Grand Ave. ShootingPolice are asking for help finding the gunman responsible for opening fire on a crowd last Friday night in Fordham Heights, injuring three people, including a 5-year-old boy.
Faced with criticism from opponents who say the bill would squash jobs, backers of a proposed “living wage” mandate in the City Council are now reportedly willing to make some concessions.”We’re trying to take into account some legitimate concerns,” Bronx Councilman Oliver Koppell, who sponsored the legislation with Councilwoman Annabel Palma, told the Daily News. “What we want is something that’ll work and also something that will engender as little resistance as possible.”According to the article,
(file photo)The greenmarket at Bronx Borough Hall, at 161st Street and Grand Concourse alongside Joyce Kilmer Park, reopens today. It will return every Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. until December 27.The market features fruits and vegetables from Migliorelli Farm in Duchess County and Morgiewicz Produce in Orange County, as well as fresh baked goodies from Not Just Rugelach in Hudson County, NJ, and honey from Ballard’s Honey based in Delaware County, NY.Food Stamps/EBT payments are accepted.
Daniel Andujar shows a photo of the missile hecaptured on his Blackberry. It is sitting beside thedumpster it was found in, in front of 3524 Hull Ave.,a construction site. (Photos by Jordan Moss)Man, what a way to start the day!In the “now-we’ve-seen-it-all” department, a missile was found in a dumpster in front of an active construction site at around 7:30 this morning in the Norwood section of the Bronx.Residents who piled into the streets following the arrival of fire and emergency vehicles and a helicopter hovering over the site at 3524 Hull Ave. (just above E. Gun Hill Road) say that a member of the bomb squad simply carried the missile in his bare arms to a truck that then took off with it. That sent all the other emergency trucks away and the workers back to work.One worker who said he was part of a crew installing elevators at the site, said they measured the missile – a narrow, green projectile – at 39 inches.
Morning, Bronxites! Your weather forecast for today calls for some cooler weather, with temperatures hanging around the low 60s, and a chance of rain this afternoon.Story of the Day: Getting Down to the Wire in AlbanyIt’s the last week of business for our state legislators before this year’s session ends on Monday and they adjourn until January-meaning just five more (business) days to tackle a number of high profile issues and turn some bills into law. As we wrote yesterday, a slew of Bronx representatives are pushing to pass stronger state rent laws before the week ends, including Assemblyman Jose Rivera, who was arrested during a lively protest outside Gov. Cuomo’s office.While the rent issue still lingers, the Senate and Assembly quickly passed an ethics reform bill yesterday. The Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011 will supposedly keep a closer eye on lawmakers and lobbyists for signs of corruption and conflicts of interest, establishing an independent ethics commission to keep watch over things, and requiring lawmakers to fully disclose sources of income.Other items still on the legislative agenda this week: a property tax cap and same-sex marriage. Bronx Sen. Ruben Diaz, Sr., is now the lone Democrat opposing gay marriage.
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