Bronx Chronicle Associate Editor Appointed To CB 10

Along with Irene Guanill, President of Pelham Bay Merchants Association and Rob Barbarelli of Throggs Neck Home Owners Association. Congrats to all!

by · June 12, 2014 · Local News

District will receive $4 million in federal transportation funds for the third phase on the Grand Concourse

Just announced that our District will receive $4 million in federal transportation funds for the third phase of a New York City project to improve safety on the Grand Concourse between East 171st Street and East 175th Street in the […]

by · June 12, 2014 · Bulletin Board

Street Closure Notifications in CB4 district

Street Closure Notifications in CB4 district           JFK Communications, Inc., has been retained by Cablevision of New York to perform excavation on the existing cable television system at East 168 Street (between Grand Concourse and Grandview Place). The work will begin promptly. […]

by · June 12, 2014 · Bulletin Board

B-PECA Rent Hike Meeting Today

Bronx Park East Community Association “B-PECA” Representing the Allerton & Pelham Parkway North Communities ​No Rent Hike This Year!.. Like How That Sounds? Let’s Make it a Reality. But we Need to Make ALL of Our Voices Heard. That Means […]

by · June 12, 2014 · Bulletin Board

Live Music Saturday Afternoon At The Bronx Library Center

On Saturday, June 14th at 2:30 pm at the Bronx Library Center  (Map and directions), The New York Opera forum will present a free performance of Werther, an opera (Drame lyrique) in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Millietand Georges Hartmann (who used the pseudonym […]

Happy Philippine Independence Day!

 Press Statement,John Kerry,Secretary of State “On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes to the people of the Republic of the Philippines as you celebrate the anniversary of your […]

by · June 12, 2014 · World News

Indian Village Resident Featured in AM NY Story On D-Day

92 year old Pat Dolan told his story of fighting in Italy during D-Day to Am NY, the free newspaper circulated around the city largely at subway stations.  The U.S. Army private who earned four medals and went on to […]

by · June 12, 2014 · Local News, World News

Senator Diaz To March Again In DC Against Same Sex Marriage

On Tuesday, Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. released this press release on his Senate website: “You should know that even though the New York State Senate’s 2014 Session will end on June 19th, on that day I will be bringing close […]

by · June 12, 2014 · Uncategorized

NYC Pension Funds Enact Placement Agent Ban

All five New York City Pension Funds have passed a resolution to ban placement agents across all investment classes, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer announced on Wednesday.  Previously City Pension Funds only prohibited such placement agents for private […]

by · June 12, 2014 · Local News

Senator Gillibrand Statement on Filibuster of Student Loan Bill

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand released the following statement yesterday after the Senate blocked the advancement of the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act legislation introduced by Senator Elizabeth Warren. New York graduates are currently saddled with an estimated $60 billion in […]

by · June 12, 2014 · Domestic News, Local News

Have You Seen This Man?

by · June 12, 2014 · Uncategorized

Mayor de Blasio Signs Legislation To Provide Tax Relief To New Yorkers Impacted By Sandy

On Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation into law to provide property tax relief to property owners subject to higher property taxes as a result of repairs to homes severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The abatement was proposed by […]

by · June 12, 2014 · Local News

Bronx Chronicle Photo of the Day: June 12, 2014

Photo by Annie Boller

by · June 12, 2014 · Photos

Van Nest Library will be CLOSED – Thu 6/12-Sat 6/14

Dear Community Partners, The Van Nest Library–located on Barnes Avenue between Pelham Parkway South and Lydig Avenue–will be CLOSED for three days later this week: from Thursday, June 12 through Saturday, June 14. This closure has been scheduled to facilitate necessary […]

by · June 11, 2014 · Bulletin Board

Montefiore Medical Center & Gay Pride Event on June 21

Montefiore Medical Center’s AIDS Center will be commemorating its 11th Annual PRIDE HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Saturday, June 21, from 12:00-5:00 p.m.  This special event will take place at Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street.  (Entrance between Kossuth and […]

by · June 11, 2014 · Bulletin Board