DOB Warns Property Owners, Contractors & Crane Operators of Danger Amid High Winds

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City area may experience severe weather, including potential wind gusts up to 40 MPH, starting, Sunday, Nov. 15. Accordingly, the City’s Department of Buildings is reminding all builders, contractors, crane operators, and property owners to secure their construction sites, buildings, and equipment. The Department will be performing random spot-check inspections of construction sites around the city. If sites are not secured, the Department will take immediate enforcement action, issuing violations and Stop Work Orders, where necessary. Winds may reach higher speeds and last longer than forecast in certain areas of the city. Property owners

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced on Nov. 13 the start of DEC’s annual Arbor Day Original Artwork poster contest. Arbor Day is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Each year, DEC’s Urban and Community Forestry Program commemorates Arbor Day with a poster contest that invites the public to submit original photos and artwork that celebrate the immeasurable value of trees—ecologically, environmentally, aesthetically, and socially. “Trees are a renewable resource that provide food, shelter, scenic beauty, and countless other benefits that enhance our quality of life,” Seggos

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Lottery announced on Saturday, Nov. 14, that there were multiple top-prize winning tickets sold for the Nov. 13 TAKE-5 drawing. The tickets were sold in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Lake Ronkonkoma, and were sold at the following locations: 7-ELEVEN #11202B located at 383 Smithtown Boulevard in Lake Ronkonkoma, which sold 1 prize winning ticket worth $21,968.00 Sunoco/A S & R Petro Inc located at 5914 Riverdale Avenue in the Bronx, which sold 1 prize winning ticket worth $21,968.00 Tin Choi Liquor Inc located at 808 Prospect Place in Brooklyn, which sold 1 prize winning ticket worth

Councilman Fernando Cabrera Looks to Unseat AOC

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Councilman Fernando Cabrera is organizing a relief drive for victims of Hurricane Eta, which hit Honduras last week. The drive will take place on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 at 9.30 a.m., at Bronx Community College, Hall of Fame Terrace. He will be joined by Bronx Community College leadership, Sociedad Hondurena Activa De New York, and the Sergeants Benevolent Association. “Our Honduran neighbors are many of the essential workers that kept New York and the Bronx going in the darkest days of COVID-19, taking risks that allowed others to continue going about their daily lives,” Cabrera said in

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Art students from Young Urban Christians & Artists Inc. (YUCA) will paint a mural on the winterization shack and pantry for the Mott Haven Community Refrigerator on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, at 11 a.m. at the intersection of 141st Street and Saint Ann’s Avenue in the Bronx. A rain date is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21. Created by two local sixth grade teachers, Daniel Zauderer and Charlotte Alvarez, in response to witnessing hunger among their students’ families, the Mott Haven Community Refrigerator is a freestanding outdoor refrigerator providing all community members with 24/7, no-questions-asked access to fresh food and other

By SÍLE MOLONEY

As part of their regular and ongoing efforts to clean-up parks in the Northwest Bronx, and generally to promote a strong community spirit, Friends of Devoe Park (FoDP), along with some members of Northwest Bronx Democrats for Change, gathered, once again, on Saturday, Nov. 7, to take part in a crocus bulb-planting and clean-up event. This week, they were joined by a representative of Partnership for Parks, a public-private program that, according to their social media page, supports and champions a growing network of leaders who care and advocate for neighborhood parks and green spaces. The program

By DAVID GREENE

A pair of police patrol officers from the 52nd precinct who were on routine patrol along Jerome Avenue recently helped track down a runaway dog and reunite it with its grateful owner. The unidentified owner was walking her dog in St. James Park at Jerome Avenue and West 192nd Street in Fordham Manor at around 12 noon on Sunday, Nov 1, when she became separated from her canine companion. Recounting the story, moments after being reunited with the pooch, the owner said, “He was playing in the park and some kids left, and I guess he wanted to

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Following reports on Saturday, Nov. 7, by various media outlets, on both sides of the political divide, that former Vice President Joe Biden was the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election, we asked residents in Norwood for their reaction to the news. Dr. Rohit Reddy is a fourth year neurology resident at Montefiore Medical Center. He said he was just really happy that Biden won. “As a health care worker, it’s really awesome that someone who actually has a plan about dealing with the pandemic, and actually respects healthcare workers, is actually going to take office next year,”

By DAVID GREENE

As the country entered the ninth month of a coronavirus pandemic that has, so far, claimed nearly a quarter of a million American lives, a fact rarely mentioned by a Trump administration that, instead, touts its deft handling of the crisis, New Yorkers took to Times Square on Saturday to celebrate former Vice President Joe Biden’s likely victory over President Donald J. Trump, as if it were New Year’s Eve, Super Bowl Sunday and the Fourth of July all rolled into one. Less than an hour before The Associated Press reported that the Democratic candidate had been declared victorious