Community board chairman: Southwest Brooklyn needs more health services
Guarinello forming task force to draft a plan
The closure of Victory Memorial Hospital took place six years ago, but it’s still having a negative effect on the delivery of health care services in southwest Brooklyn, the chairman of Community Board 11 said.
Bill Guarinello, whose board advocates on behalf of Bensonhurst and Bath Beach residents, told Board 11 members at their Sept. 4 meeting that he is forming a task force to come up with recommendations for city and state officials on how to improve services in southwest Brooklyn communities.
“We just want to send a message that we don’t want to be forgotten souls here. Something needs to be done in your own backyard,” Guarinello said at Thursday’s meeting at the Bensonhurst Center for Health and Rehabilitation.