Archive for September, 2015

Nature & Outdoors – Bat bonanza night hike, fall migration, and more

Nature & Outdoors – Bat bonanza night hike, fall migration, and more

nyc.gov/parks Connect with NYC Parks Nature & Outdoors: Sep 17, 2015 – Sep 22, 2015 Citywide Highlights Bat Bonanza Night Hike This Friday, September 18, take a guided tour through Willowbrook Park at night and see if you can spot […]

by · September 17, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Parks
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses?

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses?

We are all very well versed in Emma Lazarus’  famous quote “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift […]

by · September 17, 2015 · Immigration Issues, Op Ed, World News
Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: September 17, 2015

Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: September 17, 2015

by · September 17, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Photos
RELEASE: Manhattan US Attorney Announces Major Law Enforcement Action Taken Against Synthetic Cannabinoid Manufacturers and Distributors

RELEASE: Manhattan US Attorney Announces Major Law Enforcement Action Taken Against Synthetic Cannabinoid Manufacturers and Distributors

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; William J. Bratton, Commissioner of the New York Police Department (“NYPD”); James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug […]

by · September 16, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – West Nile Virus Spraying – 9/16/15

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – West Nile Virus Spraying – 9/16/15

Notification issued 9/15/15 at 12:00 PM. Weather permitting, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will conduct ground-based spraying of mosquito adulticide to help prevent West Nile Virus between8:30 PM on Wednesday, 9/16, and 6:00 AM the following morning, […]

by · September 16, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Rikers Captain and C.O. Indicted for Beating Teen

Bronx DA: Rikers Captain and C.O. Indicted for Beating Teen

CONFRONTATION IN A CLOSET Rikers Officers Accused of Beating Teenage Inmate   (Bronx, NY – September 4, 2015) – Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the Supreme Court indictment of two Rikers Island correction officers for their parts in an […]

by · September 16, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Crime
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Announces Major Gift

Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Announces Major Gift

Major Gift from Sara and Joshua Ross Funds Purchase of New Technology to Improve Outcomes  for Pediatric Cancer Patients   The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) has officially named the Geraldine Richtand Pediatric Marrow & Blood Cell Transplantation Program, thanks […]

by · September 16, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Hispanic Heritage Cultural Dance Off 9/19/15 12pm-5pm

Hispanic Heritage Cultural Dance Off 9/19/15 12pm-5pm

by · September 16, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Greetings From AAOHA

Greetings From AAOHA

I would like to wish all of my Jewish friends a happy, healthy, prosperous, and blessed New Year 5776 Aleksander Nilaj  

by · September 15, 2015 · Bulletin Board, Holidays
WYSK: What’s Going On At the New York State Nursing Board? 

WYSK: What’s Going On At the New York State Nursing Board? 

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz District 32 Bronx What Is Going On At the New York State Nursing Board?    You should know that on February 19, 2014, Mr. Nanic  Aidasani, LPN was arrested for allegedly raping […]

by · September 15, 2015 · Crime, Op Ed
Lower Concourse Community Listening Session 9/29/2015

Lower Concourse Community Listening Session 9/29/2015

by · September 15, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Youth Community Leadership Course

Youth Community Leadership Course

Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York (CCC) has an exciting opportunity for up to 2 members of your school or community group!  Community service credit is available as well as expanding leadership and civic engagement opportunities. Please find attached more […]

by · September 15, 2015 · Bulletin Board
Montefiore Health System and Yeshiva University Finalize Joint Agreement for Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Montefiore Health System and Yeshiva University Finalize Joint Agreement for Albert Einstein College of Medicine

 Montefiore Health System (Montefiore) and Yeshiva University (Yeshiva) announced today that they have finalized a new agreement for Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Einstein), where Montefiore assumes operational authority and responsibility for Einstein, while Yeshiva remains responsible for academic oversight, including […]

by · September 15, 2015 · Bulletin Board
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Cuomo’s wage proposal in context |Empire Center for Public Policy

Cuomo’s Wage Proposal In Context by E.J. McMahon  How would a proposed $15-per-hour statewide minimum wage compare to current pay ranges and historical precedents in New York? One useful standard of comparison is the federal government’s estimate of the median wage […]

by · September 15, 2015 · Government, Labor, Op Ed
NYS Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda, 87th AD.

SEPULVEDA CALLS FOR DRUG TREATMENT TO FILL VACUUM LEFT BY DRUG GANG TAKE DOWN

Fear Drug Gang Takedowns Leave A Drug Supply Vacuum Bronx Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda, applauding police for bringing down the Black Stone Gorilla Gangstas –a violent drug gang– that plied its trade at a major housing project in his district, is calling for a new focus on drug […]