Dinowitz, Biaggi Ensure Co-op Shareholders Can Access Reverse Mortgages

By SÍLE MOLONEY

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. So goes the maxim for perseverance, a trait which describes the now successful, multi-year efforts of legislators to grant cooperative housing shareholders the same access to reverse mortgages as other homeowners. On, Wednesday, Dec 1, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation (S760/A1508), sponsored by Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) and State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (S.D. 34) who represents parts of the Bronx and Westchester county, into law. The bill was strongly supported by advocates for cooperative housing in New York and now allows cooperative housing shareholders to obtain reverse mortgages

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Note: The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition. Elected officials from across New York State gathered inside the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College for the formal inauguration of Democrat, Eric Dinowitz, as the city councilman of District 11 on Sunday, Dec. 5. The Bedford Park ceremony was attended by a crowd of over 300 and was streamed live on BronxNet TV. The councilman has been serving in the role since April 2021, having won the District 11 seat in a special election in March. As reported, he went on

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

July 1, 2022, will mark the start of another fiscal year for New York City government, designated as FY 2023 (FY23). Although still seven months away, community boards across the city have started the process of submitting their annual Capital and Expense Budget Requests which inform the borough president, city council, and mayor about the priorities in each community district. Officially known as the Statement of Community Needs and Community Board Budget Requests Fiscal Year 2023, the 37-page document identifies the most pressing concerns in each local community. On Nov. 30, Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) voted on, and

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Jewish Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) has formally responded to the organization of a second rally in a month, the latest held outside his Riverdale home on Sunday, Dec. 12, during which anti-Semitic imagery was, once again, on display. As reported by Norwood News, about 50 protestors showed up for the rally to oppose the assemblyman’s proposed bill A8378, according to one witness who works for the assemblyman. The bill, if passed, and which is still at the committee level stage of the legislative process, would authorize an immunization program against COVID-19 for schools funded with State aid,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An estimated 50 protestors, some dressed in ultra-Orthodox Jewish attire, held a rally outside the home of Bronx, Jewish Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81), in the Riverdale section of the Bronx on Sunday, Dec. 12, displaying anti-Semitic imagery and protesting the assemblyman’s sponsoring of bill A8378, according to one witness who works for the assemblyman. It is the second such rally protesting the assemblyman’s legislation in the last month. The bill, if passed, and which is still at the committee level stage of the legislative process, would authorize the State commissioner of health to develop and supervise the execution

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Pick Bronx Community Board 7’s Holiday Tree Lighting event will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. at Mosholu Parkway Lawn at the intersection of Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue. Come and enjoy this year’s Winter Wonderland where there will apple cider, hot chocolate, holiday activities & entertainment and of course, the tree lighting. EVENTS Van Cortlandt House Museum is hosting a Cozy Community Campfire on Sunday, Dec. 5, between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Gather together outdoors for a festive campfire, complete with free marshmallows and warm, mulled cider while supplies last. There will also be DIY s’mores kits

By DAVID GREENE

Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC) and its youth arm, Sistas & Brothas United, recently held a joint rally billed “Community Not Cops” and “Public Land in Public Hands,” in the Crotona section of the Bronx. During the event, they called for community input into the future development of City space, as well as an end to police officers patrolling the halls and stairways of New York City public schools. The two dozen or so teens joined community land trust leaders on Saturday, Oct. 16, outside a fenced-off vacant lot located across the street from Crotona Park, at

By DAVID GREENE

An unidentified man who, as reported, is currently homeless and had been living in a tent along the tree-lined center of Mosholu Parkway in Bedford Park in October, seems determined to stay in the neighborhood though, to date, he has refused different offers of assistance. As reported, the man suddenly appeared in mid-October, at one stage constructing a makeshift tent of plywood and yellow tarp at Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue, and was sometimes seen battling both wind and rain. When residents called 311 in October about the man’s circumstances, officials from New York City’s departments of social

By SÍLE MOLONEY

This is an updated version of our story first published in November 2021. On Tuesday, Nov. 16, Jessica Altagracia Woolford, a Riverdale resident raised in Kingsbridge, announced her bid to replace Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz from New York State Assembly’s 81st district, via a bilingual digital campaign ad. Dinowitz has held the seat since 1994. “I’m excited to make my case to the voters of the Northwest Bronx that it’s time for fresh leadership in the Assembly,” Altagracia Woolford said. “My abuela taught me that care should never be conditional. But the fact is, a lot of Bronxites

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