Breaking News: Tuesday morning protest outside of Bronx Housing Court as tenant activists demonstrate against MCI rent surcharges ("MCI basta ya"). Organizers of the demonstration were unknown at the time of the video recording.
Merry Christmas to our readers and Facebook followers from our publisher, Sal Conforto, our editors and staff.
We look forward to sharing the news and features in the New Year. All the best to you.
#NYCVotes #NYCPrimary Today is Primary Day in The Bronx and across the city and state. Our managing editor, Michael Benjamin, and the rest of The Bronx Chronicle staff urge you to vote today.
Voters experiencing problems at their polling site should contact the state Attorney General's office by calling 800-771-7755 or emailing [email protected] between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday.
It’s important for everyone, especially our young children, to learn how to be safe in and around water, including the bathtub.
Our fitness correspondent @SusieQFitLife does a video report on the wonderful Aquababies swimming program at the New Settlement Community Center in the Bronx.
Children, as young as 6 months old, are learning how to swim in the Aquatics program at New Settlement. SusieQ provides the 411 on the aquatics and water safety. Look for her report on Monday.
For sneak peek, click on the link below:)
Reform Party Hosts 1st Mayoral Candidates Forum of 2017 -- March 28 [Video]
NY Governor Cuomo introduced Senator Bernie Sanders at this morning's breakfast for the New York delegation. Sanders brought a message of unity. Sanders praised Governor Cuomo's progressivism and support for $15 minimum wage. He used his time to expound on why
Republican nominee Donald Trump is the wrong choice for America.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie addresses the NY Delegation at the NY State Democratic Committee. Spkr Heastie calls for unity among all Democrats.
Earlier today, New York City Councilman Rafael Salamanca Jr delivered remarks at the Parkash Tenant Coalition news conference and rally at the Bronx Housing Court on the Grand Concourse. Public Advocate Letitia James spoke also.
Felix Verdejo and Chris Diaz appeared at the South Bronx National Puerto Rican Day Parade pre-parade street fair on East 152nd Street on Saturday afternoon.
The pair fight in June 11 on the National Puerto Rican Day Parade on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, NYC.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon delivered the Lehman Lecture today. He spoke in support of women's equality, climate change science, sheltering refugees, fighting H1N1, Ebola and Zika, and the possibility of a female successor.
Julio Pabon Announces For City Council, 17th District, Bronx
Bronx businessman and community activist Julio Pabon announced that he is running in the February 2016 (tentative) Bronx Special Election for the 17th Council district. The incumbent Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo announced earlier this month that she’s resigning her South Bronx seat effective December 31.
Pabón, a Democrat who ran against CM Arroyo in 2013, says that he is a different kind of candidate.
"Historically the voices of the community have been shut out many times by its own political leaders." Pabón pledged to empower his community by engaging in participatory budgeting and involving local residents and stakeholders in any and all development plans.
He says he will focus on the needs of small businesses, as well as seek to redress the effects of gentrification by maintaining affordable housing, and obtain criminal justice reform, economic and environmental justice.
In New York City, special elections are held to temporarily fill vacancies in city offices resulting from an elected official’s resignation, removal, death, or permanent incapacitation. Under the City Charter, the special election must be called by Mayor de Blasio for the firat Tuesday at least 45 days after the office has been vacated. Typically,
And that special election must be nonpartisan, ie, candidates may not run under the banner of a major political party such as the Democratic or Republican parties. Candidates will have twelve (12) days of the Mayor's proclamation to submit ballot petitions to the New York City Board of Elections.
Mr. Pabón has indicated that he plans to run under the banner, "The Bronx Is Not 4 Sale." The name is a nod towards and recognition of local concerns regarding gentrification and its displacement of poor and working class people from South Bronx neighborhoods.
This morning, LIVE on OPEN BronxNet Televsion, Ramon Jimenez, Esq. & our op-ed contributor Juan Carlos Polanco debated the #OscarLopezRivera clemency movement.
The debate was interesting but I'm not sure if Mr. Jimenez clearly made the case for clemency other than stating that OLR was a freedom fighter, not a terrorist as Mr. Polanco asserts.
I have included a 30 second teaser segment from the debate this morning. I will post the link to OPEN later todayhis afternoon.
When I posted JC's provocative op-ed taking on the movement to free Oscar Lopez Rivera, I had an idea that it would spark fiery debate. I'm pleased that Daren Jaime, host of OPEN, offered a venue for Ramon and JC to debate the issue beyond the confines of Facebook posts.
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Joins $15/Hr Wage Fight
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo followed up on today's op-ed in the NY Times supporting a $15/hr minimum wage for fast food workers by attending an SEIU 32BJ & HTC union supported #RaiseTheWage rally in Union Square, Manhattan. Bronx Congressman José E. Serrano also attended the rally.
Labor sources confirmed that the rally wasn't planned until late Monday after the Assembly passed legislation raising the state minimum wage (and the arrest of Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on federal corruption charges).
