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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. declares June 25, 2014, “LGBTQ & Allies Recognition Day” at his annual LGBTQ Heritage Celebration at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

“I congratulate Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Council Members Carlos Menchaca and Daniel Dromm, as well as the entire City Council for passing legislation to create municipal identification cards in our city. I have called for municipal identification cards since I first served in the New York State Assembly, and today’s vote marks a major step forward…

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and FreshDirect CEO Jason Ackerman issued the following statement today upon learning that the motion to renew a previously dismissed lawsuit designed to stop FreshDirect’s relocation to The Bronx has been denied by the courts. The complete ruling can be found here: http://bronxboropres.nyc.gov/pdf/2014-06-25.pdf. “This ruling clears the way for…

“Although the Rent Guidelines Board vote on Monday is a first step in the right direction for our City by keeping the increase to a historic minimum it does not go far enough. It is therefore vital to offer more relief to the poor and middle-class of our City, given how many residents are struggling…

Contest Encouraged Bronx Students to Help Keep Their Neighborhoods Clean Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced the winners of the “Respect Our Block” Poster Contest. The contest was open to students of all ages across the borough, and invited individual students or groups of students to create a poster urging their neighbors to…

“I am proud and it gives me great pleasure to know that the ‘Borinquneers’ have been awarded the congressional Gold Medal from President Obama for their military service. It is an honorable recognition that the ‘Borinquneers’ truly deserve for their brilliant record of heroism on the battlefield. “The enormous contribution the 65th Infantry has made…

Today, the non-profit investigative journalism organization, ProPublica, issued a report on gun tracing in the United States, which found that 68 percent of all guns the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms recovered in New York State originated in another state. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. issued the following statement in reaction to this…

Project Will Replace Failing Seawall and Improve Park Waterfront Esplanade New York State Will Use Up To $46.5 Million of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Funds for the Project Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a plan to replace a failing seawall at Roberto Clemente State Park that was directly impacted by Superstorm Sandy with…

Today, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (D-Bronx) and State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) were joined by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and a host of community activists near the Jerome Park Reservoir to introduce new legislation intent on designating Jerome Park as parkland of the city of New York. The bills, A.9681 and S.7467, would set…

Community Partner THE POINT CDC Applauds Design Team and Hunts Point Stakeholders THE BRONX, NY—A proposal to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rebuild By Design Competition submitted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and OLIN and supported by THE POINT CDC has been selected to receive $20 million in grant funding…