Youth Group & Community Rally Calling to Free Schools from Policing

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Sistas and Brothas United (SBU), the youth organizing arm of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, a 46-year-old organization of students, parents, clergy and community members across the Bronx are organizing a rally to take action against school policing, and what the organization says are all the practices and policies that criminalize young people in schools. For the last two decades SBU has been working to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, organizing to eradicate suspensions, arrests, metal detectors, and school safety agents in schools that the organization says pushes young people out of school and into the prison system.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The non-profit, Abbot House, is to honor Daanyal Agboatwalla with the Joseph M. Pastore, Jr. Difference-Maker Award for his work in the community. Agboatwalla is a senior at Horace Mann School in the Bronx and is fiercely committed to supporting marginalized communities and fighting inequality wherever it exists. His passion led him to Abbott House, where he spent a summer working with migrant children as a teacher’s assistant in its Transitional Resource for Children (TRC) school. Abbott House is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization working with children, families and adults with complex needs. It supports nearly 2,800 children in

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York State legislature will hold a virtual hearing on the impact of Tropical Storm Isaias on New York State on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. On Aug. 4, the storm hit New York with heavy rain, tornadoes and winds gusting up to 70 miles per hour. Isaias left hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers without power across New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Rockland, the Hudson Valley and other areas of the state within the service territories of PSEG-Long Island, Con Edison, Orange and Rockland, National Grid, Central Hudson, New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) and other

By PROFESSOR ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA PFA

As we get ready for an electoral, presidential race where we have heard very little so far on proposed policy issues, we heard a whopper of one the other day from our president. Trump said, if re-elected, he’ll get rid of the payroll tax. So, what’s the payroll tax? The payroll tax is a tax withheld from an employee’s salary by an employer who remits it to the government on behalf of the employee. The tax is based on wages, salaries, and tips earned by employees, and is deducted for social security and medicare benefits. The current tax

By PROFESSOR ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA PFA

Well, we knew that Congress had been at a stalemate – even way before this pandemic – some would even say, even before Trump was president. We have been living with a divided government for several years now. Democracy is supposed to allow the will of the people to speak, so what happens when too many people speak, and have different opinions, to the point where nothing gets done? Enter congressional COVID stalemate, which means nothing gets done – no help for unemployment insurance, no more help for small businesses, no help for state governments, no help for eviction

By DAVID GREENE

For our latest print edition, we asked readers for their thoughts on the recent spike in shootings across the City. I like this area here in Belmont, and I prefer to do most of my activities here because I don’t feel comfortable where I live. It’s safer in Belmont than it is anywhere else around here. I like to do all my shopping. I even come here to do all my laundry and in the other neighborhood I see a lot of homeless people, and homeless shelters spread all over the Tremont Area and yes, I see crazy

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Dear Readers, Hope you’re well. As if we hadn’t enough to contend with already, what with the ongoing pandemic, a global recession, stifling humidity, a rise in gun violence, and random shark-sightings in New York City, it seems we’re also set to be hit with the tail end of Tropical Storm Isaias later this evening, August 3, so batten down the hatches, hang tight, and check out this year’s ninth and latest edition of the Norwood News. Following the arrest earlier this month of Ghislaine Maxwell on charges relating to human trafficking, which she denies, our cover

By AURÉOLE RIBES

Volunteers of America – Greater New York (VOA–GNY) announced on July 13 that it will receive $30 million from the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) over five years to take over the running of two domestic violence shelters in the Bronx starting on Oct. 1. VOA–GNY is an affiliate of VoA, a national, faith-based human services non-profit helping individuals and families in need through social service programs. The two shelters will serve different purposes. The first, Victory I, will be a 120-bed emergency shelter for critical and acute domestic violence situations, and will provide housing to

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Waly-Meissa Ndiaye is a teenager from the South Bronx. On July 22, it was announced that he was one of five students from New York City-area schools selected to receive a $10,000 college scholarship as a 2020 Milken Scholars program recipient (NYC Scholars) for his academic achievements and his service to the community. A former student at Bronx High School of Science, Ndiaye is a Gates Scholar, QuestBridge College Prep Scholar and AP Scholar with distinction. “I’m thankful and feel very fortunate to become a part of the Milken Scholar community,” he said. “In just a few weeks, I’ve