Bronx Community Board 10 is a local government unit of the

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, encompassing the

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of City Island, Co-op City, Pelham Bay,

Throggs Neck Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a neighborhood and peninsula in the south-eastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the East River and Long Island Sound to the south and east, Westchester Creek o ...

and Westchester Square. It is delimited by the

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and

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to the east, New England Thruway,

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, and Westchester Creek to the west, the Bronx/

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Line to the north and the

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to the south.

Community board staff and membership

The current chairperson of the Bronx Community Board 10 is Joseph Russo. Its District Manager is Matthew Cruz. Cruz is the 4th District Manager in the Board's history and the first of Latino descent. The City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ''

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'' board members.

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§ 2800(a) The council members and their council districts are: * 12th NYC Council District - Kevin Riley (politician) * 13th NYC Council District - Kristy Marmorato * 18th NYC Council District - Amanda Farias

Demographics

As of the United States 2000 Census, the Community Board has a population of 115,948, up from 108,093 in 1990 and 106,516 in 1980. Of them, 22,754 (19.6%) are

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, 56,063 (48.4%) are White, non-Hispanic, 3,462 (3%) are Asian or Pacific Islander, 164 (0.1%) American Indian or Alaska Native, 525 (0.5%) are some other race, and 2,172 (1.9%) of two or more races. 30,808 (26.6%) are of Hispanic origin.

References

External links

* * * Community boards of the Bronx Co-op City, Bronx Throggs Neck, Bronx City Island, Bronx {{bronx-stub