Ruben Diaz Jr.

A street in the South Bronx. (file/credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Bronx Borough President Demands Apology From Company Running ‘Ghetto’ Tour

Three times a week, the $45 Real Bronx Tours bus ride took visitors past food-pantry lines, a housing project and a park a guide described as a pickpocket hangout.

2013/05/23

Rendering for Kingsbridge Armory National Ice Center in the Bronx (via Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Hockey Arena Planned For Kingsbridge Armory In The Bronx

New York Rangers legend Mark Messier and Olympic gold medalist figure skater Sarah Hughes of Long Island have big dreams for the Kingsbridge Armony, which is currently a vacant fortress.

2012/08/23

Surviving family members grieve a day after seven were killed in a deadly accident on the Bronx River Parkway. (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Police Blame Speeding For Horrifying Bronx River Parkway Crash That Killed 7 Family Members

The family was just blocks away from the home where they had planned for a family get together Sunday before their lives ended in an instant.

2012/04/30

Officials Invite Ideas For Yankee Stadium Hotel

Officials in the Bronx are hoping to put a hotel and conference center on the site of one of Yankee Stadium’s parking garages.

2011/09/19

United States Post Office (file / credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Bronx To Lose 17 Post Offices As Part Of 34 Planned Closures In NYC

State-wide, New York is poised to lose 112 post offices. New Jersey is set to lose 50; Connecticut will lose 15. Some 3,600 post offices are expected to be shuttered across the country.

2011/07/27

State Of The Boroughs: The Bronx

In the continuing State of the Boroughs series, CBS 2’s Otis Livingston sits down with Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. live in studio to talk about the Bronx.

2011/01/09