Neighborhood Notes: Mosholu Pkwy Mobility Workshop, Public Service Fellowship, COVID Testing Sites Reopened & More!

  Local People Reported Missing in Recent Weeks   A 14-year-old girl was reported missing in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx. Click here for more details. An 85-year-old woman was reported missing in Mt Hope section of the Bronx. Click here for more details. A 74-year-old man was reported missing in the Fordham Manor […]

Trash, Fire Safety & Housing are Priorities for Norwood & Bedford Park Residents in New Year

Concerns over growing piles of trash, suggestions for tenant education around fire safety, and the end of the eviction and foreclosure moratorium drew much of the attention at various community meetings held locally in January.   Bedford Mosholu Community Association (BMCA) addressed four sanitation issues that continue to plague the area at their latest meeting […]

Transportation Alternatives Bronx Activist Committee Holds Christmas Bike Event

The folks at Transportation Alternatives Bronx Activist Committee, headed up by Kevin Daloia, held their annual, novel, festive bike ride around the borough on Thursday, Dec. 16, in the lead up to the year-end holidays, all in an effort to spread some much-needed holiday cheer and spirit, amid the then-latest wave of coronavirus infections caused […]

Sanchez Chairs Council Committee on Housing & Buildings, as Women Comprise Council Majority

On Thursday, Jan. 20, the New York City Council appointed recently elected, Bronx, District 14 City Council Member, Pierina Sanchez, as chair of the council’s powerful housing & buildings committee, which has jurisdiction over New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Department of Buildings (DOB), as well as rent regulation […]

UPDATE Bronx Defenders Issue Cool Response to Mayor’s Blue Print to Curb Gun Violence

The Bronx Defenders, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem and Queens Defenders released the a statement on Monday, Jan. 24, in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement earlier on Monday of his “Blueprint to End Gun Violence” in New York City. The mayor’s announcement follows a roundtable discussion […]

UPDATE Neighborhood Notes: Bronx CB7 Mourns Past Members, How to Help Bronx Fire Victims & More

Bronx CB7 Mourns Passing of Former Members Bronx CB7 extends its most sincere condolences to the families of both Carmen Miranda, former CB7 Education Committee chair, and Jeffrey Hunter, former member of the Veterans Committee, on their recent passing. “We are heartbroken over the loss of two of our board members,” the board said in a joint […]

Bronx BP Gibson & Elected Officials Host Home Testing Kit Distribution Event Today

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson announced on Wednesday, Jan. 12, that, in partnership with Congress Member Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), who represents parts of the Bronx and Northern Manhattan, Bronx Council Member Pierina Sanchez (C.D. 14), Bronx State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (S.D. 33), Bronx Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) and Bronx Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia […]