Religion
UPDATE Mayor Issues Security-Related Statement following Iran’s Drone Attack on Israel
UPDATE Woodlawn: Bob Nolan Honored by BP at Irish Heritage Month Celebration
Former City official and aide to four former Bronx borough presidents, Robert “Bob” Francis Nolan, who died on Dec. 15, 2023 at the age of 70, as reported, was honored with a posthumous award in the presence of his family during an Irish Heritage Month celebration hosted by the Office of the Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson on March 27.
Future of Van Cortlandt Jewish Center Still Uncertain
The future of Van Cortlandt Jewish Center (VCJC), as well as the many programs it provides, continues to remain in jeopardy as its representatives negotiate with a developer to sell the property, along with a private home the center owns on the block. Simultaneously, community residents, congregants, and users of VCJC are hoping the center’s management will listen to their concerns and how its potential closure would leave a void in the community.
Bronx BP Hosts Annual Iftar Dinner Dialogue
Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson joined the Bronx Muslim community on Thursday, March 14, in the Rotunda of Bronx Borough Hall for her annual Bronx Iftar Dinner Dialogue to mark the holy month of Ramadan, a time for fasting, prayer, and acts of kindness, which this year started on March 12 and concludes on April 9.
UPDATE Dinowitz Reads to Children, Attends Anti-Hate Photo Exhibit at Hostos Community College
City Council Member Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), a Democrat who represents much of the northwest Bronx, spent the morning of March 4 reading to children at the Hostos Children’s Center at Hostos Community College in Mott Haven, and later attending the College’s newly opened anti-hate photo exhibit series at Hostos Research Center.
Yonkers Police Department Arrests, Charges Mother in Abandoned Newborn Investigation
UPDATE Primaries 2024: Unity Democratic Club Announces Endorsements & Votes on Healthcare Resolution
The Unity Democratic Club, which serves members of the Democratic Party throughout the northwest Bronx, announced on Friday, Jan. 26, its official endorsements for the upcoming 2024 elections. It also voted on a specific healthcare related resolution in support of the NYC Organization of Public Service Retirees.
UPDATE Feds Settle with NYS Gov Office in wake of Historical Sexual Harassment Allegations against Cuomo
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday, Jan. 26, that it has settled a legal dispute with NY State’s executive chamber (governor’s office) to resolve the justice department’s claims that NYS executive chamber, under former former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, engaged in a pattern or practice of sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.