Westchester Square BID Enters Fourth Year With Bounty of Success

By DAVID CRUZ On a recent afternoon in May, a prospective business owner toured the Westchester Square Business Improvement District, one of nine Bronx business corridors where special property taxes finance cleaning and marketing services at the behest of merchants.

DOT to Install Speed Hump on Hull Avenue Following Car Crash

By DAVID CRUZ The city has been given the green light to finally install a speed hump at a Neighborhood Slow Zone in Norwood weeks after a car overturned there. This is also comes amid wrangling from a local city Councilmember and a report by the Norwood News. Crews with the city Department of Transportation will install the speed hump at Hull Avenue , roughly the same spot as where the car flipped after cruising down the one-way street, a spokesperson confirmed. Well before the crash, neighbors were pressing Councilman Andrew Cohen in convincing the DOT to fast track the

Rent Laws Have Expired, What Do You Do Now?

By DAVID CRUZ Elected officials are stepping in to handle the aftermath of rent laws expiring. Their first assurance: don’t panic.

Public & Community Meetings

COMMUNITY BOARD 7 will hold its general board meeting on June 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the New York Botanical Garden Visitor Center Café (Note: The Board will go on hiatus until September). CB7 committee meetings are held on the following dates at the board office, 229A E. 204th St. at 6:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted: Housing/Land Use/Zoning & Senior Services on June 17; Education/Libraries on June 18; and Parks & Recreation on June 24. For more information, call (718) 933-5650. THE 52ND PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL will meet on June 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Part of the

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers to rate the performance of Mayor Bill de Blasio after a year and a half in office.

As Albany Talks Rent, Tenants Talk Rent Freeze with RGB

By IMANI HALL At the latest Rent Guidelines Board hearing, landlord Al Versace, who has owned buildings in the city for years, fears he will no longer be able to afford to maintain one of his buildings.

Norwood News Wins Big In Journalism Contest

By NORWOOD NEWS The Norwood News walked away a big winner at the 2015 Ippies Awards, sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Out & About: Westchester Square Gears Up for Fair @ The Square

Editor’s Pick Annual Fair at Westchester Square The Westchester Square Merchants Association presents its free 7th annual Fair @ the Square, June 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (rain or shine) along the streets of Westchester Square between St. Raymond and Westchester avenues. Events include an all-day concert series featuring a variety of music with host and performers, plus both an adult and kid Elvis impersonator. Also featured will be art, an MTA antique bus, a kids’ activity area offering face painting and arts and crafts, an FDNY smokehouse and antique fire engine, rock wall, games, exhibits and other

By DAVID CRUZ & BOB KAPPSTATTER The 52nd Precinct is set to get a new batch of officers amid efforts to curb a rising gang problem west of Bedford Park.