Great Performances Will Create 181 New Jobs and Retain 451 Jobs While Investing $4.4 Million in an Over 40,000 Sq. Ft. Space Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that Great Performances – the largest woman-owned catering and food service company in New York City – will relocate from Manhattan to the South Bronx. As part…
de Blasio schedules City Planning vote on plan to burden a low-income community of color in Mott Haven with a massive jail; ignores community concerns (Bronx, NY) — Mott Haven leaders slammed Mayor de Blasio’s decision today to go ahead with his unjust plan to build a massive jail in a low-income community of color…
On Thursday, March 14, 2019, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted his annual Irish Heritage and Culture celebration at the Rambling House in the Woodlawn section of The Bronx. “Every year during March we gather to celebrate Irish-American Heritage Month and the remarkable role the Irish community has played in building our borough, our…
The Bronx saw $3.48 billion in total development in 2018, the most of BP Diaz’s tenure Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. released his “Bronx Annual Development Report” today, highlighting the most successful year in total development funding The Bronx has seen since the borough president took office in 2009. In 2018 the borough saw…
Good evening, NYS Complete Count Co-Chairs, Secretary of State Rossana Rosado and Jim Malatras. I am Marricka Scott-McFadden and I am the Deputy Borough President of the Bronx. On behalf of the people of my borough I want to thank you for giving of your time as leaders of our state’s “Complete Count” commission, and…
MLK Plaza brings 167 Green and Affordable Homes to the Mott Haven section of the Bronx Rendering courtesy of Magnusson Architecture and Planning attached. Bronx, NY (March 4, 2018) – Today, Radson Development, the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz…
New Bronx food collective wins a USDA award to make salad dressing and marinade. We need your recipe! A collaboration of Bronx-based food and social justice groups has formed the Bronx Canasta, an innovative food production and economic empowerment program. The Bronx Canasta aims to build self-reliance of Bronx communities to grow their own…
Camp Junior named in memory of Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, Victim of Gang Violence Partnership with New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Palisades Interstate Park Commission; Bronx Borough President and The Fresh Air Fund New York City…The Fresh Air Fund has announced registration is open for Bronx children to apply to attend CAMP JUNIOR,…
The borough’s achievements and goals took center stage as Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. delivered the 2019 ‘State of the Borough’ address from H.E.R.O. High School/The Samuel Gompers Campus. Bronx residents and others can experience it all with rebroadcasts of the entire speech, on BronxNet. Delivered February 21st and broadcast live, the ‘State of the Borough’ is…
Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced the founding of “Camp Junior” at Harriman State Park during his annual “State of the Borough” address, his tenth since taking office in 2009. This new camp was created in memory of Lesandro “Junior” Guzmán-Feliz, a 15-year-old who was murdered at the hands of gang members in…
