Bronx, NY – Following sweeping changes in the composition of the New York State Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, many residents of the Northwest Bronx are shifting their focus to legislation that has long been left to stagnate in legislative...

Bronx, NY – The woes of NYCHA tenants continue to stack up, this time for residents of four buildings in the Marble Hill Houses which straddle the border of Manhattan and the Bronx. Despite a recent letter from Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Councilman...

Bronx, NY – The rise in boldness of white supremacists has run into a brick wall of opposition in the Bronx. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Congressman Eliot Engel, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., and Councilmember Andrew Cohen were quick to denounce...

Bronx, NY – Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz has begun collecting donations for his annual canned food and turkey drive with students from local schools and participating residential buildings. The Assemblyman’s office will be accepting donations...

Bronx, NY – Assemblyman Dinowitz is pleased to announce that he is once again sponsoring three free flu shot events for members of the community in the 81st Assembly District. Flu shots will be administered on: Monday October 15th at the Riverdale...

The clear lack of coordination between DOT and Con Edison is disheartening and a huge inconvenience to constituents who must contend with bad roads and lack of parking, not to mention the waste of resources. We spend a lot of time communicating and convening...

MTA Headquarters, 2 Broadway – Five months after the April announcement that $300 million would be added to the current MTA capital plan (2015-2019), a community coalition is calling upon the MTA Board to allocate a portion of that funding to the Mosholu...

Last Friday marked a victory in the protection of the basic right to a fair trial in New York’s legal system as governor Cuomo signed a bill that Assemblyman Dinowitz introduced in the Assembly extending confidentiality protection between individuals...

This morning, I learned that several web sites and applications were afflicted by some sort of incident in which New York City was labeled “Jewtropolis” on their maps. While this incident was apparently rectified in a short period of time, this nevertheless...

Bronx, NY – Five weeks after inaction from the New York State Senate majority resulted in the shutdown of speed camera enforcement near 140 schools throughout New York City, the Governor and NYC Council have implemented a workaround for New York City...

Bronx, NY – Assemblyman Dinowitz is pleased to inform his constituents that after requesting that the Department of Transportation change the parking meter rules at Manhattan College Parkway and Post Road near Burger King and the end of the 1 train,...

Bronx, NY – An age-old battle for accessible transit has begun anew in the Northwest Bronx. Community leaders and advocates descended on the Mosholu Parkway 4 Train station to launch a month-long effort to lobby the MTA to install an elevator to the...

Bronx, NY – Concerned parents and advocates joined Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and State Senator Jeffrey D. Klein outside of PS 81 in support of renewing the school zone speed camera program, where just five years ago Mayor Bloomberg announced...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and State Senator Martin J. Golden have successfully shepherded legislation through a divided state legislature to require funding dedicated to public transportation systems (including the MTA) be used...

Bronx, NY – Following the adoption of Rent Guidelines Board Apartment Order #50 on Tuesday, June 26 which increased rents for the second consecutive year, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz issued the following statement: “As New York City continues...

Albany, NY – Today the New York State Assembly passed A1085A, a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz that requires consumer contracts up to $100,000 be written in plain language that everyday New Yorkers can understand. The Senate version...

I am pleased to inform my constituents that I have successfully petitioned the Department of Sanitation for a moratorium of the alternate side street cleaning regulations due to the Con-Edison renovations on several streets in Riverdale. Effective immediately,...

Bronx, NY - New Yorkers everywhere can take a collective breath of fresh air, at least near a school or now: your closest library. A bill (A.330B/S.169-B), introduced by Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz and State Senator Gustavo Rivera, has passed both houses...

Bronx, NY – A proposal of significant magnitude to eliminate the specialized high school admissions test (SHSAT) has continued to progress at breakneck pace, as the Assembly Committee on Education voted in favor of an amended bill which was only introduced...