A listing of community events, programs and services for our readers in the northwest Bronx and beyond.

A listing of exhibits, performances and other events for our readers in the northwest Bronx and beyond.

Upset with what they call a sudden, exorbitant and unwarranted rent hike, tenants from a North Fordham building stormed the Riverdale offices of their landlord group last week and demanded they drop the increase.

Security officers at Fordham University are unhappy. They say their pay checks are too small, their health benefits are costly and inadequate, they have no retirement plan and they fear they could lose their jobs at a moment’s notice. They blame their bosses and their union.

Nearly lost amid the sweeping roundup of more than 60 members of the Gambino crime family two weeks ago was the indictment of Anthony Delevescovo, director of tunneling for Schiavone Construction, which has $1.3 billion in contracts with the city’s Department of Environmental Protection, including more than $300 million for work at the DEP’s Croton Water Filtration Plant in Van Cortlandt Park.

Following a string of primary victories by Senator Barrack Obama, Clinton essentially demoted Patti Solis Doyle, her Hispanic campaign manager. The move caused a small furor among New York Hispanic politicians, including Bronx Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr.

In a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Council Member Oliver Koppell vigorously protested the mid-year cuts to schools that will reduce funding by 1.7 percent, an average of $70,000 per school, as well as the proposed $324 million cut proposed for the 2009 budget.

On Feb. 13, President George W. Bush approved an economic stimulus package that promises rebate checks for as much as $1,200 to taxpayers. Congressman Jose E. Serrano voted in favor of the package, which he says will provide assistance to Bronx residents who have been hit hard by the country’s recent economic downturn.

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