Tuesday night the Allerton International Merchants Association February meeting. Chair Gene De Francis (center in the above photo) went over the annual AIMA dinner event to be held at the SANZ on Saturday May 18th. Along with President Larry Mauriello (l), Secretary Veronica Castro (r), and other members in attendance. The event is in the planning stages and will be finalized at the March meeting.
Upcoming March and April meeting guests will be Captain Andrew Natiw of the 49th Precinct, and NYC Bronx DOT Commissioner Nivardo Lopez depending upon both speakers schedules. The holiday lights strung across Allerton Avenue was discussed, as was the possibility of better lighting on the tree used as the Christmas Tree. Said tree in question is property of the Department of Parks and is very old and fragile. A discussion on the street leading into Allerton Avenue on the West side by the Bronx Botanical Garden ensured as to when and why Southern Boulevard was renamed and the problems with finding addresses on the renamed street. The street is now back to being called Southern Boulevard.
Representatives of Councilman Mark Gjonaj and Assemblywoman Natallia Fernandez were on hand to report, as were the NCO officers from the 49th Precinct who advised of the upcoming Build a Block meeting being held in Sector 'C' of the 49th Precinct. The meeting will be held at Beth Abraham on Bronx Park Avenue starting at 7 PM.
Above - Maria Parubi of Assemblywoman Fernandez's office talks about upcoming events Assemblywoman Fernandez will be having.
Below - NCO officers Hernandez and Rivera speak about the Build a Block meeting, and answered questions from people in the audience.
