More than half the units at Amalgamated Houses may have their gas shutoff July 1 if the co-op doesn’t repair its gas lines, management warned residents in a Feb. 17 notice. The work would cost at least $6,500 per apartment, or $9.8 million in total, according to the notice. more

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

Representatives from the state cannabis management office visited Community Board 8’s public safety committee last Tuesday to deliver a crash course on the state’s tiered system for issuing recreational adult use cannabis licenses. more

State Sen. Gustavo Rivera is carving a new path in the northwest corner of the Bronx, where a proposed new homeless shelter across from Van Cortlandt Park remains a hot-button issue in 2023. more

A state-licensed cannabis dispensary is coming to Kingsbridge near Broadway and West 231st Street, the state Office of Cannibis Management has informed Community Board 8. The retail space is in line to become one of 150 new dispensaries the state Dormitory Authority plans to complete across the state. more

City homeless services officials are pressing ahead with plans to build a new homeless shelter at 6661 Broadway in north Riverdale without African American Planning Commission, Inc. more

African American Planning Commission Inc. is out at 6661 Broadway. In a surprise move, the city said it will no longer contract with the nonprofit shelter provider homeless services officials selected more than a year ago to operate the proposed shelter in North Riverdale. more

Community Board 8 was forced to cancel a much-anticipated meeting on the public school proposed for 160 Van Cortlandt Park South last Friday when School Construction Authority officials backed out with only a few days’ notice, citing a mysterious lawsuit against them. more

Car-sharing may be coming to the northwest Bronx at locations near you in the spring. more

Court Square Real Estate Partners filed for permits Thursday to build a six-story men’s shelter at 6661 Broadway in North Riverdale, anticipating a green light from city homeless services on a $211 million contract with African American Planning Commission Inc., the proposed shelter operator. more