Inquiring Photographer: $85 Billion New York City Budget

Neighborhood Notes: Free Immigration Service

This week we asked readers their thoughts on what should be included in the proposed $85 billion New York City budget. I think it’s very important for the de Blasio Administration to fund transportation, education, health issues and children’s health and education, and to fund local colleges. There isn’t enough money being spent on higher education and money should also be allocated for senior citizens. Grace Chanke Norwood This money should go to people in need, like people on public assistance because they really need it to help pay their rent and buy food. They should spend some of

Repealing the Affordable Care Act. Building a wall. Holding federal funds to New York City hostage. A temporary ban on refugees. All this happened in one week of President Donald Trump’s America. And though his executive orders were theatrical at best (except the ban), they’re just getting warmed up. And so is the media. Since the Inauguration, there’s been a wake-up call among career politicians who believed none of this could happen. The reversal of fortune is tough to stomach for Democrats, who are now banding together to stymie the fallout of the Republican president’s policies, which appear to be

Dear Fellow Readers, Happy Groundhog Day! The Norwood News, covering the Bronx, is out with plenty of community news you can use! In this third edition of 2017 we bring you 16 pages packed with thought-provoking news items. As usual, we begin one page and a story we’ve been wanting to cover for some time: classroom space. With Mayor Bill de Blasio announcing the creation of 38,000, parents would prefer to see a school built. And so does local Bronx Community Board 7, which has made it its top request to the city. Read how many seats are needed and

A few weeks ago I met a man from the South Bronx named Wellington. He was diagnosed with cancer and lost his health insurance. The City of New York fought for him and discovered he was entitled to free health coverage. Within a few days Wellington was in the hospital, getting care. Today he is cancer free. This is a frightening time. People tell me they’re worried about losing affordable health care and don’t know what to do. My answer: Tell everyone you know to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act – or as some people

By DAVID CRUZ

Police have released a photo of a suspect wanted for allegedly attacking a 79-year-old man from behind. The victim was entering the lobby of an apartment building in the vicinity of DeKalb Avenue and East 213th Street around 7:15 p.m. on Jan. 19 when the suspect, described as a male Hispanic in his teens, came from behind and put him in a headlock, according to police. The suspect threw the victim to the ground, and quickly took the victim’s wallet and cellphone before taking off. The victim was rushed to Jacobi Hospital and treated for his injuries. The individual last

Amid President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration stances that include erecting a wall between the US-Mexico border and cutting billions of dollars in federal funding to so-called “sanctuary cities”, New York City among them, Bronx Democratic officials from all levels of government blasted the new policies as a show of unity against the Trump administration. “[N]o other borough, no other county in the state of New York will suffer more from these cuts than the borough of the Bronx,” Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said, flanked by a cadre of Hispanic legislators at a news conference at Borough Hall. Diaz noted

By DAVID CRUZ

Online grocery purchases are now a possibility for food stamp recipients, thanks to a pilot program. The program allows recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy SNAP-approved food from FreshDirect and Amazon. Lobbying efforts from the Bronx Borough President’s Office and federal legislators convinced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to widen the acceptable food outlets SNAP benefits can take advantage of as a way to improve access to affordable food in areas where food deserts are the norm in the Bronx. It also gives a revenue boost to FreshDirect and Amazon. SNAP benefits come in a reloadable

By By DANIELA BEASLEY

Knife Attack in Bedford Park Three individuals are wanted in regards to an assault that ended with a victim’s pinky finger lobbed off. The incident happened on January 21 in a building at 3029 Briggs Ave. in Bedford Park. At around 11 p.m. police say the three individuals assaulted a 25-year-old male with machetes and a knife. The victim was taken to a hospital, who was treated for his severed pinky along with lacerations to his arms and legs. He is in stable but critical condition. The first individual is described as a Hispanic male in his 20s and was

COMMUNITY BOARD 7 committee meetings are held on the following dates at the board office, 229 E. 204th St., at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted: Community Relations/Long Term Planning & Economic Development Committee is on Jan. 19; and Website, Acknowledgment & Media Committee is on Jan. 25. For more information, call (718) 933-5650. There is no 52ND PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL meeting in January. The NYPD and Mayor’s Community Affairs Unit will host TOGETHER AS ONE NYC on Jan. 26 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Latino Pastoral Action Center, 14 W. 170th St., between Inwood Avenue and Plaza Drive. To