On Thursday, October 11, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined supporters of Brooklyn HealthWorks, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s low-cost health insurance program for small businesses, to celebrate the reopening of the program’s rolls at a press conference and reception held at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA) in Ft. Greene.

Other attendees included New York State Senator Martin J. Golden and Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol — Brooklyn legislators who preserved the program for hundreds of new enrollees — as well as outgoing Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce COO Mark Kessler, New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Eric R. Dinallo and Ilene Margolin, Senior VP of Corporate Affairs for GHI, insurance provider for the program.

“At a time when health care premiums for small business owners and employees are skyrocketing, and basic health care has become a luxury for many in Brooklyn and beyond, I commend the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and the public officials here today for their support of the innovative Brooklyn HealthWorks, a real lifesaver for the small businesses and mom-and-pop shops that remain the backbone of Brooklyn’s economy,” said Borough President Markowitz.