Assemblywoman Weinstein assisted Ms. C with restoring her child support violation case after it had been dismissed for Ms. C’s failure to appear for a hearing. Unfortunately, although Ms. C was at the court, she was forced to leave due to extenuating circumstances before her case could be heard - she received a call that her apartment was on fire. However, with guidance from Assemblywoman Weinstein’s office, Ms. C was able to successfully submit an application to restore her child support case. This enabled her not to lose back child support and to successfully proceed with getting child support for her children.

Ms. N contacted the Assemblywoman after Medicaid said she was ineligible for coverage, insisting that she was still covered under her mother’s GHI health insurance. Ms. N had a letter she had submitted to Medicaid from GHI showing that she was no longer a dependent. Medicaid claimed they never received the letter. With Assemblywoman Weinstein’s help, Ms. N received instructions to visit the Central Medicaid Office, with a duplicate copy of the GHI letter. A day later, Medicaid approved her coverage.

This year, as in past years, Assemblywoman Weinstein secured special funding in the state budget for senior citizens, social services, and school and youth programs to provide recreational, educational, cultural and social services in our community. Additional funding was obtained for after-school tutoring, early literacy, arts, school technology, equipment upgrades, sports, anti-violence, citizenship, multicultural and intergenerational programs. Many of the education and youth programs were outlined in Assemblywoman Weinstein’s last newsletter. Listed below are additional programs serving our community funded by Assemblywoman Weinstein. If you want information on any of these programs, please call the Community Office.


Senior Educational & Recreational Services – Senior Centers: Glenwood, Midwood, Shellbank Leisure League, Fort Greene Senior Action, Good Shepherd Friendship Club, Jay-Harama, Philip Howard Seniors, Marine Park Active Adults, and Young Israel of Bedford Bay;
Senior Transport – JCC of Coney Island and JCC of Kings Bay.


Social Services – Alzheimer’s & Aging Resources, JBFC Services, Kings Bay YM-YWHA, Haitian Americans United for Progress, Heartshare Human Services, MetCouncil, and Sephardic Community Center;
Job Training – COJO of Flatbush and Diaspora Community Services;
Domestic Violence Assistance Services – Ohel Children’s Services, Caribbean Women’s Health Association and Shalom Task Force;
Legal and Immigration Assistance – NYLAG, Brooklyn Bar Volunteer Lawyers Project, CUNY Citizenship & Immigration Project;
Homeowner & Housing Assistance – Brooklyn Housing and Family Services, Flatbush and Midwood Development Corps, Glenwood, Sheepshead and Nostrand Houses Tenant Associations.


Civic Education – HIAS and Be Proud;
Community Activities – Seaside and Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Nieuw Amersfort Community Association – Summer Concert, Brooklyn College Center for the Performing Arts, the Salt Marsh Alliance, BAYFEST, CACCI and Ave D Merchants Association Annual Fair & Holiday Lighting Project;
Arts & Recreational Programs – Brooklyn Cricket League, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre, Russian-American Arts Foundation, MOCADA and Wyckoff House Museum.
Public Safety – Flatbush Shomrim and Nottingham Neighborhood Patrols, Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Bergen Basin Development Corp. – CLEAN S.L.A.T.E. - Anti Graffiti Program.

• 63rd & 67th Police Precincts – auxiliary patrol vans and bikes for 63rd, 67th, 69th & 70th Precincts;
• American Brotherhood for the Russian Disabled – new building;
• Beth Israel Hospital – digital mammography machine;
• Caribbean Chamber of Commerce – trade center;
• Caribbean Women’s Health Association – family health center;
• COJO of Flatbush – purchase and renovations of a new site;
• East Flatbush Senior Center – renovations;
• Flatbush Hatzolah – building renovations;
• Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps – new ambulance;
• Harry Maze Park – installation of lighting;
• Homecrest Senior Center – new kitchen;
• Kings Bay YM-YWHA – air conditioning for gym;
• Marine Park Community Center;
• MetCouncil – new food pantry trucks;
• Shalom Task Force – office equipment upgrade;
• Wyckoff House Museum – barn project.

You too may be entitled to a New York City tax refund as long as you resided in New York City for even one month last year. Helene Weinstein’s office assisted 803 residents, who did not file a regular return, in obtaining over $120,652.50 in refunds by completing the special NYC-210 form. (If you file a regular tax return, your tax refund is already included.)

• To be eligible for the tax refund you must have lived in New York City for part of the year and not be claimed as a dependent on another taxpayer’s federal return.
• Depending on the number of months you lived in New York City, the refund can be as much as $145.00 for an individual or $290.00 for a married couple.
• You can file for past years – the deadline for Tax Year 2006 is April 15, 2010.