Police Surveillance at Evander Campus

We found this School Safety vehicle right out of the movie 'Stripes' across the street from the Evander Childs Campus. In the movie a similar vehicle attacked an enemy prison where a troop of soldiers were being kept prisoner. In freeing the troop the similar vehicle in the movie also took down a tank.

So just what is the purpose of this war like vehicle that was parked in front of a fire hydrant?

Senator Jamaal Bailey Celebrates Unions and Caribbean Culture

      It was a parade down White Plains Road to PS 41

  Saturday Senator Jamaal Bailey hosted his 2nd annual Unions and Caribbean celebration parade. The parade started on Nereid Ave. / 238th Street and went down along White Plains Rd. to PS 41. The event featured the vibrant colors and culture found in the Caribbean, as well as labor leaders and union members. Following the parade, there were a series of performances and presentations at PS 41. 

Senator Bailey said "The 36th District is filled with so much diversity in culture and in labor. I am thrilled to be out here celebrating that energy and hard work that is instilled in my constituents. I am so proud to be from a community like the one found here in the district,"        

This year's honoree's were PO Michael Chin from the 47th Precinct, Michelle Sajous from Riverbay Corporation, Community Activist Patricia Williams, and David Caraballoso from CCA Metro. 

The awards and dances were done on stage in the auditorium, information tables and a bouncy house were set up in the gym, and delicious Caribbean food was available in the cafeteria.

Above - The parade nears Gun Hill Road.

Below - One of the dance groups that performed. 

Above - A chance to get your picture with three lovely parade marchers.
Below - Honoree Patrica Williams with Senator Bailey.

Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez to Announce Candidacy in 15th Congressional District

 In a press release sent out Sunday night Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez is to announce his candidacy in the 15th Congressional race Monday Afternoon.

Councilman Rodriguez said that he received the majority of the vote in the 15th Congressional District in the February Special Election for Public Advocate. Of the candidates currently in the 15th Congressional race. Assemblyman Blake and former City Council Speaker Mark-Viverito also ran in the special election. 

As was the case in the special election where Rodriguez ran under the Unite Immigrants name, he says that he is the candidate of immigrants who will stand up to President Trump's anti immigration policies.

The 15th Congressional District is 66 percent Hispanic, 28 percent Black, 3 percent White, and 3 percent others.

Other candidates include Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr., Councilman Ritchie Torres, Assemblyman Michael Blake, former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, BOEDC President Marlene Cintron, Johnathan Ortiz, Thomas Ramos, Chinvona Newsome, and the probability of more candidates such as Samelys Lopez and Julio Pabon who have mentioned a possible candidacy.

State Senator Gustavo Rivera dropped out shortly after announcing, deciding to stay in the State Senate. Former Assemblyman Eric Stevenson also dropped out at the end of  August telling us that he was going to run for his old assembly seat.

New 86th Assembly District Democratic Club

 Louella Hatch Democratic Club: Vision and Statement

LHDC is dedicated to carrying on Ms. Louella Hatch’s lifetime legacy of service to the borough of the Bronx.

LHDC is organized to offer a political home to all residents of the borough of the Bronx, as well as to serve the following objectives:

* To promote local civic engagement in the Bronx County Community;

* To nurture potential leadership for the County of the Bronx;

* To instill ethics and a sense of shared purpose in it’s members;

* To shape public discourse about the political process in the Bronx;

* To reinforce value in civil rights, communication, equality, integrity, human

rights and democratic processes;

* To encourage and support candidates who share and represent LHDC’s

Democratic values; and

* To encourage the youth of the Bronx to engage in the Democratic process.

Above - Tish Hatch thanks the almost one-hundred people gathered to honor her mother by naming the new 86th Assembly Democratic Club in her mother's memory.
Below - Could it be current Councilman Fernando Cabrera who will benefit from the new Loullea Hatch Democratic Club in 2020 ?

New BRAG Office at 1 East Fordham Road

  Wednesday afternoon Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence Northwest opened its second Bronx location at One East Fordham Road at the corner of Jerome Avenue. In 2015 BRAG West opened at Good Shepherd Services on West 183rd Street. The goal of BRAG is to break the cycle of violence, by having those who have made a mistake ending up in jail help and advise young people of the options they have to stay out of a criminal career. 

Besides gun violence BRAG also handles stabbings, and beat downs. BRAG is affiliated with three Bronx schools where crime is down up to sixty-six percent. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Assemblyman Victor Pichardo, Councilman Fernando Cabrera, and State Senator Gustavo Rivera were on hand,with Senator Rivera presenting BRAG with a check for Eight Thousand Dollars to continue the success of the program. 

Above - Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Praises the work of the many people associated with the BRAG program.

Below - State Senator Gustavo Rivera presents the BRAG program with one check for eight thousand dollars.

The ribbon cutting of the new BRAG office at 1 East Fordham Road.

Lehman Center for the Performing Arts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

  The home of Music and Arts some call the Lincoln Center of the Bronx, the Lehman College Center for the Performing Arts has finished its $15.4 million dollar renovation. Thursday was the ribbion cutting ceremony that added over five thousand square feet of new space, and solved the problem of the center not being ADA accessible. 

Hundreds of people were on hand to see the new facade of the center, hear from those at Lehman College, and be able to tour the revamped Lehman College Center for the Performing Arts building.

While several elected officials were on hand, City Council members Andrew Cohen and Andy King provided New York City Funding. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. was the only elected official to speak.

Above - Hundreds of people were on hand for the ribbon cutting.
Below - Executive Director of the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts Ms. Eva Bornstein talks of the improvements to the building.

Above - Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. Speaks of the importance of the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts.
Below - The ribbon cutting.

Wave Hill events October 3 - October 10

Thu, October 3

Garden Highlights Walk

Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for a public tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.

Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 1PM

Fri, October 4

Garden Highlights Walk

Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for a public tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.

Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 1PM

Sat, October 5

Family Art Project: Cephalopod Prints

For International Cephalopod day, create your own wearable octopus arms and squid tentacles, using creative printing techniques for each of your many limbs. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.

Wave Hill House, 10AM–1PM

Sat, October 5

Garden Design Walk: The Flower Garden at Wave Hill

Tour the Flower Garden, glorious each fall, with Director of Public Programs Laurel Rimmer. Inspired by the publication of Nature into Art: The Gardens of Wave Hill, releasing in September, 2019, this walk is an opportunity to see how plant combinations and colors, both planned and serendipitous, refresh the design of the garden beds and planted containers in each season. The Flower Garden draws inspiration from the Arts and Crafts gardening style, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Free with admission to the grounds.

Meet at the Perkins Visitor Center, 1PM

Sat, October 5 

Artists and Curators Talk: Figuring the Floral

Join us for a walkthrough with artists and curators of Figuring the Floral. This exhibition features artists who employ floral imagery to explore representations of identity, including race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, aging and other facets. Free with admission to the grounds.

Glyndor Gallery, 2PM

Sun, October 6

Family Art Project: Cephalopod Prints

For International Cephalopod day, create your own wearable octopus arms and squid tentacles, using creative printing techniques for each of your many limbs. Free with admission to the grounds.

Wave Hill House, 10AM–1PM

Sun, October 6

Nature into Art: The Gardens of Wave Hill―A Conversation Moderated by Stephen Orr

Join us for a lively conversation about the new book Nature into Art: The Gardens of Wave Hill, to be released by Timber Press in late September. Nature into Art explores different areas of the gardens, with helpful information about the plants, techniques and design choices that define this remarkable garden. Joining moderator Stephen Orr, Editor-in-Chief of Better Homes and Gardens, will be Wave Hill’s Founding Director of Horticulture Marco Polo Stufano, current Senior Director of Horticulture Louis Bauer and the book’s author and photographer, Tom Christopher and Ngoc Minh Ngo, respectively. Hear from the creative forces behind this world-renowned garden and the extraordinary story of how, in Tom Christopher’s words, Wave Hill “remade American gardening—as it continues to do today.” A reception follows the event, at which copies of the book will be available for purchase ($40). Book Talk and Reception - $30. Wave Hill Members save 10%. Reservations at wavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center.

Wave Hill House, 2–4PM

Sun, October 6

Garden Highlights Walk

Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for a public tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.

Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 2PM

Mon, October 7

Wave Hill is closed.

Tue, October 8

Art Workshop series begins: The Idea of Beauty in Photography *SOLD OUT*

Since the invention of photography at the beginning of the 19th century, practitioners have wrestled with the problem of beauty. What makes a photograph beautiful? Must a photograph be beautiful to be good? Join photographer Benjamin Swett in exploring the meaning of beauty in photography through slide lectures, class discussions, outdoor photography in the woods and gardens of Wave Hill, and critiques of student work. Suitable for all levels. $245; Wave Hill Members save 10%. Registration required, online at wavehill.org or at the Perkins Visitor Center. This four-session series continues October 15, 22 and 29.

Wave Hill House, 10AM–1PM

Tue, October 8

Gallery Tour

Tour Glyndor Gallery with Wave Hill’s Curatorial Assistant or Gallery Greeter to get an insider’s view of current exhibitions. A flower’s life cycle of budding, blooming and pollinating, as well as its process of decay, strongly echoes the human condition. The exhibition Figuring the Floral features artists who apply this symbolism to their work—touching on race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, aging and other facets of identity. Participating artists are Derrick Adams, Nicole Awai, Bahar Behbahani, Christian Ruiz Berman, Sanford Biggers, Cecile Chong, Max Colby, Abigail DeVille, Valerie Hegarty, Christopher K. Ho and Kevin Zucker, Diana Lozano, Natalia Nakazawa, Ebony G. Patterson, Bundith Phunsombatlert, Lina Puerta, Simonette Quamina, David Rios Ferreira, Alexandria Smith, Katherine Toukhy, Lina Iris Viktor, William Villalongo and Saya Woolfalk. In the Sunroom, Emily Oliveira creates a vibrant, installation using large-scale, textile pieces, sculpture and video to transform the Sunroom into a devotional space for a decolonized, queer utopia 1,000 years into the future. In the Sun Porch, Duy Hoàng creates a sculptural installation inspired by his research and material experimentation. In his laboratory-like setting, Hoàng creates a shelter and uses intersecting Paracords and tree branches to juxtapose found objects, such as fallen plants and photographs of fauna and flora sourced from Wave Hill.  Free with admission to the grounds.

Glyndor Gallery, 2PM

Wed, October 9

Garden Highlights Walk

Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for a public tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.

Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 1PM

Thu, October 10

Garden Highlights Walk

Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for a public tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.

Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 1PM

A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River  and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscape, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

HOURS – Open all year, Tuesday through Sunday and many major holidays: 9AM–5:30PM, March 15–October 31. Closes 4:30PM, starting November 1.

ADMISSION – $10 adults, $6 students and seniors 65+, $4 children 6–18. Free Saturday and Tuesday mornings until noon. Free to Wave Hill Members and children under 6.

PROGRAM FEES – Programs are free with admission to the grounds unless otherwise noted.

Visitors to Wave Hill can take advantage of Metro-North’s one-day getaway offer. Purchase a discount round-trip rail far and discount admission to the gardens. More at http://mta.info/mnr/html/getaways/outbound_wavehill.htm

DIRECTIONS – Getting here is easy! Located only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, as well as the W. 242nd Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking is available nearby with continuous, complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot and our front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at www.wavehill.org/visit/.

Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at www.wavehill.org.

BREAKING: WFP endorses Elizabeth Warren!

  To Bad Bill de Blasio:

The Working Families Party is proud to announce our endorsement of Elizabeth Warren in the Democratic primary for president of the United States!

We’re committed to helping Elizabeth win — and to organizing in our communities and online to make sure that the issues that matter to working families remain at the center of this primary campaign. But first we need to know: are you in?

We believe the best way to defeat Donald Trump in 2020 is with a bold vision of a nation that works for the many, not just the few. That's why we're not sitting on the sidelines.

Over the last few months, the Working Families Party engaged in a deliberative process.

We want a future where everyone can thrive, no matter who you are, where you come from, who you love, or how much money is in your pocket. Where we can all be free.

The 20 richest Americans have more wealth than the bottom half of our nation, while a full quarter of our nation’s children live in poverty. We’re the only industrialized nation in the world without universal paid sick days and family leave or guaranteed access to healthcare. Our system of mass incarceration and for-profit prisons jails tens of thousands of young people of color, and deprives them of their vote and their voice. Our cruel immigration system separates families and throws kids in cages.

Elizabeth Warren is one of the smartest, fiercest champions for working families in America today. Her critique of Wall Street and the financial industry helped lay the groundwork for Occupy Wall Street and she was the driving force behind the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Senator Warren has a clear vision of how race, class, and gender intersect, and her working-class background has given her deep insight into the struggles families face every da\6

Are you in?

Yes, I'm in! » No, I'm supporting another candidate » I haven't decided on a candidate yet »

In solidarity,

Maurice Mitchell
National Director
Working Families Party

EDITOR'S NOTE:

NO. We are not in with the WFP.