Education

SSB/DOB Urge Construction Workers Cheated by Valor Consulting to Sign Up for Free Safety Training

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Department of Small Businesses Services (SBS) is urging more than 17,000 active, construction workers to apply to SBS’s no-cost training program after their site safety training (SST) cards issued by Valor Consulting were deactivated following the revocation of the company’s status as a city-approved, safety training course provider. Those who apply will receive new replacement cards instead.

UPDATE North Riverdale: My Sister’s Keeper “Unconference” Honors Various Leaders

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Public Schools, My Sister’s Keeper (MSK) Bronx Committee, along with the Office of the Bronx Borough President, hosted the “My Sister’s Keeper ‘Unconference’,” on Wednesday, March 27, in North Riverdale. Over 1,000 students from schools across The Bronx filled the Hayes Auditorium on the campus of the University of Mount St. Vincent, located at 6301 Riverdale Avenue, as various girl and women leaders from different backgrounds were honored and encouraged to continue their work. 

Garden Legends Celebrate Food Pantry Opening at P.S. 113-X

By DAVID GREENE
Sports legends, John Starks of the New York Rangers and Brian Patrick Mullen of the NY Knicks, joined students and faculty of P.S. 113-X on Wednesday, March 13, in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for one of three new school food pantry openings taking place across the five boroughs, thanks to The Garden of Dreams Foundation and New York Edge.

UPDATE Woodlawn: Bob Nolan Honored by BP at Irish Heritage Month Celebration

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Former City official and aide to four former Bronx borough presidents, Robert “Bob” Francis Nolan, who died on Dec. 15, 2023 at the age of 70, as reported, was honored with a posthumous award in the presence of his family during an Irish Heritage Month celebration hosted by the Office of the Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson on March 27.