Bronx Links, Monday

Good afternoon, and welcome back to the work week. It’ll be cloudy and in the low 50s this Monday. Here are a few local news stories we’re following on Breaking Bronx today: A woman was arrested this weekend on animal cruelty charges for allegedly starving her two pit bulls, which were removed from a Webster Avenue apartment building by the American Society for the Prevention for Cruelty to Animal (ASPCA) back in December weighing a mere 16.4 and 15.2 pounds. Gillian Irving, 27, could face up to two years in prison if convicted. A baby born nearly four months premature,

The 204th Street and Bainbridge Avenue Merchants Association meeting continues to build on momentum created during this past holiday season.

‘Living Wage’ Bill Nearing Council Vote

After months of negotiations, and nearly two years after the original bill was introduced, legislation that would require some developers that receive taxpayer subsidies to pay workers a living wage will likely be voted on in the City Council within the next few weeks.

Bronx Notes: Workshop on Understanding Contracts

A free workshop on Understanding Contracts will take place today from 6:30 p.m. to 8 . Participants will learn the basics about contracts and also engage in a question/answer panel. The workshop will be led by an attorney with two decades of legal experience. Seating is limited. For more information on the location and space available, call (718) 665-5250 x263 or email smallbusiness@startsmallthinkbig.org Ed. note: Every weekday, we highlight Bronx programs, announcements, services, opportunities, public meetings/hearings or community events. Find a full listing on our Neighborhood Notes page. Send your neighborhood notes to us at norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org.

Bronx Breakdown: Weighing Leverage at the Kingsbridge Armory

The bids for the Amory are in. We know a little about which groups have submitted proposals and the front-runner, as we’ve mentioned here before, is a group of investors who want to turn the hulking 600,000-square-foot building into a state-of-the-art regional ice sports center, complete with a 5,000-seat arena and eight other ice rinks for hockey and figure skating (maybe some curling?).

Bronx Notes: Job Readiness For Teens

If you’re a Bronx teenager, here’s an opportunity to prepare for landing that summer job. On Tuesday, April 17, at 3:30 p.m., the Bronx Library Center, 310 E. Kingsbridge Rd., will host a workshop called “Interviewing for Success,” which will teach teens how to themselves in any job interview — from prep questions to time in the waiting area to closing the deal. For ages 12 to 18. For more information, call (718) 579-4245.

Report: Stadium Parking Falls Short on Jobs Promise

A company that received millions in tax-exempt bonds to finance the development of parking lots around Yankee Stadium did not deliver on the number of jobs it said it would create, an audit from the City Comptroller’s office detailed recently. Bronx Parking Development Company LLC received $225 million in private activity bonds to build 2,184 parking spaces near the new Yankee Stadium. The city’s Economic Development Corp. (EDC) approved the financing for the project despite the fact that the organization’s parent company had defaulted previously on tax-exempt economic development bonds, the report said. “The EDC has enormous power to create

A group that offers free legal services to low-income Bronx residents will be getting a new and improved home at the busy HUB commercial corridor, at Brook Avenue and E. 149th Street, a number of local elected officials announced last week. Legal Services NYC-Bronx will move into a commercial condominium that’s being built as part of City-sanctioned development project on a stretch of undeveloped property at the HUB. When completed, the group’s new offices will feature a green space and be fully handicap accessible, according to a press release sent out by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., who is

Two Bronx legislators are looking to pass a bill that would ban employers from requesting social media site passwords from job applicants, a practice they say is growing in popularity and a threat to the privacy of job-seekers. “This legislation will address a terrible and growing abuse by certain employers,” said Assemblyman Jeffery Dinowitz, who is sponsoring the version of the bill in the Assembly. “Employers should not be snooping on social media communications that are private, and they certainly should not be given passwords that are supposed to be kept secret. It’s like an employer asking for a copy