BREAKING NEWS: House Passes Farm Bill Without Including Food Stamp Funding. What does this mean for Bronxites?
The Washington Post just issued a news alert that the House has passed the Farm Bill without funding for the…
July 11, 2013
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Bronx Borough Prez Ruben Diaz Jr Wants PS 31, The Castle on The Concourse, Stripped of Landmark Status, Demolished
Just last week we spoke about this very issue and SoBro's plan to save the building with Goldman Sachs who…
July 11, 2013
Rules & Ethics Thrown Out Window By District Manager, Board Chair At CB1’s Second Meeting With FreshDirect
Two weeks ago, 16 months after FreshDirect’s sweetheart deal was announced as a done deal, the company came to the…
July 11, 2013
Is J.Lo, AKA Jennifer Lopez, Still ‘Jenny From The Block’?
As a contemporary fellow Bronxite of Jennifer Lopez, I grew up looking at her and admiring her many accomplishments. She…
July 10, 2013
Huffington Post on the Bronx: “…the pattern, found across the country, of making poor communities society’s dumping ground is unjust and demands a solution.”
Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, Co-directors of Measure of America had an entry published in the Huffington Post today which…
July 9, 2013
Don’t Miss The Great Bronx Bar Tour This Saturday!
$30 bucks in advance or $40 on Saturday from 11AM - 8PM will give you access to amazing deals at…
July 9, 2013
URGENT – FreshDirect Returns to CB1 This Wednesday
In another victory for the community against the FreshDirect sweetheart deal move to the Bronx, CB1 will reconvene this Wednesday…
July 8, 2013
‘Castle on the Concourse’ PS 31 To Be Rescued?
Last month I mentioned that on Community Board 1's agenda, other than FreshDirect, was the future of PS 31 on…
July 8, 2013
Sign Latino Rebels’ Petition Asking Goya To Remove Their Logo From The Roberto Clemente Statue
It's not just me who noticed how vulgar the Goya logo is on the Roberto Clemente statue. Latino Rebels wrote…
July 3, 2013
Stop & Frisk – The Systemic Opression Of People of Color and The Economically Disadvantaged
Just days before Bloomberg went off on a rather racist and privileged rant that stop and frisk disproportionately stops whites,…
July 3, 2013
Statue Honoring Goya, I Mean Roberto Clemente Unveiled In the Bronx
Is it just me or is Goya's name a wee bit too large on the statue's base honoring Roberto Clemente,…
July 2, 2013
Bus Service From The Bronx To Laguardia Airport? Not A Fantasy But A Possibility
With the 41 bus line up and down Webster and Melrose Avenues the latest to get the express Select Bus…
July 2, 2013