Police said a second member of the local cure violence group, Bronx Risies Against Gun Violence (B.R.A.G.), Jermaine Greene, has been charged with firearm and drug offenses, following his arrest at Fordham Road subway station.
Bronxites, elected officials and tourists have been sharing their reaction to a midmorning earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 that hit New Jersey on Friday, April 5, and was felt throughout the Tri-state area, while an aftershock was also later recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey on Friday evening just before 6 p.m.
Con Edison crews are continuing to work to restore 16,100 customers without power in New York City and Westchester County after a powerful coastal storm slammed into the tri-state region Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
One man in his early 20s has died, and another man, also in his early 20s, was hospitalized following a second shooting incident in Fordham Manor on Saturday, March 30, police said.
The family of the late 16-year-old Bronx teen, Angellyh Marieh Yambo filed a civil lawsuit against Polymer80, Inc., the Ghost Gun manufacturer and dealer who equipped a 17-year-old shooter and named defendant, Jeremiah Ryan, with an untraceable firearm.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams joined local Bronx elected officials on Thursday evening, March 14, for a visit to the Kingsbridge underpass, a well-known gathering point for undomiciled individuals and for drug use.
Three people have been arrested following the fatal shooting of a 47-year-old man in Fordham Heights earlier this month, police said.
Federal prosecutors for the Southern District of New York, the FBI, and NYPD announced on Wednesday, March 6, that charges were filed against 16 members and leaders of “an armed and violent drug trafficking crew” who operated the ring with deadly consequences for their victims on Valentine Avenue in Fordham Manor for over 10 years..
Bronx Congressional Reps. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), along with nine other original cosponsors, introduced the Temporary Protected Status for Ecuador Act (H.R. 7371) to the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday, Feb. 26. The bill, if passed, would grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to over 300,000 Ecuadorians in the U.S. who have fled the current mass outbreak of gang-related violence in Ecuador to seek safety for their families.
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