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]]>An off-duty member of the NYPD was arrested and charged in the confines in the 49th Precinct on Sunday, March 17. The 49th Precinct covers the northeastern portion of The Bronx, including Allerton, Morris Park, Van Nest, Pelham Parkway, Eastchester Gardens, and Pelham Gardens.
NYPD Lieutenant Edward Lawyerr, 35, was arrested and charged for driving while intoxicated and for refusal to take a breath test. Lawyerr is assigned to the 46th Precinct, which covers the neighborhoods of Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights and Mt. Hope. He became a police officer in 2010, was promoted to sergeant in 2016 and lieutenant in 2022.
He is deemed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.
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]]>Police said a home invasion took place in Wakefield on Sunday, March 17.
They said the break-in took place at around 1 p.m. when two unidentified males entered an unlocked front door of a residence in the vicinity of 4349 Gunther Avenue and Barnes Avenue, armed with guns.
They said the two demanded that all occupants (a 19-year-old woman, a 50-year-old woman, and a 25-year-old man) move to the back area of the apartment and later stole three cell phones, one chain, and around $360 in cash from the home.
They said no injuries were reported by the victims, there were no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.
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]]>The post Fordham Manor: HPD Launches Housing Lottery Described as Affordable for Units at 2754 Creston Avenue first appeared on Norwood News.
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]]>NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) has launched a housing lottery described as affordable for units at 2754 Creston Avenue, a 6-story, residential building in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Designed by Rise Architecture, and developed by Alfred Mitaj of First Structure LLC, the structure yields 22 residential units.
Available on NYC Housing Connect are eight units for residents earning 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $102,480 to $198,250.
According to YIMBY, residential units come with air conditioning, intercom, and high-speed internet and amenities include an accessible entrance, package lockers, elevator, bike storage lockers, and security cameras. Tenants are responsible for electricity.
At 130 percent of the AMI, there are 19 studios available, each with with a monthly rent of $3,128 for those earning incomes ranging from $107,246 to $146,900.
According to HPD, prospective renters must meet income and household size requirements to apply for these apartments and applications must be postmarked or submitted online no later than April 3.
HPD officials say housing is considered affordable if it costs about one-third or less of what the people living in the local area earn. Income eligibility and rent for City-financed affordable housing projects are based on a measure called Area Median Income (AMI).
The AMI for all cities across the country is defined each year by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The 2023 AMI for the New York City region is $127,100 for a three-person family (100% AMI).
More information can also be found here. Note HPD sometimes extends the deadline for receipt of applications.
Affordable Housing Lottery Helpline: 212-863-7990
Email: nychousingconnect@hpd.nyc.gov
For information on applying for affordable housing for people with disabilities, please submit accessibility inquiries to:
Phone: 212-863-6486
Email: accessibility@hpd.nyc.gov
HPD Housing Ambassadors
Email: ambassadors@hpd.nyc.gov
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]]>The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating a 26-year-old man from Allerton who is reported missing.
It was reported to police said that Jharif Corchado of 2541 Holland Avenue was last seen on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at approximately 0900 hours at his residence in the confines of 49 Precinct. The missing is described as a Black Hispanic male, with a dark complexion, blonde hair, brown eyes, is around 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighs 150 pounds. His latest clothing description is unknown.
Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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]]>A 47-year-old man has died following a shooting in Fordham Heights on Saturday night.
Police said that on Saturday, March 16, at around 9.40 p.m., officers from the 46th Precinct responded to 911 calls regarding a person who had been shot in front of 2311 Morris Avenue, a multistory, residential building, located between Field Place and East 183rd Street.
“Upon arrival, officers observed a 47-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds throughout the body,” a police spokesperson said. “The victim was removed by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing.”
A baseball cap and a pair of spectacles were seen on the sidewalk in the cordoned off area.
Later on Sunday afternoon, March 17, police said the deceased was identified as Alexis Ramirez of Creston Avenue in Fordham Heights.
Norwood News spoke to some people who were passing by the scene of the shooting late on Saturday night / early Sunday morning. One woman who declined to be identified who said she was from out of state was visiting her sister whose car happened to have been parked by the crime scene and had apparently been damaged during the shooting.
Her sister was seen talking to police officers and examining her car. Neither the woman we spoke to, nor her sister nor any of their friends had witnessed the shooting. One of her male friends surmised the victim may not have been the intended target but someone who was shot by accident / in crossfire.
Though the crime scene was on a residential side street, there were still people passing up and down the street late on Saturday night and into the early hours of Sunday morning, while nearby East 183rd Street was busier with other people, and music was heard from nearby bars and delis.
We spoke to other people in the neighborhood but nobody else had witnessed the incident either. Speaking in Spanish, a middle-aged male resident of the neighborhood, who we are not naming for his safety and who lives in a building close to where the shooting took place, was just getting home from work when we asked for his reaction to the incident.
Asked how he felt knowing someone had been shot dead near his home, he said, “Well, walking around with fear. We have to go out to work, and the level of crime is fairly bad and so violent outside at this time.”
Asked if it was the first time that a fatal shooting had happened in the neighborhood, he said, “Well, I’m not living in this area a long time, but I’ve never seen anything like this until now.” Asked if he was aware of any gang activity in the neighborhood, the man said he didn’t know and that he just went to and from his home to work. “I sometimes go to the supermarket and to a bar but nothing else,” he said.
The numbers of both year-to-date shootings and shooting victims in the Bronx overall as of March 10 are up compared to the same time last year, while in the 46th Precinct, where the shooting took place, the number of shooting victims as of March 10 has decreased compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile the number of shooting incidents compared to the same timeframe last year as of March 10 remains the same.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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]]>Applications are now open for the next round of the Jazz Leaders Fellowship at The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BKCM), a 126-year-old nonprofit dedicated to transforming lives through the educational and therapeutic powers of music. Applications must be submitted by May 15 and the winners will be announced in June.
Now in its fourth year, representatives from BKCM said the Jazz Leaders Fellowship provides resources to Black women and Black non-binary musicians to further develop their craft and pursue projects that advance their careers. They said two musicians will be selected to each receive a $12,500 award and access to BKCM rehearsal space.
To be considered for this award, applicants must identify as Black women or Black non-binary jazz musicians, be aged 21 years or older, and reside in the NYC metropolitan area. While applicants from all career stages are encouraged to apply, currently enrolled full-time students are not eligible.
Past recipients of this award have included singer-songwriters, pianists, recording artists, poets, composers, and arrangers. Last year’s winners were Miss Olithea and Melanie Charles, both of whom are involved with jazz music through a variety of mediums, including singing, songwriting, and producing.
Those chosen for this fellowship are responsible for developing one public performance presenting the fellow as a leader in an ensemble, and for collaborating with the Community Music School jazz program director to establish a framework for engaging students with the fellow’s artistry. This entails a three-hour workshop with BKCM jazz students, a planning meeting with the CMS jazz program director, a planning meeting with BKCM jazz faculty, and conducting a site visit.
The program was conceived by former Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Board member Daniel DiPietro and developed by the jazz leaders fellowship committee, led by musician and educator, Fay Victor. The fellowship is made possible by the generous support of DiPietro and his wife, Alexis. For a full list of the jazz leaders fellowship committee members, who play a key role in the selection process, visit: https://bkcm.org/jlf/.
Representatives from the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (BKCM) say the conservatory aims to transform lives and build community through the expressive, educational, and therapeutic powers of music. They say its Park Slope home offers private music lessons, group classes, ensembles, and music therapy, and through its community engagement programs, it brings high-quality music education and music therapy to 7,000 students and clients at 75 public schools and community-based organizations across the city’s five boroughs.
They say the conservatory strives to be a safe, affirming, and inclusive place for all people to come together and experience learning, joy, creativity, and healing through music. For more information, visit: https://bkcm.org/
As reported, Bronx jazz artist, Samara Joy, recently took home her third Grammy this year for Best Jazz Performance for her song “Tight” at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, Feb. 4.
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]]>The post Schools Chancellor Speaks on Disqualifications in PSAL Class 4A Boys Varsity Basketball Championship first appeared on Norwood News.
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]]>Schools Chancellor David C. Banks released a statement on Saturday, March 16, following eligibility audits and the disqualification of some teams participating in the 2024 Public School Athletic League (PSAL) Class 4A Boys Varsity Basketball Championship game scheduled for Friday, March 15.
“Every student-athlete in New York City public schools is first and foremost a student – it is only through academics that our students will be set up for a secure, stable future,” Banks said. “Let me be clear – as the leader of the nation’s largest public school system I expect every adult involved in the education of young people to hold themselves to the highest levels of integrity. Anything else is utterly unacceptable.”
Banks said that for years prior to the Adams administration, PSAL eligibility auditing had been allowed to languish, fostering what he said was a culture among some athletic programs that skirted or outright flouted academic and other eligibility requirements to play student-athletes who were not eligible. He said this had not continued and would not continue under the current administration.
“Under this administration and the new leadership of Danny Harris, senior executive director of PSAL, the league has reinstituted an eligibility office that, for the first time in four years, began performing random audits this year,” Banks said. “Through this work, we recently found academic eligibility violations in the Thomas Jefferson Campus boys’ varsity basketball team, which disqualified them from the playoffs.”
The schools chancellor continued, “Subsequently, I directed PSAL to conduct similar audits of other teams in the playoffs. While we found some schools who ran programs by the book, we found others who failed to follow the rules. Additionally, we found violations on the South Shore Campus boys’ varsity basketball team related to age eligibility. The team is now disqualified from the remainder of the post-season, which includes last night’s PSAL basketball championship game. We canceled that game.”
He added, “In simple terms – adults put the long-term future of young people second for momentary high school glory on the court. These adults are not helping students, they are only helping themselves.”
Banks said he and his colleagues referred each case to the special commissioner of investigation, and would not shy away from taking appropriate disciplinary action against any staff who he said “chose to cheat” in athletic contests. “Additionally, Senior Executive Director Harris will be building out a comprehensive, system-wide plan for checking eligibility requirements for the upcoming school year that goes beyond random audits,” he said.
The schools chancellor concluded, “The goal is to ensure that any issues are identified and dealt with in a timely fashion prior to playoffs, thus avoiding last minute cancelations, which only harm students and their families. Student-athletes across our system deserve role models who uphold the highest levels of integrity and honesty.”
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]]>The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) announced on Friday, March 15, that a public hearing on proposed amendments to existing City rules relating to roadway and sidewalk cafés will be held on April 16 at 9.30 a.m. The hearing was due to be held on March 19 but has since been postoned to the April date.
The hearing relates to proposed amendments to Chapter 2 of Title 63 of the Rules of the City of New York, and a copy of the proposed amendments can be viewed here.
The hearing will take place both at the Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10029 and via the LPC’s YouTube channel.
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]]>The post Bedford Park: Police Release Bodycam Footage of Police-Involved Shooting Amid DV Incident first appeared on Norwood News.
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]]>The NYPD released in early March the bodycam footage in relation to the police-involved shooting of Michael Dotel, 30, a father of two, that took place amid a domestic violence incident at 2865 Creston Avenue in Bedford Park on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023. The video can be watched via the YouTube link further below.
As reported, the 30-year-old, emotionally disturbed Dotel, a resident of the supportive housing complex run by Project Renewal, died following the shooting at his home, police said. Two family members, including his mother, had been stabbed prior to Dotel being shot.
During a press conference held on Saturday, Dec. 23, the day of the incident, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said, “This morning, two of our officers responded to families calling for help. As they responded quickly, they were met with a chaotic, fast-moving situation where they showed great composure, and saved the life of a 45-year-old mother.”
Chell said that at around 11.15 on the morning of the incident, two uniformed police officers from the 52nd Precinct in Bedford Park responded to 2865 Creston Avenue, 13th Floor, Apt G. “As they entered that floor, they were met by a family member who was the caller of 911,” he said. “As they were approaching the door, a female, 19, came screaming out of the apartment with a parent with a slice wound to the facial area.”
He continued, “The cops entered the apartment, they observed in a very small, confined space, a subject holding his mother in a front headlock, with a large carving knife to the throat. She was clearly injured and bleeding from that area. Our officers gave numerous commands to drop the knife. However, our officer discharged his firearm, striking the subject once in the head, and saved the mother’s life. He was rendered aid, he was removed to hospital where he has since been pronounced (deceased).”
Chell added at the time, “Everything I just described to you is clearly a hectic situation depicted on body-worn camera. You know every day in the city, our cops respond to calls for emotionally disturbed people and it’s a tough job for our cops to handle these. They always look for the best outcome for the family of the emotionally disturbed person.”
He went on to say, “Today was a complete tragedy during this holiday season. Thank God that that our cops got here quickly and saved this family from further harm.” He said that the family member armed with the knife told one family member he was going to kill his family and kill him.”
Chell went on to praise who he described as “our two young cops” saying they got there quickly and showed composure. “Their training kicked in, and saved mom’s life and saved this family’s life,” he said at the time.
Asked about the experience of the officers, Chell said, “All these officers have a little over two years on the job. They had to make these decisions, again life and death decisions, quickly and again, saved the mother’s life.” He said the officers were uninjured.
Asked about the layout of the apartment, Chell said, “The apartment is a two-bedroom apartment but it’s extremely small. When they opened that front door, they were standing in a very small kitchen and a very small living room, so when they walked in, it was right in front of these officers. You’re talking approximately 5 feet, and this officer had to make these decisions.”
In response to other questions, Chell said, “As far as what triggered this, we don’t know what triggered this. We don’t know. We don’t want to speculate. As far as this specific apartment goes, Apt 13G, there has been a history of domestic violence. In terms of his mental status, we don’t have anything documented with the police department.”
After the incident, a women was seen being wheeled out of the building by paramedics. Her right eye was bandaged.
In response to a question about any general problems within the building itself, Chell said at the time that they hadn’t gotten into investigating the building generally and were just focused on the apartment itself.
On Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, police said the deceased had been identified as Dotel of Creston Avenue, Bronx, NY. Dotel’s heartbroken mother later spoke to Norwood News about the tragedy and despite being saved, was critical of the police response.
On release of the bodycam footage, police reported that the 911 caller said Dotel may have ingested narcotics.
The building in question, constructed under Phase I of the Bedford Green supportive housing development project, was completed towards the end of 2021, and residents started moving in in January 2022. A formal ribbon-cutting opening ceremony, attended by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, among others, took place in July 2022, as reported. The Phase II ground-breaking took place in December 2022, as reported.
As reported, in early December [2023], police released video footage of a separate police-involved shooting which took place in Kingsbridge on the elevated subway tracks over Broadway and 231st Street on April 13.
Local services for those affected by domestic or gender-based violence are available in The Bronx. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic or gender-based violence, call 311 and ask to be connected to a NYC Family Justice Center or walk-in Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call the NYC 24/7 Domestic Violence Hotline on 1-800-621-4673, or visit the NYC Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence for more information.
If you are in immediate danger, if you can, dial 911.
Editor’s Note: Norwood News is unable to confirm what the mental health status of the deceased was nor if his mental health contributed to this incident. However, help is available to those with a serious mental illness. See attached flier above for more details.
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]]>The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) for Tile, Marble and Terrazzo BAC, Local Union #7 of New York & New Jersey will conduct a recruitment from April 15 through Oct. 25 for five tile setter apprentices; five terrazzo worker apprentices; and five marble, carver, cutter and setter apprentices, New York State Department of Labor announced on Friday, March 15.
Applications will be available at the International Masonry Institute, located at 12-07 44th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101 from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on April 15, April 16, April 17, April 18, April 19, Oct. 21, Oct. 22, Oct. 23, Oct. 24 and Oct. 25. Applications must be completed, and exams taken, on the day of application. Doors open at 8 a.m. There will be no admittance after 8:30 a.m. Processing will be until 10 a.m. Applications will not be accepted by mail.
The Committee requires that applicants:
– working with hand tools and power tools;
– exposure to loud noise, hazardous machinery, hazardous voltages and respiratory irritants;
– prolonged standing, climbing, walking, repeated squatting, stretching and bending;
– working under extreme weather conditions in summer and winter months;
– working at temperatures and in confined areas where movement is greatly limited;
– lifting and moving heavy supplies and equipment up to 100 pounds;
– working from ladders, scaffolds, and personnel lifts, which may exceed 100 feet; and
– providing DD-214 Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, if applicable, after selection and prior to enrollment.
For further information, applicants should contact Tile, Marble and Terrazzo BAC, Local Union #7 of NY & NJ at (718) 706-9294. Additional job search assistance can be obtained at your local New York State Department of Labor Career Center (see: dol.ny.gov/career-centers).
Apprentice programs registered with the NYS Department of Labor must meet standards established by the Commissioner. Under state law, sponsors of programs cannot discriminate against applicants because of race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, disability or marital status. Women and minorities are encouraged to submit applications for apprenticeship programs. Sponsors of programs are required to adopt affirmative action plans for the recruitment of women and minorities.
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