Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson - Community Resources & Updates

 

Dear Neighbor,

Thank you for joining us for another week in review.

We held an information session last week in partnership with the NYC Department for the Aging and other organizations to share resources on wills, deeds, pre-end-of-life planning, health proxies, and more, to better equip our residents with the tools to make decisions for themselves and their families. We believe it is never too early to start planning for the future and to ensure your loved ones are taken care of.

In partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC, we are calling on our Bronx residents to enlist as mentors! Over 900 youth citywide apply to have a mentor every year and more than 38% of them hail from the Bronx. As a mentor, you are helping to transform a young person’s life and mentoring a future leader of our borough. You can click here for more information!

Lastly, a reminder that our Community Board application is live, and we are urging Bronxites to apply now to join their local community board!  We fulfilled a promise last year to create a digital application in English and Spanish to make the process easier and more accessible so our community boards can truly reflect the diversity of our borough. You will get to advocate for the needs of your community and hear directly from city agencies. Click here to apply!

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our office at 718-590-3500 or email us at webmail@bronxbp.nyc.gov.

 

In partnership,

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson

Grateful to support an amazing investment at the Bronx International High School. We believe in the importance of Work-Based Learning and CTE classes. Proud to have allocated one million dollars to support the creation of a wood shop classroom for our scholars. Congrats BIHS! 

Last week, I attended Mayor Adams’ State of the City address, where he outlined a bold vision for what our city can become over the next year. We have many important projects on our agenda this year, including: 

 Reimagining the Kingsbridge Armory 

Investments in our parks and open spaces

The Metro-North Penn Access Project 

The Hip-Hop Museum 

The Hunts Point Food Distribution Center 

and so much more. 

It is important for us to come together to ensure that these projects work for our communities.

Our LGBTQIA+ Task Force is back! Thank you to our members who joined us for our first meeting of the year. We look forward to continuing our work to advocate on behalf of our LGBTQIA+ community in the Bronx.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Fire Safety Education workshops in partnership with the FDNY and our community partners. We must continue to get this potentially life-saving information out to our residents and families. 

ICYMI

Thank you to everyone who watched our first Ask the BP of the year. Click here for the full segment.

UPCOMING EVENTS