Fordham Heights: Four Sought in Robbery & Assault

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photo who department officials said are sought in connection with a robbery and assault that occurred in Fordham Heights.

UPDATE Throggs Neck: One Construction Worker Injured at 998 Brush Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

One construction worker was reported injured by EMS in the Throggs Neck section of The Bronx, close to Unionport / Castle Hill on Saturday, July 15.

UPDATE FDNY Called to Tracey Towers for Electrical Incident

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Reports of a fire at Tracey Towers, a Mitchel Lama, residential housing complex located on the Bedford Park/Norwood border, on Saturday morning, July 15, proved to be unfounded, and the incident was later classified as an electrical issue, FDNY officials said.

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Former and Interim Police Commissioner

By DAVID GREENE

This week, we asked readers their thoughts on the abrupt departure, as reported, of former Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell and the naming, as reported, of Bronxite, Eddie Caban, as interim police commissioner. “I think cops are bad; I’m not a fan of policing. So, I didn’t think it matters as much if she’s a woman. Like there was still cops coming into our communities. I didn’t see a change with the police on the ground, no. I think there’s still too many of them and they’re still coming in and acting like they own the place, and they don’t. I

By ARIEL PACHECO

District 14 City Council Member Pierina Sanchez announced a million-dollar investment in various quality-of-life improvements going to schools, libraries, and senior centers in the district on June 20. The funding came by way of New York City Council’s participatory budgeting (PB) process which, according to New York City Council, is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. According to the council, the concept originated in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1989. Today, there are more than 3,000 participatory budgeting processes around the world, most at the municipal level. PB was launched

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx dads and their kids got together for a fun day of games and activities to celebrate Father’s Day in St. James Park in Fordham Manor On June 15. The event was part of the HERO Dads a free program at Montefiore-Einstein designed to empower low-income, non-custodial fathers to achieve family and financial success. HERO stands for healthy, empowered, resilient and open. Funded by the Office of Family Assistance (OFA), and led by a team of psychologists, mental health counselors, and career development specialists, its mission is to help fathers become involved, nurturing parents to their children.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, July 14, that a Queens man has been charged with attempted murder and other charges for stabbing his ex-girlfriend and their 9-year-old daughter, as well as assaulting their 14-year-old daughter when the girls came to their mother’s aid, after a graduation celebration. The woman’s 6-year-old son watched as the defendant knifed his mother in the head. In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendant allegedly went to the Bronx home of his ex-girlfriend, with whom he shares three daughters, and allegedly stabbed her. Two of his daughters

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

The address says 2450 Grand Concourse, but the public will find the entrance to the new, second location of the nonprofit, Part of the Solution (POTS), just a few steps from the eastside exit of the B and D subway station at Fordham Road on East 188th Street. The official opening was originally scheduled for June 8 but was rescheduled to June 29 following the issuance of an air quality advisory by health officials when the skies over NYC turned a deep orange due to residue from the Canadian wildfires. The three-week delay did not dampen the spirits

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

FDNY officials said two workers have been injured following a construction site collapse at Orchard Beach Pavilion on Thursday, July 13. The accident happened at approximately 11:18 a.m. FDNY Chief Kenneth Scanlon, deputy chief of Division 7, said that units responded to reports of two construction workers trapped at the location of the construction site. “Upon arrival, our Orchard Beach EMS units (87 Paul) encountered two patients who were trapped under a large piece of concrete ceiling, dimensions about 20 by 15 feet, which had fallen upon them.” He continued, “Our fire unit Squad 61, Ladder 61 and