Politics

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.

De Blasio: After ‘Labor in Vineyards,’ Cohen Ready for Council (Video)

On a snowy, sleety, windy Friday morning, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, one of a handful of Democratic mayoral candidates hoping to win over the Riverdale-based Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, trekked up to the Bronx to endorse Andrew Cohen, the club’s favored candidate to fill Oliver Koppell’s soon-to-be-vacant District 11 Council seat, which includes Norwood, Bedford Park, Riverdale, Woodlawn, and much of Kingsbridge.

Sen. Hassell-Thompson’s New Norwood Office Space

Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson is setting up new bi-weekly office hours inside Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, 3450 Dekalb Avenue (at Gun Hill Road) in the Bronx. She joins Councilman Oliver Koppell and Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz who also have office hours at MMCC. On Wednesday, Feb. 6, and every other Wednesday after that, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Hassell-Thompson will have a staff member on site ready to assist anyone in need.