Councilmember Ritchie Torres is hosting a town hall meeting next week at the Bronx Library Center in conjunction with the Department of Transportation, as well as other advocacy groups such as StreetsPAC. It will be held on Tuesday from 6 […]
Click above to watch this week’s episode of BronxTalk, which airs Monday nights at 9 p.m. The show focused on the disturbing study showing the Bronx as dead last in the state in health outcomes. The experts provided analysis of […]
Kamryn Renfro, 9, asked her parents to allow her to shave her head in solidarity with her best friend Delaney Clemmons, 11, who has cancer and had no choice her head having been shaved. Her schoo, Caprock Academy in […]
Council Member James Vacca joined Bronx House Executive Director Howie Martin and members of Bronx House Senior Center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the center’s new computer lab. The lab, which will be exclusively for seniors, will house eight […]
A bill sponsored by Council Members Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn), and Margaret Chin (D- Manhattan) will be introduced today that would charge New Yorkers 10 cents per grocery bag, a bill that forces the cost on the consumer unless they choose […]
Former New York State Assemblyman and Senior Fellow at Demos Richard Brosky has written an excellent piece for Huffington Post on the motivations of Vlad Putin. Check it out here: To many in the West, Vladimir Putin seems mysterious, as […]
On March 21st, Council Member James Vacca took the New York Police Department to task for what he called “serious manpower shortages.” During a City Council Public Safety Committee budget hearing, Vacca questioned Commissioner William Bratton regarding the staffing levels […]
FIAME, the Forum of Italian-American Educators, will hold its annual awards dinner dance on Friday, April 4, 2014 at the Villa Barone Manor in Throggs Neck. An Italian Continental menu will be served, including a deluxe cocktail hour that will begin at […]
Yesterday the Saint Raymond Parish held their 4th annual art show at the Elementary School gymnasium. Artist’s featured were students from all three schools, Saint Raymond Elementary, Saint Raymond Academy for Girls, and Saint Raymond High School for Boys.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed this weekend to pay $100 million for new boilers at dozens of public housing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council’s comittee on public housing, held a Public […]
“If we do nothing, nothing will change,” said Council Member Ritchie Torres speaking to constituents at a community meeting on Saturday afternoon at the Senior Center at Parkside Houses in Allerton. ” You have to be part of the solution…We […]
A mudslide over the weekend has lead to the death of at least 8 people in Snohomish County, Washington. Several dozen homes in the community north of Seattle were buried under the mud. Authorities have searched through the night in […]
A 3 alarm fire began Sunday morning at Fino’s Clothing Store, located at the corner of Walton Avenue and E. Burnside Avenue, near the 4 train stop. The fire quickly spread to the 99 Cent store next door. ABC News reported […]
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