1st PRECINCT COUNCIL MEETING Safety Tips>> TEXTING AND WALKING

At last night's 1st Precinct Community Council meeting, Captain Brendan Timoney (pictured)
spoke about the dangers of texting and walking.
Indeed TD2 Officer Jimmy Rudolph spoke about a woman who was run over in the subway( miraculously not killed) who was texing and walking, and fell on to the subway tracks and run over by a train.
From the NY Post story:
Dye had been texting in the Broadway-Lafayette Station in Soho at about 10 a.m. Thursday when she slipped on the wet platform and fell onto the tracks — just as a southbound B train was rolling into the station.
Workers cut power to the track and freed Dye, who was under the train but not hit by its wheels.
The 25-year-old South Carolina native, who now lives in Bed-Stuy, had been scheduled to perform Friday night at a Valentine’s Day show at The Stand in Gramercy Park.

Captain Brendan Timoney

So Please don't Drink and Drive

and 

Don't Text and Walk 

for more info on the 1st Precinct Community Council see the website

www.1stprecinctcc.org

Our next meeting is March 27th.6:30pm at the 1st Precinct

Downtown Post NYC archive JESSICA LAPPIN Downtown Alliance President

Jessica Lappin, former council member who ran for Manhattan Boro President, has been 
appointed to be the new president of the Alliance for Downtown New York. The Downtown 
Alliance is the largest BID( business improvement district) in the country.  
During her campaign Lappin made a point of understanding the important issues downtown 
she had a command of the issues including: land use, planning, parks and 
infrastructure.  She was also the only public school parent in the boro president race.  

Jessica Lappin at Meet and Greet in the Financial District June 2013 

"The transformation unfolding in Lower Manhattan is inspiring,” Lappin said in the statement. “Few places anywhere can boast of the constellation of game-changing projects underway and nearing fruition. Lower Manhattan is an extraordinary place. Working on behalf of the area’s businesses, residents, workers and visitors will be an honor and a privilege. "

Jessica Lappin will be a big asset to the downtown community. 
See the Downtown Post for news article:   Downtown Post NYC archive