Bronx Councilman Koppell Endorses Espaillat
Meg Charlop’s Way: Taking on ‘Fort Apache’ and Winning
Unemployment in the Bronx: After War, Finding a Job
By the end of the summer, some 23,000 American troops will return home from Afghanistan as part of President Obama’s plan to withdraw forces steadily over the next two years and end the war there by 2014. These men and women will come home to parents, spouses and children. Some will come home to find jobs, and other won’t. Those returning to the Bronx will come home to the highest unemployment rate in the state — 13.6 percent in March, according to the State Labor Department.
New Program Sparks Creativity With Bronx Seniors
Public Advocate Calls for Curb of Stop and Frisk
With the numbers of unwarranted and unproductive stop and frisks by police rising across New York City, some elected officials are beginning to call for change. In the first three months of 2012, more than 203,500 New Yorkers were stopped by the police and 89 percent of them were cleared of any wrongdoing.
Bronx Beer Hall Preview at Valentine-Varian House
If Jonas Bronck were here and enjoyed the occasional frosty mug of ale, he would be proud of the event taking place over the next two days. On the lawn of the Valentine-Varian House, site of the Museum of Bronx History in Norwood (just outside of the south entrance to Williamsbridge Oval Park), there will be a beer and food festival.
At House Party, Espaillat Reaches Out to Bronx Voters
On the campaign trail, certain props become redundant. Microphones, podiums, and teleprompters. But at a house party to meet State Assemblyman Adriano Espaillat, who is running for a congressional seat against longtime incumbent Charlie Rangel in Congress, traditional campaign decorum was traded for hummus, crackers and cheese.
Bronx BP Endorses Rangel; Bronx Pols Pick Sides
Last week, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. released a Bronx Week kickoff video. In it there was a not-so-subtle foreshadowing to Diaz’s press conference last Friday morning announcing his endorsement of Charles Rangel in the race for the newly created 13th Congressional District, which stretches from Harlem, through Upper Manhattan and into the northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Kingsbridge, Norwood and Bedford Park.
Cabrera Skeptical of Ice Center Plan at Armory as Alternative Emerges
When the group calling itself the Kingsbridge National Ice Center — with its ties to famous partners like ex-Rangers star Mark Messier, deep pockets and grand vision to create the greatest ice hockey complex in the history of frozen water — Bronx Councilman Fernando Cabrera seemed to be receptive to the idea. But now