It’s been way too long a while since our last news roundup. So, in case you missed it, here are some of the big Bronx news stories of the past couple of weeks.

State Senator Jeff Klein, and the Bronx DA gathered for a press conference on the steps of Bronx County Court House to back the “Bawdy House Bill.” The law would allow prosecutors to handle certain eviction cases in housing court, namely, drug dealing and prostitution.

Tenant advocates fear the law could be used by landlords who want to raise rents, or harass out low-income tenants with false claims of criminal activity.

Despite the recent barrier installations, narrow lanes, steep hills, tight turns, inadequate guardrails and no breakdown lanes are dangers that still exist on the Bronx River Parkway, according to the American Automobile Association. The claim is given legitimacy due in large part, by the fact that the section of the roadway near the accident site where seven people, including three children were recently killed, is listed on the Transportation Department’s “5 Percent List,” a federally-mandated report of locations that are “exhibiting the most severe highway safety needs.”

After the recent robbery in the Concourse Village of the Bronx, that left a senior with “severe hemorrhaging” in his head, police from the 44th precinct suspect there may be a connection to earlier robberies of seniors in the area dating back to September 2011.

In September, an older man was stabbed to death and robbed in the early morning at 165th Street and Gerard Avenue, then a few months later a maintenance worker in one of the Concourse Village apartment towers was attacked as he left another nearby bodega, according to 44th precinct commander, Kevin Catalina.

Now that redistricting has taken effect, Congressman Charlie Rangel may find it harder to win his 22nd term in the House.

Congressman Rangel’s district now reaches from Harlem up into the Bronx, which enlarges the district’s Hispanic voting population to 55 percent; up from 45 percent in previous years. The change invited a primary challenge from state Sen. Adriano Espaillat (D), who has a base of support in Upper Manhattan.

Two officers and a Sergeant have testified before a grand jury weighing criminal charges in the shooting death of 18-year-old Bronxite Ramarley Graham.

Graham was shot in the bathroom of his home on Feb. 2 by officer Richard Haste, from the 47th Precinct’s narcotic unit, after he heard reports from “observation” officers that Graham had a firearm in his waistband. No firearm was found.

“Criminal charges against Officer Haste would be “entirely appropriate,” said family attorney Jeffrey L. Emdin.

Last November, William Rivera wrote a letter to the state Department of Transportation highlighting the dangerous conditions on the Bronx River Parkway.

Rivera, a 29 year-old Bronx father from Parkchester, and an emergency FDNY worker, inspected the roads on his own time, and wrote the letter out of concerns for the safety of his neighbors. Rivera and West Farms lawyer Luis Sepulveda founded the Cross Bronx Initiative last fall after a brother and sister were hit by a vehicle and knocked 75 feet off an elevated section of the Cross Bronx Expressway.

Two high school freshman from Bronx Design and Construction Academy on East 151st Street were the only high school students invited to speak at the American Solar Energy Society World Renewable Energy Forum.

Noel Cruz, 14, and Elton Hollingsworth, 15, were part of a team that included their science teacher, two graduate students from Columbia University, and students from Alfred E. Smith High School, that presented information on the beneficial relationship between solar panels and green roofs.

Robert (Bob) Van Zandt, who was indicted last Monday on charges of running a Ponzi scheme that swindled dozens of local investors, including retirees out of their savings is being sued.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed a $35 million civil suit against Bob Van Zandt, the owner a Bronx tax preparation company, for allegedly running a mult-million dollar Ponzi scheme with his clients’ money. The civil suit alleges that Van Zandt persuaded unsophisticated investors to make high-risk bets on real estate development projects in the Bronx, Westchester and Sullivan counties.