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Rivera: Put Good Cause legislation in state budget

With the state budget deadline looming this weekend, state Sen. Gustavo Rivera reiterated his views on the Good Cause Eviction bill, which he wants included in the fiscal year 2024 spending plan. more

By Gary Larkin | 3/31/23

Mayor Eric Adams today announces “Charge Safe, Ride Safe: New York City’s Electric Micromobility Action Plan” to protect New Yorkers from fires caused by lithium-ion batteries and promote safe electric micromobility usage. Mayor Adams also signs five bills into law to further regulate lithium-ion batteries sold in New York City and strengthen fire safety related to battery fires. City Hall. Monday, March 20, 2023.

Mayor’s plan to combat lithium-ion batteries unveiled

Mayor Eric Adams rolled out March 20 the “Charge Safe, Ride Safe: New York City’s Electric Micromobility Action Plan.” His announcement followed a 5-alarm supermarket fire that injured seven people in Fordham Heights on March 5 that was caused by a lithium-ion battery-powered e-bike. more

STAFF REPORT | 3/24/23

Speaker Adrienne Adams delivers 2023 State of the City address on March 8 in an upbeat style complete with clapping.

Rep. Torres, Lawler want special envoy

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres and fellow Rep. Mike Lawler have introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a new special envoy position dedicated to advancing the Abraham Accords — the landmark 2020 U.S.-brokered normalization agreements between Israel and Arab countries in the Middle East. more

By Gary Larkin | 3/17/23

‘We are charting a new path forward. We will be bold. We will be brave. We will be creative. We will be different. We will be intentional. We will be a borough of opportunities,’ said borough president Vanessa Gibson at her state of the borough address March 1.

Gibson plots the Bronx’s future as ‘global destination’

The issues of small businesses, public safety and affordable housing will take center stage in the Bronx in 2023, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson said in her first State of the Borough address March 1. more

By Stacy Driks | 3/10/23

Council Member Pierina Sanchez speaks at a rally just before a package of housing legislation was introduced to city council’s committee on housing and buildings Feb. 23.

Putting the ‘social’ back in housing policy on city council plate

A package of seven bills and resolutions paving the way for a paradigm shift in social housing policy in New York City came before city council’s housing and buildings committee Feb. 23. more

By Abigail Nehring | 3/10/23

Rabbi Steven Exler of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit, introduces state Sen. Gustavo Rivera Sunday during the legislator’s regular meet and greet.

Gustavo Rivera gets to know his new ‘neighborhood’

State Sen. Gustavo Rivera got to know his new constituents Sunday while rubbing elbows with some old ones as he shared his messages about health care for all and providing more help to the police … more

By Eric Harvey | 3/3/23

Gibson fetes Black business owners

Bronx borough president Vanessa Gibson celebrated the first day of Black history month by honoring seven Black-owned businesses from Kingsbridge/Riverdale. more

By Gary Larkin | 3/3/23

Outgoing district manager Ciara Gannon bids farewell to Bronx Community Board 8 at a happy hour celebration at Yukka on Riverdale Avenue Feb. 6.

A round of musical chairs at Community Board 8

Luke Szabados joined the staff of Community Board 8 Tuesday as a community coordinator after board members voted to approve the hire Feb. 14. more

By Abigail Nehring | 2/24/23

Former Riverdale Press editor and Pulitzer-Prize winner Bernard Stein, shown outside the burned-out newspaper’s office after it was firebombed in 1989, gave a presentation to members of the Kingsbridge Historical Society Feb. 16.

The storied career, history of Buddy Stein and The Riverdale Press

Bernard “Buddy” Stein’s life changed forever in the winter of 1949. That was when his father, David, installed a drawing board and a typewriter table in their Greystone Avenue … more

By Gary Larkin | 2/24/23

A last glimpse of the graffiti-covered exterior of the former Church of the Visitation and parochial school on Dec. 22, 2022 before green construction fence went up in January.

CB8 to Tishman Speyer: Can we talk?

Community Board 8 is desperate for a hearing with Tishman Speyer – and there’s no assurance of getting one as the firm is in the final countdown before locking in financing for the 340-unit affordable housing project planned at 160 Van Cortlandt Park S. more

By Abigail Nehring | 2/10/23

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