Diaz and City say ‘Cut the Crap’ to all ‘Pooper-trators’ (Video)

After a steady flow of complaints to the Bronx Borough President’s office, other elected officials, and community board offices, the city’s Sanitation Department (DSNYC) kicked off its “Don’t Be a Pooper-trator” campaign to crack down on negligent dog owners.

Opening of Poe Park Visitor’s Center Delayed Indefinitely

The edgy new $4.5 million, bird-shaped Poe Park Visitor’s Center, once on pace to open four months ago, remains shuttered and is not scheduled to open any time soon as the Parks Department scrambles to figure out how to staff it, according to an article today in the New York Times.

PS 51 Parents Hold Rally, Walcott Agrees to Meet

After persistent lobbying, Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said he would meet with parents of students at PS 51, the Bronx New School, which was moved from Bedford Park to Crotona after the building the school had inhabited for nearly two decades was found to be contaminated.

Cabrera Pushes for Transparency on Neighborhood Crime Stats

Spurred on by a Norwood News campaign, Councilman Fernando Cabrera introduced legislation this month that would force the New York City Police Department to publish neighborhood crime statistics each month.

Cemetery for Famous Registered As National Landmark

Since 1863, the sprawling Woodlawn Cemetery has seen jazz greats, literary giants, political leaders and everyone in between entombed above and beneath its hallowed grounds. On Sunday, Oct. 16, the cemetery was inducted into the National Historic Landmark Registry. It is the sixth Bronx institution to make the list.

Bronx Education Summit a Chance to Chart New Path

For the first-ever Bronx Education Summit at Lehman College, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. said he wanted to spark conversation. He got what he wanted.

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At Norwood Store, Cigars Are an Art

Francisco Rosario sits at a worn wooden desk behind a storefront window, transforming a pile of flat, brown leaves into cigars as thick as Italian sausages. He holds the butt of a cigar snugly between his lips as he works, tearing, smoothing, and rolling the fragrant leaves. Our Lady of Fatima, emblazoned on a gold medal hanging from his neck, presides over the ritual.

Cemetery Workers Say Problems Continue

Nearly two years after filing a grievance against the management of Woodlawn Cemetery, with claims of unfair labor practices and racism, employees continue to speak out, even after 15 of 37 workers were laid off in April.