Dec
05
Michael Nagle for The New York Times
Engine Company 271 on Himrod Street in Brooklyn will work only days, but the ladder company will be on duty 24 hours.
The Fire Department is reducing night duty at four city firehouses next month as a cost-cutting measure, and closing down the firehouse on Governors Island, the fire commissioner said on Thursday.
The commissioner, Nicholas Scoppetta, said the reductions would be made in every borough except Queens. They are expected to save about $8.9 million and are part of the department’s efforts to meet budget cuts demanded by the mayor.
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Dec
05
Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times
Cindy Lockett, at right, returns to her daughter, Rachel, who spent time with Eve Medina, a volunteer at a child care center in Bronx Family Court, while her mother was busy in the court.
Cheerful spirits are rare inside the Bronx Family Courthouse, a stone fortress at 900 Sheridan Avenue whose chambers brim with juvenile offenders, troubled spouses and abused children. But inside room 7-90, the weightiest matter is choosing between the toy blocks or the finger paints.
Room 7-90 is the Children’s Center, an oasis of calm in a building whose courtrooms are often filled with sadness, anger and trauma.
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Dec
05
Sometimes there’s nothing like loud screaming music. I especially like to listen to this type of music when I’m running an errand or picking up my kids from school. I also like listening to it when I’m at home on my day off after working in the yard or washing the dishes.
Other times I like to listen to loud music on my way to work and just before I go to bed.
Let’s face it, I love loud music most of the time.
One of these loud and screaming bands that has been constantly playing on my iPod is the Bronx.
The hard-core punk band from Los Angeles has just released its third studio album, “The Bronx.” And it’s a fistful of dynamite.
Opening with the driving force of “Knifeman” and getting in my face with the abrasive “Inveigh,” the CD’s first two tracks take me by the ears and shake my soul and rattle my brain. Read more..
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