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Mayor Bloomberg and Super Bowl champion Giants Rich Seubert (OL) and
Michael Matthews (TE) today delivered food and footballs won in the
Super Bowl wager to City Harvest and the Department of Youth and Community
Development (DYCD) for distribution to soup kitchens and youth sports
programs across the city. The food, which was shipped overnight through
a FedEx donation, was transferred to City Harvest, a nonprofit organization
that collects and delivers excess food from restaurants and manufacturers
to local soup kitchens and food pantries.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
 Read
the press release
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The Health Dept. urges all NY’ers, especially children, people
over 50 and those with certain medical conditions such as asthma
and diabetes to get a flu shot. Free flu shots are available at
all Health Dept. clinics. To learn where to get a flu shot, call
311.
Learn
more
Download
the flu Health Bulletin
Find
a flu vaccination clinic near you
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Notify NYC is a new service designed to enhance the delivery of emergency
information to the public. During the pilot phase, the City will test
different kinds of public messaging, including email, text messaging
and telephone, to determine the best way to launch a Citywide program.
There are currently four communities involved in the pilot.
Learn
more
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Apply now for the 2008 Health Literacy Fellowship. The Mayor's Office
hosts a fellowship for a limited number of highly-qualified medical
students in NYC. Participating students learn about health literacy
and improve their communication and teaching skills. The application
deadline is March 15.
Learn
more via the Mayor's Office of Adult Education Web site
Apply
now
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MillionTreesNYC is a Citywide, public-private initiative to plant
and care for one million new trees across the City's five boroughs
over the next decade. Visit the site to learn how you can dig in
and get involved.
Visit
MillionTreesNYC
Request
a street tree
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PlaNYC is designed to achieve the City's sustainability goals while
building a greener, greater New York. The PlaNYC Web site now includes
details of the City's greenhouse gas inventory, which sets the benchmark
from which the City's 30 percent reduction target is based.
Visit
PlaNYC 2030
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This
Summer You Can View Waterfalls in NYC
From mid-July to mid-October 2008, you can view The
New York City Waterfalls, a major new work of temporary public art
by internationally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson which will be on display
in NYC.
Heat
Season Lasts until May 31
Residential building owners must maintain hot
water year round and adequate heat during
Heat
Season when the outdoor temperature falls below 55° between
6:00 am and 10:00 pm and 40° between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am.
You
Can Help the NYRR on February 23rd
Volunteer
to help the New York Road Runners (NYRR) at the Al Gordon Snowflake Four
Miler on Saturday, February 23rd. Help out at this historic race that
is one of the oldest on the NYRR calendar, which featured over 5,000 entrants
in 2007! Learn
how you can help today!
You
May Qualify for Benefits
Visit www.nyc.gov/accessnyc
to screen your family for up to 35 City, State, and Federal health and
human service benefit programs. In addition to screening, you can learn
about the programs, how to apply, where to go, and even print filled in
applications.
You
Can Watch NYC TV On-Demand
Watch all of NYC
TV programs anytime and anywhere you want with NYCTVOD
- an online video channel, bringing high quality video content to the
global audience. Check out Everything New York on NYC
TV On-Demand today!
You
Can Get Historic Photos Online
Between 1939 and 1941, the City photographed
every house and building in the five Boroughs. Copies of these tax
photos are available for purchase online via the Municipal
Archives.
You
Can Locate City Services using NYCityMap
Use NYCityMap
to find information on transportation, education, public safety, resident
services, neighborhood information, and City life. And don't miss the
latest feature - an aerial view of the City.
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