Ferrer Named to MTA Board

Former Bronx borough president and two-time mayoral candidate Freddy Ferrer was appointed on Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board, the governing body that oversees the state agency (and, most notably, approves all of those fare hikes and service changes).

Gillibrand Visits Monte

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand made a stop in the Bronx recently to attend a “healthy eating” fair at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in Norwood.

The Bronx’s First-Ever Urban Farm Tour

On Saturday, May 14, in conjunction with Bronx Week, the borough’s tourism council held its first-ever Urban Farm Tour.

Taxi Crashes Into Fordham Rd. Store; Kills 1, Injures 5

A 61-year-old Fordham-area resident was killed late last month when a livery cab driver lost control of his Lincoln Town Car at a busy Fordham Road intersection last month and crashed through a storefront window.

Picture the Homeless Challenges Perceptions of Marginalized

Adjusting the yellow bow in her thick gray locks of hair, Arvenetta Henry clasped her hands under her chin. “Everyone calls me Miss Henry,” she said with a smile, “because I am a teacher.” Henry spent most of her adult life as a Bronx teacher. She is no longer in the traditional classroom setting, but through a nonprofit homeless advocacy organization operated by the very homeless population it serves, Henry, who became homeless herself 18 months ago, continues to teach.

Gustavo Rivera Moves Senate Back To Neighborhood

Like every New York state senator, when 33rd District representative Gustavo Rivera moved into his local office, he received two flags — the stars and stripes of the United States of America and the goddesses of Liberty and Justice of New York state — as well as a copy machine and a dated set of rectangular office furniture. “They [senate administrative staffers] told me they only had rectangular furniture,” said Rivera’s communications director Conchita Cruz, sitting in the new office on the fifth floor of the Poe Building on the Grand Concourse, across from the Loew’s Paradise Theater. “But they

Ex-Cop Found Guilty in Beating of Suspect

A former NYPD officer in the 52nd Precinct was convicted of assault on April 26, after pleading guilty to the 2010 beating of a handcuffed prisoner during a drug-bust gone awry in University Heights.

At 110, Holy Nativity Tries to Reinvent Itself

That Holy Nativity, an Episcopalian congregation, was reminded of its lengthy local history by a man from Sierra Leone, says a lot about the state of the church. Some long-standing church members, like Kelly, remain. But like many area churches, Holy Nativity’s numbers have shrunk and its congregation has diversified racially and ethnically.

Devastated Milbank Buildings Finally Sold

The now-infamous Bronx Milbank buildings — including 2785 Sedgwick Ave., 2500 University Ave., and 2505 Aqueduct Ave., all in University Heights — were finally sold last month to a new landlord after months of local organizing and city involvement. Tenants, advocates and elected officials had fought to wrest the portfolio of 10 deeply troubled properties from irresponsible bankers and owners to a party who could afford to make them livable again.