The Bronx Community Board 11 Ethics and Disciplinary Committee voted to find in favor of a complaint filed by Robert Press alleging that a board appointment email and a screenshot of private information were shared and subsequently posted on social media, and the committee agreed to seek clarification from the Bronx Borough President'9s office on social-media and content rules before deciding any consequences.

The complaint (Case 1116) alleged that the district manager shared a screenshot of what Press described as "private personal information," and that a board member later posted it on Facebook. Committee Chair Naomi Pemberton said the committee would focus on the substance of the complaint and noted the subject of the complaint, board member Deborah Kowalik, was not present at the hearing.

The committee's action followed testimony from Press, who said the district manager made a screenshot public and that similar behavior had happened previously on a Facebook page. "This is not the first time the district manager has not followed the rules on a Facebook page titled DMV officer," Press said during his remarks. He asked the committee to take action; he also described long-standing concerns about missing minutes and district service cabinet meetings.

Jeremy, the district manager who spoke in response, said he had shared information in the course of his duties and disputed allegations of wrongdoing. "Ultimately, I did nothing wrong," he told the committee while acknowledging he might have answered differently in hindsight.

Members debated scope. Several committee members said sharing the information with a board member could have been part of the district manager's job while the board member'9s public posting raised separate questions. "What I'm seeing here is two separate issues," co-chair Jeanette Wilson said, adding the committee should focus on the complaint as filed. Naomi Pemberton and other committee members agreed consequences should be deferred until the borough president's office clarifies its social-media guidance.

During public comment, multiple community members said the email'9s heading had been misleading when circulated and that posting it caused confusion. One commenter said she "never, for a single moment, thought it was an acceptance to the board" and criticized Press for publicizing the heading on social media; another said a state senator and other community figures contacted them believing the post showed an appointment.

The committee voted to accept Press' complaint (Case 1116) and to ask the borough president's office for clarification on social-media/content policy; members also moved to defer any specific sanctions or consequences to the next meeting after receiving the borough president'9s response. The committee recorded no formal mover/second in the transcript and did not announce a numerical roll-call tally during the vote; the chair declared the motion passed.

The committee also read aloud guidance from the Bronx Borough President's office on content use and reposting, and reviewed the Bronx Community Board 11 member code of conduct language that requires professional conduct in person, virtually, and on social media.

Next steps: the committee will request the borough president's office clarify its social-media/content guidance for this matter, allow the office time to respond, and then reconvene to consider consequences. The committee said separate allegations raised orally at the hearing that fall outside the written complaint should be filed as distinct ethics complaints for formal consideration.