Bronx News Roundup, Aug. 10

Weather: A lovely one in the Bronx today, filled with sunshine and warm-but-not-stifling temperatures (low 80s). Enjoy.

On to your Bronx News!

A dramatic scene from Parkchester yesterday, as an irate man held a knife to his crying baby boy during a brief standoff with police in the pouring rain. Russel Rivera Jr., 30, was arrested and the boy was later returned, unharmed, to his mother.

According to City Hall News, Bronx Sen. Gustavo Rivera is the first State legislator to join the social media site Foursquare--where users "check in" to locations to let followers know where they are and what they're doing in real life. Rivera is using the site to promote community events, his spokeswoman said.

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Habitat for Humanity will be holding its annual "Women Build" event this Saturday, during which an all-women team of volunteers will help build affordable housing in Longwood.

State Senate Jeff Klein has sponsored a bill that, if passed, would force landlords to inform tenants if their building is in forclosure. At present, tenants only get wind of the bad news when a city marshal shows up and tries to evict them, Klein says.

Still on housing, Klein's Seante colleague Pedro Espada was ambushed (or nearly ambushed) by a group of angry tenants and housing advocates yesterday, outside Manhattan's ritzy Water Club. We'll have more on this later.

Mount Hope Housing Company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new apartment building on Walton Avenue yesterday. We'll have more on this later, too.

More on Sonia Sotomayor, the Bronx-born federal judge who's considered by many to be the leading candidate to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. The Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has her at 13-8 to be offered the postion. Chicago-based judege Diane Wood is second favorite at 9-4. Longer shots, if you want to waste some money, are Hillary Clinton (100-1) and, er, Michelle Obama (500-1).

A protest was held yesterday outside the Bronx Supreme Court, to bring attention to the near fatel beating of SUNY Oswego student Angelo Moreno last fall. Moreno, who's from the Bronx, suffered a tramatic brain injury, after arguing with a soldier about Obama.

The Yankees have reached a deal with the city that will allow them to flog parts of the old Yankee Stadium (seats, lockers, etc.) to fans.