Employment
Fordham Manor: Woman Sought for Pepper-Spraying Bus Driver
Norwood: Police Search for Three following Armed Robbery of Cab Driver
Fordham Manor: Police Search for Female Assailant following Assault on MTA Bus Driver
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.
Neighborhood Notes: Annual Autism Walk, Housing Lotteries, Spend the People’s Money & More!
Two Entrances to Norwood-205th Bainbridge Avenue Station Closed for Stairway Repair Work
Straphangers entering or exiting the Norwood-205th Subway Station, serving the D train will notice that two of the four entrances to the station are now covered by a construction shed as repairs to the entrance stairways are underway. The project is expected to be completed by July, according to NYC Department of Transportation.
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.