Onstage JASA Van Cortlandt Senior Center hosts several programs in May including Israel Independence Day on May 7 at 5:30 p.m., featuring Israeli folksinger and guitarist Tamar Rosenfeld, preceded by a Middle Eastern meal at 4:30 p.m. Also join a Mother’s Day Celebration at the Center on May 16 from 1 to 2 p.m. preceded by lunch at noon. The suggested contribution for each meal is $3. Also scheduled is a trip to Caramoor Center for Music and Arts on May 14 to see “Carmen” and “La Traviata” followed by a picnic on the grounds and a house tour. The

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Federal authorities postponed embattled Bronx State Senator Efrain Gonzalez’s trial for corruption and fraud charges until Oct. 6, a month after this year’s state Democratic primary election, setting up what could be a showdown with another local politician with a checkered past.

About 100 students who would typically go to PS 94 in Norwood this fall will instead take buses to PS 23 and PS 159 in Tremont, while the city spends the next two school years building a new early childhood center adjacent to the elementary school.

Local politicians responded to the State Assembly’s defeat of Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan last week with mixed reactions. The plan would have implemented an extra charge on drivers entering congestion zones in Manhattan during peak hours and given the city $354 million in federal funds to implement the new system.

The city comptroller’s office has decided to audit the nearly $3 billion Croton Water Filtration Plant project. In the past five years, the price tag for the largest municipal project in the city’s history has risen to $2.8 billion from an estimated initial cost of $992 million.

A listing of public and community meetings in the northwest Bronx.

During the next month, temperatures won’t be the only thing heating up in the Bronx. The arrival of spring brings the start of another baseball season for the high school teams in the Public School Athletic League (PSAL). This season, some local teams are looking to build on strong performances last spring while others are trying to fight their way into contention.

The DeWitt Clinton and Walton high school varsity baseball teams met on Wednesday, April 9, at the Clinton’s school field, just two days after Clinton was no-hit by Walton’s Peter Ozuna in an 11-0 blowout.