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3 Years After Bronx Rezoning, Jerome Avenue Auto Shops Under Pressure by Daniel Parra and Ese Olumhense, CityLimits.org
In a span of just six months, Elvin Taveras went from managing a thriving auto repair business on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx to being under the shadow of eviction from the place he’s worked for more than a decade. Taveras—who owns both Jacquez Automotive Center at 1941A Jerome Ave. and another, smaller shop in the northeast Bronx—said his problems began in the spring, when, per city property records, his former landlord, Richard Cisternas, sold
the building to Manhattan-based Atlantic Development Group for $6.9 million. A flurry of notices followed: one from Cisternas, Taveras said, informing him of the coming sale. Then, week after week, he said, bundles of certified letters from his new landlord—sometimes a dozen in one day—started showing up at the shop, notifying Taveras that the new ownership planned to terminate his tenancy. Jacquez Automotive needed to be out of the building by Oct. 31, the notices said in bold, or face eviction. See Jerome Avenue, Page 24
New York City Looking to Buy 300 Teslas for its Fleet by Andrei Nedelea, Inside EVs
New York City is reportedly looking to add hundreds of Teslas to its fleet of vehicles, if a proposed contract is approved. The main part of the $12.4 million contract is the acquisition of 300 Model 3 electric sedans to be used by the city, as well as some additional infrastructure to facilitate their use, mostly charging stations of various kinds. Electrek said it found a notice announcing the contract will be made public and discussed Dec. 16,
at a public hearing. “In the matter of a proposed contract between the Department of Citywide Administrative Services of the City of New York and Tesla, Inc., located at 3500 Deer Creek Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94304, for procuring Tesla Model 3 All-Electric Sedans. The contract is in the amount of $12,360,000.00. The term of the contract shall be five years from date of Notice of Award,” the notice said. The source also lists all the parts of the contract, not just the 300 Model 3s. These include 275 See Buy 300 Teslas, Page 22
Vol. 12 / Issue 10 / January 2022
ASA Pennsylvania to Become Mid-Atlantic Auto Care Alliance The Automotive Service Association of Pennsylvania Board of Directors unanimously voted to join the Midwest Auto Care Alliance to serve its members in the independent automotive service industry. This decision was in response to all ASA affiliates having their affiliation terminated by the Automotive Service Association in September. ASA Pennsylvania has signed an alliance agreement with MWACA to operate under the name Mid-Atlantic Auto Care Alliance, and will expand its territory to include Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and
Delaware territories. They join ASA Northwest, soon to become Northwest Auto Care Alliance, and ASA Illinois, which will become the MWACA Greater Chicagoland chapter. These changes become effective Jan. 1. Mid-Atlantic Auto Care Alliance’s activities and finances will still be managed locally by the local board. “This is the best decision for our members going forward,” said Ross Colket, president of ASA PennsylSee ASA Pennsylvania, Page 37
NORTHEAST 2022 Show Dates Announced The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of New Jersey (AASP/ NJ) announced its flagship event, the NORTHEAST® Automotive Services Show, will return March 18-20, 2022, at the Meadowlands Exposition Center (MEC) in Secaucus, NJ.
Next year’s show will mark the 45th year of the country’s largest regional automotive services trade show. “We are excited to announce the NORTHEAST dates,” said AASP/NJ President Jerry McNee. “This show has become the only place on the East Coast where you can find the latest and greatest automotive repair offerings in equipment, networking and education. Coming off the pandemic, NORTHEAST is an event repairers all around the country can’t afford
to miss.” As always, attendees can expect more than 150 vendors with the latest in equipment, technology and tools returning to MEC for next year’s show along with a healthy offering of educational courses addressing the most pressing trends and issues of the collision repair world. Online pre-registration is free for NORTHEAST 2022, and will open in January. “Everyone I speak with feels it’s time to get back to normalcy,” McNee added. “I think everything we do at NORTHEAST helps a great deal with getting the industry back on that road a lot sooner. We all need to step up as an industry, and NORTHEAST is the place to gather and do that.” For the latest information and announcements about the NORTHEAST 2022 show, visit aaspnjnortheast.com. Source: AASP/NJ
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