Roberto Clemente State Park South Playground Reopens  By Robert Press The Riverbank site features new playground equipment, modern climbing structures, and adult fitness stations    The State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks), Bronx Borough President Ruben […]

100 PERCENT Election Update:  Early Voting Day 4 By Robert Press Early Voting for the first four days has been light to expected. Cumulative figures are,  June 12, Day 1 – Bronx – 2,247 – Citywide – 16,867 June 13, Day 2 – […]

Construction Continues Without A City Mandated Community Monitoring Committee on Pelham Parkway By Robert Press The so-called Community Board 11 Pelham Parkway Task Force which was to oversee the Capitol Project of the Water/sewer improvement to install a much larger […]

1 Bronx Pride 2021 By Robert Press It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon for those who came to show off their Bronx Pride on Alexander Avenue. While this year’s event was not as large as the 2019 Bronx Pride Event, […]

Rally to Update the Community on Proposed Drug Clinic at 2500 Williamsbridge Road By Robert Press This flyer was distributed  in the community around 2500 Williamsbridge Road to update the community on the over year long empty building owned by […]

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Annual LGBT Pride Celebration By Robert Press There was no LGBT Pride Celebration in 2020, and in 2021 the celebration was held outdoors of the Riverdale Y in Riverdale. The crowd was smaller than […]

Two Mayoral Candidates Make Campaign Stops the Bronx By Robert Press Tuesday afternoon Mayoral candidate Maya Wiley stopped by Montefiore Hospital to rally with the New York State Nurses Union to get a better program for the 200,000 non insured […]

100 PERCENT – Primary Day 2021 Predictions By Robert Press  Saturday June 12th begins Early Voting for Primary Day 2021, which will run nine days and end on Sunday June 20th. Primary Day where more than eighty-five percent of the […]

NY State Comptroller Di Napoli – Recent Trends and Impacts of COVID-19 on the Bronx By Robert Press While the press conference was at the Bronx Brewery in the Northeast Bronx Comptroller DiNapoli and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. had […]

Legislative Updates, New Grants, Events and Much More Please click View/Allow Images so you don’t miss a thing! The Friday Extra In this week’s Friday Extra, Bronx Chamber President Lisa Sorin highlights our new member breakfasts (our first in-person events […]

Graffiti clean up by City Council Candidate William Rivera in the 18th Council District By Robert Press Sunday was a graffiti clean up afternoon for City Council candidate William Rivera and his anti Graffiti crew as they stood in front […]

Jacobi Hospital SUV to Receive A $400,000.00 Federal Earmark to Expand By Robert Press Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took center stage at Jacobi Hospital Thursday afternoon, as it was announced by her, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck […]

Pride Flag raising Ceremony at Bronx Borough Courthouse By Robert Press  Tuesday June first was a beautiful sunny afternoon for Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. to be with friends and members of the LGTBQ+ community to raise the Pride […]

Joe DeSimone Way By Robert Press   Joe Desimone was many things to many different people. He was a husband, father, uncle, friend, and most of all he was a football coach, to the almost two-hundred people who came to […]