Latest Edition of the Norwood News is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ

Dear Fellow Readers, The year’s sixth edition of the Norwood News with plenty of community news you can use. We’ve packed 20 pages full of great stories impacting the Bronx. As usual, we’ll begin with page one! Our front-page story brings you to Williamsbridge Oval Park where the Bronx Buccaneers have reclaimed their practice spot just in time for spring. The Bucs nearly lost their spot after the team parted ways with the permit holder. Martika Ornella reports on who the team is tipping its helmet for the good news. Inside the cover you’ll find a follow-up piece what exactly

Neighborhood Notes: Free Immigration Service

By PROF. ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA, PFA

So why is tax planning, this time of year, even more important than tax preparation? Several reasons! First, you are living in 2019, not 2018. As you are reading this, because tax laws took effect on Jan. 1 you want to tax change your life as soon as possible to take advantage in the change in tax laws. Tax planning, in it’s simplest sense, is when one learns, strategizes, and executes their tax plan 2019 just before–or after “tax preparation, 2018,” so you can make sure knowing that Jan. 1, 2020 you are prepared to get a big hefty refund

By SHA-NIA ALSTON

DeWitt Clinton High School alumnus Kid Mero of Morris Heights, whose birth name is Joel Martinez, and his co-host Desus Nice of Wakefield, whose birth name is Daniel Baker, have had a lot of success these days, branching from Twitter to their podcast, the “Bodega Boys,” and now a late night television program on Showtime. Norwood News reporter Sha-Nia Alston caught up with the pair, ahead of their Showtime premiere Feb 21. for a brief Q&A that focused on their Bronx roots. NN: Who are Kid Mero and Desus Nice? Describe yourself. DN: We’re just two guys from the Bronx

By PROF. ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA PFA

So, when will you get your tax refund? Let’s start with the official answer: if you’re electronically depositing the funds into a personal or savings account in which you are the title holder or holders, it should take two to three weeks Now that’s the official answer! Now my answer: balderdash. Firstly, remember the government shutdown? Think again, it’s not over! The shutdown, to the IRS, is still feeling the effects. Having all personnel off for three weeks, not in tune with current adjustments means that the average IRS representative is already five weeks late on any processing paperwork. Yes,

By DAVID CRUZ

Dear Fellow Readers, The year’s fifth edition of the Norwood News with plenty of community news you can use. We’ve packed 20 pages full of useful information. As usual, we’ll begin with page one! Our front-page story brings you to Norwood and the temporary, though inconvenient, closure of the local post office. This is the third time the Van Cott Station closed, forcing residents to utilize other post offices. David Greene hears from the the United States Postal Service and residents, who fear a stinky situation has brewed. Inside the cover you’ll find a recap of the latest State of the

Securing Kingsbridge Ice Center Funding a Waiting Game

Much of the talk across the city has been focused on its failed attempt to keep Amazon locked into a deal that would have brought a state-of-the-art campus to Long Island City, Queens. Critics wanted more than the estimated 25,000 jobs it promised to bring. The outright resentment over how the deal was rushed through with very little input from the existing residents who live in New York City, according to reports, riled progressive Democrats to organize. Hindsight being 20-20, perhaps Amazon’s stakeholders could’ve headed the northernmost borough in the city to find how communities are won over by massive

By DAVID GREENE

This week we asked readers their thoughts on Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.’s State of the Borough address and their thoughts on the borough’s state. The speech was good, but life in the borough could be better because in this borough there still are numerous train stations that still aren’t wheelchair-accessible. There are some railroad stations that are wheelchair-accessible. He mentioned bringing the Metro-North New Haven Line to this borough. No. That should be a subway train line, not a railroad train line, because that means we will have to pay a premium fare. He also needs to advertise

This week we asked readers living in New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments in the Bronx about the recent decision for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to oversee NYCHA, and the city’s $2.2 billion commitment for NYCHA repairs over the next decade. I’m all for that because right now we don’t even have heat in the building, no heat at all. We have running hot water, but no heat. We’ve had no heat since yesterday. It comes on and off. They keep saying they’re repairing it. The elevator keeps breaking down. Sometimes we have to go up and down

By PROF. ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA PFA

Do you live with someone or are married? Oops, you’ve lost your household tax deduction! Had job expenses? Oops, you lost those too? You paid alimony? Congratulations, to the other spouse–that is now tax free to them–no more tax deduction for you. Have a home-based business and want to write off the deductions? Oh no! When you received your $25 bi-weekly tax cut were you smart enough to plan a W-4 readjustment at work, to put you in your correct tax bracket- for both 2018 and 2019? Well, now you know just a part of the answer! Welcome to tax season 2018–the year