Bronx Congressman Jose E. Serrano and his son, Bronx State Senator Jose Marco Serrano, are joining Governor David Paterson and other elected officials in supporting New York State’s efforts to legalize same-sex marriage.
A listing of public and community meetings for our readers in the northwest Bronx, primarily Community District 7.
If a new law is passed, it could increase the number of doctors in the Bronx and at the same time, federal lawmakers say, aid President Obama’s plan for universal health care.
On the day police were buying back guns from local residents at a half dozen Bronx churches, a man, who asked to be identified only as A.J., explained how easy it was to purchase a gun on the street.

“I could bring you to a spot where you could buy a gun right now,” he said. “Guns are easier to get than weed.”
A small stretch of Valentine Avenue in Bedford Park is the latest hot spot in the 52nd Precinct, following a shooting last weekend and a recent series of brazen graffiti hits.
Fordham Road, the largest shopping district in the Bronx, has two new faces. They’re young, smart and Dominican.
Hundreds of trees have been planted on local streets in recent weeks, part of the mayor’s Million Trees Project.

Trees help the air we breathe and make our urban neighborhoods more attractive.

To make sure this massive green investment flourishes, we all should act as stewards of local trees.

Residents can adopt trees outside their buildings, merchants can tend trees in front of their stores, and local schools, houses of worship and community groups can care for nearby trees.

According to the Parks Department, watering trees is the most important thing you can do. Next on the list are removing weeds and removing waste.
On the last day in April, a woman came into the recreation center and complained that a group of children were picking on a baby squirrel. Senior Coordinator Noel Pesante, Deputy Manager Sheroly Jones and Maintenance Supervisor Annmarie Alston went outside and picked up the little creature and brought it inside. Noel put the baby inside a box, covered it, and searched the Internet for information on baby squirrels. Since the kids had carried the squirrel around, its mother could not be found. Its life was now in Noel’s hands.
I strongly disagree with the headline of your April 30 edition, "Living Wage Hopes for Armory Dashed." My hopes are not dashed at all. The article states that Jesse Masyr, a lawyer for the Related Companies, "put an end to any hopes of securing living wage jobs, saying that if all they were looking for in a benefits agreement was living wage jobs, he could put an end to the discussion right there. The answer would be no."