Cornegy hosts Gift of Life Day in Thompson’s memory
Council member urges residents to get colon cancer screenings
Councilmember Robert Cornegy Jr. has found a unique way of paying tribute to the memory of the late Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. Cornegy hosted a Gift of Life Day on Wednesday with Thompson’s widow Lu-Shawn Thompson to kick off a new campaign aimed at convincing Brooklyn residents to undergo lifesaving colon cancer screenings.
The Gift of Life event, which took place at Woodhull Medical Center at 760 Broadway in Bedford-Stuyvesant, was held in partnership with the New York City Department of Health (DOH).
The campaign will target all New Yorkers to help address colon cancer as a major public health issue, Cornegy said.
The kickoff was dedicated to Thompson, whose death from cancer sent shockwaves throughout New York City. Thompson, 50, a husband and father of two, announced his cancer diagnosis in October. He died just a week after the announcement.