Housing Lottery Launches For Marion Creston Apartments In Bedford Park, The Bronx

 

The affordable housing lottery has launched for Marion Creston Apartments, two new residential buildings at 2997 Marion Avenue and 2861 Creston Avenue in Bedford Park, The Bronx. Palette Architecture designed the seven-story structure at 2861 Creston Avenue and David Cunningham Architecture is responsible for 2997 Marion Avenue, and both are developed by John V. Waters of NFW Group. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 25 units for residents at 30 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $18,515 to $122,000

Building features include elevators, security cameras, residential courtyard, bicycle storage room, and on-site laundry. Tenants are responsible for electricity.

At 30 percent of the AMI, there are three studios with a monthly rent of $454 for incomes ranging from $18,515 to $33,900; one one-bedroom with a monthly rent of $577 for incomes ranging from $23,143 to $38,130; and one two-bedroom with a monthly rent of $680 for incomes ranging from $27,738 to $45,750.

At 60 percent of the AMI, there is one studio with a monthly rent of $1,055 for incomes ranging from $39,120 to $67,800; one one-bedroom with a monthly rent of $1,328 for incomes ranging from $48,892 to $76,260; and one two-bedroom with a monthly rent of $1,581 for incomes ranging from $58,629 to $91,500.

At 80 percent of the AMI, there are ten studios with a monthly rent of $1,455 for incomes ranging from $52,835 to $90,400; four one-bedrooms with a monthly rent of $1,742 for incomes ranging from $63,086 to $101,680; and three two-bedrooms with a monthly rent of $2,181 for incomes ranging from $79,200 to $122,000.

Prospective renters must meet income and household size requirements to apply for these apartments. Applications must be postmarked or submitted online no later than August 1, 2023.

Bronx Chamber of Commerce - Bronx Business News You Can Use

 

Upcoming Events, Legislative News, Grant Opportunities, & More

(Friday) Extra, Extra Click here for this week's video: Independence Day, July 4th - The Bronx Chamber of Commerce offices will be closed. Congestion Pricing Announcement Northeast Industrial Development Conference Comes to the Bronx Legislative & Advocacy Updates Trash Containerization Takes Effect NYC Budget Passed Upcoming Events City of Yes Informational Session, 7/11/2023 - virtual, 7:00pm - 8:30pm Chairman's Legislative Breakfast, 7/13/2023 - The New York Botanical Garden, 8:30am Summer BBQ Reception, 8/3/2023 - Pelham Bay Split Rock Golf Course, 6:00pm EVERY WEDNESDAY MAE, MAE CAFE

GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES IMPLEMENTATION OF CONGESTION PRICING FOR NYC

Congestion Pricing Gets Green Light by Feds. The Bronx Chamber of Commerce's leadership team join Governor Hochul to announce the next steps in implementing an equitable and fair congestion pricing plan for NYC. Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Federal Highway Administration has completed the environmental review of the State’s nation-leading congestion pricing program – Manhattan Central Business District Tolling – following a 30-day public availability period of the Final Environmental Assessment. The federal agency today issued a Finding of No Significant Impact, confirming the conclusion of the Final Environmental Assessment, which includes mitigation measures to be undertaken by the program, that the program will have no significant environmental impacts. The Chamber team has worked with our City, State, and Federal partners to build a plan that benefits the Bronx, balances business exemption concerns and needs of central commercial districts, while ensuring NYC is on the path for a sustainable and environmentally aware future. This is the result of tireless collaboration among federal, state, local, and community partners who acted intentionally in listening to the concerns of area constituents and prioritized the unique health and environmental needs of the Bronx. Together, having secured $155 million in new investments to significantly reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, we can move forward with a congestion pricing plan that at its core prioritizes the principles of environmental justice for a community like mine that for too long has been overlooked.

NORTHEAST INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE COMES TO THE BRONX - INNOVO PROPERTIES LEADS

Talking Industrial Development with NYC Experts. The Bronx Chamber leadership team joined Bronx Chamber member Innovo Property Group during the Bisnow Northeast Industrial Conference speaking on trends in industrial and manufacturing sectors and the Bronx's development boom in the industrial sector. "The Bronx is transportation rich and has benefitted from innovation and industrial connectivity," said Michael Brady, Senior Vice President of Economic Development and Policy at The Bronx Chamber of Commerce. "We are grateful to Bisnow and Innovo Properties for bringing this important conference to the Bronx and highlighting our robust and growing industrial, logistics, and creative / maker sectors." For more info? Email: outreach@bronxchamber.org

LEGISLATIVE & ADVOCACY UPDATES

Trash Containerization Rules Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced the launch of the next two phases in getting bags of trash off of city sidewalks. First, the Adams administration is publishing a final rule mandating that all food-related businesses put their trash in secure containers. Second, the administration is starting the rulemaking process on a new proposal to expand the containerization requirements to all chain businesses with five or more locations in New York City. When both rules are implemented, they will cover 25 percent of businesses across the five boroughs and require approximately 4 million pounds of waste produced each day to be placed in secure containers. In May, DSNY proposed a rule requiring all food-related businesses – including restaurants, caterers, grocery stores, delis, and bodegas, among others – to put trash and compostable material into secure containers rather than directly on the street. There are approximately 40,000 food-related businesses in the five boroughs – 20 percent of all businesses in the city – and these business types were selected first because they produce an outsized amount of waste, especially waste that attracts rats. Later this week, that rule will be published in the City Record, and it will go into effect on July 30, 2023.

NYC Budget Update Mayor Eric Adams and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams announced that they have reached an agreement on a $107 billion budget for the City’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), which will begin, July 1, 2023. The budget will be voted on today, June 30, 2023 during the Council's Stated Meeting. See below for highlights from the budget announcement from the Mayor’s press release. Click here to access the full text of the Mayor’s press release and click here to access the Council’s press release. We will not have information about funding for specific organizations or programs until the City releases FY24 budget documents. We expect these documents will be available before the weekend and we will send updates as soon as additional information is available.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Summer BBQ Networking Reception August 3 at 6:00pm Pelham Bay & Split Rock, 870 Shore Road Bronx, NY Join Bronx Chamber members, elected officials, and friends for a Summer evening of networking, great food & drinks, and conversation. The evening includes live music, barbeque, dancing, and networking. Individuals wishing to golf before hand must contact Pelham Bay and Split Rock Golf Course directly. Reserve Your Spot

Chairman's Legislative Breakfast July 13 at 8:30am The New York Botanical Garden, 2950 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY Open to Chairman, Corporate, and President's Circle Members This signature gathering is hosted by The Bronx Chamber of Commerce in partnership with The New York Botanical Garden and will host legislators and agency leadership to discuss the future of the borough’s economic development and New York City and New York State policies. This is a meaningful, timely, and purposeful gathering that will shape the future of business while also providing members an intimate and closed setting to speak with legislators. I hope that you will attend and share your thoughts on our future. Reserve Your Spot

For the complete Bronx Chamber Events Calendar, featuring educational workshops, networking events and other opportunities hosted by the Chamber, its members, & partners, please visit and bookmark our website events calendar link in your browser - new events are added weekly!

VCJC News & Notes 6/30/23

 

Van Cortlandt Jewish Center News and Notes

Here's this week's edition of the VCJC News and Notes email. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful! Reminders Shabbos Shabbos information is, as always, available on our website, both in the information sidebar and the events calendar. Here are the times you need:   Shabbos Candles Friday 6/30/23 @ 8:13 pm Shabbos morning services at 8:40 am.  Please join the services if you can do so safely.  Shabbos Ends Saturday 7/1/23 @ 9:16 pm   Tuesday, 7/4/23 Independence Day.   The office is closed.    Thursday 7/6/23 Fast of Tammuz Fast starts 4:19AM ends 9:15PM   Blood Drive Scheduled for Sunday, July 30  9:30 to 2 Van Cortlandt Jewish Center 3880 Sedgwick Ave Bronx, NY 10463

NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE'S RESPONSE TO THE SUPREME COURT RULING AGAINST AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS

 

"With this ruling, the Supreme Court has chosen to ignore our nation’s history and jeopardize our youth’s future. The decision was entirely expected from this conservative court, but still extremely hard to hear, and to reckon with its implications on the fight for racial equity, diversity, and justice. The march forward on these issues has been painfully slow, but largely forward– now the court is pulling us back, creating the conditions for young people of more color today to have less opportunities than the generation before them. Students with a legacy of systemic privilege or power may see its benefits, students confronting a legacy of systemic racism and discrimination will see only barriers.

"In her dissent, Justice Sotomayor wrote that ‘Ignoring race will not equalize a society that is racially unequal… Equality requires acknowledgment of inequality.’ It’s clear that conservatives want to ignore race when it is convenient to do so, and ignore reality when it is inconvenient to their philosophy and policy goals. While Republican lawmakers attempt to remove our history of racial injustice from the classroom, conservative justices are trying to remove racial equity from classrooms altogether."

MAYOR ADAMS’ STATEMENT ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SUPREME COURT DECISION

 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court today issued a decision in the case Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College: 

  

“Once again, a highly partisan Supreme Court is overturning decades of precedent in order to advance a purely political agenda. This decision will not only hurt historically disadvantaged communities, it will make many of our educational institutions less diverse, and perpetuate social, racial, and economic inequity. This is a loss for all New Yorkers, and all Americans, but as this country’s largest and most diverse city, New York will not be deterred. We will continue to celebrate and advance our city’s rich diversity and abide by the words of New York’s own Justice Sonia Sotomayor: ‘Society’s progress toward equality cannot be permanently halted…The pursuit of racial diversity will go on.’” 

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on Supreme Court’s Ruling in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. (SFFA) v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and SFFA v. University of North Carolina

 

The Justice Department issued the following statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in two cases — Students for Fair Admissions Inc. (SFFA) v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and SFFA v. University of North Carolina:

“The Supreme Court’s decision undercuts efforts by universities across the country to create a diverse group of graduates prepared to lead in an increasingly diverse nation. It will significantly set back efforts to advance educational opportunity for all Americans. And it upends nearly 50 years of precedent.

“The Department of Justice remains committed to promoting student diversity in higher education using all available legal tools. In the coming weeks, we will work with the Department of Education to provide resources to college and universities on what admissions practices and programs remain lawful following the Court’s decision.”

BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 6 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FIRST-DEGREE BURGLARY FOR BREAKING INTO BUILDING AFTER BLOODY FIGHT

 

Defendant Was Convicted After Jury Trial 

 Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that defendant Pedro Hernandez has been sentenced to six years in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree Burglary and third-degree Criminal Mischief for breaking open a Bronx building door as he and his friends chased two men they had been fighting with in 2019.

  District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant, Pedro Hernandez, has been sentenced to six years in prison for breaking into a building after he and his friends chased two men after a fight. He then tried to break into an apartment in which the victims had sought refuge. The 911 calls from people in the building that were presented in the trial showed the fear and desperation of the victims and building occupants. The terrorizing of innocent Bronx people will not be tolerated.”         

 District Attorney Clark said Pedro Hernandez, 23, of East 168th Street, Bronx, was sentenced today by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Beth Beller to six years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision for his first-degree Burglary conviction, and one to three years for third degree Criminal Mischief, to run concurrently. He was found guilty of the charges by a jury on April 21, 2023, after an eight-week trial. 

 According to the investigation, on April 7, 2019 at 7:30 a.m., the defendant and his friends got into a melee with two youths in front of 2177 Quimby Avenue. The defendant and his friends chased the victims into a building. The defendant is seen on video kicking the front door of the building while his friends are also kicking it and hitting it with the bat. When they broke the door in, the defendant and his friends ran upstairs and attempted unsuccessfully to break down the door to an apartment where the victims were seeking safety.

 District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Police Officer Naeem Shahid and Sergeant Luis Cardenas of the 43rd Precinct, and NYC Department of Correction Investigator Walter Holmes for their work in the investigation.

NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE'S RESPONSE TO THE BUDGET HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT

 

"The budget agreement announced today thankfully prevents many of the highest-profile cuts to city services that New Yorkers rely on. I thank the Council and community for their advocacy. and the mayor for agreeing to this funding. Unfortunately, a necessary focus on restoring cuts meant that many new and necessary investments were not able to be made. Maintaining public school funding and supporting libraries should be a given, but so should strengthening and expanding services to meet the moment and the needs of the most vulnerable New Yorkers.

"I am glad to see investment in areas such as gun violence prevention through the Crisis Management System, yet we need new programming that builds on its successes. Increased funding for Fair Fares is in this budget, but not approaching what is needed. Securing funding for affordable housing is a significant victory, but it comes against a backdrop of a vetoing legislation to help get New Yorkers into that housing. Investments in a mental health continuum, in support services through Community Schools, are important ways to support the health, safety, and well-being of New Yorkers. Cutting funding from restorative programming on Rikers or homeless service providers will do the opposite. 

"As I have said many times – investment, not austerity, is the most effective means of meeting the compounding crises our city faces, and we just cannot point to our challenges as a reason to prevent investment. While it is abundantly clear that federal funding is needed to help support those seeking asylum in our city, our newest New Yorkers are not a sanction or a scapegoat for not investing in services that will uplift all people and communities across the five boroughs. This is made even more frustrating by the administration’s opposition to common sense revenue raising measures from the wealthiest New Yorkers, not the working class, which could help fund these services. 

"Preventing cuts, while critical, only maintains a status quo that does not adequately address the challenges facing so many New Yorkers, rather than moving forward. Beyond these negotiations, beyond the budget adoption, we have to continue to push for progressive investments that are smart, sustainable, and best serve our city."