Politicians, Hip-Hop Legends Break Ground on New Universal Museum in South Bronx

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

The transformation of the South Bronx continued Thursday, May 20, with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new museum which will memorialize the history of hip-hop in the borough, part of a $349 million development known as Bronx Point. With shovels in hand and scooping dirt from a pile of earth, elected officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., joined hip-hop legends, Grandmaster Flash, Slick Rick, LL Cool J, Chuck D, Nas, and Fat Joe, in marking the ceremonial foundation of the museum’s construction. The 22-story building

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Lottery announced there were multiple top-prize winning tickets sold for the May 24 TAKE 5 drawing, with winning tickets sold in The Bronx and Brooklyn at the following locations: 1701 Grocery Corp located at 1701 Unionport Road in the vicinity of Van Nest in The Bronx, which sold one prize-winning ticket worth $27,933.50 Clary Deli Grocery Corp located at 85 Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn, which sold one prize-winning ticket worth $27,933.50 TAKE 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. Drawings take place every evening at 10:30 p.m. Winning tickets at all prize levels may be cashed up

Latest Updates on Vaccine Eligibility According to New York State Department of Health, all individuals 12 years of age and older who reside in the United States are eligible to receive the vaccine, for free. While the vaccination process is underway, residents should continue to follow prevailing public health guidelines. FDA fact sheets for recipients and caregivers on each vaccine are available here: Pfizer-BioNTech: https://www.fda.gov/media/144414/download Moderna: https://www.fda.gov/media/144638/download Johnson & Johnson/Janssen: https://www.fda.gov/media/146305/download COVID-19 vaccines are now widely available at pharmacies, local health departments, clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and other locations across the state. Visit https://www.vaccines.gov/search/ to find appointments near you or contact your local pharmacy

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers how they felt about unmasking, if fully vaccinated against COVID-19, knowing that the vaccination rate in the Bronx remains the worst in the city. As of May 24, only 33 percent of Bronxites were fully vaccinated, while 40 percent have had one shot. “Everyone has to wear a mask because you don’t know if the next person has the coronavirus and then they give it to you. No, I can’t trust some people because I don’t know who’s vaccinated. When I’m among people, I wear the mask regardless of vaccinations or not.” Richard

By RACHEL DALOO & SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Pick Looking to start a new piece of writing or a creative project? Longing to get back to the page, but finding yourself blocked? Join the NYCWP’s Generative Writing Boot Camp from June 1 to June 3, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., for three days of generating your own creative writing! Over this three-day “boot camp,” writers will have the opportunity to engage with a variety of prompts, and participate in micro-studies of various craft elements, creative forms, and model readings. To register or for more information, visit https://www.lehman.edu and go to “All Events” or email jane.higgins@lehman.cuny.edu. Registration

As coronavirus restrictions are slowly being lifted and slightly larger gatherings are, once again, being held, Assemblyman Victor Pichardo and District Leader Yudelka Tapia, recently co-hosted an event honoring various mothers for their service to the community in University Heights. Both organizers represent the 86th A.D. in The Bronx. Held outdoors in Devoe Park at West Fordham Road and Andrews Avenue on Saturday, May 15, a few dozen community members sat side by side on lawn chairs under a tent, to observe the proceedings. Some chose not to wear face masks following the recent easing of CDC guidelines, as

By DAVID GREENE

L. Jimenez Business Solution (LJBS) is the place to go to fax a document, create a résumé or prepare one’s taxes, but for almost two months, hundreds of local residents have been lining up outside the location for food now also. On Friday, May 21, a crowd of well over 100 people once again lined up outside LJBS, located at 206 East Bedford Park Boulevard for a Food Giveaway sponsored by the Albanian American Open Hand Association (AAOHA), and organized by AAOHA, Miriam Quiñones, Norwood News photographer, and LJBS. The line stretched up Bedford Park Boulevard and around

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Local biking enthusiast and Bronxite, Kevin Daloia, recently re-formed the environmental group, Friends of the Hutchinson River Greenway. The volunteer group held its first clean-up of the greenway, located in the East Bronx, on Sunday, May 2, having postponed it by a week due to rain. Below is a selection of photographs from the clean-up. According to the group’s Facebook page, the Hutchinson River Greenway is a safe, clean and green, 3.5 mile, pedestrian and bicycle route from Brush Avenue to Einstein Loop. Based in the vicinity of Lehman High School, in the Pelham Bay section of the

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

Nurses Week, a week-long, annual celebration, honoring nurses kicked off on Thursday, May 6, with many Bronx hospitals organizing special events to mark the occasion, all of which held special significance for the profession after such an unprecedented year. To date, 42,503 people have died from COVID-19, including 4,538 Bronxites. Over 2 million New Yorkers tested positive for the virus at one point or another. Among other events, NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi honored their nurses with a large breakfast on May 7. Chief nursing officer, Suzanne Pennacchio, addressed her colleagues with a heartfelt message of gratitude thanking them and

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Politicians, Hip-Hop Legends Break Ground on New Universal Museum in South Bronx

Take-5, Top-Prize Lottery Ticket Sold in The Bronx

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Unmasking with just 33 Percent of Bronxites Vaccinated

Out & About: Family Fitness Festival, Revolutionary Walking Tour, Streams of Black Music & More!

Update: Mother’s Day Celebration Held at Devoe Park in University Heights

Bedford Park “Business Solution” Joins AAOHA to Help Solve Local Food Needs Also

Friends of Hutchinson River Greenway Hold Clean-Up Event

Jacobi & Montefiore Celebrate Nurses Week, as PPE Giveaways Still Very Much Welcomed