Bronx News Roundup, Dec. 7

Welcome to another edition of the Bronx News Roundup. These are the Bronx stories we’re following today.

Sports Agent Tavarez Challenges Rivera in 33rd Senate District; Still Hasn’t Filed Campaign Finances

With his high cheekbones, wide smile and tan skin, Manny Tavarez looks every part a professional baseball player. Although injuries ended his playing career in the Dominican Republic, baseball remains an integral part of Tavarez’s life, even now that he is running for the state senate, making sure to pass out baseballs at nearly every campaign event he attends.

Bronx News Roundup, August 17

Happy Friday, and welcome to today’s Bronx News Roundup. Here are the stories we’re following today, starting with this weekend’s weather: high of 88, morning sunshine will give way to thunderstorms, some of which may be severe, in the afternoon. Tonight, scattered thunderstorms. Chance for isolated thunderstorms lasts through Saturday, Sunday will be partly cloudy. Highs in the low 80s and high 70s. Although State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. is still recovering from a knee transplant, the Daily News is reporting he’s still keep track of all local politicos and hopefuls who have paid him visits in the hospital. Meanwhile,

Bronx News Roundup, Aug. 7

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Bronx News Roundup. Let’s get down to business. Here are the stories we’re following today, starting with the weather: Mostly sunny, high around 87.

Bronx BP Endorses Rangel; Bronx Pols Pick Sides

Last week, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. released a Bronx Week kickoff video. In it there was a not-so-subtle foreshadowing to Diaz’s press conference last Friday morning announcing his endorsement of Charles Rangel in the race for the newly created 13th Congressional District, which stretches from Harlem, through Upper Manhattan and into the northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Kingsbridge, Norwood and Bedford Park.

State Budget Deal Met With Praise and Criticism From Bronx Pols

State lawmakers in Albany announced last week that they’d reached a $132.6 billion budget deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, passing each of the 11 budget bills on Friday — a few days early, before the annual budget deadline of April 1. The plan decreases overall state spending compared to last year, but increases funding for some agencies and projects that some local officials have hailed as a boost for New York City.

It’s Budget Time: City Council Rallies for Restorations, While State Lawmakers Strike a Deal

It’s that time of year again–budget negotiation time, as lawmakers hammer out deals on how much the city and state governments should spend, and on what. City Council members have until the start of the next fiscal year, on July 1, to agree on a plan for the city’s spending. Mayor Bloomberg released a $68.7 billion preliminary budget proposal in February, which he boasted would close a $2 billion budget gap without raising taxes. But not everyone, of course, is happy with the Mayor’s plan. Bronx City Council Member Annabel Palma, who represents Parkchester, Soundview, Castle Hill, and Classon Point,

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

A federal judge released a set of maps on Tuesday proposing to redraw New York State’s Congressional districts, an act required this year to reflect population changes based on the 2010 Census count. If approved, the new lines would have the Bronx represented by four different members of Congress, expanding the northern Manhattan district currently represented by Congressman Charles Rangel into the Bronx to include sections of Kingsbridge and Norwood. Lawmakers in Albany have been sparring for months over how to draw the new maps. They proposed drafts for the State Senate and Assembly lines in February, but were unable

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