Today, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. delivered his ninth annual “State of the Borough” address to a crowded auditorium at the Bronx High School of Science. In his speech, Borough President Diaz outlined the successes of his administration, noting that the borough had seen dramatic decreases in unemployment and crime concurrent with a historic…
BP Diaz, transit and community activists blast de Blasio administration for failing to include $200 million in FY 2019 budget to provide transit relief for the working poor Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and advocates from across the city have come together to rebuke Mayor Bill de Blasio for failing to include funding for…
In the wake of December’s deadly Bronx fire, new legislative package would require safety devices on stove in apartments with small children and educational plan on fire safety Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., City Council Member Ritchie Torres and City Council Member Chaim Deutsch are introducing a package of new legislation designed to prevent…
“I was surprised to learn that the administration has already selected a site for a new jail in The Bronx. I hope that, going forward, this lack of outreach is not a harbinger of the amount of community input the people of my borough will have in this process. I expect that the administration will…
$5 Million for Minority-Owned Small Businesses Builds on Successes and Insights from the original Detroit Fund February 13, 2018 (New York) – Building on the success of Detroit’s Entrepreneurs of Color Fund, JPMorgan Chase today announced it will expand the fund’s model and create two new funds to help minority entrepreneurs in San Francisco and…
On Saturday, February 10, 2018, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted his annual celebration of Black History Month at the Einstein Community Room in the Co-op City section of The Bronx. At the event, Army National Guard PFC. Emmanuel Mensah, an immigrant from Ghana, was posthumously awarded the Jonathan Hicks Memorial Award, which is…
On Thursday, February 8, 2018, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. hosted his annual Dominican Heritage Month celebration at the Grand Slam Banquet Hall on East Tremont Avenue, honoring individuals who have contributed to the growth and promotion of Dominican and Dominican-American community and culture. “With over 210,000 individuals of Dominican heritage calling The Bronx their…
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has issued a report identifying more than 2,000 units of affordable housing that must be preserved as part of the proposed rezoning of the Jerome Avenue corridor. The report, titled “Zoned-In: A Housing Preservation Blueprint for the Jerome Avenue Corridor,” identifies 2,075 units across 45 buildings within a ¼…
The recent “bomb cyclone” that struck the northeast region caused dangerous drops in temperatures across the five boroughs. Nowhere was this extreme weather event felt more dramatically than within NYCHA developments, where nearly half of all boilers are beyond their useful life and many developments are forced to rely on ineffective temporary boilers to provide…
Over 50 elected officials from all over the five boroughs are calling on the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to issue an emergency declaration to address the dangerous lack of heat and hot water in many developments across the city, in order to speed the procurement process to replace out of service boilers. “As…