NYC Ferry: Easy trip to Wall Street and Rockaway Beach!

The NYC Ferry started today, which includes a route to us here at the Brooklyn Army Terminal! For many of us, the ferry option (from Wall St, here to the BAT, and Rockaway) has been a total game changer for our commutes. It also leads to easy access and the possibility of having a blast at Rockaway Beach after work (there are a bunch of places to have a good time, I've also been told the food there is top notch.). This is something that we as an organization have advocated for and we're excited to hop on board. Below are the travel times:

• BAT to/from Wall St.: 16 mins
• BAT to/from Rockaway: 45 mins

Another ferry route will begin next month and run from Bay Ridge to/from Wall St. and include stops at  the BAT, Red Hook, Governors Island, Brooklyn Bridge Park, and DUMBO. That ferry route will begin next month.

For more information on all things NYC Ferry, you can visit their site here: https://www.ferry.nyc/.

Financial Empowerment Counseling: 5/24

As you know, UncommonGoods partnered with Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners (NTFP) to provide a Financial Empowerment Counselor on site since the end of 2016. Ana, our financial empowerment counselor, will be continue to be on site monthly into the summer with her next visit on May 24th. 

NTFP's financial counselors can help with more than just credit repair and debt reduction - they can also help with long-term savings goal like home buying and retirement.  If you have a question about our 401k program, they can connect you to the right resources.  Similarly, NTFP can help you develop and manage a personal budget to ensure you always have some emergency savings available instead of relying on wage advancements.

As a reminder this service is completely free, confidential, and unbiased. NTFP has been helping New Yorkers achieve financial stability for over 20 years.  Whatever financial goals you may have, NTFP can help you achieve them.

Our financial counselor, Ana Meza will be available on the 2nd floor break room every month.  Feel free to stop by for a walk-in session or make an appointment in advance by registering online at www.neighborhoodtrust.org/es.  If you have any questions you can reach NTFP at (929) 251-4625 or appointment@neighborhoodtrust.org.  

Register online www.neighborhoodtrust.org/es 

Email appointment@neighborhoodtrust.org

Call (929) 251 4625

May Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our team members celebrating their birthday in May:

Justin	Palamaro	5/1
Danny	Bui	5/7
Erin	Starck	5/7
Roseline	Jean	5/8
Monique	Rodgers	5/9
Reyna	Mueses	5/9
Alberto	Fontanez	5/11
Louise	Geller	5/14
Andwelle	Crick	5/15
Elie	Mondesir	5/15
Jason	Gomer	5/15
Roman	Korsunsky	5/15
Maia	Binhammer	5/17
Aquiles	Nunez	5/18
Jay	Bui	5/18
Deena	Salley	5/19
Sylvester	Jones	5/23
Caridad	Belette	5/24
Clifford	El-Saieh	5/25
Kelvin	Eweka	5/25
Darian	Grant	5/27
Eulalia	Boutin	5/27
Claire	Feuer	5/28
Jonathan	Graham	5/28
Lisa	Piedra	5/29
Maximo	Pena	5/29
Shanay	Clark	5/29
Omar	Watts	5/30
Andrew	Hayias	5/31

May Anniversaries

Happy work anniversary to all of our team members who are celebrating this month. If for every snack, the team was given our delightful serving palette with the strawberries and apple slices as pictured below, then together they would have consumed 5,280 apple slices and 5,224 strawberries.

•  Norma Medina, 108 snacks (9 years)
• Orlando Geronimo, 84 snacks (7 years)
• Rebecca Marshall, 72 snacks (6 years)
• Roman Korsunsky, 60 snacks (5 years)
• Danny Bui, 48 snacks (4 years)
• Emily Reside, 36 snacks (3 years)
• Joanne Zhong, 36 snacks (3 years)
• Laura Rounds, 36 snacks (3 years)
• Peter Kokis, 24 snacks (2 years)
• Kiki Kazickas, 12 snacks (1 year)
• Devin Richardson, 12 snacks (1 year)