New York City's Speed Limit is Changing to 25 MPH on November 7, 2014

Starting November 7th, the speed limit on all New York City streets will be 25 MPH unless otherwise posted.

By getting New York drivers to slow down, we will prevent crashes, protect New Yorkers from injury and save lives. Lowering the speed limit to 25MPH is one aspect of the Mayor’s comprehensive Vision Zero Action Plan to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries.

The new 25 MPH speed limit will affect all NYC streets, except those where a different speed limit is posted. The speed limit on our highways will remain the same. Some big streets, which have been designed to accommodate faster speeds will remain at 30 MPH. Other streets, particularly streets near schools, may have a lower speed limit posted. 

Questions? Please visit nyc.gov/visionzero.

THIS WEDNESDAY--Attention Seniors and Bronxites with Disabilities---Opportunity to Freeze Rent/Reduce Homeownership Costs--SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.

Cordially Invites You to an Educational Forum on Programs to

 Help Freeze Your Rent or

Reduce Your Homeownership Costs

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

New York Public Library

310 East Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10458

Ø RENTERS, did you know that more seniors and people with disabilities will now qualify for programs that will allow them to no longer receive rent increases? As of July 2014, income eligibility for individuals to qualify for SCRIE and DRIE programs has now increased to $50,000 per year.

Ø SENIOR HOMEOWNERS, did you know that you may qualify for additional tax exemptions?

Representatives from the New York City Department of Finance

will be in attendance to discuss the following programs :

o   Senior Citizens Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE)

o   Disability Citizens Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE)

o   Senior Citizen Homeowners Exemption (SCHE)

o   Enhances STAR Exemption (STAR)

If you are interested in any of these services please call 718-590-6248 to confirm your attendance. Light Refreshments will be served!

Assemblyman Crespo launches his Quality of Life Initiative on August 6, 2014

  Assemblymember Marcos A. Crespo (D-Bronx) announced that on August 6, 2014 he will be hosting a district-wide quality of life initiative titled, “Take pride in where you reside”  with a group of volunteers who will walk around the 85^th Assembly District (consisting of: Bronx River, Soundview, Clason’s Point, Shorehaven, part of Castle Hill and part of Hunts Point) posting “Curb/clean up after your pet” signs, changing trash receptacles and registering business owners for New York City’s Graffiti-Free program.

     

“I feel with these signs being posted in various locations within my Assembly District will make pet owners more conscious about the law to lease and clean up after your pet. Also, cleaning up after your pet goes a long way with not just the appearance of the community but also health and respiratory concerns,”stated Assemblyman Crespo.

Visibility is very important when it comes to placement of these signs, which is why these signs will be placed locations where I may see dog waste and/or on the main street(s) which are most used by pedestrians with the consent of the property owner.

If you would like to know some of the locations where signs will be placed please call my District office at 718-893-0202 and speak to Matthew Shuffler who can give you some sites. 

BRONX BACK TO SCHOOL HEALTH AND LITERACY FAIR Saturday August 23, 2014

Croton Facility Monitoring Committee Meeting Agenda June 24, 2014

 Croton Facility Monitoring Committee Meeting

Tuesday, June 24, 2014 – 7:00 PM

DEP Office – 3660 Jerome Avenue, Bronx NY 10467 - 
(718) 231-8470


I Welcome and Chair’s Call to Order 
Father Richard Gorman

II Consider, Adopt June CFMC Agenda 
CFMC Representatives

III Consider, Adopt 5/27/14 Meeting Minutes 
& Consider, Adopt 4/22/14 Meeting Minutes
 CFMC Representatives

IV Update on Croton Construction & Costs at 
Van Cortlandt Park & Jerome Park Reservoir
VCP Golf Club House Schedule 
Additional JPR Tree Removal 
Vincent Moorehead, DEP

V Discussion - Old Business 
CFMC Representatives & the Public

VI Discussion - New Business 
CFMC Representatives & the Public

 Presentation by Karen Argenti 

VII CFMC Discussion &.Set Date for September 
CFMC Representatives 

VIII Adjourn

Creating a Bridge to Re-Unite Neighbors 3.29.14

 

Creating A Pedestrian Bridge to Re-Unite Neighbors:
A Broken Promise that We Will Make Right
Saturday, March 29th, 2014
Van Cortlandt Park

  The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park and Bronx Community Board 8 are hosting a Rally to highlight a broken link and a broken promise in Van Cortlandt Park: the Pedestrian Bridge over the Major Deegan Expressway that connects its eastern and western halves and connects the broken Old Croton Aqueduct Trail.
In 1999, the New York City Council determined that NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) should build a Pedestrian Bridge if it was “feasible”. A feasibility study was conducted and determined that it was feasible but DEP has refused to pay for it. We are asking our community, our elected officials, and all those who love Van Cortlandt Park to join together and demand that DEP keep its promise to the Bronx. The Pedestrian Bridge is now a part of Van Cortlandt Park’s Master Plan. The time for action is now!

Day of Rally Schedule: Saturday March 29th
10AM- Meet inside the Park at last stop of the #1 train (Broadway and West 242nd St.) or #4 train (Jerome and Bainbridge Ave). FVCP staff will lead a walk to rally locations on west and east side of the Major Deegan where the proposed bridge should be built. Help us create a Virtual Bridge through social media and photos to bring us all together.
12PM- Press Conference/ Rally at Shandler Recreation Area Parking Lot (enter the Park at Jerome Avenue between Bainbridge Avenue and East 233rd Street). Join us as we show Elected Officials and the Press that the community supports the Pedestrian Bridge.

Scheduled Speakers: Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., Congressman Eliot Engel, State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson, State Senator Jeffrey Klein, State Senator Jose M. Serrano, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Councilman Andrew Cohen, Councilwoman Annabel Palma, Robert Fannuzi (CB8), Bob Bender (CB8), Christina Taylor (FVCP) and several community members.

Pedestrian Bridge Supporters: Above speakers plus Councilman Fernando Cabrera, Amalgamated & Park Reservoir Houses, Bronx Community Boards 7, 8 and 12, Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, Friends of Van Cortlandt Park, Harlem River Working Group, New York- New Jersey Trail Conference and Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy.

Email: christina@vancortlandt.org for more information.