Member-Item Time
By Azi Paybarah | June 18, 2009 | 6:46 pm
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Joel Rivera
Member-Item Time
By Azi Paybarah | June 18, 2009 | 6:37 pm
Last year, the mayor’s office blocked City Councilman Joel Rivera from giving $10,000 in public money to the Davidson Community Center, saying the group had a “poor performance on past contracts.” Rivera’s request to fund the group through his member-item allotment was denied. Now, that group is tentatively slated to get $75,000 in member-item money from City Councilwoman Maria Baez, according to this list of proposed funding. A spokesperson for the Council emailed to say the fund... READ MORE»
Joel Rivera's Challenger Withdraws, None Others Are Forthcoming
By Azi Paybarah | April 28, 2009 | 3:10 pm
Well-funded City Council challenger Radame Perez has withdrawn from his bid to unseat Joel Rivera of the Bronx, ... READ MORE»
Gioia Faces the Threat of Fast Food, Publicly
By Azi Paybarah | April 20, 2009 | 11:35 am
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For Diaz, Lots of Signatures, Few Opponents
By Azi Paybarah | March 5, 2009 | 2:16 pm
Bronx Borough President candidate Ruben Diaz Jr.... READ MORE»
Date Set for Bronx Borough President Election
By Azi Paybarah | March 2, 2009 | 10:01 am
The date of the special election for Bronx borough president, made necessary Adolfo Carrion took a job in the Obama administration, will be April 21. Since it's a special election, candidates will run on party lines they... READ MORE»
Bronx Democrats Endorse Diaz for Borough President
By Azi Paybarah | February 23, 2009 | 10:22 am
This weekend the Bronx County Democratic Party endorsed Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr. in the race to replace Adolfo Carrion as Bronx borough... READ MORE»
Rivera and the 'Appointed' Senator
By Azi Paybarah | January 28, 2009 | 11:08 am
City Councilman Joel Rivera is organizing a rally tomorrow on the City Hall steps to urge newly minted Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to change her position on immigration and gun control issues. “I’m not jumping on a band wagon just to jump on a band wagon,” he... READ MORE»
With Carrion Still in B.P. Office, Rivera Opts Out of Race (For Now)
By Azi Paybarah | January 19, 2009 | 1:01 pm
Joel Rivera, a City Councilman who was running for Bronx borough president, has frozen his 2009 campaign account, saying he had to make a “calculated decision” because it’s not clear the incumbent, Adolfo Carrion Jr. is leaving for a job in the Obama... READ MORE»
A Vote of Support for Diaz (Jr.)
By Jimmy Vielkind | December 17, 2008 | 3:57 pm
ALBANY—Chalk up one, albeit for now tepid, supporter in Ruben Diaz Jr.'s column in his run for Borough... READ MORE»
If Carrion Goes: Ruben Diaz Jr., Joel Rivera
By Azi Paybarah | December 15, 2008 | 11:48 am
Now that Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion is leaving his post early next year to be the director of the Obama administration's Office of Urban Policy, his successor will most likely be determined by a special election in sometime in the... READ MORE»
