SNAPSHOTS | Kevin Riley to continue community work
Continuing our new series of
political “Snapshots,” the Bronx
Times sat down with each of the
Bronx’s recently elected offi cials
for a discussion on their 2022 legislative
agendas and issues of importance
to their districts.
BY ALIYA SCHNEIDER
City Councilman Kevin Riley
won a special election in December
2020 to replace controversial
Councilman Andy King,
who was expelled from the
council. Riley began representing
District 12 — which includes
Wakefi eld, Olinville, Edenwald,
Eastchester, Williamsbridge,
Baychester and Co-op City — for
the last year of King’s four-year
term, in January 2021.
Riley’s focuses have been on
quality of life, public safety and
the intersection of transportation
and environmental protection,
he told the Bronx Times.
Riley worked with the city
Department of Sanitation to secure
funding to install cameras
in dumping hot spots, where
garbage, appliances and old furniture
are thrown near the Gun
Hill Bus Depot and near the New
England Thruway. The cameras
have not been installed yet and
Riley did not have a timeframe.
His offi ce also supported
Wildcat, a non-profi t organization
in cleaning initiatives in
the district, and he organized
clean-ups for the community to
work together.
“We know that the cleanups
aren’t going to address the problem,
but we are trying to start
this initiative in our community
where we’re taking care of
our communities ourselves,” he
said.
His daughter, a six-year-old
Girl Scout, has helped with the
efforts.
“You wouldn’t want to
throw garbage and have a
young kid picking up after
you,” he said of people who may
notice the effort.
As for public safety, Riley
said he is trying to create safe
havens in New York City Housing
Authority (NYCHA) developments.
Another initiative he sees
as connected to public safety
is partnering with individuals
who live in the developments.
Riley said he has met individuals
with great ideas but no experience
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with government, so
he works to help them create
their own non-profi t organizations
and become more politically
engaged, getting a seat at
the table.
“We want to make sure that
we’re not doing too much outsourcing
in our community to
address issues within our community,”
he said.
Riley helped one non-profi t,
Granada Built to Win Inc., secure
funding and another
group, Life Over Violence Every
Day (LOVED) establish
themselves as a 501c3, he said.
For transportation and environmental
issues, Riley said
he has helped educate the community
about the e-scooter pilot
program and serves as a liaison
for their concerns.
As he enters a new term,
having won an uncontested
election earlier this month,
he plans to continue with the
efforts from his fi rst year on
the council, along with focusing
on marijuana legalization,
ensuring the rollout and the
distribution of its tax dollars
is equitable for communities
of color.
Councilman Kevin Riley hands out face masks at a free distribution in
Co-op City on Oct. 16. Photo courtesy Offi ce of Kevin Riley
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