Out & About: CB7 to Honor Veterans

Editor’s Pick Veterans Brunch Awards The public is invited to the free Veterans Brunch Awards, April 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lehman College’s Music Building faculty dining room, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W. This event will acknowledge men and women from all divisions of the Armed Forces who have served our country, and includes free raffles and free brunch. Meet veterans, active duty members and their families, and get information about services for vets. RSVP to veteransbrunch.eventbrite.com. For more information, call (718) 933-5650. Onstage The Williamsbridge Oval presents Henry V, free, via a mobile theatre, April 14

Latest Edition of the Norwood News is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ

Dear Fellow Readers, The latest edition of the Norwood News, spanning the northwest section of the Bronx, is out with its latest edition for 2018! There is tons of news to cover so let’s get right into it! Our front page story focuses on Bailey Houses, part of the stock of troubling properties owned by NYCHA. The chair of the New York City Council’s public housing committee visited the Kingsbridge complex, finding conditions problematic. Her visit came as the agency’s chair announced her resignation. Read what tenants have to say about the lumbering repair process. The timing will shock you.

Neighborhood Notes: Free Immigration Service

By PROF. ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA, PFA

President Donald Trump, in creating his tax plan that we now as Americans must live under is very dangerous to high tax states. Now, as an example, the State and Local Tax (SALT) deductibility has been capped at $10,000. You would think one counter to that, from the state point of view, would be to lower their tax base so they can allow their residents to maximize their tax liability, lowering their liability under the current law. But Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is thinking of running for President has another idea. Lets play “end around” tax reform! According to newly

This week we asked readers their thoughts on race relations in America on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It had gotten a little better, but we still have a long ways to go. Quality of life is everything for everyone to have. But now with the first openly racist president–there’s probably been others before him–but he’s just hitting the hammer on the nail as they say. I definitely have hope that people can walk hand in hand, no matter their color. We’re all human beings and we all bleed and we should be

By DAVID CRUZ

Democrats in the Albany Senate are looking forward to April 16 when Bronx Senator Jeff Klein, who as head of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) had caucused with Republicans for years, and will now caucus with his counterparts after agreeing to disband the IDC. The IDC wielded some of the greatest political power in Albany for nearly six years when Klein formed it in 2011 as a way to fix Albany dysfunction. Its largest criticism came when the group—comprised of eight Democratic senators—routinely caucused with Republicans, effectively broadening the IDC’s and Republicans’ influence on legislation. But with a critical November

In the wake of the Trump administration’s plan to ask Americans about their citizenship status in the 2020 census, city officials say answering the question is actually a way of fighting back. On April 3, J. Phillip Thompson, New York City Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives; Marisa Lago, director of the City Department of City Planning; and Bitta Mostofi, Acting Commissioner for the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, spoke at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s Center for Community & Ethnic Media to discuss the impact of the Trump administration’s latest move, which they say is politically motivated. Thompson,

A Tour of Bailey Houses Comes Amid NYCHA Changes

By DAVID CRUZ

Teisha Jones shows no signs of stopping her quest to increase the standard of living at her building managed by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the beleaguered agency that recently received a rare $550 million infusion of state funds and the resignation of its CEO. Jones has taken on NYCHA before, with a Bronx jury awarding a $57 million judgment against NYCHA for failing to inspect her apartment at Fort Independence Houses for lead. Conditions left her four-year-old daughter developmentally delayed. Jones’s daughter had lead levels 10 times the normal rate. She’s since left Fort Independence Houses,

“D” Train Robbery Three people remain on the run for allegedly attacking and robbing a woman inside the Kingsbridge Road “D” subway station on March 12. The incident transpired at 3:30 p.m., when two men and one woman approached the 34-year-old female victim. In a bizarre exchange, one of the men accused the victim of stealing his pizza and kicked her in the leg, causing her to drop her phone. The male perpetrator began to walk away, but sped up and ran off away as well. The man who initiated the assault is described as 6”3, black, and between 25

By DAVID GREENE & DAVID CRUZ

A crowd of more than 200 community residents turned out for a public safety forum organized by Congressman Adriano Espaillat of the 13th Congressional District and held on April 3 at Our Lady of Refuge Church on East 196th Street in Bedford Park. The event brought NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill, whose attempts at forging stronger community relations prompted him to hold open forums. Topics covered in the more than two-hour meeting included gangs, crime, the local opioid epidemic that’s crushing Bedford Park and Fordham. The meeting was held within the 52nd Precinct, covering Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights