Calling it “without a doubt the most important legislation I’ve ever passed,” an anti-human trafficking bill first introduced by Bronx State Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz became a law in 2007.

Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión spent 2007 positioning himself for a 2009 mayoral run, but the former teacher sent shock waves through the city’s political establishment when he announced in mid-December that he would instead be running for comptroller.

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

2007 was supposed to be a landmark year for the landmarked Kingsbridge Armory. In the fall of 2006, the city finally announced the release of a request for proposals, a key development the community had waited – and agitated – years for.

Hospital wings are usually named for people who have donated a substantial amount of money. But a major portion of Montefiore’s main campus was named in 2006 for someone who transformed the institution over two decades as its president, Spencer Foreman, MD.

2007 was a banner year for bringing more local media to many more west Bronx residents.

2007 brought resolution – at least in court – to a 2006 child abuse case that shocked the Bronx and the city, when those responsible for the brutal beating death of 4-year-old Quachaun Browne were convicted and sentenced.

After being reassigned to the city Education Department’s Region One offices last February pending an internal investigation, former PS/MS 280 Principal Gary LaMotta quietly retired over the summer.

Deputy Inspector James Alles took over command of the 52nd Precinct, ending the lengthy (three and a half year) run of Deputy Inspector Joseph Hoch, who moved on to run the Bronx transit division.