Mott Haven: 7-Year-Old Girl’s Death Classified a Homicide

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police have classified the recent death of a 7-year-old girl in Mott Haven as a homicide. On Tuesday, August 10, at approximately 8.06 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding an unconscious female inside an apartment at an Alexander Avenue residential building in Mott Haven, located in the 40th precinct, and also in Police Service Area (PSA) 7 which serves NYCHA housing in the 40th and 42nd precincts. Upon arrival, responding officers encountered EMS personnel providing emergency care to an unconscious 7-year-old girl. EMS subsequently transported the child to NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln where she was pronounced

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New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Thursday, Aug. 12, the official launch of the city’s e-scooter pilot program in the East Bronx. Bird, Lime and Veo, the three companies participating in the pilot program, will bring up to 3,000 e-scooters to the East Bronx during Phase 1 which starts Tuesday, Aug. 17, with an increase to as many as 6,000 in the second phase next year. According to DOT officials, both the department and each e-scooter company underwent an extensive community engagement process to locate sites for the e-scooter parking corrals and to educate the public about

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INCLUDEnyc is hosting an online back-to-school panel for Spanish-speaking parents of students with disabilities on Tuesday, Aug. 17. The panel aims to address and ease concerns about the transition to in-person learning, and how to connect to needed supports this fall. INCLUDEnyc will be convening Araina Sepulveda-Moreiras, associate director of special education translations and Daliz Vasquez, director for special education from NYC Department of Education, Dr. Judith Flores, a pediatrician from NYC Health + Hospitals, as well as Cruz Fuksman, community liaison at New York psychotherapy and counseling center. Panelists will discuss school reopening, vaccine eligibility, school translation

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A 20-year-old man died Wednesday, following a shooting which apparently took place inside a residential building in Fordham Heights. Police responded to a call regarding an assault inside an apartment of a residential building on Creston Avenue, located in the 46th precinct, on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at approximately 7.11 p.m. Upon arrival, officers observed the 20-year-old victim with three gunshot wounds, lying unconscious and unresponsive inside the hallway of the location. EMS responded and transported the victim to Saint Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. No arrests have been made. The deceased has been identified as

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Congressman Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer announced Thursday that the Senate unanimously passed a resolution designating Aug. 11, 2021 as “Hip Hop Celebration Day,” August 2021 as “Hip Hop Recognition Month,” and designating November 2021 as “Hip Hop History Month.” Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) joined Bowman as an original co-sponsor of the resolution in Congress. According to the congressman’s office, Hip Hop, now a world-wide phenomenon, had humble beginnings in New York City. On Aug. 11, 1973, at a “Back-to-School-Jam,” held in the recreation room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Morris Heights section of

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District 11 City Councilman Eric Dinowitz released a statement on Monday, July 26, in support of over 50 professors at the City University of New York who resigned from their union, the Professional Staff Congress of CUNY (PSC-CUNY), in response to a resolution passed by the union on June 10 which condemned Israeli government actions against Palestinians during the latest wave of violence which occurred in Gaza in May and June 2021. Dinowitz said that in the resolution, PSC-CUNY called Israel an “apartheid” state and considered supporting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a movement which, according

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All New Yorkers aged 14 to 25 are invited to provide their thoughts and concerns about voting and local government at a public hearing streamed live on the “NYC Votes” Facebook page. The third annual “We, the Young People” youth-led Voter Assistance Advisory Committee (VAAC) hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 18, starting at 5.30 p.m. All New Yorkers may RSVP in advance to view the hearing live. Young people who are interested in testifying should contact Olivia Brady, the youth coordinator for NYC Votes, at obrady@nyccfb.info. “Youth voices are often excluded from conversations on civic participation, so

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The U.S. National Weather Service, New York has advised New Yorkers to take precautions to beat the heat. High heat and humidity are in the forecast from Wednesday, Aug 11 through the weekend, with an average high of 84 degrees. To help New Yorkers beat the heat, New York City will open cooling centers throughout the five boroughs. Attendees must wear face coverings inside all cooling centers and adhere to social distancing guidelines. Cooling center locations may have changed from last year. To find a cooling center, including accessible facilities closest to you, call 311 (212-639-9675 for Video Relay

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The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the attached photo who is sought in connection with a forcible touching incident that occurred in the 50th precinct. On Saturday, June 12, at approximately 10.00 a.m., the person followed a 49-year-old woman into a residential building in the vicinity of 233rd Street and Bailey Avenue, west of Jerome Park Reservoir. The man entered an elevator with the victim and as he did so, grabbed her buttocks before fleeing the location in an unknown direction. The victim was not injured as a result of the incident. A