Yorman Nuñez, a 20-year-old college student and longtime youth activist and organizer with the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, is running for City Council in the 14th District. He has set up a Web site -www.nunez09.com – and is using the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter to get the word out about his campaign.
On a gray and cloudy Earth Day, April 22, the preschool class at Concourse House in Kingsbridge contributed to the eco-friendly festivities occurring worldwide by planting flowers in their backyard.
“Yuck,” said a few children laughing as they dipped their fingers into the dark brown soil and instantly smacked their hands together to get the dirt off.
“Yuck,” said a few children laughing as they dipped their fingers into the dark brown soil and instantly smacked their hands together to get the dirt off.
With their playground padlocked shut, two kids ran around benches and trees, playing with sticks.
That was the scene last Thursday at Sachkerah Woods, in the southeastern section of Van Cortlandt Park (at the corner of Gun Hill Road and Jerome Avenue), where the city has shut down a relatively new playground facility while the Parks Department works to fix a leaking underground water pipe.
That was the scene last Thursday at Sachkerah Woods, in the southeastern section of Van Cortlandt Park (at the corner of Gun Hill Road and Jerome Avenue), where the city has shut down a relatively new playground facility while the Parks Department works to fix a leaking underground water pipe.
Last week, we tried to cover a meeting of the Kingsbridge Armory Task Force, held at the office of Community Board 7. We were told that the state Open Meetings Law did not apply because the task force only makes recommendations and is not an official government body.
This is technically correct and we also understand that people sometimes feel more comfortable offering unvarnished opinions if they can do so without the press in the room.
The problem is that, too often, decisions get made in advance at these kinds of things without public scrutiny or even awareness. Then the formal "public review process" becomes a sham, a lesson in theater or both.
We hesitate to bring up disagreeable memories, but are compelled to do so by an overwhelming desire not to see history repeated.
This is technically correct and we also understand that people sometimes feel more comfortable offering unvarnished opinions if they can do so without the press in the room.
The problem is that, too often, decisions get made in advance at these kinds of things without public scrutiny or even awareness. Then the formal "public review process" becomes a sham, a lesson in theater or both.
We hesitate to bring up disagreeable memories, but are compelled to do so by an overwhelming desire not to see history repeated.