At a public meeting billed as a “Boroughwide Town Hall on Public Banking,” representatives from ten Bronx-based groups joined various elected officials to push for State and City legislators to build upon efforts to promote worker-owned businesses, increase community land trusts, and facilitate access to more local credit unions as an alternative to big […]
After the polls closed on Tuesday, June 27, NYC Board of Elections released the initial, unofficial results of the primary elections which took place that day, based on a percentage of returned poll site scanners. The initial results cover both early votes and election day votes. Absentee and overseas ballots still have to be […]
District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez is pressing ahead with her reelection campaign by focusing on her accomplishments and largely ignoring the challenge to her seat in the upcoming Democratic Primary on Tuesday, June 27, by her opponent, Rachel Bradshaw, State committeewoman for Assembly District 78. Sanchez won her seat for the first time in […]
Editor’s Note: Check back for more updates as we add more events. Bronx CB7 Community Coordinator Bronx Community Board 7 is hiring a community coordinator. For details, visit www.nyc.gov/jobs and search for job ID number 587540. Hot Meal Giveaway District 13 City Council Member Marjorie Velázquez is partnering with GrubHub, and Pelham Parkway […]
Editor’s Note: Check back for more updates as we add more events. Editor’s Pick A Caribbean Heritage Celebration will be hosted by Bronx borough president’s office and partners on Thursday, June 22. See attached flier below for more details. EVENTS Drishna Wholeness in partnership with Poe Park Visitors Center and other partners […]
NYC CARSHARE OVERVIEW Video courtesy of NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) In response to some inquiries about the City’s permanent car share program, the following is a summary of the history of the initiative. Starting in 2018, New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) launched a citywide carshare pilot program in accordance with Local […]
State committeewoman for Assembly District 78, Rachel Bradshaw, Fordham Hill Co-op board secretary, and candidate in the upcoming Democratic City Council primary election for District 14, joined a group of supporters on Saturday, May 27, as she took her campaign to unseat the incumbent, Council Member Pierina Sanchez who has held the seat since 2022, […]
This week, we asked readers for their thoughts on former U.S. President Donald Trump becoming the first former president of the United States to be indicted on federal charges. “Well, if he did something wrong, he should be indicted. He seems like he’s scattered by one thing after another. I think he should be held […]
More than 3,450 graduates gathered on the athletic fields of Lehman College in Bedford Park on June 1 to participate in the college’s 55th Commencement ceremony. With sunny, blue skies above them, and surrounded by family and friends who filled the outer banks of the fields, and took up more than half the playing field, […]
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