By Margaret on June 8, 2011
I was getting a flat fixed at JA Flat Fix on Bailey Avenue just south of 238th St (fast and only $8!), and I got talking to the guys there about the trees on the block. (The people who work on that block obviously care about the trees — there’s one little shrub of a tree [...]
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By Margaret on November 16, 2010
See-Click-Fix is a new internet based tool for identifying local problems (and hopefully, getting them fixed!) Check it out at http://www.bronxnewsnetwork.org/p/see-click-fix.html, and add your own complaints. FIPNA recommends also reporting them to 311.
Posted in Complaints, Front Page News, Notices/Announcements
By Karen Argenti on January 16, 2010
Con Edison’s contractor was due to be finished in December. Remember they started around Thanksgiving? Check out what they left the neighborhood to listen to for weeks now. The good noise is at the end. Call it in to 311 — every day or night.
Posted in 50th Precinct, Complaints, Construction, Front Page News, Sedgwick Avenue Con Ed project | Tagged Con Ed, Noise, Street Construction
By Margaret on January 10, 2009
In the last month, I’ve noticed that the glass doors to 3342 Giles, the vacant house owned by the owners of the rursing home property, have been broken. Cats have been seen entering the house. To the extent that this once-lovely home is “cared for” or “maintained” (and I’m using these terms very loosely), it [...]
Posted in Complaints, Front Page News, Helen Sieger, Nursing Home | Tagged Giles, Helen Sieger, Nursing Home, vacant house
By Karen Argenti on August 29, 2008
Today we found out that the DEP will not blast at the Jerome Park Reservoir. Check out the link at our related web page of the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality (BCEQ) at our Front Page News: http://www.bceq.org/2008/08/29/news-bceq-wins-blasting-fight-with-dep/. Congratulations to all, Karen
Posted in Complaints, Ft. Independence Park, Reservoir | Tagged Blasting, Blasting at the Jerome Park Reservoir, JPR
By Karen Argenti on July 3, 2008
This is just a short brief of all the topics we are working on. First the strike (day 135): Strike line is going strong. You are all so brave to stand up to this very hot weather. What a great group of people. Thanks for your inspiration. Workers Compensation got a hefty fine from KHRCC [...]
Posted in Complaints, Nursing Home, Reservoir, Strike 2008 | Tagged DEP, DOB, Fort Independece Park, Jerome Park Reservoir., strike
By Phil on May 30, 2008
Well they’re baaccckkkkk! The bugs that is… Once again this year the annoying little bugs that scour this neighborhood are back. It seems like they are back earlier this year. We have notified the Department of Environmental Protection about the current situation and hope that they will take the proper steps to [...]
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By Phil on May 7, 2008
You can download a flyer here with the information needed to make a complaint against a nursing home facility in New York. This is for family members or anyone who witnesses what they consider to be abuse, neglect, fraud, etc within a nursing home facility. Nursing Home Complaint Flyer (PDF – Adobe Acrobat Reader [...]
Posted in Communications, Complaints
By Phil on April 30, 2008
This is an update to the post I made on April 24, 2008. The owner of the property sent a crew to fix the hole in the fence that we had reported about in the last post. You can see what kind of job was done in the picture below, I will leave the comments [...]
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By Phil on April 24, 2008
It has been well over a month since I reported the hole in the construction fence at 3333 Giles Place, so I decided to call the Community Board and get an updated status and to see what is going on. I guess someone else beat me to it because Diane was already aware that the [...]
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