Fordham Heights: MTA Employee Assaulted in Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is appealing to the public for assistance identifying the person seen in this video who department officials say is sought in connection with an assault on an MTA employee that occurred in a Fordham Heights subway station on July 5, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD. The NYPD is appealing to the public for assistance identifying the person seen in the attached video who department officials say is sought in connection with an assault on an MTA employee that occurred in Fordham Heights. Police said that on Wednesday July 5, at around 5.30 a.m., a man

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Tuesday, July 11, that a Bronx couple was arraigned on charges relating to a violent, armed home invasion and robbery during which they repeatedly assaulted a woman, an ex-girlfriend of the male defendant, in a Yorktown house during the middle of the night earlier this year in March. Rocah said in the context of the announcement, “This alleged violent home invasion by a former intimate partner and his accomplice is a stark reminder that domestic violence knows no boundaries and can take many different forms. Our Domestic Violence Bureau is dedicated

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The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying and locating the person seen in this video who police officials say is wanted for questioning in connection to a theft that occurred on May 19, 2023 aboard an MTA BX7 bus at 265 West 231st Street in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached video and photos who department officials say is wanted for questioning in connection to a theft that occurred in transit in

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying the person seen in this video who department officials say is sought in connection to an assault that occurred at Aqueduct Avenue and West 183rd Street in the University Heights section of The Bronx on July 6, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying the person seen in the attached video and photos who department officials say is sought in connection to an assault that occurred in University Heights. Police said that on Thursday, July 6, at around 2.50

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The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying five people they say are sought for questioning in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Norwood on the Fourth of July. Police said that on Tuesday, July 4, at around 5.35 a.m., a 51-year-old man was walking in the vicinity of Jerome Avenue and East Mosholu Parkway North when he was approached by a group of five. “One of the individuals displayed a knife while the other individuals forcibly removed the victim’s backpack and glasses,” a police spokesperson said. “The individuals pushed the victim to the

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Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Monday, July 10, that a Bronx man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of fatally stabbing his wife in front of their 9-year-old son in 2010 inside her home in Kingsbridge Heights. The defendant had fled the state for several years and was apprehended in Las Vegas in 2022, according to the prosecution. In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “The defendant killed his wife in front of their son and thought he could get away with it. He was tracked down, indicted,

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NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) has launched an affordable housing lottery for units at St. Francis Commons, a 7-story, mixed-use building at 1544 Shakespeare Avenue in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. St. Francis Commons is an affordable housing project located in Bronx Community District 5 in the neighborhood of Morris Heights. The building consists of 85 newly constructed units; 45 one-bedroom units, 34 two-bedroom units, and 6 three-bedroom units distributed throughout the seven-story building. St. Francis Commons is closely located to the 4 and D subway stations, as well as

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Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) to expand a three-story structure into a five-story, mixed-use building at 3854 Bailey Avenue in the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx, according to YIMBY. Located between West 238th Street and Van Cortlandt Avenue West, the lot is near the 238th Street subway station, serviced by the 1 train. Yitzi Salamon is listed as the owner behind the applications according to YIMBY. The proposed 49-foot-tall development will yield 7,196 square feet designated for residential space. The building will have 16 residential units, most likely rentals based

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The NYPD said a 65-year-old woman reported missing from University Heights has been found. Prior to being located, police said Joan Donohue, 65, of West 183rd Street had last been seen on Saturday, July 8, at around 9 p.m. at the Canal Street subway station in lower Manhattan. They said it was believed she may have boarded a northbound train. She was described as female, Black, around 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighing around 140 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Prior to being located, she had last been seen wearing a pink shirt with a butterfly