Six Bronx-based Members of Crew Charged with Over 200 Commercial Burglaries

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York Attorney General Letitia James and NYPD Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban announced on Aug. 4 the convictions of six Bronx-based members of a crew responsible for over 200 burglaries of car dealerships, cellular phone stores, and ATM businesses located in the Lower Hudson Valley, New York City, and on Long Island.

The Head of the “Addams Family” Aims to Scare this Halloween……..

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The “Addams Family” is in town but who is scarier? New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Friday, Oct. 20, “Halloween at Gracie Mansion 2023,” a two-day celebration that organizers say will transform the outdoor grounds of the mayor’s historic residence into a “haunted” Halloween-themed experience for a group of young New Yorkers. Bronx families are giving the mayor a run for his money however, as evidenced by some of these photos taken in the lead-up to the year’s scariest night…

UPDATE Over One Hundred Community Board Members Sworn in at Lehman College Ceremony

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson hosted an inaugural swearing-in ceremony for 145 of the Bronx’s newest community board members at Lehman College on Tuesday, Sept. 5.

Flooding Causes Shutdown of Some Roadways in The Bronx

By DAVID GREENE

Severe flooding due to heavy rainfall on Friday, Sept. 29, caused some roadways, including the Bronx River Parkway, to be closed off to traffic.

Ten (Four from The Bronx) Charged with Operating $20M Black Market HIV Medication Fraud Scheme

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Federal prosecutors and agency officials announced on Friday, Oct. 20, the unsealing of legal documents, charging ten people, including four from The Bronx, in connection with their involvement in a scheme spanning around a half a decade in which they defrauded Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance companies out of at least approximately $20 million.

Mexican Independence Day Celebrated in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson joined the Consul General of Mexico in New York and community partners to host a celebration outside Bronx Borough Hall on Friday, Sept. 15, in recognition of Mexican independence. On the sunny September day, the mood was cheery, amid music, laughs, and the raising of the Mexican flag.

University Heights: Two Sought for Multiple Daylight Nonfatal Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for help locating the two people seen in the attached photos who they say are wanted in connection with an attempted shooting in University Heights.

Gillibrand Calls for Humanitarian Aid to Address Emergency Needs in Gaza

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the U.S. senate armed services committee and of the U.S. senate committee on intelligence, is calling on the Biden administration to contribute to the United Nations’ emergency appeal of $294 million to address the immediate humanitarian needs in the West Bank and Gaza in Palestine, in the wake of an escalation of violence in the region following the Hamas attacks on Israel on Saturday, Oct. 7. Gillibrand is joined by 33 of her colleagues in the push, which is led by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut.

Belmont: 18-Year-Old Arrested following Non-Fatal Stabbing of 16-Year-Old

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD said on Wednesday, Oct. 18, that they made an arrest in the case of a stabbing assault on a 16-year-old male youth that occurred in Belmont earlier this month.