Bronx Links, Thursday

March 1, 2012 at 8:41 AM

 Good morning! Weather: Cloudy, high of 43, strong chance of rain. Here are the Bronx stories we’re following today.

On Monday, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. sat down with BronxTalk host Gary Axelbank to talk about development issues, including the new Kingsbridge Armory RFP (he’s still not in favor of a mall there) and the FreshDirect deal (he believes keeping the jobs and adding new ones was worth the money and the truck traffic).

Diaz and Mayor Bloomberg combined on an op-ed for the Daily News to explain why they believe the FreshDirect deal is good for the Bronx and NYC.

Vada Vasquez, the Soundview teenager was shot in the head while waiting for a bus two years ago, writes about her miraculous recovery.

Local residents want Club Heat, a strip club in Hunts Point that seems to be a magnet for gun violence, shut down.

Two Mott Haven sisters are suing the NYPD for humiliating them during a drug raid, which resulted in the charges being dropped for lack of evidence.

Good morning New York spoke with shooting victim 8-year-old Armando Bigo. The clip below includes video from the incident when Armando was shot.

Shot Bronx Boy Talks With GDNY: MyFoxNY.com

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