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Change of Vaccination Site in the Northwest Bronx from Walton H.S. to Bronx H.S. of Science

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On Friday, Feb. 26, Assemblyman for the 81st Assembly District, Jeffrey Dinowitz, announced that the COVID-19 vaccination site located at Walton H.S. campus in Kingsbridge Heights has been relocated to Bronx High School of Science in Jerome Park. The assemblyman said that this was done because NYC Department of Education needed to reclaim the Walton H.S. campus for middle schoolers who were able to return to the classroom this past week.   “These two campuses are not very far away from each other (they are separated by Lehman College along Education Mile) and the procedure for getting a vaccine should


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Executive Director of North Central Bronx Hospital Promoted to New Position in Harlem

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Mitchell Katz, MD and president and CEO at NYC Health + Hospitals, the City’s public hospital system, announced on Friday, Feb. 26, that Cristina Contreras, executive director of NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx (NCB), located in Norwood, will be promoted to CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan based in East Harlem.   It was also announced that Christopher Roker, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan in East Harlem, will serve as CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln in Mott Haven. In these roles, Katz said Contreras and Roker will help lead the hospitals’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic


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Teddy Car Dealers Awards Music Grant to Bronx House School of Performing Arts

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Teddy Cars, a car dealership in Nissans and Volkswagens based on Boston Road in the Bronx, is continuing its monthly commitment, which began in 2020, of awarding $20,000 to various music education programs in the Bronx, as part of the Teddy Cars Bronx Music Grant Program.   This month, the recipient is Bronx House School for Performing Arts. Teddy Cars General Manager, Julio Batista, visited Bronx House in December 2019 to see the program in action, first-hand (see the video). “It’s an excellent program,” he said. “At Teddy Cars, we feel strongly about doing things to help the community and


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Forest Houses: Search for Man Wanted in Connection with Stabbing Incident

By SÍLE MOLONEY
    The New York City Police Department is asking the public’s assistance identifying the following individual depicted in the attached video and photo regarding an assault that occurred in the 42nd precinct.   It was reported to police that on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 at approximately 6 p.m., inside a playground at the rear of 968 Cauldwell Avenue in the Forest Houses neighborhood, the victim and the suspect engaged in a verbal dispute that escalated into a physical confrontation.   The suspect stabbed the victim once in the torso with a sharp object before fleeing the scene in an


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Update: Nathalia Fernández Calls for Mass Vaccination Site in the North Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Assemblywoman for the 80th Assembly District in the Northwest Bronx, Nathalia Fernández, called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday, Feb. 24, to bring a mass COVID-19 vaccination site to the North Bronx. Despite the City providing free transportation for seniors to get vaccinated as well as efforts to deliver expanded access to the COVID-19 vaccine across those communities most at risk, vaccination rates are still relatively low, as reported earlier this week by the Norwood News, particularly in low-income and minority communities.   “If the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine is


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Private Home Destroyed in House Fire on Yonkers-Bronx Border

By DAVID GREENE
A private home was destroyed after fire broke out in the home which is located on the Yonkers-Bronx border. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries in the blaze.   According to a statement released by Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone of the Yonkers Fire Department, the fire was reported at 3.56 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 149 Scott Avenue in Yonkers, on the Wakefield border of the Bronx. According to Citrone’s statement, the two-alarm blaze was “initiated from an electrical outlet that sparked and ignited a mattress.”   Firefighters discovered ‘Collyer’s mansion conditions,’ an FDNY term for a cluttered residence according


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Woman Who Pushed 2nd Woman onto Bronx Subway Track Arrested for Attempted Murder

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department has arrested a woman in Manhattan, for attempted murder for pushing another middle-aged woman onto the subway tracks at a Bronx subway station earlier this month.   The police had asked for the public’s assistance on Feb. 9, in ascertaining the whereabouts of the unidentified woman seen in the attached photos and video, who had been sought in connection with the incident, which took place in the 42nd Precinct / Transit District 12.   It was reported to police that on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at around 7.50 p.m., on the platform of the 174th


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Black History Month Continues at Lehman College with Poetry & Discussion Series

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  When 22-year-old Amanda Gorman reflected on the fraught state of the country at President Joe Biden’s inauguration with her poem “The Hill We Climb,” she became, in that moment, one of the most visible examples of a rich tradition: Black poets who speak to the urgency of the day, and center African American historical perspectives.   Throughout February, an innovative initiative has been giving the public an opportunity to learn more about that tradition, which stretches back some 250 years, and Lehman College’s Leonard Lief Library has taken a leading role in the effort.   Entitled, “Lift Every Voice: Why African American


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Bronx County Democratic Party Endorses State Sen. Brian Benjamin for NYC Comptroller

By SÍLE MOLONEY
State Sen. Brian Benjamin received the endorsement of the Bronx County Democratic Party on Thursday, Feb. 24, in his bid to win the seat for New York City comptroller. Representatives for the Party said it is committed to helping elect Democrats across the borough who will continue to fight for progress and for the residents of the community.   The Party’s representatives said the endorsement was based on Benjamin’s extensive experience handling investments, and his background in finance, a crucial skill, they said, for the job of city comptroller. Combined with his work as chair of the Budget and Revenue


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