WATCH: City Council Voting for Melissa Mark-Viverito As Next Speaker
Watch the entire process as New York City Council members vote for Melissa Mark-Viverito and electing her as next Speaker…
January 9, 2014
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Details Emerge On ‘La Central’ In Melrose As Developers Visit CB1; Residents Want To See Co-op or Condo Component
Last night, representatives from the development team of La Central, BRP Development Corporation, Hudson Companies Inc., Common Ground, Comunilife, The…
January 9, 2014
East Bronx Metro North Access Gets Major Push By Governor Cuomo
Last week when Mayor Bill de Blasio was inaugurated I published an open letter to him on several items that…
January 9, 2014
BREAKING NEWS: Melissa Mark-Viverito UNANIMOUSLY Elected As Next Speaker of the New York City Council; First Latino to Serve Post
Today history has been made as New York City Council members gathered to vote for the next City Council Speaker…
January 8, 2014
New York City’s REAL Little Italy in the Bronx is Featured in the BBC
While Bronxites and countless New Yorkers know that if they want the best Italian experience in the city you avoid…
January 8, 2014
Forget FreshDirect, The South Bronx Mobile Market Is Coming!
Last year you may remember that we wrote about Bronxite and Hunts Point resident Tanya Fields and her quest to…
January 7, 2014
NYC Independent Budget Office Speaks Out On Fiscally Irresponsible Bronx Soccer Stadium Deal
If you've been following coverage on the backroom deals being made to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars…
January 6, 2014
We are the South Bronx, NOT ‘SoBro’! Down With SoBro!
About 3 years ago I posted a rant on the use of the name SoBro by realtors in their never-ending…
January 6, 2014
Bronx Democratic Party Is Making A Huge Mistake In Not Endorsing Melissa Mark-Viverito As Next Speaker
Melissa Mark-Viverito is by far the best candidate for speaker. She's not perfect, no one is, but a lot of…
January 4, 2014
Much Needed Strip Mall Coming to Southern Boulevard in Hunts Point But Questions Arise On Tenants
Yesterday on New12 The Bronx, a lot of fanfare was made about the new mall coming to the Southern Boulevard…
January 3, 2014
Welcome2TheBronx Supports Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito For Council Speaker: Encourages City Council To Follow
Even though Melissa Mark-Viverito's district encompassed only a tiny sliver of the Bronx, she represented our interests as if her…
January 2, 2014
The Bronx Will Celebrate Several Milestones in 2014
This year marks the 375th Anniversary that our borough's namesake, Jonas Bronck, from Sweden, became the Bronx's first European settler.…
January 2, 2014