Initiative will create a system for aligning career and technical education programs with in-demand jobs in growing New York City industries JPMorgan Chase & Co. today announced a $6 million commitment to expand young people’s access to economic opportunity in the South Bronx. As growing industries in the city require a more skilled workforce, this…
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted the second Bronx Tech Summit on Friday, April 28, 2017, at the Metropolitan College of New York campus in The Hub. The event featured expert panelists discussing a wide-range of issues such as health tech, biotech, the Bronx start-up ecosystem, building greater digital infrastructure for The Bronx and…
Tax-exempt bonds and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits will make possible 692 affordable homes The City has leveraged $3.64 billion in LIHTC and $4.73 billion in tax-exempt bonds towards 62,513 units since the start of Housing New York Permanent affordability will be locked in for 135 new affordable homes across the Bronx and Manhattan New York,…
Nearly 116K More Bronx Residents Are Employed Today Than When Borough President Diaz First Took Office The Bronx’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest number ever recorded in the modern era. Unemployment in The Bronx fell to 5.7 percent in March 2017, according to newly-released statistics from the New York State Department of Labor…
April 17, 2017, Bronx, NY — Wave Hill, recently named the “Most Loved Cultural Venue in New York City” by Time Out New York magazine, will receive the 2017 Bronx Week Tourism Award at the annual Bronx Ball. The award, presented by The Bronx Tourism Council, recognizes the achievements of an individual or institution toward furthering the mission of making The Bronx…
BROOKLYN, NY, April 17, 2017: Today, it was announced that all five borough presidents have partnered on a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio calling for the full funding of universal free healthy school lunch for every New York City district school student for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18). This is the first time that the…
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Queens City Council Member Karen Koslowitz have partnered on legislation to increase transparency in the self-storage industry in New York City. Council Member Koslowitz, who chairs the City Council’s Committee on State and Federal Legislation, has proposed legislation with Borough President Diaz that would require self-storage operators to…
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. helps volunteers unload a tractor trailer full of hams on Thursday, April 13, 2017, in front of Stop & Shop Supermarket on East 174th Street in The Bronx. The supermarket chain donated 1,000 Easter hams to five Bronx social service agencies that provide assistance to Bronxites in need. Borough…
On Tuesday, April 11, 2017, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. appeared on “Today’s Verdict,” hosted by David Lesch, on Bronxnet. The two discussed Bronx and Citywide issues, including the borough president’s recent “State of the Borough” address and recently released “Bronx Annual Development Report.” Watch the complete show at http://bronxnet.org/tv/bronxlegal/9160-today-s-verdict-april-11th.
“Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature have passed a budget that not only brings our state serious criminal justice reforms, protections for our immigrant population and tuition relief for college students but also delivers for major capital priorities in The Bronx, such as the reimagining of the Sheridan Expressway and the future redevelopment…