Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center Awarded Coveted Designation by National Cancer Institute

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The newly renamed Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) has been awarded a comprehensive and coveted designation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health. MECCC officials said the award is the ultimate standard achieved by only 55 other NCI cancer centers in the U.S.   MECCC officials said that through NCI’s peer-review process, it was nationally recognized for what was described as “its paradigm-shifting, practice-changing, policy-impacting cancer-focused science.” They said as a result, MECCC was awarded a five-year, $20 million cancer center support grant to advance what they said was the translation of novel cancer


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Bedford Park: Police Appeal to Public for Help Locating 16-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating a 16-year-old girl from Bedford Park, reported missing on Saturday, Sept. 23.   Police said Madison Miranda of 2871 Webster Avenue, The Bronx was last seen leaving her home on Saturday, Sept. 23, at around 11 a.m. They said she is described as being around 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 118 pounds, and has brown hair, braids and brown eyes. They said she was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and tan khaki pants.   Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline


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Marble Hill: Unconfirmed Reports of a Robbery at Target

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Users of the Citizens’ App posted on the platform on Sunday, Sept. 24, about an as yet unconfirmed report of a potential robbery at a Target store in Marble Hill the same day.   The posts began at around 11.45 a.m. on Sunday, and one post referred to a suspect described as wearing a black sweater with two white stripes on it and black pants with a belt which had a red tag on it, reportedly armed with a screwdriver, fleeing on foot toward Broadway.   Norwood News contacted the NYPD to corroborate if the incident was legitimate. A


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Wakefield: Queens Man Arrested & Charged with Murder in 2020 Killing of Bronx Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police said they have arrested a 32-year-old man from Queens on murder charges in relation to the killing of a 44-year-old man from Wakefield in March 2020.   Police said that on Friday, March 20, at around 3.30 p.m., officers from the 47th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding an assault in progress at 224th Street and White Plains Road. “Upon arrival, officers discovered a 44-year-old male with sustained trauma about the head, who was struck with a blunt object,” a police spokesperson said. “EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to NYC Health & Hospitals/Jacobi, where


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DOC Issues Advisory to Property Owners, Contractors & Crane Operators Ahead of Severe Weather This Weekend

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Officials from the National Weather Service (NWS) say the New York City area may experience a post-tropical depression with severe weather including heavy rain, flash flooding, and potential wind gusts of up to 45 mph, starting at noon on Saturday, Sept. 23, and continuing through noon on Monday, Sept. 25. Accordingly, NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) is reminding all builders, contractors, crane operators, and property owners to secure their construction sites, buildings, and equipment.   Department officials said its team will be performing random spot-check inspections of construction sites around the city. If sites are not secured, they said they


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