SENATOR RIVERA HOSTS SECOND TOWN HALL MEETING AS PART OF DISTRICT 33 TOUR at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center

Senator Gustavo Rivera said,

“I am holding town hall meetings throughout my district because I want my constituents to know that I am available to them,” said Senator Rivera. “It is important to me that the residents of the 33^rd Senate District know they have a State Senator who cares about their concerns and wants to listen to their ideas about how to make our community better. I will continue to hold town hall meetings and other public events because so that my constituents feel they know me and my staff and that we know what they are going through in their day to day lives and how the issues the legislature debate in Albany impact them.”  

Read more about this town hall meeting in this weeks issue of the Bronx News or Parkchester Newspapers, in the column 100 PERCENT on page 7.

COME CELEBRATE BRONX WEEK AT THE ARTHUR AVENUE RETAIL MARKET!

TOUR THE MARKET • MEET THE VENDORS • SAMPLES • COOKING DEMOS • TOTE BAGS

Wednesday May 18th, 2011; 4-7 pm

Arthur Avenue Retail Market

2344 Arthur Avenue, Bronx, NY 10458

Hosted by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and NYCEDC and Co-sponsored by

Congressman Jose E. Serrano, State Senator Jeffrey D. Klein, Assembly Member Jose Rivera, Council Member Joel Rivera and the Bronx Delegation of the New York City Council, Community Board 6, Bronx Chamber of Commerce, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation, Bronx Tourism Council, Belmont BID, Fordham University, Mary Mitchell Center, Montefiore Medical Center, The New York Botanical Garden, St. Barnabas Hospital, Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo

 

 

 Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz calls for additional fields for youth soccer players in Van Cortlandt Park

 $15 million dollars later, soccer players are finding themselves with less field space following the renovation of the Van Cortlandt Park Parade Ground according to Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz

Prior to the renovation, the Parade Ground had eight soccer fields in the fall and six in the spring.  Now there are only six soccer fields year-round, and two must be closed each season to help preserve their condition, leaving only four usable soccer fields.

After the Riverdale Soccer Club, a youth soccer organization struggling to find enough field space for its games, brought the issue to his attention, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz decided to take action.  Assemblyman Dinowitz wrote to Bronx Borough Commissioner Hector Aponte requesting that the Department of Parks and Recreation provide at least the number of soccer fields that were available in the spring prior to the renovation of the Parade Ground.  As a possible solution, he suggested examining a proposal of the Riverdale Soccer Club which involves designating three additional soccer fields in the southeastern section of the Parade Ground when it opens.

“When taxpayers’ money goes to an improvement of a public facility, they expect a public benefit, not a detriment.  That’s why I was shocked to learn that youth soccer players found themselves worse off after the renovation of the Parade Ground,” said Assemblyman Dinowitz.  “I urge the Parks Department to make changes in the use of the fields in Van Cortlandt Park.  The first priority must be to provide space for young people.  Soccer continues to grow in popularity among kids, yet Parks has reduced the number of soccer fields.  This is unacceptable and must be changed.  Van Cortlandt Park is for all New Yorkers, but first and foremost it should be for the children of our community.”