Inquiring Photographer – The Partial Rent Hike

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers their thoughts on the recent vote by the NYC Rent Guidelines Board to raise rents by 1 and 2.75 percent for 1- and 2-year leases respectively on rent-stabilized apartments. Editor’s Note: Have a question you want us to answer? Email ideas to dcruz@norwoodnews.org. I’m a landlord and I would have recommended from what I was looking at as far as my bills, real estate tax and water and landlords are now paying for protection for the water and sewer lines from the outside an extra $20 a month. Of course it’s paid by

By PAMELA SEGURA The concrete on Freeman Street was covered with swirly chalk letters and break-dancers. Snippets of hip hop history—conscious hip hop, old school funk and hard-core beats—merged with the sounds of the 2 and 5 subway trains gliding by.

Be Healthy – HIV Study Smokes Out Chain Smokers

By the NORWOOD NEWS Vital Stats: 60% of people living with HIV in the U.S. smoke Though HIV is known to permanently weaken the human body’s immune system, producing a lifestyle filled with mandatory exercise and pill treatment, trends indicate those diagnosed with the fatal disease continue to smoke cigarettes.

As Quality of Life Returns, Building Owners Still Shrouded in Mystery (part 2)

By DAVID CRUZ Editor’s Note: The Norwood News presents part two of a special two-part report on the nature of limited liability corporations and its relation to housing matters.

Out & About (June 27 – July 9, 2014)

Compiled by Judy Noy Editor’s Pick Family Fitness Festival The public is invited to walk, zumba, and do yoga and relay races on June 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Williamsbridge Oval’s 1st Family Fit Festival. For more information, call (718) 881-8999.

Community Board 7 Appoints 18 New Members

By IMANI HALL Out with the old, in with the new. Community Board 7 will see some changes to its roster this September as it has appointed several new members.

NCBH Maternity Ward Could Open by September 22

by David Cruz Plans to re-open the maternity ward at North Central Bronx Hospital could come as early as September, hospital officials announced. At a public meeting last week, the Health and Hospital Corporation, health advocates, hospital officials and community advocates unveiled plans for reopening NCBH’s maternity ward by fall of 2014. The opening would come just over a year after hospital administration officials were forced to shut down the ward following a medical staff shortage. Expectant mothers in the neighborhood were forced to commute elsewhere as plans to re-0pen the ward went underway.

Hot Off The Digital Press! Latest Edition of the Norwood News Hits Streets

by David Cruz The Norwood News is out with its latest digital edition. It’s also hit the nearly 200 locations Bronxites can go to read up on what’s happening in the northwest Bronx. As usual, we have our own teaser for you to enjoy: First up, the big news in the Bronx political sphere is Congressman Charles Rangel securing a 23rd term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Find out what his chief rival, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, has to say about the vote count. Coverage was largely due in part to our reporters Imani Hall and Brittney Williams.

Klein To End IDC Alliance With Senate Republicans

by David Cruz State Sen. Jeff Klein, who’s coalition as the Independent Democratic Conference president increased his a status as a key political figure in the Bronx and Albany, plans to end his relationship with Senate Republicans to rejoin the Senate Democrats in January. The move raises the political influence of Senate Democrats, who were cast aside during the Legislative Session. Klein, a Democrat, was heavily influenced to rejoin Senate Democrats by Governor Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, who believes more progressive goals will be achieved under Klein’s decision. Klein told the Daily News that his decision to rejoin Democrats