Business

Small Business Week Celebrations include 5-Borough Resource & Culinary Tour Culminating in Little Yemen

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) will be celebrating National Small Business Week in each of the City’s five boroughs, with a scheduled Bronx stop in Little Yemen. Each day of the week which runs from Monday, May 2, to Friday, May 6, will feature events to raise awareness about the many resources and services the agency offers to small businesses, to encourage New Yorkers to shop local, and to celebrate the reopening of the City’s small businesses as economic recovery efforts ramp up.   According to SBS officials, the week-long celebration will also recognize the City’s


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Crotona: Building Applications Filed with DOB for New 7-Story Building at 733 Crotona Park North

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Building applications have been filed with the New York City Department of Buildings for a new, 7-story, mixed-use building at 733 Crotona Park North in the Crotona section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   Located between Clinton and Prospect Avenues, the lot is near the 174th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and the 5 trains. Elena Borokhovich of Affordable Living NY is listed as the owner behind the applications.   The proposed 70-foot-tall development will yield 62,300 square feet, with 49,055 square feet designated for residential space and 13,245 square feet for community facility space. The building


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Pelham Bay: Building Applications Filed for New, 8-Story Building at 2135 Colonial Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Building applications have been filed with New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 8-story, mixed-use building at 2135 Colonial Avenue in the Pelham Bay section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   Located between East 196th Street and Pelham Parkway South, the lot is closest to the Pelham Bay Park subway station, serviced by the 6 train. Moses Freund of The Vaja Group LLC, located at 16 Biret Drive, Airmont, NY 10952, is listed as the owner behind the applications.   The proposed 84-foot-tall development will yield 25,169 square feet, with 25,000 square feet designated for


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Kingsbridge Heights: DOB Approves New, Residential Building at 2838-2840 Webb Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has approved building applications to construct a new, 16-unit, multifamily rental property in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx.   The development comprises two neighboring lots at 2838 and 2840 Webb Avenue, which will debut as an interconnected, four-story structure, as reported by YIMBY.   According to YIMBY, the applications had been under review but in the meantime, DOB confirmed to Norwood News that building approval was reached for 2838 Webb Avenue on March 28, and permits are in the process of being issued for that site. Meanwhile, a permit was


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Mt. Hope: Building Applications Filed for New 8-Story Building at 53 East 177th Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Building applications have been filed with New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, eight-story, mixed-use building at 53 East 177th Street in the Mt. Hope section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   Located at the intersection of Walton Avenue and East 177th Street, the lot is within walking distance of the Tremont Avenue subway station, serviced by the B and D trains. Mike Schwartz is listed as the owner behind the applications.   The proposed 84-foot-tall development will yield 52,359 square feet, with 50,520 square feet designated for residential space and 1,838 square feet for community


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Bronx Bound Books Bolsters Literacy in The Bronx

By SARAH HUFFMAN
Latanya DeVaughn loves books. Her love of books can be traced back to her childhood, from watching her grandmother read to neighbors who couldn’t, and from scouring yard sales for used books with her aunt. Years later, that love manifested in the mobile bookstore, Bronx Bound Books.

New York Blood Center Calls for Continued Blood Donations Amid Mass Shooting in Brooklyn, Nationwide Shortage

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Blood Center continues to experience a shortage of blood supply and is calling on volunteers to donate blood if they can. The urgency had been made all the greater in light of the mass shooting which took place in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning, April 12, where reportedly 10 people were shot and 13 more injured according to police.   At 8.27 a.m. FDNY officials said units were dispatched to the subway station at 36th Street and 4th Avenue in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn for a report of smoke in the station. Upon arrival, FDNY Fire


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NYS to Create Statewide Accessible Absentee Ballot Program After Legal Battle Settled

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A coalition of activists and advocates for people with disabilities has settled a lawsuit launched in 2020 under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against the State Board of Elections (BOE). People with disabilities are now set to avail of a new, statewide, accessible, absentee ballot program in order to vote in future elections. A federal court approved and ordered the terms of the settlement agreement, under which the State BOE will create the new program. This will allow blind and disabled voters to complete, online, a remote, accessible, vote-by-mail ballot, print it out, and return it to their respective county board


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Williamsbridge: Building Applications Filed for New 6-Story Building at 3831 Carpenter Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Building applications have been filed with New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, six-story, mixed-use building located at 3831 Carpenter Avenue in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   Located between East 220th and East 221st Streets, the lot is one block from the 219th Street subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Alban Haxhari of KGCJ Development Corp. is listed as the owner behind the applications.   The proposed 56-foot-tall development will yield 17,776 square feet, with 17,560 square feet designated for residential space and 216 square feet for community


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