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To the editor: The federal budget process can often seem distant and convoluted. However, the upcoming budget decisions could have a profound impact on the Bronx and our own 15th Congressional District. more

5/21/23

New way forward is needed here

To the editor: During the Covid-19 pandemic, New York City froze. In particular, health care services froze in their tracks under the strain and demand, and shifted to responding to this new … more

5/21/23

A $2.5 million facelift of Van Cortlandt Golf Course and clubhouse was completed in 2014 and many, including Debra Travis, parks committee chair, trumpeted its improvements and restoration. As of recent, the clubhouse had break-ins. The 50th Precinct could not confirm if police reports were made. As of now, the windows are boarded up.

Report: Vannie golf course concessions are lacking

The historic Van Cortlandt Golf Course may have beautiful greens and holes but its infrastructure is showing its age. more

By Stacy Driks | 5/21/23

Press photo editor Duran leaving for West Coast fellowship

Riverdale Press photography editor Hiram Alejandro Durán is heading to the West Coast next month as a CatchLight Local California fellow and Report For America photo corps member. His last day at The Press is May 31. more

By Gary Larkin | 5/21/23

It’s Zumba for Mother’s Day

All the mothers and children get together in The Female Fight Club offices on Riverdale Avenue Saturday, May 13 to enjoy their Mother’s Day presents. more

5/21/23

The corner of West 225th and Broadway where a car was recently stolen.

Bailey Apartment robbed

A man reported to police on April 24 his home inside 3460 Bailey Ave., was broken into and robbed. more

By Eric Harvey | 5/21/23

Gloria Hejduk was a woman of culture, 94

Gracious, curious, and thoughtful, Gloria Fiorentino Hejduk was a true intellectual and marvelous interlocutor who valued her family and friends with fierce loyalty and devotion. more

5/21/23

A kindergarten class at P.S. 24 Spuyten Duyvil was the site of a troubling lesson in segregation by teacher Bonnie Roth in January.

Teacher gets hard lesson in diversity, inclusion

In what was meant as a Black history lesson on Ruby Bridges for both kindergarten students of color and their white classmates at P.S. 24 Spuyten Duyvil turned into a teachable moment for the teacher who has worked at the school for more than two decades. more

By Gary Larkin | 5/14/23

Protestors and New York police officers crowd the subway platform at Broadway-Lafayette on Wednesday, May 3 following the death of a homeless man who was killed on a F train at the hands of a former Marine.

For some, New York City is not ‘Gotham’

Several local groups and politicians have criticized the response of the New York Police Department and elected figures in the aftermath of the killing of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless Michael Jackson impersonator, who was choked to death last week by a 24-year-old former Marine on a Manhattan subway train. more

By Eric Harvey | 5/14/23

Macquesten Development put in a proposal for a 16-story state-of-the-art affordable housing building in Yonkers. New York City and Yonkers rules on protecting migrating birds differ. This leaves the question for the Bronx, what will happen to the birds that fly over Van Cortlandt Park?

A building in Yonkers could very well become Vannie’s problem

Van Cortlandt Park spreads over 1,000 acres of land. North of the New York City park reaches parts of Yonkers. A proposed state-of-the-art, 16-story affordable housing building named The Parker may soon become part of a border war between the two municipalities. All in the name of birds. more

By Stacy Driks | 5/14/23

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50 Years on the Job

Building relationships simply by repairing one kitchen at a time

Felix Lam has been the superintendent at 2465 Palisade Ave., in Spuyten Duyvil for 50 years. The 81-year-old has made his home — and career — at the eight-story co-op since he was a young man. And how does that make him feel? “I’m very happy about it,” Lam said.

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