Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is drowning embattled Bronx State Senator Pedro Espda, Jr., who represents all of the Norwood News coverage area, in civil suits.

While Pedro Espada fends off multiple law suits, Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter, the Fordham Hill activist taking Espada on for the 33rd Senate District seat, is gaining momentum, picking up a big labor endorsement and scheduling fund-raisers with deep-pocketed Democratic donors.

•    On Thursday, May 6, there will be a Water Board public hearing on water rate hikes from 6 to 9 p.m. at PS 14 located at 3041 Bruckner Blvd. •    There will be a Community Education Council Public Hearing on Wednesday, May 12 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at PS 54, 2703 Webster Ave. The topic will be Education Budget Allocations. •    The 52nd Precinct Community Council will meet on May 27 at 7 p.m. at Scott Tower, 3400 Paul Ave. Guest speaker will be Ms. Diane Brown, Sexual Assault Treatment Program. For more information, call (718) 220-5824. •   

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Residents of the community surrounding Devoe Park say that a nighttime party scene at the park is a constant source of frustration, concern and disturbance.

Con Edison will be installing a high pressure gas main from Bainbridge Avenue and East Gun Hill Road to the Croton Water Filtration Plant site along Jerome Avenue. Excavation and installation at the intersection of Bainbridge and Gun Hill will take place for approximately two weeks beginning on May 5. The construction schedule will be Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. For questions and concerns, call the Con Edison public affairs office at (914) 925-6315 or (914) 925-6368.

Several thousand people, including a hefty contingent of Bronx activists, descended on Wall Street last week to denounce the nation’s leading banks, which they believe played a leading role in the nation’s recent economic crisis, and demand financial reform.

On the heels of Gun Hill Road being named the Bronx’s most dangerous thoroughfare, the Department of Transportation is attempting to identify and address some of the issues facing the road through a new federally funded congestion mitigation program.

On the stormy morning of May 3, the weather fit the mood of those attending Mass at St. Ann’s Church on Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood. Rev. Misael Sarita Bacleon, also known as Father Mike, had died on April 28. He was 61.

Carlos Laboy thought he was taking on a tough challenge when trying to raise funds this winter for his local youth theater program’s upcoming production of "Guys and Dolls." But that fight now pales in comparison to the battle he now faces against a deadly disease.