Category Archives: Press Releases & Statements

Council Members Mark Treyger & Donovan Richards Gather Elected Officials, Local Disaster Recovery Groups, Community-Based Organizations, and Advocates at City Hall to Encourage New Yorkers to Support Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

NEW YORK – Council Member Mark Treyger (Chair of the City Council’s Committee on Recovery and Resiliency) and Council Member Donovan Richards were joined by Council Members Chaim Deutsch and Mathieu Eugene, and a number of disaster recovery groups, community-based organizations, and advocates this morning on the steps of City Hall to encourage New Yorkers to…

BP Diaz Allocates Over $2 Million to Borough Colleges

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced today that his office will allocate more than $2 million in capital funds to help support higher education institutions throughout The Bronx this year. “I am committed to providing all the necessary resources the school system in The Bronx needs to help our students to strive for a…

BP Diaz Hosts ‘Back to School’ Event

On Saturday, August 26, 2017, Bronx President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted his annual “Back to School” Literacy & Health Fair at the Pablo Casals Middle School 181 on the Co-op City Education Campus. The event was co-sponsored by Montefiore, 92.3 AMP Radio, Healthfirst, with additional school supplies and backpacks donated by MetroPCS and FreshDirect. The…

Testimony of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. RE: MTA Public Hearing Regarding a Proposed Increase in Service at Metro-North’s Melrose and Tremont Stations

August 23, 2017 My office enthusiastically supports expanding the availability of Metro-North Commuter Railroad services at the Melrose and Tremont stations in The Bronx, and I am proud to testify in favor of such an expansion here today. Perhaps not since the 1920’s, when 536,000 people made their way to The Bronx for the first…

The New York Public Library Secures New, Larger Home for the Van Cortlandt Branch in the Bronx

Purchase of property on Cannon Place will double the size of the beloved branch, which will open at its new location in 2019 AUGUST TK – The New York Public Library has finalized its purchase of a 5,800-square-foot building that will now be transformed into the new, larger home of the Van Cortlandt branch in…

Statement from Borough President Diaz RE: Confederate Monuments at the Hall of Fame for Great Americans

“Our motto in this borough is ‘ne cede malis,’—‘yield not to evil.’ And we will not, no matter how old that evil might be. Our diversity is our strength, not just here in The Bronx but across our city and our nation. In celebration of that diversity and united in our outright rejection of the…