Last year, the mayor’s office blocked City Councilman Joel Rivera from giving $10,000 in public money to the Davidson Community Center, saying the group had a “poor performance on past contracts.”
Rivera’s request to fund the group through his member-item allotment was denied.
Now, that group is tentatively slated to get $75,000 in Read More
Last year, the mayor’s office blocked City Councilman Joel Rivera from giving $10,000 in public money to the Davidson Community Center, saying the group had a “poor performance on past contracts.”
Rivera’s request to fund the group through his member-item allotment was denied.
Now, that group is tentatively slated to get $75,000 in Read More
Well-funded City Council challenger Radame Perez has withdrawn from his bid to unseat Joel Rivera of the Bronx, and the head of the Democratic Party in the borough said the organization is not looking for another candidate.
Bronx Democratic County Leader Carl Heastie said in Read More
Eric Gioia said he wants a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants opening up within 500 feet of public schools.
“This has a direct impact on our children’s health” and represent “a clear and present danger” to their health, Gioia told reporters on Sunday.
Like his publicity-savvy friend, Morgan Spurlock, who built a career Read More
Bronx Borough President candidate Ruben Diaz Jr. today unloaded a gigantic volume of signatures to get on the ballot for the April 21 special election, a traditional gesture to indicate depth of support.
Not that it's necessarily needed: Rivera now has a straight path to the office, now that that Read More
The date of the special election for Bronx borough president, made necessary Adolfo Carrion took a job in the Obama administration, will be April 21.
Since it's a special election, candidates will run on party lines they create.
The candidates will include State Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr., whom the Bronx Democratic Party has endorsed, and Read More
This weekend the Bronx County Democratic Party endorsed Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr. in the race to replace Adolfo Carrion as Bronx borough president.
The endorsement caught my eye since the competitive race still includes at least one other established Democratic candidate, City Councilman Joel Rivera. According to reporter John DeSio—who launched Read More
City Councilman Joel Rivera is organizing a rally tomorrow on the City Hall steps to urge newly minted Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to change her position on immigration and gun control issues.
“I’m not jumping on a band wagon just to jump on a band wagon,” he said.
Rivera, speaking to me in City Hall Read More
Joel Rivera, a City Councilman who was running for Bronx borough president, has frozen his 2009 campaign account, saying he had to make a “calculated decision” because it’s not clear the incumbent, Adolfo Carrion Jr. is leaving for a job in the Obama administration.
“We had to make a calculated decision on whether Read More
ALBANY—Chalk up one, albeit for now tepid, supporter in Ruben Diaz Jr.'s column in his run for Borough President.
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, whose district includes Riverdale, says he thinks fellow member Ruben Diaz Jr. would be a great replacement for Adolfo Carrion, who was tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to head Read More
