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  • image Statements of Community District Needs and Community Board BudgetRequ Fiscal Year 2021 image 11¥1: Published by: PLANNING February 2020 ,•'',' Bronx Community District 10 INTRODUCTION The annual Statements of Community District Needs (CD Needs Statements) and Community Board Budget Requests (Budget Requests) are Charter mandates that form an integral part of the City's budget process. Together, they are intended to support communities in their ongoing consultations with city agencies, elected officials and other key stakeholders and influence more informed decision making on a broad range of local planning and budget priorities. This report also provides a valuable public resource for neighborhood planning and research purposes, and may be used by a variety of audiences seeking information about New York City's diverse communities. HOW TO USE THIS REPORT This report represents the Statement of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. This report contains the formatted but otherwise unedited content provided by the community board, collected through an online form available to community boards from August to November, 2019. Community boards may provide substantive supplemental information together with their Statements and Budget Requests. This supporting material can be accessed by clicking on the links provided in the document or by copying and pasting them into a web browser, such as Chrome, Safari or Firefox. If you have questions about this report or suggestions for changes please contact: C DNEEDS_DL@planning.nyc.gov This report is broadly structured as follows: Overarching Community District Needs Sections 1 – 4 provide an overview of the community district and the top three pressing issues affecting this district overall as identified by the community board. Any narrative provided by the board supporting their selection of their top three pressing issues is included. Policy Area-Specific District Needs Section 5 is organized by seven distinct policy areas aligned with the service and program areas of city agencies. For each policy area, community boards selected the most important issue for their districts and could provide a supporting narrative. The policy area section also includes any agency-specific needs and a list of relevant budget requests submitted by the community board. If the community board submitted additional information outside of a specific policy area, it may be found in Section 6. Community Board Budget Requests The final section includes the two types of budget requests submitted to the City for the FY21 budget cycle; one list for capital and another for expense budget requests. For each budget request, community boards were able to provide a priority number, explanation, location, and supporters. OMB remains the definitive source on budget requests submitted to city agencies. D isclaimer This report represents the Statements of Community District Needs and Community Board Budget Requests of this Community District for Fiscal Year 2021. This report contains the formatted but otherwise unedited content provided by the community board. Budget Requests: Listed for informational purposes only. OMB remains the definitive source on budget requests and budget request responses. Budget Priorities: Priority numbers apply to expense and capital Budget requests from all policy areas. A complete list of expense and capital budget requests by this Board sorted by priority can be found in Section 7 of this document. Supporting Materials: Some community boards provided substantive supplemental information. This supportive material can be accessed by clicking on the links provided in the document or by copying and pasting the links provided in the Appendix into a browser. TABLE OF CONTENTS Community Board Information image Community District Profile and Land Use Map image Overview of Community District image Top Three Pressing Issues Overall image image image Summary of Community District Needs and Budget Requests Health Care and Human Services image image Youth, Education and Child Welfare Public Safety and Emergency Services image image image Core Infrastructure, City Services and Resiliency Housing, Economic Development and Land Use Transportation Parks, Cultural and Other Community Facilities image Other Budget Requests image Summary of Prioritized Budget Requests image
    1. COMMUNITY BOARD INFORMATION Bronx Community Board 10 image Address: 3165 E. Tremont Avenue Phone: (718) 892-1161 Email: bx10@cb.nyc.gov Website: www.nyc.gov/bronxcb10 Chair: Joseph Russo District Manager: Matthew Cruz image
    2. COMMUNITY DISTRICT PROFILE AND LAND USE MAP image image
    3. OVERVIEW OF COMMUNITY DISTRICT Bronx Community Board 10 is one of the largest geographic Community Board Districts in the borough of The Bronx. The Board serves the communities of Pelham Bay, City Island, Country Club, Throggs Neck, Co-op City, Westchester Square and Zerega. It features one of the most diverse housing categories in the City. It primarily consists of 1-3 family homes. However, it is home to the largest housing cooperative in New York State in Co-op City and is home to a sizable public housing stock in that of Middletown Plaza, Throggs Neck Houses and Randall-Balcom Houses. Bronx Community Board 10 is a district surrounded by the following water bodies: Eastchester Bay, Long Island Sound and the East River. These bodies of water highlight the need for storm resiliency measures that will protect our communities from tidal surges that are expected to come from major storms such as Hurricane Sandy. As proper stewards for the Board's service areas, we at Bronx CB 10 took it upon ourselves to conduct an examination of the Board's storm surge defenses. We were ably assisted in this effort by the Bronx Borough President's Office and the Fund for the City of New York, who provided us with an Urban Fellow, who was a graduate student at Pratt Institute, to conduct a comprehensive survey of our shoreline communities and to determine the type of defenses against storm surges that are needed. The research yielded recommendations such as earth berms, rock jetties and sea walls control coastal flooding from the storms. The Board further felt that the storm sewers should be examined as well. High functioning and adequately sized sewers are needed for the water to drain off. The Board is interested in seeing DEP and DOT develop joint projects for these purposes. Bronx Community Board 10 is experiencing population growth in nearly all of its neighborhoods. It is crucial that the City continue to renovate our parks, increase recreational programming for children and seniors, increase school seats, refurbish and maintain our roads and sidewalks, further commit to the livelihood of our small businesses through business improvement district formation and repair our public housing stock so that our most vulnerable are protected. With population growth comes further strains on our public resources such as mass transit. Bronx Community Board 10 residents experience one of the longest subway rides to Manhattan according to New York University. With this in mind, it is crucial for the City of New York to study ways to take advantage of our largely unused waterways for possible ferry service and to find ways to expand bus service throughout all of Co-op City and City Island. Bronx Community Board 10 stands ready to support measures that will go toward enhancing the quality-of-life our residents. The City should take the ensuing priorities as the start of a much larger endeavor to plan the future of Bronx Community Board 10 in a way that enhances quality-of-life and ensures that the Board's service areas are seeing the resources it needs.
    4. TOP THREE PRESSING ISSUES OVERALL Bronx Community Board 10 image The three most pressing issues facing this Community Board are: Quality of life issues (noise, graffiti, petty crime, etc.) Bronx Community Board 10 chose quality-of-life, resiliency measures and transit as its three most pressing needs. However, senior services, recreational and cultural programming at our parks, cleanliness along our corridors, thriving schools, traffic mitigation and an increased focus on quality-of-life enforcement are issues that many of our residents want the City to continue to focus on going forward. According to the City's Department of City Planning, many of Board 10's residents are aging in place. We ask that the City provide the Board Service Area with more resources through the Department for the Aging for our seniors. Bronx Community Board 10 is home to the largest park in the City of New York. The need for more Parks Enforcement Officers is an annual request. Additionally, Pelham Bay Park needs more staffing to protect its unique horticulture. According to the City's Department of City Planning, Bronx Community Board 10 has one of the higher car-usage rates. We ask that the City (and the State of New York) assist us with extensive traffic mitigation and further resources for the repair and maintenance of our subways as well as examine the feasibility of transit alternatives along our waterfronts. Bronx Community Board 10 is seeing an increase in residential and commercial development. Neighborhood context and identity are items we will discuss with City Planning to ensure that zoning protects our neighborhoods' character. Bronx Community Board 10 is serviced by the 45th Precinct. Because the Board Service Area is bounded by highways, we ask that the City enforce quality-of-life concerns so that our communities are not victims to grand larceny and petty crimes. The 45th Precinct officers are detailed annually to other areas of the borough. Bronx Community Board 10 continues to request that the City provide the Board Service Area with adequate policing resources at all times as the safety of our communities is our top priority. Lastly, Bronx Community Board 10 streets and roadways are constantly flooding during rainstorms. A storm such as Hurricane Sandy will only make matters worse. We ask that the City's Department of Environmental Protection contact the Board to begin studying areas where flooding is constant. Resiliency measures are needed throughout our waterfront communities. Traffic As aforementioned, Community Board 10 remains near the top of community districts in terms of automobile usage and ownership. Traffic congestion has worsened. Roadway maintenance is needed annually. Further traffic controls were requested at specific intersections. In order to mitigate these symptoms, we ask that the City of New York remain steadfast in its approach of providing ferry service in Throggs Neck and continue to lend its support and resources for the proposed MTA Metro North train station in Co-op City. Trash removal & cleanliness Community Board 10's population is increasing. We ask that the City of New York initiate a study of our district to ensure we are receiving adequate sanitation resources. Historically, Community Board 10 has ranked near the top in cleanliness in the Bronx. However, our district office has seen an increase in illegal dumping and over-flowing litter basket complaints. Along our highway service roads, illegal dumping is a daily occurrence. It behooves the City of New York to be able to receive video complaints of perpetrators committing this action. image
    5. SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY DISTRICT NEEDS AND BUDGET REQUESTS HEALTH CARE AND HUMAN SERVICES Bronx Community Board 10 image M ost Important Issue Related to Health Care and Human Services Other Community Board 10 residents, much like other communities throughout the city, suffer from issues stemming from substance abuse. While we sometimes question the location of programs, Community Board 10 remains committed to working with public agencies on addressing this matter. Additionally, mental health services are needed for the increasing homeless population. Community Board 10 notices an increase in homeless persons at our commercial corridors and train stations. image image C ommunity District Needs Related to Health Care and Human Services Needs for Health Care and Facilities Our Board is served by the Jack D. Weiler Hospital of Montefiore Medical Center and its medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. We are also served by Jacobi Hospital of NYC Health and Hospitals (NYC H+H). The two hospitals are in close proximity to each other. By contract and custom, the medical school provides physicians to Jacobi Hospital. Both have busy emergency rooms that are used by many residents of our borough. To counteract this, we ask that the City, through the NYC H+H, develop an educational campaign as to the use and drawbacks of emergency service care and when an alternative, such as an urgent care, may be better suited for them. Needs for Older NYs According to City Planning, Bronx Community Board 10's is home too a high senior citizen population. Co-op City is a Naturally Occurring Retirement Communnity, or NORC. With this in mind, Bronx Community Board 10 asks that the City, through DFTA and its corresponding senior centers, invest in more case management, educational activities, trips and health promotion for our seniors. Needs for Homeless Bronx Community Board 10 is located in the northeast Bronx. Its business services are concentrated in several commercial areas: E. Tremont Avenue, Crosby Avenue, Westchester Square, Bartow Avenue and City Island Avenue. DHS placed a shelter for 95 women and children in a former hotel, on the outskirts of our Board area. It has no laundry facilities on site, so the women must take two buses to reach the nearest laundry mat. There are no cooking facilities (microwaves in the rooms) flouting the requirements of the Comptroller's Memorandum governing Emergency Contracts that states such facilities must be located in rooms where women with children or pregnant women are domiciled. There is anecdotal evidence from the community at large, that the meals offered to the clients at the shelter are unappetizing and that they are often discarded. One of the contractual goals of the shelter operators is to provide the clients with opportunities for job training. employment and enhanced social services. Bronx Community Board 10 is home to three City of New York-operated shelters. We ask that the City bear in mind that under the Fair Share Criteria, Bronx Community Board 10 has met its requirement. Needs for Low Income NYs Many CB 10 residents apply for and receive SNAP Benefits. According to City Planning's Community District Profile, CB 10's unemployment is higher than the City's average while roughly 20% of our residents are seniors. Simply put, SNAP benefits are a lifeline for many residents and we ask that the City to enhance this resource with additional funding. The City of New York should study the feasibility of having a SNAP Center in the confines of CB 10 so that our seniors and low-income families do not have to travel to other parts of the borough. image Capital Requests Related to Health Care and Human Services The Community Board did not submit any Budget Requests in this category. Expense Requests Related to Health Care and Human Services Priority Agency Request Explanation Location image 19/27 DOHMH Reduce mosquito populations Many of the communities in our Board service area are surrounded by water. We ask that the NYC DOHMH work with the Board to form a more targeted approach to mosquito praying. image 20/27 DHS Expand street outreach Bronx Works is a vital resource to our community. The Board Office contacts the agency routinely to service homeless persons. We ask that the City continue to fund this agency. YOUTH, EDUCATION AND CHILD WELFARE Bronx Community Board 10 image M ost Important Issue Related to Youth, Education and Child Welfare Schools and educational facilities (Maintenance) Community Board 10 is aware that many of its schools need capital improvements. The Board is committed to identifying those needs and submitting requests throughout the fiscal year. Additionally, Community Board 10 remains committed to ensuring every public school has after school programming. image image C ommunity District Needs Related to Youth, Education and Child Welfare Needs for Youth Education No comments Needs for Youth and Child Welfare No comments image Capital Requests Related to Youth, Education and Child Welfare Priority Agency Request Explanation Location image 12/21 SCA Renovate or upgrade a middle or intermediate school The I.S. 192 Campus located at 650 Hollywood Avenue in Throggs Neck requests additional resources for new air conditioners throughout the campus. image 21/21 SCA Provide technology upgrade Bronx Community Board 10 supports P.S. 304 PTA's request for security cameras throughout the other schools at its location. We also support this request for all of Bronx Community Board 10 public schools. Expense Requests Related to Youth, Education and Child Welfare Priority Agency Request Explanation Location 5/27 DOE Other educational Community Board 10 is one of the community programs requests board agencies that promotes the CTE internship programming. We ask that the City consider expanding programs to other industries such as law and real estate. 6/27 DOE Other educational Young adult programming is needed in order to programs requests combat substance abuse issues and to deter young people from products like e-cigarettes. Programming should be operated out of schools in our community district. 7/27 DOE Other educational The P.S. 175 schoolyard should be opened and programs requests available to the community after school and on weekends. 8/27 DYCD Provide, expand, or The on-site after school programming in CB 10 enhance after are the following elementry schools: The Child school programs for development Center of the Mosholu Montefiore elementary school Community Center at PS 153, the Child students (grades K- Development Center of the Mosholu Montefiore 5) Community Center at PS 160, the Directions For Our Youth Program at PS 72, the Kips Bay Program at PS 304, the Kips Bay Program at Throggs Neck Community Association of NYCHA , Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation at PS 178 and PS 175, the YMCA Program at PS 14 , are excellent and require additional funding. 9/27 DYCD Provide, expand, or enhance after school programs for middle school students (grades 6- 8) The on-site after school programming at the following Middle Schools should receive increased funding: The Child Development Center of the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center at the Equality Charter School, Direction for Youth at IS 180 and IS 181, East Side Houses at the (Urban Assembly Academy of Civic Engagement), Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club at MS101X, Sports and Arts In Schools Foundation at Truman HS , Xposure Foundation at Mott Hall School, New York Junior Tennis League at PS 71. The Phipps Community Development Beacon Program at IS 192 Piagentini-Jones School should be fully funded. 16/27 DYCD Provide, expand, or enhance the Summer Youth Employment Program We are encouraged by the City's commitment to increase funding for the summer youth employment program. We ask that the City continue to enhance this vital program. 18/27 DOE Other educational programs requests CB 10 is in close proximity to Montefiore Hospital, Jacobi Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Calvary Hospital. The Board recommends that the City establish a uniquely- specialized high school such as one that pertains to the field health care. An example of this model is the High School for Medical Professions in the borough of Brooklyn. 27/27 DYCD Provide, expand, or enhance Cornerstone and Beacon programs (all ages, including young adults) Bronx Community Board 10 asks that the City study the feasibility of a youth center in Co-op City. PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES Bronx Community Board 10 image M ost Important Issue Related to Public Safety and Emergency Services General crime The 45th Precinct lost its dedicated drug module. It now shares it with the neighboring 43rd Precinct. With the opioid epidemic, precincts should have its own. We ask that the City's Police Department and Bronx Patrol Borough re-establish a drug module at the 45th Precinct. Additionally, Bronx Community Board 10 is constantly concerned that our district is not receiving the manpower it deserves to address quality-of-life concerns. We ask that the NYPD provide in writing to us why the City feels our precinct has adequate manpower. According to Compstat, through the week of October 14, 2019 to October 20, 2019 the 45th Precinct contains only a single category in negative territory. Each crime category has surpassed its 2018 benchmark. image image C ommunity District Needs Related to Public Safety and Emergency Services Needs for Public Safety The entirety of the 45th Precinct is surrounded by highways. We ask that the City give the 45th Precinct its own drug module and continue to enforce quality-of-life issues such as noise. Additionally, we thank the NYPD for establishing the Neighborhood Coordination Officers program this calendar year. Needs for Emergency Services Emergency services are crucial components to the livelihood of a community. We ask that the FDNY, along with the NYPD, report to the Board in writing that any location service apparatus being used is accurate. For example, the community of Edgewater Park is often misidentified. The City should work with the Board immediately on this issue. image Capital Requests Related to Public Safety and Emergency Services Priority Agency Request Explanation Location CS NYPD Other NYPD The office of the Mayor and the NYPD must facilities and remain committed to fully funding the equipment requests renovation and sound abatement of Rodman's (Capital) Neck. Additionally, additional lighting is needed along the entrance of the property to increase visibility. Expense Requests Related to Public Safety and Emergency Services Priority Agency Request Explanation Location 1/27 NYPD Assign additional In addition to steady Harbor Patrol throughout community affairs the year, a neighborhood coordination officer officers program should be established for the Bronx Harbor Patrol. This will help facilitate communication between waterfront communities and the NYPD. 2/27 NYPD Assign additional The current amount of Neighborhood community affairs Coordination Officers is inadequate since officers Community Board 10 is one of the largest geographic districts in the City. Our current program has six. We ask that the NYPD assign at least three (3) additional officers to the program. 4/27 NYPD Other NYPD staff Community Board 10 is largely surrounded by resources requests water. We ask that the NYPD provide a dedicated Harbor Patrol Unit throughout the year for our community. Currently, there is only one Harbor Patrol Unit for the borough and is not adequate. 13/27 NYPD Other NYPD staff Establishments along corridors such as East 2877 Barkley resources requests Tremont Avenue, Westchester Avenue and Avenue Bartow Avenue recieve the bulk of noise complaints in Community Board 10. We ask that the City provide the 45th Precinct with additional sound meters. 17/27 NYPD Provide additional patrol cars and other vehicles Equip the agency with large tow trucks and a facility in which impounded trucks can be stored to counteract the plethora of abandoned vehicles along our highway service roads, near parks and in and around our residential communities. image CORE INFRASTRUCTURE, CITY SERVICES AND RESILIENCY Bronx Community Board 10 image M ost Important Issue Related to Core Infrastructure, City Services and Resiliency Protective Infrastructure (sea walls, flood walls, etc.) Almost all of Bronx Community Board 10 communities are bounded by the East River, Long Island Sound and Eastchester Bay. During Hurricane Sandy several of our communities, most notably City Island and Edgewater Park, were severely damaged. Had the wind not changed course, the damage to our Community Board's waterfront communities would have been devastating. The Board is interested in seeing the protective systems installed that will serve as breaks to storm surges. Additionally, the Board would like to see the sewers assessed to determine if they are sized correctly to handle the very large storm flow that will come onto the land. image image C ommunity District Needs Related to Core Infrastructure, City Services and Resiliency Needs for Water, Sewers, and Environmental Protection Bronx Community Board 10 would like to see a joint DEP/DOT program to survey our areas and install storm breaks like earthen berms and sea walls. If a major hurricane type storm were to hit our Board, we would experience storm surges that would deposit massive amounts of water on land causing massive damage and flooding that would result in stagnant pools of water that will take days to drain, because the sewers are inadequate to meet the increased demands of drainage. Neighborhoods like City Island would experience flooding on streets like Tier, Bay, Fordham, Hawkins, Carroll, Centre, Winter, Early, Pell, Reynolds, Pilot, Marine, Buckley, Horton, Schofield, Rochelle, Beach, Kilroe, Sutherland and Terrace Streets; King Avenue and Fordham Place are inadequately protected. In Edgewater Park, which has a sea wall, 1st, 2nd and 4th Avenue, Pennyfield Avenue and Soundview Drive are vulnerable; Silver Beach, which also has a sea wall, is also prone to flooding. Acorn, Beach, Ceder, Daisy, Elm, Fern, Geranium, and Hazel Streets, Ivy, Jasmine, Edgar, Dare, Casler, Bevy, Alan, Schuyler Places, Indian Terrace, and the campus of SUNY Maritime College, are all prone to flooding. Within Locust Point, Locust Point Avenue, Tierney Place, Longstreet Avenue and Hatting Avenue, the Hammond Cove and Locust Point Marina area, and Calhoun and Schurz Avenues in Throggs Neck will be badly affected, as well as Clarence and Randall Avenues and Country Club. The end of Lafayette Avenue in Ferry Point and all of Ferry Point Park will be flooded. The Board would like to see that both agencies develop a plan to stop the storm water surges and to provide a sewer system that will be able to handle them. Needs for Sanitation Services Bronx Community Board 10 enjoys one of the highest rates of recycling in the City. Co-op City, the largest housing cooperative in the State recycles and processes its own waste and we are still limited to one day a week pick up. For several years, the Board has been requesting an additional day for pickup. We believe that we have proven our commitment to the City's recycling goals and therefore, request another day. image Capital Requests Related to Core Infrastructure, City Services and Resiliency The Community Board did not submit any Budget Requests in this category. Expense Requests Related to Core Infrastructure, City Services and Resiliency Priority Agency Request Explanation Location 3/27 DEP Investigate and The City should work with state and federal address a hazardous partners to conduct water quality testing of materials complaint Eastchester Bay. at a specific address/location 21/27 DSNY Provide more on- Bronx Community Board 10 requests more street trash cans receptacles on Westchester Avenue between and recycling East Tremont Avenue to Burr Avenue. We also containers request more receptacles from East Tremont Avenue from Bruckner Boulevard to Schurz Avenue. 23/27 DSNY Expand disposal This event is well-attended. Bronx Community events for Board 10 request two to three safe disposal hazardous events each year. household waste 24/27 DSNY Increase Bronx Community Board 10 supports the City enforcement of allocating more resources toward stopping illegal dumping laws illegal dumping. The City of New York should look for ways to accept video when receiving complaints through 311 as a way to apprehend perpetrators. 25/27 DSNY Increase The City of New York and New York City Council enforcement of must look for ways to increase civil penalties for illegal posting laws posting signage on utility poles and street light fixtures. 26/27 DSNY Increase vacant lot New York City Department of Transportation is cleaning notorious for not cleaning its own property, including along the highways. We constantly ask the Department of Sanitation to service these areas through its Lot Cleaning Unit. We ask that the City provide more manpower to DSNY so that it can clean NYCDOT's property or that a large citywide unit be created within NYCDOT to service and maintain NYCDOT property. HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE Bronx Community Board 10 image M ost Important Issue Related to Housing, Economic Development and Land Use Building code and/or zoning enforcement Community Board 10 is replete with illegal basement apartments and zoning and building code infractions. Both NYC HPD and NYC DOB should be able to inspect complaints under 30 days to address these potential life threatening matters. image image C ommunity District Needs Related to Housing, Economic Development and Land Use Needs for Land Use All of CB 10 is in a Lower Growth Management Area. However, we are finding that in R7-1 districts, parking is waived in certain cases when the lot size is too narrow. With the growth in basement apartments, parking is further limited. Strengthening parking requirements is a solution to the multi story buildings that are replacing formerly one and two-family homes. Bronx Community Board 10 asks that the City Planning Department conduct a neighborhood study to assess development trends, strengthening parking requirements and current transportation services. Needs for Housing We ask that the City of New York remove any and all lead in the Throggs Neck Houses apartments. We ask that the City provide adequate heat and hot water through the winter months. Bronx Community Board 10 received complaints on both matters. We stand ready to assist in identifying residents that are in danger and how the City can improve their living space in an expeditious manner. Needs for Economic Development No comments image Capital Requests Related to Housing, Economic Development and Land Use Priority Agency Request Explanation Location image 14/21 NYCHA Renovate or upgrade public housing developments At Throggs Neck Houses, there is dilapidated playground equipment, units that flood and have mold, malfunctioning elevators, broken street sidewalks, broken entrance doors and roofs that are in disrepair from deferred maintenance. NYCHA residents, a third of whom are seniors, need these repairs immediately. The Board asks that the City increase funding to NYCHA's capital plan for these projects. image CS EDC Invest in capital projects to improve access to the waterfront We are pleased that NYC EDC initiated a study for Throggs Neck ferry service. We are in hopes that ferry service in Community Board 10 becomes a reality in 2023. Expense Requests Related to Housing, Economic Development and Land Use The Community Board did not submit any Budget Requests in this category. TRANSPORTATION Bronx Community Board 10 image M ost Important Issue Related to Transportation and Mobility Other There are many transportation and mobility concerns in Community Board 10. Highway and local street congestion is worsening. Other than Pelham Bay Station, not a single NYCT train stop has an elevator for the mobility-impaired community to use. The Westchester Square station is an ideal location for elevator service from the MTA NYCT. Street lighting is inadequate on Westchester and East Tremont Avenues. We request that the NYC DOT initiate a study of the Westchester Avenue corridor. image image C ommunity District Needs Related to Transportation and Mobility Needs for Traffic and Transportation Infrastructure The Board seeks several capital reconstruction projects and light surveys. Needs for Transit Services Because of a lack of subway network, bus service is crucial to Bronx Community Board 10. In years past, we have requested expanded service in Co-op City and City Island and a long East Tremont Avenue via the BX 40 and BX 42 routes. Bus service, according to many media outlets and think tanks, has slowed in New York City while ridership has decreased. It is crucial we look toward ways to improve bus service and expand in areas where there is no NYCT footprint. image Capital Requests Related to Transportation and Mobility Priority Agency Request Explanation Location 3/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Community Board 10 requests that the NYC DOT reconstruct Revere Avenue between Dewey Avenue and Sampson Avenue due to the roadway sinking. 4/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Middletown Road, in Pelham Bay, is sinking. The asphalt is cracking in many areas. We ask that the NYC DOT initiate a study for capital reconstruction of Middletown Road from Bruckner Boulevard to Westchester Avenue. 5/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Please consider Huntington Avenue between Miles Avenue and Sampson Avenue for capital reconstruction. 6/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Please consider Sampson Avenue between Sampson Calhoun Avenue and Quincy Avenue for capital Avenue reconstruction. Calhoun Avenue Quincy Avenue 7/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Please consider Pennyfield Avenue for a full Pennyfield capital reconstruction with sidewalks and curbs. Avenue Harding Avenue Mitchell Place 8/21 DOT Other Community Board 10 asks that the NYC DOT transportation and NYC EDC initiate a study for ferry service at infrastructure Orchard Beach. requests 9/21 DOT Other Community Board 10 fully supports the in-kind Meagher transportation resurfacing of the Meagher Avenue entrance Avenue infrastructure into Edgewater Park. This entrance is used by requests hundreds of MTA Buses and has caused wear and tear. 13/21 DOT Reconstruct streets The following streets in the Throggs Neck section require capital reconstruction: Wenner Place, Jay Place and Rohr Place. 17/21 DOT Repair or provide We request that the NYC DOT initiate a street Pelham Bay new street lights light survey on Westchester Avenue from Castle Taxpayer Hill Avenue to Burr Avenue. Association 18/21 DOT Repair or provide new street lights We request that the City provide additional street lights on East Tremont Avenue from Bruckner Boulevard to Schurz Avenue. Westchester Avenue East Tremont Avenue Castle Hill Avenue image 19/21 NYCTA Improve accessibility of transit infrastructure, by providing elevators, escalators, etc. The Board would like to see the adoption in the MTA Capital Plan of elevator service for Buhre Ave and Westchester Square Stations of the IRT 6. Expense Requests Related to Transportation and Mobility Priority Agency Request Explanation Location 11/27 NYCTA Expand bus service Several years ago the MTA New York City Transit frequency or hours had to reconfigure the bus service within Co-op of operation City, because of fiscal constraints. The resultant situation was that the northern portion of the development saw service on the BX 26 and BX 28 truncated. A new bus known as the BX 38 was created to link up with the BX 26 and BX 28. We ask for expanded service along these lines as well as on the Bx29, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9. These lines provide are a lifeline to many commuters in CB 10. 22/27 DOT Conduct traffic or We ask that NYCDOT study how to improve parking studies parking in Pelham Bay. Specifically, we ask that the City review if City parking signage may be removed to accommodate parking. Additionally, please enforce illegal curb cuts as it removes vital on-street parking spaces. image PARKS, CULTURAL AND OTHER COMMUNITY FACILITIES Bronx Community Board 10 image M ost Important Issue Related to Parks, Cultural and Other Community Facilities Quality of parks and park facilities The NYC Parks Department is grossly underfunded. Bronx Community Board 10 wishes to see area parks repaired and updated. Enhancing the experience at our parks goes a long way toward fostering community development and improving our quality-of-life. Pelham Bay Park is the largest park in New York City. Bronx Community Board 10 requests that the city hire the appropriate amount of staffing in its horticulture unit at Pelham Bay Park, fully invest in the Orchard Beach Pavilion and Bath House. In addition, we ask that the City fully fund the tree and sidewalks program and enhance funding for tree pruning. image image C ommunity District Needs Related to Parks, Cultural and Other Community Facilities Needs for Parks Community Board 10 has several playgrounds and parks in desperate need of renovation. We ask that the Parks Department provide cost estimates for each park listed in this statement. Needs for Cultural Services No comments Needs for Library Services The Westchester Square Library is scheduled for a new building. It is an innovative design that the Board supports and the community welcomes. Funding is in place and the Board looks forward to its construction. The Board expects that the library will be a state of the art facility that will offer innovative and popular programs.The Board is home to several other fine libraries and we have always advocated for their funding. It is hoped that they will receive the needed resources to carry on its great work. Needs for Community Boards The additional funding that all Community Boards received is extremely helpful. We ask that the City baseline the funding as it helps Boards fund events and neighborhood clean-ups. image Capital Requests Related to Parks, Cultural and Other Community Facilities Priority Agency Request Explanation Location 1/21 DPR Reconstruct or The Athletic Field at Pelham Bay Park is utilized upgrade a park or by thousands of area residents. The field is in amenity (i.e. great need of maintenance. We ask that the City playground, outdoor provide the Department of Parks and Recreation athletic field) with sufficient resources. This has been a top priority for CB 10 for several years. 10/21 DPR Reconstruct or The Ferry Point Park turf fields are in need of upgrade a park or repair. We ask that the NYC Parks Department playground include resources to address the full renovation. 11/21 NYPL Create a new, or City Island Branch is a widely used library. A renovate or upgrade second story expansion of this facility is an existing public warranted for this vital community resource. library 15/21 DPR Reconstruct or A full upgrade and restoration of Bufano Park is upgrade a park or sorely needed. We ask that the City provide the amenity (i.e. Department of Parks & Recreation with capital playground, outdoor resources for this request. athletic field) 16/21 DPR Reconstruct or Bruckner Playground needs an upgrade and full upgrade a park or restoration. amenity (i.e. playground, outdoor athletic field) 20/21 DPR Provide a new or We ask that the parking lot at Ferry Point Park expanded park or be fully resurfaced this fiscal year. amenity (i.e. playground, outdoor athletic field) CS NYPL Create a new, or Community Board 10 wants to ensure that the renovate or upgrade project is fully funded and that construction on an existing public the new facility finally commence. library Expense Requests Related to Parks, Cultural and Other Community Facilities Priority Agency Request Explanation Location 10/27 DPR Provide more We have long asked for a fully functional programs in parks or recreation center at Owen Dolen Park. recreational centers Westchester Square is a thriving community with a strengthening commercial corridor. A recreation center is ideal for this location. 12/27 DPR Enhance park safety The number of Parks Enforcement Personnel or through more PEP officers deployed to Pelham Bay Park, security staff (police Orchard Beach and Ferry Point Park must be or parks increased. These facilities are used by hundreds enforcement) of people and they must be made safe. 14/27 DPR Provide more Provide a recreational assistant in Pearly Gates programs in parks or Park and Bufano Park. recreational centers 15/27 DPR Forestry services, Bronx Community Board 10 is asking that the including street tree City allocate an additional $1 million toward maintenance tree pruning in the Bronx.
    6. OTHER BUDGET REQUESTS Other Capital Requests Priority Agency Request Explanation Location image 2/21 Other Other capital budget request This body of water surrounds Edgewater Park and parts of Throggs Neck. We ask that the City review the need for its dredging Other Expense Requests The Community Board did not submit any Budget Requests in this category.
    7. SUMMARY OF PRIORITIZED BUDGET REQUESTS Capital Budget Requests Priority Agency Request Explanation Location 1/21 DPR Reconstruct or The Athletic Field at Pelham Bay Park is utilized upgrade a park or by thousands of area residents. The field is in amenity (i.e. great need of maintenance. We ask that the City playground, outdoor provide the Department of Parks and Recreation athletic field) with sufficient resources. This has been a top priority for CB 10 for several years. 2/21 Other Other capital budget This body of water surrounds Edgewater Park request and parts of Throggs Neck. We ask that the City review the need for its dredging 3/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Community Board 10 requests that the NYC DOT reconstruct Revere Avenue between Dewey Avenue and Sampson Avenue due to the roadway sinking. 4/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Middletown Road, in Pelham Bay, is sinking. The asphalt is cracking in many areas. We ask that the NYC DOT initiate a study for capital reconstruction of Middletown Road from Bruckner Boulevard to Westchester Avenue. 5/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Please consider Huntington Avenue between Miles Avenue and Sampson Avenue for capital reconstruction. 6/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Please consider Sampson Avenue between Sampson Calhoun Avenue and Quincy Avenue for capital Avenue reconstruction. Calhoun Avenue Quincy Avenue 7/21 DOT Reconstruct streets Please consider Pennyfield Avenue for a full Pennyfield capital reconstruction with sidewalks and curbs. Avenue Harding Avenue Mitchell Place 8/21 DOT Other Community Board 10 asks that the NYC DOT transportation and NYC EDC initiate a study for ferry service at infrastructure Orchard Beach. requests 9/21 DOT Other Community Board 10 fully supports the in-kind Meagher transportation resurfacing of the Meagher Avenue entrance Avenue infrastructure into Edgewater Park. This entrance is used by requests hundreds of MTA Buses and has caused wear and tear. 10/21 DPR Reconstruct or The Ferry Point Park turf fields are in need of upgrade a park or repair. We ask that the NYC Parks Department playground include resources to address the full renovation. 11/21 NYPL Create a new, or City Island Branch is a widely used library. A renovate or upgrade second story expansion of this facility is an existing public warranted for this vital community resource. library 12/21 SCA Renovate or The I.S. 192 Campus located at 650 Hollywood upgrade a middle or Avenue in Throggs Neck requests additional intermediate school resources for new air conditioners throughout the campus. 13/21 DOT Reconstruct streets The following streets in the Throggs Neck section require capital reconstruction: Wenner Place, Jay Place and Rohr Place. 14/21 NYCHA Renovate or At Throggs Neck Houses, there is dilapidated upgrade public playground equipment, units that flood and housing have mold, malfunctioning elevators, broken developments street sidewalks, broken entrance doors and roofs that are in disrepair from deferred maintenance. NYCHA residents, a third of whom are seniors, need these repairs immediately. The Board asks that the City increase funding to NYCHA's capital plan for these projects. 15/21 DPR Reconstruct or A full upgrade and restoration of Bufano Park is upgrade a park or sorely needed. We ask that the City provide the amenity (i.e. Department of Parks & Recreation with capital playground, outdoor resources for this request. athletic field) 16/21 DPR Reconstruct or Bruckner Playground needs an upgrade and full upgrade a park or restoration. amenity (i.e. playground, outdoor athletic field) 17/21 DOT Repair or provide We request that the NYC DOT initiate a street Pelham Bay new street lights light survey on Westchester Avenue from Castle Taxpayer Hill Avenue to Burr Avenue. Association 18/21 DOT Repair or provide We request that the City provide additional Westchester new street lights street lights on East Tremont Avenue from Avenue East Bruckner Boulevard to Schurz Avenue. Tremont Avenue Castle Hill Avenue 19/21 NYCTA Improve The Board would like to see the adoption in the accessibility of MTA Capital Plan of elevator service for Buhre transit Ave and Westchester Square Stations of the IRT infrastructure, by
    8. providing elevators, escalators, etc. 20/21 DPR Provide a new or We ask that the parking lot at Ferry Point Park expanded park or be fully resurfaced this fiscal year. amenity (i.e. playground, outdoor athletic field) 21/21 SCA Provide technology Bronx Community Board 10 supports P.S. 304 upgrade PTA's request for security cameras throughout the other schools at its location. We also support this request for all of Bronx Community Board 10 public schools. CS NYPD Other NYPD The office of the Mayor and the NYPD must facilities and remain committed to fully funding the equipment requests renovation and sound abatement of Rodman's (Capital) Neck. Additionally, additional lighting is needed along the entrance of the property to increase visibility. CS EDC Invest in capital We are pleased that NYC EDC initiated a study projects to improve for Throggs Neck ferry service. We are in hopes access to the that ferry service in Community Board 10 waterfront becomes a reality in 2023. CS NYPL Create a new, or Community Board 10 wants to ensure that the renovate or upgrade project is fully funded and that construction on an existing public the new facility finally commence. library Expense Budget Requests Priority Agency Request Explanation Location 1/27 NYPD Assign additional In addition to steady Harbor Patrol throughout community affairs the year, a neighborhood coordination officer officers program should be established for the Bronx Harbor Patrol. This will help facilitate communication between waterfront communities and the NYPD. 2/27 NYPD Assign additional The current amount of Neighborhood community affairs Coordination Officers is inadequate since officers Community Board 10 is one of the largest geographic districts in the City. Our current program has six. We ask that the NYPD assign at least three (3) additional officers to the program. 3/27 DEP Investigate and The City should work with state and federal address a hazardous partners to conduct water quality testing of materials complaint Eastchester Bay. at a specific address/location 4/27 NYPD Other NYPD staff Community Board 10 is largely surrounded by resources requests water. We ask that the NYPD provide a dedicated Harbor Patrol Unit throughout the year for our community. Currently, there is only one Harbor Patrol Unit for the borough and is not adequate. 5/27 DOE Other educational Community Board 10 is one of the community programs requests board agencies that promotes the CTE internship programming. We ask that the City consider expanding programs to other industries such as law and real estate. 6/27 DOE Other educational Young adult programming is needed in order to programs requests combat substance abuse issues and to deter young people from products like e-cigarettes. Programming should be operated out of schools in our community district. 7/27 DOE Other educational The P.S. 175 schoolyard should be opened and programs requests available to the community after school and on weekends. 8/27 DYCD Provide, expand, or The on-site after school programming in CB 10 enhance after are the following elementry schools: The Child school programs for development Center of the Mosholu Montefiore elementary school Community Center at PS 153, the Child students (grades K- Development Center of the Mosholu Montefiore 5) Community Center at PS 160, the Directions For Our Youth Program at PS 72, the Kips Bay Program at PS 304, the Kips Bay Program at Throggs Neck Community Association of NYCHA , Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation at PS 178 and PS 175, the YMCA Program at PS 14 , are excellent and require additional funding. 9/27 DYCD Provide, expand, or The on-site after school programming at the enhance after following Middle Schools should receive school programs for increased funding: The Child Development middle school Center of the Mosholu Montefiore Community students (grades 6- Center at the Equality Charter School, Direction 8) for Youth at IS 180 and IS 181, East Side Houses at the (Urban Assembly Academy of Civic Engagement), Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club at MS101X, Sports and Arts In Schools Foundation at Truman HS , Xposure Foundation at Mott Hall School, New York Junior Tennis League at PS 71. The Phipps Community Development Beacon Program at IS 192 Piagentini-Jones School should be fully funded. 10/27 DPR Provide more We have long asked for a fully functional programs in parks or recreation center at Owen Dolen Park. recreational centers Westchester Square is a thriving community with a strengthening commercial corridor. A recreation center is ideal for this location. 11/27 NYCTA Expand bus service Several years ago the MTA New York City Transit frequency or hours had to reconfigure the bus service within Co-op of operation City, because of fiscal constraints. The resultant situation was that the northern portion of the development saw service on the BX 26 and BX 28 truncated. A new bus known as the BX 38 was created to link up with the BX 26 and BX 28. We ask for expanded service along these lines as well as on the Bx29, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9. These lines provide are a lifeline to many commuters in CB 10. 12/27 DPR Enhance park safety The number of Parks Enforcement Personnel or through more PEP officers deployed to Pelham Bay Park, security staff (police Orchard Beach and Ferry Point Park must be or parks increased. These facilities are used by hundreds enforcement) of people and they must be made safe. 13/27 NYPD Other NYPD staff Establishments along corridors such as East 2877 Barkley resources requests Tremont Avenue, Westchester Avenue and Avenue Bartow Avenue recieve the bulk of noise complaints in Community Board 10. We ask that the City provide the 45th Precinct with additional sound meters. 14/27 DPR Provide more Provide a recreational assistant in Pearly Gates programs in parks or Park and Bufano Park. recreational centers 15/27 DPR Forestry services, Bronx Community Board 10 is asking that the including street tree City allocate an additional $1 million toward maintenance tree pruning in the Bronx. 16/27 DYCD Provide, expand, or We are encouraged by the City's commitment to enhance the increase funding for the summer youth Summer Youth employment program. We ask that the City Employment continue to enhance this vital program. Program 17/27 NYPD Provide additional Equip the agency with large tow trucks and a patrol cars and facility in which impounded trucks can be stored other vehicles to counteract the plethora of abandoned vehicles along our highway service roads, near parks and in and around our residential communities. 18/27 DOE Other educational CB 10 is in close proximity to Montefiore programs requests Hospital, Jacobi Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Calvary Hospital. The Board recommends that the City establish a uniquely- specialized high school such as one that pertains to the field health care. An example of this model is the High School for Medical Professions in the borough of Brooklyn. 19/27 DOHMH Reduce mosquito Many of the communities in our Board service populations area are surrounded by water. We ask that the NYC DOHMH work with the Board to form a more targeted approach to mosquito praying. 20/27 DHS Expand street Bronx Works is a vital resource to our outreach community. The Board Office contacts the agency routinely to service homeless persons. We ask that the City continue to fund this agency. 21/27 DSNY Provide more on- Bronx Community Board 10 requests more street trash cans receptacles on Westchester Avenue between and recycling East Tremont Avenue to Burr Avenue. We also containers request more receptacles from East Tremont Avenue from Bruckner Boulevard to Schurz Avenue. 22/27 DOT Conduct traffic or We ask that NYCDOT study how to improve parking studies parking in Pelham Bay. Specifically, we ask that the City review if City parking signage may be removed to accommodate parking. Additionally, please enforce illegal curb cuts as it removes vital on-street parking spaces. 23/27 DSNY Expand disposal This event is well-attended. Bronx Community events for Board 10 request two to three safe disposal hazardous events each year. household waste 24/27 DSNY Increase Bronx Community Board 10 supports the City enforcement of allocating more resources toward stopping illegal dumping laws illegal dumping. The City of New York should look for ways to accept video when receiving complaints through 311 as a way to apprehend perpetrators. 25/27 DSNY Increase The City of New York and New York City Council enforcement of must look for ways to increase civil penalties for illegal posting laws posting signage on utility poles and street light fixtures. 26/27 DSNY Increase vacant lot New York City Department of Transportation is cleaning notorious for not cleaning its own property, including along the highways. We constantly ask the Department of Sanitation to service these areas through its Lot Cleaning Unit. We ask that the City provide more manpower to DSNY so that it can clean NYCDOT's property or that a large citywide unit be created within NYCDOT to service and maintain NYCDOT property. 27/27 DYCD Provide, expand, or Bronx Community Board 10 asks that the City enhance study the feasibility of a youth center in Co-op Cornerstone and City. Beacon programs (all ages, including young adults)