Crime
Norwood: Police Search for Three following Armed Robbery of Cab Driver
UPDATE University Heights: Victims of Double Homicide Identified
Fordham Manor: Police Search for Female Assailant following Assault on MTA Bus Driver
Edenwald: Murder Inquiry Launched following Fatal Shooting of 29-Year-Old Man
UPDATE Build-up Surrounds End of Trump Trial and Planned Crotona Park Rally & Counter Protest
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
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.
UPDATE University Heights: Owner of Pitbull Which Savagely Attacked Cat Arrested on Animal Cruelty & Other Charges
The NYPD said cops have arrested a 29-year-old man from University Heights on animal cruelty charges relating to an attack on a cat by a pitbull. A now widely circulated video obtained by cat rescue group, Little Wanderers NYC, recently reported by Norwood News, showed a pitbull attacking a cat though the incident location was not confirmed.
Dominican Heritage Celebrated at Bronx Borough Hall
Following both French and Spanish rule from as early as the 16th century, the island nation of the Dominican Republic (DR) declared itself an independent nation from neighboring Haiti [on Feb. 27] in 1844, according to the U.S. Office of the Historian. In 1861, the DR reverted to Spanish rule, until once again winning its independence in 1865.