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Sunshine Week at BxNN: Your Right to Know

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The Bronx News Network is a proud supporter and participant in Sunshine Week, an initiative started by journalists that seeks to shed light – sun light, if you will – on the importance of open government and freedom of information. Here’s the official tagline: “Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to play an active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to information that makes their lives better and their communities stronger.”In other words, open government equals more accountable government and a more-informed public citizenry. As journalists, it is our goal to shed light on how the government works (or isn’t working) for our communities. Oftentimes, as you might imagine, we run into resistance while working on this quest. Some agencies and elected officials are better than others.

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Bronx Weekend News Roundup, March 14

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Cool and partly sunny on this Monday in the Bronx, with a hint of wind just to make you realize it’s still not spring yet. Looking ahead, we will probably see rain mid-week and then a dramatic temperature spike on Friday – the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. And with that, to the news!Story of the Day: Casino Bus CrashA tour bus heading back to Chinatown from a casino in Connecticut crashed Saturday morning just as it entered into Bronx territory, killing 14 and injuring another 19. Riders say the bus swerved several times, probably still in Westchester County, before hitting a guardrail, tipping over and skidding into a sign pole that marked an on-ramp to Hutchinson River Parkway. According to the NY Times: “The pole burst through the front window and sheared the bus in half laterally, from front to back, along the passenger window line, the police said.”

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Bronx Tenants' Rights Night

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Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition is holding a tenants’ rights night tonight, March 14 at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Gymnasium (corner of Fordham Road and University Avenue). The group is focusing on the tenants of 12 buildings deemed among the most neglected in the community but welcome everyone living in buildings with problems. Topics covered will be leaks, lack of heat/hot water, protection against your rent being raised illegally, landlord harassment and forming a tenants’ association. For more information call NWBCCC’s Housing Hotline at 347-443-9222.