Good morning, everyone, welcome back to Breaking Bronx. Quick links post today as we go into production for the next print edition of the Norwood News, which will start hitting northwest Bronx streets tomorrow. Weather: Very similar to yesterday, lots of sunshine, temperatures in the low- to mid-40s. Here are the stories we’re reading this morning.
The father of Ramarley Graham, the unarmed teen who was recently shot to death by police in Wakefield, filed a lawsuit against the NYPD last year after his own violent encounter with police officers. It may explain why his son was quick to flee when police tried to stop him on the street before chasing him into his home, where he was shot.
Out of the Bronx’s first education summit he held last year at Lehman Center, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. recently released a policy paper on education reform. The report says more needs to be done to help special needs students, English Language Learners and gifted students get ahead. It also calls for more active parent engagement.
A judge directed that the network of health clinics founded by former Bronx State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. continue to receive Medicaid payments while it files an appeal of a higher court ruling that cut off the funding because of Espada’s legal troubles. Espada is accused of bilking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the clinic for his own personal use. Jury selection for the ex-pol’s upcoming trial is supposed to begin today.
Students faculty at Fordham University react to string of racist incidents at the school, which we touched on in our Bronx Breakdown column two weeks ago.