Hector Ramirez (center), pictured here talking with local residents in a Mount Hope bodega yesterday, has picked up several important endorsements Here's a mini-exclusive: 32BJ SEIU, the largest private-sector…

The West Farms branch of the New York Public Library, at 2085 Honeywell Ave. (between E. 179th and 180th Streets), is being closed for four months while construction crews replace…

Born premature on Aug. 25, 1962, Billy Murphy was a tiny baby who looked like a little "peanut," one of his older brothers said at the time. The name stuck.…

The Village Voice's Tom Robbins continues to shed light on the dealings of State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. with a story about how a Manhattan tailor is suing Espada for…

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A Bronx cop-turned-pest exterminator claims many exterminators tell homeowners they have bedbugs when they don't. A single bedbug treatment can cost thousands of dollars. According to a new poll, one…

In an email sent earlier today, the three candidates in the race for the Democratic Primary in the Bronx' 33rd S.D. district (Pedro Espada, Jr., Gustavo Rivera, and Dan Padernacht)…

Dan Padernacht, the underdog Democratic challenger who is taking on incumbent Pedro Espada Jr. and Democratic establishment that wants to see him go aways in the 33rd Senate District race,…

Heads up, Fordham and Bedford Parkers. Starting on Thursday, the city has authorized the closure of East 197th Street, between Decatur and Marion avenues, for the next three months as…

33rd Senate District challenger Gustavo Rivera just unleashed an onslaught of support from what he describes as "progressive leaders." Here's the list: Borough President Scott Stringer, Senator Liz Krueger,…