"While Washington, D.C. may be 250 miles away, the people of my Congressional District are always forefront on my mind, and everyday I have the honor of serving you in Congress, your concerns will be paramount."

• Bringing over $2.2 Million into the Morris Park Community School District to improve local educational facilities and programs
• Working for Federal funding for anti-crime and community beautification initiatives sponsored by the Morris Park Citizen's Patrol
• Meeting with Morris Park Post Office employees and the Post Master to increase the responsiveness and accountability of the Post Office to residents
• Fighting for and winning $100,000 for an EPA study of the air and noise pollution surrounding Morris Park resulting from LaGuardia Airport
• Bringing over $4.7 Million to Montifiore Medical Center and $3 Million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine to improve health care services for Bronx residents
• Delivering more then $7.1 million in funding to Bronx area public schools to provide greater technology in the classroom, better after-school programming and increase English language programs for Limited English proficient students

Morris Park

Morris Park is a neighborhood in the east central Bronx, bounded by Pelham Parkway, Parkchester, and Van Nest. From 1890 to 1913 the area was the site of Morris Park Racetrack, an elegant facility built by the businessman and horse fancier John A. Morris; there the Belmont Stakes was run until 1905 and an air show was held in 1908. After a fire destroyed the track in 1910 streets were cut through and 3019 lots were auctioned off. The neighborhood consists of small one-family houses and two- and three-story apartment buildings. Morris Park Avenue is the principal commercial thoroughfare and Italians form the largest ethnic group.

Lloyd Ultan, Encyclopedia of New York City, Edited by Kenneth T. Jackson. New Haven, Yale University Press. 1995.