Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz deserves credit for being the first elected official in the Bronx to utter a public word about the contemptible practices of the Pinnacle Group.

Virtually everyone in the Bronx is familiar with the tragic details surrounding the death of Quachaun Browne, the 4-year-old Norwood boy who was horrifically beaten allegedly by his mother’s boyfriend. But far fewer people are familiar with this statistic: there are 13,000 reports of abuse every year in this borough alone.

Pronouncing himself "sick and tired of talking about the Kingsbridge Armory," Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión, Jr. said he expected "action" in the long-delayed renovation of the Kingsbridge Armory within the next 24 months.

Neighbors, friends of the family, and acquaintances streamed into McKeon Funeral Home Tuesday night to say goodbye to Quachaun Brown, the 4-year-old whose death shocked the city just as it was suffering through the aftermath of Nixmary Brown’s death two weeks earlier.

Bronx tenants, led by Housing Here and Now, staged a protest a few weeks ago calling on New York Community Bancorp (NYCB) to stop loaning money to the city’s worst landlords.

Few Norwood residents have failed to notice how shabby Williamsbridge Oval, the neighborhood’s 19-acre park, has become in recent years. The main field is almost completely devoid of grass and the crumbling perimeter walls and rickety fences are in urgent need of repair. The good news, however, is that significant renovations are in the pipeline.

“Contractor promises work will be complete by May 12, 2004," says a fading sign next to St. James Park House (officially known as the Comfort Station and Community Meeting Center). As local residents will attest, this promise was broken, and today the building remains fenced off, boarded up, and in a sad state of disrepair.

The fates of the Leadership Institute, a small high school, along with 22 other school construction projects are in limbo because the state has not delivered additional education funds.

Havana, CUBA – Karen Washington and Justo Torres have a lot in common. Both turned plots in their dense urban environs into gardens. Both are fresh food advocates, selling their produce in local markets and teaching gardening workshops.