In the first part of my letter, I argued that congestion pricing offers a golden opportunity to make a stand for the Bronx by supporting it only if revenues are legally dedicated to subway expansion projects in the outer boroughs. Congestion pricing also provides a second golden opportunity: its revenues would provide a down payment (supplemented by private and other funding sources) to make the dream extending the 2nd Avenue subway to Co-op City a reality.

A 12-year-old girl narrowly escaped death or serious injury when a bullet passed through another man and hit her in the stomach.

Last Saturday night, a 26-year-old man named Souleymane Haidara was murdered in North Fordham.

Police nabbed one of their own on a recent Saturday afternoon for stealing at a large retail store in the west Bronx.

Officers arrested two people on Nov. 29 for harboring guns in the northwest Bronx.

A fight on Gun Hill Road involving at least eight people, a golf club, a knife, a stolen Sidekick cell phone and an exchange of accusations, led to the arrest of four men on Thursday, Nov. 29.

A listing of neighborhood events and programming available to our readers in the northwest Bronx.

A listing of events and entertainment options for our readers in the northwest Bronx.

More than 125 people showed up for the Fordham Road Business Improvement District’s third annual “Sparkling the Heart of Fordham” tree lighting ceremony at Bryan Park on Nov. 30 (top). The Fordham University Choir performed at the ceremony. A few days later, the Bronx Veterans Affairs Hospital on West Kingsbridge Road lit its Christmas tree for the 10th consecutive year on Monday, Dec. 3. Volunteers from the AmVets Ladies Auxiliary, Post #38, served hot chocolate and donuts to about two dozen patients and staff.