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Councilman Calls for Increased Physical Activity To Promote Creativity In Schools

Written by Adam R. Bermudez Councilman Andy King empathizes with kids stuck for hours at their desks and wants to do something about it. Speaking on BronxTalk on Monday night with host Gary Axelbank, King called for more physical activity […]

by · January 28, 2014 · Local News

Speaker Puts Hostos In The Spotlight

Written by Adam R. Bermudez New City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is putting Hostos Community College in the news both today and tomorrow. Located in her newly mapped 8th District in the South Bronx on the Grand Concourse, Hostos CC […]

by · January 28, 2014 · Local News

Local Activist and Former Assembly Candidate Adam Bermudez Joins Bronx Chronicle

The team just keeps growing here at The Bronx Chronicle. Adam Bermudez, a former reporter at The Bronx Times, has joined The Bronx Chronicle as a Staff Reporter. His beat will include a wide array of responsibilities, including reporting on […]

by · January 28, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Local News

President To Announce Significant Change in Federal Minimum Wage Policy During State of the Union

Written by Adam R. Bermudez President To Announce Significant Change in Federal Minimum Wage Policy During State of the Union by Adam R. Bermudez As the fight for a living wage continues to wage in New York City, championed by […]

by · January 28, 2014 · Domestic News, Local News

New Councilman Poised to Take on Veterans’ PTSD concerns at City Hall

Written by Adam R. Bermudez Bronx City Council Member Andrew Cohen, newly elected to represent Riverdale, Kingsbridge and Woodlawn in City Hall, is in a unique position to influence city policy affecting returning armed services veterans from the Bronx. Cohen […]

by · January 28, 2014 · Local News
Inflated NYPD Stats Also Hurt Economic Development In The Bronx

Inflated NYPD Stats Also Hurt Economic Development In The Bronx

On Friday, the New York Daily News published an exclusive story on how the crime stats for the Hunts Point area or the 41st precinct have historically been merged with the crime stats from Riker’s Island, affecting the auto and […]

by · January 28, 2014 · Local News

“Coats for the Cold” – Parkchester

by · January 27, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Local News

New York City Council Speaker’s Inauguration Celebration

Please join us in celebrating the inauguration of Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. Details are below. To RSVP, please fill out the information below. We hope you can attend this joyous occasion. WHEN Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 Doors open at 5:15PM Ceremony […]

by · January 26, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Local News

Protecting History: Senator Klein, Assemblyman Crespo and Bronx Community Leaders Call for Official Recognition of African Slave Burial Ground at Drake Park

Protecting History: Senator Klein, Assemblyman Crespo and Bronx Community Leaders Call for Official Recognition of African Slave Burial Ground at Drake Park BRONX, NY– Standing in front of the south side of Joseph Rodman Drake Park in Hunts Point, Senator […]

by · January 25, 2014 · Local News

Local restaurant perseveres to establish a new holiday tradition and crowns its own “Coquito King”

On Monday the 20th, the owners of Thirty3 Sixty3 Steakhouse in Throggs Neck pulled off a long anticipated and very successful contest that brought in a dozen participants and over a 100 spectators to create a new post-holiday tradition. Billed […]

by · January 25, 2014 · Local News

6th Annual Fair @ the Square

by · January 24, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Local News

Free Computer Workshops for Veterans ONLY

by · January 24, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Local News

The Bronx Borough Board Public Hearing on the Mayor’s Preliminary Budget for Fiscal Year 2015

New Date! March 5, 2014

by · January 24, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Local News

Predicted decline of the U.S. Maybe Not

All to often in the last 30 years popular and in many cases self serving wisdom has dictated that the age of American industrial no-how and profitability is a thing of the past. This wisdom would often pontificate on how […]

by · January 23, 2014 · Business, Domestic News

Senator Klein, Assemblyman Crespo and Hunts Point Community Leaders Call for Official Recognition of African Slave Burial Ground at Drake Park

WHO: State Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) Assemblyman Marcos Crespo (D-Bronx) National Action Network Bronx Chapter President, Dashawn Williams NAACP East Bronx Chapter President, Beverly Roberts Bright Temple AME Pastor, Reverand Kali Motoo Community Board 2 District Manager, Rafael Salamanca Jr. […]

by · January 23, 2014 · Bulletin Board, Local News