BRONX, NY (August 13, 2026) – After a string of unconnected gun violence deaths and injuries in the West Bronx, including the deaths of multiple children, NYC Council Member Pierina Sanchez shared the following:
“Violence is not normal, and we will not accept it as an inevitable part of life in the West Bronx. Every life taken leaves a family shattered and a community carrying yet another wound,” said Council Member Pierina Sanchez.
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BRONX, NY (August 13, 2026) – After the devastating August 11th fire on the 183rd commercial corridor, affecting at least 5 businesses and injuring one neighbor, NYC Council Member Pierina Sanchez shared the following:
“Our neighborhood is devastated by the fire near West 183rd Street and Jerome Avenue that severely injured a worker and damaged at least five small businesses,” said Council Member Pierina Sanchez.
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BRONX, NY (July 28, 2026) – Following the suspension of M Lounge’s liquor license, a local business with a history of violence and noncompliance, on Friday July 24th, NYC Council Member Pierina Sanchez, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera, and New York State Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia shared the following:
“Violence is not normal, and we will never accept it as inevitable in the West Bronx.
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BRONX, NEW YORK — On Wednesday, July 22, 2026, Council Member Pierina Sanchez shared the following statement on the New York City Department of Transportation’s Fordham Road proposal:
“Every day, more than 130,000 riders depend on buses along Fordham Road to get to work, school, medical appointments, and home to their families. Improving bus speeds along this chronically congested corridor is essential,” said local Council Member Pierina Sanchez.
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BRONX, NEW YORK — On Thursday, July 16, 2026, NYC Council Member Pierina Sanchez released the following statement after learning about the multiple sexual misconduct allegations against two successive commanding officers at the NYPD’s 46th Precinct:
“There must be zero tolerance for violence of any kind, especially sexual violence, within the very institution entrusted with protecting the public.
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BRONX, NEW YORK — Today, Thursday 9, 2026, Council Member Pierina Sanchez, local electeds, local leaders, and Bronx Community Board 5 held a press conference to call on the MTA to meaningfully engage with the community regarding the removal of the bus stops along the Bx40/42 bus route in 2022. Despite multiple requests over the years to restore the removed bus stops, the MTA has not meaningfully engaged the community regarding safety concerns raised by local residents.
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NEW YORK, NY – With today’s passage of the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget, which includes a historic agreement to expand rental assistance and end the CityFHEPS litigation, NYC Council Member Pierina Sanchez, Chair of the Committee on Housing and Buildings and lead sponsor of the contested Local Laws 101 and 102 of 2023, shared the following:
“Today’s FY27 budget passage represents a historic win for vulnerable New Yorkers: expanding access to housing vouchers responsibly, controlling costs, and putting the City on a stronger path away from costly shelter reliance and toward permanent homes.
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A growing number of council members express concerns with a budget that fails to include a significant expansion of CityFHEPS
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NEW YORK — Today, the New York City Council’s Progressive Caucus, the Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus, and the Homes Can’t Wait Coalition held a press conference to reiterate the coalition’s demand to City Hall and Council leadership to deliver significant CityFHEPS expansion in the FY27 budget.
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“Since becoming Chair of the Housing and Buildings Committee, I have called for New York to confront the housing crisis in its full complexity — not only as a crisis of affordability, but as one of housing quality, safety, and survival. Mayor Mamdani’s first housing plan reflects that reality, embracing the all-of-the-above approach this moment demands: building new housing, preserving existing homes, protecting tenants — including in NYCHA — and confronting distressed buildings where neglect is putting lives at risk,” said Council Member Pierina Sanchez.
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“New York City is facing overlapping crises of affordability, housing instability, public safety, and public health, and I am encouraged to see several meaningful investments reflected in the Mayor’s FY27 Executive Budget proposal,” said NYC Council Member Pierina Sanchez.
First, I am heartened to see $20.5 million allocated toward implementation of the City’s historic Street Vendor Reform package.
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