Topic: Joel Rivera

City council members are paid more than $100,000 to represent New Yorkers - but some often don't show up.. . Councilman Charles Barron missed 28%...
It's the gathering of the Bronx clans tonight.. . We speak of the Bronx Democratic County Committee's annual dinner, where the borough's political...

Russian and U.S. Navies Cooperate on Submarine Rescue

This came in from the U.S. Navy: At Sea - A historic international milestone was achieved when the Russian submarine, SSK Alrosa, mated with a U.S...

Bronx Democrats Endorse Diaz for Borough President

This weekend the Bronx County Democratic Party endorsed Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr. in the race to replace Adolfo Carrion as Bronx borough president. The endorsement caught my eye since the competitive race still includes at least one other established Democratic candidate, City ...
Adolfo Carrion is finally going to Washington. Carrion was a candidate for city comptroller, but had long since stopped campaigning for the job, and despite publicly saying he was still in that game, wasnt considered a player in that race once talk ...
Adolfo Carrion is finally going to Washington. Carrion was a candidate for city comptroller, but had long since stopped campaigning for the job, and despite publicly saying he was still in that game, wasnt considered a player in that race once talk ...

Rivera and the 'Appointed' Senator

City Councilman Joel Rivera is organizing a rally tomorrow on the City Hall steps to urge newly minted Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to change her position on immigration and gun control issues.Im not jumping on a band wagon just to jump on ...
Joel Rivera, a City Councilman who was running for Bronx borough president, " has frozen his 2009 campaign account, saying he had to make a calculated decision because its not clear the incumbent, Adolfo Carrion Jr. is leaving for a job in the ...

If Carrion Goes: Ruben Diaz Jr., Joel Rivera

Now that Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion is leaving his post early next year to be the director of the Obama administration's Office of Urban Policy, his successor will most likely be determined by a special election in sometime in the ...
Unofficially, the bill to change the citys term-limits law will pass the City Council with about 35 votes in favor, according to Majority Leader Joel Rivera, who spoke to me on the City Hall steps after the Council's Democratic caucus meeting ...