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noVeMBeR 13 - noVeMBeR 19, 2013 • VoL. 14 • no. 46 washington heights • inwood • haRLeM • EAST HARLeM NORTHERN MANHATTAN’S BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER EL PERIODICO BILINGUE DEL NORTE DE MANHATTAN NOW EVERY WEDNESDAY TODOS LOS MIERCOLES HEALTHFIRST EDITION Welcome! ¡Bienvenidos! ® healthfirst Grand OPening Washington Heights Community Office 1467 St. Nicholas Avenue (Between 183rd and 184th Streets) Advertorial Supplement a la vuelta de la esquina At your service After years of service to the Washington Heights community, Healthfirst, a not-for-profit managed care organization offering health insurance to individuals and families living in the New York metropolitan area, has opened its newest Community Office at 1467 St. Nicholas Avenue (between 183rd and 184th Streets). This is the ninth Healthfirst Community Office to open in the New York City area. Washington Heights residents are now able to visit the office and receive personalized service from Healthfirst representatives, who will answer questions, provide information and help enroll those interested in obtaining health insurance coverage. The location will also serve as a hub for workshops and events held in partnership with local community- based organizations. “With our strong ties in the Washington Heights community, it was imperative to bring a The Washington La Oficina Community Office to this area to Heights Community Comunitaria de serve our current members and those Office is open to the Washington Heights seeking health insurance coverage,” public está abierta al público said George Hulse, Healthfirst Monday through de Lunes a Sábado de Vice President of External Affairs. “We look forward to continuing Saturday from 8:30 a.m. – 5: 30 p.m. a long-standing relationship with 8:30 a.m. – 5: 30 p.m. our community partners here and Para mayor having neighborhood residents take For more information, información advantage of the convenience of our please visit por favor visite Healthfirst office.” www.healthfirst.org. www.healthfirst.org. George Hulse Después de años de servicio a la comunidad de Washington Heights, Healthfirst, una organización sin fines de lucro que Aofrece seguro su de serviciosalud a las personas y familias que viven en el área metropolitana de Nueva York, ha abierto su nueva oficina comunitaria en 1467 en la avenida St. Nicholas (entre las calles 183 y 184). Esta es la novena Healthfirst Oficina Comunitaria que hemos abierto en el área de New York City. Los residentes de Washington Heights ahora pueden visitar la oficina local y recibir atención personalizada de los representantes de Healthfirst, que responderá a las preguntas, dar información y ayudar a inscribir a los interesados en obtener cobertura de seguro de salud. La ubicación también servirá como un centro de talleres y eventos que se celebran en colaboración con las organizaciones locales de base comunitaria. “Con nuestros fuertes lazos en la comunidad de Washington ® Heights, era imperativo traer una oficina comunitaria a esta zona para servir a nuestros miembros actuales y a aquellos que buscan una cobertura de seguro de salud”, dijo George Hulse, healthfirst vicepresidente de asuntos externos de Healthfirst. “Esperamos poder continuar con una relación de muchos años con nuestros socios de 866.463.6743 esta comunidad y que los residentes del vecindario aprovechen la www.healthfirst.org conveniencia de nuestra oficina Healthfirst”. Advertorial Supplement 2 november 13, 2013 • Manhattan tiMes • www.manhattantimesnews.com noVeMBeR 13 - noVeMBeR 19, 2013 • VoL. 14 • no. 46 washington heights • inwood • haRLeM • EAST HARLeM NORTHERN MANHATTAN’S BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER EL PERIODICO BILINGUE DEL NORTE DE MANHATTAN NOW EVERY WEDNESDAY TODOS LOS MIERCOLES Cine con sazón p10 Photo: QPHOTONYC p5 Photo: Justin Francis It’s Official HVG Show p12 OSS p8 FamilyValues p7 november 13, 2013 • manhattan times • www.manhattantimesnews.com 3 PUT CARE ON YOUR CALENDAR IN NOVEMBER Visit us at the At EmblemHealth Neighborhood Care you’ll find new Neighborhood Room programs every month to help you stay healthy, get well 215 West 125th Street and live better. All classes are FREE and open to the public. 13 Wednesday 18 Monday 23 Saturday Understanding Your Walk Away The Pounds Intro to Tai Chi Meditation Diabetic Medication 11:00 am–12:00 Noon 11:30 am–12:30 pm 10:00–11:30 am (Space limited–must call to reserve) Sitting Chi Breath/Stretch 19 Tuesday Obama Care 101 5:30–6:30 pm Eating for Health 4:30–6:00 pm (Space limited–must call to reserve) 5:30–6:30 pm 25 Monday 14 Thursday 20 Wednesday Walk Away The Pounds Cell Phone Literacy Friends in Deed—Support 11:00 am–12:00 Noon Group for Serious Illness For Older Adults Low Impact Zumba 12:00 Noon–1:00 pm 4:00–5:30 pm 6:00–7:00 pm Intro to Tai Chi Meditation 15 Friday 5:30–6:30 pm 27 Wednesday Healthwise Handbook: (Space limited–must call to reserve) Caregiver Support Group Self Care for You & Your Family 21 Thursday 2:00–3:30 pm 1:00–2:00 pm Sitting Chi Breath/Stretch (EmblemHealth members only) Harlem Stroke Foundation Support Group 5:30–6:30 pm 16 Saturday 4:00–6:00 pm (Space limited–must call to reserve) Intro to Tai Chi Meditation 30 Saturday 11:30 am–12:30 pm 22 Friday Medicare Sales Seminar* Storytelling For All Ages (Space limited–must call to reserve) 2:00–3:30 pm FREE 15 Minute Chair Massage 10:00 am–12:30 pm 1:00–4:00 pm (Call for appointment ) *HIP Health Plan of New York (HIP) is a Medicare Advantage organization with a Medicare contract. Group Health Incorporated (GHI) is a Medicare Advantage organization and a standalone prescription drug plan with a Medicare contract. HIP and GHI are EmblemHealth companies. Y0026_123535 Approved 5/29/2013 Group Health Incorporated (GHI), HIP Health Plan of New York (HIP), HIP Insurance Company of New York and EmblemHealth Services Company, LLC are EmblemHealth companies. EmblemHealth Services Company, LLC provides administrative services to the EmblemHealth companies. Neighborhood Care is a division of EmblemHealth. ©EmblemHealth Inc. 2013, All Rights Reserved. For a full calendar of events and to RSVP visit us at ehnc.com or call 1-866-539-0999 4 november 13, 2013 • Manhattan tiMes • www.manhattantimesnews.com t’s official. opportunity in this city. So is respect for civil liberties. The two are not mutually exclusive; I Bill de Blasio will be the first Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio in fact we must have both. in two decades to serve as the 109th mayor We must work to promote a real of New York City, after having defeated Bill de Blasio will be partnership between the best police New York’s new mayor. Republican Joe Lhota this past Tues., Nov. Photo: QPHOTONYC force in the world and the communities 5th. ONLINE they protect from danger – be it local De Blasio, the city’s Public Advocate, in Spanish or global. won in a landslide, with the largest Vea la versión New Yorkers on both sides of margin of victory for a non-incumbent in EN LINEA the badge understand this. We’re the city’s history – with over 74% of the en español all hungry for an approach that vote to Lhota’s 24%. acknowledges we are stronger and Overwhelming support was reflected for safer as a city when police and de Blasio by virtually every demographic. residents work hand-in-hand. According to an Edison Research exit poll, That’s how we all rise together. 96% of black voters and up to 85% of Latino Opportunity in New York springs voters backed de Blasio. from strong neighborhoods. When De Blasio, who addressed listeners in we demand that big developers build Spanish during his victory speech, reiterated affordable housing, and fight to keep the liberal positions on which he staked his our hospitals from becoming luxury candidacy. condos, it’s not to punish the real estate industry. For more on how uptown residents We do these things so the everyday, have responded to the de Blasio win hardworking people who anchor our and what comes next, please visit www. neighborhoods can live and work and manhattantimesnews.com. be healthy in the communities they love. That’s how we all rise together. “That’s how we New York is no stranger to big challenges. We’ve faced the depths of all rise together” even when the polls didn’t look so hot. Please If you have brains and heart and guts and the Depression, we’ve stared down the hateful Bill de Blasio’s give it up for Ambassador Patrick Gaspard faith, this city – more than any other in the destruction of terrorists, we’ve endured the Victory Speech and Nick Baldick. world – will offer you a real chance at a better ferocity of gale force winds and surging And I want to say how grateful I am to life. tides, and each and every time, New Yorkers Bill Hyers and Emma Wolfe and the best For generations, New York has meant have faced seemingly insurmountable adies and gentleman, give it up campaign team this city has ever seen! opportunity. That’s what it has been to so obstacles with grit and determination and an for the next First Lady of New And a special thank you to two people who many, and that what it must be again. unyielding commitment to one another and L have helped me since my first run for City It’s how immigrants who arrived at Ellis we have – always – prevailed. York City! Council, here in this neighborhood: Gabrielle Island – those with nothing to their names The challenge before us today is different Fialkoff and Jim Crounse. but a few bags and high hopes – started from any we’ve faced before: it has no My fellow New Yorkers: today, you spoke But the people I am most grateful to – and businesses that became bedrocks of entire distinct or dramatic catalyst, no insidious out loudly and clearly for a new direction most grateful for – are standing right next communities.