P.S. 280 Show Off Talents at Healing Arts Program

By TATYANA TURNER

A team effort by several Bronx institutions brought the arts to Norwood’s local hospital. The Healing Arts Department at Montefiore Medical Center hosted roughly 30 elementary students from P.S 280 in Norwood on May 18. Residents, including parents, gathered at the Grand Hall in the Moses Campus to watch several performances including dance, chorus, and African drumming. The department hosts several programs that use art and creativity to improve health outcomes and ease anxiety, primarily for hospital patients. Employees have taken part in art galleries to show off their creative side. Montefiore typically hosts community artists to showcase their

By ADRIANNA LOMBARDO

Getting a cab could get a lot smoother for the disabled in the Bronx. New York State Assemblyman Victor Pichardo traveled to Webster Avenue in Norwood to propose a bill calling for the creation of a dispatch system for New York taxis specific to customers on wheelchairs. Pichardo labeled his legislation a “better solution” to fixing a taxi service hole. Services for the disabled, including the ability to receive accessible car service, are mandated by law. Pichardo noted there is no citywide central dispatch service for wheelchair accessible riders resulting in the disabled having to call a regular car service to

By DAVID CRUZ

Attorneys in the Kingsbridge National Ice Center (KNIC) lease case agreed with a judge’s order to have a letter sent to state agencies asking to demonstrate, in writing, that they’re fully committed to a loan needed to jumpstart the massive project. KNIC’s strongest ally, meantime, may be found on the bench. “You need to go to the source,” said Judge Ruben Franco, who heard the case involving KNIC developers and the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) at Bronx Supreme Court on May 16. A team of lawyers from the New York City Corporation Counsel, still holding the 99-year lease

The NYPD is looking for a pair of thieves wanted for burglarizing a Planet Fitness gym over the weekend. Police from the 52nd Precinct say the bandits broke into the exercise chain at 309 E. Kingsbridge Road during the overnight hours of May 14 and swiped $100 from the cash registers before taking off. The crooks are described as black or Hispanic men, wearing black hooded sweaters and gray pants. Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

World Science Festival Dazzles at Lehman College

By WENDY JOAN BIDDLECOMBE

Families packed the APEX building at Lehman College on Saturday, May 7 to escape the dreary weather and get hands-on with science. Though the annual science festival has taken place in New York City since 2008, this is the first time the event, which demonstrates science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in larger-than-life exhibits, has traveled to the Bronx. The visit comes at a time when the borough continues to lag in the number of its residents working in the tech sector. “What we wanted to do is take kids’ natural instinct to touch things and be curious, and use

S.A.F.E. Disposal Bring old medications, fluids (i.e. motor oil, paint) and e-waste (i.e. batteries, computers) to Orchard Beach on May 14 for the annual S.A.F.E. Disposal event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shred Fest Shred old, sensitive documents at Frank Siegel Park, Grand Concourse between 157th and 158th Streets, on May 21, and Triangle Plaza at Co-Op City Boulevard and Rom Bouts Avenue next to Municipal Credit Union on May 22. Both start at 10 a.m. Free Tenant Legal Advice State Senator Gustavo Rivera, 2432 Grand Concourse, suite 506, 5th floor, hosts tenant specialists on Tuesdays (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

Editor’s Pick Bronx Week The public is invited to enjoy Bronx Week which takes place from May 5 to 15. Events include outdoor performances, health fairs, and more, culminating on May 15 in the free grand finale which includes Bronx Walk of Fame inductions at the steps of the Bronx County Building on the Grand Concourse at 161st Street (11 a.m.), followed by annual parade at noon (reviewing stand at Mosholu Parkway East at Van Cortlandt Avenue), and food & arts festival and concert on

The Spring 2016 edition of Bronx Youth Heard is out, with stories written by teens, geared for teens. This year we present seven stories crafted by these Bronx Youth Heard reporters, who spent twelve weeks learning the fundamentals of news reporting. They took those skills and crafted these stories we hope you enjoy! Bronx Youth Heard was made possible by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, which publishes the Norwood News. The stories appeared in the Vol. 29 No. 10 edition of the newspaper. The Norwood News wants to publicly thank instructor Matt Surrusco for leading the students towards the road of journalism.

By DAVID GREENE

Detectives from the 52nd Precinct are searching for four individuals are said to be connected to the stabbing death of a young man in broad daylight on a street in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx. Police were called to the side entrance of St. Mary’s Orthodox Church along Decatur Avenue off Bedford Park Boulevard at 7 p.m. on May 11. The victim was discovered lying on his back a few feet from a bicycle. Investigators say the victim, identified as Daniel Peña, was attacked in the courtyard of 2953 Decatur Ave. before escape his attacker. Peña, who lived a block away from where police had