Fordham Manor: Woman Slashed in Face During Robbery

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance identifying two individuals wanted for questioning in connection to a robbery that occurred in the 52nd precinct. On Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 at around 2 p.m. inside 301 East Kingsbridge Road (Envy Nail Salon), two unidentified men approached a 36-year-old woman as she was exiting the store. They proceeded to slash her with a box cutter and remove her purse which contained $700. The suspects fled on foot northbound on East Kingsbridge Road toward Briggs Avenue. The victim sustained a laceration to her face and was

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An MTA bus traveling northbound along Bainbridge Avenue made an erroneous right turn onto 206th Street in Norwood Thursday, Nov. 19, at around 10.55 p.m. As the bus driver slowly tried to make the turn, the bus grazed a parked, white Acura RDX Turbo to its right, getting stuck as it did so to the point where it could then neither move forward nor backward. The driver said there were no passengers on the bus at the time of the incident, and there didn’t appear to be anybody in the surrounding, parked cars either. There were some pedestrians

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at around 4.50 a.m., a New York City employee was arrested in the 47th precinct, which covers Woodlawn, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Baychester, Edenwald, Olinville, Fishbay, and Woodlawn Cemetery. Kerry Badala, 38, an NYPD police officer, was charged with driving while intoxicated.

City Employee Arrested in the Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Wednesday November 18, 2020, at approximately 11 a.m., an off-duty New York City employee was arrested in the 45th precinct in the Bronx. The precinct covers Co-op City and City Island. Christopher Orere, 36, from the Administration for Children’s Services was arrested and charged with assault and harassment.

Cuomo Urges New Yorkers Not to Travel for Thanksgiving

Bronx Teen First Vaping-Related Death in New York State

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Thursday, Nov. 19, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued some travel and other updates in the context of the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in New York State. “What I’ve seen from this virus after battling it for 260-plus straight days is that in some ways its course is predictable,” Cuomo said. “So, it is clear that as people travel for the Thanksgiving holiday — so will the virus. Travel is a real concern because New York State has one of the lowest infection rates in the country. If people travel here from states with higher infection rates, that

By ROXANA YUSTI

According to the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, nearly a million New Yorkers are currently living with diabetes. In usual times, managing diabetes can be a challenge. With the COVID-19 pandemic and associated stressors, this may be an even more difficult time to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and control of blood sugar levels. In honor of National Diabetes Awareness Month, the Montefiore Office of Community and Population Health is sharing ways to prevent and control diabetes. Diabetes is a long-lasting health condition that makes it hard for your body to break down the sugar from food

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

Before Brianna Lopez turned 19, she decided to make a written record of her experiences during her last year as a teenager. In doing so, she decided that she wouldn’t hold back from sharing the ups and downs, the happy and sad times, the darkness and the hope she felt on the cusp of adulthood. Through a combination of prose and poetry, Lopez, now 20, and a college junior in Miami who is majoring in professional writing, has self-published a collection of those experiences in a book entitled, “the nighttime series: a collection of poetry and short stories”

By DAVID GREENE

A number of different events are scheduled throughout November to honor and assist America’s veterans, ranging from health seminars to legal discussions covering veterans’ rights. Last week, local, elected officials gathered at Woodlawn Cemetery for the annual, wreath-laying ceremony at the monument dedicated to those who served and died in World War I, the so-called “war to end all wars.” Unlike years past, this year, the 25 or so attendees at the event wore face masks, had plenty of hand sanitizer available, and remained socially distant during the proceedings, hyper-aware of the rising coronavirus cases reported across the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

In politics, cultivating relationships is key. Eric Dinowitz says teaching taught him that early in his career. In 2007, at 21, he tried out for a position at John F. Kennedy High School in Marble Hill giving a demo to a class on how to create a PowerPoint presentation. “I go to the principal’s office afterwards,” he said. “I go over the lesson and she’s like, ‘Well, the lesson was okay, but you memorized all their names, so you have a good personality’.” He got the job. Now, having taught “thousands of students over 13 years,” Dinowitz