Confessions From Teenage Spendaholics

When Terrikaye Callendar goes shopping, she feels her wallet burning a hole in her purse. It gnaws at her, triggering a compulsion to spend on clothing, food or sneakers items. The nagging sensation is driven by the desire to “have it.” An 11th grader at The Marie Curie High School near Van Cortlandt Park, she sees the habit tough to break. “It’s hard to see something and you know you have the money and don’t buy it.”

Inquiring Photographer – The Partial Rent Hike

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers their thoughts on the recent vote by the NYC Rent Guidelines Board to raise rents by 1 and 2.75 percent for 1- and 2-year leases respectively on rent-stabilized  apartments. Editor’s Note: Have a question you want us to answer? Email ideas to dcruz@norwoodnews.org.  I’m a landlord and I would have recommended from what I was looking at as far as my bills, real estate tax and water and landlords are now paying for protection for the water and sewer lines from the outside an extra $20 a month.  Of course it’s paid by


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Honoring A Hip Hop Legend at Bronx Rising!

By PAMELA SEGURA The concrete on Freeman Street was covered with swirly chalk letters and break-dancers. Snippets of hip hop history—conscious hip hop, old school funk and hard-core beats—merged with the sounds of the 2 and 5 subway trains gliding by. 

Be Healthy – HIV Study Smokes Out Chain Smokers

By the NORWOOD NEWS  Vital Stats:  60% of people living with HIV in the U.S. smoke Though HIV is known to permanently weaken the human body’s immune system, producing a lifestyle filled with mandatory exercise and pill treatment, trends indicate those diagnosed with the fatal disease continue to smoke cigarettes. 

Out & About (June 27 – July 9, 2014)

Compiled by Judy Noy Editor’s Pick  Family Fitness Festival The public is invited to walk, zumba, and do yoga and relay races on June 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Williamsbridge Oval’s 1st Family Fit Festival. For more information, call (718) 881-8999. 

NCBH Maternity Ward Could Open by September 22

by David Cruz Plans to re-open the maternity ward at North Central Bronx Hospital could come as early as September, hospital officials announced. At a public meeting last week, the Health and Hospital Corporation, health advocates, hospital officials and community advocates unveiled plans for reopening NCBH’s maternity ward by fall of 2014. The opening would come just over a year after hospital administration officials were forced to shut down the ward following a medical staff shortage. Expectant mothers in the neighborhood were forced to commute elsewhere as plans to re-0pen the ward went underway.