For almost a year, tenants at 2720 Grand Concourse have fought against a $1.5 million rent increase that they feel was unwarranted. The battle for overturning the rent increase is underscoring what housing advocates say are serious systematic problems with the state agency in charge of rent increases for rent-controlled buildings, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR).

In response to a budget shortfall, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) proposed system-wide fare hikes and service cuts, including the elimination of bus service that connects Bronx riders in northwest Bronx neighborhoods.

If the proposal is implemented, the Bx10 bus, which joins Norwood to Riverdale, will cease nighttime operation. The Bx34 bus, which connects Fordham Road to Woodlawn via Bainbridge Avenue, will be eliminated altogether.

A polarizing figure throughout his life, the death of Ramon Velez has proven to be no different, inspiring a wide range of reactions to the passing of the anti-poverty baron who ran the South Bronx political machine for more than a quarter of a century.

Coinciding with the floundering economy, record numbers of food pantries and soup kitchens of the Bronx struggled to keep up with the increased demand for emergency food services in 2008. Emergency food agencies in the Bronx reported the highest numbers in both increased demand and turning people away.

Local residents can now submit complaints and send e-mails to the Community Board 7 office through the new Web site.

After helping wage president-elect Barack Obama’s successful election campaign, University Heights resident and activist Haile Rivera and his girlfriend are packing there bags for Washington, D.C. to help Obama’s transition team.

A listing of public and community meetings for our readership in the northwest Bronx.

It is probable that only a small percentage of city residents can name their state legislators. But it’s hard to imagine that anyone in the northwest Bronx does not now – or won’t soon – know that their state senator is Pedro Espada.

After only seven murders during the first 10-and-a-half months of the year, the 52nd Precinct experienced three in one week in November, all of them within a four-block radius in North Fordham.