Two borough presidents--the Bronx's Ruben Diaz Jr. and Manhattan's Scott Stringer--were among the first to issue statements responding to the replacement of schools chancellor Cathie Black.
"During her time as chancellor, Cathie Black and I had a good working relationship, and I wish her well," Diaz said in his statement.
"I have known Dennis Walcott for years, Read More
Celeste Katz has some
A "living wage" bill is being introduced in the City Council today, led by a set of Bronx elected officials, and the legislation itself is now up on the Council's Web site.
The bill, dubbed the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act, would force most every development receiving city subsidies of at least $100,000 to require Read More
On the first day of his third term, Michael Bloomberg traveled the city doing volunteer work. In Long Island City, he told reporters, "You think it's a busy day. This is a normal mayor's day, actually."
Here are a few events happening around the city today...
Ruben Diaz Jr., Ruben Diaz Sr., and Marcos Crespo will hand out school supplies at 3 p.m. in the Bronx.Later, the trio holds a holiday party on Bronxdale Avenue.And Margaret Chin has an inauguration ceremony at Jing Fong Restaurant at 6:30 p.m.
ALBANY—Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is urging council members from the borough to vote against a proposal to redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory because the developer has not committed to a "living wage" provision for workers in the complex.
"From the first day I got involved in the issue of the redevelopment of the Read More
The new Board of Education that Michael Bloomberg assembled may be his own worst enemy in restoring mayoral control of the city's schools, critics of mayoral control hope.
A few minutes after Bloomberg introduced the new group as "temporary" and a "band-aid" yesterday, I asked Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., as he left Read More
At a press conference in City Hall this afternoon, Michael Bloomberg said the seven-member panel formed in response to sunset of mayoral control of schools was "temporary" and that he was confident the legislation would be reauthorized by the start of the next school year in September.
But one member of that new seven-member board Read More
After they participated in a rally on the City Hall steps against budget cuts to community boards, I asked three borough presidents who served in the legislature what they thought of yesterday's Senate coup.
“It’s unfortunate that we would allow ourselves, as Democrats, to join the Republican Party,” said Ruben Diaz Jr. of the Read More
New numbers were just posted on the city Campaign Finance Board web site, and I'm going through them now. Weprin has a couple of interesting items.
He received four contributions of $2,500 from the campaign committee of Roy Goodman, Read More
The Working Families Party is enlisting help to put pressure on Michael Bloomberg for his refusal to accept an invitation to participate in a debate.
The WFP, one of the debate organizers, has launched an online petition saying the mayoral campaign is “already overloaded” with sound bites, and notes that Bloomberg’s two Democratic Read More
Today, it should be noted, is the special election for Bronx borough president, and Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr. is expected to win by a landslide.
Diaz will fill out the remainder of the term of his predecessor, Adolfo Carrion, and then almost surely run for re-election (and almost surely win if he Read More
--compiled by Azi Paybarah and Jimmy Vielkind
Ruben Diaz Jr.’s campaign for borough president announced that Assemblywoman Aurelia Greene has agreed to resign from office and take the job of deputy borough president in the Diaz administration.
A spokesperson for Greene was not immediately available for comment.
Diaz is facing an uncompetitive special election on April 21 to fill the remainder of Read More
Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr., who is running against for Bronx Borough President, is up with a campaign web site, which includes a photo of him with the man he hopes to replace, Adolfo Carrion.
And Bronx rapper Fat Joe.
