Video: 15th District Candidate Albert Alvarez

We took quick clips of video during the closing arguments made at the 15th Council District forum at the Bronx Library Center on July 21. In these clips, you can hear the candidates in their own words. This clip is from Albert Alvarez, who is the longtime chief of staff of current 15th Council District council member Joel Rivera and the only candidate who grew up in the district.

Video: 15th District Candidate Ritchie Torres

Video: 15th District Candidate Raquel Batista

We took quick clips of video during the closing arguments made at the 15th Council District forum at the Bronx Library Center on July 21. In these clips, you can hear the candidates in their own words. This clip is from Raquel Batista, a former housing and immigration rights organizer and activist who most recently worked as a tenant liaison for a real estate company.

Video: 15th District Candidate Joel R. Rivera

We took quick clips of video during the closing arguments made at the 15th Council District forum at the Bronx Library Center on July 21. In these clips, you can hear the candidates in their own words. This clip is from Joel R. Rivera (no relation to current Councilman Joel Rivera), who works for the comptroller and is promoting his experience as a social and political activist.

Video: 15th District Candidate Cynthia Thompkins

We took quick clips of video during the closing arguments made at the 15th Council District forum at the Bronx Library Center on July 21. In these clips, you can hear the candidates in their own words. This clip is from candidate Cynthia Thompkins, the president of the 46th Precinct Community Council and a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society.

Bronx Notes: Free Financial Ed Course

University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP) offers a financial education course every Thursday, Aug. 8 to 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Concourse House, 2751 Grand Concourse (entrance on East 196th Street). Individual sessions are currently available Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information or to RSVP, call (718) 933-2539 or visit www.unhp.org.

Old Fordham Library in the Bronx Up for Grabs

Bronx Councilman Joel Rivera, who moonlights as a Bronx real estate agent, looks at the vacant old Fordham Library on Bainbridge Avenue and sees a valuable commodity that could be used in two vastly different ways.

In Wide Open Bronx Council Race, Getting to Know the Many Candidates

Ritchie Torres couldn’t hold it in any longer. All night long, the lean, composed 25-year-old 15th District City Council candidate had listened to Joel R. Rivera – the other Joel Rivera – bash him and his fellow candidates throughout a forum at the Bronx Library Center for not showing up to rallies.