We interrupt your regularly scheduled Romney campaign damage control programming to bring you another edition of the Bronx News Roundup. We’ll bring you all the latest stories and features about the Bronx, starting with the weather: Sunny, cooler, high around 72.
The NYPD released brutal video of an attack and robbery at Wakefield-area laundromat on Sunday night. Check it below, courtesy of the Daily News. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Tips can also be submitted at NYPDCrimeStoppers.com or by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.
A Daily News article calls into question the hiring of Lettire Construction for two state-funded housing development projects in the Bronx. Lettire was a go-to general contractor for the city’s affordable housing developments up until 2009 when the U.S. Labor Department began investigating its labor practices. The firm was recently ordered to pay $960,000 in back wages tow workers on two of its past projects.
Haven’t we had enough with “The Bronx is Burning…” headline that ends with a kicker like “With New Development”? [GlobeSt. on the massive expansions at the Hutchinson Center and Bay Plaza Malls.]
Crain’s goes a little more in-depth on the new “luxury” hotel — a Residence Inn by Marriott — going into the HutchMet’s new Atrium complex. (I like the “HutchMet” nickname, we’re going to keep it for a while).
Bronx hip hop legends Melle Mel and Afrika Bambaataa met with New York officials about the possibility of moving a new Hip Hop Museum into the Kingsbridge Armory. The officials aren’t named, but we know he the two met with Councilman Fernando Cabrera, who represents the area around the Armory. The Hip Hop Museum is part of the Mercado Mirabo proposal for the Armory, which is competing with a group of investors that want to turn the Armory into the world’s largest ice sports center. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., a huge hip hop fan and advocate, is strongly backing the ice center proposal. [starpulse.com]
Len Levitt breaks down the Ramarley Graham case for Huffington Post.
Thanks to a program called Fund for Teachers, 14 Bronx educators spent their summer learning abroad. The result is new knowledge and ideas being brought back to the borough, the Daily News reports.
A little Bronx Bar Association beef. [Post]
On Monday, a truck crashed into a children’s health clinic in Forhdam Heights, DNAinfo reports. No one was injured.
That’s it for today’s roundup. Send links and news tips to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.