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Dear Friends and Members,

It is easy to lose hope thinking how SMOKE, FIRES, FLOODS, WAR, MURDER…could happen in our world, right?  

And then Buzz Aldrin & Judy Gilbert share their life beliefs. Buzz, an astronaut who landed on the moon and Judy, a humanitarian share words of hope and determination.  

When we come together in Peace and care for Mother Earth we will defeat and overcome natural and made made disasters… let’s focus on Positive Thoughts and Actions and Positive people.  

We invite you to join us in our outreach for our International Day of Peace and NYC Climate Week Kick-Offs Weekend on September 19,20,21 2025 in Times Square and other venues. 

Here is our press release for our events.

UN International Day of Peace 2025, September 21, Expands to a Global Weekend for a World Cease Fire, Unity, Music, and Climate Action. New York City Leads the Call

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We attended an Interfaith gathering called by Mayor Adams for the Massacre at 345 Park Ave.  Our NYS Governor Hochul and NY Police Commissionaire Tisch share their thoughts as well.

Speeches from the Multi-faith

Vigil Honoring the Victims of the

Mass Shooting in Midtown

Manhattan

Discussing Faith we covered our Mayor Adams being interviewed on his own dedication to his faith, I share it with you, as I know him for over 15 years.

Faith And The City:

A Conversation with

Mayor Eric Adams

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New York City will purchase millions of dollars of medical debt and then erase it in effort to help as many as 500,000 residents, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday.

The program involves partnering with a nonprofit organization, RIP Medical Debt, that buys unpaid medical debt from hospitals at a steep discount and then clears it. The city will invest $18 million to relieve more than $2 billion in medical debt for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, Adams said.

Affected New Yorkers will be notified that their medical debt has been relieved, as there is no application process for the one-time debt relief program, which will launch early this year and run for three years.

“No one chooses to go into medical debt — if you’re sick or injured, you need to seek care. But no New Yorker should have to choose between paying rent or for other essentials and paying off their medical debt,” Adams said in a statement.

The program is aimed at New Yorkers whose unpaid medical bills are at least 5% of their annual household income or those in households with an income under four times the federal poverty line, which is $31,200 for a family of four.

Medical debt is the single-largest cause of bankruptcy in the United States, and disproportionately affects low-income Americans and those without health insurance or who are underinsured.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul in December signed legislation that bars health care professionals and ambulances from reporting medical debt to credit agencies.

A New York charity started in 2014, RIP Medical has abolished more than $10.4 billion in medical debt for more than 7 million people since its inception, according to its website.

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Many scholars and policy-makers have stated that the war in Ukraine, the spread of nuclear weapons to new states, and the lack of arms control agreements outside of the New Start treaty make the world extremely dangerous. Indeed, the Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists currently stands at 100 seconds to midnight, the closest to doomsday since the clock was invented in 1947. Is this estimate true, and, if so, what can the leaders and people of the world do to reduce the risks?

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Panelists:

Ambassador Rose Gottemoeller

Former Deputy Secretary-General of NATO

Prof. Martin Hellman

American Cryptologist

Prof. Scott Sagan

Co-director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford

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Governor’s Island Summer Cocktail Party

Saturday, August 26, 2017, 2p – 4p
Island Oyster, Governor’s Island
Yes! I will attend Gale Brewer’s Governor’s Island Summer Cocktail Party.
Ticket Level: (Below amounts or what you can afford – we want everyone to
attend)
_$100 _$250 _$500 _$1000 _$2500 _$3850
For questions and reservations, please contact Melanie McEvoy, McEvoy &
Associates
212-228-7446 ext. 12 or melanie@mcevoyandassociates.com

Directions:
Ferries to Governors Island leave every half hour from 10 South Street in
Manhattan (near the SI Ferry) and from Brooklyn Bridge Park starting at
11:30am.
When you disembark you will walk straight and you’ll see Island Oyster at
the intersection of W Ferry Line Rd and Ferry Line Rd.
There are also many ferry attendants who are always quite helpful with
answering questions should you have any.
Tickets on the ferry are $2 per person, but are free for all IDNYC holders
RSVP if you can. Last minute questions: 917-881-3375.

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Mario (June 15, 1932 – January 1, 2015) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He served as the 52nd Governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994, Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979 to 1982 and Secretary of State of New York from 1975 to 1978.

Cuomo was known for his liberal views and public speeches, particularly his keynote speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention where he criticized Ronald Reagan’s policies. The speech brought him to national attention, and he was widely considered a front-runner for the Democratic nomination for President in both 1988 and 1992, but he declined to seek the nomination in both instances. His legacy as a reluctant standard-bearer for the Democrats in presidential elections led to him being dubbed “Hamlet on the Hudson”.

Cuomo was defeated for a fourth term as Governor by George Pataki in the Republican Revolution of 1994, and he subsequently retired from politics. He was the father of five, including Andrew Cuomo, the current Governor of New York, and journalist Chris Cuomo, currently at CNN.

He died of natural causes due to heart failure in Manhattan, New York City, on New Year’s Day, 2015.

for more info, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Cuomo

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Hello,
I wanted to share with you, that my daughter, Alana Galloway who just turned 17’s story was published in the Huffington Post. Needless to say, I am very proud of her. Hope all is well with you.

Sara Herbert-Galloway

We are pleased to inform you that our story has been published:
· The Huffington Post: Young Global Leader Embraces Prison Reform
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-luce/young-global-leader-embraces-prison-reform_b_6214042.html

· Stewardship Report: Young Global Leader Embraces Prison Reform thru Osborne
http://stewardshipreport.com/young-global-leader-embraces-prison-reform/
The story is enormously inspiring. As always, please circulate these links far and wide, asking supporters to COMMENT and LIKE on the articles.
Thanks!

Jim Luce, Piper Kerman author of memoir ‘Orange is the New Black, My Year in a Women’s Prison’ and Alana Gallloway. Jim Luce and Alana Galloway are the authors of this story

Jim Luce, Alana Galloway and Jim McGreevey former Governor of New Jersey and new Board member of the Osborne Association

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It is a trip that should be significant to all those who believe in the concept of fairness, democracy, and human rights. More than a public relations campaign, this trip is very meaningful. Its implications will hopefully continue to reverberate because of its high profile status and unequivocal solidarity with the people of the State of Israel. It would be prudent for us to stand up and take notice.

The threat facing Israel today is perhaps unprecedented, and I’m not just referring to the physical aspect of this threat. Israel’s very legitimacy is currently being challenged daily by those who would like to claim the moral high ground. Governor Cuomo’s trip was instrumental in addressing these concerns. I, among all like-minded New Yorkers, greatly appreciate his gesture in expressing solidarity with the Jewish state.

As Governor of the State of New York, Cuomo’s visit is symbolic. New York remains a key player in international finance and plays an integral role in the world economy. According to a report in ‘Start-Up Nation’, New York’s trade with Israel totaled more than $4.5 billion dollars last year, and some 200 Israeli start-ups are estimated to be located in New York City alone. So the message of the Governor’s visit is not just political in nature. It expresses the economic best interest of his millions of constituents.

In the end of the day, the economic outlooks of the two states are intertwined. A nation of less than 8 million people, Israel has 65 companies listed on the NASDAQ, more than any other country outside of the United States and Canada. It’s also got the highest number of start-ups per capita of any nation in the world.

Governor Cuomo recognizes this. That’s why he is so determined to stand with Israel during these trying times. His visit has captured both national and international headlines, allowing the world to see that the governor of this most populous state (and perhaps a potential national leader) expresses a keen understanding of the very delicate and sensitive position that Israel finds itself in.

To the best of my knowledge, Governor Cuomo is the very first governor to visit Israel since this crisis started more than a month ago. The visual effect of watching him visiting an actual tunnel from which Hamas fighters can indiscriminately attack Israeli citizens is a powerful one for the world to see. More than anything else, the world at large — including the Europeans — must be made to understand that the State of Israel has a key partner in the State of New York. As their economies are closely linked, they inevitably enjoy deep reservoirs of mutual support.

There is a saying that goes: The best defense is an offence. There are those in this conflict who engage in this strategy by relentlessly attacking Israel for killing innocent civilians. Yet it is mind boggling to me how any remotely objective person could consider equalizing the missiles being fired at Israel with the tempered Israeli response. It’s almost like the child who murders his parents and then cries because he’s an orphan!

Of course we mourn the death of the innocent Palestinians. And the destruction of Gaza neighborhoods is also heart wrenching. But we place the blame solely and squarely on the shoulders of those who have decided to terrorize Israel. As the Governor said during his trip: “We understand what you are facing and we support your right, your need, to defend your people against terror.”

Time and again during his stay in Israel, the Governor connected the common goals and aspirations of Israel and New York. “The fight that you fight,” he said, “is the fight against terror. Unfortunately in New York we’ve had a rude awakening to the pain and suffering that terror can cause back in 9/11. So we have a special sensitivity in our hearts for what you’re going through now.”

He also highlighted the fact that we share a common enemy. “They’re against Israel,” he said, “because Israel is a democracy. And those that oppose democracy oppose Israel here in the Middle East and they oppose us.”

In many respects, an expression of solidarity with Israel is identification with peace. As New Yorkers, we understand Israel’s quest for peace. After the Six Day War, Israel found itself in control of Gaza. It relinquished that control years later, providing the Palestinians an opportunity to show the world that they can indeed govern their people respectfully and generate a better future for the coming generations.

But that didn’t happen.

Instead, billions of dollars were poured into the building of terror tunnels which the Governor himself toured. Upon emerging from those very tunnels, he said, “You see that network of tunnels and it reminds you of how tenacious and aggressive the enemy is. It will not stop. You thwart them on one level and they will come back on another.” Governor Cuomo by personally traveling to Israel recognized the potential of these tunnels to wreak havoc on Israel’s civilian population.

I am certain that the Governor, as well as all of us, would love nothing more than to be able to celebrate peace between Israel and the Palestinian people. But until that day comes, we need to understand the precarious position that Israel is in and to express our steadfast and unwavering kinship with its brave people. Personally, I would be delighted to see an additional forty nine governors visit Israel, perhaps within the next forty nine days. The world at large must see this as well. They must understand that it’s not just the Congress of the United States that stands shoulder to shoulder with the Israeli people. It is also the governors — every single one of them — who represent some three hundred million Americans standing together in supporting the State of Israel.

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Learn more about the development of the college by reading the New Community College Concept Paper, the case study Rethinking Community College for the 21st Century and other college planning documents from 2008-2010.
In April 2013 The City University of New York received a $25 million gift from the Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation to support The New Community College at CUNY and two other community college initiatives to boost student retention and graduation rates. In honor of the $15 million endowment gift to the college, the foundation’s largest and the largest ever given to a New York State community college, the CUNY Board of Trustees passed a resolution to rename The New Community College Stella and Charles Guttman Community College. The gift will provide support for activities such as paid internships, community service and experiential learning and for scholarships and student emergency funds.
The Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation focuses much of its grantmaking on educational programs and social services to support low-income New York City children, youth and families. The son of immigrants, Charles Guttman was raised on the Lower East Side and attended public school until age 13, when he began working odd jobs to help support his family. In adulthood he built a successful business, The Paddington Corp. In 1959, he and his wife, Stella Rappaport Guttman, established the Guttman Foundation for the “improvement and benefit of mankind, and the alleviation of human suffering.” Upon their deaths in 1969, without leaving descendants, the Guttmans bequeathed substantially all of their assets to the Foundation.

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The Hershey Company announced that the world’s most technologically advanced chocolate making facility – a $300 million investment in Hershey, PA, that positions the company for its next 100 years of global growth – is officially “open for business.”

The new facility features proprietary, state-of-the-art technology never before used in the manufacture of confectionery. The new technology was developed specifically for the plant, including highly automated, large-scale Hershey’s Kisses Chocolate operations. The plant’s advanced Information Technology systems include automated, real-time diagnostics systems to help keep operations running smoothly 24 hours a day.

The expanded West Hershey facility is one of the company’s largest capital investments and represents one of the largest construction projects in Pennsylvania in two decades. The formal opening highlights Hershey’s strategy to grow its business globally while remaining true to its heritage and values, grounded in more than a century of chocolate making and confectionery innovation in Hershey, PA.

“Today, we are celebrating our proud Pennsylvania heritage, the growing popularity of Hershey products in global markets, our continuing investments in productive technology and our great workers who make it possible to enjoy these iconic products,” said John P. Bilbrey, President and CEO, The Hershey Company.

“Hershey employees built this dynamic business during the first century of chocolate making in Hershey starting in 1905. Today, we honor each of those individuals and our history and applaud those who designed, built and operate our Factory of the Future. They continue to produce the finest chocolate confectionery right here in Hershey, PA, where it all began. Together, we are securing the next century of growth for this iconic company.”

As a major employer in the state, the West Hershey plant is expected to contribute more than $1 billion to the economy of Pennsylvania over the next five years through supplier contracts, payroll and related spending.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett commented, “I am working as Governor to ensure there is a job for every Pennsylvanian that wants one and an educated Pennsylvanian for every one of those jobs. I am proud the Commonwealth was able to partner with Hershey as they grow, evolve, create jobs, train great employees and continue their commitment to Pennsylvania’s prosperity.”

Investing in Pennsylvania to Grow Globally

The new 340,000 sq. ft. expansion at West Hershey is located less than two miles from the company’s original chocolate factory opened in 1905 by Milton Hershey. Key features include:

• the latest manufacturing technology and proprietary candy manufacturing equipment that speeds production, delivers consistent high quality and provides the opportunity to produce new products in the future.
• high-speed, high-tech new production lines with the capacity to support Hershey’s growing business now and well into the future. This includes the most technologically advanced, automated chocolate syrup production lines in the world.
• new Hershey’s Kisses Chocolate lines that can produce more than 70 million Hershey’s Kisses Chocolates per day.

The expansion is Pennsylvania’s single largest manufacturing investment since the construction of the original West Hershey plant in 1991. The new development infused $70 million into the Pennsylvania economy and created more than 300 construction jobs.

The plant’s workforce includes about 700 employees who transitioned from the original Hershey plant on East Chocolate Ave. – the company’s oldest facility, which ran continuously from 1905 until its retirement in April 2012.

Hershey’s manufacturing presence and investments bring significant economic benefit to the local and regional economies:

• Hershey’s $300 million investment is the largest direct investment by a food manufacturer in Pennsylvania in the last 20 years. Hershey’s Project Next Century included about $25 million in materials and supplies sourced in Pennsylvania.
• With 4,800 employees in Pennsylvania, 8,800 in the United States and 14,000 worldwide, The Hershey Company is the third-largest manufacturer in the state.
• Hershey trained approximately 700 employees to prepare them to work in the plant’s high-tech manufacturing environment.
• The West Hershey plant includes stainless steel corn syrup and fresh milk silos with the capacity to hold millions of pounds of fresh ingredients. All of the silos were manufactured in Lancaster County, PA.

Building on Hershey’s Innovation Heritage

More than a century ago, Milton S. Hershey revolutionized the chocolate industry by making chocolate an affordable treat and building a company focused on delighting consumers. The new West Hershey plant continues Milton Hershey’s passion for using innovation, technology and inspiration to make great candy accessible, affordable and delicious.

Work on the latest expansion began with groundbreaking in September 2010 and was completed on schedule earlier this year. The construction used 17,000 yards of concrete, equivalent to a 65-mile long sidewalk. Contractors installed 600 tons of reinforcing steel, 10 miles of utility piping and 1,900 gallons of paint.

“The West Hershey facility is a testament to the commitment and dedication of our tremendous plant employees,” said Terry O’Day, Senior Vice President, Global Operations. “I am proud of how our people have adapted quickly and recognized the opportunities provided by the latest technology. They contribute directly to improved quality, speed and efficiency. They truly represent the manufacturing employees of the future, operating one of the most technologically advanced candy factories in the world.”

The plant represents major investments in logistics, computer technology and employee facilities. State-of-the-art, computer-controlled manufacturing processes include software and machinery developed and adapted by Hershey’s production line operators and managers. The new plant continues Hershey’s tradition as one of the few chocolate manufacturers to use fresh, liquid milk to ensure consistent high quality. There is also a fresh almond roasting plant onsite.

The plant also continues The Hershey Company’s commitment to sustainability and the environment. The building expansion was a “Zero Waste to Landfill” (ZWL) construction project and the plant will continue to operate as a ZWL plant.

The expansion at West Hershey is the largest component of Project Next Century – a program to modernize and upgrade Hershey’s global supply chain and ensure a competitive cost structure. Other recent investments in Hershey, PA, include $50 to $75 million in upgrades to distribution and administrative facilities.

West Hershey is one of the company’s eight manufacturing sites in the United States. Locations include: Hazleton, PA; Stuarts Draft, VA; and Memphis, TN.

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