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ORWOODQ EWSQ NVol. 27, No. 8 PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION N April 17–30, 2014 Vol 31, No 11 • Pu b l i s h e d By Mo s h o l u Preservation Co r p o r a t i o n • Ma y 24-Ju n e 6, 2018 ORWOODQ EWSQ NVol. 27, No. 8 PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION N April 17–30, 2014 FREE INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER: SEE PICTURES: MARIJUANA ARRESTS | PG. 4 BRONX WEEK PARADE | PG. 9 PARKS BRACE FOR Finding Relief for Aqueduct Park BBQ SEASON pg 3 Designated parks will allow for BBQ while others won’t

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Photo by Adi Talwar THIS “NO BARBECUING” sign on East Mosholu just south of East 204th Street can be spotted ahead of barbecue season at Bronx parks.

BY MARTIKA ORNELLA up before the parties begin. voe Park, reading “No Barbecuing in and DAVID CRUZ “We expect it by Memorial Park, and , this Area” are installed. On Three weeks before the un- Day,” said Stronczer, chair of yet year after year park guests Mosholu Parkway South at official start of summer, Bar- the Parks Committee for Com- set up illegal BBQ pits much to the entrance near East 204th bara Stronczer wanted to get munity Board 7 at a meeting the angry protests of commu- Street, residents can already ahead of what’s expected to be on May 9 regarding the signs nity leaders like Stronczer. The see one installed there. a raucous season at Mosholu in neighborhood parks. “If you closest legal barbecue spots in Joseph Magneri, the admin- Parkway. As it’s been the case don’t have it by then, then it’s a Norwood is in Van Cortlandt istrative Parks and Recreation for years, she wants the “No big battle for us.” Park. In areas that bar the rec- manager for parks within CB7, pg 14 Barbecuing in the Area” signs Barbecuing is illegal in De- reational practice, red signs (continued on page 15) 2 • May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News EDITORIAL Vol. 31, No. 11 Vol. 27, No. 10 NorwoodVol. News 27, No.is published 10 A Bruised Confi dence in Our Public Offi cials bi-weekly on Thursdays by MosholuNorwood Preservation News Corporationis published (MPC) The evidence against former Attor- a bruised confidence in our elected offi- pendent press was there to chronicle Norwood3400 Reservoir News isOval published East cials. Just who are they when the cam- it all. The story, masterfully reported bi-weeklyBronx, New on ThursdaysYork 10467 by ney General Eric Schneiderman was bi-weekly on Thursdays by eras are not watching? in the interest of avoiding witch hunt MosholuPhone: Preservation 718 324 4998Corporation overwhelming. It was for him too. 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By MARTIKA ORNELLA to the walk’s consistent ‘unacceptable’ Straddled among apartment build- PIP rating. ings and shopping squares sits Aque- In a statement to the Norwood News, duct Walk, a sectional strip of green Councilmember Fernando Cabrera of paths, courts, and play- District 14, which covers the entire Aq- grounds. ueduct Walk, says the impending re- The walkway cuts through Morris zoning of will include Heights and Kingsbridge, ideally offer- $10 million in funding to continue ren- ing a place for bike rides, jogging, and ovations of the park. peaceful strolling. But during a typi- However, current revitalization cal trek through the five-acre walk- plans for parts of the walk, including way, the Norwood News spotted hoards projects at Aqueduct Walk Plaza, and of household trash, junk piles, over- the construction of a comfort station grown weeds and foliage, and used sy- on 182nd Street, are behind completion ringes. Public urination and drug use goals, according to the Parks Depart- were out in the open. ment’s Capital Tracker website. Despite efforts by local officials “We need people from the area to and the Department of get involved. That is what we need,” Parks and Recreation, Aqueduct Walk Photo by David Cruz said Barbara Stronczer, chair of CB7’s remains plagued with all the physical A USED SYRINGE found at Aqueduct Walk sits feet from the construction site of a Parks and Recreation Committee. signifiers of institutional neglect. playground that’s dragged on for more than a year. “There doesn’t seem to be any interest This week, the city announced new among people to try to pitch in and do plans to install boxes throughout Aq- something.” ueduct Walk to dispose of used nee- The walk remains largely insulated dles, as part of an attempt to secure from public streets, opening the door green spaces throughout . for anyone to dump trash at the site. In- Along with offering safer ways to dis- deed, the main problem that continues pose of needles, the city also plans to to result in the walk’s ‘unacceptable’ collaborate with local outreach groups rating is the overwhelming amount to help educate drug abusers. of trash visible everywhere. Miscella- Not everyone is convinced the nee- neous car parts, Ramen Noodle cups, dle disposable program will be good a broken seven-foot basketball hoop for the walk. stand and roving trash bags were just “It’s gonna attract more. They’re al- some of the observations logged by the ready doing it,” said Michelle Rivera, Norwood News. sitting on a bench in Aqueduct Walk Stronczer also suspects Aqueduct Plaza. “Now they’ll be like, ‘let’s sit by Walk has another source of garbage: the park and do it more.’ It’s so sad,” Photo by Martika Ornella lazy neighbors dumping their trash she said. PILES OF TRASH and graffi ti mark the northern entrance of Aqueduct Walk. The gar- through the window. “Evidently, peo- Remnants of drug use are com- bage was eventually removed. ple just dump their garbage. I don’t monly seen abandoned throughout the know if some of the garbage is coming walk, according to local resident Leon walk’s ongoing waste problem. replaced by the parallel New Croton out of windows, because there’s quite Sutherland. “We did a cleanup on a Thursday, so Aqueduct, the city absorbed the old a bit of apartments with windows that “Yesterday, as I was moving my car, I have what it looked like on Thursday. aqueduct line, converting it to public face the walk,” Stronczer said. I had to move a syringe. That’s actu- And then on a Saturday, what it looked greenways and playgrounds. During the summer, safety and ally been an issue,” Sutherland said. “I like,” said Magneri. “It was like we Parts of the walk are elevated, cleanliness at most public parks de- don’t think I would want something to didn’t do anything.” much like Manhattan’s , the cline since more people are spending put syringes in. It’s more about fixing Aqueduct Walk’s increasing crime popular tourist attraction. But, unlike time in the parks. the problem of drug abuse.” rate should also alarm local officials. the High Line, the Bronx’s leafy thor- Stronczer believes the solution is to Sutherland also pointed to the trash In 2016, there were two felony assaults oughfare is less than picturesque. create a community group specifically problem that’s plagued the park. The at the walk compared to eight crimes Like all city parks, the cleanliness, tasked with maintaining the walk. issue of cleanliness was touched on at in 2017, a 300 percent increase. The na- structural and environmental condi- “I’ve said all along that we need a recent Parks Committee meeting at ture of the crimes has also changed, tions of the walk are rated through the a group called the ‘Friends of Aque- Community Board 7, which covers a with steep upticks in robberies and Department of Parks and Recreation’s duct Walk,’ what they’ve done in other portion of the greenway. Joseph Mag- grand larceny. Park Inspection Program (PIP). Pe- parks,” Stronczer said. “Be able to get neri, the administrative Parks and Aqueduct Walk is constructed riodic inspections of Aqueduct Walk a group of friends, who have some in- Recreation manager, said efforts to above the Old Croton Aqueduct, an ar- have produced the same observations: terest in it, who’ll put up some signage keep the park clean have fallen short chaic viaduct that moved water from excessive litter, graffiti, weeds and un- from time to time. We’ll have clean up, representing the latest in a series of Westchester to Lower Manhattan dur- kempt grass, along with broken pave- talk to the area residents, people who questions over what to do about the ing the 1840s. After the waterway was ments and sidewalks, which contribute live there, and say, ‘give us a hand.’” 4 • May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News INQUIRING PHOTOGRAPHER By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers their thoughts on Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark’s move urging the NYPD to issue tickets instead of making arrests for recreational marijuana use.

I think I see a lot of people smoking I think in one way she’s right, and in It’s long overdue because it ties up Those who use small amounts of Yes, I agree with it because it’s a minor marijuana these days. If you try and arrest another way she’s wrong because the courts. It’s not really that harmful. I marijuana shouldn’t be prosecuted with drug; it’s really not a big thing. Other states everyone with marijuana, it’s going to be marijuana is good for some, but it’s not think alcohol is more harmful and I think a heavy penalty, like jail time. It’s not a are using it for medical purposes and a whole bunch of people in jail. Nobody good for everybody. If they are using it marijuana should be legalized, yeah. There big crime, maybe a fi ne like $25. That’s gaining a lot of profi t from it. It’s helping would be left out here because too many as medication, fi ne. It could help ease should be no jail time whatsoever. Maybe my opinion. Nowadays, I see people do the economy and helping people that people smoke it. Half the people in the the pain of so many, but some take too something like a summons would be good. it more openly, but with the respect of have issues. I say it’s all about willpower country want it legalized. You can’t throw much and cause accidents. Anybody who Bill Michaels others, and they have it around. It’s very because I have not done any other drug, them all in jail. I think there are more misuses it should pay a penalty. Bedford Park open now. I believe that police would then because of my willpower. They have to serious crimes going on. Juliet Blankson be able to concentrate on the illegal guns, understand, it’s not always a stepping- Jackie Fadalla Bedford Park that’s the big issue. If you see most of the stone to harder drugs. If people have the Norwood people who consume marijuana are often strength to say no to certain things, they alone and doing it and not committing learn how to just better themselves and bigger crimes. They’re relaxed. learn the science behind the harder drugs. Joe Montenegro There are harder drugs that are more Norwood associated with crime. Jessica Lugo Norwood

CRIME FILE By MARTIKA ORNELLA

Police describe both alleged Video surveillance shows to late 20s, each with dread- sidering how they enforce perpetrators as Hispanic, 20 the would-be thief standing locks. One (pictured left) has marijuana-related offenses. to 24 years old; one, slim, last inside the front of the store a southern accent. The second Police Commissioner James seen wearing a black and gray seemingly waiting for his stands at 6’5”. O’Neill announced that hooded sweater, black sweat- unsuspecting victim. When a NYPD group would be pants and gray sneakers; and the victim appears, the thief Anyone with informa- formed to address dispari- the other, stocky, last seen lunges for and snatches the tion on the above crimes is ties in the policing of mari- wearing a blue cap, man’s wallet, immediately asked to call the NYPD’s juana, namely the rate of a gray hooded sweater, blue taking off out of the store with CrimeStoppers Hotline at summonses and arrests is- jeans and black sneakers. the victim in hot pursuit. The (800) 577-TIPS (8477) or (888)- sued to low-level offenders. The injured victim is ex- wallet was soon recovered. 57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish The new move comes on the Violent Home Invasion pected to recover. The suspect is described speakers. All calls are kept heels of Mayor Bill de Bla- Two men (pictured) are as black, tall, and last seen confidential. sio’s promise to “overhaul” wanted for a violent break-in wearing a white hoodie with a current marijuana en- at a home on Marion Avenue black cap. forcement laws, and an an- in Bedford Park. nouncement by Bronx Dis- Police say the incident hap- Apartment Robbery trict Attorney Darcel Clark pened around 2 p.m. on May The NYPD is looking for urging the police to issue 20, when the men disguised two men wanted for beating criminal summonses over as UPS employees, knocked and robbing a man entering arrests. on an apartment door, forcing his apartment in Norwood. Clark’s counterparts in their way into the home and The men forced the victim and Manhattan tying up two people with zip- into his apartment near East have announced they will ties. Attempted Theft and Kings Col- no longer prosecute cases The perpetrators then at- Police are asking for the lege Place, beating him with a where people have been ar- tacked someone in the home, public’s help in finding a baseball bat, and stealing $300 rested for smoking pot. stabbing them in the right man who attempted to steal a before fleeing. The victim was thigh with a knife and de- man’s wallet in a Kingsbridge taken to an area hospital with Editor’s Note: Read manding money. The attack- Heights bodega. Police say bruised ribs, a shattered el- what Bronx residents have to ers then fled the apartment it happened at 111 E. Kings- bow, and a cut to his right eye. Fewer Arrests for say about Clark’s decision in with a bookbag filled $16,000 bridge Rd. on April 30 just af- Both suspects are de- Lighting Up? our Inquiring Photographer in cash, according to police. ter 10 p.m. scribed as black, in their mid- The NYPD says it’s recon- at the top of this page. May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News • 5 Risse Gardener Fights Back Now considering cawsuit against fellow gardeners By DAVID CRUZ members of Risse Street Garden. occur. Carson compares them to The plants that once belonged Last year, the garden’s steering “little private clubs” that are “not to Elizabeth Carson have been de- committee voted to remove Car- accountable to anyone.” stroyed. And she knows who did son’s gardening privileges last “The fact that there are no good it. It didn’t take long for Carson to year, citing violation of some of records of what has gone on at know who damaged those beds at the garden’s bylaws. Carson has Risse is really one of the troubling Risse Street Garden. It was an ap- called the vote illegitimate, and parts,” said Carson. “They cannot parent team effort. instead continually used the present to anyone why they de- At a meeting among gardeners flower beds for planting. Car- cided to take those beds from me.” at Risse Street Garden the morn- son said she was being targeted Carson has since lodged a formal ing of April 22, Carson confronted for calling out procedural poli- complaint against O’Regan to Brendan O’Regan, another gar- cies involving a project O’Regan GreenThumb, but hasn’t heard dener, over who destroyed her started. back. flower beds. O’Regan previously told the O’Regan photo by David Cruz/Image courtesy Citing criminal mischief, Car- “Those plants have been nicely Norwood News that Carson’s Elizabeth Carson son is now considering suing removed,” O’Regan was captured ouster was the result of her vio- ELIZABETH CARSON (LEFT) attends O’Regan for $1500, the estimated on Carson’s cell phone video re- lating several garden rules that a Community Board 7 Parks Committee cost of her perennials and plants corder saying, his arms folded as included bringing unruly friends meeting charging that her flowers were that were plucked from the flower removed from its plant beds. The removal he carefully explained what hap- to the garden, a point Carson has beds. She also brought her issue was led by Brendan O’Regan (right), Car- pened to Carson’s flowers. disputed. O’Regan said her guests to the latest Community Board 7’s son said. “Anytime I tried to respond to violated the garden’s bylaws. Parks Committee on May 9. “This anything there was an attempt Despite Carson’s objections, what she claims is lawlessness conversation will be continued,” to keep me from responding by O’Regan still enforced the sanc- at the 28-year garden. She’s kept Barbara Stronczer, chair of the someone who wasn’t chairing the tion. The garden falls under records of her version of events, Parks Committee said. meeting,” Carson told the Nor- GreenThumb, a division of the pointing to the larger issue of lax In an email to the Norwood wood News. New York City Parks Department. record keeping and proper gov- News, O’Regan called Carson’s It’s the latest chapter in an on- Since last year, Carson has pressed ernance at city recognized com- version of events “false allega- going spat between Carson and GreenThumb to intervene over munity gardens when squabbles tions.” 6 • May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News Oliver Place Gets Yes, Coyotes Are Found in the Bronx Much-Needed By DAVID CRUZ people/residents to be super worried With the northwest Bronx sur- about.” Cleanup rounded by some of the city’s largest Some tips Carrao offered include: By DAVID CRUZ parks, the city’s wildlife calls these Don’t feed wildlife. “We don’t want greenspaces home. people feeding wildlife intentionally, Cleanup crews were all in for a That includes coyotes. which people have been known to feed cleanup job at the corner of Oliver “[Y]ou’re surrounded by coyotes,” wildlife intentionally, and once that Place and Decatur Avenue. The trou- Sunny Carrao with the Parks Depart- happens they look at all humans as bled grounds have been quite the eye- ment’s Wildlife Unit said at a presen- a source of food and they begin to ap- sore for the neighborhood over the last tation before Community Board’s 7’s proach people,” said Corrao. few decades, as many treat it as a dump- Parks Committee. Photo courtesy New York City Parks Don’t leave food out. “Coyotes are ing ground. From nearby to Department website omnivores. They’re going to eat what- Teams from the nonprofit group , coyotes have settled COYOTES HAVE CALLED the Bronx ever they could find. Predominantly home since at least the 1930s, according FEDCAP were on hand, as well as em- deep into the woods, said Carrao. It’s they’ll hunt small rats, rodents, squir- to the city Parks Department. rels. But if you have a garbage can that’s ployees of Councilman Ritchie Torres, common to see the the four-legged feral dogs out in the open. Mating season is accessible, they’ll go into it,” said Cor- whose 15th Council District covers the over, and coyotes are now scavenging and that’s avoiding people,” said Car- rao. Bedford Park lot. Torres’s office al- for food for their new pups. rao. “They are naturally worried about Don’t leave small pets unat- located $100,000 for the cleanup crew. “They do what a coyote does best, humans, so there’s really nothing for tended. “This time of year, coyotes are Some items collected included bicy- going to see small dogs as a source of cle wheels, parts of a fan, and small food and they’ll see large dogs as com- wooden planks. petitive or territorial,” said Corrao. But just where the trash is coming Warding them off. “If a coyote does from bewilders Joe McManus, Torres’s approach you, it is best to try and scare employee, who was there when the them off. We call it hazing. So it’s every- trash was collected. A fence has been thing from clapping your hands, waving your arms, you can pick up small rocks installed to keep anyone from easily and throw at them. You want to keep throwing trash onto the neglected lot. coyotes wary of people,” said Corrao. Still, the trash persists. Run. Running away will not cause a “It was piled two and three, four coyote to run. feet high. So that means they got to be The city Transportation Department throwing it out their windows,” Mc- and Health Department have joined Manus said at the May 2 Bedford Mosh- Parks in spreading word on the pres- olu Community Association meeting. ence of wildlife across the city’s green “Shame on the people who live there. areas. No way you could launch it from the Editor’s Note: To learn more about street.” Photo by David Cruz wildlife across New York City, go to http:// SUNNY CARRAO, WITH the Parks Department’s Wildlife Unit, gives a brief presenta- www1.nyc.gov/site/wildlifenyc/index. Ideas over where the trash was orig- tion on coyote sightings around the Bronx. page. inating from were batted around at the BMCA meeting. Some suspected locals who just dump it there. The property belongs to the city Skate Park Quietly Gets Under Way Transportation Department, which Without much of a notice, the has yet to honor a request from the bulldozers came to the west side of community to convert the grounds into Williamsbridge Oval Park to break a playground. The property falls under ground on the long-awaited skate Community Board 7, which has raised park. A large patch of soil blankets the area once used for a dog run, with the matter every now and again. crews ready to spend until winter of “I had hoped that maybe because next year to complete the project. Edison Arms, the senior complex But the council member who across the street, that someone get in- funded the project is planning a volved and want to put an urban garden formal celebration. Councilman there,” said Barbara Stronczer, presi- Andrew Cohen secured $750,000 in dent of BMCA. “We need something be- capital funding for the project in 2014, holding a news conference on cause this is something that’s going to the funding soon after. The price happen again.” of the project eventually went up to $888,000. It was among the first ma- Photo by David Cruz jor projects for Cohen representing RUBBLE FROM THis excavated dog run at Oval Park will soon be cleared to make TO REPORT A Norwood. It’s also a project that resi- way for a long awaited skate park. dents have asked for since 2004 when STORY TO THE Construction Consulting, a Queens- formal groundbreaking ceremony is clergy leaders teamed with neigh- based construction firm, finally expected on June 5 at 11 a.m. borhood kids to get a skate park in NORWOOD NEWS, agreed to construct the mini-arena, Cohen has held groundbreaking the area. complete with steep banks, mounds ceremonies for other park projects CALL US AT The holdup stemmed largely from and quarter pipes. in the past, notably a skate park in picking a contractor to perform the 718-324-4998 Miles Burnett, a spokesman for Van Cortlandt Park last year. project. Parks had identified a bid- Cohen, told the Norwood News that a —David Cruz der who eventually backed out. LC May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News • 7 3URXGO\6HUYLQJ%URQ[&RPPXQLWLHV6LQFH‡FREE

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Photo by David Cruz Photo by David Cruz THE MAY 16 thunderstorm that ripped into the Bronx took down this tree HASHEM YESHIYA, (2nd from right), owner of Tasty Picks at 89 E. Gun Hill limb on Mosholu Parkway South near the corner of Bainbridge Avenue. The Rd., readies the dressing he’s about to pour into the Bronx Salad for Chef storm peaked at the height of rush hour, sending unprepared commuters King Phojanakang (left) at a how-to workshop for merchants of the Jerome running for cover. Gun Hill Business Improvement District on May 17. The Bronx Salad is being promoted as part of a larger effort to reverse poor health outcomes in the Bronx. Melissa Cebollero (2nd from left), Montefi ore Health System’s senior director for community and government relations, and Hakeem Alhariri (right), owner of Tita Minimarket, look on. More photos of the event can be found on the BID’s Instagram page, Photo courtesy Montefi ore Health System EVELIN HERNANDEZ, RN, staff nurse at the Wake- fi eld Division of Montefi ore Health System basks in her moment as she’s honored with the 2018 Nurse of Dis- tinction award by 1199SEIU and the League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York. Congrats Evelin!

Photo by Miriam Quinones 8-YEAR-OLD FASHIONISTA Miracle Robinson poses with mom/manager Shanequa Charles at a May 10 pop-up shop debuting Miracle’s line of hand- crafted fashion wear dubbed Styled By Miracle. Miracle’s work can be found at https://www.styledbymiracle.today.

Photo by José A. Giralt CALVIN MITCHELL AND daughter, Dejaa, run in the Photo courtesy Offi ce of Gustavo Rivera three-legged race at the SEN. GUSTAVO RIVERA honors inaugural Family Day Olym- Leticia Harper, one of many mothers piad at Williamsbridge Oval in his 33rd Senate District honored Park on May 12. Participants by him and colleague Assembly- in the offi cial Bronx Week man Victor Pichardo at a Mother’s event also met members Day event on May 19. of the Bronx Buccaneers, who regularly practice at the Oval. 8 • May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News Building Boom Stop Work Orders Issued at 2 of 4 New Norwood Projects

By DAVID GREENE the street. That’s why they left. He For the Bronx A building boom along a four-block called the guy on the phone, told him By MARTIKA ORNELLA stretch in Norwood has once again to stop working and he came down. The Bronx saw $2.3 billion in resi- been halted as the Department of This job has been shut down plenty dential development last year, falling Buildings (DOB) has issued stop work of times.” short of the 2016 total dollar figure for orders at two of the four projects cur- A DOB record of the incident re- residential properties, according to a rently under development. ports, “A partial stop work order for new report released by Bronx Borough DOB records show a full vacate or- welding operations was issued on President Ruben Diaz Jr. der and a partial stop work order re- 5/7/18 due to a pedestrian injury; a Most of the new residential develop- main in effect for 3083 Hull Ave.—a violation was also issued for failure ment across the borough is government one-story property by East 204th Street to safeguard the public.” The DOB funded, according to the report. In 2017, consisting of five shops. Records reveal report continued, “The partial stop over 58 percent of new residential units “There is an active permit for interior work order due to the ongoing dis- were subsidized, with the vast majority demolition of the property. However a pute with the owner of the adjacent going towards developing multi-family violation for work without permit was property is also still in effect.” residential buildings. This includes a issued for activities outside the scope That ongoing dispute between $70 million investment in new apart- of the permitted job at the time of the developer Edward Khalil and hom- ments near Creston Ave. and 191st collapse.” DOB officials did not elabo- eowner Darrell Burgess, began al- Street in Fordham. rate on the specific violation. most from the day the project began “We are making sure that new de- According to the document ob- back in 2013. Photo by David Greene velopment works for those families who tained by the Norwood News, members According to Burgess, “It’s consid- A DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS in- already call the Bronx their home,” of the DOB’s Interior Demolition Unit ered as renovation, not new construc- spector slaps a stop-work order on the Diaz said in a statement. “And that new continue to work with an engineer emergency barricade after a partial build- tion. That’s how they get around a lot attention in the Bronx helps everyone hired by owner, Brooklyn-based devel- ing collapse at the corner of Hull Avenue of rules.” Overlooking the initial prob- thrive.” oper Transition Acquisitions-- to over- and East 204th Street. lems, Burgess recalled, “It took me a It is not clear how many of the im- see the continued emergency stabiliza- long time to mount a fight, which was a pending subsidized units will benefit tion work and partial demolition of the new five-story building being built big mistake on my part.” low-income residents in the borough, building in order to protect the public. atop an existing one-story commercial “It really makes you wonder,” Bur- where a third of residents fall at or be- Around the corner, a passerby was business. gess concludes, “if these inspectors are low the federal poverty line. The report burned on the top of his head by em- The victim who declined to be on the take, how do they come out here also does not mention any information bers originating from a welding ma- publicly identified, recalled, “I was and not see” what’s going on at construc- on eligibility or the cost to rent the new- chine operated by a construction crew coming out from under the scaf- tion sites. ly-built residential units. member working on the fourth floor fold and it got me right there, when An employee of Khalil’s said the Last year, $164 million was invested of 374 E. 204th St. by . I came out. They had no protection, developer was at a job site and was un- in the mixed-use and mixed-income The remodeling project consists of a nothing. Just someone standing in reachable by press time. building that will sit at 425 Grand Con- course in Mott Haven. The planned building will include energy-saving so- lar panels and a garden roof deck. Funding for building homes and New Honorees at Bronx Walk of Fame apartments has increased over 700 per- cent since 2010, following the Great Re- By DAVID GREENE like communities everywhere, cession. It was then that $281 million An activist, singer, and advo- they’re vulnerable to sexual vio- was invested into residential develop- cate with borough roots were hon- lence and in order for us to make ment. But in 2017, over $2.2 billion went ored for making the Bronx proud. these communities less vulner- to building new homes throughout the The honorees for this year’s able, we have to talk about this is- Bronx, with 4,299 of those new units be- Bronx Week celebrated on May 20. sue.” ing publicly funded. Tarana Burke, the founder of the After the unveiling of his new Although most of the new develop- #MeToo movement, actress Mag- street sign, Slick Rick was asked ment is in the South Bronx, Commu- gie Siff and hip-hop legend Slick about his favorite places in the nity District 7, which covers Norwood, Rick were honored with special in- borough. “The Photo by David Greene had the sixth highest rate of residen- dividual street signs on the Grand ACTRESS MAGGIE SIFF of “Mad Men,” and . I used to visit tial development last year, out of the 12 Concourse. “Sons of Anarchy,” and “Billions” fame, the Loew’s Paradise Theater, but Bronx community districts. Nearly 800 Siff told the crowd, “This is joins her family and Bronx Borough Presi- that was a long time ago,” said new residences were built in CD7 last such an honor. I was just talking dent Ruben Diaz Jr. as she’s inducted into Rick. “I’m not sure what it is now, year. to my dad last night and he was the Bronx Walk of Fame. but that was back in the day.” born in this neighborhood. And he The Walk of Fame festivities said in 1944, one of his very first mous honor. I have clearly been ended with a parade and street FOLLOW US ONLINE memories was seeing [President all over the place recently and I fair along Mosholu Parkway that Franklin Roosevelt] drive by in an don’t think anything measures featured a performance by hip- WWW. open motorcade, so I don’t know my love for the Bronx.” She added, hop star Remy Ma. NORWOODNEWS. ORG but there is something about that, “As much as I love the Bronx, I do Editor’s Note: See next page that goes full circle.” know that these communities in for highlights of the Bronx Week Burke stated, “This is an enor- the Bronx are still vulnerable and Parade. May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News • 9 47th ann�l bRONX week parade The 47th annual Bronx Week Parade was complete with plenty of pageantry and celebration of the borough’s benefits to its residents. Mosholu Parkway was the scene of the midday parade on May 20, capping off 11 days of Bronx Week events. Photos by Miriam Quinones

CADETS FROM DEWITT Clinton High School’s JROTC program march FRIENDS OF MOSHOLU PARKLAND, the volunteer group that takes care of along the parade route. Mosholu Parkway, heads up the parade route.

SLICK RICK PERFORMS onstage during the Bronx Week Parade festivi- MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY Board 7 march among the dozens of groups ties. taking part in the parade.

STUDENTS FROM MS 80’S ROTC program march TaRaNA Burke, FOUNDER of the #MeToo move- up the parade route on East Mosholu Parkway. ment, is there at the parade. THESE DANCERS SHOW off their moves at the Bronx Week Parade. 10 • May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News Local Officials Writing Workshop Creates “Safe Space” To MTA: Get For Vets to Share Experiences Elevator for By MARIYA MOSELEY A free writing workshop aims to Mosholu Station provide a creative outlet for veter- ans. Officials representing Norwood The Craft of War Writing is a are urging the MTA to consider weekly program that focuses on war building an elevator at the Mosh- narratives and offers attendees the olu Parkway subway station, which opportunity to read curated stories, could be a boon to disabled riders interact with guest speakers and who get on and off the station. share pieces about their personal In a letter drafted to authority experiences. president Andy Byford, Assembly Jeremy Warneke, a U.S. Army Members Jeff Dinowitz and Nath- veteran who currently serves as alia Fernandez, Councilman An- district manager for Community drew Cohen, and state Senator Ja- Board 11 in the east Bronx, founded maal Bailey, lobbied for the station the program in 2015 after hosting a Photo by Mariya Moseley to get an elevator. number of war reading series at a lo- JEREMY WARNEKE (TOP RIGHT) is the founder of Craft of War Writing who took The news comes as the MTA cal library in the Bronx. His work part in the May 5 class at the Morris Park Library. Board approved $300 million to re- has been published in the New York configure 18 stations to make them City Veterans Alliance, Homefront safe space to hear and welcome ev- the disorder in their lifetime. wheelchair accessible, adhering to Progressives and Task & Purpose eryone,” LoSasso said. Statistics from the U.S. Bureau of a 1993 federal ruling that mandates website. Yvette Edwards, 48, a crossing Labor reported in 2014 that nearly all current and new stations across Although Warneke expressed guard, attends the workshop from one million veterans are scattered the system comply with the 1990 how therapeutic the program is for Manhattan. She said that although across New York State. Those in- Americans with Disabilities Act. veterans, he stressed the impor- she’s not a veteran, hearing perspec- cluded in the study involve those “Not only does the zip code con- tance of having the workshop open tives from other participants and who served in World War II, the Ko- taining this station (10467) reflect to the public as “war affects more stories from her uncle who served rean and Vietnam wars. a population with a disability rate than just military veterans.” in the Korean War has exposed her Omar Columbus, who served in of 15.2 percent (14,800 people, which John LoSasso of Norwood is to the ‘intense’ effects. “There’s the Air Force for 12 years, said the is numerically the most of any zip a former attendee turned teach- more to it than meets the eye. You program provides him with an out- code in the Bronx) but also there ing associate for the program. The don’t just go on, it’s always embed- let for the physical, emotional and are a multitude of institutions that Brooklyn-born retired English pro- ded in you,” she said. spiritual effects of serving in the assist people with mobility impair- fessor has more than three decades The National Center for Post- war. “It gives you a chance to deal ments within a mere half-mile of of teaching experience under his Traumatic Stress Disorder esti- with those issues in a creative way,” this station,” wrote Dinowitz of the belt. He expressed how crucial it is mates that 11 percent to 20 percent he said. Mosholu station. to create an environment for par- of veterans who served in Iraq and Warneke said that while the MTA figures show 2.8 million ticipants to be open and transpar- Afghanistan have PTSD. Among theme of each workshop is war, riders got on or off at the station in ent about their experiences. “We’re Vietnam War veterans, an esti- each session operates differently. 2016, ranking as the 182nd busiest very cautious about making this a mated 30 percent will suffer from However, the format for each work- subway station in the city for that shop primarily includes reading an year. assortment of published pieces of The station is within walking work together. Next, participants distance of Montefiore Health Sys- discuss and review their personal tem’s Moses Ca mpus, Nor t h Cent ra l stories, poems, etc. Some weeks Bronx Hospital, and three nursing even include a relevant lecturer to homes. chat with the members. “[P]eople who require an eleva- Maria Paserman, a senior citi- tor to use New York City Transit zen who has attended workshops have only five percent of the trip- for about six months, said that al- making opportunities as their non- though she’s not a veteran, she’s disabled counterparts,” Dinowitz gained valuable insight from the said in the letter. “Let’s work to- speakers, exercises and roundtable gether to ensure that we rectify discussions. “Just because I’m not a this imbalance by prioritizing sta- veteran doesn’t mean I don’t know tions that best serve the needs of anything about conflict. It speaks to those for whom the city has been a human experience,” she said. out of reach for too long.” Editor’s Note: The Craft of War The MTA did not respond for Writing, in collaboration with Voices comment. of War, host their sessions at The Photo by Mariya Moseley —David Cruz Morris Park Library on Saturdays A MEMBER OF the Craft of War Writing workshop shares his story at their session on May 5 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Bronx DA to Investigate NYPD Shooting Death of Unarmed Senior May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News • 11

little chance of flooding. However, short walk can help burn off some of if all that rain comes down in three the sugar by sending more blood to minutes, flooding is much more likely your muscles (and your muscles use because the drains are overwhelmed. up some of the sugar in the blood). Re- The same thing happens with your member that even if you exercise after body’s ability to release insulin. If you eat, you can’t undo all the harmful you give your body too much sugar effects the sugar had on your body. too quickly (like regularly drinking • Keep Healthy Snacks Around: a soda or snacking on cookies), your Nuts, dried berries and fresh fruit are body can’t keep up. That’s why it is better for you (more nutritious) Avoiding the Sugar Flood best to limit the amount of sugar your • Keep a Food Journal: There are body gets over the course of the day to many apps for this online, or you can By DR. AMANDA PARSONS no more than 20 to 25 grams of sugar just use a little notebook. Keep track You might have heard about the (roughly seven to eight teaspoons). The of what you ate and how much you ate. calorie balance: the idea that to avoid less sugar the better. Learn your patterns - when do you con- gaining weight you have to burn as Some easy ways to significantly re- sume the most sugar? Are there ways many calories as you gain. This may duce your sugar intake: you can avoid it? lead you to think “Oh, I can just ex- • Eliminate Soda and Sugary • Start Your Day Right: Don’t eat ercise away that sugary soda or that Drinks: Replace them with water or pastries, muffins or sugary cereals cookie.” But this is not true--you can’t sparkling water. Many sparkling wa- for breakfast. Choose healthier op- just exercise away the sugar you eat. ters come with natural flavors and tions like eggs, berries or oatmeal.

Sugar causes your body to release Photo courtesy rawpixel.com taste delicious. Even kids like them! Remember: Avoid flooding your insulin, which is your body’s mes- SUGAR SHOULD BE consumed in mod- • Don’t Buy Snacks Like Cookies body with sugar. Exercising is im- senger to tell your cells to absorb the eration to avoid health effects, say ex- or Candy: the more readily available portant, but you can’t exercise away sugar that is in your blood. Sugar is a perts. they are, the more you are likely to be the damage sugar does to your body. source of fuel for your body, but in high tempted. Editor’s Note: Dr. Amanda Par- levels, it is damaging to your organs, to the insulin. Essentially, diabetes oc- • Limit Sugar Portions: Save some sons is vice president of Montefiore especially your eyes and your kidneys. curs when your body has had too much for later. One trick is to find foods that Health System’s Office of Community Diabetes occurs when your body can’t sugar too frequently. are sold in smaller quantities (e.g. & Population Health and assistant keep up with the amount of sugar in Think about a house or your local snack size snacks instead of the regu- professor of Family & Social Medi- your body and can’t release enough in- roads. If it rains seven inches over the lar size). cine, Albert Einstein College of Medi- sulin or when your cells stop listening course of the whole day, there is very • Move After You Eat: Even a cine.

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Free Graffiti Cleanup Commercial Lease Help “Guerinos Against Graffitti” Northwest Bronx Community is offering one military veteran & Clergy Coalition offers free le- free graffiti removal in honor gal help to small businesses in ne- of Memorial Day. Those eligible gotiating commercial leases with be a US military veteran who their landlords. Businesses have was honorably discharged and to be in New York City, must be wounded in combat. Applicants non-franchise, have a household must submit their photo stand- income below 500 percent of the ing next to their property. Send federal poverty guideline, and submissions to ssg.nag@gmail. have a new or renewal lease. For com. For more information, call more information, contact Evy (718) 600-2570. Viruet at (718) 584-0515 ext. 100.

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Holiday Concert The public is invited to a free Memorial Day Concert, May 27 at 2 p.m., featuring music from shows by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Photo courtesy Joshua Bright/ presented by the Bronx Arts Ensemble, in Van Cortlandt Park at WAVE HILL OFFERS a Turtle’s Pace design workshop on June 2 and 3 West 242nd Street and Broadway. Rain site: Vladeck Hall, 74 Van (see under “Events” for more information). Cortlandt Pk. So. For more information, call (718) 601-7399. of Bronx History, 3266 Bainbridge Ros: Landing/Aterrizaje, through Ave. to commemorate our nation’s July 1. For more information, call fallen soldiers, May 28 from 11 a.m. (718) 681-6000. Onstage schedule of performances, call (718) to noon. Also scheduled is Bronx 367-1010. Brewery Legacy Trolley Tour, The Museum of Bronx History, 3266 June 9 from noon to 5 p.m., leaving Bainbridge Ave. (208th Street), Lehman Center for the Performing Events Arts, 250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W., from Woodlawn Cemetery’s Jerome presents Bronx Expo - The Starlight presents La Sonora Ponceña Avenue entrance ($40). For more Park Story, through Sept. 30; and Williamsbridge Oval offers free featuring pianist Papo Lucca, June 2 information, call (718) 881-8900. Women’s Suffrage and New York events during June. For more at 8 p.m., performing salsa. Tickets City: A Centennial Celebration, information and a detailed schedule, are $50 to $65; $100 VIP (includes Van Cortlandt Library, 3874 Sedgwick through April 11, 2019. For more call (718) 543-8672. pre-concert wine, beer, and hors Ave., presents fi lms: “Atlantis: The information, call (718) 881-8900. d’oeuvres at 6:30 p.m.). For more Lost Empire,” May 23, and “Peter Unity in the Community street fair information, call (718) 960-8833. Rabbit,” May 30; each at 3:30 p.m. Rafaela (Ella) Santos, 315 E. 201st will take place June 15 from noon to For more information, call (718) 543- St., presents her solo art exhibit W/O 6 p.m. on Reservoir Avenue between Riverdale Choral Society presents 5150. [man] Hood, through May 27 from 1 West Kingsbridge Road and 195th Summer Sing featuring two to 5 p.m. Street. Events include giveaways, Requiems, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. ($15), A Community Organizations Fair activities, and food. The public is at Christ Church Riverdale, 5030 will be held at DeWitt Clinton High Art Center (BRAC),1087 invited to join the fun. Henry Hudson Pkwy. (252nd Street). School, 100 W. Mosholu Pkwy. E. Tremont Ave. presents River Singers can bring their own scores So., June 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rising through June 17, exposition in Bronx River Alliance presents Bronx if they have them or scores will be Social service organizations are . For more information, River Flotilla, to paddle along the provided. For more information, call scheduled to be present to provide call (718) 589-5819. river, May 26 (rescheduled from (718) 543-2219. key health and wellness resources May 19 due to rain). Paddlers are and information with the goal of Library Events welcome for this fundraiser. For more The presents Boogie improving healthy food access information and to RSVP, call (718) Down, featuring a variety of particularly focusing on kids’ meals. The Bronx Library Center, 310 E. 430-4665. performers and artists; hip-hop, doo Various service tables will be present Kingsbridge Rd., presents for teens/ wop and salsa music; art, dance, including one for blood pressure and young adults: fi lm: “Harry Potter,” Bronx County Historical Society food, and more, weekends through BMI screenings. May 25 at 3:30 p.m.; and Wildlife: to presents Memorial Day Wreath June 3 including Memorial Day. For see various animals, June 6 at 4:30 Laying Ceremony at the Museum more information, tickets, or a full Wave Hill, a Bronx oasis at 675 W. a.m. Adults can enjoy Computer 252nd St. in Riverdale, offers Family Basics: June 2 at 11 a.m. For Art Projects: At Home in the Sky, to more information, call (718) 579- paint birds for sky-painting project, 4244/46/57 or visit www.nypl.org. May 26 and 27; and A Turtle’s Pace, to design and decorate a stuffed The Mosholu Library, 285 E. 205th wearable turtle-shell backpack St., offers for children: Crafty Fridays followed by a parade, June 2 and 3; at 3 p.m.: crafts, May 25, June 1 and both in the WH House from 10 a.m. 8; and STEM: Kids Science at 3 to 1 p.m. Also scheduled is Turtle p.m.: May 29 (air/gravity), and June & Shell Show and Tell, to see a live 5 (music); all for ages 5 to 12; and turtle; and Nature Presentation: Toddler Storytime: (for ages 18 to Turtle Talk, to learn about turtles; 36 months), stories, action songs, both in the WH House, June 3 from 1 fi ngerplays, and crafts, May 31 at to 2 p.m. Grounds admission is free 11 a.m. Adults can attend: Knitting until noon Tuesdays and Saturdays Circle: Thursdays at 3 p.m. For more all year. For more information and a information, call (718) 882-8239. schedule of events including tours and walks, call (718) 549-3200. NOTE: Items for consideration may Exhibits be mailed to our offi ce or sent to File Photo [email protected], and should be received by May 28 for AN ASSORTMENT OF activities and events await you at the Mosholu Library Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, presents Oded the next publication date of June 7. (more information can be found under “Library Events”). Halahmy-Exile is Home and Moses May 24-June 6, 2018 • Norwood News • 15 Parks Brace for BBQ Season

(continued from page 1) Sharing Duties offered a new plan for tackling the trend PEP officers share patrol duties with FREE HOMEBUYERS’ of unlawful barbecuing. the NYPD. “A big problem is that [the signs] Over the years, the Police Depart- were being torn down,” Magneri said. ment has relaxed enforcement against “So I asked that they be put on bigger illegal barbecuers, preferring to edu- posts, and cemented into the grass.” cate park guests about rules, and di- WORKSHOP Magneri’s proposed ‘cemented’ recting them to legal BBQ sites. In most signs, along with plans to install addi- cases, officers have used discretion tional gates around Devoe Park, are just when observing illegal barbecuing. some of the contingencies local officials In some cases, officers have broken are taking to stave off illegal cookouts up parties in rougher ways. Last sum- as the summer approaches. mer, an NYPD officer poured a gallon of water over a flaming charcoal grill on ‘Let People Barbecue’ a Harlem street corner. The officer was But for some park patrons, the signs lambasted by grillers and guests, even aren’t clear enough. To some, “No Bar- having food and ice thrown at him. Not- becuing in this Area” could mean no withstanding the officer’s aggressive barbecuing in one particular spot, not approach, it is illegal to have an open the entire park. For others, the signs flame on any city sidewalk. are few and far between. Throughout the summer, PEP of- “I’ve never seen them,” said Eon ficers will patrol hotspots like Devoe Bethel, walking his dog along Mo- Park and Mosholu Parkway, and if sholu Parkway. “Let people do what needed, direct people to designated they wanna do. Let people barbecue BBQ areas. out here. It’s plenty space out here for Sitting on a bench on the northern anybody to grill.” Bethel recalls his side of Mosholu Parkway, 17-year resi- own experience of having his barbecue dent Jose Mulero says he’s not a fan party broken up by police as it went on of summer barbecues. “They’re there for several hours. “They just pulled up for five to six hours,” Mulero said, re- on us and said we gotta get our equip- ferring to people barbecuing on the ment, like the grill, everything, out,” parkway. “I don’t like it because of the he said. smoke, the garbage, and the fire thrown Norwood News previously reported on the trees.” JOIN US: a host of issues that can result from il- According to Elizabeth Quaranta, legal barbecues, like excessive litter president of the community group June 5th and food waste which attract vermin, Friends of Mosholu Parkland, the red noise complaints, damaged grass or signs are not enough to detract deter- trees from the incorrect dumping of mined barbecuers. “We are nowhere Connect with several experts who will coal, or the potential for small fires. near prepared for the barbecue sea- As cookout season kicks offs, Park son,” Quaranta said. “The outreach for answer your questions and guide you Enforcement Patrol (PEP) officers letting people know where the barbecue are once again tasked with ensuring areas in the Bronx [are] has been none through the homebuying process. summer barbecue rules don’t go up in from Parks Department.” smoke. Quaranta also believes that new vis- A Parks Department spokeswoman itors to the neighborhood aren’t aware said that 40 PEP officers are expected of the current barbecue rules. She said, June 5th to patrol the parks during Memorial “With the increase of housing and new JEROME AVENUE BRANCH Day and July 4th holidays. families already here, and the new ones 3445 Jerome Avenue But timesheet records obtained coming in, the Friends group are afraid through a Freedom of Information Act that when they see someone barbecue 5:30-7:00 p.m. (FOIA) request to the Parks Depart- on the parkway, they will assume that RSVP: (718) 240-4792 ment showed that 26 PEP officers pa- it is allowed.” trolled Bronx parks last July 4th. This Violators face a $50 fine if caught il- year, PEP will increase their numbers legally barbecuing. A $250 fine will be to 40 officers patrolling borough parks given to people who disobey direct or- on Memorial Day and July 4th. ders from police or PEP officers. The Parks Department did not re- Editor’s Note: Parts of Van Cort- spond for comment on last year’s PEP landt Park, Pelham Bay Park, Mill Pond numbers. Park, , and other officers are specifically tasked parks allow for barbecuing. A full list with patrolling public parks, even can be found on Parks Department web- quelling disputes that sometimes can site: www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/ © 2018 Ridgewood Savings Bank lead to arrests. barbecue. The• Academy• of•• Mount• St•• Ursula Four• Years• To• Last•• A• Lifetime THE FUTURE IS NOW CONGRATULATIONS TO• THE• •CLASS• OF• 2018•

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