editorial
Ruben Diaz, Jr. decides to end his mayoral run
Keep Holocaust alive
BY JASON COHEN
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BRONX TIMES REPORTER,12 JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 6, 2020 BTR
In 10 or 20 years most people that
survived the Holocaust will be gone.
So, the question is, who will tell their
stories and will people still remember
it?
On Monday, January 27, the world
celebrated Holocaust Remembrance
Day, which was created by the United
Nations in 2005.
The date marks the liberation of
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration
camps and is meant to honor the victims
of Nazism. The resolution supports
the development of educational
programs to remember the Holocaust
and to prevent further genocide.
In 2015, 39 countries participated
in International Holocaust Remembrance
Day commemoration ceremonies.
Some hosted lectures and presentations
on different topics, while others
showed fi lms and documentaries on
the Holocaust. Other countries lit candles
or read the names of victims.
With millions of people being obsessed
with the Kardashian’s, Facebook
and Instagram, one might
wonder do they even know about the
Holocaust? Is it taught in every school
in the country? It should be.
When Congresswoman Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez compared the detention
centers where undocumented immigrants
are being held to Nazi concentration
camps, she couldn’t’ be further
from the truth. Those kids are not being
sent to death.
On Monday, Jan. 27, the House of
Representatives passed the Never
Again Education Act, sponsored by
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney of
New York City, which funds Holocaust
education programs throughout the
country.
If we forget about the Holocaust it
could happen again. People need to be
up standers and stand up for what is
right.
BY JASON COHEN
As people worldwide were
stunned by the loss of NBA legend
Kobe Bryant, Bronxites were treated
to a bombshell as well.
Shocking political pundits, Borough
President Ruben Diaz, Jr., announced
he would be removing his
name from the mayoral race and retiring
from public service at the end
of his term in 2021.
Diaz, who has spent 23 years as
a public servant, has served as borough
president since 2009 when
he filled the vacancy of former BP
Adolfo Carrión, Jr. in special election.
In fact, he was once the youngest
elected to public office at 23-years
–old.
The BP was the first Democrat to
file for the mayoral race in 2018 and
many envisioned big things for him,
as he had the Latino vote, the backing
of the Bronx Democratic Party
and Governor Cuomo.
Diaz told the New York Times he
is stepping back to spend time with
his wife Hilda and two adult sons,
Ruben Diaz, III and Ryan Isaiah
Diaz.
Why would a popular leader in
his mid 40s and in the prime of his
political career who has revitalized
the borough suddenly retire?
Well it seems after working 365
days 24/7 Diaz has realized it’s time
to hang it up.
“For more than two decades,
first as a member of the NYS Assembly
and then as Borough President,
I have devoted my life to service,”
Diaz said. “I have been elected more
years of my life than I have not, and
it is time for a change.”
Since taking over office in 2009,
the Bronx has seen over $18.9 billion
in new development of all kinds including
more than 45,000 new units
of housing, most of it built for lowerincome
families.
Diaz has also helped bring significant
new projects to the borough, including
the East Bronx Metro North
expansion, the redevelopment of the
Sheridan Expressway and the reconstruction
of the historic Orchard
Beach Pavilion, among others.
Whoever supplants Diaz will have
big shoes to fill.
“Throughout this journey, I have
been honored and humbled by the
support so many have shown to me,”
Diaz said.
Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. (l) with Governor Andrew Cuomo survey the damage to
the island of Puerto Rico. Photo courtesy of Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.’s offi ce
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