Oswald Feliz and Eric Dinowitz Appointed to Various City Council Committees

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Newly elected, District 15 councilman, Oswald Feliz, announced on April 22 that he has been selected to join both the City Council’s education committee and the public housing committee. Feliz was declared the winner of the District 15 race earlier this month and is now set to defend his seat in the upcoming June primary. He replaced former councilman and now Congressman Ritchie Torres, who represents the 15th congressional district, following his general election win in November 2020. Meanwhile, District 11 councilman, Eric Dinowitz, is serving on the following committees: aging; civil service & labor; consumer affairs &

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Fordham Anti-Racist Alumni Collective (FAAC) announced on Monday, April 26, that the group had compiled a list of student grievances against the faculty, administration, and staff of Fordham University, which were submitted by victims through the group’s Instagram accounts. “These powerful accounts of racism, sexism, classism, xenophobia, sexual harassment, lack of professionalism and institutional neglect expose Fordham University’s record of failure to hold faculty, administrators and staff accountable for harm caused in the classroom and on campus,” a statement from FAAC read. The alumni group, which is committed to amplifying the demands of Black students at Fordham University,

By DAVID GREENE

It’s been a long, emotional year for everyone, ever since the coronavirus pandemic hit our shores last spring. For the NYPD, policing compliance with the statewide lockdown took its toll, as public frustration, then anger mounted, bodies piled up, and PPE was initially in short supply. That was before mass, almost daily, street protests took off in the wake of the horrific killing of George Floyd by now convicted, former police officer, Derek Chauvin. Public condemnation was swift regarding the handling of the protests by the NYPD and more negative press and vitriol ensued when video emerged of police vehicles

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers their thoughts on the verdict in the George Floyd murder trial, and if they feel the verdict could be a turning point in police/community relations. “I don’t think it’s right. The government has to be more careful now, because what they did to George [Floyd] was not right, because there was discrimination. I think we’re all equal, everyone, White and Black and Spanish, all around the country, so I think the police officers have to care a little bit more about what’s going on, and do what they’re supposed to do. The verdict will help,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Woodlawn Cemetery held an “Earth Day Celebration” on Saturday, April 24, 2021, following the official Earth Day on Thursday, April 22. The event took place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and well over 200 people attended. Both adults and children enjoyed trolley rides, tree carving, (small grey fox) tree planting workshops, tree identification walks, arts & crafts, yoga on the lawn, and a free hot dog lunch, complete with a bag of chips and bottled water. Kids did not go empty-handed either and received a goodie bag filled with the Woodlawn Arboretum coloring book and

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Cultured Kids Cuisine is a New York City-based, international, non-profit organization striving to foster cultural awareness through food. The group is currently recruiting high school and college students from the Bronx and other parts of the city for a fully funded internship opportunity. The group offers a variety of free services to children, such as virtual cooking workshops, food anthropology courses, educational podcasts, food blogs, eCookbooks, and more. While no previous experience is necessary, the organization asks that applicants be passionate about building a future of love and tolerance through food. During the internship students will be paired with

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Lottery announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold for the April 28 TAKE 5 drawing. The ticket, worth $60,435.50, was purchased at Jannatul Ferdous, located at 49 West Fordham Rd., in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx. The five winning numbers for the TAKE 5 game are drawn from a field of one to 39. The TAKE 5 drawing is televised every day at 10:30 p.m. A Lottery draw game prize of any amount may be claimed up to one year from the date of the drawing. The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable

Opening of Lehman College Vaccination Site On Tuesday, April 20, Lehman College, CUNY formally announced that it has partnered with the City to launch the Bronx’s newest COVID-19 vaccination hub, located at the college’s APEX Athletic Center at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West in the borough’s Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood, as reported by Norwood News. The site is being run by SOMOS Community Care, and will serve up to 300 people a day with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The site is open to New Yorkers aged 16 or older, as well as to non-New York City residents aged 16 or older who

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES, DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

Supporters of former teacher and former non-profit executive, Dianne Morales, turned out for a rally in support of their candidate for mayor on Friday, April 23, at Fordham Plaza in the Belmont section of the Bronx. Less than a week later, Morales was calling on one of her fellow mayoral candidates, Scott Stringer, to resign and withdraw from the race following reports of sexual misconduct, which Stringer denies. Morales’ career progressed from the world of education into the nonprofit arena when she became executive director of The Door, a program assisting homeless teens, based in Manhattan. For the last