3URXGO\6HUYLQJ%URQ[&RPPXQLWLHV6LQFHProudly Serving Bronx Communities Since 1988FREE FREE Vol 27,ORWOOD No 18Q • PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION COR P ORATION • SEWSEQP T . 18-OCt. 1, 2014 NVol. 27, No. 8 PUBLISHED BY MOSHOLU PRESERVATION CORPORATION N April 17–30, 2014 BX. PRIMARY ROUNDUP INQUIRING PHOTOGRaphER: POLITICAL WINNERS AND LOSERS | pgS 2-3 taKE on NYpd caMS | PG 4 WEBSTER HOUSING Help Coming for Norwood Fire RENTS REVEALED Victims | pg 5 Supportive Housing Worries Quelled JGH-BID Gears Up for Sept. 20 Fall Fest | pg 9 Be Healthy: Med Take-Back Day | pg 12 Photo by Adi Talwar THE STAGG GROUP buildings continue to go up amid assurances the site will not become supportive housing. By DAVID CRUZ Ave., the first type of hous- dicate that developers, The For close to a year, commu- Fears of new support- ing built following exten- Stagg Group, a family owned nity leaders suspected Stagg ive housing along Webster sive rezoning in 2009. Cop- development firm, will in- would sneak in support- Avenue have been quelled ies of the list have yet been deed build mixed-use apart- ive housing units, a type of following the preliminary presented for approval to ments that cater to would-be housing that offers social release of rent listings, sig- Housing Preservation and working class tenants and services for formerly men- nifying concrete progress Development, the oversight those just above the mark. tally ill, homeless, or drug Living in Squalor: for a burgeoning corridor. agency for affordable hous- By revealing the list to abusers. Life at Decatur Ave. The Norwood News ob- ing, according to a spokes- stakeholders, Mr. Stagg puts The project serves as a Buildings | pgs 16-17 tained copies of a rent list for woman. himself in a position to de- benchmark for the neighbor- 2979, 2985, and 2999 Webster In this case, the lists in- liver on these apartments. 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