Serrano (l) with Diaz (r) during a protest of the Mott Haven jail. Schneps Media/Alex Mitchell
very hard for them to do
so.”
Upon hearing of the
surprise announcement,
Diaz immediately commended
Serrano’s voluminous
work, saying it has
“left an indelible mark in
the Bronx.”
Serrano refl ected on
some of those indelible
marks he’s credited with
as well, stating “I am extremely
proud of the work
we did to revitalize the
Bronx River, to bring billions
of federal dollars to
our borough, to expand
access to the ballot for
language minorities, to
increase STEM resources
for minority students,”
the two-year Army Medical
Corps veteran said,
mentioning other foreign
policy victories he and others
had achieved on Capitol
Hill.
One of his Bronx colleagues
on Capitol Hill,
Adriano Espaillat, also
shared some kind words
upon hearing the shocking
news.
“Serrano welcomed me
to Washington with grace
and has consistently been
a mentor, friend and an
ally through our collective
fi ght to ensure immigrant
rights, fairness and
equal access to opportunities
for all residents and
families,” Espaillat said.
A week before Serrano’s
surprise announcement,
Ritchie Torres, a
Bronx councilman for the
last fi ve plus years, fi led
paperwork to mount a primary
challenge against
the ailing congressman in
2020.
“There will be a time
and place to discuss politics
in the near future but
today I want to thank him
for being a trailblazer in
Latinx politics,” Torres
said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Serrano’s
son, Senator Jose M. Serrano
said he woulnd’t be
trading his state work
for a chance at Congress
mainly due to travel implacatons
and time spent
away from his family.
Upon the news, Congressman
Serrano also
refl ected on his successful
journey from Puerto Rico
to Washington DC.
“To have gone from
Mayaguez (Puerto Rico),
to Mill Brook Houses, to
the New York State Assembly,
to the halls of Congress
is truly the American
Dream. I am honored
to have had your trust
over the years,” the congressman
concluded.
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Company, according to records,
but the police are
unsure if he is responsible
for damaging the cars or
a second truck owned by
Paper Services Inc. is the
culprit.
Both private haulers
were seen operating in
the area at the time the accident
occurred that evening.
According to an individual
with knowledge of
the incident, the PSI truck
was been driving erratically
minutes before the
Hone Avenue incident.
He mentioned the truck
knocked down a business
awning a short time earlier
.A
s of press time, the investigation
remains ongoing,
said an NYPD spokesman.
The Morris Park Community
Association’s president,
Al D’Angleo, said
that he heard rumors that
the crash may have been
related to a dispute between
two rival sanitation
companies, something that
was mentioned in some
published reports.
D’Angelo said that his
primary concern was
safety in the community.
“To have people (driving
garbage trucks) running
rampant up and
down the neighborhood is
a problem,” said D’Angleo.
“What if someone was out
there and got hit by the
truck?”
D’Angelo categorized
the incident as ‘a disaster’
that caused a large
amount of property damage.
He said that the misguided
truck knocked over
a tree and left car glass all
over the roadway.
Michael Kaess, who
lives on the block, said he
and his wife were awake
and heard a grinding
noise as the truck started
to slam into the parked vehicles.
At fi rst, he said he dismissed
the noise because
he said it did not sound
like an auto accident, but
when he looked out his
window after a signifi -
cant amount of time had
elapsed, he saw a scene of
carnage.
“All my neighbors
were out in the street,”
said Kaess. “There was a
feeling of dumbfoundedness
about what had just
happened.”
He added: “People are
really attached to their
cars.”
Kaess said that based
on his understanding,
between six to eight were
totaled. Others had minor
damage.
As police and fi re department
personnel arrived
on the scene, Kaess
said that he checked his
home’s security cameras
and found that he had
footage of a truck fi rst
striking the parked cars,
followed by the driver exiting
the vehicle.
Calls to Falso Carting
Company and Paper
Services Inc were not returned
before press time.
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Cops are looking for Manuel
Matias in connection with a
reckless driving assault incident
in Morris Park. Photo
courtesy of NYPD
Police and FDNY responded to the scene. Photo courtesy of Michael Kaess
Congressman Serrano, ailing,
will not seek re-election in 2020
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