A handful of Bronxites under the age of 40 were picked by the monthly paper City Hall as “Rising Stars” in New York City politics.
Three of them – Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr., State Senator Jose Marco Serrano and City Council Majority Leader Joel Rivera – all come with powerful political pedigrees with fathers who still serve as Bronx elected officials. All three are eyeing a bid for Bronx borough president in 2009.
City Council candidate Haile Rivera (no relation), who is going after Maria Baez’s soon-seat in District 14 (Baez is term limited), was also on the list for his work as an activist in University Heights
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Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.