Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of November 19, 2018

Bronx DA: Cases of Interest for the Week of November 19, 2018

Cases of Interest for the Week of November 19, 2018   Monday, November 19, 2018 ADA Judge Part # Status Defendant Name Case Details Reynolds, O. Newbauer 92 Appearance Effrain Guzman Charged with first-degree Murder and additional charges for allegedly taking […]

Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., joined with elected officials, clergy leaders and immigration activists on the steps of the Bronx Supreme Court demanding an end to the zero-tolerance policy on immigration implemented by the Trump administration.--Photo by David Greene

BP DIAZ OPPOSES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ‘PUBLIC CHARGE’ PROPOSAL’

BP DIAZ OPPOSES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ‘PUBLIC CHARGE’ PROPOSAL’ Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. has written a letter in opposition to the Trump Administration’s proposed “public charge” inadmissibility rule changes. The changes would disqualify individuals and families that have received […]

by · November 20, 2018 · Bulletin Board
Service Alert: No Garbage, Organics, Recycling Collection, or Street Cleaning on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22

Service Alert: No Garbage, Organics, Recycling Collection, or Street Cleaning on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22

No Garbage, Organics, Recycling Collection, or Street Cleaning on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 22, 2018 The New York City Department of Sanitation announced that in observance of Thanksgiving Day, there would be no garbage, organics nor recycling collection, or street […]

by · November 20, 2018 · Bulletin Board
“Turn it Out” Tuesdays, LGBTQ Health Fair – Nov 20

“Turn it Out” Tuesdays, LGBTQ Health Fair – Nov 20

by · November 19, 2018 · Bulletin Board

USDA Announces Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Detection

Washington, D.C.— The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is announcing an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), a neurologic disease of cattle, in a six year old mixed-breed beef cow in Florida.  This animal never entered slaughter channels and at no time presented a […]

by · November 18, 2018 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: THREE RIKERS ISLAND INMATES INDICTED FOR ASSAULTING  NYC DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OFFICER

Bronx DA: THREE RIKERS ISLAND INMATES INDICTED FOR ASSAULTING NYC DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OFFICER

THREE RIKERS ISLAND INMATES INDICTED FOR ASSAULTING NYC DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OFFICER Defendants Hit Officer; One Then Slashed Him With Sharp Object Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that three Rikers Island inmates have been indicted for assaulting […]

Bronx DA: BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR FATALLY STABBING PIT BULL DOG

Bronx DA: BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR FATALLY STABBING PIT BULL DOG

BRONX MAN SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR FATALLY STABBING PIT BULL DOG Defendant Knifed Dog More Than 50 Times Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a Bronx man has been sentenced to one year in jail for brutally […]

Join us on our last volunteer outing of the season at Pelham Bay Park – Nov 17

Join us on our last volunteer outing of the season at Pelham Bay Park – Nov 17

by · November 16, 2018 · Bulletin Board
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Veterans Day 2018

Presidential Proclamation on Veterans Day, 2018 On November 11, 1918, the United States and its allies signed an armistice with Germany to end hostilities in World War I. The Great War exacted a tremendous toll on our Nation. More than […]

by · November 12, 2018 · Bulletin Board, Holidays, News, Veterans
Bronx DA: Alleged Trinitario Indicted In Fatal Stabbing Of Bronx Teen

Bronx DA: Alleged Trinitario Indicted In Fatal Stabbing Of Bronx Teen

ALLEGED TRINITARIO INDICTED IN FATAL STABBING OF BRONX TEEN LESANDRO “JUNIOR” GUZMAN-FELIZ Defendant Allegedly Planned With 13 Others To Hunt For Member of Another Set, Chased Victim and Later Gathered With Co-Defendants After Stabbing Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark […]

WHOSE STREETS YOU CALLING DIRTY?

WHOSE STREETS YOU CALLING DIRTY?

WHOSE STREETS YOU CALLING DIRTY? Last month, a Travel & Leisure magazine reader survey ranked New York the dirtiest city in the U.S. Just a few weeks later, the Bloomberg Administration released the Mayor’s Management Report for fiscal year 2012, which found that 95.5 […]

by · November 4, 2018 · Bulletin Board
Bronx DA: Two Men Indicted For 1997 Strangulation Murder In The Bronx

Bronx DA: Two Men Indicted For 1997 Strangulation Murder In The Bronx

TWO MEN INDICTED FOR 1997 STRANGULATION MURDER IN THE BRONX Cold Case Solved This Year After DNA Hit Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that two men have been indicted in a strangulation that occurred in the Bronx in […]

Safe at Home? Lead in Tap Water Remains Issue in Some City Dwellings

Safe at Home? Lead in Tap Water Remains Issue in Some City Dwellings

Safe at Home? Lead in Tap Water Remains Issue in Some City Dwellings  PDF version available here. Summary Lead has been in the news and on the minds of many New Yorkers in recent months. The City Council is considering at […]

by · November 3, 2018 · Bulletin Board
Group of chickens walking around a green lawned garden on a free range urban farm, with gentle sunlight

USDA Outlines Next Steps for Advancing Animal Disease Traceability

WASHINGTON –  Greg Ibach, Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Marketing and Regulatory Programs, announced USDA’s four overarching goals for advancing animal disease traceability to protect the long-term health, marketability and economic viability of the U.S. livestock industry. […]

by · November 3, 2018 · Bulletin Board
IDG On Uber Ruling: We cannot rely on the courts. Cities, States Must Act. Drivers Must Organize.

IDG On Uber Ruling: We cannot rely on the courts. Cities, States Must Act. Drivers Must Organize.

Statement from the Independent Drivers Guild on today’s ruling by U.S. Federal Appeals Court in CA Uber case: “Uber has the venture capital to keep these court cases going indefinitely and in the meantime hundreds of thousands of drivers and their families […]

by · November 3, 2018 · Bulletin Board