City officials joined Jewish Home Lifecare representatives at the groundbreaking of a $16 million apartment building for low-income seniors in Kingsbridge on Monday, May 19.

A listing of programs, services and community events in the northwest Bronx.

A listing of entertainment and community events in the northwest Bronx.

Lawyers for Maria Garcia’s landlord took her to Housing Court on three separate occasions to force her to pay rent she didn’t owe. In the end, a judge ruled in her favor and against her landlord, telling her not to pay any rent until she received compensation. Garcia’s case underscores what is happening to tenants at 2720 Grand Concourse, a rent-stabilized building owned by Jacob “Jake the Snake” Selechnik.

Nothing comes easy these days for Haile Rivera, a University Heights resident who gave up a relatively comfortable life in the Bronx two months ago to go on the road working for peanuts as a political foot soldier for the Obama campaign.

DeWitt Clinton’s men’s tennis team roared through its regular season schedule this year, finishing without a single blemish on its record. The team has managed its incredible run on the backs of savvy play by veteran juniors and seniors, good coaching, and help from an unexpected source – a retired businessman who lives over an hour from the Bronx.

Going into their final match against arch rival Christopher Columbus High School (9-1 going into the match), Clinton’s players gave some credit to the high school varsity gods, who gave the players an unseasonably windy and cold afternoon that warranted wearing their brand new varsity sweatshirts while they played.

In light of problems identified with the City Council’s distribution and designation of “member items,” Council Member Oliver Koppell reported major changes instituted by Speaker Christine Quinn in the Council’s budget allocation process.

Assemblyman Jose Rivera went to Washington, D.C. this week to attend the national ALS Advocacy Day with his daughter Diane Rivera-Riportella, who was recently diagnosed with the condition. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, affects 30,000 Americans. It damages the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and is fatal, on average, in two to five years after diagnosis.