Senator Parker Calls for a Burn Unit in Brooklyn in Letter to Mayor de Blasio
March 27, 2015
FROM THE OFFICE OF STATE SENATOR KEVIN PARKER (D-Brooklyn)
Contact: Kassandra Mayhew | mayhew@nysenate.gov | 718-629-6401 | 718-629-6420 fax
For Immediate Release March 27, 2015
Senator Parker Calls for a Burn Unit in Brooklyn in Letter to Mayor de Blasio
Brooklyn, NY – Senator Kevin Parker (SD21) is calling for the immediate establishment of a burn unit in Brooklyn. Noting that Brooklyn is the fourth largest community in America and the most populous of all Boroughs in the City of New York, Senator Parker said "not having a burn unit to address the potential of permanent injuries and possible fatalities resulting from burns not treated with urgency, is unconscionable."
The Brooklyn lawmaker’s request was addressed in a letter to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, and 12 Brooklyn legislators.
Senator Parker's original letter citing the need for a burn unit is attached below.
About Senator Kevin Parker
Senator Kevin S. Parker is intimately familiar with the needs of his ethnically diverse Brooklyn community that consists of 318,000 constituents in Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Ditmas Park, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, and Park Slope. He is the Assistant Democratic Leader for Intergovernmental Affairs, Ranking Member of the Senate Committees on Energy and Telecommunications Committee and Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, and Chair of the Democratic Task Force on New Americans.
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