A Bronx Neighborhood Loses Its Pizza Man, But Not His Pizza

It’s a typical Monday night inside Sal’s Pizza and Restaurant, Norwood’s oldest and most popular Italian joint. Hurried locals drop in for a quick slice. Friends pick up take-out. A family stops for a sit-down meal. And there’s Sal Calces, the gregarious, omnipresent owner of his namesake eatery since 1980. Two days from now, Sal will be gone.

Kingsbridge Armory at Center of Citywide Living Wage Debate

Born out of an argument fought two years ago over a proposed shopping mall at the Kingsbridge Armory, a fierce battle over legislation setting wage requirements at some publicly subsidized developments has come to a head this month.

Tax Workshop for Bronx Small Businesses

The end of the year is fast approaching, and with that comes what many dread: tax season. That’s why the Bronx Small Businesses Development Center is having a tax workshop geared towards helping small businesses handle their taxes. It’s on Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2501 Grand Concourse on the third floor.

Live From Council Living Wage Hearing

Norwood News reporter Jeanmarie Evelly is Tweeting live from the City Council’s contentious hearing on legislation that would require businesses to pay living wages ($10 an hour plus benefits) to workers if their development deal include significant government tax breaks and subsidies. We’ll capture all the action here.

Living Wage Hearing Scheduled for Tomorrow

Parties on both sides of the contentious living wage debate are gearing up for another fight tomorrow, as the City Council is scheduled to hold its second hearing on the bill–this time to consider recent revisions made to the legislation to appease critics and make it more business-friendly.

Group Wants Kingsbridge Armory to be Bicycling Center

The six-day bicycle race, made popular in Madison Square Garden in the late 1800s but not held in the city for decades, could be coming to the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory come spring time. If that works out, event organizers say they will push for the Armory to become the permanent home of a regional bicycling center.

Electric Truck Manufacturer Coming to the Bronx

For the first time in what feels like a long time, manufacturing jobs are coming into the Bronx instead of leaving it: Smith Electric, a Missouri-based company which makes electric trucks, will be opening a facility in Port Morris. Buoyed by a $6 million package of tax breaks, Smith Electric plans to renovate the Murray Fleiss building, a former lamp warehouse at 275 Locust Ave., according to a press release. The site should be up and running by 2012 and will create 100 jobs, a statement said. “This project is a win-win for the Bronx and the entire State, and

A group of protestors from downtown Manhattan’s Occupy Wall Street encampment came to the Bronx this weekend, in a show of support for Woodlawn Cemetery workers campaigning against what they say are unfair labor practices at the landmark cemetery. About 75 Wall Street demonstrators and members from several labor unions showed up on Saturday to rally with the cemetery workers, who for the last couple of years have tried unsuccessfully to address what they said were acts of overt racism by Woodlawn supervisors. “We’re going to be there to support them, because their struggle is our struggle,” said Occupy Wall

Job Fair at Bronx Library Center Today

If you are reading this and looking for a job, get down to the Bronx Library Center on Kingsbridge Road, just north of Fordham Road, and check out the job fair State Senator Gustavo Rivera is hosting today. Just heard from Conchita Cruz, Rivera’s chief of staff. She told me there are about 100 people there now and that employers at the fair are looking to fill around 200 jobs today. It ends at 1:30 p.m. Rivera and Assemblyman Nelson Castro will be at the fair from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Here are some of the employers presenting: Aflac, Albert