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Allerton: Building Applications Filed with DOB for New Building at 2460 White Plains Road

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Building applications have been filed with NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) for a new, 6-story, mixed-use building located at 2460 White Plains Road in the Allerton section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.   Located between Mace Avenue and Waring Avenue, the lot is one block south of the Allerton Avenue subway station, serviced by the 2 and 5 trains. Zev Mayer of Skyrock NYC is listed as the owner behind the applications.   The proposed 61-foot-tall development will yield 25,917 square feet, with 23,218 square feet designated for residential space and 2,698 square feet for community facility space.


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Mt. Hope: Man Sought in Hit & Run Incident which left Woman, 43, with “Serious Physical Injuries”

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance locating the person seen in the attached photo who is being sought for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision in which injuries were sustained and which occurred in the the Mt. Hope section of The Bronx on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.   Police said that on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, at around 11.50 a.m., a 43-year-old female victim was crossing the street at the intersection of Clay Avenue and East 175th Street when a red BMW sedan which, according to bystanders, was being driven recklessly at high speed, traveled through


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UPDATE Parents of Child Found Alone in the Soundview section of The Bronx Located

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD confirmed on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 1, that the parents of an unidentified girl found alone on Dec. 31, in the Soundview section of The Bronx have been located and an investigation into the incident is currently ongoing.     Earlier on Sunday, police had been appealing to the public for help identifying the young girl, pictured in the attached photo, and locating her parents or guardians.    According to the NYPD, on Dec. 31, at 6:25 p.m. in front of 1208 Leland Ave in Soundview, the unidentified child had been observed walking alone and was removed to NYC Health


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NYC H+H Welcomes First Baby of 2023 at South Brooklyn Health, followed by More Bronx Babies

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The City’s public health system’s first baby of 2023 was welcomed at NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2023. Named Kingsley Mei, the baby boy weighs 6 pounds, 7.6 ounces, and measures 19 inches. Kingsley was born to parents, Dexin and Holly. This is the Brooklyn couple’s first boy.   Later on New Year’s Day, at 9:04 a.m.,  NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln welcomed newborn baby boy, Emilio Araujo, who weighed in at 8 pounds and 15.7 ounces.   As New Year’s Day drew to a close, at 11:30 p.m.,  NYC Health +


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Body of Missing DeWitt Clinton Employee Found on Hunter Island

By DAVID GREENE
Police continue to investigate the disappearance and now mysterious death of New Rochelle resident and longtime DeWitt Clinton High School employee, Christopher Corcoran, 61, whose body was discovered in the woods on Hunter Island, just North of Orchard Beach, on Monday, Dec. 26.   As reported, according to New Rochelle police, multiple law enforcement agencies had been looking for the employee of DeWitt Clinton High School, located in the Jerome Park section of The Bronx. who had disappeared without a trace nearly one month ago.   Clinton faculty and students were notified of Corcoran’s passing on the school’s Instagram page


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NY Becomes First State to Enact “Right to Repair” Law for Consumers of Digital Electronic Devices

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Democratic Assembly Member Patricia Fahy (A.D. 109) and fair repair advocates applauded Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent signature of the Digital Fair Repair Act, passed this year by the New York State legislature with overwhelming bipartisan support. The landmark law allows individuals and small businesses to repair digital devices, and requires electronic manufacturers to provide the manuals and parts to do so, ending ‘Big Tech’s’ monopoly on New York State’s repair market.   Products covered by the legislation include digital electronic devices commonly used by all New Yorkers, such as smartphones, handheld devices, and computers. New York becomes the first state


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UPDATE Annual Festive Display Postponed Once Again at Popular “Holiday House” on Pelham Parkway

By DAVID GREENE
For more than four decades, residents from across the City have trekked to Pelham Gardens to see the annual festive display on show at the “Holiday House” located at the corner of Pelham Parkway North and Westervelt Avenue, created each year by the local Garabedian family.   Visitors come from near and far to see the annual holiday lights, decorations and depictions of nearly 200 characters from world history, fairy tales and pop culture in the form of mannequins fitted with handmade outfits.   However, while some remnants of the annual display were still seen this year, visitors were nonetheless


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Caroling After a Stroke: “Montefiore Melodies” Sing Again

By DAVID GREENE
Members of ‘Montefiore Melodies’ rehearse a rendition of “Jingle Bell Rock” as they prepare to sing with patients during the holiday season at Montefiore Medical Center, located on East 210th Street in Norwood on Friday, December 2, 2022. Video courtesy of David Greene via YouTube.   Bronx choir, “Montefiore Melodies,” brought together, in person, people who are recovering from strokes and other neurological disorders for the first time in two years on Friday, Dec. 2, at Montefiore Medical Center to sing songs of holiday cheer. The afternoon event kicked off the holiday season and took place outside Montefiore Moses Campus


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Crotona: Man, 29, Dead & Four Other Men Wounded following Multiple Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A 29-year-old man has died and three other men are wounded but are in stable condition following a multiple shooting in the Crotona section of The Bronx, police said.   According to the NYPD, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 6.36 p.m., officers from the 48th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a group of people who had been shot at East Tremont Avenue and Southern Boulevard.   “Upon arrival, police discovered four individuals shot,” a police spokesperson said. “Victim #1, a 28-year-old male, was shot in the chest and transported to St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.


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