School Cell Phone Bans Don’t Apply to Teachers

While students are forbidden from having cell phones in school, some say their teachers use them in class. They find the double-standard distracting and unfair.

Ex-Bronx Senator Espada and Son Indicted, Again

Federal prosecutors piled more criminal charges on former Bronx State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. and his son last night, as first reported by Capitol Tonight’s State of Politics blog.

Bronx Residents Make ‘Occupy’ Movement Their Own

While Occupy Wall Street has been raging in downtown Manhattan since September, New York City’s outer boroughs have commenced their own protests that focus more on problems in that particular community.

Bronx Museum of the Arts Wants Your Baseball Photos

The Bronx Museum of the Arts is calling for submissions from Bronx residents, artists and non-artists alike, who have photos of baseball being played in the Bronx

Parks Department Worker Charged in Doll Hanging

After a 3-week long investigation by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force, police have arrested an employee with the Department of Parks and Recreation who allegedly hung a doll at the Parks Department’s Bronx headquarters on Bronx Park East.

A Trip Through Metal Detector Means Late for Class

At 9:05 a.m. on a recent cloudy and windy Monday morning, a large crowd of students are eager to get inside of Morris High School Campus in the Bronx. They are already five minutes late for their first period and the process of going through the school’s metal detectors will make them even later.

Bronx Councilman Cabrera Plans March to Protest City Schools’ Church Ban

Bronx Councilman Fernando and a group of the city’s religious leaders are planning a press conference and protest march tomorrow, their latest effort to fight the city’s decision to ban houses of worship from convening in public school spaces during non-school hours.

Tuesday Bronx Links

some local news stories we’re following this morning on Breaking Bronx.

Bronx Breakdown: A Living Wage Deal, Hockey at the Armory and More

This photo, from St. Ann’s Church’s processional in honor of the Feast of Guadalupe held in December, has nothing to do with this week’s Breakdown, but it’s a great photo from our own Adi Talwar. Read on for more about today’s living wage deal, hockey possibly coming to the Armory, the relentless push by religious leaders to keep churches in city school buildings, Fordham’s hoops “powerhouse” and some good old-fashioned soul music. Let’s break it on down. Spin for a Watered-Down Living Wage Deal We’ll start with the big story of the day: Speaker Christine Quinn strikes a deal on