Thursday’s Bronx Links
Occupy the Bronx 101; Movement to Join Forces with Coalition
Bronx Assemblyman Jose Rivera, perhaps the most prolific videographer in the borough, shot this footage last Saturday at the Occupy the Bronx assembly in Fordham Plaza. It’s long — with a running time of 46 minutes, 54 seconds — but gives a good sense of the scene last weekend and how the Occupy movement conducts business. The third person who speaks, starting at about the 10-minute mark, is Ephraim Cruz, who sat down with BronxTalk’s Gary Axelbank on Monday evening. Cruz is a co-founder of Bronx for Change, a recently-created political organization. Another co-founder of Bronx for Change, Charlie Ramos,
Croton Facilities Monitoring Committee Tonight
Filipino Parish of St. Brendan’s Celebrates 17 Years
Slide show and Story By Lindsay Armstrong More than 250 people crowded into St. Brendan’s auditorium on a recent Sunday evening to celebrate the 17th anniversary of the church’s Filipino parish. Lumen Castaneda, a former resident of Norwood, founded the parish in conjunction with St. Brendan’s in 1994. The church offers a monthly mass in Tagalog, the Philippine native tongue. Head pastor, Father George Stewart says the group is a vibrant part of the larger church community. “This is a very ethnically diverse parish. We have 48 nations represented and they all add to the experience,” Stewart said. “We’re very
Living Wage Backers Seek Compromise; Second Hearing Planned for November
Supporters of a living wage bill that’s been lingering in the City Council for over a year now are making another effort to revive the lagging legislation, in a drawn-out battle with the Bloomberg administration and business leaders who say it would ultimately kill jobs. Sponsors of the proposed Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act, which would require developers receiving substantial taxpayer-funded subsidies to pay workers $10 an hour with benefits, or $11.50 without, unveiled revisions to the bill earlier this month in an attempt to compromise with critics. Whether the newly watered-down version of the legislation is enough to
Welcome to Breaking Bronx
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Breaking Bronx, the new blog produced by the Norwood News. This is still a work in progress, but essentially, this will be the space where we post breaking news stories, reports and information that didn’t make it into our print edition, multi-media efforts from our staff and freelancers, opinion and analysis from guest writers, links to relevant and important news stories, meeting and events alerts and much more. As Breaking Bronx evolves, we hope to include regular features like, for example, a local sports column or a guide to weekend events. And, of course, we
‘Occupy’ Movement Takes Up Residence in the Bronx
CB7 Youth Committee Meeting Tonight
Community Board 7’s Youth Services Committe will meet tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the board office in Bedford Park, 229A E. 204th St. Here’s the agenda posted form the CB7 website: 1) FY 13 (Financial Year 2013) Capital and Expense Requests 2) FY 12 (Financial Year 2012) Goals 3) Additional Items a) Spring physical fitness event