Although Yudelka Tapia came in third in the District 14 City Council primary election behind the incumbent Maria Baez and the projected winner, Fernando Cabrera, she still plans to keep on fighting to improve the Bronx.
Bagpipers play at the Bronx County Courthouse on Sept. 9 for the annual 9-11 memorial service. For the first time, a new borough president, Ruben Diaz Jr., addressed an audience of people who had lost a loved one to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center eight years ago.
In a slew of press releases over the summer, Bronx Congressman Eliot Engel has made it clear that he has no intention of maintaining the status quo in terms of health care reform.
The Bronx County Democratic Committee voted to endorse Queens Councilman John Liu in the Sept. 29 runoff election for the citywide Comptroller position.
A listing of local meetings for our readers in the northwest Bronx and beyond.
The commanding officer of the 52nd Precinct, Deputy Inspector James Alles, will be retiring in the middle of next month.
In mid-August, the 52nd Precinct lost its Impact officers to the 40th Precinct, which was dealing with an outbreak of shootings. With only a small class of police cadets scheduled to graduate in December due to budget constraints, it is unclear when the successful program will return.
What students want, students get. After Monroe College student surveys showed a strong interest in developing a master’s program in criminal justice, the college responded by creating a Master of Science program to accompany their Bachelor of Science program in criminal justice.
Newly elected AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka, the nation’s top labor leader, touched down in the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon to stand with local activists and union members in their ongoing struggle to exact significant concessions from The Related Companies, the developer of the Kingsbridge Armory project.