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NEW YORK Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. were joined by the pastors of four Bronx churches to announce the borough’s second gun buyback program in an effort to get illegal hand guns and other weapons off the streets and out of circulation.  Participants will receive a $200 pre-paid cash card for each eligible weapon surrendered, no questions asked.

The gun buyback / amnesty program will take place on one day only - Saturday, January 23, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at four drop-off locations.

Firearms may be surrendered at the following Bronx locations:

St. Luke’s Catholic Church
623 East 138th Street
(Between Cypress Avenue & St. Ann’s Street)
Reverend Msgr. Gerald J. Ryan
(718) 665-6677

St. Augustine’s Catholic
1183 Franklin Avenue
(C/O East 167th Street)
Reverend Thomas Fenlon
(718) 893-0072

Transfiguration Lutheran Church
763 Prospect Avenue
(C/O 156th Street)
Pastor Paul Block
(718) 378-3588

Our Lady of Grace
3985 Bronxwood Avenue
(C/O East 226th Street)
Father Levelt Germain
(718) 652-4817

Handguns, rifles and shotguns will be accepted, however guns belonging to either active or retired law enforcement officials are not eligible for the buyback program. Functional BB guns and air pistols may be exchanged for a gift card. Read more..

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Bronx’s Grand Concourse was a sea of red, white and blue flags for the 20th annual Dominican Parade Sunday.The parade, which celebrates the culture the Dominican Republican and the city’s Dominican population, stretched from East Tremont Avenue to 167th Street.

Organizers said the parade featured about thousands of marchers representing 102 organization, 40 floats and lively Dominican music.

NY1 Noticias reporter Luz Plasencia served as the godmother of the parade and was featured on one of the floats.

“It means I’m doing something right. I hope I can be a role model to the community as well,” said Plasencia.

City and state officials, including Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Senator Charles Schumer and City Comptroller and mayoral candidate William Thompson, took part in the parade.

“This parade each and every year continues to get bigger and bigger and bigger as we celebrate Dominican culture and Dominican heritage and the contributions that Dominicans have made not just to the Bronx but to New York City. So I would not miss this for the world,” said Thompson.

Those who came to see the parade said they enjoyed the colorful costumes and large amounts of ethnic pride on display.”I like to look at all the colors,” said one spectator.

“It’s fun, it’s about us being together. It’s a family, it’s everything. It’s what us ‘Dominicanos,’ us Dominicans are all about,” said another.

“Our culture is very strong with the music, the food, the politics, everything,” said a third. “We’re just all over and we just want to let everyone know that we’re here and we ain’t going anywhere.” Read more..

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Many of the livery cabs that ply northern Manhattan and the Bronx come to a gloriously gritty stretch of Jerome Avenue south of the Cross Bronx Expressway lined with auto and salvage shops. They come for repairs, but they also need a quick place to eat, and that’s where El Rincon de los Taxistas comes in.

“The Taxi Corner” is not a corner, per se, but rather a food truck parked just off Jerome Avenue, on Edward L. Grant Highway near 167th Street, in the High Bridge section of the Bronx.

It is the type of restaurant on wheels that is common in Latino neighborhoods, perennially parked near public pools and parks and other areas where hungry people congregate. Typically these trucks offer meals in the ethnic style of the neighborhood at easy-to-swallow prices. Read more..

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 SQUEAKY CLEAN: Bobby Corrigan, head of the Bronx rat-inspection program, on the hunt.

Meet New Yorks Pied Piper - The Rodentologist Gets To Work

January 14, 2008 — Bobby Corrigan smells a rat.

As the country’s leading rodent expert - and the city’s newest full-time employee - Corrigan walks the streets of The Bronx around Grand Concourse and 167th Street, and points out all the signs of rats.

He pulls out his flashlight and investigates small burrows in front yards, gnawed trash bags and teeth marks in garbage pails.

“There are definitely rats here,” he says, pointing out low shrubbery and lines of parked cars, all cover for the rodents.

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