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District 18

Amanda Farías

Soundview-Bruckner, Soundview-Clason Point, Castle Hill-Unionport, Harding Park, Parkchester, Westchester Square

Read my monthly column in the Bronx Times here: https://www.bxtimes.com/category/opinion/column/

  • City And State: Opinion: Transit Equity Starts In The Bronx 
  • The New Yorker: The Majority for the First Time, Women Make up Most of the City Council
  • Gotham Gazette: As Mayor Adams Takes On The Issue, City Council Examines Nyc Workforce Development Programs And Plans
  • The City: Four Bronx Council Members Give Constituents New Power to Vote on Local Spending, Even as Five Others Pull Out 
  • Bronxnet: Bronx Talks – City Council 
  • Daily News: Bronx Councilwoman Begins Push For NYC Jobs Guarantee
  • WNYC: The Brian Lehrer Show, 51 Council Members In 52 Weeks
  • Daily News: Mayor Adams Launches Crackdown On Infant Formula Price Gougers Amid City’s Dwelling Supply
  • Bronx Times: Column: First 100 Days
  • Norwood News: New Law & Task Force Aims To Prevent Another Twin Parks Fire Tragedy
  • OurTown: A Day Of Protest, Council Members Joined New Yorkers To Rally For Abortion Rights On Tuesday After The Leaked Supreme Court Draft Majority Opinion — Poised To Overturn Roe V. Wade
  • Politics NY: Mayor Signs Off On New Bids, Amends Pay Transparency Law
  • Bronx Times: Mayor Adams Signs New Business Improvement District Into Law For Castle Hill Section
  • Norwood News: Bronx City Council Members Introduce Bill Expanding Heat Sensor Program To Track Building Heat Requirements
  • Bronx Times: Column- Castle Hill Is Getting A Business Improvement District
  • News 12: New Shower Hoses Installed In Bronx Homes At Risk Of Legionnaires Disease
  • News 12: Multiple City Agencies Joining Forces In Hunts Point Transformation Plan
  • Bronx Times: Column: We Are One Step Closer To Transit Equity
  • City Land: City Planning Hears Application for Affordable Housing for Seniors and New Venue for Church in Soundview
  • News 12: Power & Politics Full Show: City Council Women’s Caucus Plans To Protect Abortion Access
  • Bronx Times: Highlights from Council District 18’s budget for FY 2023
  • Streetsblog NYC: To-Do List: Congestion Pricing Must Mitigate Added Bronx Trucks, Pols Say
  • Bronx Times: Column: Investing in affordable housing is critical to our economic recovery
  • City and State: The 2022 Power of Diversity: Latino 100
  • AMNY: Pol Floats Half-Price NYC Ferry Tickets for Kids
  • Bronx Times: Stevenson Commons holds Family Day Event and Back to School giveaway
  • CUNY Latina: September 2022 | LATiNAS
  • News 12: ROLL OUT! Skate Party Brings Good Vibes to Parkchester
  • Bronx Times: Column: Participatory Budgeting is Back
  • Bronx Times: Column: Breaking down the ballot for the Nov. 8 midterm elections
  • News 12: Bronx doctors highlight free mobile mammograms at Stevenson Family Health Center
  • City Life: City completes $8.8 million transformation of Morrison ave plaza in the Bronx
  • Plant Talk: Council Member Amanda Farías Takes Part in Urban Advantage Family Science Day
  • News 12: Council Member Farias hosts Thanksgiving giveaway at Sotomayor Community Center
  • NY 1: Council Member Amanda Farías discusses the Bronx’s recovery
  • News 12: It represents the future’ – $87M restoration project on Orchard Beach Pavilion Begins
  • Bronx Times: The once star attraction of the Bronx, Orchard Beach is now set for $87M renovation
  • News 12: Asylum Seekers take part in Three Kings Day Celebration
  • News 12: Bronx Council Member Calls for Investment to Shorten Public Transportation waiting times
  • Bronx Times: Column: New Year, New Budget
  • News 12: Bronx officials push for anti-violence program helping victims
  • Bronx Times: Farías delivers $25K check to Jacobi Hospital’s Stand Up to Violence Program
  • Parkchester Times: Bangladeshi Community celebrates Mother Tongue Day in Bronx
  • Bronx Times: Column: Celebrating Women’s History Month
  • Pix 11: Pro skateboarder from the Bronx gets recognition at home
  • News 12: $1.5 million check signed for affordable senior housing project in Soundview
  • NY1: Some NYC lawmakers say permit parking plan ‘not going to work’
  • The Chief: Unions, advocates mark Equal Pay Day
  • AMNY: All high schoolers will soon be eligible for reduced ferry fares and greater access to IDNYC cards
  • TBN: New York City Council Bangladeshi Independence Day event
  • City and State: Opinion: Celebrating a women-majority City Council
  • City Life: Another Thirteen Stations to be Refurbished as part of New York City Transit’s Re-New-Vation Program
  • Bronx Times: Column: How I’m Building a Larger Table
  • Norwood News: Student Exhibit at Montefiore Gallery of ARTFul Medicine Honors Ukraine
  • Gothamist: Lawmakers push for first redesign of NYC truck routes since 1970s
  •  News 12: Mayor announces extension to Water Bill Amnesty Program
  • The Chief: Council looks to revitalize city’s industrial business zones
  • NBC: You Can Now Report Double-Parking, Blocked Bus and Bike Lanes on New NYC DOT Platform
  • Smart Cities Dive: To spur green manufacturing and jobs, will NYC change its industrial zoning?
  • Norwood News: Bronx Nurses Honored for their Dedication & Service during Nurses Week 2023
  • AMNY: 2023 Cannabis Industry Power Players
  • News 12: Officials introduce new bills aimed to break barriers in menstrual health discussions
  • Daily News: Opinion- Menstrual equity is not ‘wokeism’: Access for all should not be blocked, but expanded, like NYC is doing 
  • Bronx Times: More than $5.1M is going to projects chosen by Bronxites through participatory budgeting
  • Pix 11: Bronx street renamed after NYCHA advocate: ‘Roxanne Reid Way’
  • City & State: Bronx Power 100
  • News 12: Lawmakers weigh in as Microsoft Outlook experiences outages
  • Gotham Gazette: Opinion- Carrying Juneteenth Forward in New York City
  • City Limits: New York Earns Stripes for Electric Vehicle Adoption, But There’s Still Work to Do
  • City and State: Opinion- Restoring cuts to NYCHA’s Vacant Unit Readiness Program
  • CityLimits: New York Earns Stripes for Electric Vehicle Adoption, But There’s Still Work to Do
  • City & State: New York City’s uphill battle to save manufacturing
  • The Real Deal: Pols keep trying to save manufacturing as landlords seek more lucrative uses
  • News12: Department of Sanitation installs new cameras in effort to crackdown on illegal dumping
  • Bronx Times: Column: The city budget at work for Council District 18
  • Daily News: New Rules for NYC Parking Garages Introduced in City Council
  • City Land: Parks Department Celebrates Reopening of Noble Playground in the Bronx
  • Bronx Times: Column: Back to school is around the corner
  • Bronx Times: The Bronx’s Ghetto Film School: Where ‘story is the heart of everything’
  • Bronx Times: Castle Hill BID appoints Sasha Ortiz as first executive director