Applications Remain Open for the City’s Summer Rising Program Among Others

Applications remain open to apply for the City’s Summer Rising program, as well as a number of other programs. Commissioner Manuel Castro of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) and Commissioner Keith S Howard of NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) are encouraging applications to various summer programs from the City’s youth such as the Summer Youth Employment Program, Summer Rising and Saturday Night Lights, along with adult literacy programs.  

Fordham Manor: Feds Bust 16 “Armed and Violent” Drug Traffickers on Valentine Avenue

Federal prosecutors for the Southern District of New York, the FBI, and NYPD announced on Wednesday, March 6, that charges were filed against 16 members and leaders of “an armed and violent drug trafficking crew” who operated the ring with deadly consequences for their victims on Valentine Avenue in Fordham Manor for over 10 years..

Concourse: Man Stabbed & Hospitalized aboard Bronx 4 Train

Around two weeks after an as-yet unidentified human leg was discovered near 167th Street (Yankee Stadium) Subway Station on the elevated track tracks in the Concourse section of The Bronx on Saturday, Feb. 17, a 60-year-old subway rider has reportedly survived a stabbing assault aboard a subway at the station.