Intrepid newsman David Greene captured this photo of a woman who had something to get off her chest. The woman decided to walk through a Norwood street festival topless.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): News Photog Captures Vicious Pitbull Attack
Bronx News (Bxnews.net): News Photog Captures Vicious Pitbull Attack: (Photos by David Greene) BRONX, NEW YORK, August 22- Dozens of Concourse residents watched in horror as a dog was brutally a...
News Photog Captures Vicious Pitbull Attack
(Photos by David Greene)
BRONX, NEW YORK, August 22- Dozens of Concourse residents watched in horror as a dog was brutally attacked by a pit bull. Two police officers stayed back at a safe distance, one holding a billy club as a half dozen residents separated the two dogs. The critically injured dog was taken by cab to a local animal hospital, its condition was not known. The alleged owners of the pit bull were allowed to take the dog back inside an apartment building and no report was taken or summons issued by police.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Investigate Cougar Gate!
Naomi Rivera’s Opponent Calls on DA, Attorney General to Probe Alleged Misuse of Tax Payer $
By Robert Press
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BRONX, NEW YORK, August 20- Follow the money, is what Naomi Rivera’s opponent is saying to investigators in regards to affairs the assemblywoman had with younger men whom she put on staff at her office and at a not-for-profit. The political challenger is calling on the Bronx DA and state Attorney General to investigate alleged misuse of tax payer dollars.
Mark Gjonaj candidate for the 80th assembly district sent the following statement: “The Post story shows a clear misuse of public tax payer dollars, which only serves to further voters’ lack of confidence in their elected officials. These allegations necessitate an immediate investigation by the Bronx District Attorney and the NY state Attorney General. I am sure on election day, the voters will make their voices clear that this behavior is no longer acceptable by their public officials.”
Another opponent of Assemblywoman Rivera Adam Bermudez said, "I believe that no voters who have heard the well reported facts regarding misappropriation of tax dollars will vote for the incumbent Assemblywoman.
In what has become the second of a series of stories the New York Post last Sunday had a front page story about Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera titled “SUGAR MAMA.”
This was a tell all story by “BOY TOY” #1 Vincent “Vinny” Pinela on how he got a job as executive director of a non profit The Bronx Council for Economic Development. In the Post article Pinela claims that he had no experience in non profits, but was hired at a salary of $60,000 at the urging of Assemblywoman Rivera after the two started to see each other. The Post article goes on to say that Pinela and Rivera shared an address for parts of 2008 and 2009, that the non profit received over $300,000 in grants from the state, and that Assemblywoman Rivera herself steered just under half of the monies to the non profit herself.
As for where the state monies went, the Post says that romantic dinners, a payment of over $40,000 to a production company owned by one of the assemblywoman’s family members for work done in 2007, and political expenses and donations, (which the Post says were not allowed by a non profit) were among other items.
"The allegations made by Mr. Pinela against me are untrue and are made intentionally and maliciously to defame my character, and to question my integrity. Friends, and constituents who know me, know that these are baseless accusations. I will not let myself be distracted from the work that needs to be done in my district," said Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera.
As to why the article brings in her father Assemblyman Jose Rivera who was the Bronx Democratic County Leader from 2002 until 2008, I spoke with Mr. Mike Nieves (her father’s campaign manager), who said “Jose Rivera's daughters private life has nothing to do with her father.”
I spoke to several other people which included Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. who asked me to make sure that I mentioned that He was the first elected official to endorse Mark Gjonaj for the 80th Assembly seat, not Naomi Rivera. Political Strategist Patrick Jenkins spokesman for the Bronx Democratic County Organization said, “The Bronx Democratic County Organization stands behind Assemblyman Naomi Rivera and continues to support her, and will not change their position.” Again there were some supporters of Assemblywoman Rivera who did not want to comment.
You can go to my blog at www.100percentbronx.blogspot.com and check the archive section on the left for the links to both Sunday's and Monday's New York Post stories.
Screwing Wakefield?
Wakefield Area News
By Mary Lauro
BRONX, NEW YORK, August 20- Praxis Initiatives is the group that will be building a 60-unit supportive Housing colossus on White Plains Road opposite Food Town. In their latest letters to our elected officials where they show off a sketch of what the structure will look like, they fail to mention that it will mainly house couples one or both with HIV/AIDS. The structure is enormous and totally out of keeping with local architecture. It reminds one of construction in communist Russia circa 1960. Building will begin soon.
Not satisfied with invading our community like alien spores from outer space, they also plan to do whatever possible to really screw Wakefield. They are asking Councilman Oliver Koppell and Borough President Diaz for $500,000 each (that is our money) to run a program which Praxis claims will not only help their clients, but all of Wakefield. We are asking Councilman Koppell to not comply with their requests. The following letter we are sending him will explain our point of view.
“We understand that Praxis Initiative is requesting of you a discretionary capital grant of $500,000 for a horticultural program it claims will benefit the Wakefield community as well as its clients. Apparently, Praxis does not know that Wakefield and CB12 is a middle class community. It is not the old south Bronx. This is a community of homeowners, not renters. Having gardens in front and back of their homes, they do not need lessons in horticulture. Many of them can give lessons in horticulture. Besides, we have Bissell Gardens for the very few who are interested.
“Praxis' claims that it wishes to help the community are specious. Wakefield and CB12 are top heavy in seniors, but when Praxis was asked to provide one quarter of their units for senior housing, it refused. Parking on White Plains Road is often difficult, yet when asked to provide a level of parking for the business district, it refused.
“Instead, it wants to provide lessons in horticulture, sell plant and gardening supplies, sell produce from a storefront and run a farmer's market when in season. How silly and destructive can Praxis be?
“Less than half a block away from its building, there is a plant and supply store. Does it plan to take business away from it or plan to shut it down? Across the street from the Praxis gulag-building is Food Town and four blocks away there is Key Foods. Both sell produce as do the two greengrocers less than a stone's throw from where Praxis wants to set up shop. A farmer's market opposite Food Town? Is it trying to shut down Food Town? Furthermore, Bissell Gardens has a Farmer's Market when in season.
“Wakefield is awash in greenery. One wonders whether any member of the Praxis staff has walked through Wakefield. Praxis wants to provide what Wakefield does not need by calling it therapeutic. There is not a scintilla of scientific evidence to back up that outrageous claim.
“We understand the goodness of your heart. You seemed to favor Praxis since it invaded us. It is with utmost respect that I point out a mitzvah should be done with one's own resources, not other people's. This is our tax money. Neither the Torah nor the Bible asks us to rob Peter to pay Paul.
“We realize Wakefield is a small part of your constituency, nonetheless if you have $500,000 in discretionary funds to distribute for the benefit of the community we have many suggestions which would do just that. The following are only two. Placing security cameras along White Plains Road would do much to inhibit the drug and criminal trade or using it to supply some of the needs at PS16 would go far to benefit the children's future.
“Finally, we note that Praxis claims to be working with the Wakefield community. That is a lie. We are the Wakefield community. From the outset, Praxis has worked against the Wakefield community.”
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Yanks are Sitting Pretty
Beat Boston to Continue Command of First
(Photo by Gary Quintal)
By Howard Goldin
BRONX, NEW YORK, August 20- More than 330,000 fans came to Yankee Stadium during the most recent seven game homestand of the Yankees. Many fans took advantage of summer vacations to spend some time at the great ballpark in the Bronx.
The first four games were contests between the Texas Rangers, leaders of the American League West, and the Yanks, leaders of the American League East. Fans could have been witnessing a preview of the ALCS. The battle between the two American League powerhouses was centered upon which of the two clubs would finish the 2012 season with the best record in the league, thus capturing home field advantage in the American League Championship Series.
The two clubs entered the series with identical won/loss marks, 67-47. The Yanks clinched the four-game series by winning the first three contests while holding the Rangers to a total of four runs. Yankees starters David Phelps, Hiroki Kuroda and Freddy Garcia each won one contest.
The Texas offense came to life in the final game on Thursday by scoring 10 runs on 16 hits. The 10-6 victory allowed the Rangers to leave the Bronx without having been swept.
Although the Yanks gave up 10 runs on Thursday, manager Joe Girardi reflected on the team’s fine work, “We pitched pretty well. We swung the bats pretty well. We played pretty good baseball. We’re in the race for the best record.”
After the Rangers limped out of town on Thursday night, the Boston Red Sox began their second three-day visit within a month. The three sell-out crowds were treated to some interesting baseball between the arch-rivals in the American League East.
The Yanks, more than any other club in the majors, have lived and died by the home run. On Friday, their season high of five homers provided them with a 6-4 victory over the Red Sox. On Saturday, the only run scored by New York was by a solo home run by Curtis Granderson. The single run was not sufficient as Boston won by a score of 4-1.
The multi-homer hitter for the Yankees on Sunday night was not the usual suspect. Icharo Suzuki homered in consecutive at bats to the delight of the full house. He followed the two four baggers with an infield single. Much less surprising was that Derek Jeter hit safely in his first three at bats. The three hits raised his career total to 3,251, one below Napoleon Lajoie, who is in 12th place. The four Yankee runs were scored by the two future Hall of Famers, Jeter and Suzuki. Each crossed the plate twice during the game.
Hiroki Kuroda held Boston scoreless for 6.1 innings before surrendering a solo home run to Adrian Gonzalez. That homer was the only run given up By Kuroda in his eight innings on the mound. The 4-1 win was the ninth in his last 11 decisions.
The Yanks are still leading the race in the A.L. East, but the final outcome has not been decided. Tampa, in second place, has won 11 of its last 13 and Baltimore, in the third place, has won 11 of 15. The Yanks will face the Rays in six additional games and will play Baltimore on seven more occasions. The Yankees have kept pace with their challengers, winning 9 of their last 12 contests. The home games were not only a financial success, but were beneficial to the pennant race for New York as the Yanks won five of the seven games played.
The ability of the Yankees to win on the road as effectively as they do at Yankee Stadium will also be a factor in the race for the American East title as 16 of the club’s next 22 games will be played on the road.
The answer to where the Yankees will place as the regular season concludes may be a little clearer to discern on August 27 when the Yanks return to the Bronx after a six game road trip.
Will DOT Plan Cause a Headache for Riverdale?
Riverdale Report
By Robert Press
BRONX, NEW YORK, August 20- On Tuesday night August 14th There was a special meeting of the Traffic & Transportation Committee of Community Board 8 to see a proposal by the DOT on how they were going to make the Broadway corridor safer from West 242nd Street to the city line with Yonkers.
The proposal was sent to the Community Board by DOT for the members of the committee to view and then have comments ready at the meeting. Being a member of the committee I received the proposal on August 7th from the community board office, and in order not to create a conflict of interest I could not mention it to anyone outside of the committee. I could therefore not do any reporting on the proposal by DOT until after the August 14th meeting, which is what I am doing. I was surprised to see in the Thursday August 9th edition of the Riverdale Press a story about the DOT proposal, saying that it was obtained by The Press, and giving some exact details that were in the proposal. I received a call from a newspaper reporter for the Riverdale Review asking me to see the proposal, and asking how the competing local newspaper got the report, also saying that DOT told her they only gave the proposal to the community board. I said that I could not show or talk about the DOT proposal until the August 14th meeting, that I did not know how the competing newspaper obtained the report, and that she should ask the Community Board 8 chairperson Mr. Robert Fanuzzi how the paper obtained the DOT proposal since he has announced in the past that the media should only go through him for any requests for community board information or for answers to questions about the board.
As for the DOT proposal, the main theme is to narrow the travel lanes and to make the curb parking lane wider. This according to DOT will slow traffic and make Broadway safer as they have done to other streets around the city. I had several questions including that it looked like DOT was leaving room for a bicycle lane to be put in at a future time (not that I am against bike lanes), where as DOT Bronx Commissioner Connie Moran said that there is no plan to put any bike lane there. I said that the proposal does nothing at West 242nd Street to stop the deadheading of Westchester buses in the city bus stop forcing the city bus to load and unload in the one (middle) northbound lane while the other lane is for left turns only as shown by an illustration in the proposal. I also had concerns about vehicles crossing over the narrow yellow lane as they went around double parked buses by the sports fields or curves in the road, and was told that it would not happen. Another concern was that the dangerous corner of Broadway and Mosholu Avenue was not addressed by the proposal, and again was told that narrowing the lanes would take care of that. When the vote came to approve the DOT proposal, I abstained because I believe that the DOT proposal does not address all the issues.
You can go to my blog at www.100percentbronx.blogspot.com to see this weeks list of events that will be going on at Wave Hill. Wave Hill is a 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades.
Tuesday night August 28th is the date for a “Free Summer Concert In Seton Park” by hit singer Gloria Gayner. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. (you may want to bring a chair or blanket) and is being sponsored by Senator Jeff Klein as one of his many Summer Concerts being held throughout his district. Seton Park is located at Independence Avenue and West 232nd street, and the repaving of Independence Avenue has been completed. You can call 800-718-2039 for more information on this or other Summer Concerts by Senator Klein.
If you have any comments about this column or would like to have an event listed or covered in this column or on my blog you can e-mail us at 100percentbronxnews@gmail.com or call 718-644-4199 Mr. Robert Press.
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