Police Athletic League Hosts Bronx Fall “Street Games” Event on Nov. 7

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York City kids aged ten to seventeen years of age are invited to join in some outdoor sports as part of a new “Street Games” program organized by the Police Athletic League (PAL), which will be visiting each borough throughout the fall. PAL is the first civilian-run police athletic league in the country. Founded in 1914, it has served the city’s young people for over 100 years. It provides recreational, educational, cultural and social activities to 20,000 boys and girls annually. The league’s representatives hope that by participating in basketball skills and drills, old-fashioned dodgeball, double-dutch jump

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The following is an overview of some of the more pertinent, local election results released so far in the Northwest Bronx general election races (as well as a few others) held on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020. Bronx Judicial Election Updates Wanda Negron won with 54.5 percent of the vote in the general election for New York City Civil Court Bronx 2nd Municipal Court District. There was no incumbent. She previously defeated Linda Poust Lopez in the primary.The count for other Bronx judicial races, including three seats in the Supreme Court 12th Judicial District race has not yet been finalized.

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

A typical work schedule for Emelia Dokyi Negron consists of leaving her home in Fordham Heights for three weeks and working as a caregiver in Hamden, CT. She returns to her home in the Bronx for a week before starting the cycle again. That was before the pandemic and travel restrictions were implemented. Now, Negron, 52, has spent months working in Hamden with only a single four-day break in August to visit her family in the Bronx. For her work as a live-in caregiver during the pandemic, that has been described as “above and beyond” the call of

By DAWN CLANCY

Norwood’s residents braved the first chill of fall on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to cast their votes on Election Day 2020. Despite the convenience afforded by early voting this year, there was a clear driving force behind a solid local Election Day turnout that saw long lines meandering through parking lots, and pouring out onto nearby streets. That driver? The pandemic. “COVID has leaped over all my other voting issues,” said Jan Vanlier, 55, an executive assistant. “My mental and physical health can’t take another four years of this.” It’s a sentiment that has spread aggressively throughout the Bronx, as

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers their thoughts on early voting and the 2020 presidential election. “I think that the process was very effective, I’m hoping. I watched the press conference of Governor [Andrew] Cuomo, that he’s going forward with this in the future, so I think this was a very effective and efficient way of having this opportunity of early voting. The line was about sixty feet, and I was able to get in and out in twenty minutes. It only took me ten minutes to vote. I think the most critical issue is bringing people together. The divisiveness we’re

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Urban League and its partners invite community-based organizations (CBOs) to apply for a NYC Council Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund (CCNSF) grant by the new extended deadline of Nov. 6, 2020 at 5 p.m. The New York City Council established the Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund (CCNSF) in recent years and has allocated $2.5 million to award grants to support Black, Latino, and Asian-led community-based organizations throughout New York City’s five boroughs. The first New York City Council fund of its kind, CCNSF aims to build the capacity of New York City nonprofits

By David Greene

Given that youngsters on both sides of Pelham Parkway often celebrate Halloween with an annual parade, the usual holiday excitement was a little less evident this year due to the parade being cancelled amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In an effort to try to make up for some of that lost fun, this year, officers from the NYPD’s 49th precinct on Eastchester Road in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, held the first, socially distant Pumpkin Carving event at their station-house. Two separate carving sessions were held on Thursday, Oct. 22, and were so well received, the officers

By DAVID GREENE

Ahead of Election Day 2020 on Nov. 3., long lines of patient voters, some with kids in toe and pushing baby strollers, were seen at a number of voting centers across the Bronx during the first few days of early voting in New York State, which kicked off on Saturday, Oct. 24. On Sunday morning, Oct. 25, the wait time to vote at a temporary Parkchester polling center, a former Boltons store, located at 1380 Parkchester Road, was about two and a half hours, while the outside temperature was in the low fifties. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined about

By DAVID GREENE

For our latest print edition, we asked readers for their thoughts on the U.S. Supreme Court justice nomination process. “I believe the Supreme Court should be expanded, especially if we get too many conservatives on the Supreme Court and not enough moderates. I think there needs to be a balance. Even though justices swear to be neutral, I believe people are swayed by their opinions, how they are raised. You have Catholic judges who’ve had strict Catholic upbringings as being pro-life and that’s a big worry for women, that they will repeal Roe vs. Wade. It shouldn’t even