room
http://tinyurl.com/4y7spnq
Crain's NY Business - Deal OK'd for St. Vincent’s Hospital site
http://tinyurl.com/5un9p5y
WNYC News- St. Vincent's Developer Launches PR Blitz to Win Over Skeptics
http://tinyurl.com/3mqr3na
Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review - Appeal Seeks To Derail $260 Million Sale Of St. Vincent's Campus
http://tinyurl.com/44zq8fv
Paul Krugman - NY Times - Patients Are Not Consumers
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/patients-are-not-consumers/
Related site:
Coalition for a New Village Hospital - "Rally to Demand a Hospital" - April 30, 2011, 2 pm @ St. Vincent's Hospital
http://demandahospital.blogspot.com/4/24/11 - On the cusp of next week's rally marking the one-year anniversary of... more
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4/7/11 - The Hedz-Up Report heads back to Bankruptcy Court (Southern District of NY), to cover Hon. Cecelia G. Morris' decision to allow the $260 million sale of St. Vincent's main campus to Bill Rudin and Rudin Management. Competing bidders had hoped to save the hospital by seeking a 45-day stay in order to solidify an alternative offer.
In this clip, lawyers and community activists share their pre- and post-verdict reactions.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related articles:
NY Times - Judge Approves Sale of St. Vincent’s Campus to Developers
http://tinyurl.com/44csseo
Westview News - Goodbye, Hospital, Farewell, Emergency Room
http://tinyurl.com/4y7spnq
Crain's NY Business - Deal OK'd for St. Vincent’s Hospital site
http://tinyurl.com/5un9p5y
DNAinfo.com - St. Vincent's Sale Approved by Bankruptcy Court
http://tinyurl.com/3asa5qw
WNYC News- St. Vincent's Developer Launches PR Blitz to Win Over Skeptics
http://tinyurl.com/3mqr3na
Related site:
Coalition for a New Village Hospital - "Rally to Demand a Hospital"
http://demandahospital.blogspot.com/4/7/11 - The Hedz-Up Report heads back to Bankruptcy Court (Southern District of NY),... more
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3/10/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the contentious community meeting co-sponsored by Community Boards 2 & 4,"Assess Your Access: Healthcare in the Wake of St. Vincent's Closure." Further charging the atmosphere is the bombshell news, announced earlier in the day, of the Rudin family's $260 million deal w/ the bankrupt St. Vincent's Hospital. Plans call for the construction of a state-of-the-art "comprehensive care center," across the street from the shuttered SVH. The hospital's main building would be converted into condos.
In this excerpt, members of the Coalition for a New Village Hospital, give their take on these latest developments.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related articles:
Wall St. Journal - "St. Vincent's Deal Stirs Local Opposition"
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/03/10/st-vincents-deal-stirs-local-opposition/
WestView News - "Doctors Warn of Done Deal"
http://tinyurl.com/5to23cy
WNYC- "Emergency Room to Open at St. Vincent's Complex"
http://tinyurl.com/6h7qbds
NY Times - "Immune to Cuts: Lofty Salaries at Hospitals"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/nyregion/16about.html?_r=1&src=mv
Related site:
Coalition for a New Village Hospital - "Rally to Demand a Hospital"
http://demandahospital.blogspot.com/3/10/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the contentious community meeting co-sponsored by... more
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2/27/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the closing of Greenwich Village institution, Jesse's Express Cafe. Due to the closing of SVH, Jesse's, which had been in operation for 34 years, experienced an 80 percent drop in business. Neighborhood residents and patrons share their thoughts.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related article:
DNA Info - "Small Businesses Near St. Vincent's Keep Closing Down"
http://www.dnainfo.com/20110209/manhattan/small-businesses-near-st-vincents-keep-closing-down
NY Times - "For Neighbors, a Hospital's Demise Leaves a Hole"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/19/nyregion/19metjournal.html2/27/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the closing of Greenwich Village institution,... more
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2/17/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the latest Hands Off St. Vincent's! action, as the activist group travels to Hunter College to stage their own public needs assessment survey and confront the College's president.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related article:
WestView News - "The Community Needs Assessment Study: West Villagers Speak Out at a Progress Report"
http://tinyurl.com/69dohye
Related clip:
Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital? (Pt. 15) - Clip 1 - Joint Public Meeting on the Community Health Needs Assessment
http://vimeo.com/184112262/17/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the latest Hands Off St. Vincent's! action,... more
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2/17/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the latest Hands Off St. Vincent's! action, as the activist group travels to Hunter College to stage their own public needs assessment survey and confront the College's president.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related article:
WestView News - "The Community Needs Assessment Study: West Villagers Speak Out at a Progress Report"
http://tinyurl.com/69dohye
Related clip:
Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital? (Pt. 15) - Clip 1 - Joint Public Meeting on the Community Health Needs Assessment
http://vimeo.com/184112262/17/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the latest Hands Off St. Vincent's! action,... more
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2/16/11 - The Hedz-Up Report continues its coverage of the community's battle to preserve St.Vincent's legacy w/ its coverage of The Coalition for a New Village Hospital's public forum, "A Year of Loss & Hope: Time for Action!". In this excerpt, Eileen Dunn, R.N. and Dr. David Kaufman provide updates on the Coalition's efforts.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related article:
NY Post - "You could die waiting in New York hospitals"
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/5tv3arr2/16/11 - The Hedz-Up Report continues its coverage of the community's battle to... more
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Photo: From left, Max Florin, Fannie Rosen, Dora Evans and Josephine Cammarata were among the final six unidentified victims of the Triangle Waist Company factory fire of 1911, which killed 146 and influenced building codes, labor laws and politics in the years that followed.
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The New York Times
February 20, 2011
100 Years Later, the Roll of the Dead in a Factory Fire Is Complete
By JOSEPH BERGER
PART ONE…
In the Cemetery of the Evergreens on the border of Brooklyn and Queens, there is a haunting stone monument to the garment workers who died in the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 but were never identified. It contains the bas-relief figure of a kneeling woman, her head bowed, seemingly mourning not only the deaths, but also the fact that those buried below were so badly charred that relatives could not recognize them.
Almost a century after the fire, the five women and one man, all buried in coffins under the Evergreens monument, remained unknown to the public at large, though relatives and descendants knew that a loved one had never returned from the burning blouse factory.
Now those six have been identified, largely through the persistence of a researcher, Michael Hirsch, who became obsessed with learning all he could about the victims after he discovered that one of those killed, Lizzie Adler, a 24-year-old greenhorn from Romania, had lived on his block in the East Village.
And so, for the first time, at the centennial commemoration of the fire on March 25 outside the building in Greenwich Village where the Triangle Waist Company occupied the eighth, ninth and 10th floors, the names of all 146 dead will finally be read.
The fire was a wrenching event in New York’s history, one that had a profound influence on building codes, labor laws, politics and the beginning of the New Deal two decades later.
Among the most anguishing aspects was the memory of the more than 50 young immigrant women and men who were forced to leap from the high floors to escape the inferno. However, many of the 146 victims — 129 women and 17 men — burned to death in the loft building, at Washington Place and Greene Street, and had no telltale jewelry or clothing to help identify them.
The day the six unidentified victims were buried was the culmination of the city’s outpouring of grief; hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers turned out in a driving rain for a symbolic funeral procession sponsored by labor unions and other organizations, while hundreds of thousands more watched from the sidewalks.
A century later, names and even circumstances have finally been attached to those “unknowns.”
“We consider his list to be the best ever produced on the question,” said Curtis Lyons, director of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives at Cornell University, which holds one of the most thorough repositories about the Triangle fire.
Workers United, the garment workers’ union, and David Von Drehle, who wrote “Triangle: The Fire That Changed America,” a 2003 history of the fire, said they also regarded Mr. Hirsch’s list as the most authoritative.
Descendants of those who perished, like a great-granddaughter of one 33-year-old victim, Maria Lauletti, were heartened by the news, though no one interviewed had yet made a decision whether to exhume bodies from the Evergreens cemetery and attempt a DNA match.
“It means that there’s recognition that she actually died in the fire,” said Mary Ann Lauletti Hacker, 57, of Fountain Hills, Ariz. “To me, that’s a finality. She positively can be part of the record of those who died.”
No New York City agencies and no newspapers at the time produced a complete list of the dead, Mr. Hirsch said. The most thorough list — 140 names — was compiled by Mr. Von Drehle when he wrote his book, and that was largely based on names plucked from accounts in four contemporary newspapers.
The obscurity of their names is evidence of the times, when lives were lived quietly and people were forced by economic and familial circumstances to swiftly move on from tragedies — with no Facebook or reality television cameras to record their every step and thought.
CONTINUED…Photo: From left, Max Florin, Fannie Rosen, Dora Evans and Josephine Cammarata were... more
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2/9/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the release of four community activists the day after their arrest for staging a sit-in at the site of the former St. Vincent's Hospital. All have been charged with criminal trespass.
The activists, a part of the newly-formed group Hands Off St. Vincent's!, released the following statement:
Arrest: Community Activists Arrested at St. Vincents Hospital Sit-In
New York, NY – On February 8, at 10:30 am, four former patients and impassioned community members entered the building at the location of the closed down Saint Vincent's Hospital. These activists then sat on the ground, unfurling a banner reading "Guilty: Neglect!" and began to chant - refusing to move. Saint Vincent's personnel closed off that section of the building - currently operating as a Credit Union - and refused entry to members of the credit union as well as persons employed within the building. Two hours after their arrival, the four activists were arrested and taken away by the police.
For 284 days, 1.3 million New Yorkers have been without a hospital in the West Village. Since St. Vincent’s illegal closure on April 30, 2010, the community has been laden with false promises, patronized with a bogus needs assessment and forced, with tragic consequences, to seek emergency or medical care at already overcrowded uptown or East-side hospitals.
“Everyday that passes is critical,” said Iana Di Bona, one of the arrested activists, “Our elected officials have the ability to turn things around, yet they do nothing. It is so important to speak out and to continue to pressure and hold them accountable to service the needs of our community.”
Commitment for a New Village Hospital by the people of the West Village and all of New York City has not wavered. Any politician not actively working to get a new hospital is a target. That is a promise the St. Vincent’s Hospital Community Activists intend to keep.
www.handsoffstvincents.com
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2/9/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the release of four community activists the day after their arrest for staging a sit-in at the site of the former St. Vincent's Hospital. All have been charged with criminal trespass.
The activists, a part of the newly-formed group Hands Off St. Vincent's!, released the following statement:
Arrest: Community Activists Arrested at St. Vincents Hospital Sit-In
New York, NY – On February 8, at 10:30 am, four former patients and impassioned community members entered the building at the location of the closed down Saint Vincent's Hospital. These activists then sat on the ground, unfurling a banner reading "Guilty: Neglect!" and began to chant - refusing to move. Saint Vincent's personnel closed off that section of the building - currently operating as a Credit Union - and refused entry to members of the credit union as well as persons employed within the building. Two hours after their arrival, the four activists were arrested and taken away by the police.
For 284 days, 1.3 million New Yorkers have been without a hospital in the West Village. Since St. Vincent’s illegal closure on April 30, 2010, the community has been laden with false promises, patronized with a bogus needs assessment and forced, with tragic consequences, to seek emergency or medical care at already overcrowded uptown or East-side hospitals.
“Everyday that passes is critical,” said Iana Di Bona, one of the arrested activists, “Our elected officials have the ability to turn things around, yet they do nothing. It is so important to speak out and to continue to pressure and hold them accountable to service the needs of our community.”
Commitment for a New Village Hospital by the people of the West Village and all of New York City has not wavered. Any politician not actively working to get a new hospital is a target. That is a promise the St. Vincent’s Hospital Community Activists intend to keep.
www.handsoffstvincents.com
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More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, please visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?," for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Related article:
http: //www.ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-552842
Related video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcToWCh5VhU2/9/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the release of four community activists the day... more
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1/8/11 - The Hedz-Up Report covers the first meeting of newly-formed activist group, Hands Off St. Vincent's!, as they conduct their first community civil disobedience training and action planning workshop.
More to come, stay tuned.
In the meantime, visit our video blog, "Why Are They Closing St. Vincent's Hospital?" for our collected reports and future updates:
http://watclosingstvincentshospital.blogspot.com/
Thanks for watching, help spread the word.
Below is HOSV!'s press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Iana Di Bona, 718 309-8598, iana.dibona@gmail.com
Hands off St. Vincent's! A Community Rallies to Reclaim their Hospital
New York, NY - In April 2010, after 160 years of service to the people of New York City, St. Vincent's closed directly due unconscionable government and private industry failures. As a result, people are dying, emergency rooms at other hospitals are overflowing with the influx of patients, local businesses are hurting from the loss of business St. Vincent's provided and 3,500 people have lost their jobs.
Hands off St. Vincent's is a group of New Yorkers who have made an unwavering commitment to fight through non-violent direct action (including civil disobedience) for a New Village Hospital that provides equal services to what was provided at St. Vincent's Hospital.
"This closing is devastating, like a death", says Angela Jones, a Greenwich Village resident and former St. Vincent's emergency room volunteer. "We're all angry and we want our hospital back!"
The group has promised to take direct action against those who work against the establishment of a New Village Hospital or are inactive in this restoration. The list of targets includes elected officials (or government agencies), developers, purchasers, judges, etc.
"We will not waiver from our goal whatsoever", says activist and fellow Greenwich Village resident Timothy Lunceford, "Anyone who stands in our way can and will be a target. The only acceptable resolution would be the revival of our hospital. Stand in our way and you will feel the might of our rage."
Civil disobedience trainings and action planning sessions will commence on Saturday, January 8 from 2-5 pm at the University Settlement at the Houston Street Center located at 273 Bowery - Classroom 3. (Directions: The Center is at the corner of Bowery and Houston. The staff will direct all "Hands Off St. Vincent's" participants. Take the F train to 2nd Avenue stop or B-D trains to Broadway-Lafayette or 6 train to Bleecker St.). A steady wave of actions will begin shortly thereafter.
For more information and details on how to become involved, visit Hands off St. Vincent's at www.handsoffstvincents.com or the Facebook event at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=179956295358949.
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In 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with the Harlem Community Choir, recorded their message against war as a peace anthem, a song that has also become a Christmas standard: “Happy Xmas (War Is Over).” According to the John Lennon Museum, Lennon wrote the song as an attempt to get people to see war at a grassroots level and for them to take responsibility for the world around them.
So this is now the beginning of the Christmas season. And what have you done? The opening lines of the song, sung so nonchalantly by Lennon, serve as a call-to-action for us all. The holidays become critical moments in the year for personal assessments, to review our choices. And to make things better. If you want it.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, as well as the classic Christmas music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/john-lennon-happy-xmas-war-is-over/In 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with the Harlem Community Choir, recorded their... more
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