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Proudly Serving Bronx Communities Since 1988 3URXGO\6HUYLQJ%URQ[&RPPXQLWLHV6LQFHFREE 3URXGO\6HUYLQJ%URQ[&RPPXQLWLHV6LQFHFREE ORWOODQ EWSQ NVol. 27, No. 8 PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION N April 17–30, 2014 Vol 32, No 5 • PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION • FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 13, 2019 ORWOODQ EWSQ NVol. 27, No. 8 PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION N April 17–30, 2014 FREE INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER: SEE PICTURES: NORWOOD NEWS STATE OF THE BRONX REAX | PG. 4 SNAPSHOTS | PG. 10 DECATUR AVENUE SOTBX: Progress and More Work Ahead POSTAL WOE pg 2 Foul odor to blame in troubled Van Cott Station’s current closure Stagg Defends Bedford Pk. Properties pg 6 DWC Could See Another H.S. Photo by David Greene pg 9 A NORWOOD RESIDENT attempts to enter the Van Cott Post Of ce at 3102 Decatur Ave. off East 204th Street on Feb. 21 which had closed its doors. By DAVID GREENE office will remain closed for “safety and sanitation.” In fered, “No, it’s closed. I don’t For the third time in three indefinitely—and Norwood a follow-up email several days know, it’s a smell.” Asked if months the Van Cott Station residents bracing for a lon- later, Hernandez did not elab- an animal could have become of the U.S. Postal Service ger walk to another nearby orate what those safety and trapped and died within the (USPS) located at 3102 Deca- post office say this closure sanitation concerns were. building’s walls, the worker tur Ave. off East 204th Street “stinks” to high heaven. The day after the tem- replied, “I don’t know, they closed, with a temporary mo- USPS spokesman Xavier porary closure, a USPS em- just told me it was a smell. It’s bile office providing limited Hernandez confirmed the ployee removing the day’s open with the mobile truck. services during the interim. temporary closure that began mail left at the temporary That’s going to be the office pg 18 The small, but popular post on Feb. 21, citing a concern truck into the building, of- (continued on page 19) 2 • February 28-March 13, 2019 • Norwood News IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST Vol. 32, No. 5 Vol. 27, No. 10 NorwoodVol. News 27, No.is published 10 State of the Bronx Pores Over Decade of Change bi-weekly on Thursdays by MosholuNorwood Preservation News Corporationis published (MPC) By JOSEPH KONIG a summer sleep away camp in the Hud- Norwood3400 Reservoir News isOval published East son Valley that will bring hundreds bi-weekly on Thursdays by With some subtle and not-so-subtle bi-weeklyBronx, New on ThursdaysYork 10467 by hints at his quest for City Hall, Bronx of kids upstate each year. Run by the MosholuPhone: Preservation 718 324 4998Corporation Mosholu Preservation Corporation Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. gave not-for-profit Fresh Air Fund, funding 3400Fax: Reservoir 718 324 Oval2917 East E-mail: [email protected] Reservoir Oval East his 10th State of the Borough speech on for the camp will come from the Fund, Bronx, New York 10467 Web.:Bronx, www.norwoodnews.org New York 10467 Thursday, taking credit for nearly a de- Diaz’s office and the New York State De- cade of dramatic crime reduction and partment of Parks. Publisher Phone: 718 324 4998 increased economic investment. “His candle was dimmed too soon,” Phone: 718 324 4998 Mosholu PreservationFax: 718 324 Corporation 2917 Diaz also cited the challenges of Diaz said of the murdered youth, “but he Fax: 718 324 2917 E-mail: [email protected] housing, transit, education and other is- can be a shining light for generations.” SeniorE-mail: Director [email protected] of MPC Melissa Web:Cebollero www.norwoodnews.org sues that he said face both the borough Web: www.norwoodnews.org The Odd Couple Executive Director of MPC and the city. Jennifer Tausig He also indirectly distanced himself Noticeably absent was the borough from anti-gay comments recently made president’s father, City Councilman PublisherEditor-in-Chief, NorwoodCEO, News Mosholu Publisher CEO, Mosholu by his father, who did not attend the Reverend Ruben Diaz Sr., who lost his MosholuDavid Cruz, Preservation [email protected] 3UHVHUYDWLRQ Mosholu Preservation City Council committee chairmanship Corporation Corporation3UHVHUYDWLRQ speech. ProofreaderCorporation Corporation “The Bronx is thriving,” the bor- after saying earlier this month that the Editor-in-ChiefJudy Noy Roberto S. Garcia Editor-in-Chief Roberto S. Garcia ough president proclaimed, recalling gay community controlled city politics. DavidInterns Cruz his first State of the Borough speech Diaz Sr. still refuses to apologize despite StephanieDavid Cruz Garcia, Alondra Vasquez, almost 10 years ago in which he spoke Photo by David Greene calls for him to resign. At the time, Diaz Emily Suzanne Lever, Sha-Nia Alston &ODVVLÀHG$GYHUWLVLQJ about “the need for better paying jobs, BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT Ruben Jr. stopped short of asking his father to Regular&ODVVLÀHG$GYHUWLVLQJ Contributors Dawn McEvoy to fight crime in our streets, encourag- Diaz Jr. breaks down the progress made resign, but called on him to apologize. DavidDawn McEvoyGreene, Adi Talwar ing new development of all types, and The BP also made sure to mention $FFRXQWV5HFHLYDEOH for the borough over the last nine years in Contributors the need to unite as one Bronx.” the LGBTQ community minutes into Dawn$FFRXQWV5HFHLYDEOH McEvoy his latest State of the Borough address. JosephDawn McEvoy Konig, Jose A. Giralt, his speech on Thursday, saying: “We are ProofreaderBob Kappstatter Listing Accomplishments a colorful kaleidoscope of men, women, Proofreader pardoning and expunging marijuana Judy Noy Speaking to supporters and elected mothers and fathers, families, gay and Judy Noy convictions,” and ensuring “that mar- 3URGXFWLRQ officials at the campus of the former ginalized communities have a chance to straight, people who have spent their For Display Advertising entire lives here, and new immigrants Neil3URGXFWLRQ deMause Samuel Gompers High School in Mott profit from a new cannabis market.” CallNeil deMause Janet Geller at Haven, Diaz listed the delivery of his With the gradual planned closing of alike who are looking to build a better 5HJXODU&RQWULEXWRUV original promises, citing six straight the Rikers Island jail, Diaz also reiter- life.” David(646)5HJXODU&RQWULEXWRUV Greene, 581-0399 Adi Talwar David Greene, Adi Talwar years of less than 100 homicides, an un- ated his support of the Mott Haven com- Bodega Boys Back Boro Boss InternsSupport Your employment rate slashed in half, and munity’s opposing the possible siting of Interns large-scale projects such as the planned One of the highlights of the event ShaylaCommunity Love, Paolo Newspaper! 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To support Still, with the opioid epidemic, NY- Camp Junior Mero, two Bronx-based comedians who have leveraged their popular podcast, Supportyour paper, Yourbecome a member and receive a CHA mismanagement and a flounder- Seated in the front row with guest subscriptionSupport Your for one year. ing MTA, Diaz said there is still much speaker U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Bodega Boys, into multiple TV shows Community Newspaper! work to be done. That includes “any and most of the borough’s delegation to and a late-night talk show on the pre- TheSimplyCommunity Norwood mail check News Newspaper! orLVDQRWIRUSURÀWSXE money order for $40- to: money collected through congestion mium cable channel Showtime that de- NorwoodThe Norwood News, News 3400LVDQRWIRUSURÀWSXE Reservoir Oval East,- Albany, including Assembly Speaker lication and relies upon the support of its pricing” being earmarked for New York buted Feb. 21. 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