[COVID-19 Outbreak\Human Cost]
Williams: “With a low mortality and a low contract rate, experts estimate that under 20,000 lives could be lost in New York City through this crisis…This is a sobering but clear call to action, one we can and must meet with urgency and purpose.”
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[Lead Poisoning]
James: “Exposure to lead paint in our aging housing stock puts children in grave jeopardy and our future at risk. This highly toxic metal causes serious and irreversible harms.”
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[Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.\NYC Council Committee on the Justice System]
Homelessness is at or near its all-time high, with a recent City Council report saying that 83,277 individuals were homeless in January 2019.
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[Bronx Decade\State of the Borough]
Bronx Borough President Diaz: “My goal has always been to leave The Bronx better than we found it, with more resources than I had when I was here in my youth.”
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[MTA\Metro-North Penn Station Access Project]
Bronx Borough President Diaz: “I’m thrilled to see the Metro-North Penn Access Project moving forward so quickly. This landmark project will create vital connections between The Bronx and its surrounding areas.”
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[#BronxCounts Challenge\2020 Census]
Bronx Borough President Diaz: “We want to get our youth involved, so that they can help to educate their families and their community about why The Bronx needs to have a strong showing in the Census.”
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[Green Light law\Ruben Diaz]
Bronx Borough President Diaz: “Our state’s ‘green light law’ was the correct thing to do, and any attempt to get New York to reverse itself on providing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants is nothing more than craven, hateful political pandering.”
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[Protecting Puerto Rico]
Letter to Mayor de Blasio: “The people of Puerto Rico are filled with anxiety and fearful of what lies ahead for their island.Their relocation process should be streamlined…”
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[Black History Month\Bronx Borough President Diaz]
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will host his annual Black History Month event, at the Veterans’ Memorial Hall in The Bronx County Building at 851 Grand Concourse.
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[Bronx Interfaith Service Honoring Dr. King’s Legacy]
The event will be held at Trinity Baptist Church, 808 East 224th Street (Between Barnes and Bronxwood Avenue) in the Bronx.
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