Community boards of the Bronx

Community boards of the Bronx are the 12 community boards of [New York City|New York City community board]s in the borough of the Bronx, which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning, participate in the city budget process, and address service delivery in their district.
Community boards are each composed of up to 50 volunteer members appointed by the Bronx borough president, half from nominations by City Council members representing the community district. Additionally, all City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ex officio board members.

History

The 1963 revision of the New York City Charter extended the Borough of Manhattan's "Community Planning Councils" to the outer boroughs as "Community Planning Boards", which are now known as "Community Boards".
The 1975 revision of the New York City Charter set the number of Community Districts/Boards to 59, established the position of the district manager for the community districts, and created the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure which gave the community boards the authority to review land use proposals such as zoning actions, and special permits.

Community Districts

Community District	Region	Area	Pop. Census 2010	Pop./ km²	Neighborhoods & areas	District Manager	NYPD Precinct & commander
Bronx CD 1	South Bronx		91,497	12,761	Melrose, Mott Haven, Port Morris, and The Hub shopping district	Anthony R Jordan	Robert M. Gallitelli
Bronx CD 2	South Bronx		52,246	9,792	Hunts Point, Longwood	Rafael Acevedo	Jeremy Scheublin
Bronx CD 3	South Bronx		79,762	19,598	Claremont, Crotona Park East (East Morrisania), Morrisania	John Dudley	Carlos Ghonz
Bronx CD 4	West Bronx		146,441	27,735	Concourse (Concourse Village), Highbridge	Paul Philps	Louis Deceglie
Bronx CD 5	West Bronx		128,200	36,145	Fordham, Morris Heights, Mount Hope, University Heights, and Fordham Plaza shopping district	Ken Brown	Richard Brea
Bronx CD 6	West Bronx		83,268	20,765	Bathgate, Belmont, East Tremont, West Farms	John Sanchez	Joseph G. Tompkins
Bronx CD 7	West Bronx		139,286	28,778	Bedford Park, Jerome Park Kingsbridge, Norwood, University Heights, Fordham	Ischia Bravo	Thomas J. Alps
Bronx CD 8	West Bronx		101,731	11,521	Fieldston, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Marble Hill, Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Van Cortlandt Village	Farrah Kule Rubin	Ryan Pierce
Bronx CD 9	East Bronx		172,298	13,884	Bronx River, Bruckner, Castle Hill, Clason Point, Harding Park, Parkchester, Soundview, Unionport	William Rivera	Benjamin D. Gurley
Bronx CD 10	East Bronx		120,392	7,183	City Island, Co-op City, Locust Point, Pelham Bay (neighborhood), Throggs Neck, Westchester Square	Matthew Cruz	Thomas Fraser
Bronx CD 11	East Bronx		113,232	12,149	Allerton, Bronxdale, Indian Village, Laconia, Morris Park, Pelham Gardens, Pelham Parkway (neighborhood), Van Nest	Jeremy Warneke	Andrew Natiw
Bronx CD 12	Primarily East Bronx		152,344	10,463	Baychester, Eastchester, Fish Bay, Olinville, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Woodlawn	George Torres	Erik Hernandez
The Bronx	All		1,455,720	13,233.8	East Bronx, West Bronx	Thomas Lucania, Community Boards Unit Director

Borough	Borough President	Number of Districts	Max. number of all appointees
The Bronx	Vanessa Gibson	12	600

The Bronx Borough Board

The Bronx Borough Board is composed of the borough president, New York City Council members whose districts are part of the borough, and the chairperson of each community board in the Bronx.
The current borough board is composed of the 22 members listed in the table below:

Area	Title	Member name	Notes
Bronx Community District 1	Chairperson	Clarisa M. Alayeto
Bronx Community District 2	Chairperson	Roberto Crespo
Bronx Community District 3	Chairperson	Joetta Brown
Bronx Community District 4	Chairperson	Ms. Beverly Bond
Bronx Community District 5	Chairperson	Angel Caraballo
Bronx Community District 6	Chairperson	Evonne Capers
Bronx Community District 7	Chairperson	Yajaira Arias
Bronx Community District 8	Chairperson	Julie Reyes
Bronx Community District 9	Chairperson	Mohammed Mujumder
Bronx Community District 10	Chairperson	Joseph Russo
Bronx Community District 11	Chairperson	Cynthia Rodriguez
Bronx Community District 12	Chairperson	Beatriz Coronel
City Council District 8	Council member	Diana Ayala	Also a member of the Manhattan Borough Board
City Council District 11	Council member	Eric Dinowitz
City Council District 12	Council member	Kevin Riley
City Council District 13	Council member	Marjorie Velázquez
City Council District 14	Council member	Pierina Sanchez
City Council District 15	Council member	Oswald Feliz
City Council District 16	Council member	Althea Stevens
City Council District 17	Council member	Rafael Salamanca
City Council District 18	Council member	Amanda Farías
Borough of The Bronx	Borough President	Vanessa Gibson

Other areas

Within the borough of The Bronx there are three Joint Interest Areas, which are outside of the jurisdiction of individual community districts, and have their own district number. The three JIAs in the county of The Bronx are:

District 27 - Bronx Park, 2010 Census population: 1351
District 28 - Pelham Bay Park, 2010 Census population: 432
District 26 - Van Cortlandt Park, 2010 Census population: Zero

Marble Hill, which is a part of New York County, is represented by Bronx Community District 8.
Rikers Island, while a part of The Bronx, is represented by Queens Community District 1.

Notable people

Notable people who were community board members and/or staffers prior to becoming elected officials: