NY1 has this story about days of no hot water at 3940 Carpenter Avenue. Residents say they've been dealing with spates of no heat and hot water over the last eight years. The building has 283 open violations.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Gospel at the Bronx Library Center & Other Upcoming Events
Vocalist Cody Childs will be performing Gospel classics, including "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Happy Day," at the Bronx Library Center on East Kingsbridge Road on Saturday afternoon. For a taste of Child's voice, check out his website. The free performance starts at 2:30 p.m. For more details, and for information about other upcoming events, scroll through the calendar below.
Editor's note: What did we miss? Send details to bronxnewsnetwork[at]gmail.com.
Bronx News Roundup, Jan. 14
The man charged with burglarizing three Bronx churches in November and December has been indicted. Nathaniel Linden is also a suspect in several other break-ins.
Riverdale-area politicians Eliot Engel and Oliver Koppell were left stunned by Sunday's massacre in Tuscon, Arizona, in which their freind, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was critically injured.
Several Bronx pols, including Koppell and the Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., spoke at a pro-living wage event in Harlem last night. Koppell is the primary sponsor of a living-wage bill currently before the Council. Here's the latest on what may or may not happen.
The city is planning on replacing the closing John F. Kennedy High School with two charter schools, according to an internal Department of Education document obtained by The New York Times.
In an analysis piece, the Riverdale Press looks at whether the DOE "set up" JFK for failure.
St. Augustine in Morrisania is one of six Bronx Catholic scheduled to be closed at the end of the school year. Here's some reaction from students and teachers. See here for more about these closing schools.
Cops are asking for the public's help in catching those responsible for two violent robberies in the Bronx this week.
A jury has aquitted Thomas Cordero -- the so-called "nude housekeeper" -- of murdering Eastchester resident John Conley. This despite DNA evidence and a confession. Conley was stabbed to death in October 2001.
A Bronx woman has been charged with giving other women illegal breast and butt implants. Yes, you read that correctly. The Mount Eden resident allegedly imported the silicon from the Domincan Republic and charged $1,000 per op.
A Bronx boxer and former Golden Gloves champ is trying to turn his life around after a stint in jail.
Update on Our 2011 Annual Appeal
We wanted to update you on our 2011 Annual Appeal that we launched on Monday. So far we have raised $1,121. Thank you to everyone who has donated to our campaign. We really appreciate it.
We want our blog to be the “home page” for the Bronx and a place for dialogue that leads to community improvement. The information we provide here, and in our print publications, is free to anyone who wants it, but it costs us a lot of money to produce. If you haven’t donated, please consider making a donation. Even small donations are appreciated.
And don’t forget to check out this video of loyal Tremont Tribune reader Rosemary Ordenez-Jenkins of Phipps Houses. We'll have more video announcements from other BxNN fans and supporters in the coming weeks.
Rosemary Ordonez-Jenkins for BxNN from Bronx News Network on Vimeo.
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Thanks for reading this blog and our newspapers -- and for caring about your neighborhood and your borough.
Light Blogging Today
Hi folks,
Blogging is light -- OK, nonexistent -- due to a variety of circumstances today. James Fergusson is working on cleaning out and putting together a new satellite office at the Mount Hope Housing Company (we're back there after a bit of a hiatus). Alex Kratz is out for a while as his lovely wife, Tessa, gave birth to a baby girl, Naya, on Jan. 12. And I'm home with a pretty bad cold. All our interns are off today, too.
We'll be back in the thick of it on Tuesday (we're off Monday for MLK Day).
In the meantime, we hope you'll consider donating to BxNN to help us fullfill our goal of raising $10,000 by Feb. 18. For more information on how you can help, click here.
Have a great weekend.
-Jordan Moss
Update: I jumped the gun. Some posts will be coming this afternoon, including a news roundup, thanks to James Fergusson.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Bronx Events: Community Board 6 Youth Talent Show
Tomorrow night, Community Board 6 will have its second annual youth talent show, this year inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr., and his message of peace. Here are some more details:
"The theme of the event is 'We Have a Dream.” One youth group will perform a skit on the topic of teenage dating and the hardships many youth of our time silently suffer. Along from the singing, dancing and poetry that will be showcased, we will have the five (5) youths that will receive this year’s Yankee Council Award read an excerpt of the 'I Have a Dream' speech as this conference is in honor and remembrance of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream for peace and equality."
The show is tomorrow night, at CS 211 at 1919 Prospect Avenue, from 6 to 9 p.m. Call Community Board 6 for more information: (718) 579-6990.
More events are below, in our community calendar.
Editor's note: What did we miss? Send details to bronxnewsnetwork[at]gmail.com.
Bloomberg Makes Armory Dig; Still Against Living Wage Bill
Mayor Bloomberg was in the Boogie Down today to announce a new housing initiative (see the story here) at a press conference in Kingsbridge Heights.
In a question-and-answer session afterwards, one reporter asked the Mayor if his stance on the City Council's Living Wage bill has changed, in light of new concessions proponents made this week to make the legislation more appealing to the business community. The Mayor, though, is staying staunch in his opposition.
"The marketplace is telling us that businesses can only afford so much," Bloomberg responded. "I don't think government should be in the businesses of setting wages."
"Here in the Bronx, we had an opportunity to fill a building, and it wasn't done," he continued.
The building in question, of course, is the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory, where Bloomberg had pushed for the development of a shopping mall last winter. The controversial plan was killed by the City Council because the developer, Related Companies, refused to guarantee a living wage pay for workers.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., and community groups like the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, were two of the Armory's biggest living wage proponents, and were present at today's press conference.
The living wage legislation that's been proposed in City Council came directly out of the Armory debate; it would require projects that receive taxpayer subsidies over a certain amount to pay workers $10 an hour, plus benefits.
Supporters of the bill are hosting a rally tonight in Harlem at Convent Avenue Baptist Church, 420 W. 145th Street, at 6:30 p.m.
City Launches Housing Initiative, Inspired by Milbank Mess [VIDEO]
Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Housing Initiative from Bronx News Network on Vimeo.
Above, Mayor Bloomberg discusses a new way the city plans to drive landlords to repair housing violations.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in the Bronx today to announce a new city housing initiative largely inspired by the Milbank properties--the now infamous 10 neglected apartment buildings in the northwest Bronx that have been falling apart since foreclosure two years ago.
The Mayor made the announcement this morning at Our Lady Of Angels Church, on Webb Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights, before a crowd of Milbank tenants and organizers from the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, who have been fighting for almost a year to draw the city's attention to the deteriorating buildings (here's a short summary for some background.)
The new "Proactive Preservation" program will essentially allow the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to more aggressively identify and inspect distressed properties, intervening to make repairs if necessary, in the hopes of preventing another Milbank scenario from taking place.
"While the work our housing inspectors do is very good, it can sometimes be too little, too late, or both," Bloomberg said.
Bronx News Roundup, Jan. 13
Two teenagers were shot, one fatally, inside a deli on Westchester and Wheeler Avenues in Bronx River early this morning. One victim, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene while another 19-year-old is in stable condition at Jacobi Medical Center.
This spat of youth violence comes just days after another boy, 14-year-old Philip Johnson, was shot to death in Williamsbridge Monday night during a fight organized by two groups of feuding teenagers via text message.
More bad health news for the borough: the Bronx had the worst health stats almost across the board in 2009 compared to other parts of the city (with the exception of heart disease, which is most prevalent in Brooklyn).
So far, Sen. Jeff Klein and the three other Democrats who split from the party's conference last week have been denied spots on any Senate committees, though the Republicans can still dole out assignments to them and other Democrats (here's a list of committee assignments Democratic leader John Sampson released a few days ago).
Former NFL star and Giants player Lawrence Taylor is fighting charges that he paid a 16-year-old Bronx girl for sex. Taylor has rejected a plea deal, and could go to trial this month.
More controversy over plans to build a 911 call center on Pelham Parkway, which city Controller John Liu has called out for wasteful spending and the fact that the project is way over budget.
David Gonzalez takes a look at the work of Bronx-native photographer Martin Cohen, in a post for the Times' Lens Blog.
A Bronx man who was hired to shovel snow outside of a Department of Sanitation garage in Inwood fell through a metal sidewalk grate, suffering a head injury. Eric Pagan, 20, was in stable condition yesterday at Harlem Hospital.
Montefiore doctor Alexandra Bastien looks back on her trip to Haiti to help out after the earthquake. The one year anniversary of the disaster was yesterday.
Two people were injured during a fire that broke out yesterday in the basement of an apartment building in Claremont.
Computers that were stolen this summer during a burglary at PS 35 were replaced this month, after HPD and non-profit housing developer Blue Sea Development organized a computer drive for the school.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Domino's Job Fair & Other Upcoming Bronx Events
Domino's Pizza is holding a recruitment fair at the Bronx County Courthouse tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The company is looking for drivers and assistant managers.
For more details, and for information about other upcoming Bronx events and goings on, see the calendar below.
Editor's note: What did we miss? Send details to bronxnewsnetwork[at]gmail.com.
Bronx High School Students Wanted for Free Journalism Program
The Bronx News Network, in collaboration with College Now, is running a free journalism program for Bronx high school students.
The next semester starts on Feb. 2. Classes will be held at Hostos Community College at 450 Grand Concourse on Wednesday afternoons from 4 to 6 p.m., and run for 12 weeks.
Click here for more details.
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