Thursday, December 17, 2009

Round'em Up

Here are some Bronx-related stories which we've rounded up you, our lovely readers, while trolling the interweb with our horse and lasso this fine morning:

The City has finally pumped 625,000 gallons of stagnant water from 'the swamp' in Mott Haven [New York Times]

Cabbies are fired up about fees they need to pay in order to do business at Gateway Center [NY1]

A profile of a Bronx artist who has served as a photog for the New York Times for nearly 40 years [New York Times]

An opinion piece points out that the City Council acted in defiance of the City Charter by voting down the Armory deal in the manner which they did
[New York Post]

Seven Bronx parks are among 24 city-wide that will be scrapped from Bloomberg's environmental plan which would have refurbished them [New York Times]

Gov. Paterson admits that the level of unemployment in the Bronx indicates a 'state of emergency' [Bronx News Network]

~ErLu

2 comments:

MargaretBX said...

How about the Bronx Bus routes the Bronx is losing -- including what I consider a very important bus route, the BX 34, which connects Woodlawn, Norwood, Bedford Park and Fordham? And connects Woodlawn to the subway?

There's a few other buses being cancelled in the Bronx, and I don't know them, and so don't know if they are expendable or not, but I don't think the 34 is expendable.

Boogiedowner said...

I haven't been able to find an article which really details the MTA's doomsday budget impact on the Bronx... Can anyone suggest one?