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A listing of community events, services and programs in the northwest Bronx.
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Neighborhood Notes
A listing of community events, services and programs for our readers in the northwest Bronx.
Role of Private Equity Worries Tenant Advocates
On Feb. 7, 2008, The Pinnacle Group, a real estate firm, added 10 Bronx buildings to their 420-building New York City portfolio. This was the most recent in a spate of Bronx property acquisitions by landlord groups backed by what tenants and organizers are calling "predatory equity."
Neighborhood Notes
A listing of programs, services and events for our Bronx readers.
Healthy Lessons
Volunteers manned their stations on June 1 in the battle for public health as several hundred residents attended the annual Children's Health Fair, sponsored by Montefiore Medical Center and the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center on East Gun Hill Road.
Neighborhood Notes
A listing of community events, programs and services for our readers in the northwest Bronx.
Tracey Towers Blaze Leaves Tremendous Damage
An explosive fire erupted at Tracey Towers on Feb. 26, leaving charred apartments and extensive damage to several floors of the complex. The three-alarm fire was the second blaze in less than a month at the troubled development.
UPDATE As Heatwave Continues into Weekend, EMS & Health Department Urge New Yorkers to Take Precautions
NYC Emergency Management and the NYC health department are reminding New Yorkers to take precautions to beat the heat as the current heatwave continues into the weekend. The National Weather Service (NWS) has advised that a heat advisory is in effect until Sunday, June 23, at 8 p.m. Hot and humid conditions are in the forecast throughout the weekend, with heat index values in the upper 90s to 100 across the city.
City Council Passes Sanchez Bill Inspired by Billingsley Terrace Partial Building Collapse
The New York City Council announced on Thursday, June 20, the passage of Int. No. 904-A, a bill designed to establish a first-of-its-kind, proactive inspection program at NYC Department of Buildings (DOB). The Billingsley Terrace Structural Integrity Act was introduced by City Council Member Pierina Sanchez (C.D. 14) on April 25, as reported, in response to the partial building collapse that occurred at 1915 Billingsley Terrace in Morris Heights on Dec. 11, 2023, forcing over 150 tenants to lose their homes, as reported.
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