FEGS’ Bronx Programs Transferred to The Jewish Board

By VIVIAN CARTER Federation Employment & Guidance Services (FEGS) of Norwood, now bankrupt, will keep its social services programs going, after transferring them to the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services for $75 million. New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), primary provider of licenses and contracts for the programs, authorized the transfer. The Jewish Board, in existence for more than 140 years, currently helps over 5,880 clients in the Bronx (and 35,000 citywide) to live as independently as possible, through care management services, mental health clinics, preventive services, emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence, supportive housing, apartment

Here she comes…Miss USA, Nia Sanchez.

Speed Hump Stall on Hull Avenue

By DAVID CRUZ Though the city Department of Transportation says its committed to installing a speed hump at a Norwood street where a driver lost control and slammed into three parked cars before turning over recently, just when it will be installed is another matter.

Rent Laws: What You Should Know

By TATYANA TURNER and JASMINE GOMEZ With current rent protection laws set to expire June 15, the debate over whether the laws should be renewed or strengthened has intensified in Albany, where the legislature is charged with drafting the rent laws. Tenants and Democratic elected officials are advocating to close loopholes in the current rent laws while calling for more housing options for the working and middle class. In the last few months, workshops by Bronx elected officials have sounded the alarm in making sure tenants know their rights. With rent laws edging toward expiration, the Norwood News explored

By JASMINE GOMEZ Councilman Andy King held his annual Gun Violence Rally outside the Evander Childs Campus on June 2 at a time when the northwest Bronx has seen a spike in shootings.

Hit-and-Run Driver Surrenders in Concourse Crash; Victim Behind ’91 Subway Crash

By DAVID GREENE The driver who had been sought by the NYPD for mowing down a pedestrian along the Grand Concourse surrendered to police as his victim remains in serious but stable condition at St. Barnabas Hospital, according to police.

May Traffic Incident Strikes at the Mount Carmel School in Belmont

By TATYANA TURNER As the school year draws to a close, parents are seething over a crash involving a school crossing guard that could have been prevented. The incident has caught the attention of a local city councilman, who’s demanding some traffic calming measures.

Inquiring Photographer

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers how difficult it is to afford today’s rent rates in the Bronx in light of the upcoming expiration of the state’s current rent laws. We haven’t seen any affordable housing in years and it’s kind of sad because it drives out middle-income communities and leaves the city to just rich and poor people. Poor people can get Section 8 or whatever programs there are, the rich are moving into Harlem now. That’s the sad part of this—we’re losing the middle class base. Ezra Glaser Van Cortlandt Park South It’s very hard, but I’m

Ramirez Indicted Hector Ramirez, a cyclical candidate for the 86th Assembly District seat in the West Bronx, can’t seem to catch a break. He lost in the latest race against party favorite, Assemblyman Victor Pichardo, for a second straight time. Now he’s got an indictment on his hands for allegedly trying to rig it. His alleged infractions in cooking up absentee ballots and electioneering in last year’s September Primary caught up with him after the Bronx District Attorney’s Office nailed him and his campaign manager with a whopping 242-count indictment. Seven counts apparently correspond to one absentee ballot Ramirez