Via The Trace (an anti-gun violence newsletter): August 27, 1987 Scott Monroe Sterling, a rapper who performed as DJ Scott La Rock, was shot and killed while trying to diffuse a love triangle at a housing project in the South Bronx. He was […]
Yesterday morning, Virginia TV journalists, Alison Parker and Adam Ward, were shot on air in an attack staged by a former colleague. That colleague Vester Flanagan, who went by the name Bryce Williams, recorded the on-air attack which he later released […]
“The best way we can honor the lives lost in the Oak Creek tragedy is through meaningful change.” Earlier this month, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, released the statement below on the […]
Hey Boo-Boo, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., and Assemblyman Marcos Crespo join New York City Department of Parks & Recreation Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, in hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony and free movie night (‘Yogi Bear’) […]
July’s average global temperature was 61.86 degrees, making it the hottest month on Earth since records have been kept, federal weather officials said. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said the new mark broke previous records set […]
On Thursday, State Senator Jeff Klein presented the YMCA of Greater New York $200,000 in state funding. Klein presented a mock check to Executive Director of The Bronx YMCA Sharlene Brown, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs at the YMCA […]
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx County Make Toplessness in Public Illegal for Everyone You should know that some time ago, Times Square used to be the pits of the nation where criminals, drug […]
New York Road Runners Looking For Volunteers The New York Road Runners (NYRR) are looking for local Bronxites volunteers who would like to come out and help with the Bronx 10-Mile race on Sunday, September 27. NYRR is looking for volunteers […]
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday that he will convene a multi-agency City task force to address the growing problem of topless individuals and costume characters in Times Square. Over the past several months, serious concerns have been raised about […]
Opera House Hotel cooling tower Legionella strains match strains taken from patients; Hotel’s cooling tower was disinfected The New York City Health Department’s Public Health Laboratory, in close coordination with the State’s Wadsworth Center Laboratory and the CDC, today announced […]
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo directed New York State Police to ramp up enforcement efforts as part of a national crackdown on impaired driving. The 20-day campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, runs from Aug. 21 to Sept. 7 (Labor […]
BCHN Annual Health Fair Field Day Area Children Participate in Fun-Filled Day of Outdoor Activity Dozens of young children participated in the annual Bronx Community Health Network / BCHN Health Fair Field Day at the Evander Childs Educational Campus on […]
Tenants in Bronx Apartment Building Sue 421-a Landlord in NYS Supreme Court Over Illegal Rents and Attempts to Deregulate Apartments Eighteen tenants from a Bronx apartment building sued their landlord in NYS Supreme Court today, challenging the owner’s unlawful attempts […]
Acclaimed artist Engelbert Humperdinck serenades concertgoers at Senator Klein’s Summertime Symphonies Series State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) hosted Engelbert Humperdinck at Seton Park on Tuesday. The British balladeer serenaded a crowd of more than 500 concertgoers as part of […]
Gregory D. Bell, Sr., 68, a military veteran, community activist and founder of Insight for New Housing, died of cancer at the Bronx V.A. Hospital on August 13. City Councilwoman Vanessa L. Gibson remembered Greg Bell as not only a strong […]
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