UPDATE Torres and AOC Write to Governor Opposing NYS DOT’s …
Nov 18, 2024 · Cross Bronx Expressway Photo courtesy of Simon Tenders via Flickr. Congress Members Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) announced on Nov. 18 that they have written to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul opposing the New York State Department of Transportation’s latest plans for a connector road in the South Bronx.. The letter reads in part, “Recent reporting shows that the ...
UPDATE Fordham Manor: Police ID Man Sought in Fatal Shooting …
Sep 29, 2024 · THE NYPD IS appealing to the public for help identifying and locating this person who they say is sought in relation to a fatal shooting that occurred at 2190 Morris Avenue in Fordham Manor on Sept. 29, 2024.
UPDATE Police Officer Charged with Assault of Suspect & Lying …
Sep 27, 2024 · THE 44th PRECINCT stationhouse on 169th Street in the vicinity of Mt. Eden, Sept. 30, 2024. Photo by Síle Moloney. Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, Sept. 27, that an NYPD Police Officer, who was assigned to the 44th Precinct in The Bronx, has been charged in two separate indictments, for assaulting a suspect with a police radio and for lying about a patrol car ...
UPDATE Bronx CB7 Neighborhood Planning Study to Begin in …
Nov 22, 2024 · Neighborhood planning studies will begin in 2025 for Bronx Community District 7 after the Adams administration, the governor, and the New York City Council struck a $5 billion deal on Thursday, Nov. 21, to move ahead with a revised housing plan that aims to address the citywide housing shortage and affordability crisis by building a little more housing in every City neighborhood. Similar ...
Politicians & Gun Control Activists Hail Passage of Additional New …
Oct 10, 2024 · NEW YORK GOV. Kathy Hochul (seated) signs into law a new package of bills strengthening New York’s gun laws on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in the presence of other elected officials and gun control activists, including former Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, (fourth from right) Attorney General Letitia James (fifth from right) and …
Two Highest-Ranking Leaders of Gorilla Stone Bloods Gang Get 35 …
Nov 26, 2024 · FEDERAL COURT BUILDING, Manhattan Photo courtesy of Rich Mitchell via Flickr. Federal prosecutors said a 52-year-old Bronx man, Dwight Reid, and a 41-year-old Brooklyn man, Christopher Erskine, have been sentenced in federal court for their years-long leadership of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone National Bloods Gang (Gorrilla Sone).
Bronx Juvenile Detention Center Supervisor Pleads Guilty in …
Nov 13, 2024 · A 34-year-old Bronx juvenile detention center supervisor has pleaded guilty in connection with beating a 16-year-old detention center resident and false reporting, federal officials announced on Tuesday, Nov. 12.
Fordham Manor: Man Stable after Afternoon Stabbing on …
Nov 25, 2024 · A 33-year-old man is in stable condition after a non-fatal stabbing took place in Fordham Manor. Police said they received a call at 2.37 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 24, for reports of a stabbing at 201 East Fordham Road at the Grand Concourse [a Chick-fil-A restaurant]. They said the victim was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition and remained uncooperative when questioned about ...
City Council LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chairs Release “Pride in Policy” …
Nov 20, 2024 · City Council Members Tiffany Cabán (C.D. 22) and Erik Bottcher (C.D. 3) gathered with other elected officials, advocates, and LGBTQIA+ community members on Wednesday, Nov. 20, on Transgender Day of Remembrance for the introduction of Pride in Policy: the New York City Council LGBTQIA+ Caucus’s updated policy report on "how New York City must uplift and protect the LGBTQIA+ community from ...
Are Bronx Veterans Being Supported? - Norwood News
Nov 2, 2024 · (L to R) BRONX COMMUNITY BOARD 7 (CB7) veterans committee chair Chad Royer, CB7 chair of the budget, personnel and ethics committee Jean Hill, CB7 board member and Navy veteran, Bernard Wright, and Coco Culhane, founder and executive director of the Veteran Advocacy Project, are seen at the Bronx CB7 veterans affairs committee meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.