Bronx Parks Brace for BBQ Season

By MARTIKA ORNELLA and DAVID CRUZ

Three weeks before the unofficial start of summer, Barbara Stronczer wanted to get ahead of what’s expected to be a raucous season at Mosholu Parkway. As it’s been the case for years, she wants the “No Barbecuing in the Area” signs up before the parties begin. “We expect it by Memorial Day,” said Stronczer, chair of the Parks Committee for Community Board 7 at a meeting on May 9 regarding the signs in neighborhood parks. “If you don’t have it by then, then it’s a big battle for us.” Barbecuing is illegal in Devoe Park, Williamsbridge Oval Park, and Mosholu

By DAVID GREENE

An activist, singer, and advocate with borough roots were honored for making the Bronx proud. The honorees for this year’s Bronx Week celebrated on May 20. Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, actress Maggie Siff and hip-hop legend Slick Rick were honored with special individual street signs on the Grand Concourse. Siff told the crowd, “This is such an honor. I was just talking to my dad last night and he was born in this neighborhood. And he said in 1944, one of his very first memories was seeing [President Franklin Roosevelt] drive by in an open motorcade,

Built to be Family Friendly, Aqueduct Park Now a Haven for Vice

By MARTIKA ORNELLA

Straddled among apartment buildings and shopping squares sits Aqueduct Walk, a sectional strip of green paths, basketball courts, and playgrounds. The walkway cuts through Morris Heights and Kingsbridge, ideally offering a place for bike rides, jogging, and peaceful strolling. But during a typical trek through the five-acre walkway, the Norwood News spotted hoards of household trash, junk piles, overgrown weeds and foliage, and used syringes. Public urination and drug use were out in the open. Despite efforts by local officials and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Aqueduct Walk remains plagued with all the physical signifiers of

Editorial: Bruised Confidence in Our Public Officials

The evidence against former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was overwhelming. It was for him too. In less than three hours after four women gave their accounts to New Yorker Magazine of alleged abuse, he was gone. Along with his career. The article detailed moments when their bodies were so badly damaged they needed medical attention. Compounding that hurt was the subsequent mental torment that came after many told them to stay silent. Some of them included women. Along with the bruised women allegedly at the hands of Schneiderman is a bruised confidence in our elected officials. Just who are they

Two men are wanted for a violent break-in at a home on Marion Avenue in Bedford Park. Police say the incident happened around 2 p.m. on May 20, when the men disguised as UPS employees, knocked on an apartment door, forcing their way into the home and tying up two people with zip-ties. The perpetrators then attacked someone in the home, stabbing them in the right thigh with a knife and demanding money. The attackers then fled the apartment with a bookbag filled $16,000 in cash, according to police. Police describe the first alleged perpetrator as Hispanic, 20 to 24 years

By DAVID CRUZ

Though there’s some use at Frank Frisch Field in Bedford Park, there could be more, according to community groups. It’s enough that an effort to get the word out about the field has been bouncing around. “[S]omeone’s gonna get a bright idea that they can put up another high-rise,” Barbara Stronczer, president of Bedford Mosholu Community Association said at the latest BMCA meeting on May 2. “People say, ‘Oh they’ll never do that. That’s parkland.’ I’ve seen it done in Harlem. I’ve seen it done in other places in Manhattan.” It’s one reason why community groups, including Mosholu Preservation Corporation

Neighborhood Notes: Free Immigration Service

By MARTIKA ORNELLA

The Bronx saw $2.3 billion in residential development last year, falling short of the 2016 total dollar figure for residential properties, according to a new report released by Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Most of the new residential development across the borough is government funded, according to the report. In 2017, over 58 percent of new residential units were subsidized, with the vast majority going towards developing multi-family residential buildings. This includes a $70 million investment in new apartments near Creston Ave. and 191st Street in Fordham. “We are making sure that new development works for those families who

By PROF. ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA, PFA

So what is inflation? In simple terms, it is prices going up. In longer term measures, it is defined as a sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods and services in a county, and is measured as an annual percentage change. Put differently, as inflation rises, every dollar you own buys a smaller percentage of a good or service. How do we measure it: through a tracking stock called the Consumer Price Index (CPI). According to our government, the Bureau of Labor Statistics uses this CPI value to track inflation on a monthly and annual basis. According to

Free Graffiti Cleanup “Guerinos Against Graffitti” is offering one military veteran free graffiti removal in honor of Memorial Day. Those eligible be a US military veteran who was honorably discharged and wounded in combat. Applicants must submit their photo standing next to their property. Send submissions to ssg.nag@gmail.com. For more information, call (718) 600-2570. Free Immigration Service West Bronx Housing, 220 E. 204th St., provides free basic immigration services. They offer application assistance for citizenship, permanent residence Green Card applications, renewals, and other basic services. Clients can bring an interpreter, if necessary. For more information, call (718) 798-0929 to make an appointment