Bronx News Roundup: Bronx Jazz Giant dies at age 70

By Hugh Thornhill Here’s your news roundup for the day: – Kenneth Giordano, whose Willie’s Steakhouse became the center of the Bronx’s Latin Jazz community, died at from Melanoma at the age of 70 on Monday, the Daily News reports. After buying out Willie’s from its former co-owner Willie Fornes in the 1990s, Giordano greatly increased its jazz performances. Jazz greats such as Johnny Pacheco, Dave Valentin, Willie Colon, Eddie Palmieri and Tito Puente were regulars at the restaurant. – Police are currently after five suspects in a string of armed robberies that are targeting Bronx women, News 12 the


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Video: How to Tell the Difference Between Dominicans and Puerto Ricans and Other Views on Race and Ethnicity in the Bronx

The above video was created by Project Bronx. Project Bronx is the brainchild of Adam Levine-Peres, “a community inspired initiative” that’s focused around a Youtube channel dedicated to discussing issues important to the Bronx community. Project Bronx seeks to give a voice to the Bronx with its videos consisting of interviews with Bronx people on many topics from race relations to whether or not the Bronx is better than Brooklyn. Its Twitter feed gives updates on the many things going on in the Bronx.

Bronx Notes: Self-Defense Training for LGBT Community

City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and City Council Members Rosie Mendez, Danny Dromm, and Jimmy Van Bramer invite you to come to a self-defense training course for the LGBT Community at the SCAN Mullaly Academy at Mullaly Park, 164th Street (near Jerome Avenue) in the Bronx, this Thursday, July 18 at 6 p.m.

New Budget Pleases Bronx Council Members

Bronx Council members are pleased with the finalized budget for the next fiscal year which was announced last week. The $70 billion budget includes no tax increases and will restore hundreds of millions of dollars in planned cuts to public housing, libraries, and after-school programs.

City Council Votes for More Oversight of Police Department

The City Council convened in the middle of the night three weeks ago to vote on a crowded agenda of issues, including the adoption of two bills under the Community Safety Act. While the bills passed easily, Mayor Bloomberg has vowed to veto them, saying they will undermine the police department’s ability to keep the city safe.

Bronx Notes: Free Cancer Screenings Today

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, 234 E. 149th St., offers free mammograms and screenings for cervical and colorectal cancer for the uninsured on July 17. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (800) 227-2345.