For Teens, Parenting Styles Can Be Found in the Streets

By Karina Caban While there are several places throughout the Bronx where young adults can learn how to become better parents, the neighborhood streets are often the most obvious place parenting education can be found. Interviews with Bronx teens show that daily interactions on the sidewalk, in the subway and at the local bodega offer a view of the challenges and rewards of parenting. “It’s always chaotic where I live,” said David Hawkins, 17, who attends Metropolitan High School. “I see little kids being pushed to the side by their parents and [heard about kids being] beaten to death.” David

By JESSICA MENESES Vital Stats: 11 – Percentage of teens who will experience depression by age 18. Source: National Alliance on Mental Health Arsenis, a Bronx resident living on Intervale Avenue, has been battling depression since she was 13. That was four years ago. These days her depression makes her “fall into a rut very often and think about death.” But instead of popping a pill or talking to a doctor when she feels bad, Arsenis routinely picks up a pen. She used to be on medication, though its effects left her “trained to think that it fixes your problems

By Briana Anderson The lost art of letter writing may be followed by the art of cursive in New York City public schools. In an age that celebrates digital knowhow over old school traditions, legible handwriting is often overlooked in schools while lessons in cursive writing is all but ignored in many classrooms. Aaron Reid, 16, a student at DeWitt Clinton High School in Norwood, called cursive “a waste of time.” “Why do we need cursive when nowadays typing and print is the new penmanship?” he asked. But Joshua Corder, 15, a student at Harry S. Truman High School in

By BOB KAPPSTATTER The year 2014 was one of pluses and minuses for the 52nd Precinct. But its commanding officer isn’t complaining–or relaxing.

Two Police Officers Wounded in Fordham Gunfight

by David Greene A day after NYPD police officer Wenjian Liu was laid to rest, two anti-crime cops were wounded after they responded to a call of a robbery in progress at a deli in Fordham Heights. The shooter remains at large.

Endless Construction at Bedford Pk. Building

By MICHAEL BROWN JR. “Expected Occupancy Summer 2014,” reads the sign at a Bedford Park building.

Standoff in Throggs Neck Ends With Arrest, Elderly Woman Found Dead

by David Greene New Year’s morning saw the second homicide in the borough happening the quietest of places.

Inquiring Photographer

By DAVID GREENE This week we asked readers their thoughts on the recent protests for NYPD reforms and what they think demonstrators are trying to achieve. I think it’s horrible. These [police officers] are innocent people. If you want to do it, do non-violent protests. I’m from India and the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi, got independence from non-violent protests. Like Martin Luther King, he followed the steps of Gandhi. The Justice Department is investigating and they will analyze what happened to Eric Garner and Michael Brown and will take whatever steps need to be taken.–Mohammad Ziauddin I

By DAVID CRUZ Behind the holiday lights strung throughout four commercial strips, a blueprint for bolstering economic fervor along a major thoroughfare, and a revamped Norwood News, the Mosholu Preservation Corporation (MPC) has overseen it all. And that’s just in 2014.