BP DIAZ PROVIDES $600K FOR REGIONAL FOOD HUB
‘The Hub’ in Hunts Point will expand healthy food options, provide opportunities for local farmers and create new jobs, in partnership with GrowNYC Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced…
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BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ INVESTS $6.1 MILLION IN ORCHARD BEACH PAVILION
Since 2017, BP Diaz has allocated over $16 million to renovate ‘The Bronx Riviera’ Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced that his office has invested an additional $6,107,400…
DE BLASIO ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF MAJOR CITI BIKE EXPANSION
City releases boundaries of Citi Bike’s next expansion, which will double the current service area by 35 square miles and triple the number of bikes to 40,000; System will expand…
The New York Public Library Cuts The Ribbon On A New, Bigger Van Cortlandt Branch in The Bronx
Brand new, modern library offers more than twice the public space for more programs, classes, books, and more July 15, 2019 —The New York Public Library celebrated the grand opening…
ABNY, City Parks Foundation and Local Leaders Launch SummerStage Census Awareness Campaign
(New York, NY, July 15, 2019) – Today the Association for a Better New York (ABNY) announced that it has joined with City Parks Foundation and community partners to conduct…
NYC PARKS UNVEILS NEW BRONX RIVER PARK DOG RUN
NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, joined Assembly Member Nathalia Fernandez, Council Member Mark Gjonaj, former Council Member James Vacca, representatives from the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association, and members…
GOVERNOR CUOMO ANNOUNCES OPENING OF $2 MILLION REVITALIZED CAMP JUNIOR FOR BRONX YOUTH
Located in Harriman State Park, Camp Honors Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz, Killed in 2018 Bronx Attack In Partnership with Fresh Air Fund and Bronx Leaders, 500 Young Campers Will Learn Anti-Violence,…
TESTIMONY OF BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT RUBEN DIAZ JR. BEFORE THE NEW YORK CITY PLANNING COMMISSION RE: Borough Based Jail System
Chair Lago, Vice Chair Knuckles, and esteemed Commissioners, I am here today to implore you to vote no on today’s ULURP or to remove the Bronx site for further consideration.…
TESTIMONY OF BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ RE: Proposed Amendments to the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status
I am writing to state my strong opposition to this proposed rule. Evicting families living in public housing solely because some members of the household are undocumented is unnecessarily cruel,…
BRONX PRESIDENT DIAZ ISSUES NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION ON BRONX JAIL ULURP
Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has issued a negative recommendation on the de Blasio Administration’s proposal to build borough-based jails in four boroughs, including a new jail in…