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 to a diverse range of communities, including the South Bronx and northern Manhattan in the next year NEW YORK—The de Blasio Administration joined Lyft to…
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 of its new, larger Van Cortlandt branch today, with Chief Operating Officer Iris Weinshall, Library Manager Peter Pamphile, elected officials and excited members of the…
(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 outreach about the 2020 United States census at Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage concerts throughout New York City this summer. The effort is one…
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 of the community to cut the ribbon on the new Bronx River Park Dog Run. “We at NYC Parks love our furry friends, and think…
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, Anti-Gang Skills This Summer Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the opening of Camp Junior, a summer camp for youth from targeted neighborhoods in the…
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. To be clear, Rikers Island is an abomination that must be shutdown. It is an archaic, outdated, harsh environment that puts both officers and detainees…
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, would cost the federal government millions of dollars and would not make a dent in the affordable housing crisis. More than 400,000 residents live in…
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 the Mott Haven neighborhood of The Bronx. “Throughout this process the city has refused to address the concerns of The Bronx, nor has the administration…
On June 28, 2019, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. greeted the first group of Bronx kids headed to the inaugural session of “Camp Junior” as they boarded buses at the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club in Belmont. “The best way to honor Junior’s life is to encourage youth to follow in his footsteps…
$2 billion in funding currently being held up by HUD inaction Washington D.C. – Congressman Eliot Engel, a top member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined a bicameral group of lawmakers in writing to Trump Administration officials calling for immediate action to release $2 billion in federal funds allocated to build new, resilient…