Espaillat Touts Money-Saving Energy Program

By MARTIKA ORNELLA

Low-income residents can save some green by going green. “Weatherization is not like a sexy subject. The fact of the matter is that it really helps families, and it helps the planet, and it helps neighborhoods, and it’s a great addition to housing,” said Congressman Adriano Espaillat, representing Norwood’s 13th Congressional District at a news conference announcing additional funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). The program increases the energy efficiency of low-income homes, which leads to lower utility bills. Some services WAP provides include repairing indoor heating systems, replacing windows and doors, sealing holes to reduce heat loss, installing

Traffic Tie-Ups Worsen on Bainbridge Avenue

By DAVID CRUZ

Drivers getting around the northwest Bronx will have to pack plenty of patience for the interim as the city partially closed off a key roadway in Norwood. Crews working for the city Department of Environmental Protection have placed barricades on the northbound side of Bainbridge Avenue, between the tip of Jerome Avenue (at the intersection of Bainbridge Avenue) and East Gun Hill Road, in the first week of May. This compounds the already hectic morning and evening rush for drivers and buses, adding minutes to the commute. The intersection is a nexus of travel for those going to Montefiore Health

By NIALL RIDGLEY

“This is the Bronx, if you hear something you like, yell out!” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. to applause from the crowded room at the kick off of the 47th Annual Bronx Week. Bronx Week, funded by donations from local businesses, serves to celebrate the Best of the Borough, honoring local success stories, organizations while also serving as a showcase of offerings across the borough. The honorees at this year’s celebration include Tarana Burke, leader in the #MeToo movement, actress Maggie Siff, known for “Billions” and “Mad Men”; rapper Slick Rick and the New York Botanical Gardens, honored

An Enigma of a Parking Spot Surfaces at Tracey Towers

By DAVID CRUZ

The local 52nd Precinct and city Transportation Department both say they’re not responsible for vehicles inexplicably parking at a triangle just across from Tracey Towers. It’s a trend that confounded Sallie Caldwell, who’s lived at the enormous towers for nearly 50 years. It’s also a new trend as far as she’s concerned. The spot—found at a busy intersection of West Mosholu Parkway South edging Jerome Avenue–sits dozens of feet across the Norwood towers, where Caldwell’s a resident. An ever-vigilant resident, Caldwell has noticed vehicles have brazenly parked there overnight, narrowing the space for other vehicles looking to turn either into

By PROF. ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA, PFA

Did you know that President Donald Trump and the federal government are ready to tear down ten years of financial law. So now your financial representative does not have to work “in your best interest”? Last month, a federal court stuck down a portion of the Dodd-Frank Act that applied to “retirement” plans. While the law allows the Securities & Exchange Commission to govern, because they have been absent to respond, the government, through it’s Department of Labor and ERISA laws put the fiduciary doctrine in place to protect America’s retirement plans. Now, with the court shutting down the law

By DAVID GREENE

With the naming of Stan Brezenoff as interim chairman of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), we asked residents at local housing complexes the specific problems in their buildings and solutions to the bureaucracy of living in a city-run housing complex. The staircases look like crap. I’ve been here 14 years and they were messed up since I got here. We have rats and mice running around. Maintenance is not doing their job and the residents don’t really care as long as they make it through another day. It’s terrible here. Joseph Liborsi Fort Independence Houses (Kingsbridge) They

37 Year-Old Man Shot Dead Along Perry Avenue

By DAVID GREENE and MARTIKA ORNELLA

Deep remnants of blood stain the sun-drenched street corner where Dwayne Saunders drew his final breath. His last moments defined by a violent foot chase, a crying girlfriend, and a good Samaritan struggling to keep Saunders’ weakening pulse from slowing to an end. Minutes later, ambulances arrive to pronounce Saunders dead at the scene. “I tried to help him out as much as I can,” said the would-be savior, who only went by James, 31. He remembers using napkins from a nearby bodega to absorb the streams of blood gushing out of Saunders. Police say Saunders suffered gunshot wounds to

Experts Weigh in Opioid Scourge in NW Bronx

By DAVID CRUZ

With the northwest Bronx gravely impacted by the city’s opioid crisis, experts from the law enforcement, legislative and medical fields convened at Williamsbridge Oval Park to dispense information on opioid’s impact on communities. The awareness workshop event was organized by state Senator Jamaal Bailey, who’s district covers Norwood. The community is policed by the 52nd Precinct, one of the busier stationhouses dealing with the narcotic outbreak. The area of Fordham stands among the top five locations where use of the opioid drug is prevalent throughout the city. The issue has not gone unnoticed by the precinct, which has attempted to

Neighborhood Notes: Free Immigration Service

By DAVID CRUZ and DAVID GREENE

Police are close to tracking a suspect they’ve identified in the fatal shooting of a 38-year-old man in Norwood. The shooting at the 52nd Precinct ranks as the first homicide in 2018 for the northwest Bronx stationhouse. During the regular monthly meeting of the 52nd Precinct Community Council, held on April 26, at the Fordham United Methodist Church on Marion Avenue, Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Peter Fiorillo made it known during his breakdown of the latest crime statistics for the area. “There is a person identified already and the hunts on. We’re still looking for him, we haven’t arrested him