UPDATE MTA Announces Progress on Long-Awaited Mosholu Parkway Subway Elevator

Plans to install the long-awaited elevator at Mosholu Parkway subway station, which serves the 4 line, and which is located at the border of Jerome Park and Norwood, are finally taking shape according to The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Replacement elevators are also set to be installed at three existing accessible Bronx subway stations as part of two new, public-private partnerships, the agency announced on Nov. 30.   Given the proximity of Mosholu Parkway station, located at the intersection of Mosholu Parkway and Jerome Avenue, to a number of local hospitals and healthcare facilities, including Norwood’s Montefiore Medical Center, located


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UPDATE Sole Black-Owned Business on City Island, Seafood Kingz, Receives Racist Letter / Flier

The Black-owned business owners of Seafood Kingz, a City Island restaurant located at 634 City Island Avenue, are organizing a rally outside the restaurant on Saturday, Nov. 12, to call out racist abuse which they say was directed at their business on Nov. 3, 2022, in the form of a letter.   “On November 3rd, my father, Darryl Lelie, received some hate mail at our family restaurant, Seafood Kingz, on City Island in the Bronx,” Derell Lelie, son of Darryl Lelie, wrote in a Nov. 7th Instagram post on the Instagram page of Seafood Kingz (seafoodkingz_cityisland_). “We are the only


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Elections 2022: Conservative Party Candidate, Kevin Pazmino on Govt Oversight, Crime and Housing

Freelance filmmaker and former District 11 city council candidate, Kevin Pazmino, is, as reported, running on the Conservative Party ticket in the upcoming general election on Nov. 8 in Assembly District 81. The seat is currently held by incumbent assemblyman and Democrat, Jeffrey Dinowitz, and covers much of the Northwest Bronx.   The candidate ran unsuccessfully on the Republican Party and Conservative Party lines in the 2021 district 11 city council general election which was ultimately won by now Councilman Eric Dinowitz, son of the assemblyman. Pazmino did not avail of the public matching funds program when he ran for


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Elections 2022: Jeffrey Dinowitz Looks Forward Not Back ahead of General Election

Editor’s Note: The following story was first published by Norwood News ahead of the June 2022 Primary Election. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is currently running as the Democratic nominee in the upcoming general election on Nov. 8 in Assembly District 81.    As the incumbent assemblyman representing A.D. 81 since 1994, Jeffrey Dinowitz is both a seasoned politician and candidate when it comes to election campaigns. He has seen off a number of political challengers over the course of his political career to retain his Northwest Bronx seat and appears adamant to keep it that way.   Given his many years


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UPDATE City Council Approves Redrawn Maps dated Oct. 6 Submitted by NYC Districting Commission

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams sent a letter on behalf of the council to New York City Districting Commission chair, Dennis Walcott, on Thursday, Oct. 27, notifying the commission of the council’s acceptance of the proposed district maps [dated Oct. 6] without objection. The proposed maps will now go to the city clerk for certification.   Adams wrote in the letter, in part, “The Council accepts the Plan without objection, noting that it was passed by 13 members of the Commission after extensive deliberation over legal considerations including the Voting Rights Act of 1965, population deviation limitations and


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UPDATE Benjamin Franklin Reform Dems Will Consider Endorsing 2023 District 11 City Council Primary Candidates

The Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club (BFRDC) has announced that it will “discuss and decide whether to endorse a candidate for the 2023 11th district City Council [Democratic] primary election.”   A representative for the Kingsbridge-based club said that if the club decides to go ahead with this proposal, club members will vote on any such endorsement for the council position, which is currently held by incumbent City Councilman Eric Dinowitz.   As reported, the club had been criticized by some during the 2020/2021 election cycle for the manner in which the club endorsed Dinowitz, then a candidate for the


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New Unity Democratic Club Launches in The Bronx

Recently elected Democratic district leaders for the 81st assembly district, Abigail Martin and Ramdat Singh, announced the formation of the Unity Democratic Club at a launch event held at The Bronx Public eatery on West 231st Street in Kingsbridge Heights on Oct. 3. The formation of the new club was announced at a regularly-scheduled meeting of the Bronx Unity Coalition, when all in attendance were invited to join the new club.   The Bronx Unity Coalition have organized different events in the past, often in the Kingsbridge neighborhood and some in conjunction with Northwest Bronx Indivisible. The coalition describe themselves


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UPDATE Jerome Gun Hill BID’s 21st Annual Fall Festival Takes Place on Oct. 22

The Jerome Gun Hill BID’s 21st Annual Fall Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 22, from noon to 5 p.m. on Jerome Avenue between East Mosholu Parkway North and East Gun Hill Road in the Norwood section of The Bronx. ​ Come celebrate Fall in the Jerome Gun Hill BID and enjoy food, three musical performances, shopping, games, arts & crafts, pet adoption and a pumpkin giveaway! ​ To get involved as a sponsor, volunteer, vendor, or community organization, you can call the BID at (718)  324-4946 or click here for more information. According to the organizing team, the


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UPDATE NYC Districting Commission Approved Latest Redrawn City Council Maps on Oct. 6

NYC Districting Commission, the entity tasked with redrawing the 51 New York City Council maps following the 2020 census results, voted 13-1 to approve and submit to the City Council the latest newly redrawn maps, during a public meeting held on Thursday, Oct. 6.   These maps were revised from both the preliminary plan published by the Commission in July and a proposed revised plan submitted in September that was not approved by the Commission during a meeting on Sept. 22. The maps represent a response to over 12,500 submissions offered by New Yorkers in person or via Zoom during


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