Sanchez Announces $1 Million in “Participatory Budgeting” Projects

District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez announced a million-dollar investment in various quality-of-life improvements going to schools, libraries, and senior centers in the district on June 20. The funding came by way of New York City Council’s participatory budgeting (PB) process which, according to New York City Council, is a democratic process in which community […]

UPDATE Fordham Manor: Residents React to Daylight Shooting of Two Cousins & Two Brothers by St. James Park

  Local residents gave their reaction to Norwood News to a shocking, multiple daylight shooting on East 193rd Street and Morris Avenue in Fordham Manor, beside St. James Park in which scores of people had gathered on Tuesday evening, July 11.   As previously reported, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said during a press […]

UPDATE Fordham Manor: Four Shot including Two Kids Three Days after Peace BBQ Held at St. James Park

The NYPD has released a video and photo of two suspects and is appealing to the public for help identifying the two shooters who are sought for the drive-by, daylight, multiple shooting of four people, including two young children under the age of 7, on East 193rd Street and Morris Avenue, beside St. James Park, […]

Van Cortlandt Village: Applications Filed with DOB to Expand 3-Story Structure into 5-Story at 3854 Bailey Ave

Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) to expand a three-story structure into a five-story, mixed-use building at 3854 Bailey Avenue in the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx, according to YIMBY.   Located between West 238th Street and Van Cortlandt Avenue West, the lot is near the 238th Street […]

City Island Rising Pushes to Expand NYC Ferry Service & Hosts Narcan Training to Prevent Overdoses

City Island Rising, a community based, non-profit association working to improve the City Island community with open discourse and civility towards all, tabled at the City Island Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Spring Arts and Craft Fair alongside Bronx Bound Books on June 3.   According to the organization, board members distributed hundreds of face masks, […]