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District 15 City Council Race: “Our City” Endorses Crespo, Plans to Spend Five-Figure Amounts in Ads

By SÍLE MOLONEY
As candidates step up the pace in the final weeks ahead of the District 15 City Council special election, which takes place on March 23, Elisa Crespo, an education liaison to the Bronx borough president, received another boost to her campaign with news that the progressive group, Our City, is backing her as their first choice candidate in the race.   According to the group’s website, Our City is a project to win a progressive governing vision for New York City in 2021, centered around the agendas and voices of citywide grassroots movements. “Leading up to the June 22 Democratic


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Update: 13-Year-Old Missing Girl in Fordham Heights is Home and Safe

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department confirmed on March 14, 2021 that a 13-year-old girl who had been reported missing in Fordham Heights is home and safe. Police had been seeking the public’s assistance in locating Sharon Nesmith Shanajah, 13, of 365 Ford Street in Fordham Heights, in the 46th precinct.   It had been reported to the police that Sharon had last been seen on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at approximately 6.30 p.m., inside her home. She was described as being approximately 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 145 pounds, is of a medium build and has a dark


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Charlotte Gardens Vicinity: Search for 39-Year-Old Missing Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating José Garcia, 39, of 695 East 170th Street, in the vicinity of Charlotte Gardens in The Bronx, who was reported missing in the 42nd precinct. It has been reported to police that Garcia was last seen on Friday, March 12, 2021 at approximately 4.30 p.m. inside his home. He is described as being approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds, has a light complexion, brown eyes and black, close cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray sweater, light blue shorts, and Nike sneakers. Anyone with information with


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Update: Bronx Robbery Pattern, including Grand Auto Theft

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
    The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating four men wanted in connection with the theft of three vehicles and the assault of an employee at a Webster Avenue parking garage. The investigation is part of a search to locate and identify the several individuals seen in the attached video and photographs, who are wanted in connection with several robberies that occurred across the borough in recent weeks.   Police were called to the G & S Sons Parking Lot at 2740 Webster Avenue in Fordham Manor in the 52nd precinct regarding a gunpoint auto theft incident at


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Woodlawn Heights: Investigation Continues following Collision of Motorcycle & Truck

By DAVID GREENE
Investigators continue to piece together events leading up to a fatal crash, previously reported by the Norwood News, where a motorcycle crashed into the back of a work truck contracted by New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), at the end of the morning rush-hour. The crash was reported at 9:56 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, on the northbound Major Deegan Expressway, between the East 233rd Street exit in Woodlawn Heights and the McLean Avenue exit in Yonkers. According to an unnamed NYPD official, responding officers from the 50th precinct arrived at the crash scene and “observed a 58-year-old male


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NYC “Vaccine for All Corps” is Hiring to Help with Local Vaccination Roll-Out Efforts

By SÍLE MOLONEY
In his recent State of the City address, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the creation of “Vaccine for All Corps,” an initiative that aimed to create jobs for 2,000 New Yorkers, by supporting vaccination efforts across the five boroughs. On March 10, the City announced that it is now hiring for the first of these positions via nyc.gov/vaccinejobs.   Recruitment for the “Vaccine for All Corps” jobs is being led by the Workforce1 Career Center System operated by the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), and is targeting candidates from those communities hardest hit by COVID-19.


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Kingsbridge Heights: Additional Man Arrested in 2018 Murder Investigation

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  On Monday, Sept. 3, 2018 at approximately 9.24 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a man who had been shot opposite 124 Eames Place, in Kingsbridge Heights in the 50th Precinct. Upon arrival, officers observed a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the upper torso.   EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. There were no initial arrests and the investigation remained ongoing. The deceased was identified as Christopher Pierce, 34, of Webb Avenue, The Bronx. On Sept. 9, 2018, the NYPD sought the public’s


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Update: District 11 City Council Race, State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi Backs Jessica Haller & Mino Lora

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi has endorsed both tech entrepreneur and environmentalist, Jessica Haller, and Mino Lora, founder and executive director of the People’s Theater Project, in the District 11 City Council race, for which a special election is being held on March 23rd.   In the context of the announcement, Biaggi said Haller would be a dedicated, passionate advocate for the people of the 11th District. “Her vision for the Bronx is one that I share,” she said. “We need a more equitable, resilient and sustainable Bronx and I look forward to partnering with Jessica as she takes


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Update: District 11 City Council Race: Dan Padernacht Endorsed by Ironworkers Union

By SÍLE MOLONEY
City Council candidate Daniel Padernacht, lawyer and chair of Bronx Community Board 8’s Traffic & Transportation committee, has been endorsed by Local 46 of the Metallic Lathers Union and Reinforcing Ironworkers in his bid to win the District 11 City Council seat in the Northwest Bronx, for which a special election is taking place on March 23.   Union representatives said Padernacht will be an elected official that will understand his district’s needs and concerns and will do his best to address them. “Dan understands that good-paying jobs are the means to lift a community,” the statement read.   Reacting


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