Articles by: Sal Conforto

Trump Administration Releases Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs

Today, the Trump Administration released “American Patients First,” the President’s blueprint to lower drug prices and reduce out-of-pocket costs.  Below is the blueprint’s introductory message from HHS Secretary Alex Azar: The United States is first in the world in biopharmaceutical investment […]

by · May 14, 2018 · Bulletin Board
Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library “The Big 50th Birthday Bash & Summer Reading Bonanza”

Pelham Parkway-Van Nest Library “The Big 50th Birthday Bash & Summer Reading Bonanza”

by · May 14, 2018 · Bulletin Board
8th “Abrazo Garifuna in New York”

8th “Abrazo Garifuna in New York”

by · May 3, 2018 · Bulletin Board
FREE Financial Literacy 101 program at Pelham Bay Library Wed 5/16 at 1 PM

FREE Financial Literacy 101 program at Pelham Bay Library Wed 5/16 at 1 PM

by · May 2, 2018 · Bulletin Board
Leake & Watts Rebrands…After 187 Years!

Leake & Watts Rebrands…After 187 Years!

(Bronx, NY… April 24, 2018) …  On the steps of City Hall in lower Manhattan today, and at a ceremony held at the Dr. Katharine Dodge Brownell School in the Southeast Bronx, Alan Mucatel, executive director of what was formerly […]

by · April 26, 2018 · Bulletin Board

Councilman Gjonaj’s column

On Tuesday, April 24th, the 80th assembly district went to the polls for the special election to fill my former assembly seat and voted overwhelmingly for my former chief of staff, and good friend, Nathalia Fernandez.   I have gotten […]

by · April 26, 2018 · Bulletin Board
Health Fair Sunday, April 29th

Health Fair Sunday, April 29th

by · April 24, 2018 · Bulletin Board
45th Precinct Community Council Breakfast

45th Precinct Community Council Breakfast

by · April 24, 2018 · Bulletin Board
Helping the river run silver again

Helping the river run silver again

Bringing back a critical link in the River’s Ecosystem Welcoming 400 alewife herring to the Bronx River! Once so abundance along the eastern seaboard that our rivers once “ran silver” in the spring, alewife herring populations have crashed, largely due to dams that obstruct their […]

by · April 11, 2018 · Parks
Announcement: Passing of Dorothy Castro

Announcement: Passing of Dorothy Castro

by · March 28, 2018 · Obituary
Free Seminar: How Do Taxes Fit into your Retirement Planning? Wed, March 28

Free Seminar: How Do Taxes Fit into your Retirement Planning? Wed, March 28

The Bronx Chamber of Commerce and New York Life invite you to attend a Free Seminar: How Do Taxes Fit into your Retirement Planning? Wed, March 28, Hutch Metro Conference Center, 5:30 pm  

by · March 26, 2018 · Bulletin Board
High School Equivalency – TASC/GED Class – FREE – Apr 16

High School Equivalency – TASC/GED Class – FREE – Apr 16

by · March 23, 2018 · Education News
FOUR INMATES INDICTED IN BRUTAL GANG ASSAULT OF CORRECTION OFFICER

FOUR INMATES INDICTED IN BRUTAL GANG ASSAULT OF CORRECTION OFFICER

FOUR INMATES INDICTED IN BRUTAL GANG ASSAULT OF CORRECTION OFFICER; KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS AND FRACTURED SPINE Teen Defendants Face Up To 25 Years in Prison            Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that four Rikers Island inmates have […]

by · March 20, 2018 · Crime

DSNY Issues ‘Snow Alert’ for Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 1 p.m.

DSNY Issues ‘Snow Alert’ for Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 1 p.m.   The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a Snow Alert for Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 1 p.m.   In a snow alert, DSNY coordinates with […]

by · March 20, 2018 · Weather
BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATALLY SHOOTING MAN AFTER DISPUTE

BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATALLY SHOOTING MAN AFTER DISPUTE

BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON FOR FATALLY SHOOTING MAN AFTER DISPUTE Defendant Convicted by Jury of Manslaughter; Fired Four Shots into Group            Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been […]

by · March 20, 2018 · Crime