Eric Dinowitz
UPDATE Woodlawn: Bob Nolan Honored by BP at Irish Heritage Month Celebration
Former City official and aide to four former Bronx borough presidents, Robert “Bob” Francis Nolan, who died on Dec. 15, 2023 at the age of 70, as reported, was honored with a posthumous award in the presence of his family during an Irish Heritage Month celebration hosted by the Office of the Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson on March 27.
UPDATE Dinowitz Reads to Children, Attends Anti-Hate Photo Exhibit at Hostos Community College
City Council Member Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), a Democrat who represents much of the northwest Bronx, spent the morning of March 4 reading to children at the Hostos Children’s Center at Hostos Community College in Mott Haven, and later attending the College’s newly opened anti-hate photo exhibit series at Hostos Research Center.
UPDATE Fundraising to Repaint “Norwood” Mural after Sinister Makeover Triggers Funding Discussions for Art Projects
Bronx muralist and artist Laura Alvarez who, as reported, recently launched an online fundraiser to repaint the beloved “Norwood” mural, located on East 207th Street and Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood, is stepping up her fundraising efforts, making an in-person appeal to residents at the latest Bronx Community Board 7 general board meeting. The appeal has prompted renewed discussions around funding and on other local art projects.
UPDATE Fordham Heights: Three Bedford Park Residents Charged in D Train Subway Killing
UPDATE Fordham Heights: Three Sought Following Subway Killing on D Train After Dispute
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying three individuals seen in the attached video and photos who are sought in connection to a homicide that occurred aboard the D train at 182nd-183rd Street subway station in Fordham Heights in the early hours of Friday, Feb. 23. The incident comes on the back of a mass shooting on the 4 line at nearby Mt. Eden subway station earlier this month.
Dinowitz Leads “Historic” Passage of Bill to Enhance Housing Security for Older Adults
New York City Council passed what was described as a groundbreaking piece of legislation, sponsored by Bronx Council Member Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), on Thursday, Feb. 8. The bill aims to ease the burden when applying to the older adult rent freeze program on the City’s older adults living in City-run, Mitchell-Lama housing.