Bill Bratton Using Breathe Right To Get Through Protests, Until Demonstrations Peter Out

Arrogant remarks by NYPD Commissioner shocking the conscious of average New Yorkers

Bratton : I'm breathing easier, thank you very much, because I know that the protests ''will peter out.'' Bratton expects protests 'to peter out on their own' this is disturbing. #badcops http://t.co/11cJ6l2N8V — michele somerville (@NYpoet) December 6, 2014 In an interview with The New York Observer, NYPD Police Commissioner William Bratton was asked about the thousands of civil rights activists, who have been taking to the streets to demonstrate in disapproval of a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer in the chokehold homicide of an innocent, unarmed man. “These things to tend to peter out on their own, people get tired of marching around aimlessly,” Commissioner Bratton said yesterday of the large demonstrations, adding “And we’re gonna have a lot of rain tomorrow, and the history of these things is that they don’t go on forever, they tend to peter out on their own.” Sad RT @buttermilk1: Bratton says he thinks protests will “peter out.” That, not listening, seems to be his solution. http://t.co/t6IK4IRS5y — Heidi N Moore (@moorehn) December 6, 2014 “These things to tend to peter out on their own, people get tired of marching around aimlessly,” Commissioner Bratton told The New York Observer. Reaction on Twitter to Commissioner Bratton's insensitive remarks ranged from dismay to outrage. Seriously NYPDCommishBratton? “These things tend to peter out on their own" Don't belittle the Movement! #EricGarner http://t.co/OV7ba1xkiF — Nikki & Noelle (@thezachkotwins) December 6, 2014 Bratton thinks protests will "peter out on their own" After the way #NYPD treated us last night, I highly fuckin doubt it Let's shut it down — BEATPAPA (@PAPADOCLIVE) December 5, 2014 Commissioner Bratton is facing calls for his resignation over escalating instances of police misconduct, corruption, brutality, and homicide. NYPD Commissioner Bill "The Butcher" Bratton thinks the notion that #BlackLivesMatter "won't go on forever" & will "peter out on its own." — Carmine (@carminemac) December 6, 2014

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Will Mayor Bloomberg Evict Occupy Sandy Hurricane Relief Volunteers From Staten Island Hub ?

Is Mayor Michael Bloomberg getting ready to evacuate the most successful volunteer hurricane relief response in New York City ? The New York Times City Room blog looks into the mayor's questionable moves against Occupy Sandy.

RELATED : Bloomberg’s stealth visit to the Rockaways, and join Occupy Sandy for a call to action on 12/15 http://bit.ly/Tth0sQ #occupysandy #ows

Mayor Bloomberg just can't help it : he does not believe that government should provide a safety net for the average person, much less to hurricane survivors. But we do have a choice : why do we accept less ? We don't have to accept less from our publicly elected officials.

The @nytimes covers the @nycmayorsoffice's puzzling moves to shut down @occupysandy + @redcross hubs: ow.ly/fKBG1

— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) December 2, 2012

Remember, Mayor Bloomberg initially said we didn't need help from FEMA ; consequently, thousands of Hurricane Sandy survivors went without any assistance, since it is Mayor Blooomberg's sick and twisted billionaire worldview that government is not supposed to help people in need. And in that vacuum of cruelty came forth Occupy Sandy volunteers, to not only fill the void, but to also lead by example : humanity means caring for one another.

Is Mayor Bloomberg really getting ready to evacuate the most successful, compassionate, and heroic volunteer hurricane relief response in New York City ?

Staten Island Hospital Closings

Last-minute deal saves Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. Can Staten Island continue to escape the spree of hospital closing ?

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has found enough state grant money to save Long Island College Hospital, NY1 reported. Because of the deal, 2,500 employees, who work at the Brooklyn hospital, will be able to keep their jobs.

In the time that Christine Quinn has been Speaker of the New York City Council, at least eight city hospitals have closed :

• North General Hospital in Harlem declared bankruptcy in 2010 ;
• St. Vincent's Hospital in the West Village was shut down in 2010 after shady backroom meetings ;
• St. John's Queens Hospital in Elmhurst went bankrupt in 2009 ;
• Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica went bankrupt in 2009 ;
• Parkway Hospital in Forest Hills decided to close in 2008 ;
• Cabrini Medical Center in Manhattan closed in 2008 ;
• Victory Memorial Hospital in Bay Ridge closed in 2008 ; and
• St. Vincent's Midtown in Manhattan closed in 2007.

Last October, New York magazine published an exposé written by Mark Levine, which described the dangerous public health issues resulting from all the hospital closings.

"Last year, a pair of hospitals in Queens closed suddenly, just before the outbreak of H1N1, causing overflow conditions in the emergency rooms of nearby facilities, one of which set up a triage area on a loading dock."

In January, The New York Post has made a list of Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn hospitals, which are in danger of closing, if New York State government makes major cuts in Medicaid funding :

Brooklyn:

• Brooklyn Center
• Brookdale
• Interfaith
• Kingsbrook
• Wyckoff

Queens:

• Jamaica
• Peninsula

Bronx:

• Westchester Square
• St. Barnabas

For more information, see : Governor's Medicaid cuts may kill 10 city hospitals.