The New York Botanical Garden’s exhibition Groundbreakers: Great American Gardens and The Women Who Designed Them explores the burgeoning age of gardening between 1900 and 1930, and the contributions of American women who emerged as influential professionals in the fields of […]
President Obama announced more than 300 private and public sector commitments to create jobs and cut carbon pollution by advancing solar deployment and energy efficiency. The commitments represent more than 850 megawatts of solar deployed – enough to power nearly […]
Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced his appointment of Daniel Nigro to serve as New York City’s fire commissioner. A 32-year veteran of the FDNY and former chief of department, Nigro brings decades of operational and administrative experience to the […]
The Moonlight Ball, Bartow-Pell Conservancy’s signature centennial event, will be held tonight on the grounds of the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in a fabulously decorated, heated tent overlooking the newly restored Delano & Aldrich formal sunken garden. The festivities will begin at 7 p.m. […]
Tenants in New York City who qualify for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) Program can have their rent frozen at their current level and be exempt from future rent increases. A new guide has been published, available […]
Standing in front of the south side of Joseph Rodman Drake Park in Hunts Point, , local elected officials and Bronx community leaders announced $180,000 in funding for Joseph Rodman Drake Park that will go towards memorializing the African Slave […]
Closed for seven months, the Castle Hill and Middletown Road Stations are now opened. A full structural steel replacement was constructed at the Castle Hill Avenue station. Middletown Road received new platform lighting and public address speakers. The first two […]
Jeremy Warneke, District Manager of Community Board 11, spoke last night at the Van Nest Neighborhood Alliance’s monthly community meeting. Warneke focused on the importance of community members using 311 to address problems within the neighborhood. Many members brought up […]
As part of this year’s Bronx Week celebrations, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation will co-host a Business Day Breakfast on Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. at the Anheuser-Busch Distribution Center, 550 Food Center Drive, in Hunts Point.
Following vulnerability exposed by Hurricane Sandy, and in the aftermath of last week’s flooding, the de Blasio administration announced that it is launching two key studies, as well as a consumer education campaign, to better understand and communicate the impact […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York State received approximately $10 million in competitive AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), which will support more than 1,500 AmeriCorps members statewide serving in 15 organizations to combat […]
Reuters is reporting that fast food labor organizers said in New York stated Wednesday that workers seeking better compensation and working conditions are planning strikes in 150 cities in the United States on May 15. According to Reuters, “U.S. fast-food workers taking […]
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