Councilwoman Marjorie Velazquez is kicking her Bronx Albanian constituents in the Balkans, community leaders charge.
In a head-scratching move, Velazquez, who was just elected last year, has blocked a request from Albanian-American civic leaders to rename a street in the Morris Park section of the Bronx this weekend after an icon, Fan Noli.
Fan Noli was an Albanian prime minister and founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church who lived for many years in the U.S.. He was also a co-founder of the Albanian-American advocacy group “Vatra.”
Vatra is holding its national biennial convention in the Morris Park area of The Bronx this weekend — the center of
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