Update: District 11 City Council Race: Dan Padernacht Endorsed by Progressive Activist, Bill Samuels

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Lawyer and City Council candidate in the District 11 race, Dan Padernacht, has received the endorsement of Bill Samuels, a business leader, lawyer, and founder of the Council on Economic Priorities, EffectiveNY, the New Roosevelt Initiative, and New Yorkers for a More Effective Constitution. Samuels wrote in a press release on Monday, March 1, that Padernacht’s history of leadership in the Northwest Bronx has amply prepared him to represent his district in the city council. “He has a facile understanding of the economic and social issues within the district and innovative approaches to post-pandemic recovery,” Samuels said. “Dan will

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, who represents the 34th senatorial district and who is a survivor of sexual abuse, called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on Saturday, Feb. 27, to resign in the wake of more assertions of sexual harassment by the governor, alleged by a second former aide. Other elected officials have called for an independent investigation into the allegations. “The assertions against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo by Charlotte Bennett detail behavior that is unacceptable,” Biaggi said. “I am especially horrified by the comments the governor made to Charlotte about her experience with sexual assault –– comments he did

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A woman has been arrested after a small child was seen in a video being abandoned on the street, in the South Bronx. On Sunday, Feb. 28, The New York City Police Department had asked for the public’s assistance in identifying two individuals seen in the attached video which was recorded on Saturday, Feb. 27, at around 00.03 a.m. The unidentified and unaccompanied child had been found by police at the corner of Prospect Avenue and East 156th Street, in the South Bronx close to the William McKinley Houses, in the 41st precinct. The unidentified child, who said

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Chagisael Vargas-Colon, 37, of 364 East 170th Street in the Bronx, who was reported missing on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 in the 44th precinct. It was reported to police that Vargas-Colon was last seen on Friday, Feb. 26, at approximately 00.30 a.m., inside his home. He is described as male, around 5 feet, 5 inches tall, Hispanic, weighs 210 pounds, has a medium complexion, brown eyes, black hair and a beard. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black jeans and black “Jordan” sneakers. Anyone with information with

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Jamaal Jackson, 21, of 200 West 167 Street, in the Highbridge section of The Bronx, who was reported missing in the 44th precinct. Jackson was last seen Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 at approximately 7.30 p.m. at his home. He is described as male, approximately 5 feet, 10 inches tall, Black, weighs approximately 155 pounds, and has brown eyes. He was last seeing wearing a gray sweat shirt, gray sweat pants, a black and gray jacket, and white and blue sneakers. A resident contacted the Norwood News and wrote, “Jamaal

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Saturday, Feb. 27, it was announced that the owner of an eight-story residential building at 2074 Walton Avenue in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx, filed an application with the New York City Department of Buildings, for the construction of a new 67-unit residential building at the same address. According to YIMBY, the architecture, construction, and real estate website, which reported on the application, the building is located between East Burnside Avenue and East 181st Street, and the lot is one block from the Burnside Avenue subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Michael Hunt, under

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An affordable housing lottery for units at 2317 Cambreleng Avenue, an eight-story mixed-use development in the Belmont section of The Bronx, closes on March 2, as reported by YIMBY, the architecture, construction, and real estate website, on Friday, Feb. 26. Designed by Stagg Group, the building has six remaining units available on NYC Housing Connect, the portal of New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), through which New Yorkers can find and apply for affordable housing opportunities across the five boroughs. The units are available at 120

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The owner of a four-story residential building at 1548 Jesup Avenue in the Mt Eden section of The Bronx, filed an application with the New York City Department of Buildings, for the construction of a new sixteen-unit residential building at the same address, as reported by YIMBY, the architecture, construction, and real estate website announced on Friday, Feb. 26. Located between Featherbed Lane and West 170th Street, the lot is two blocks west of the Mount Eden Avenue subway station, serviced by the 4 train. Yehuda Zelik, managing agent of The Management Crew is listed as the owner behind

By DAVID GREENE

A senior citizen remains in critical condition after trying to cross a busy highway on the Indian Village / Pelham Bay border. According to an unnamed police official, the incident was reported at 12:33 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 26. The police official wrote in an email to the Norwood News the following day, “Police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian struck on the Hutchinson River Parkway, northbound near Pelham Parkway.” According to the official, officers from the 45th precinct discovered a still-unidentified, 79-year-old man lying in the roadway with trauma to the