Bronx News Roundup, Oct. 6

State Senator Jeff Klein is considering running for attorney general, should current Attorney General Andrew Cuomo run for governor.

A sickly Westchester boy - whose father lives in Norwood - traveled to the Dominican Republic recently for stem-cell treatment. The procedure is illegal here in the US.

Unemployment in the Bronx is actually down on 2007 levels.

Last weekend, Rocking the Boat, a Bronx-based organization that uses boat-building to empower youth, organized a boat-trip around Manhattan, to raise money for charity.

Animal Feeds, a 4,000-square-foot store in Morrisana that sells what its name implies, is doing brisk business, despite the recession.

The first doses of the H1N1/swine flu vaccine have arrived in the city. Health care workers at Montefiore Medical Center will be among the first to be vaccinated. In their monthly column in the Mount Hope Monitor, Morris Heights Health Center has more on what you need to know this year to stay flu-free.

NY1 profiles State Senator Pedro Espada for Hispanic Heritage Week.

Allison Oldak, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr.'s Republican opponent in the Nov. 3 election, has yet to raise any money for her campaign. In April, in a special election, Diaz faced another cash-strapped challenger in Anthony J. Ribustello.

By my count, three Bronxites - Diaz, Adolfo Carrion (Diaz's predecessor who now works for the White House), and Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor - have been included in Hispanic Business Magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential Hispanic-Americans. There's no room, however, for Espada, who's arguably more influential than both Diaz and Carrion.