In one of the shortest administrative tenures in recent times at Community Board 7, the board’s district manager has suddenly resigned with just only half a year on the job. Socrates Caba turned in his letter of resignation on Wednesday, Dec. 4 to CB7 Chairwoman Adaline Walker, who was voted into office in June, the […]
If anyone had foretold I’d be the next editor at the Norwood News a year ago, I probably would’ve told them they got the wrong guy. But that make believe scenario has turned into reality, and I’m still pinching myself these days even as I keep revisiting this cute phrase our previous editor repeated—“May God have […]
by David Cruz The Subcommittee Zoning and Franchises voted 6-0 in favor of transforming the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory into the world’s largest ice centers. The panel voted this morning for the project overseen by the developers for the Kingsbridge National Ice Center that brings nine ice rinks and a 5,000-seat arena to the empty fortress. […]
by David Cruz In a last-minute, backroom deal, sources are telling the Norwood News that the Mayor’s Office has stepped in to broker a deal between Councilman Fernando Cabrera and developers of the Kingsbridge National Ice Center over some loose ends related to the project, which could have sunk the ice center entirely. The agreement […]
Councilman Fernando Cabrera vowed to reject the Kingsbridge Armory National Ice Center should developers ignore “loose ends” that include impending traffic jams and displaced, working class merchants. His comments came two days before the City Council’s vote on the colossal ice project, with Cabrera stating the Bronx council delegation, with the exception of Councilman Oliver […]
The Bronx is known for being a strongly Democratic borough. In the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama received 91 percent of the borough’s votes. It seems like the other parties don’t stand a chance against the Democratic nominees in the borough, but with the general election coming on Tuesday, Nov. 5, we thought it would […]
On a Monday in the middle of May, I made my first trip to the Bronx and the Norwood News. It was pouring down rain. The kind of New York City rain an umbrella fails to protect you from no matter how hard it tries. No problem, I remember thinking, I’m from the Pacific Northwest where rain is a way of life. I got this.
As part of a public relations blitz leading up to the meat of the city's land use review process, which starts with a public hearing at Lehman College tomorrow night, the Kingsbridge National Ice Center named New York Rangers hockey legend Mark Messier as its CEO.
Bronx Councilman Joel Rivera, who moonlights as a Bronx real estate agent, looks at the vacant old Fordham Library on Bainbridge Avenue and sees a valuable commodity that could be used in two vastly different ways.
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