By lifting zoning restrictions, and offering tax increntives, the city is hoping to encourage the buildings of supermarkets in neighborhoods where fresh produce is hard to come by.
There was a bomb scare last night at a warehouse in Highbridge.
In an editorial, the Post criticizes the Bronx DA for initially failing to contest the release of a drug dealer who was shot dead an assistant district attorney in 1990.
Police have arrested a man and 16-year-old boy in connection with the shooting death of a young mother in Mott Haven on Tuesday afternoon. Aisha Santiago was hit by a stray bullet when an argument between two groups of men turned violent.
A Bronx man, injured in a fall from a fire escape, could face jail-time after stealing a friend's identity so he could access health insurance.
Bronx Community College's volleyball team is on a roll, winning its first six games of the season.
Following the arrest of a bogus real estate agent, Bronx BP Ruben Diaz, Jr. is urging other victims to come forward. Josie Almonte allegedly stole thousands of dollars from unsuspecting apartment hunters in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.
More on Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's failed attempts to rent two mansions in Riverdale.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Bronx News Roundup, Sept. 24
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What does KARA have to say about this City-wide move to help aid the building of new supermarkets to provide fresh produce?
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the supermarket issue has even taken over the living wage issue (at least with the Bronx delegation to the City Council).
And what a joke the statement from Morton Williams is in the Times article. We need more food education rather than options?
You can teach me about food all you want, but unless I have institutions that sell good, fresh food, what can I do with this education?
The fight against a supermarket at the Armory is just plain old dumb (and such a thinly veiled special interest co-opting the agenda - read Morton Williams donating to Bronx City Council members).
I can see the moral argument for living wages (even if I disagree with the practicality of it), but the supermarket opposition is just silly and short-sighted.