Recent News
Councilman John Goncalves and Community Partners Announce “Produce in The Park”
The Partnership for Providence Parks, Friends of Cabral Park, iPROV Fellow Eleanor Pereboom and Councilman Goncalves Create Food Share Partnership for the Fox Point Community Today, Councilman John Goncalves (Ward 1) has announced the launch of a robust community...
Statement from Councilman James E. Taylor Regarding the Columbus Square
Today, the City announced that they would be removing the Christopher Columbus Statue and will be placing it in storage during the renovations of Columbus Square. This decision was made by the Administration and the Superintendent of Parks, to keep the statue safe...
Deputy Majority Leader Mary Kay Harris Joins Community Leaders to Kick Off New Food and Fitness Program
Council Deputy Majority Leader Mary Kay Harris (Ward 11) joined Kobe Dennis, the YMCA of Greater Providence, the Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging and her neighbors at Wiggin Village to kick off a new food and fitness program. “The health and wellbeing of our...
Providence Police and Fire Departments along with the RI State Fire Marshal’s Office announce task force to combat the abundance of fireworks displays throughout the city
The Providence Police and Fire Departments in coordination with the Rhode Island State Fire Marshal’s Office has organized a task force dedicated specifically to curb the use of fireworks due to the recent uptick in our city over the past few weeks. Beginning today,...
Committee on Finance Chairman John J. Igliozzi to Propose the Creation of a Social Services Program Embedded in Providence’s Public Safety Division
After a nearly nine-hour continuous public hearing where Providence Residents called on the City Council to defund and abolish the police, and to provide more social service programs to help city residents in crisis, Providence City Council Majority Whip and Chairman...
Statement from Council President Sabina Matos Regarding Last Night’s Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year ’21 Budget
When the original Public Hearing was Zoom-bombed by hateful rhetoric, this Council made a decision to reschedule it. We rescheduled it because the Public Hearing is the only opportunity for the community to go on record with feedback on the Administration’s proposed...
Statement from Councilman David Salvatore Regarding the Recent Act of Vandalism at Providence College
What occurred at Providence College was disgraceful. Providence College’s campus provides our community with many benefits including green space and access to community programs; and to see their campus desecrated with symbols of hate is harmful and traumatic. I am...
Statement from Council President Sabina Matos Regarding The FOP’s Call For Vote of No Confidence
In an email sent out by the President of the Providence Police Union in encouragement of this no-confidence vote he implores officers to ‘all stick together.’ I find it disappointing that my public support of a firefighter who felt racially profiled by our police...
City Officials Crack Down on Local Illegal Firework Use
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan joined Providence Public Safety Officials today to announce a collaboration across City Departments to crack down on local prohibited firework use and sales. The City will now require all firework vendors to hold a...
