Joe Hirsch

Maryland

Host at I Wish They Knew

#FearlessFeedback // Global keynote speaker // Author, THE FEEDBACK FIX // Host, #IWishTheyKnew podcast

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Articles

Money Moves: where's the cash coming from, for two City Council seats and Bronx Borough President

6 days ago | motthavenherald.com | Joe Hirsch

Voters in the South Bronx will head to the polls on June 24th to help shape the future of their communities in elections for Borough President and two City Council seats. This year’s council races are the most competitive in years because the powerful incumbents, Rafael Salamanca Jr. and Diana Ayala, are term limited. Many of the candidates are running on platforms emphasizing housing, jobs, safety, equity and the youth in their campaigns. We’ll continue to cover those issues.
Group funded by Wall Street mogul violates regulations and spends big on South Bronx council candidate

2 weeks ago | motthavenherald.com | Joe Hirsch

Kaliris Salas, a longtime East Harlem resident, was scrolling through Instagram when she saw a post that stopped her cold. Next, she filed a complaint with New York City’s Campaign Finance Board. “I’m like, wait, hold up. They’re doing food distributions with palm cards?” Salas recalled thinking.
Clarisa M. Alayeto’s bid for City Council is off the ballot, court orders say

2 weeks ago | motthavenherald.com | Joe Hirsch

Clarisa M. Alayeto, the only Bronx-based candidate who sought to secure the City Council seat representing East Harlem and the South Bronx, is currently off the ballot for the Democratic primaries, according to documents obtained by the Mott Haven Herald. Alayeto, who chairs the Bronx’s Community Board 1 and co-chairs the NYC Public Health Advisory Council, had secured the most campaign donations from Bronxites in the highly-competitive race.
Meet the pro-Israel donors who gave thousands to South Bronx and East Harlem candidates

2 weeks ago | motthavenherald.com | Joe Hirsch

Manhattan and Westchester donors tied to a pro-Israel lobbying group are shelling out thousands to back candidates Clarisa Alayeto and Raymond Santana in the race for the South Bronx-East Harlem City Council seat. A crowded field of candidates are vying for the open District 8 City Council seat, which covers swaths ofEast Harlem and the South Bronx neighborhoods of Mott Haven, Melrose, Port Morris, and Concourse-Concourse Village. Current Councilwoman Diana Ayala is term-limited.
Exhibit at Casita Maria tells Hunts Point: You CAN Sit Here

1 month ago | huntspointexpress.com | Joe Hirsch

By Joe Hirsch A new exhibit by artist Tiff McFierce invites the Hunts Point community to kick back with neighbors, just like they were in a living room at home. The exhibit at Casita Maria on Simpson Street in Longwood is ongoing until Aug. 16. In this video by Niko Balkaran, the artist shares her vision for communal space.
South Bronx kids learn about digital safety in after-school program

1 month ago | motthavenherald.com | Joe Hirsch

American youth are facing a mental health crisis, but a local group is working to change that. At a cluster of desks near the windows of a brightly-lit classroom, eight middle schoolers listened attentively to their instructor talk about cyberbullying. They discussed ways to stand up to bullies online, and agreed that people can be meaner behind the veil of social media.
$2.8 million in federal money to be cut from Bronx environmental groups

1 month ago | motthavenherald.com | Joe Hirsch

South Bronx environmental nonprofits are sounding the alarm over federal funding cuts they say will decimate initiatives aimed at cleaning the air and water in their communities, which suffer from some of the worst pollution in the country. In addition to direct harm to the environment, the organizations fear the funding cuts will cut young people off from educational and work opportunities.
Environmental advocates alarmed at State DOT's shortening of public comment period for Cross Bronx Five Bridges project

1 month ago | huntspointexpress.com | Joe Hirsch

Daniel Ranells felt cheated. Fighting to be heard over the grating sounds of car engines from the Cross Bronx Expressway, Ranells pushed back against officials from the NY State Department of Transportation, "Just 30 days!?
Funding cuts make future of South Bronx air monitoring program uncertain

1 month ago | motthavenherald.com | Joe Hirsch

With Columbia’s funding in flux, South Bronx Unite may have to look elsewhere for fundsThe future of the Clean Air Program, a collaboration between South Bronx Unite and Columbia University to monitor air quality in the South Bronx, is in question following deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Rat race: inside the battle to banish New York's rodents

1 month ago | huntspointexpress.com | Joe Hirsch

In a well-lit basement that opened into a courtyard, a community coordinator from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, took a sip of Gatorade before beginning her presentation. In rapt attention were superintendents and property managers from Banana Kelly and other apartment buildings across the South Bronx, who had gathered to discuss an ever-plaguing New York City problem. Rats. There were 241 311 calls for rat sightings between January 2024 and February 2025 in Hunts Point and Longwood.