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March 23, 2014 Your Neighborhood — Your News® Jobless rate down WARNING to 11.2 % BY BEN KOCHMAN TO BAD We’re not there yet, but at least it’s getting a little better. The borough boasted its low- est January unemployment rate in the last fi ve years, according to the State Department of Labor’s latest count. From Jan. 2010 to Jan. 2014, BUILDERS the percent of Bronx country un- employed has sunk from 13.9% to 11.2 %. Architect hired to nab cheating developers That’s still high enough to Photo by Walter Pofeldt rank the borough as the state’s BY PATRICK ROCCHIO possibly also from Throggs Neck most jobless county. But the De- East Bronx nabes, fed up with and around Williamsbridge Road, partment of Labor says there’s the city Department of Buildings said WLCA board member An- reason to be optimistic that more approving developers’ plans for drew Chirico. jobs are on the way. projects that wind up violating lo- Architect Boaz Golani said “We are by no means satisfi ed cal zoning regulations, are fi nally that he may soon take a tour of with the unemployment rate now, doing something about it. development sites where the com- but we’re excited about the trend,” After Senator Jeff Klein se- munity has raised objections in said Elbert Garcia, a DOL spokes- Tooting Horns For St. Pat cured his services, members of the past. man. the Waterbury LaSalle Commu- “Over the years, Waterbury Slew of resources Kaylee and Tommy Forte enjoy the revels at the Bronx St. Patrick’s Day nity Association and Council- LaSalle residents have raised Over 10,800 fewer people in the Parade on E. Tremont Avenue on Sunday, March 16. Both were part of a sea man Jimmy Vacca’s offi ce will be concerns surrounding overdevel- borough were unemployed this of green marchers and spectators along the route. For more photos, see working with a Bronx architect opment in our community,” said January compared to in January pages 29 to 31. to review select fi lings from Pel- Klein. 2013, according to the state’s sta- ham Bay and Schuylerville, and Continued on Page 4 tistics. The total raw number of Bronxites with jobs in January is a whopping 495,900—the larg- est employed job force on record since the state started keeping the stats in 1990. Traffi c fi xes for East Bronx Riding the coattails The myriad retail and devel- opment projects in the Bronx BY JAIME WILLIAMS missioner Bill Bratton has heard DOT is able to address traffi c con- pipeline should only increase the Local drivers may soon get his plea. trol at the situation, and that the amount of jobs up for grabs. some relief from traffi c woes at Vacca said that traffi c enforce- police department will follow up “I am encouraged by this drop two troublesome east Bronx inter- ment agents have been restored with DOT about adjusting signals in unemployment, and my offi ce sections. to Pelham Parkway and Boston at the Allerton Avenue intersec- will continue to put forward an ag- The intersections at Pelham Road, and that he is working with tion. gressive agenda for development Parkway and Boston Road, and at the city Department of Transpor- A DOT spokesperson said the and job creation,” said Bronx Bor- Allerton Avenue and Bronx Park tation to improve traffi c signal department has reviewed signal ough President Ruben Diaz Jr. “As East, are known troublespots for timing at Allerton Avenue and timing at both locations and the more of the major projects that are residents of Pelham Parkway and Bronx Park East. agency continues to review the lo- planned for the borough come to Allerton. In a March 11 letter to Vacca, cations to further balance pedes- fruition, we expect that unemploy- Councilman Jimmy Vacca has Bratton wrote the agents will reg- trian safety and mobility needs. Traffi c mahem at Pehlam Parkway and ment numbers in the Bronx would led the fi ght to bring changes to ularly be assigned to the Pehlam “It’s good news on both fronts,” Boston Road on Wednesday March 19. Continued on Page 4 the intersections, and Police Com- Parkway intersection until the Continued on Page 15 Photo courtesy of Christina Ojar
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From Page 1 strength of the city econ- Stella D’Oro cookie fac- continue to improve.” omy as a whole,” Brown tory lot in Kingsbridge, as But the most important said. “And there’s no sign well as staffi ng concession factor that explains why that it will change course.” workers for the upcoming unemployment rate in the Meanwhile, thousands baseball season at Yankee Bronx continues to creep more locals are fi nding jobs Stadium. www.BXTimes.com down, said state labor econ- every year through state, Finding the skillset omist Jim Brown, is the city and local programs. A roadblock the centers booming health of the city- “It gives me piece of often encounter is lack of wide market. mind, knowing that I have college education, said pro- More than half of the a steady income coming gram supervisor Maritere Bronx’s workforce com- in,” said Aaron Smith, a 49- Arce. But the centers also mutes to another borough year-old from Mott Haven fund grants to give locals to work, Brown said. So it who was hired this month specifi c skills for jobs that should be no surprise that as a residential nurse at a are in demand and that the city’s unemployment substance abuse housing only require a high school has dipped as well, from site in East Tremont. diploma. Among those jobs: 10.5 % in January 2010 to Smith used the resources •Bookkeeping, account- 8.1% this January. at one of the state’s Bronx ing, auditing clerks Spikes in the tech indus- Career Center on E. Ford- •Clinical medical and try, in construction jobs ham Road to get connected nursing assistants and demand for offi ce space with his employer. The state •Community Support are just a few of the reasons says it places around 19,000 specialists more jobs are coming to the Bronxites a year through •Armed and unarmed Rosie Rosado, who lives Center’s career and educa- nervous in my interview, city, and by extension, to its free centers. security guards off of Moshulu Parkway, tion information services to look them right in the the Bronx. Right now, the center The Career Centers are recently found a position department and career eyes,” Rosado said. “Now I “In general, Bronxites is helping staff a new BJ’s not the only resource locals at a nearby nursing home coach Robyn Saunders. work just steps away from are benefi ting from the coming into the former can use. through the Bronx Library “They helped me not be where I live.”
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The weather was brisk and sunny as crowds packed the sidewalks along E. Tremont Avenue for for the 16th Annual Bronx St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, April 16. The parade stepped off a noon at E. Tremont and Lafayette avenues, winding its way down to the reviewing stand at Harding Avenue. About 50 community groups, school, along with 19 marching bands. Grand Marshals were Denis and Noreen Donoghue, chosen for their volunteer work at Calvary Hospital. Honored Clergy was Mother Alice Mary McGowan of Jeanne Jugan Residence. In ad- dition, 21 Honorary Grand Marshals were honored posthumously for their contributions to their community.
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