November 12, 2025
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New York, NY – At today’s New York City Council Stated Meeting, Council Member Eric Dinowitz introduced a legislative package designed to improve the Housing Connect platform, vastly improving and streamlining the City’s affordable housing lottery application process. The legislation – Intro. 1463-2025 and Intro.
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November 25, 2025
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Today, the Council voted to pass Intro. 163-2024, legislation authored by Council Member Eric Dinowitz, requiring City agencies to adopt uniform accessibility guidelines so that all printed materials meet consistent standards citywide. This includes documents posted online for residents to print, materials emailed directly to New Yorkers, and those physically distributed by City agencies.
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December 18, 2025
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New York, NY – At today’s New York City Council Stated Meeting, Council Member Eric Dinowitz continued his successful crusade to support our city’s working families. Council Member Dinowitz’s legislation, Intro. 1433-2025, which requires all new developments that receive city subsidies to increase the number of 2- and 3- bedroom apartments across NYC, overwhelmingly passed.
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January 16, 2026
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New York, NY – At yesterday’s New York City Council Stated Meeting, it was announced by Speaker Julie Menin that former public school teacher, Council Member Eric Dinowitz, will assume the role as Chair of the Committee on Education. In this role, he will lead Council oversight of the nation’s largest school system.
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April 17, 2026
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BRONX, NY – Today, Council Member Eric Dinowitz, joined by New York City Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Schools Deputy Chancellor of Operations Kevin Moran, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, and administrators, teachers, and students from the Walton Campus, cut the ribbon on a $2 million investment in Bronx students–a brand new athletic field the Council Member secured in Fiscal Year ‘26.
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April 30, 2026
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NEW YORK, NY – On April 16, Council Member Eric Dinowitz introduced a resolution for The City University of New York (CUNY) to award college credit and fulfill a general education requirement for students who have earned the New York State Seal of Civic Readiness (NYSSCR).
The NYSSCR is a formal recognition on a high school transcript and diploma that demonstrates a student’s proficiency in civic knowledge, skills, mindset, and experiences.
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June 16, 2026
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NORWOOD, BRONX– On Saturday, June 13, 2026, the tenants of Tracey Towers (20 & 40 Mosholu Parkway South) and city, state, and federal elected officials that represent them, held a rally in staunch opposition to a proposed 30.59% over four years rent hike. The rent increase was proposed by RY Management earlier this year and is supported by Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), which contends that the development is three years delinquent on its mortgage and not covering current operating costs.
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June 18, 2026
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RIVERDALE, BRONX — Council Member Eric Dinowitz and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz today announced that P.S. 81 will open a new class for the upcoming school year, expanding capacity for 22 additional students. This addition of 22 new seats is desperately needed at P.S. 81, where parents have been stuck on a waitlist for months.
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June 30, 2026
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CITY HALL, NY — Council Member Eric Dinowitz today joined Speaker Julie Menin and his City Council colleagues to pass the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY ’27) Budget, securing key investments in students, housing, parks, and transit. Council Member Dinowitz announced over $27 million for District 11.
The $125.8 billion budget preserves a strong social safety net and expands a range of programs that directly serve families in District 11 and across the five boroughs.
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July 1, 2026
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STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ERIC DINOWITZ ON THE SCOTUS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP RULING IN TRUMP V. BARBARA
BRONX, NY — Council Member Eric Dinowitz today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling on Birthright Citizenship in Trump v.
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