Free assistance for students studying for the city’s specialized high schools admissions test (SHSAT) will be available this summer from the Manhattan-based community center, Hudson Guild. The Guild’s test prep camp runs from July 13th to August 7th every weekday […]
Siena College Poll: 59% of New Yorkers Think Yankees More Likely Than Mets to Make the Playoffs; Only 18% Believe in Mets Nearly Half of Men but Only Just over a Quarter of Women say they are Baseball Fans. Look […]
Our new Police Blotter feature: Top NYPD Tweets, March 29 – April 3
Budget Includes Landmark Education Reforms New York’s education system is set to implement some of its most dramatic and fundamental reforms in years through Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Education Transformation Act. “When it comes to education, the budget we approved will […]
The recently enacted State Budget allocates the state’s $5.4 billion in financial settlements to continue growing and strengthening New York’s economy. The budget includes the $1.5 billion Upstate Revitalization Initiative to jumpstart the best regional approaches to economic development, $1.3 […]
2015 Urban Environmental Challenge Calling all runners! Date: 04/12/2015 Time: 10:00 AM-12:00 AM Location: Race starts at Van Cortlandt Park, opposite the Tortoise & Hare Statue on Broadway. A 10k race of true cross country trails including stream crossings […]
District Council 37 leaders and city officials have agreed to a living wage for thousands of public service workers previously earning $10 per hour or less. Union and city officials recently signed a memorandum of understanding that boosts wages to $11.50 […]
It is with great sadness that The Bronx Chronicle staff announce the passing of our former managing editor, Joseph Oddo. Joseph Oddo was a good friend of our owner and publisher, Sal Conforto. “I am truly saddened by the death […]
Did you see last night’s BronxTalk with Arlene Alda (wife of M*A*S*H star, Alan Alda) author of the highly-acclaimed ‘Just Kids from the Bronx’? Ms. Alda spoke with host Gary Axelbank about writing her book, conducting interviews with some of […]
German officials confirmed Monday that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz received lengthy psychotherapy before receiving his pilot’s license. Prosecutors in Duesseldorf, where Lubitz had an apartment, said the psychotherapy occurred over an extended period before he received his pilot’s license, and […]
What You Should Know By State Senator Rev. Rubén Díaz Real Opportunities for Black and Hispanic Students You should know that charter schools are creating real opportunities for Black and Hispanic students throughout the five boroughs of New York City […]
ACCLAIMED BRONX BOOK ON BRONXTALK TONIGHT – “Just Kids from the Bronx’, the acclaimed new book by Arlene Alda (actor Alan Alda’s wife), will be featured on BronxTalk tonight. Ms. Alda will talk with host Gary Axelbank about the book, […]
The NY Times and other media outlets confirm that FDNY firefighters pulled two bodies from the scene of an explosion that demolished three buildings in New York City’s East Village and identifyied them as the men reported missing after the […]
ChangetheStakes.org, a citywide grassroots organization, is one of the groups helping to promote an important discussion on high stakes testing, the Common Core curriculum and teacher evaluations this Wednesday at Lehman College in the Bronx. Bronx parents, educators, and community […]
Duke (33-4), the region’s No. 1 seed, is going to Indianapolis to play Michigan State in the Final Four. The other national semifinal game Saturday matches undefeated Kentucky and Wisconsin. The national championship game in men’s college basketball will be […]
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