Fight continues to fund Far Rock trauma hospital
Queens residents rallied outside City Hall on Wednesday to demand that Mayor Zohran Mamdani work with the City Council to help fill a $150 million hole in funding to construct a much-desired trauma center on the far-flung Rockaway peninsula.
Rallygoers, led by local City Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers, continued their call for the city to fill the gap in Rockaway’s health infrastructure by building a hospital to treat shooting, drowning and other trauma victims.
The rally comes as the Council and mayor prepare to enter into the most serious portion of the budget negotiation process.
The mayor’s proposed executive budget included no funds for the healthcare center.
“The people of Far Rockaway deserve the same access to life-saving health care as every other New Yorker,” said Councilmember Selvena Brooks-Powers, flanked by local advocates and other electeds from the peninsula and beyond. “We are asking City Hall and Council leadership to continue moving this project forward.”
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