Bronx Veterans Voice Concern over Expected NYC VA Medical Center Closures

By SARAH HUFFMAN

News of the recently announced likely closures of the Manhattan and Brooklyn Veterans Affairs hospitals raised concern among veterans during the March meeting of Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7)’s Veterans Affairs’ committee. Committee chair, Chad Royer, said announcements of the closures had arisen following an Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Report by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which included recommendations by the U.S. VA Secretary. He said the AIR Commission, which is appointed by the president, uses the report to plan how to provide a better healthcare network in the right locations with the right infrastructure to

By SÍLE MOLONEY

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) deputy secretary, Donald Remy, sought to alleviate concerns among Bronx veterans amid news of possible closures of the Brooklyn and Manhattan VA medical centers in the future, during a recent visit to the Bronx VA medical center on Friday, April 8. The visit was organized in the context of the VA’s ongoing Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR), a study of the current and future health care needs of veterans across the country in the context of existing VA medical service provision. Though no date has yet been set for the potential closures

Editor’s Pick Local nonprofit, “We Aim Higher,” which focuses on holding “human service” events to help communities, is organizing a Bronx clean-up event in honor of Earth Day, Friday, April 22. Click here for more information. EVENTS Bronx-based nonprofit, Freedom Youth NYC Family Justice Center, is holding a Black & Gold fundraiser to support the organization’s anti-trafficking work on April 30 at 5 p.m. at 22 East 125th Street in Manhattan with honoree, Mayor Eric Adams. Further details can be found in the flyer, which can be found further below. To celebrate the 125th anniversary of DeWitt Clinton

By SÍLE MOLONEY

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By SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Pick Bronx-based nonprofit, Freedom Youth NYC Family Justice Center, is holding a Black & Gold fundraiser to support the organization’s anti-trafficking work on April 30 at 5 p.m. at 22 East 125th Street in Manhattan with honoree, Mayor Eric Adams. Further details can be found in the flyer, which can be found further below. EVENTS Hop Aboard the Woodlawn Trolley for a 60-minute Throwback Thursday Scenic Trolley Tour of the Woodlawn Cemetery, located at 3800 Jerome Ave, Bronx, NY, on Thursday, April 21, at 2 p.m. Woodlawn is a 400-acre national historic landmark and a Level II Arboretum.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joined Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), for a Community Town Hall in the Riverdale section of The Bronx on Monday, March 14, on the first anniversary of the American Rescue Plan. During the event, which was held at the College of Mount Saint Vincent Athletic Center, located at 6301 Riverdale Avenue, the two discussed U.S. support for Ukraine amid the ongoing war with Russia, as well as other key, domestic, legislative priorities, in the form of a Q&A session. In introducing Pelosi, whose visit coincided with Women’s History Month, Bowman

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT & SÍLE MOLONEY

The following is an extended version of the story that recently appeared in our latest print edition. Big news about what’s going to happen to the Kingsbridge Armory is nothing new at Community Board 7 (CB7) meetings. Discussions on the seemingly ill-fated development have been dragging on for years. At a recent CB7 general board meeting held on Feb. 22, Emmanuel Martinez, chairman of CB7, announced plans to gather input, once again, from the community on what will happen to the landmark building located on Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road. “I want to make the board aware

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers their thoughts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “I feel that with this war, the Russians are unjust at what they’re doing…like a bully, and I’m glad that people of other countries are coming together and putting the pressure on him [President Vladimir Putin]. I don’t think it’s going to last too much longer. If you don’t have money, you can’t run a country, right? That’s how I feel about it. But I hope that this thing stops soon, because it’s going to spread like cancer in Europe if it doesn’t. He’s

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