CORRECTION: A previous version of this story, about startup Evvy’s move to potentially raise new capital, inaccurately stated that Evvy already raised additional financing. The story has been corrected to reflect that the company filed a pre-sale notice and has raised $19 million to date.
TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTER: City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced the opening of the brick-and-mortar location of East Flatbush Trauma Recovery Center Wednesday as part of the council’s push to invest in resources for victims of violence. The council has invested $5 million to open two centers in Brooklyn and one in the Bronx, which provide mental health services, medical care and legal resources to individuals who have experienced by gun violence or sexual assault. The East Flatbush facility, run by Midtown-based nonprofit Rising Ground, opened in August 2023 to provide trauma support services virtually and in the community, and has served more than 160 individuals to date. The physical location at 3521 Church Ave. will allow the center to provide on-site care from three therapists, a community support coordinator and a holistic healer, according to the council.
CDPAP DISSENT: A group of state lawmakers is ramping up a push to delay the overhaul of a popular homecare program that its opponents worry could result in thousands of participants losing services. Several state senators and members of the Assembly held a press conference on Wednesday calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders to postpone the transition of the state’s consumer-directed personal assistance program. Lawmakers passed a law last year requiring the program, which allows people to hire and manage their own caregivers, to switch to a single broker administering payments to home health aides and other administrative functions. But the pace of transitioning the roughly 280,000 current participants has been slow, raising concerns that not all recipients will be enrolled by the April 1 statutory deadline. The press conference follows a letter to the governor seeking a delay, which was signed by eight state senators, including Sen. Liz Krueger, the powerful chair of the finance committee, and Sen. Gustavo Rivera, who chairs the health committee.
