Be Healthy!: Cuomo Says Health Exchange Will Lower Insurance Costs

In a move to implement President Obama’s health care reform here in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the establishment of a State Health Care Exchange last month, an online marketplace where individuals and small businesses can buy health insurance plans at prices much lower than current costs.

Bronx Notes: Public Safety Workshop Series Start Tonight

Bronx State Senator Gustavo Rivera is holding a series of public safety workshops during May that each focuses on a different topic. The workshops will be held at the senator’s office, 2432 Grand Concourse, 4th Floor, Room 419. The workshops include: “Bullying and Cyber Bullying,” presented by STEPS to End Family Violence, Thursday, May 3, 6 to 7:30 p.m.;

Bronx Notes: Board 7 Parks & Rec Meeting

Bronx Community Board 7 is holding it s Parks & Recreation meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the board office, 229A E. 204th St. For more information, cal (718) 933-5650.

It’s Official: MS 80 To Close This Summer

Just two days after the Bronx’s MS 80 introduced its third principal in two months, the Department of Education approved a plan that will change the face of Norwood’s oldest and largest middle school forever.

State Installs Safety Measures On Bronx River Parkway

Below is the press release sent out today by the State Department of Transportation outlining safety measures that will be implemented on the Bronx River Parkway following Sunday’s horrific crash that killed seven people after the minivan carrying them swerved out of control and plunged off the side of the parkway viaduct.

Seven Killed in Bronx River Parkway Crash (State Responds)

In one of the more horrific crashes in recent memory, seven family members were killed on Sunday, April 29 when their minivan plunged 50 feet from the overpass of the Bronx River Parkway and landed in an unused portion of the Bronx Zoo.

Living Wage Bill Passes, Quinn Walks Out of Press Conference (Video)

After nearly two years of campaigning and many significant revisions, the City Council today passed a version of the controversial Living Wage bill, which was introduced by two Bronx council members, and born out of a 2009 fight over wage requirements at a shopping mall proposed to fill the Bronx’s Kingsbridge Armory. The bill, which Mayor Bloomberg has vowed to veto, would require developers that receive significant taxpayer subsidies to pay direct workers $10 an hour with benefits, or $11.50 without. We’ll have a more thorough look at the bill’s passage tomorrow and in this week’s print issue of Norwood

Bronx Notes: Neighborhood Association Workshop Tonight at Mosholu Library

On Monday, April 30 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., as part of an ongoing community organizing/quality of life initiative, Community Board 7 is conducting a “Neighborhood Association Workshop” at the Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th St.

Bronx Links, Monday

It will be in mostly sunny in the Bronx today, with temperatures in the mid-50s. A chance of rain is expected for tomorrow. Here are some top local headlines in the news this morning: Seven members of a Bronx family died in a horrific car crash yesterday afternoon when their SUV hit a median on the Bronx River Parkway and plunged off of an overpass, landing near the Bronx Zoo. Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident, which killed a couple visiting from the Dominican Republican, their two daughters, who lived in the Bronx, and three grandchildren. Two people