UPDATE 2nd Incident of Hateful Graffiti Displayed in Northwest Bronx Playground

By SÍLE MOLONEY

After anti-Black and vulgar graffiti was photographed in the Spuyten Duyvil Playground on Saturday, Feb 12, a number of elected officials, city agencies and others issued public statements condemning the incident, and took various actions on the matter. In the meantime, for the second consecutive weekend, a park in the Northwest Bronx was discovered to have been targeted with more anti-Black graffiti. Elected officials are now planning to join together for a formal press conference on Tuesday, Feb. 22, to stand firm against the hateful incidents, and to continue to call for a thorough investigation into both incidents.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Yankees and Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) are looking for youth leaders who live within the CB7 boundaries to be considered for the annual New York Yankees Community Council Youth Leadership Award. The application period is still open for another short time, according to Bronx CB7. The original deadline was in early March, was originally extended to March 16, and later to April 4, but has since once extended once more. We’ve been advised that there is no hard deadline but it remains open generally for another few days so the earliest people apply, the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The FDNY confirmed on Saturday, Feb. 5, that emergency medical services transported one person to a local hospital on Wednesday, Feb. 2, from 100 W Mosholu Parkway in Jerome Park. An FDNY official confirmed to Norwood News a report of an emotionally disturbed person at the location at 2:12 p.m. on the date in question, and said one person had been transported to North Central Bronx Hospital. We asked if the department could provide any further information about the incident, and if it had taken place inside DeWitt Clinton High School, since the address for the school is

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

New York Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15), and New York Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) announced that on Friday, Feb. 4, they introduced federal legislation to address manufacturing issues with space heaters. The “Safer Heat Act” (H.R. 6615) comes as a result of the recent Twin Parks North West apartment building fire that stole the lives of 17 New Yorkers, including 8 children, as reported, and one day before another 2-alarm fire was reported in the University Heights section of The Bronx on Saturday. According to Torres and Clarke’s offices, the new bill is part of a federal legislative

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A new study co-authored by two pediatric gastroenterologists at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) has highlighted the danger of small, high-powered magnets commonly sold as “desk toys” for adults, and which are sometimes ingested by children. The study, published in Pediatrics, combines data from 25 children’s hospitals in the U.S, assessing 596 children over three years when high-powered magnets were reintroduced to the market, after having been removed previously by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 2012. The research shows that: 95 percent of children exposed to the magnets were under 14 years of age; nearly one in

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

The 52nd Precinct Community Council, the 52nd Precinct, and Bronx Community Board 7 held a joint Holiday Toy Giveaway on the grounds of the precinct located at 3016 Webster Avenue in Norwood on Dec. 20, 2021 to bring some holiday cheer to local kids and families. 52nd Precinct Community Council president, Brenda Caldwell-Paris, district manager of Bronx Community District 7, Ischia Bravo, Community Affairs Officer for the 52nd precinct, Officer Crystal Reveron, and many other volunteers worked together to ensure the event was a success. Highlights included a winter wonderland display, complete with snowmen, long-legged “toy soldiers” who

By SARAH HUFFMAN

Lehman College student, Sera Janneh, 27, was among the 17 victims of the Twin Parks North West residential building fire which broke out on Sunday, Jan. 9, in the Fordham Heights section of the Bronx. Janneh was a sophomore at Lehman and was majoring in psychology and minoring in early childhood education. As reported by The New York Post, Janneh’s father, Tijan Janneh, said his daughter got separated from the family, during the fire, as they tried to escape the burning building. Firefighters later told him that his daughter had died. Lehman College released a statement on Thursday,

By DAVID GREENE

Hundreds of Muslim worshipers packed the Islamic Cultural Center, located on Clay Avenue in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, on Sunday, Jan. 16, and thousands more stood shoulder to shoulder, wearing traditional Muslim clothing and face masks, to pay their respects to 15 of the 17 victims killed in the horrific Twin Parks North West fire tragedy on Jan. 9, as reported. As mourners jammed into several blocks along East 166th Street, the funeral and prayer service was attended by many high-ranking, City and State elected officials, including Mayor Eric Adams. As briefly reported, despite the frigid temperatures

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

A host of local, elected officials stood together with Mayor Eric Adams, local clergy members, violence interrupters, the NYPD, the 52nd Precinct Community Council and Bedford Park residents for a prayer vigil at the Bedford Park site where, as reported, now, one-year-old Baby Catherine was shot in the face while sitting in a parked car with the mother at Valentine Avenue and East 198th Street on Wednesday, Jan. 19. The vigil, organized by president of the 52nd Precinct Community Council, Brenda Caldwell-Paris, and Rev. Jay Gooding of Jacobi Hospital’s “Stand Up to Violence” cure violence program, was held on

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