Bronx Notes: Self-Defense Training for LGBT Community

City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and City Council Members Rosie Mendez, Danny Dromm, and Jimmy Van Bramer invite you to come to a self-defense training course for the LGBT Community at the SCAN Mullaly Academy at Mullaly Park, 164th Street (near Jerome Avenue) in the Bronx, this Thursday, July 18 at 6 p.m.

New Budget Pleases Bronx Council Members

Bronx Council members are pleased with the finalized budget for the next fiscal year which was announced last week. The $70 billion budget includes no tax increases and will restore hundreds of millions of dollars in planned cuts to public housing, libraries, and after-school programs.

City Council Votes for More Oversight of Police Department

The City Council convened in the middle of the night three weeks ago to vote on a crowded agenda of issues, including the adoption of two bills under the Community Safety Act. While the bills passed easily, Mayor Bloomberg has vowed to veto them, saying they will undermine the police department’s ability to keep the city safe.

Bronx Notes: Free Cancer Screenings Today

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, 234 E. 149th St., offers free mammograms and screenings for cervical and colorectal cancer for the uninsured on July 17. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (800) 227-2345.

Bronx Crime Report: Murders in Bedford Park and Mt. Hope; Plus Latest Stats

Detectives are looking for a gunman who fired shots into a Grand Concourse building, killing a 22-year-old husband and father who lived just a few buildings away. It marked the third shooting incident in the immediate area in the past 10 days.

Candidate Building Support for Vacant 86th Assembly Seat in the Bronx

Victor Pichardo claims he does not want to be a politician. While campaigning, the 28-year-old candidate for State Assembly in the 86th District of the Bronx has been making it his mission to be seen as a public servant instead of a politician. “I see the people who live in my district as my bosses,” he explains.

Bronx News Roundup: Trayvon Martin Protests, Jobs Numbers, D Train Service Work & More

These are the Bronx news stories we’re following today:

Norwood Woman Killed With Hammer; Son Dies by Suicide

By by SÍLE MOLONEY

Just two days after a Norwood woman was found beaten to death with a hammer in her Perry Avenue apartment, her son, who was wanted in connection with the murder, took his own life in a seedy East Gun Hill Road motel, police officials said.

Bronx Notes: Public Hearing on Federal Poverty Funding

The NYC Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) will hold a public hearing on the allocation of federal funding to combat poverty and support community-based programs at Sister Annuciata Bethell Senior Center (Bedford Park Senior Center), located at 243 E. 204th St. from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call (347) 641-9498 or email bronxnab7@gmail.com.