Klein’s State Budget Deal Leaves Local Dems Wanting

Bronx Democrat Jeff Klein, who represents a whiff of Bedford Park and is the co-leader of the State Senate, trumpeted the state budget deal hammered out last week as the most “family friendly budget in a generation.” But many Democrats outside of Klein’s five-person Independent Democratic Conference say Klein compromised too much, to the detriment of Bronx families.

Castro Announces Resignation, Cites 2009 Perjury Indictment, Not Bribery Charges

Following the revelation earlier this morning that he had helped federal prosecutors build a bribery case against colleague Eric Stevenson, Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro said he will resign from office effective Monday, April 8, in a statement released through his attorney.

Bronx Pols Implicated in Bribery Scheme; Stevenson Charged, Castro Expected to Resign Today

Add two more names to the long list of Bronx politicians caught up in scandals involving money — Eric Stevenson and Nelson Castro. .

Bronx Clergy Leaders Pushing Klein on Progressive Minimum Wage

A group of Bronx clergy leaders, including some with deep ties to the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, are rallying today at noon on the steps of Bronx Borough Hall to demand that the New York State Senate adopt an Assembly-approved plan to increase the state’s minimum wage to $9 an hour and make the rate tied to inflation.

Rivera Backs Chief of Staff as Replacement

In the wild, congested race shaping up in the City Council’s 15th District, which stretches from the Fordham-Bedford area into West Farms, current seat holder Joel Rivera is backing his right-hand man, Albert Alvarez. Rivera and his longtime chief of staff were making the rounds at a recent fundraising event hosted by the Bronx Chamber of Commerce, trying to drum up support.

Diaz: Registry Would Keep Gun Offenders Out of ‘Shadows’

In an effort to reduce gun violence, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. wants to publicize the names and addresses of those convicted of gun-related felonies and will introduce legislation on the city and state levels calling for the creation of an online gun offender registry.

14 Months After RFP, Silence on the Armory Project

Last week after a hearing downtown, Councilman Fernando Cabrera, whose district includes the Kingsbridge Armory, said he believes a developer will be chosen to re-invigorate the hulking empty castle. He just doesn’t know when.

Op-Ed: Helping the ‘Washeros’

Growing up in the Bronx, one of the most exciting portions of an otherwise unbearable day with my father running errands was our inevitable trip to the car wash. I would ask for us to stay in the car as the conveyor belt carried us through the huge wipers and brushes. I never gave much thought to the men who manually dried the car once we exited this fantastical vortex of water and soap however. But these men, in all likelihood were either undocumented immigrants, underpaid, overworked, or all of the above.