Fifty Events to Take Place in NYC in 2023 to Mark 50 Years of Hip Hop with Universal Hip Hop Museum

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York City Mayor Eric Adams joined stalwarts of the Hip Hop community and deputy mayor for strategic initiatives, Sheena Wright, at City Hall on Monday, Nov. 14, to announce a year-long collaboration throughout 2023 with the Universal Hip Hop Museum, to mark Hip Hop’s 50th birthday. To celebrate the music genre’s 50th anniversary, 50 celebratory events will be held throughout the year all across New York City in conjunction with the Universal Hip Hop Museum, currently under construction in the South Bronx, part of the $349 million Bronx Point development, which, as reported, received further capital funding of

Editor’s Pick Join Bronx Community Board 7 Veterans committee and other members for the First Annual Flagging Event in honor of local veterans at the Bronx Victory Memorial on Mosholu Parkway between Marion Avenue and Hull Avenue on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m. For more information, contact Karla Cabrera Carrera on kcabreracarrera@cb.nyc.gov or on (929) 496 0748. A Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway sponsored by various Bronx elected officials will be held at the Northeast Bronx YMCA, 1250 E 229th Street, Bronx, NY 10466, on Monday, Nov. 21, at 10 a.m. RSVP required while supplies last. For more information,

By JOSÉ GIRALT & JULIAN ROBERTS-GRMELA

Norwood News caught up with voters on Election Day, Nov. 8, to get a feel for their top voting issues. We first spoke to some voters and one poll site worker at P.S. 15, Institute for Environmental Learning poll site, located at 2195 Andrews Avenue North, in University Heights. Mildred Perez, 44, told us she did not have a straightforward voting experience. “I usually go to the school. I don’t remember the name of the school right now, but it’s on Aqueduct [Avenue] and 183rd,” she said. “They told me to come here to vote and this is the

By DAVID GREENE

With the recent judicial elections now over, this week, we asked readers what qualities they want to see in the judges recently appointed to the bench. “I personally would like to see stricter enforcement, a more punitive enforcement of laws, which affect people who are battered on the subway, muggings and things like that. This whole thing with cashless bail…I know, statistically, they all tell us the data shows it’s not a problem, but perception-wise, we see on the television every night. We see a mugging, a mugging, a mugging, and then you hear the next day that the guy

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) secretary, Yajaira Arias, was elected as the board’s new chairperson at the November general meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Arias succeeds Emmanuel Martinez, who stepped down last summer from the role. Parks chair, Barbara Stronczer, had been acting as interim board chair until the board’s election took place. Arias told Norwood News that at age 5, her parents moved to The Bronx to 196th Street and Morris Avenue. She attended the P.S. 86 Annex, and later, P.S. 86. At 12, her family moved to the South Bronx where she lived until the age

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The 6th Annual Bronx Cranksgiving brought together cyclists from all over the City to deliver packaged food and produce to families in need at Broadway Plaza in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx, among other locations, on Saturday, Nov. 12. Jessica Altagracia Woolford, Kingsbridge Unidos founder, and based on the results to date, likely runner-up candidate for the Working Families Party in the recent Nov. 8 general election for Assembly District 81, joined the event along with other colleagues. Bronx Cranksgiving partnered with Kingsbridge Unidos and cyclists from across the city to deliver purchased food products to families

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the person seen in the attached photos who is sought in connection to a sexual assault that occurred in Fordham Manor. It was reported to police at the 52nd Precinct that on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at around 6.14 p.m., a 41-year-old woman was about to enter 229 East Kingsbridge Road when she was approached by the assailant, who is unknown to her. “The assailant placed his hands down the victim’s pants, and grabbed the victim’s buttocks,” a police spokesperson said. “He then fled the location on a Citi

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The man seen in the attached photograph, who was found unconscious in the early hours of Friday morning in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx with no formal ID on his person, has since been identified, police said. The NYPD said officers from the 52nd Precinct responded to West 190th Street and Aqueduct Avenue on Friday, Nov. 11, at around 5 a.m., following a 911 call placed regarding the aided man. “Upon arrival, officers observed an unconscious male lying on the ground with no apparent signs of trauma,” an NYPD spokesperson said. “EMS responded and transported the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Jessica Altagracia Woolford, Kingsbridge Unidos founder and based on the results to date, likely runner-up candidate for the Working Families Party in the recent Nov. 8 general election for Assembly District 81, has advised Norwood News of a food distribution event taking place on Saturday, Nov. 12, in the Kingsbridge neighborhood. In conjunction with Kingsbridge Unidos, the 6th Annual Bronx Cranksgiving event brings together cyclists to deliver packaged foods and produce to Bronx families. Bronx Cranksgiving is partnering with Kingsbridge Unidos to deliver purchased food products to families experiencing homelessness in the Kingsbridge area. The event will

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