Miguel Dyer, left and Bernadette Ferrara were colleagues and friends until Ferrara’s comments regarding gay marriage led to Dyer’s resignation as her city council campaign treasurer.
Photo courtesy Miguel Dyer
A former Bronx community board member who feels that he was unjustifiably removed from his position on the board seeks a new role in the borough that would still allow him to improve his district in the East Bronx.
Former Bronx Community Board 11 Miguel Dyer, who was expelled from the board in late December by Borough President Vanessa Gibson, feels that he was denied due process after all the good things he says he brought to the board during his 18-month tenure as a board member, despite some actions that ultimately led to his removal.
According to Gibson’s office, Dyer was removed from the CB11 board for “conduct deemed as unprofessional for the post he held as a community board member.” But Gibson’s office would not specify the particular reasons for his expulsion.
Dyer was notified of Gibson’s decision via email on Dec. 28, which said that his removal from the CB11—which covers Allerton, Indian Village, Morris Park, Pelham Gardens, Pelham Parkway and Van Nest—was effective immediately.
Dyer believes he was removed primarily for flipping the bird, or giving the middle finger, to local resident Roxanne Delgado on video during a CB11 Bylaws Committee meeting in April of 2023.
Delgado had called out Dyer’s behavior from a Transportation Committee meeting the month before, during which Dyer also made a comment that “the city is already raping us” while discussing a local parking lot that would begin charging car owners upwards of $1,000 per year that was previously free of charge.
Additionally, Dyer, who has since issued several public apologies following that incident, believes that another reason for his removal was a rhetorical question he asked during CB11’s Economic Development Committee meeting in…
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