GJONAJ HOSTS TOY GIVE AWAY
FOR THREE KINGS DAY
Councilman Mark Gjonaj’s offi ce recently held a toy giveaway
for the children in attendance in honor of Three Kings Day.
Gjonaj with children who attended the Three Kings Day toy
giveaway. Photo courtesy of Councilman Mark Gjonaj’s offi ce
SEPULVEDA MAKES HALT
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
ACT AS A PRIORITY
On Wednesday, January 8, Senator Luis Sepulveda joined his
colleagues in Albany, where one of his priority bills is the
HALT Solitary Confi nement Act, which would restrict solitary
confi nement in New York prisons and require alternative,
more human rehabilitation methods to make prisons safer
and more rehabilitative for everyone.
Sepulveda with Assemblyman David Weprin and others in
Albany promoting the HALT Solitary Confi nement Act.
Photo courtesy of Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda’s offi ce
TROOP 65 PARTICIPATES IN ANNUAL KLONDIKE DERBY
The St. Helena Boy Scout Troop 65 went to the Alpine Scout Camp to participate in the annual Klondike Derby along with
other scout troops. Each scout troop which participated in the annual event made and raced their own sled in the snow.
St. Helena Boy Scout Troop 65 during the Klondike Derby. Photo courtesy of St. Helena Boy Scout Troop 65
‘RIGHT TO COUNSEL, POWER TO ORGANIZE’ RALLY
Last week, tenant leaders of Community Action for Safe Apartments and Northwest Bronx Clergy and Coalition held a
rally and town hall as part of their ‘Right to Counsel, Power to Organize’ campaign to expand the right counsel legislation
through two new bills, Intro 1104 and Intro 1529, which will result in more tenants having the ability to defend their homes
against evictions.
Community Action for Safe Apartments and Northwest Bronx Clergy and Coalition members during the rally.
Photo courtesy of Community Action for Safe Apartments
BRONX TIMES REPORTER,44 JANUARY 24-30, 2020 BTR
The Soundview Resident Council
held their monthly Drug Free Coalition
meeting last week.
SOUNDVIEW RESIDENT COUNCIL HOLDS MONTHLY MEETING
Soundview Resident Council
members during their monthly
Drug Free Coalition meeting.
Photo courtesy of the Soundview
Resident Council