Missing People
Bedford Park: Police Appeal for Help Locating 17-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing
Bronx DA, NYPD Appeal to Public for Info on Remains of Newborn Baby Found in DEP Water Plant
Wakefield: Police Appeal for Help Locating 71-Year-Old Woman Reported Missing
Queens Woman Charged with Immigration Scam Stealing $73K from Bronxites of Caribbean Descent
Petition Launched to Save St. Barnabas High School
A petition was launched in mid-July to save the private, Catholic high school for girls, St. Barnabas High School (SBHS), located at 25 E 240th Street in Woodlawn Heights, which the Board of Trustees announced on June 28 had closed with immediate effect due to declining enrollment, a decrease in donations, and rising costs.
Fordham Heights: Police Appeal for Help Locating 50-Year-Old Man Reported Missing
City Marks World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30
“World Day Against Trafficking in Persons” is marked on July 30. According to the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (MOEDGBV), human trafficking is the use of power and control to force, trick, or coerce someone into engaging in providing labor or services, which can include commercial sex.