City Island Rising, Inc.

Please join us for our meeting Monday!

FYI -the latest on Rodman’s Neck.

Bravo, Mr. Mayor on leading this exciting and need needed initiative. Please don’t forget about City Island for the next round of launches. We have dozens of empty storefronts and this would be a much better purpose for them.

@NYCMayor Bravo, Mr. Mayor on leading this exciting and need needed initiative. Please don’t forget about City Island for the next round of launches. We have dozens of empty storefronts and this would be a much better purpose for them.

Free 2-K is launching in: 📍 Washington Heights 📍 Inwood 📍 Hamilton Heights 📍 Fordham 📍 Belmont 📍 Van Cortlandt Village 📍 Morris Heights 📍 Norwood 📍 Kingsbridge 📍 Canarsie 📍 Remsen Village 📍 Brownsville 📍 Ocean Hill 📍 Ozone Park 📍 South Ozone Park 📍 Woodhaven 📍 Richmond Hill 📍 Howard Beach 📍 The Rockaways

🚨 Big news for the littlest New Yorkers: 2-K is coming.   Starting this year, we’re delivering 2,000 FREE child care seats for 2-year-olds across our city.   By Fall 2027, we'll be ready to serve 12,000 kids.   Grateful to our partner in this work, @GovKathyHochul, for her support.

🚨 Friendly reminder 3PK/UPK Deadline is tomorrow! Go to myschools.nyc to sign up!!

THIS FRIDAY is the last day to sign up for 3PK/UPK for your little ones. Please don’t delay what you can do today! myschools.nyc

to put in a complaint, it can be helpful in issues addressed more quickly.

As the travel ban remains in effect, plows are coming through the neighborhood now. You can watch for yourself on plownyc.cityofnewyork.us/plownyc/ Feel free to send any locations to us at CityIslandRising@gmail.com, if you can send photos or use 311

Repost nyccouncil- mark your calendars, City Islanders! 🗓️✍️

Join us this Monday for our next meeting. We have some great guests about issues that are important to our community!

Thank you, Assembly Member!

FYI Metro North Update-

Neighbors- there are traffic delays on City Island Avenue as NYC Sanitation is working to clear some of the snow from the sidewalks and streets. Please factor this into your travel plans. @NYCSanitation

It was a packed @CI_Rising meeting for our new Councilmember Shirley Aldebol!

Thank you to City Island’s State Senator, Nathalia Fernandez for your strong statement of support for a NYC Ferry stop on City Island. We look forward to working with you to make it happen! ⛴️ yescityislandferry.com

Nationwide @Verizon Wireless Outage: Outage may affect some users trying to call 911. Call using a device from another carrier, a landline, or go to a police/fire station to report emergencies. To find your precinct: nyc.gov/site/nypd/bure…

Join us this Monday as we welcome City Island’s new Councilmember, Shirley Aldebol, for community discussion at our next general meeting.

ICYMI, we uploaded the last few Rodman’s Neck Monitoring Committee meetings onto our YouTube channel. Our plan is to have the audio for past meetings up soon. youtu.be/-I5-uDgddSk

Local organization @CI_Rising marked a round of improvements in Pelham Bay Park following the completion of another partial street repaving by the New York City Department of Transportation, including work on the Hutchinson River Parkway exit ramp. bxtimes.com/pelham-bay-par…

Tonight! Chancellor Aviles-Ramos will be hosting a town hall at nearby PS 189. Details are below!