Schools

Exploring BCC’s Restorative Wellness Playground Program

By DR. JOYCE BLOOM
The Restorative Wellness Playground is a program with a mission to develop deeper, personal, physical and mental health throughout Bronx Community College (BCC) and its extended community by learning to authentically practice self-care. This includes expressing an individual’s own voice, exercising one’s choices, and the personal narrative of joyously telling one’s own story.

UPDATE President Trump Suspends Entry of Certain Alien Nonimmigrant Workers to the U.S.

By SÍLE MOLONEY
U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Friday, Sept. 19, to restrict entry into the United States of certain “H-1B aliens” as nonimmigrant workers, requiring a $100,000 payment to accompany or supplement H-1B petitions for new visa applications with the aim of curbing “abuses that displace U.S. workers and undermine national security.”

University Heights: Renderings Revealed for Fordham Landing South as Phase I Kicks Off

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce Adolfo Carrion, Jr. and Dynamic Star LLC joined Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia (A.D. 86), City Council Member Pierina Sanchez (C.D. 14) and other city officials in the University Heights section of The Bronx on Aug. 8 to announce that the city is moving forward with “Fordham Landing South,” part of the two- phase much-anticipated, billion-dollar Fordham Landing Development. 

Hochul: Tax Refund Checks to be Sent to Millions of New Yorkers

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced July 22 the start of Phase II of the School Tax Relief (STAR) program benefit season. Hochul said at the time that eligible homeowners in communities with school tax due dates in August or September would start receiving their STAR benefit in subsequent weeks.

Norwood: Councilman Dinowitz & Assemblyman Dinowitz Call for More Security in Oval

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Following the fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Ángel Miguel Mendoza Hernández in the Williamsbridge Oval on Aug. 5, and recent calls for more security in the Norwood park, Council Member Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11) and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) joined local community groups and concerned residents at a press conference in the Oval on Friday, Aug. 15, to reiterate the need for greater park security and oversight to protect not just children and young people, but all residents who use the beloved park.