Former Bronx BP Adolfo Carrion Leaving Goverment for the Private Sector

Former Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, who has spent the past three years working for the Obama administration, is taking a job in the private sector with CSA Group, which bills itself as the “largest architectural, engineering, environmental services, consulting, and construction and program management company in the United States.”

Bronx Links Wednesday

Happy Wednesday, and welcome back to Breaking Bronx. It’ll be cloudy and in the mid-60s today. Here are the news stories we’re following this morning: Good news for museum-goers on a budget: in honor of its 40th anniversary, the Bronx Museum of the Arts is eliminating its $5 suggested admission fee starting tomorrow. Is the South Bronx gentrifying? A New York Times piece this week says yes, pointing to an influx of white, middle-class professionals who are making their homes around the Grand Concourse area near Yankee Stadium. UNHP’s Gregory Jobo Lost, in a guest post on the new blog

Lawmakers Strike Redistricting Deal; How The Bronx Will Be Affected By Controversial New Lines

After months of debate, state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a redistricting deal last week that will re-set State Senate and Assembly lines for the next decade, and establish an independent commission to take over the process after the next Census in 2020 — a plan that many local leaders are unhappy with.

Bronx Breakdown: A Redistrict-culous Process

Here’s what the New York State Legislature wants you to know about redistricting: (silence … birds chirping, crickets singing, the ghost of Guy Velella chuckling) In other words, nothing.

Finance Chief for Nonprofit Founded By Ruben Diaz, Sr., Arrested for Embezzlement

Clement Gardner, the financial officer for a charity founded by Bronx State Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr., was arrested yesterday for stealing $75,000 from the organization, according to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman– funds that were intended for programs to serve Bronx children and seniors. Diaz, Sr., founded the organization, the Christian Community Benevolent Association, in 1977 and served as the executive director for the nonprofit until 2002, and directed nearly $500,000 in public member item money to the group in 2006 and 2007, according to the New York Times. Diaz told the paper he was “shocked” by the news. In a

Bronx Links, Wednesday

Good morning! Welcome back to Breaking Bronx. We’re in for another beautiful day of spring weather today, with plenty of sunshine and a high of 68. Enjoy it. Here are the local news stories we’re following this Wednesday: Local leaders and politicians are once again looking for ways to battle the ongoing problem of dog poop on sidewalks here in the Bronx. Raising fines and increasing funding for enforcement of the city’s pooper-scooper law are among the suggestions, according to the Daily News. Opening arguments being today in the corruption trial of former Bronx State Sen. Pedro Espada. Espada and

Bronx Redistricting Update

Some updates in the ongoing redistricting saga. The federal judge in charge of redrawing New York’s Congressional districts–since lawmakers in Albany couldn’t come to an agreement of their own–released a second draft of maps yesterday. The new versions make some tweaks in Brooklyn and a few districts upstate but leave the proposed Bronx lines the same as those proposed last week (read our story on this here), potentially merging Kingsbridge and Norwood with a district in northern Manhattan currently represented by Charlies Rangel–which State Sen. Adriano Espaillat is now saying he might make a run for. Meanwhile, lawmakers are still

With the threat of more Bronx post office closures looming, State Sen. Gustavo Rivera is asking residents to fill out a survey about how often they use their local post office locations.

Making Sense Of All The Redistricting Madness

Several northwest Bronx community groups are convening a forum Thursday night, 6 p.m., at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, 3450 Dekalb Ave., to discuss the current redistricting proposals — for state senate, assembly and congressional districts — and how they will affect local communities.