Bronx Community Board 7 Newsletter | |
Bronx Community Board 7 would like to share the following resources and events with you. For more information, please reach out to the respective contact. | |
Planned Service Changes
Look up current and future subway, bus, Long Island Railroad, and Metro-North Railroad planned service changes that may affect your travel.
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Statement from MTA Acting Chief Customer Officer Shanifah Rieara on Suspending Use of Twitter for Service Alerts
"The MTA does not pay tech platforms to publish service information and has built redundant tools that provide service alerts in real time. Those include the MYmta and TrainTime apps, the MTA’s homepage at MTA.info, email alerts and text messages. Service alerts are also available on thousands of screens in stations, on trains and in buses. The MTA has terminated posting service information to Twitter, effective immediately, as the reliability of the platform can no longer be guaranteed."
On background:
- Customers will continue to be able to tweet at all MTA accounts, including @nyct_subway, with questions and requests for help as they have before, and those requests will continue to receive responses.
- The MTA's access to Twitter through its API was involuntarily interrupted twice in the last two weeks, on April 14 and again April 27.
- The @MTA account will remain active for branding and other messaging.
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Notice (s) of Public Hearings | |
Bronx youth ages 12-24 have been invited to have candid conversations related to Gun Violence, The Influence of Music and social media, and Restorative Justice and their effects on the community. This event will consist of discussions, music, food, and iPad giveaways! Please join us on May 20th, 2023, at the Rev. T Wendell Foster Recreation Center from 11 am to 4 pm and be heard because it’s Your Bronx, Your Voice! | |
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About The People’s Money:
The People’s Money gives all New Yorkers age 11 and up, regardless of immigration status, the opportunity to decide how to spend $5 million of Mayoral expense funding on projects in their community.
Participatory Budgeting began in NYC in 2011 when the City Council started PBNYC, and today many City Council members participate by voluntarily putting up their own discretionary funding. The People’s Money is the first citywide process utilizing Mayoral expense funding. Expense funding can be used for projects and services, and the citywide process allows all New Yorkers to participate, regardless of the council district they live in. To learn more about the process, visit participate.nyc.gov.
Participatory Budgeting Vote Period - May 10th to June 25th. Please save the date of May 10th - that is when voting will begin for The People’s Money, NYC’s first-ever citywide participatory budgeting (PB) process, run by the NYC Civic Engagement Commission!
How to Vote between May 10th - June 25th:
Online Ballot: Starting May 10th, visit on.nyc.gov/pb to vote online.
For Organizations: Organizations and groups can invite CEC staff to attend their event/meeting/forum to lead a voting activity between May 10th - June 25th, or groups can request paper ballots and a ballot box to organize their own activities. Sign up
here: on.nyc.gov/pbvoterequest
For Individuals: Individuals can volunteer with the CEC to canvass and table at pop-up events with paper ballots! Sign up here: on.nyc.gov/cecvolunteer
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DEP Amnesty Program extended until May 31, 2023.
DEP is offering a limited one-time amnesty with up to 100% interest forgiveness for all delinquent customers to help New Yorkers clear their debt and save money.○ To receive amnesty and confirm eligibility, or for more information, customers should visit DEP’s water amnesty website or call (718) 595-7000.
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Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) has hundreds of wonderful dogs, cats, rabbits and guinea pigs, aka "Boroughbreds," available for adoption. For more information go here or visit the NYCACC site.
Not in a position to adopt but able to welcome an adorable animal into your home temporarily? Consider fostering! For more information go here.
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NYC Civic Corps, an AmeriCorps program launched in 2009 by NYC Service, recruits and places AmeriCorps members to serve full-time from September 1, 2023, to June 2024 at select nonprofit organizations. NYC Civic Corps members build, develop, and grow volunteer programs by recruiting, managing, and engaging volunteers to address impact areas that are priorities of New York City. Apply Here.
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City Service Corps, an AmeriCorps program launched in 2015 by NYC Service, a division of the mayor’s office, recruits individuals to serve full-time from September 1, 2023, to June 2024 at City agency host sites. City Service Corps is comprised of high-impact service projects led by city agencies in impact areas addressing critical capacity and community-related issues. Apply Here.
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Young Adult Success Corps is under the branch of City Service Corps. Young Adult Success Corps recruits young adults under probation supervision to serve part-time from September 1, 2023 to June 2024 at City agencies and CBOs. Young Adult Success Corps serves as both an important strategy for solving local challenges, but also a workforce development program for members and the City. Apply here.
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VISTA members serve at New York City government agencies full-time from July 31, 2023 to August 2, 2024 to address critical city issues related to poverty by engaging in capacity-building work. Capacity building refers to tasks and activities that create, expand or strengthen the systems and processes that help an organization carry out its anti-poverty work. Apply here.
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The Bronx District Attorney’s Office is one of the largest employers in the Bronx. We are committed to pursuing justice with integrity by providing services to victims of crime and prosecuting the accused fairly. Whether you join our legal or professional staff, you will be provided with training, mentorship and opportunities for professional development. The collegial and collaborative environment will provide you with not just a job, but a home for building a career in criminal justice. Check out the wide variety of opportunities– IT, interpreters, digital forensic examiner, and clerical staff–we have available.
Interested in pursuing a legal career? Get your start in our Office as a Trial Preparation Assistant. TPAs provide essential administrative support to the Assistant District Attorneys, Judges, and courts. If you, or someone you know, is interested, please apply here.
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