UPDATE Norwood: 70-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies after Being Hit While Crossing Bainbridge Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 70-year-old male pedestrian from Norwood has died after he was hit by a car while crossing a Norwood street on Thursday evening.

University Heights: HPD Launches Housing Lottery Described as Affordable for Units at 2621 Grand Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) has launched a housing lottery, described as affordable, for units at 2621 Grand Avenue, a 4-story, residential building in the University Heights section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.

Mt. Hope: Two Sought for Robbery and Assault of 19-Year-Old

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached video and photo who they say are sought in connection with a robbery that occurred in Mt. Hope.

UPDATE Fordham Manor: Man Arrested after Second Man Fatally Stabbed in Neck

By SÍLE MOLONEY, DAVID GREENE & ASHLEY CASTILLO

A 36-year-old man has been arrested for murder after a 25-year-old man was fatally stabbed in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx.

Artist Calls on Volunteers to Help Repaint the “Norwood” Mural on Sunday, June 2

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx muralist and artist Laura Alvarez who, as reported, recently launched an online fundraiser to repaint the beloved “Norwood” mural, located on East 207th Street and Bainbridge Avenue in Norwood, after it was vandalized / tagged last year, is calling on the volunteers to join her in repainting the mural on Sunday, June 2, having carried out some preparatory work already on June 1.

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Sanchez Introduces Bill Inspired by Billingsley Terrace Partial Building Collapse in Morris Heights

By ARIEL PACHECO

City Councilmember (C.D.14) Pierina Sanchez joined the The Legal Aid Society, and tenants gathered outside City Hall on April 25 to announce new legislation in response to the partial building collapse that occurred at 1915 Billingsley Terrace in Morris Heights on Dec. 11, 2023, forcing over 150 tenants to lose their homes, as reported.

UPDATE Build-up Surrounds End of Trump Trial and Planned Crotona Park Rally & Counter Protest

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

A day before the defense rested its case in the first-ever criminal trial of a former president of the United States, and as build up surrounds a planned Trump rally in The Bronx on May 23, a Brooklyn man was spotted on East Fordham Road with a homemade doll he had created using a Donald Trump Halloween mask.

NYCHA Will Begin Accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Applications for 1st Time in 15 Years

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday, May 20, that after being closed for nearly 15 years, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) will begin accepting applications for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, reopening a wait list that has been closed to general applications for nearly 15 years.

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UPDATE Norwood: 70-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies after Being Hit While Crossing Bainbridge Avenue

University Heights: HPD Launches Housing Lottery Described as Affordable for Units at 2621 Grand Avenue

Mt. Hope: Two Sought for Robbery and Assault of 19-Year-Old

UPDATE Fordham Manor: Man Arrested after Second Man Fatally Stabbed in Neck

Artist Calls on Volunteers to Help Repaint the “Norwood” Mural on Sunday, June 2

Out & About: Bronx Day, Poe Cottage Health & Fitness, NY Philharmic in Van Cortlandt Park & More!

Sanchez Introduces Bill Inspired by Billingsley Terrace Partial Building Collapse in Morris Heights

UPDATE Build-up Surrounds End of Trump Trial and Planned Crotona Park Rally & Counter Protest

NYCHA Will Begin Accepting Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Applications for 1st Time in 15 Years