Articles by: Aleksander Nilaj

McDonalds Blames Wage Campaigns For Potential Profit Loss

McDonald’s is projecting that it may lose some profits in the near future as patrons are realizing its wrong for fast food chains to not offer a living wage to its workers, according to a filing the company made with […]

Assemblyman Carl Heastie Moves Office Down The Street

Assemblyman Carl Heastie Moves Office Down The Street

  Assemblyman Carl Heastie has moved his district office down the street  from 1351 East Gun Hill Road  to 1446, located at the corner of Fenton Avenue.  The new office is located in the old Abaxas Realty, which has moved across […]

by · March 6, 2014 · Local News

Senator Gustavo Rivera Endorses Senator Adrianno Espaillat Over Charlie Rangel

 

by · March 2, 2014 · Local News, Uncategorized
Bronx Pols Send A Message At Queens St. Pat’s Parade Today

Bronx Pols Send A Message At Queens St. Pat’s Parade Today

With many St. Patrick’s Day parades affiliated with the Catholic Church that does not support LGBT groups marching under their own banner, the  St. Patricks Parade for All in Sunnyside and Woodside, Queens has become the city’s “statement parade” as […]

by · March 2, 2014 · Local News
Yankee Awards Ceremony at Community Board 11

Yankee Awards Ceremony at Community Board 11

Community Board 11 Chairman Anthony Vitaliano present 5 local youth with awards for civic involvement, sponsored by the New York Yankees.  All the winners were presented with citation she  from City Council Members Ritchie Torres and James Vacca, as well […]

by · February 28, 2014 · Local News, Uncategorized

Questions Arise About Cuomo’s State Homeland Security College

It has been a month and a half since Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan for New York to build the nation’s first college focused specifically on training leaders for emergency management and many still wonder what the next step […]

by · February 18, 2014 · Local News, News
Jimmy Fallon Takes Tonight Show Reins

Jimmy Fallon Takes Tonight Show Reins

It’s not our place here at Bronx Chronicle to tell you if you’re going to love the new Tonight Show in New York, starring Jimmy Fallon.   Maybe you’re a fan, maybe not.  But if you missed the show, we have […]

by · February 18, 2014 · Humor

Cuomo and DeBlasio Join Forces To Push HIV/AIDS Housing Assistance Plan

Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill De Blasio have a plan to help the many people living with HIV/AIDS in emergency shelters and supportive housing who could live independently but cannot afford to move out because they would pay substantially […]

by · February 14, 2014 · Local News, News

Fomer New Orleans Mayor Convicted

Former Mayor and Future Felon Ray Nagin. Photo c/o huffingtonpost.com Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, 57, who took the national stage during the Katrina disaster in 2005, was found guilty of twenty counts of corruption, as well as taking […]

by · February 13, 2014 · Domestic News, News
Councilman King Hosts Mayor Dinkins, NAACP NYS President Hazel Dukes at Evander Child’s Black History Youth Empowerment Event

Councilman King Hosts Mayor Dinkins, NAACP NYS President Hazel Dukes at Evander Child’s Black History Youth Empowerment Event

New York City Councilman Andy King and the Bronx Youth Empowerment Program hosted a “Celebrating Our History” program at 11 a.m Wednesday at Evander Childs High School Campus in the Northeast Bronx, honoring former Mayor David Dinkins and activist NAACP New […]

by · February 12, 2014 · Education News, Local News, News, Photos

New York Times Features Bedford Park Real Estate Profile

Highlighting features such as well-priced co-ops in an Art Deco building along the northernmost stretch of the Grand Concourse and the area’s few Victorian-era single-family homes, The Times talks up Bedford Park in a Tuesday article, interviewing brokers about what would-be […]

by · February 12, 2014 · Local News

Vols Attempt To Save Stray Dogs At Sochi Set To Be Euthanized

Video c/o The Associated Press. If you haven’t heard by now, Russia has this lovely practice of KILLING STRAY DOGS that are “out of place” if you will in the general vicinity of the Olympics.  So, obviously, this has caused […]

by · February 12, 2014 · News, World News

Councilmember Gibson, Others, Honored by Chamber of Commerce

The Bronx Chamber of Commerce  is hosting its Second Annual African Heritage Celebration later today and  will honor Council Member and former Assemblywoman Vanessa Gibson, among others, at a luncheon at F & J Pine Tavern at 11:30 a.m. “I […]

by · February 12, 2014 · Local News, News

President Obama Toasts French Leader At State Dinner Tuesday Eve

Video c/o The White House.

by · February 11, 2014 · Domestic News, News, World News

“Ndrangheta” and Gambino Mobsters Arrested in Brooklyn and Calabria, Italy, on Tuesday

The FBI released this statement about the raids today that took down a drug ring that reportedly attempted to sell cocaine in Italy and heroin in the US, with major players headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and Calabria, Italy:

by · February 11, 2014 · Domestic News, Local News, News, World News