Environment

Update: Fernández on NYS Budget: No Cuts to Health, Additional Funds for Schools, Gun Violence Prevention & Parks

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York State Assemblywoman for the 80th Assembly District, Nathalia Fernández, said the latest New York State Budget of $212 billion, the largest in the State’s history, invests in the future of The Bronx. Fernández released a statement on Thursday, April 8, describing the new budget as “bold and progressive,” one that will bring much-needed aid to Bronxites and galvanize the state’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. “These critical investments in our infrastructure, small businesses, schools, and health care services will strengthen our borough’s response, and most importantly, help people get back to work,” she said, acknowledging that the COVID-19


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52nd Precinct Tries New Tactic to Curb Gun Violence in Fordham Manor  

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
As part of a new, holistic approach aimed at combatting the culture of gun violence, concentrated in a few specific blocks of the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx, the NYPD’s 52nd precinct has launched a multi-agency, community collaboration to tackle the issue.   Announced by Deputy Inspector Thomas J. Alps during the Bronx Community Board 7 executive meeting on March 18, part of the initiative involves giving the area a type of physical make-over, while also partnering with City agencies and community-based organizations to address unemployment and quality of life issues that plague the neighborhood.   As a first


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