QUESTION
What is the completion timeline for the new Gotham Health Center in the Rockaways, and how was community input integrated into its planning?
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The new Gotham Health Center in the Rockaways is scheduled for completion on January 26, with community involvement playing a significant role in its planning.
- The council member facilitated a comprehensive community engagement process focusing on trauma care needs.
- A diverse group of community members repeatedly emphasized the importance of trauma care and shared the consequences of not having such services.
- The health center's planning involved visiting potential sites with community representatives to gather direct feedback.
- A spontaneous encounter with local constituents further validated the community's demand for trauma care.
Selvena Brooks-Powers
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Just two really quick questions.
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1st last year, Health And Hospital announced a $30,000,000 investment in a new Gotham Health Center in the Rockaway's Can you talk about what the timeline is for completion of the health center and when it will be operational and ready to receive patients?
Mitch Katz
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January 26.
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Mhmm.
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But to to your fellow council members, I just wanna commend you, majority whip, for having done a really beautiful process in the rockaways with the community to look at how we can provide trauma care.
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And we heard over and over again from a wide variety of community members, how much they wanted trauma care, what the harms of not having trauma care.
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I was very pleased to counsel member, took me and a bunch of community people in a van, and we went and looked at a variety of sites.
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And I really liked the idea I THOUGHT THAT MORE HEALTH CARE PLANNING SHOULD BE DONE WITH COMMUNITY PEOPLE IN A VAN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SITE and we the best moment, and I think the majority would would be too humble to tell you was she was out.
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We were we were near the ocean.
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We ran into some community constituents, and they were asking what we were doing there.
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And she said, well, we're trying to figure out what is most most needed in this area in health services.
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What do you think?
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And he says, without missing a beat trauma care.
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And it was the most amazing sort of affirmation.
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Right?
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We're we're just like walking along and he's there with his dog and a family member.
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But sort of there's no replacement for listening to constituents.
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And I really admire the way you did the process.