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Bronx News
The ''Bronx News'' is a weekly newspaper that covers the entire Bronx. Founded in 1975, the ''Bronx News'' is known for its headlines and reporting. News stories range from crime, sports, entertainment and politics. The front page appears in color, but photos inside the newspaper appear in black and white. In 1999, ''Bronx News'' received attention for its coverage of the Amadou Diallo shooting. Recently stories about the NYPD ban on the Bronx Puerto Rican Day festival and the Co-op City kickback scandal have received wider attention. In 2005, ''Bronx News'' revealed how officials at a Bronx charity, Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club, had misappropriated funds from the charity and transferred some of the money to liberal radio network Air America Radio. A July 29, 2005 ''Washington Times'' article highlighted how the ''Bronx News'' covered the scandal ahead of the major media. Since the weekly did not have a Web site yet, some liberal bloggers questioned if the ''Bronx News'' rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkchester
Parkchester is a planned community and neighborhood originally developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and located in the central Bronx, New York City. The immediate surrounding area also takes its name from the complex. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are East Tremont Avenue to the north, Castle Hill Avenue to the east, Westchester Avenue to the south, East 177th Street/Cross Bronx Expressway to the southwest, and the Bronx River Parkway to the west. Metropolitan Avenue, Unionport Road, and White Plains Road are the primary thoroughfares through Parkchester. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community District 9 and is mostly located within ZIP Code 10462, with small sections in 10460 and 10461. The of the New York City Subway operate along Westchester Avenue. The neighborhood is patrolled by the New York City Police Department's 43rd Precinct. The privately owned housing complex is patrolled by the Parkchester Department of Public Saf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Seabrook
Larry B. Seabrook is a former New York City Councilman from District 12 in New York City which covers the Co-op City, Williamsbridge, Wakefield, Edenwald, Baychester, and Eastchester sections of the Northeast Bronx, from 2002 until 2012. A Democrat from Co-op City in the Bronx, he has held several elected offices: With his election to the city council in 2001, Seabrook became the first African-American politician to hold office in three separate legislative branches of government, both on municipal and statewide levels. In 2010, Seabrook was indicted by the federal government on corruption charges. He was convicted on nine felony counts on July 26, 2012, subsequently removed from the city council, and served 3 years and in prison. Education Seabrook earned an associate's degree from Kingsborough Community College, a bachelor's degree in History and Urban Studies from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a master's degree from Long Island University, and J.D. from CUNY Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Velella
Guy John Velella (September 25, 1944 – January 27, 2011) was an American Republican politician serving as a New York State Senator from the Bronx. A political leader, state assemblyman, and state senator for over 30 years, Velella was indicted in 2002 on 25 counts of bribery and conspiracy for allegedly accepting at least $137,000 in exchange for steering public-works contracts to the paying parties. He ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in the fourth degree, a class E felony, admitting that he helped clients obtain business from government agencies, and that the clients paid fees in excess of $10,000 to his father's law firm, in exchange for a year in jail. As part of the plea agreement reached with the Manhattan District Attorney, Velella resigned his seat in the State Senate and his position as Chairman of the Bronx County Republican Party. He was also disbarred. He served a total of six months (in two separate stints) of his sentence at Rikers Island. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronx Community Board 12
Bronx Community Board 12 is a local government unit of the New York City borough of the Bronx, encompassing the neighborhoods of Edenwald, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Woodlawn Heights, Fish Bay, Eastchester, Olinville and Baychester. It is delimited by Van Cortlandt Park East and Jerome Avenue to the west, Adee Avenue and Gun Hill Road East to the south, the New England Thruway to the east and the Westchester County border to the north. Community board staff and membership The current chairperson of the Bronx Community board 12 is Dr. Michael Burke. Its District Manager is George Torres. The City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ''ex officio'' board members.New York City Charter § 2800(a) The council members and their council districts are: * 11th NYC Council District - Eric Dinowitz * 12th NYC Council District - Kevin Riley * 13th NYC Council District - Mark Gjonaj * 15th NYC Council District - Ritchie Torres Ritchie John Torres ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Estate Weekly
''Real Estate Weekly'' is a weekly American real estate magazine primarily covering New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L .... References External linksOfficial site Real estate in the United States Business magazines published in the United States {{business-mag-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverdale, Bronx
Riverdale is a residential neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of the Bronx. Riverdale, which had a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census, contains the city's northernmost point, at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Riverdale's boundaries are disputed, but it is commonly agreed to be bordered by Yonkers to the north, Van Cortlandt Park and Broadway to the east, the Kingsbridge neighborhood to the southeast, either the Harlem River or the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood to the south, and the Hudson River to the west. Riverdale Avenue is the primary north–south thoroughfare through Riverdale. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community District 8, and its ZIP Codes include 10463 and 10471. The area is patrolled by the 50th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. History Legend states that in 1664, Anthony Van Corlaer (later determined to be a fictional character) died while attempting to swim across the Harlem River fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Co-op City, Bronx
Co-op City (short for Cooperative City) is a cooperative housing development located in the northeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by Interstate 95 to the southwest, west, and north and the Hutchinson River Parkway to the east and southeast, and is partially in the Baychester and Eastchester neighborhoods. With 43,752 residents as of the 2010 United States Census, it is the largest housing cooperative in the world. It is in New York City Council District 12. Co-op City was formerly marshland before being occupied by an amusement park called Freedomland U.S.A. from 1960 to 1964. Construction began in 1966 and the first residents moved in two years later, though the project was not completed until 1973. The construction of the community was sponsored by the United Housing Foundation and financed with a mortgage loan from New York State Housing Finance Agency. The community is part of Bronx Community District 10 and its ZIP Code is 10475. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwood News
''Norwood News'' is a bi-weekly newspaper that primarily serves the Northwest Bronx neighborhoods of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. It was founded in October 1988 by the Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center. It has won a number of awards, including the New York Press Club award for community coverage. Its current editor-in-chief, Síle Moloney, has been with the newspaper since 2019. History The paper, which began as a monthly in 1988, was created by Dart Westphal, president of Mosholu Preservation Corporation, with the help of founding editor Betty Chen, after "sensing that orwoodneeded a communication vehicle, a way for people and organizations to talk to each other and build on their community improvement efforts." In 1994, the paper published the article "Did Former Buildings Commish Sink P.S. 20?", which established it as a paper that could produce hard-hitting news. This was also the year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronx
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of Queens, across the East River. The Bronx has a land area of and a population of 1,472,654 in the 2020 census. If each borough were ranked as a city, the Bronx would rank as the ninth-most-populous in the U.S. Of the five boroughs, it has the fourth-largest area, fourth-highest population, and third-highest population density.New York State Department of Health''Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State – 2010'' retrieved on August 8, 2015. It is the only borough of New York City not primarily on an island. With a population that is 54.8% Hispanic as of 2020, it is the only majority-Hispanic county in the Northeastern United States and the fourth-most-populous nationwide. The Bronx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronx Press-Review
The ''Bronx Press-Review'' is a weekly newspaper published in the Bronx, New York. The newspaper was established in 1940, and it remains the longest-publishing weekly newspaper in the Bronx. The ''Bronx Press-Review'' is a borough-wide newspaper that covers local news, politics, and community events. It publishes editorials and letters to the editor from readers. It used to be sold on newsstands and available through paid subscription. In the late 1990s, it became a free newspaper that is available through vending machines and distributed in public places such as banks and libraries. Since the newspaper is free, it relies on exclusively on advertising and classified ads for revenue. In 1993, publisher Myron Garfinkle sold the ''Bronx Press-Review'' to Jerry Finkelstein's News Communications (which is not to be confused with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation). The same year, the newspaper's new editor-in-chief, Andrew Wolf, began publishing a sister weekly, the ''Riverdale Review'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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