Bronx Jewish Center’s
Community Dinner
Please join us for our next
community Shabbat dinner
on Friday February 7, starting
at 7: p.m. at the Bronx Jewish
Center, located at 1969 Haight
Avenue .
The Bronx Jewish Center
will be going Green. The special
theme for the evening will
be ‘Go Green,’ in honor of our
environment.
All of your traditional
style dishes will take center
stage. We look forward to
seeing you. Enjoy a delicious
four-course dinner with your
fellow neighbors. Turn your
Friday night Shabbat into an
evening of spiritual awakening,
CB 6 schedules workshops
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inspiration, Jewish songs
and culinary delight. All are
welcome.
RSVP to (718) 812-1701 to let
us know you are coming.
Community Board 6
is continuing its series of
monthly civics and organizing
workshops for the
community on Saturday
mornings.
Breakfast will be provided
and they urge any
community members to attend,
especially high school
students.
RSVP, as space is limited,
by emailing bronxcb6@
bronxcb6.org or calling (718)
579-6990.
Session 1 will be held on
Saturday, February 1; and
Session 2 will be held on
Saturday, February 8, both
from 10 a.m. to noon, at the
Grip Center, 779 Garden
Street (between Prospect
Avenue and Southern Boulevard).
BIG GAME SPECIALS AT EMPIRE CITY
BY STEVE GLOSSER
The Pelham Parkway
Neighborhood Association
held its fi rst meeting of the
new year at Bronx House on
Tuesday, January 14. Our
special guests were Effi e Ardizzone
from the NYC Department
of Environmental Protection
and Sam Forson and
David Beller from the U.S.
Census Bureau and Tyrone
Mederos, Crime Prevention
offi cer of the 49th Precinct. It
was very well attended with
over 50 community residents
in attendance.
First off there were announcements
from all our local
offi cials representatives.
Next to speak at the meeting
were the two reps from the
U.S. Census Bureau. They
gave a detailed presentation
and expressed how important
an accurate Census count is.
The U.S Constitution mandates
a headcount every ten
years of everyone residing
in the 50 states. Puerto Rico
and the island areas of the
United States. This includes
people of all ages, races, ethnic
groups, citizens, and non
citizens. The census provides
vital information for you and
your community. For example
it determines how many
representatives each states
gets in Congress and is used
to redraw district boundaries.
Redistricting counts are
sent to the states by March
31.
Communities rely on census
statistics to plan for a
variety of resident needs including
new roads,schools,
and emergency services.
Businesses also use census
data to determine where to
open places to shop.
States also use the totals
to redraw their legislative
and school districts. The U.S.
Census Bureau must submit
state population totals to the
President by December 3,
2020.
The population totals also
effect funding in our communities
and data collected
in the census help decision
makers know how your community
is changing. Each
year the federal government
distributes more than $675
billion to states and communities
based on Census Bureau
data. In 2020 the Census
will implement new technology
to make it easier than
ever to respond to the census.
For the fi rst time you
will be able to respond online,
by phone,as well as by
mail. They will use data that
the public has already provided
to reduce follow up visits.
They are also building
an accurate address list and
automating the fi eld operations
all while keeping your
information confi dential
and totally safe. The law requires
the Census Bureau to
keep your information confi
dential and the responses
are used only to produce statistics.
They cannot publicly
release your responses in
any way that could identify
you. They will never share
your information or allow it
to be used to determine your
eligibility for government
benefi ts.
There will be four ways
to complete the Census - by a
fi eld rep in person knocking
on your door, by phone, online
or by U.S. mail. This all
starts in mid March.They are
looking to hire tens of thousands
of temp employees for
this. The approximate time
for this project will be 10-12
weeks. The starting pay will
be $28 per hour. In the Bronx
alone they are looking to hire
14,000 employees. They need
offi ce workers,supervisory
staff and fi eld workers. They
will pay for mileage for fi eld
workers. There will be two
offi ces in the Bronx. The employee
can work either a full
time or part time schedule,
what ever they choose. Please
apply on line at 2020census.
gov. It explains everything.
Bellar and Forson also took
questions from the audience
after their presentation .
Next to speak was Ardizzone
the Bronx Borough coordinator
for the DEP. Ardizzone
explained to the
With the Big Game on Sunday, February 2, there’s one “Chief” spot
to grab some “San Fran-tastic” suds and specials to celebrate the
world’s biggest sporting event and that’s Empire City Casino by
MGM Resorts. The Pub inside Empire City Casino offers over 45
large fl at screen TV’s throughout the restaurant with plenty of
viewing spots and angles to catch all the action. The Pub will
offer a $5 special menu throughout the game day festivities that
includes: Jumbo Hot Dog:4 oz beef hot dog served on a split brioche
bun, choice of tomato onion relish, sauerkraut, or mustard;
Meatball Parmesan Trio: three beef meatballs topped with marinara
sauce and parmesan cheese; Buffalo Chicken Sliders: breaded
buffalo chicken breast served on a brioche bun with choice of
ranch or blue cheese dressing.; and Budweiser and Bud Lights.
Photo courtesy of Empire City Casino
audience exactly what the
DEP does. The DEP protects
public health, critical quality
of life issues, and the
environment by supplying
clean drinking water, collecting
and treating wastewater,
and reducing air,
noise, and hazardous materials
pollution. It is an agency
of the United States federal
government whose mission
is to protect human and environmental
health. The home
offi ce is headquartered in
Washington, D.C. the EPA is
responsible for creating standards
and laws promoting
the health of individuals and
the environment. The DEP is
a city agency of nearly 6,000
employees whose primary
responsibility is to manage
the city’s water supply. As
the city agency responsible
for New York City’s environment,
DEP also regulates air
quality, hazardous waste,
and noise pollution.
The mission at DEP is to
equitably provide services
that promote the health and
well being of all 8.6 million
city residents, while continuing
to be a good neighbor
and partner with dozens
of upstate communities. New
Yorker’s are fortunate to
have an ample supply of some
of the best drinking water in
the world, thanks to the foresight
and toil of seven generations
of our predecessors,
and the continuing vigilance
of current DEP staff. They’ve
also invested heavily in recent
years on wastewater
conveyance and treatment
facilities, resulting in less
street fl ooding and signifi -
cantly healthier waterways.
The city’s beaches, rivers
and bays are cleaner today
then they’ve been in more
than a century.
Still, there is much work
to do, and they are investing
in major capital upgrades to
ensure that recreational opportunities
can be further
expanded. Ardizzone then
proceeded to take excellent
questions from the audience
also.
Both guests speakers gave
out informational handouts
and pamphlets to the audience,
The Pelham Parkway
Neighborhood Association
works around the clock and
year round to improve the
quality of life and safety in
Pelham Parkway.
Please follow us and like
us on Facebook for all current
happenings in the neighborhood.
We can always be reached
by email at pelhamparkwayNA@
gmail.com.
The next meeting of the
PPNA will be on Tuesday,
February11 at Bronx House
located at 990 Pelham Parkway
South. All meetings
start at 7:15 p.m. The next
meeting we have booked representatives
from the NYC
Department of Sanitation.
Get involved in your community.
It’s time.
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