When
I
was
elected
in
November,
I
promised
to
be
a
champion
for
the
working
families
in
my
district
and
at
City
Hall.
I
am
excited
to
announce
my
appointment
as
Deputy
Leader
of
the
New
York
City
Council
and
Chair
of
the
Committee
on
Public
Housing.
In
both
roles,
I
will
build
on
my
record
of
advocating
for
the
issues
that
matter
most
to
Bronx
communities.
Come
Meet
Our
Team
At
Our
New
Office:
We
have
moved
into
a
new
permanent
office
located
at 573
East
Fordham
Road,
Bronx,
NY
10458.
We
handle
cases
covering
a
range
of
issues:
Employment
Housing
Public
Safety
Quality
of
Life
Social
Services
Results
by
the
numbers:
In
the
past
month,
my
office
has
been
able
to
resolve
over a
hundred
cases
from
constituents
in
the
areas
of
housing,
social
services,
quality
of
life
and
public
safety.
- 62%
of
cases
were
related
to
housing
(housing
applications,
rental
overcharges,
repairs...).
- 17% of
cases
were
related
to
social
services
(public
assistance,
unemployment
benefits...).
-
15%
of
cases
were
related
to
quality
of
life
(dog
poop,
graffiti,
potholes,
sanitation,
snow
removal...).
- 6% of
cases
were
related
to
public
safety.
Meeting
Tenants
Where
They
Live:
I
started
my
career
in
public
service
as
a
housing
organizer
and
quickly
learned
that
meeting
tenants
where
they
lived
better
enabled
me
to
address
their
needs.
My
office
doesn't
just
wait
for
you
to
come
to
us.
We
come
to
you.
We
have
held
tenant
meetings
in
buildings
on
East
176th
Street,
East
180th
Street,
Olinville
Avenue,
and
Topping
Avenue.
If
you
have
concerns
about
the
conditions
in
your
apartment
or
building
and
would
like
my
office
to
advocate
for
you,
please
contact
my
District
Office
at
(718)
842-8100.
Advocating
for
Critical
Medical
Services:
The
closing
of
the
maternity
ward
at
North
Central
Bronx
Hospital
(NCBH)
has
led
to
a
severe
shortage
of
labor-and-delivery
services
in
the
central,
northern,
and
western
parts
of
the
Bronx.
Working
with
a
coalition
of
health
care
advocates
and
local
residents,
I
am
fighting
hard
to
restore
these
services.
If
you
wish
to
join
me
in
the
fight
to
restore
these
services,
please
attend
the
following
community
meeting.
Date: Tuesday,
March
18
Time: 6:30pm
Where:
North
Central
Bronx
Hospital,
17th
Floor
(3424
Kossuth
Ave,
Bronx,
NY)
Ensuring
Constituents
Know
Their
Rights:
My
office
is
partnering
with
the
lawyers
at
Bronx
Defenders
to
host
a
"Know
Your
Rights"
training.
If
you
are
stopped
by
the
police,
what
do
you
do?
What
are
your
rights?
Come
and
find
out.
Date: Monday,
March
17
Time: 6:00-8:00
PM
Where:
The
Bronx
Defenders,
360
East
161st
Street
For
more
information,
please
contact: kemaub@
Bringing
Relief
to
Hoffman
Fire
Victims:
On
January
9th
a
major
fire
on
Hoffman
Street
destroyed
three
apartment
buildings,
displacing
a
dozen
families
from
their
homes.
I
immediately
sent
my
staff
to
the
scene
and
coordinated
with
the
American
Red
Cross,
city
agencies
and
local
housing
providers to
ensure
that
the
needs
of
the
those
families
were
being
met.
After
the
fire,
my
office
partnered
with
The
Islamic
Center
to
hold
a
clothing
drive
for
the
affected
families
and
partnered
with
the
Belmont
Arthur
LDC
to
provide
housing
for
the
families
who
had
nowhere
else
to
go.
Working
For
You
at
City
Hall:
Since
taking
office
in
January
I:
- Passed legislation extending the right to paid sick leave to half a million people
- Advocated for the expansion of fulltime Pre-Kindergarten to every child in New York City
- Drafted legislation that that would impose penalties on landlords who fail to make repairs
- Advanced legislation that would protect the right of low-wage workers to unionize
In
my
first
hearing
as
Chair
of
the
Committee
on
Public
Housing
I
brought
government
directly
to
the
community
in
the
first
City
Council
hearing
to
ever
take
place
at
a
NYCHA
development.
In
a
joint
hearing
with
the
Committee
on
Recovery
and
Resiliency
I
took
NYCHA
to
task
for
the
repeated
failure
of
temporary
boilers
heating
the
public
housing
towers
still
recovering
from
the
aftermath
of
Superstorm
Sandy.
Council
Member,
District
15
NYC
Council
Member
Ritchie
Torres
