Be Healthy – World Diabetes Day at NCBH Focuses on Preventive Care 

By JANAKI CHADHA Vital Stats: 14.6 – Percentage of Fordham residents with diabetes. (Source: New York City Health Department) Standing in front a crowd of diabetics at North Central Bronx Hospital, instead of speaking on curbing the disease, Dr. Gayotri Goswami took an unusual route and backtracked even before the disease’s onset: pre-diabetes. She spoke on the ignorance of this early stage and the high percentage of pre-diabetics who will develop diabetes in the near future.

Digital Edition of the Norwood News Is Out

by David Cruz After a pause for the Thanksgiving holiday, the Norwood News is once again out with its latest edition of the newspaper. The hard copy is available throughout 300 locations in the northwest Bronx, from diners, offices and within Montefiore Medical Center. Our top story focuses on a rare shelter model that’ll pop up in University Heights, which is also primed for major redevelopment in a few years, according to a report. We hear from the folks at the Bowery Residents Committee, which plans on building a nine-story shelter at a barren piece of property. We also tackle a


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Shelter Developer Outlines Housing Mix In University Heights

By David Cruz When Jean Hill heard a developer’s plan to build their latest shelter proposal, the idea of a fact-finding visit to the developer’s other sites quickly surfaced. After all, she’s poked around other sites before. “We do go out, ask questions of the people who live in [the developer’s] backyard. ‘Have you had any problems with them? Is everything kosher?’” said Hill, serving as Community Board 7’s Land Use/Housing committee chairwoman. 

Business Beat – Lobbying Cosmetologists While a BID Gears Up For the Holidays

Diaz Jr. Lobbies Beauty Biz Over Regulation Bill Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. took his bill on grading the beauty industry directly to cosmetologists at a Lehman College symposium Nov. 18. The bill would allow the city to rate every city barbershop, salon and spa, hoping problem spas clean up their act. Though it was introduced in September by the bill’s sponsor, Brooklyn Councilman Rafael Espinal, no action has been taken. “The proposals we put forward today will go a long way towards ensuring that the people of this city have a clean and safe atmosphere to get their


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McDwyer—the Norwood Barman Who Refuses to Throw in the Towel

  By Anton K. Nilsson At McDwyer’s Pub on East 204th Street, time passes slowly. Little has changed in this old-school Irish bar since it opened in 1966. It comes off as the Bronx’s own McSorley’s Old Ale House in Manhattan’s East Village, only with relics from the entire second half of the 20th century instead of the 1800s. Eighties sports memorabilia—showing support for The Rangers, The Mets, and The Yankees—line the walls. A poster from the 1980 Winter Olympics, depicting the U.S hockey team’s victory over the Soviet Union, reads, “4 to 3—An American Dream.”

Inquiring Photographer

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers their thoughts on the recent election, its outcome and issues they hope Albany elected officials will tackle in the 2015 Legislative Session. The only thing I have to say is they’re really not doing much. I just know I’m lucky to have a job, I work for the city. But I feel sorry for people who don’t have a job or work for private companies, the way rents are going up. And why do they keep raising the rates of public transportation? Jose Feliciano, Mount Hope