MTA Online Portal Now Open for Public Comment on Fare and Toll Changes

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) officials reminds the public that comments on proposed changes to fares and tolls can be submitted online. In addition, they said a series of four hybrid public fare hearings will be held between Thursday, June 22, and Monday, June 26. All hearings will take place in person at MTA Headquarters located at 2 Broadway, New York, on the 20th Floor in the William J. Ronan Board Room and will be streamed live via Zoom and YouTube. Members of the public who wish to speak can provide comments either in person or via Zoom, according

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

State committeewoman for Assembly District 78, Rachel Bradshaw, Fordham Hill Co-op board secretary, and candidate in the upcoming Democratic City Council primary election for District 14, joined a group of supporters on Saturday, May 27, as she took her campaign to unseat the incumbent, Council Member Pierina Sanchez who has held the seat since 2022, to the streets of Fordham Manor. District 14 broadly encompasses some or all of the neighborhoods of Kingsbridge Heights, Fordham Manor, Fordham Heights, Bedford Park, University Heights, Mt. Hope and Morris Heights. It is bordered to the south by the Cross Bronx Expressway.

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

Regular riders of the Bx12 bus who complain that most days the buses are crowded, and that there are not enough of them can look to the latest findings from both the Metropolitan Transportation Administration (MTA) and NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) for confirmation. Officials from both agencies updated residents and Bronx Community Board 7’s Traffic & Transportation committee at the last committee meeting before the summer break on Thursday, June 1. Reading from a slide show presentation, one official said, “The Bx12 is the busiest bus route in The Bronx, and second busiest in NYC after the M15.”

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo, and the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) are partnering to raise funds for children battling illness, by supporting 27 runners representing CHAM in the TCS New York City Marathon, Montefiore officials said. They said every year, Montefiore gathers a team of “CHAMpions” to run the 26.2-mile marathon, held annually in November, to raise critical funds that support children undergoing treatments at CHAM. This year, hospital officials said The Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation is partnering with CHAM to bolster the runners’ fundraising efforts. They

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition. A business dispute among former business associates of a longtime, Bronx funeral home in Norwood has left an unfathomable situation for clients of the business, according to one of the parties to the dispute who said families of the deceased still have to pick up cremated remains and death certificates from the business, while the related files have been removed from the premises. The same party said because certain family members’ “prearrangement” documents have been removed from the premises by the other

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Note: Check back for more updates as we add more events. New York State Primary Elections June 27 Key Dates Request your absentee ballot online or by mail by Monday, June 12. Register to vote via https://nycvotes.turbovote.org/?r=votingnyc by Saturday, June 17. Update your address if you have moved in order to vote on Primary Day by Saturday, June 17. Early voting takes place from Saturday, June 17, to Sunday, June 25. Visit https://findmypollsite.vote.nyc/ to find your early voting site and hours. Request an absentee ballot in person by Monday, June 26. To find your borough Board of Elections

By JOSÉ A. GIRALIT

The University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP) was created in 1983 by Fordham University to help Bronxites take ownership of community-based redevelopment efforts. On Thursday, April 27, the organization celebrated 40 years with an event entitled “40 & Still Fighting Fiesta” held at Serviam Hall in Bedford Park. The organizers also used the occasion to honor UNHP board president, Joe Muriana. It was as a member of Fordham University’s Office of Government & Urban Affairs that Muriana began his relationship with UNHP. “I was the assistant director for urban affairs,” he told Norwood News. “[UNHP] was in part a creation

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Note: Check back for more updates as we add more events. Transportation Updates For updates on Bronx Street and Bridge closures, subway changes, and other transportation-related updates, click here. Friendly Voices Program for Seniors If you are an older New Yorker feeling lonely or isolated, NYC Ageing can connect you with a friendly volunteer to talk with over the phone or video chat. Call (212)-Ageing-NYC (212) 244 -6469 and ask about the Friendly Voices Program. Liz Krueger’s 2023 Virtual Roundtable for Boomers & Seniors A virtual roundtable for Boomers and seniors will be held on Thursday,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, in association with Sal Abbatiello of Fever Records, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Hip Hop on Saturday, May 6, at 8 p.m. with the Hip Hop Fever 2023 concert. In the early 1970s, Hip Hop was born in the South Bronx and the concert will celebrate the early pioneers of the now world famous music genre. The show will feature performances by Grandmaster Melle & Scorpio (“The Message”), KRS-One (“Step Into A World”), Kurtis Blow (“The Breaks”), Sugar Hill Gang (“Rappers Delight”), Nice N Smooth (“Hip Hop Junkies”), Soul Sonic Force (“Planet Rock”),

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