District Manager
District Manager John Fratta retired from CB11 after 15 years of service to the Board. Prior to this, Mr. Fratta was a youth coordinator for Bronx CB7 and a clerk at the City Comptroller's office. Notable achievements during his tenure include the Pelham Parkway reconstruction project, the opening of a New York Public Library branch on Morris Park Ave, the revamping of zoning regulations to maintain the low-density character of the neighborhood, and establishing community groups to fight crime in Pelham Parkway and Van Nest.
Additionally, Mr. Fratta was successful at making the Board office more accessible to the public and surrounding neighborhood. Prior to November 1997, CB11 was located on the eleventh floor of the Jacobi Medical Center, which was perceived as an inconvenience to the community. At the time, Fratta cited community resident and now late State Senator Guy Velella as instrumental in moving the community board to its present location.
Jeremy Warneke, an Iraq War veteran from Illinois, succeeded Mr. Fratta as District Manager on January 31, 2011 after having worked for NYC Councilman James Vacca since 2008.
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