UPDATE New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell Resigns, Addresses People of City of New York

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell shared news of her resignation in an email with her NYPD colleagues on Monday, June 12, as reported by multiple media outlets on Monday. Norwood News has obtained a copy of the email in which the commissioner talked of facing tremendous tragedy, challenges and triumphs together with her colleagues during her time as commissioner.   “I have witnessed your compassion, heroics and selflessness on a daily basis. They have reaffirmed to me, what people around the globe have always known: you are an extraordinary collective of hard working public servants dedicated to the safety of this


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UPDATE Soundview: 5-Alarm Fire in Residential High-rise Building Results in 7 Injuries

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Firefighters battled a 5-alarm fire that broke out on Sunday evening in a multiple-unit, high-rise dwelling for eight hours, well into Monday morning, in the Soundview section of The Bronx, managing to contain the blaze to the original building. Seven injuries were reported.   According to the FDNY, the department was alerted to reports of a fire which they said broke out in an apartment on the top floor of a six-story building (200 x 100 sq. ft) at 1420 Noble Avenue, by East 174th Street and the Cross Bronx Expressway at around 7.09 p.m.   All hands were asked


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Fordham Manor: 41-Year-Old Man Robbed at Gunpoint inside Home

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is appealing to the public for help identifying the two people seen in the attached photos who department officials say are sought in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Fordham Manor.   Police said that on Thursday, May 18, at around 10.45 p.m., a 41-year-old male victim was walking in a common area inside his apartment building located in the vicinity of East Kingsbridge Road and Morris Avenue when he was approached from behind by two people unknown to him. “One of the individuals displayed a firearm at the victim while both individuals proceeded to


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UPDATE Van Cortlandt Village: 45-Year-Old Man Reported Missing Now Located

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said a 45-year-old man who had been reported missing from the Van Cortlandt Village section of The Bronx has been located.   Prior to being found, police had appealed to the public for help locating Dax Kuilan of Van Cortlandt Park West who they said had last seen on Wednesday, June 7, at around 8 p.m., leaving his home.   Police said he was described as male, around 6 feet tall, weighing around 190 pounds, with brown dreadlocks and brown eyes. They said he had last been seen wearing a black hoodie and black pants.   At around


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Norwood: Building Applications Filed with DOB for New Building at 3052 Hull Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 4-story, residential building at 3052 Hull Avenue in the Norwood section of The Bronx as reported by YIMBY.   Located between East Mosholu Parkway North and East 204th Street, the lot is located close to the Norwood-205th Street subway station, serviced by the D train. Alfred Popaj is listed as the owner behind the applications, according to YIMBY.   The proposed 50-foot-tall development will yield 5,119 square feet designated for residential space, and the building will comprise eight residential units, most likely rentals, based on the


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Group Sought in Bronx Robbery Pattern Where Male Victims Agree to Meet Woman at Various Motels

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the people seen in the attached photos who are sought for questioning in relation to a Bronx robbery pattern identified across the 43rd, 45th and 47th Precincts during July 2022. In each case, the victims are allegedly robbed after allegedly agreeing to meet a woman inside a motel.   The 43rd Precinct covers Westchester Avenue, Castle Hill Avenue, White Plains Road, and Parkchester. The 45th Precinct encompasses Co-op City and City Island, and the 47th precinct covers Woodlawn, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Baychester, Edenwald, Olinville, Fishbay, and Woodlawn Cemetery. According to the NYPD,


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Fordham Manor: Search for 45-Year-Old Woman Reported Missing

By SÍLE MOLONEY  
The NYPD is appealing to the public for help locating a 45-year-old woman reported missing on Thursday, June 8,   Police said Valerie Kelley of 2700 Jerome in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx was last seen on Thursday, June 8, at around 9 a.m., leaving her home. She is described as female, White, is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, has a light complexion, has a thin build, brown eyes, and black hair. He last known clothing description is unknown.   Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers


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Op-Ed: Bring Paid Family Leave after Stillbirth to a Vote Now

By YUVELCA REYES
Stillbirth is still birth. “A woman who has a stillborn child still goes through the trauma of labor and birth, and this is compounded by the loss of a child,” wrote Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson in her April 2023 Black Maternal Health Week letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.   But right now, our Bronx representative and speaker of the New York State Assembly, Carl Heastie, seems to think it’s okay for New York to revoke a mother’s right to previously-approved paid leave and tell her to “get back to work” only days after birthing and then burying a


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UPDATE Gustavo Rivera Laments Assembly Did Not Pass “Coverage for All” Health Care Bill

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (S.D. 33), chair of the State senate health committee, has shared his disappointment that his “Coverage for All” health care bill did not pass the State assembly, despite having recently passed the State senate, an advancement which had marked a major milestone in his long-term and ultimate goal of passing the NY Health Act.   “I am incredibly disappointed that Coverage for All did not pass the assembly despite the herculean efforts of Assembly Member Gonzalez-Rojas and our group of dedicated advocates,” Rivera said in a June 22nd press release. “Together, we had to fight


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