IDNYC Service Offered at NCBH

By JASMINE GOMEZ

For about another week, Bronxites have another location where they can go to apply IDNYC, an ID card offering free and discounted services from the city. The pop-up site at North Central Bronx Hospital (NCBH) will be accepting appointments and walk-ins based on availability for IDNYC applications through Nov. 24. At a news conference on Nov. 17 at NCBH, Councilman Andrew Cohen and members from the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs and NCBH, a city hospital, were thrilled to be able to offer the pop-up service at the heart of Norwood. Cohen noted some have had to endure two to

By DAVID CRUZ

A 13-story, mixed-use residential high-rise with a twist is slated to go up near the mouth of the Kingsbridge Armory, the Norwood News has learned. Alan Bell of Bell Urban LLC and B&B Supportive LLC, is expected to build the site at 2700 Jerome Ave. for an estimated $59 million. Until recently the site was a defunct car wash and nightclub, which were now bulldozed. In all, 137 units for low to mid-income will be built, along with a mandated indoor garage at the barren block. Bell’s project is a rare one. With 15 percent of the units set aside

FATHER MARK ZITTLE, O.CARM., a chaplain at Fordham University, leads a special mass at St. Patrick’s Home Rehabilitation and Health Care Center on Nov. 7 honoring the home’s past and present clients who died between October 2014 and November 2015. The ceremony is a yearly tradition at the Van Cortlandt Village home at 66 Van Cortlandt Pk. So. Parishioners at the solemn gathering were also accompanied by Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the founders of the home. Photo by Miriam Quinones

SAT Prep Available to High School Juniors

By JASMINE GOMEZ

New York City high school juniors will no longer have to trek it to another school’s campus on an early Saturday morning to take the SAT exam. As part of the College Access for All Initiative, a program designed to make the path to college easier for students of all backgrounds, the school calendar will now include an SAT school day. Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina announced the program at a College Application Week kickoff event at the High School of Fashion Industries. The new SAT School Day will allow high school students to take the SAT exam for free during the designated school day in the spring of

In a rare moment, dozens of Bronxites came out for the weekend of pilot access inside the fences of the Jerome Park Reservoir, a first in twenty years. Families, couples, friends, walkers, and runners got a first-hand look of the water supply and make use of some of the most beautiful and heretofore underutilized pathways in the Bronx. Despite a grossly overzealous security effort by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, which included K9 dogs and armed personnel, comments heard included: “It’s about time”, “I want to see more of this,” and “this is just lovely.” The DEP’s

By ADEDAMOLA AGBOOLA

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to create more affordable housing for New Yorkers dubbed Housing New York might hit a bump as community boards, including Community Board 7, will vote for or against the plan. At issue with CB7, where its general board is expected to vote down the measure when it meets Nov. 17, is the loss of an in-house parking requirement for new buildings that could lead to increased demand for street parking. The rule would apply to neighborhoods falling under a so-called Transit Zone, where there’s ample public transportation for neighbors. In mid-October, CB7’s Land Use

Representatives from a number of Bronx-based anti-violence groups gathered on Nov. 4 to discuss strategies to reduce youth violence. The meeting occurred after a few recent violent incidents in the Williamsbridge Oval Park, including a couple of large fights among students of a nearby school. But in the audience assembled in the Oval Recreation Center, there was a central demographic missing: young people. “The people who need to hear it are not here,” said Abdul “Sleep” Johnson, founder and CEO of the Community Board Athletic Leadership League, noting that all the interested people in the room could not effect change

By NOAH CALDWELL

Vital Stats: 62 – Health ranking of Bronx County. (Source: New York State Department of Health) The Bronx’s collective goal of improving public health has earned it the highly competitive “Culture of Health” prize from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). After a yearlong application process spearheaded by hospitals, nonprofits, and the New York State Department of Health, the Bronx has been chosen as one of eight winners from a pool of 340 nationwide communities. For health professionals in a county that consistently ranks as New York’s unhealthiest, the prize is a symbol of positive change. “It marks a turning

With some recent high-profile motor vehicle crashes, we asked readers their thoughts on the implementation of Vision Zero and whether pedestrian safety has gotten better or worse. It doesn’t matter because the drivers don’t abide by the law anyway. People complain when you go too slow; they beep you and try and make you go faster and if people don’t see police around, they’re moving. Who wants to do 25 miles per hour? They’re in a hurry. You ever drive 25 and see how far you get? You hold other drivers up. T. Becerra Norwood I believe that traffic has gotten