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Annex CO-LOCATION AT DWCC Norwood News breaks down the number of projects happening in neighborhoods CB7 With Revisions Vocal tenants ramp up demand for fi xes at Webster*VUZ[Y\J[PVU >VYRWSHJL(JJPKLU[Z*HY ;Y\JR(JJPKLU[Z Ave. bldgs. pg 2 Norwood youth football club nearly booted ahead of season pg 5 Students, staffers blast education offi cials over D75 proposal pg 5 pg 5 Bodies found in Two Van Cott Station Soma Health Club News Wins Silurians, Separate Norwood Reopens Closes, Shocking Deadline Club Nod ,SL]H[VY,ZJHSH[VY(JJPKLU[Z5LNSPNLU[)\PSKPUN:LJ\YP[`:SPW;YPW -HSSZIncidents | pg 7 pg 7 Customers | pg 8 pg 7 Achieving Student Bx. Connections: Bronx Connections: Photo by Adi Talwar Advocating for Right THE IMPENDING MOSHOLU Grand on Van Cortlandt Avenue between the Grand Concourse and Mosholu Parkway (background) repre- Balance at PS/MS 95 Photo by Adi Talwar The Health Impact Health Impact sents a multitude of projects under way in Bedford Park. To Counsel pg 8 BRONX BUCCANEERS HEAD COACH Keith Spivey Jr. (c) and team general manager Tasha Harris-Andrews (r), at Oval Park with players in pg 8 pg 12 pg 10 Photo by Adi Talwar the background. 4LKPJHS4HSWYHJ[PJL5\YZPUN/VTL5LNSPNLUJLPhoto by José A. Giralt NEIGHBORS ZXAVIER SIMPSON (l) and Shannon Terrell (r) inside Terrell’s third oor apartment at 2985 Webster Ave. Terrell has led By DAVID CRUZ and of construction. ects changing the overall and quiet neighborhoods and NORWOOD ACTIVIST SIRIO Guerino (at mic) speaks out against a plan to set aside space for another school inside the DeWitt Clinton Cam- papers at Bronx County Housing Court for an HP action, violations and alleged harassment against her landlord. ALONDRA VASQUEZ And it’s not just multi-landscape of Norwood and 10 years from now it’s going Petition Drive Under By MARTIKA ORNELLA mit is a welcomed end to their long-time permit holder. The drew ire from nearly 700 sup- pus at a public hearing inside the Norwood school on April 2. Along the neighborhoods story projects that have Bedford Park since 2000, ac- to look like Harlem,” said By DAVID CRUZ and a r y . fight waged by tenants over responsive and made im- The Bronx Buccaneers months-long battle to stay at Bucs were to be replaced by porters of the petition, with of Norwood and Bedford swept the neighborhoods, cording to a Norwood News Anthony Rivieccio, a Bedford dents diagnosed with autism, classroom settings. don’t stem from a D75 school JOSEPH KONIG The Stagg Group, a con-conditions at the buildings provements to the properties, youth football team has re- the Oval. the Bronx Jets, an affiliate of many expressing their frustra- By JOSÉ A. GIRALT Park, jackhammers can be but smaller-scale projects analysis using data from the Park resident and activist, Students, parents, and intellectual or multiple dis- And with the Panel for being placed at the DeWitt Residents of three fairly struction and development at 2985, 2987, and 2999 Web- known collectively as Bedford gained rights to practice on In December, the Bucca- the Harlem Jets, a Manhattan- tion with a Manhattan football heard repeatedly jutting con- that have either knocked city Department of Build-who seeks to keep the neigh- teachers at DeWitt Clinton abilities as determined by Educational Policy (PEP), the Clinton Campus, but rather new buildings on Webster Av- company with multiple ongo- ster Ave. Since the Norwo o d Park Manor. crete. It’s the sound many out spots, forced residents ings. It also follows the over- borhoods what they are. Saturdays this spring at Wil-neers’ coach, Keith Spivey Jr., based peewee team looking to club ousting a local team from High School are once again their Individualized Edu- governing body comprised any school that could further enue that are owned and oper- ing projects in Bedford Park News originally covered the “I’m pro-tenant,” Stagg liamsbridge Oval Park. An of- shared an online petition de- expand into the Bronx. The Jets a local field. The addition of the being asked to share their cation Program (IEP). The of mayoral appointees and congest the campus and di- have heard before, though to walk in the street, or pose all trend in residential con- Bedford Park is argu- ated by The Stagg Group have and Norwood, told the Nor- story in October, tenants say said in a phone interview. He ficial permit was issued in the tailing the Bucs’ removal from tried to claim the Bucs’ prac- Bronx Jets would mean three campus with another school school would be part of Dis- slated to vote on the proposal minish any academic impact in the last few months, as the question, “What is hap- struction citywide, which ably the epicenter of con- gotten the ear of Community wood News they will be send- their safety and quality-of-life argued the complaints come Way to Reverse Bus waiting in the wings. trict 75 (D75), where students on April 17, it’s likely the Nor- the 90-year-old school can struction, with developers Board 7, which plans to hear ing a representative to the concerns have not been fully from only a handful of people Bucs’ name by the city Parks the Oval by their former vice tice rights, since Jets’ affiliate teams, including the Bucs and warmer temperatures climb, pening?” saw $14 billion in spending The new school, known as from the district are already wood campus will see a new foster. The proposal by the from residents at its next meeting to hear out the ten- addressed. Stagg Group CEO and he has already worked Department’s Bronx office. president, Richard Hernandez, Hernandez was the authorized the Bronx Knights, would be it’s become the norm. Yes, The projects add to the in 2018, up from $13.2 billion building multi-story prop- 7VSPJL)Y\[HSP[`*P]PS9PNO[Z=PVSH[PVUZPS X721 Stephen McSweeney enrolled at DeWitt Clinton student body next September. city Department of Education Housing, Zoning & Land Use ants’ concerns. and founder, Mark Stagg, ar- to correct some of the initial pg 18 For the Bucs and the commu- current commissioner to the agent for the Oval permit. competing for use of the same Norwood and Bedford Park 1,020 residential construc- in 2017. erties in the neighborhood. pg 18 School, is comprised of stu-Campus, albeit in smaller Much of the objections pg 18 pg 22 Committee meeting in Febru- The news is the latest in a gues his company has been (continued on page 19) nity supporting them, the per- Corsairs Football League, the The removal of the Bucs (continued on page 19) (continued on page 19) are undergoing another wave tion or infrastructure proj- “You gonna take small (continued on page 23) Reroute Plan Our GUARANTEEpg 5 1/2 Page - 5.875” wide by 4.6875”7KHUHLV1 high O FEE 8QOHVV:H:LQ1/4 Page - Vertical NORWOOD2XU¿UPKDVUHFRYHUHGRYHU NEWS2.8542” wide by 4.6875” high One Hundred Million Dollars LQYHUGLFWVDQGVHWWOHPHQWV Proudly Serving Bronx Communities Since 1988 Proudly Serving Bronx Communities Since 1988 Proudly Serving