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By SÍLE MOLONEY of the wall behindRecent Azalea gar- RecoveriesTowers. for Clientsmunity, FOMP were conscious When Elizabeth Quaranta den, adjacent to Mosholu Park- “The culture and demo- that the corner sometimes be- began fundraisingConstruction two years way subway Accident station, located at graphics of this area, Truckmostly came Accident unsightly due to excess ago with Friends of Mosholu Mosholu Parkway and Jerome Black, Hispanic and people of litter, beer cans, and spray Parkland (FOMP) forPolice a commu -Misconduct Elevator Accident Avenue. color would greatly appreciate paint on the park wall. They 1/8 Page 1/4nity mural Page in Azalea - Garden, HorizontalCar AccidentTheir objective was to beau- a mural whereSlip the main & charFall- knewAccident that left unmaintained, she had no idea that fundrais- tify a leafy corner of Mosholu acter is of color,” and that they the area 2.8542”could also appear wide un- Howby Foodtown’s2.2625” high 5.875”ing would turn wide out to be the by eas- 2.2625”Parkland, loved high and frequented could relate to,” wrote Quar- safe, and potentially deter peo- ier part of the project. Ifby theYou elderly, Can’t the homeless, Come anta, FOMP’sto US...We’ll acting voluntary ple Come from using theto adjacent You! sub- Re-Opening Plan TheWe volunteer speak community Spanish,veterans, and local Russian,residents, executive director,Chinese, in an email Hebrew,way station which serves Polish the & Creole association’s plan was to paint some of whom live in subsi- to the City last month. No. 4 line to Woodlawn. 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GIRALT bi-weeklyBronx, New on ThursdaysYork 10467 by MosholuPhone: Preservation 718 324 4998Corporation Mosholu Preservation Corporation Wooden boards on the storefront 3400Fax: Reservoir 718 324 Oval2917 East E-mail: [email protected] Reservoir Oval East glass of the Amalgamated Bank at 94 Bronx, New York 10467 Web.:Bronx, www.norwoodnews.org New York 10467 E. Burnside Ave. give it the appearance of a long-time shuttered business. Offi- Publisher Phone: 718 324 4998 Phone: 718 324 4998 cially though, it is scheduled to close by Mosholu PreservationFax: 718 324 Corporation 2917 Sept. 25. E-mail: [email protected]: 718 324 2917 SeniorE-mail: Director [email protected] of MPC On Monday, Aug. 24 a group of pro- Melissa Web:Cebollero www.norwoodnews.org Web: www.norwoodnews.org testors gathered to let bank adminis- Executive Director of MPC Photo by José A. Giralt trators know the decision will hurt a Jennifer Tausig DR. BOLA OmotosHO, chairman of Community Board 5, speaks to a crowd pro- community already facing daunting PublisherInterim Editor-In-Chief, CEO, Norwood Mosholu News testing the closing of the Burnside Avenue branch of Amalgamated Bank on Monday, Publisher CEO, Mosholu MosholuSíle Moloney Preservation 3UHVHUYDWLRQ financial prospects in the midst of an Aug. 24, 2020. Mosholu Preservation [email protected] Corporation3UHVHUYDWLRQ economic downturn complicated by Corporation Corporation Interns Roberto S. Garcia a public health crisis. Speakers at the closely tied to big corporations and gamated remains committed to pro- Editor-in-Chief Roberto S. Garcia DavidAuréoleEditor-in-Chief Cruz Ribes rally included several small business Wall Street profits, Amalgamated viding continued resources for fi- RegularDavid Cruz Contributors owners as well as community board Bank was founded on the belief that nancial literacy in the Burnside David Greene, José A. Giralt, leaders. working-class people need a financial community and in our other Bronx &ODVVLÀHG$GYHUWLVLQJMiriam Quinones, Adi Talwar Dawn&ODVVLÀHG$GYHUWLVLQJ McEvoy The protest, organized by the Je- institution to work for them. branch location; offering remote Dawn McEvoy rome Avenue Revitalization Collab- According to the company’s web- transition services, including live on- $FFRXQWV5HFHLYDEOHFor Display Advertising Dawn$FFRXQWV5HFHLYDEOH McEvoy orative (JARC), was led by Pierina site, the bank was formed in 1923 by line trainings, as well as a dedicated CallDawn McEvoy Janet Geller at Sanchez, a local resident and client of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers phone number and email for Burn- Proofreader Amalgamated Bank. She is also a de- of America, the same labor union that side clients to get support. In addition Judy(646)Proofreader Noy 581-0399 Judy Noy clared city council candidate for Dis- sponsored the Amalgamated Housing to the 40,000+ Allpoint ATMs across 3URGXFWLRQ Support Your trict 14. During her remarks, Sanchez Cooperative in Van Cortlandt Village the country, 25 of which are within Neil3URGXFWLRQ deMause CommunityNeil deMause Newspaper! also criticized Chase Bank, which has a in the late 1920s. one mile of the Burnside branch, we 5HJXODU&RQWULEXWRUVThe Norwood News is a not-for-profit branch just a few blocks west on Burn- During the 20th century, the bank are working to get customers access Davidpublication5HJXODU&RQWULEXWRUV Greene, and Adi relies Talwar upon the support of itsDavid advertisers Greene, andAdi Talwarreaders to produce a side Avenue that has been closed since was the first to offer services targeted to Allpoint+, [and] deposit accepting Interns qualityInterns community newspaper. To support October 2019. at working New Yorkers and immi- ATMs in the area.” Shaylayour paper, Love, become Paolo Mossetti, a member Justin and McCallum,receive a “To us, these closures are personal. grants, like free checking accounts Amalgamated Bank’s stated com- andsubscriptionShayla Chelsea Love, Georgefor Paolo one Mossetti, year. Justin McCallum, and Chelsea George Today we stand together, organized and foreign-exchange transfer ser- mitment to the community still wor- Simply mail check or money order for $40 to: and concerned by the love of our com- vices securing safe remittances to rel- ries Sanchez though. For display advertising, call (718) 324-4998. NorwoodFor display News, advertising, 3400 Reservoir call (718) Oval 324-4998. East, munity and a commitment to our fu- atives abroad. “When Amalgamated says, ‘Don’t Bronx, NY 10467. Support Your ture,” she told the crowd. Responding to a request for com- worry, we’re going to have everybody NorwoodSupport News Your is not responsible for Emmanuel Martinez, Bronx Com- ment from Norwood News, a spokes- go into online banking,’ that doesn’t Community Newspaper! typographical errors. Opinions expressed in munity Board 7 chairperson, attended person from Amalgamated Bank work for us,” she said. “That doesn’t ThesignedCommunity Norwood letters Newsand Newspaper! bylinedLVDQRWIRUSURÀWSXE columns represent- licationtheThe sole Norwood and opinion relies News of upon theLVDQRWIRUSURÀWSXE authorthe support and areof its not - the rally and sees a similar problem wrote, “Throughout the pandemic, work for us because our community is advertisersnecessarilylication and and thoserelies readers uponof Mosholu theto produce support Preservation aof quality its arising in Norwood when financial our team has proactively reached out not all online and is not all knowledge- communityCorporationadvertisers newspaper.and or Montefiore readers To to supportproduce Medical your a Center.quality paper, institutions abruptly leave. “We had a to more than 1,000 Burnside custom- able about how to use the internet.” Editorialscommunity represent newspaper. the Toviews support of the your editor paper, become a member and receive a subscription situation where Chase just closed their ers – most of our Burnside customer Indeed, a report by the City Comp- only.become The a newspaper member and reserves receive the a subscription right forto limitone year.or refuse advertising it deems doors and we still feel it,” Martinez base – to help them gain access to on- troller in September 2019 supported for one year.