The following story is an updated version of the one that appears in our latest print edition. As officials from the Bronx office of the New York City Board of Elections were busy tallying votes at their Grand Concourse headquarters to determine the outcome of the District 11 and District 15 City Council special […]
An annual stakeholders event honoring award recipients was held on Wednesday, April 21, as part of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi’s successful CureViolence program, called Stand Up To Violence (SUV). During the ceremony, the work of dedicated community partners was acknowledged, the progress made over the past year was on display, and the plan for peace […]
It’s been a long, emotional year for everyone, ever since the coronavirus pandemic hit our shores last spring. For the NYPD, policing compliance with the statewide lockdown took its toll, as public frustration, then anger mounted, bodies piled up, and PPE was initially in short supply. That was before mass, almost daily, street protests […]
Opening of Lehman College Vaccination Site On Tuesday, April 20, Lehman College, CUNY formally announced that it has partnered with the City to launch the Bronx’s newest COVID-19 vaccination hub, located at the college’s APEX Athletic Center at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West in the borough’s Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood, as reported by Norwood News. The […]
Car theft in the 52nd precinct rose by 29.3 percent between Jan. 1 and April 25, according to crime statistics recorded by the NYPD, totaling 53 incidents, versus 41 for the same period last year. The precinct covers Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Bronx Park, and University Heights. Meanwhile, the 47th precinct, which covers […]
On Thursday, April 29, the New York City Board of Elections (BOE) published the list of candidates who had made the ballot for the various June 22, 2021 primary elections. Screenshots of the lists of candidates in each race are attached below for both the Citywide and Bronx races. A calendar of the timeline […]
Thirteen years after a foiled plot to blow up a synagogue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, the NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance identifying an individual seen in the attached surveillance video and photos, who is wanted for questioning with regard to multiple acts of vandalism/criminal mischief targeting Jewish centers and cars in […]
The closure of the Bronx High School of Science mass vaccination site, effective April 15, was a blow to local seniors in the Bronx Community Board 7 district and beyond, as reported last week by Norwood News. A new COVID-19 vaccination site opened at Lehman College on Wednesday, April 14, though details of the […]
Stand Up To Violence (SUV), NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi’s successful CureViolence program, will be hosting their annual stakeholders event on Wednesday, April 21, at 6 p.m., during which the work of dedicated community partners in this regard will be acknowledged, the progress made over the past year will be displayed, and the plan for peace […]
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