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Big Guns Turn out for Swearing in Ceremony for Oswald Feliz as New District 15 City Councilman

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
A host of local elected officials joined former tenant lawyer and Hostos Community College adjunct professor, Oswald Feliz, as he was sworn in as city councilman of the 15th Council District, following his win in the March 23rd special election. Feliz assumes the seat left vacant for a few months following the resignation of the former councilman, now Congressman Ritchie Torres, after the latter won the 15th congressional race in November 2020.   The swearing in ceremony for Feliz was held on Sunday, May 2, at the Serviam Gardens, located at 2848 Bainbridge Avenue in Bedford Park. Officials in attendance included


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Politicians, Hip-Hop Legends Break Ground on New Universal Museum in South Bronx

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT
  The transformation of the South Bronx continued Thursday, May 20, with a groundbreaking ceremony for a new museum which will memorialize the history of hip-hop in the borough, part of a $349 million development known as Bronx Point.   With shovels in hand and scooping dirt from a pile of earth, elected officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., joined hip-hop legends, Grandmaster Flash, Slick Rick, LL Cool J, Chuck D, Nas, and Fat Joe, in marking the ceremonial foundation of the museum’s construction.   The 22-story building


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Update: Councilman Dinowitz Calls on City to Reopen Senior Centers

By SÍLE MOLONEY
District 11 City Council Member Eric Dinowitz has called on the City’s health commissioner, Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, and on the commissioner for the Department for the Aging, Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez, to immediately move to reopen the city’s senior centers. In his letter, the council member said the centers have long been the only place where many older adults receive food, interact with others, and maintain some level of routine in their lives.   “While these centers have remained closed since the onset of the pandemic, we have seen many other facilities across NYC start to open in a safe and


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Clarence “Mugsy” Legget Named 2021 Knicks Coach of the Year

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Video courtesy of the Jr. Knicks The Jr. Knicks announced on May 24 that Clarence “Mugsy” Legget has been named the 2021 Jr. Knicks Coach of the Year, presented by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). Legget is currently the executive director of the Wiz Kids basketball program and the director of the SCAN after-school program.   Founded in 1977, SCAN-Harbor is a non-profit youth and family service organization that provides a variety of integrated supports to the highest risk children and families of Harlem, East Harlem and the South Bronx.   Following hundreds of nominations, from youth basketball coaches across


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Health Check: Celebrate World Health Hygiene Day!

By JOSEPH LOPEZ
When I was growing up, my mother always asked me if I had washed my hands. To be honest, I always said “yes,” whether I had washed them or not. Like most kids, I didn’t understand the importance of handwashing. As an adult, though, I realize that my mother’s constant reminders to wash my hands weren’t nagging; she was just teaching me good hygiene. And we can all recognize the importance of this, living through a global pandemic.   On May 5, we celebrated World Health Hygiene Day. We celebrate this day each year by reminding ourselves of what proper


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District 14 Primary: Abreu Continues Pop-Up Rental Clinics as Rivera Ranks Him Number 1

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
District 14 City Council candidate and long-time community organizer, Adolfo Abreu, last month, held another of several pop-up rental clinics he’s been hosting in the district in recent months. On Friday, April 30, ahead of the extension of the eviction moratorium by state legislators, Abreu set up shop at the corner of University Avenue and West Tremont Avenue in University Heights and offered residents information on how to force landlords to make needed repairs, as well as how to prevent eviction.   Last month, Norwood News reported on Abreu’s involvement in a rally held at 2770-2780 Kingsbridge Terrace in the


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Update: Bronx DA Report Says “No Criminality” by NYPD in Jahmel Leach Case

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark has released the findings of a 23-page report on the Public Integrity Bureau’s investigation into an incident involving Bronx teen, Jahmel Leach, and the NYPD which took place on Fordham Road on June 1, 2020. A video of the incident was also released on the same day, May 18. The report found no criminality on the part of the NYPD in terms of the officers’ use of force against Jahmel, during the incident.   The report was released days before the world marked the first anniversary of the killing of George Floyd, an African


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First Phase Of Fordham University’s $100 Million Renovation To Be Completed in Fall 2021

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Fordham University is undergoing renovations at its Rose Hill campus to the tune of $100 million, as reported by YIMBY.   HLW International LLP is leading the design and renovation components include sustainability upgrades and new student amenities. According to YIMBY, when the college, located in Fordham Manor, opens for the fall 2021 semester, it will meet “Passive House standards.   Passive house (German Passivhaus) is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in buildings, reducing the building’s ecological footprint. It results in ultra-low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or cooling. The renovated structure will also feature a


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Take-5, Top-Prize Lottery Ticket Sold in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Lottery announced there were multiple top-prize winning tickets sold for the May 24 TAKE 5 drawing, with winning tickets sold in The Bronx and Brooklyn at the following locations: 1701 Grocery Corp located at 1701 Unionport Road in the vicinity of Van Nest in The Bronx, which sold one prize-winning ticket worth $27,933.50 Clary Deli Grocery Corp located at 85 Euclid Avenue in Brooklyn, which sold one prize-winning ticket worth $27,933.50   TAKE 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. Drawings take place every evening at 10:30 p.m. Winning tickets at all prize levels may be cashed up


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