Yesterday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that legislative leaders in the senate and assembly had reached an agreement that would lower taxes for the middle-class New Yorkers, while increasing taxes for the wealthiest. Bronx pols say it will benefit the Boogie Down.
Through a series of town hall meetings and other public activities, advocates and organizers are working to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender tolerance in the Bronx, a borough that gained a bad reputation for its intolerance last fall when a group of young adults in Morris Heights were arrested for viciously beating and sodomizing two youths and another man because they suspected the victims were gay.
In 2003, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene opened regional offices in several high-needs neighborhoods that have some of the worst health outcomes in the city. The South Bronx District Public Health Office is located at 1826 Arthur Ave. This week, Be Healthy! caught up with Assistant Commissioner Jane Bedell, M.D. to see what her office is working on.
David Lehmann, a longtime worker in the public health field, heads the Bronx Smoke-Free Partnership, a program funded by the State Department of Health and Human Services based at 1826 Arthur Ave. The Partnership works with community groups and organizations throughout the Bronx to prevent young people from smoking and to shape public policy against the tobacco industry. Earlier this month, the Norwood News sat down with Lehmann to get his take on cigarettes and smoking in our community.
There is something to be said for the power of puppy eyes. So proved Toby, a wolfhound mix, when he was adopted from a shelter by Dr. Andrew Kaplan, a practicing veterinarian in New York City. Although Toby was deemed "unadoptable" and "aggressive," Kaplan took him from the shelter just hours before he was scheduled to be put to death.
Toby soon became Kaplan's companion and his inspiration to battle pet overpopulation.
Two former Monroe College baseball players are headed to the pros. The Oakland Athletics drafted former Monroe Mustangs shortstop-turned-pitcher Jose Macias in the 18th round and the Arizona Diamondbacks selected pitcher Victor Lara in the 34th round of the Major League Baseball draft last week.
It isn’t very often that the real estate market sees a convergence of three great conditions that make for a true buyers’ market: low interest rates, government incentives and plenty of housing stock. So where are all the buyers in the Bronx? “It’s slow,” said Avi Kahn, a broker with Sherry and Sons who deals […]
It isn’t very often that the real estate market sees a convergence of three great conditions that make for a true buyers’ market: low interest rates, government incentives and plenty of housing stock. So where are all the buyers in the Bronx? “It’s slow,” said Avi Kahn, a broker with Sherry and Sons who deals […]
A number of advocates, education policy experts and principals have criticized the progress report's test-centric approach. But the DOE says that, according to the department's research, those scores often determine a student's ability to succeed in high school and are a big help to schools.
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