“I was surprised to learn that the administration has already selected a site for a new jail in The Bronx. I hope that, going forward, this lack of outreach is not a harbinger of the amount of community input the people of my borough will have in this process. I expect that the administration will…
$5 Million for Minority-Owned Small Businesses Builds on Successes and Insights from the original Detroit Fund February 13, 2018 (New York) – Building on the success of Detroit’s Entrepreneurs of Color Fund, JPMorgan Chase today announced it will expand the fund’s model and create two new funds to help minority entrepreneurs in San Francisco and…
El jueves 8 de febrero de 2018, el presidente del condado de Bronx, Rubén Díaz Jr. organizó su celebración anual del Mes de la Herencia Dominicana en el Grand Slam Banquet Hall en East Tremont Avenue, honrando a personas que han contribuido al crecimiento de la comunidad dominicana y al desarrollo cultural. “Con más de 210,000…
On Saturday, February 10, 2018, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted his annual celebration of Black History Month at the Einstein Community Room in the Co-op City section of The Bronx. At the event, Army National Guard PFC. Emmanuel Mensah, an immigrant from Ghana, was posthumously awarded the Jonathan Hicks Memorial Award, which is…
On Thursday, February 8, 2018, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted his annual Dominican Heritage Month celebration at the Grand Slam Banquet Hall on East Tremont Avenue, honoring individuals who have contributed to the growth and promotion of Dominican and Dominican-American community and culture. “With over 210,000 individuals of Dominican heritage calling The Bronx their…
El presidente del condado de Bronx, Rubén Díaz Jr., emitió un informe que identifica más de 2,000 unidades de viviendas asequibles que deben ser preservadas como parte de la propuesta de rezonificación del corredor de la avenida Jerome. El reporte, titulado “Zoned-In: Un Plan de Preservación Viviendas en el Corredor de la Avenida Jerome,” que…
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has issued a report identifying more than 2,000 units of affordable housing that must be preserved as part of the proposed rezoning of the Jerome Avenue corridor. The report, titled “Zoned-In: A Housing Preservation Blueprint for the Jerome Avenue Corridor,” identifies 2,075 units across 45 buildings within a ¼…
El reciente “ciclón invernal” que golpeó la región noreste del país causó un descenso peligroso de temperatura en los cinco condados. En ningún otro lugar se sintió el efecto y las dramáticas temperaturas de este fenómeno climático como en los residenciales de NYCHA, donde casi la mitad de todas las calderas están por debajo de los estándares…
The recent “bomb cyclone” that struck the northeast region caused dangerous drops in temperatures across the five boroughs. Nowhere was this extreme weather event felt more dramatically than within NYCHA developments, where nearly half of all boilers are beyond their useful life and many developments are forced to rely on ineffective temporary boilers to provide…