FIres & Accidents

Annual Salute to the Land of the Free Fireworks Display Held at Orchard Beach to Mark Fourth of July

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Democratic Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, Republican City Council Member Kristy Marmorato (CD 13), Rafael Rogers, president of the Business Initiative Corporation of New York (BICNY), Rafael Rogers; Julias Drake, director of operations for the Bronx Tourism Council, The Grucci Family, “America’s First Family of Fireworks,” and Monica Morales, emcee and PIX 11 reporter and host of “Monica Makes It Happen,” joined together for the Annual Salute to the Land of the Free Fireworks Extravaganza at Pelham Parkway’s Orchard Beach on Thursday, June 2, to advance of Independence Day,

Fordham Manor: Two Injured in Jerome Avenue Crash

By DAVID GREENE
Two people were injured in the Fordham Manor neighborhood in an early morning crash when a vehicle struck a pillar of the elevated subway line along Jerome Avenue, City officials said.

University Heights: Popular Deli, Discount Store Destroyed in Fire

By DAVID GREENE
A fire that broke out inside a popular University Heights deli and that spread to an adjacent 99 Cents store took firefighters more than 90 minutes to extinguish, FDNY officials said. The fire caused a lot of damage to the two businesses, leaving a shell of the one-story structure remaining.

City Council Passes Sanchez Bill Inspired by Billingsley Terrace Partial Building Collapse

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Council announced on Thursday, June 20, the passage of Int. No. 904-A, a bill designed to establish a first-of-its-kind, proactive inspection program at NYC Department of Buildings (DOB). The Billingsley Terrace Structural Integrity Act was introduced by City Council Member Pierina Sanchez (C.D. 14) on April 25, as reported, 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.