Housing

Locals Skeptical About New Bronx Inn on Webster Ave.

At the end of May, a Rodeway Inn quietly opened its doors for business on Webster Avenue, offering free Wi-Fi and complimentary breakfast. Built despite enormous community opposition, the new hotel’s opening has put skeptical local residents on guard.

For Car Washers, a Life Unaffordable in the Bronx

A bright and warm morning glare hits Juan Campis’ brown skin as he stands near a wall at the back entrance of Sunny Day Car Wash in the South Bronx. He is awaiting the arrival of another dirty car looking to leave clean. But this morning, it is slow. At the driver’s entrance to the car wash, a huge, inflatable rat with red eyes is joined by community group members and union supporters working to convince drivers not to wash their car at Sunny Day until the company signs a fair union contract with its workers. These protestors are not


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Mayor, Bronx Borough President Still Want ‘Responsible’ Armory Development

Before Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave his final State of the City speech at the shiny new Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, some hypothesized that he would take the opportunity to make an announcement about the Kingsbridge Armory. Specifically, that the city had chosen a developer to re-invigorate the long-vacant space.

Sen. Hassell-Thompson’s New Norwood Office Space

Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson is setting up new bi-weekly office hours inside Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, 3450 Dekalb Avenue (at Gun Hill Road) in the Bronx. She joins Councilman Oliver Koppell and Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz who also have office hours at MMCC. On Wednesday, Feb. 6, and every other Wednesday after that, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hassell-Thompson will have a staff member on site ready to assist anyone in need.