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Campaign 2005
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District 17
Hunts Point, Longwood, Mott Haven and Soundview

District 17 Representative

Maria del Carmen Arroyo

Party:Democrat
Voting Record

Address:
Maria del Carmen Arroyo
384 E. 149th St., 3rd Ave., (Suite 300)
Bronx
NY
10455

Contact:
City Hall Phone: 212-788-7384
District Phone: 718-402-6130
Fax: 718-402-0539
Email: arroyo@council.nyc.ny.us
Web: Maria del Carmen Arroyo

Committee Assignments:
Aging (Chair) ; Education ; Health ; Juvenile Justice ; Land Use ; Landmarks, Public Siting & Maritime Uses; Sanitation and Solid Waste Management

District 17: The South Bronx

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Community Boards

Community Board No. 1
384 E. 149th St., Ste. 320, Bronx, NY 10455
(718) 585- 7117
Mr. George Rodriguez, Chair
Mr. Cedric Lofton, District Manager

Community Board No. 3
1426 Boston Rd., Bronx, NY 10456
(718) 378- 8054
Ms. Gloria S. Alston, Chair
Mr. John Dudley, District Manager

Community Board No. 9
1967 Turnbull Ave., Rm. 7, Bronx, NY 10473
(718) 823- 3034
Mr. Enrique Vega, Chair
Mr. Francisco Gonzalez, District Manager

Community Board No. 2
1029 E. 163rd St., Rm. 202, Bronx, NY 10459
(718) 328- 9125/6
Marta Rivera, Chair
Mr. John Robert, District Manager

Community Board No. 4
1650 Selwyn Ave., Ste. 11A, Bronx, NY 10457
(718) 299- 0800
Mr. Ade A. Rasul, Chair
Ms. Margarita Hunt- Tejada, District Manager

Community Plans

Community Plans for District 17 (PDF format)
Comprehensive Community Plan - The Bronx Center (The Bronx Center Steering Committee, The Urban Assembly)

Transportation Plan - Decommissioning the Sheridan Expressway (The Point Community Development Corporation; Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice)

197-a plan - Draft Hunts Point (Sustainable South Bronx/The Point Community Development Corporation)

Housing Development Plan (We Stay/Nos Quedamos Committee Housing Preservation and Development, Department of City Planning)

Economic/Commercial Revitalization Plan - Discovering the Center: A Vision Plan for the Bronx Hub (Bronx Borough President's Office)

Waterfront Revitalization and Access Plan (Cherry Tree Association)

Comprehensive Community Revitalization Plan -- Longwood/Hunts Point CCRP (Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association)

Transportation - Protecting Our Hunts Point Neighborhood from Dangerous Truck Traffic: A Community Led Initiative to Create Safe Streets, A Study of Truck Traffic in Hunts Point, The Bronx With Proposals to Minimize Traffic Impact (Mothers on the Move)

Ethnic Makeup


Source: 2000 Census

Public Schools

Coming Soon

For information on specific schools in your area, visit InsideSchools.org. For the official from the city, visit the Department of Education Web site.

Police Precincts

Although many precincts cover areas solely within one City Council district, there are many which overlap with other districts. In most cases the overlap of precincts among districts is no more than a few blocks. Wherever there is overlap, we have made sure to alert you.

Parks

For a map of the parks in your district (in .pdf format) from New Yorkers for Parks, click here.

For a report card on the state of parks in your area from New Yorkers for Parks, click here.

Community Gardens

For a map of community gardens in your district from the Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC), click here.

For information on specific community gardens in your area, visit the New York City Open Accessible Space Information System Cooperative (OASIS) Web site. http://www.oasisnyc.net/gardens/cenycmapsearch.asp

(Note: This map was created in 2001, using district boundaries prior to redistricting. City Council district boundaries have been redrawn since the 2000 Census. Community Boards boundaries are the same.)

Historic Districts and Landmarks

For a map of historic districts and landmarks in this area, click here

For more information about specific districts or landmarks, visit the Historic Districts Council or the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission.

(Note: This map was created in 2001, using district boundaries prior to redistricting. City Council district boundaries have been redrawn since the 2000 Census.)

Waterfront Plans

Coming Soon