Bronx —
A Bronx community board fired its longtime district manager — nearly 1½ years after he was fined for using office resources for years to run the Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Francisco Gonzalez said he deserved better than being ousted from the six-figure position he held for more than 20 years at Community Board 9, which serves a swath of the southeast Bronx that includes Soundview, Castle Hill and Parkchester.
“I have never violated the trust of the community,” Gonzalez said after the 17-2 closed-door vote sealing his fate. “I feel that this is a disgrace.”
