NYOFCo, the fertilizer plant that has afflicted Hunts Point with horrible odors for years, has shut down, and the city has agreed to make new efforts to curb the stench from its nearby sewer plant. The Hunts Point Express has the story.
The BoogieDowner blog raises questions about senate candidate Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter’s work history and wonders how she can continue to receive disability payments while campaigning full-time. The post includes a response from Pilgrim-Hunter’s campaign. Pilgrim-Hunter is one of four candidates challenging incumbent Pedro Espada, Jr. in the race for 33rd Senate District seat.
Last roundup for June. It’s been a long, crazy month. Or is that just me? In any case, the news:18-year-old Erik Zeidler, a recent Bronx Science grad and Young Naturalist Award winner, is studying the turtles of the Bronx River this summer before heading off to college in Kansas. Had to include this quote from Zeidler about his affinity for turtles and other reptiles, courtesy of the NY Times:“I don’t have many friends into this kind of stuff, and some of them think I’m strange, but I have a girlfriend and I used to wrestle in high school and I love hanging out and playing sports; it’s just that I enjoy being around reptiles.”A couple of doctors from Montefiore Medical Center’s Sleep-Wake Disorder Center answer questions about getting a good night’s sleep.
Mayor Bloomberg selected Stephen Goldsmith for his experience “reinventing government.” But the former Indianapolis mayor’s record is complex.
Concerns about the racial contours of city hiring have resurrected issues that bedeviled past mayors, but over which Mayor Bloomberg has largely avoided confrontation.
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