Educators, administrators, activists, historians, and friends of the borough are invited to raise a glass to toast the Bronx! On Thursday, May 22, 2014 from 5:00 until 7:00 pm, Dr. Evelyn Gonzalez, William Paterson University, will deliver a free lecture celebrating the Bronx’s history of community activism at the Museum of the City of New…
Pictured: Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum Executive Director, Ellen Bruzelius Over 360 Guests Celebrated at May 10th Event in Centennial Style The Moonlight Ball, Bartow-Pell Conservancy’s signature centennial held on May 10th was an evening to remember. Co-chairs Cynthia Brown, Ann Auwarter, and Lynn Byrne created an event that was…
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz today announced that, in the spirit of borough pride, the two would wager a variety of delicacies from their respective boroughs over the results of the annual Subway Series between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees, which will take place…
Swizz Beatz, David Zayas, Rachel Ticotin, William M. Colon III and Priscilla Lopez to be Inducted to Bronx Walk of Fame during County’s Centennial Celebration Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. officially launched Bronx Week 2014 today, hosting a celebration of the “Best of the Bronx” at the newly-opened Gun Hill Brewery on Laconia Avenue.…
“Our teachers have long deserved a contract and a raise, and I applaud the Mayor and the UFT for reaching a responsible agreement that is good for the city and good for our workforce. This contract agreement contains fair and reform-minded terms, and I look forward to working with both Mayor de Blasio and President…
On Thursday morning, April 24, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. joined Monroe College President Stephen Jerome and dozens of mentors at the college’s fifth annual Male Empowerment Event to help more than three hundred high school students ‘tie’ into manhood. After delivering an impassioned keynote speech in the college’s Mintz Auditorium on Jerome Avenue…
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. visited a secure document destruction facility in the South Bronx that focuses on hiring Bronx community members with disabilities. SHREDability, a service provided through AHRC New York City, employs 18 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities with 17 of them living and working in the Bronx. Bronx Borough President…
Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. issued a negative recommendation on the proposed construction of a new City Island Bridge. The recommendations come as part of the borough president’s charter mandated responsibilities in the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). “The entire process surrounding the planning and construction of this bridge has been flawed…
The Grand Concourse will be the second of 25 planned arterial slow zones, joining Atlantic Avenue; traffic signals to be retimed for 25 m.p.h. along the 5.2 mile corridor that has seen 12 fatalities between 2008 and 2012 The program expansion builds on the Vision Zero outreach process, where speeding on major streets has been…
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has written a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio, asking the mayor to support a three-year pilot program for ferry service in Soundview. “History clearly attributes the profound success of New York City to its ports and waterways. Rediscovering and reinventing how these same assets can be used today…