Latinx Organizations & Elected Officials Launch Week of Action on Voter Education

Ahead of the May 28 voter registration deadline for the upcoming primary elections, Latinx elected officials and leading Latinx organizations like LatinoJustice PRLDEF and NALEO Educational Fund launched a Week of Action on Monday, May 24, to promote a series of public events throughout the week, urging the New York City Latinx community to register to vote. The week kicked off on Monday at 10 a.m. at Roberto Clemente Plaza, outside 530 Willis Avenue (off Third Avenue) in the South Bronx. The groups plan to use the occasion to highlight educational efforts on ranked choice voting, early and absentee

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating the unidentified man seen in the attached video, who is sought in connection with a robbery that occurred in the 52nd precinct. On Wednesday, May 19, at 2.25 p.m., inside Bronx Pawn Brokers, located at 301 Kingsbridge Road, in Fordham Manor, the suspect entered the store, approached the victim, a 71-year-old woman, grabbed her by the neck and snatched her necklace. He fled, with the necklace, which was valued at $400, to a black SUV. The victim suffered lacerations to her neck. However, she refused medical attention. The video

As coronavirus restrictions are slowly being lifted and slightly larger gatherings are, once again, being held, Assemblyman Victor Pichardo and District Leader Yudelka Tapia, recently co-hosted an event honoring various mothers for their service to the community in University Heights. Both organizers represent the 86th A.D. in The Bronx. Held outdoors in Devoe Park at West Fordham Road and Andrews Avenue on Saturday, May 15, a few dozen community members sat side by side on lawn chairs under a tent, to observe the proceedings. Some chose not to wear face masks following the recent easing of CDC guidelines, as

Bedford Park “Business Solution” Joins AAOHA to Help Solve Local Food Needs Also

By DAVID GREENE

L. Jimenez Business Solution (LJBS) is the place to go to fax a document, create a résumé or prepare one’s taxes, but for almost two months, hundreds of local residents have been lining up outside the location for food now also. On Friday, May 21, a crowd of well over 100 people once again lined up outside LJBS, located at 206 East Bedford Park Boulevard for a Food Giveaway sponsored by the Albanian American Open Hand Association (AAOHA), and organized by AAOHA, Miriam Quiñones, Norwood News photographer, and LJBS. The line stretched up Bedford Park Boulevard and around

Search for Missing 17-Year-Old last seen in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 17-year-old youth who was reported missing on Sunday, May 23, in the 42nd precinct. Jamel Martinez, 17, of 440 East 105 Street, Apartment 10D in Manhattan was last seen at 950 Jennings Street, in the vicinity of Charlotte Gardens in The Bronx, at 10 p.m. on Saturday, May 22. Jamel is described as being 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black sweater, gray sweatpants and multicolor sneakers. A photo is attached. Anyone with information

The NYPD confirmed an accident involving three vehicles occurred at Fordham Road and Webster Avenue on the border of Fordham Manor and Fordham Heights, last weekend. Police said the three impacted vehicles included a parked 2006 Acura, a 2021 Toyota, and a second 2006 Acura. According to eye witness reports, the accident happened on Saturday, May 15, at around 9.30 a.m. This was later confirmed by police. Eye-witnesses said a white SUV was traveling along a bus lane, and was about to park when another blue/gray SUV arrived on the scene and the two vehicles collided, causing the

By DAVID GREENE

Police are looking for the gunman who opened fire on two men as they walked along East Gun Hill Road in Norwood, in the 52nd precinct. According to one official at One Police Plaza, the shooting took place at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 23, on the sidewalk outside 275 East Gun Hill Road, a six-story, occupied apartment building between Putnam Place and Perry Avenue. Later that same morning the police source told the Norwood News, “You have a 21-year-old male and a 19-year-old male – they’re walking when a black sedan approaches. Multiple rounds are discharged, and the vehicle

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD confirm that two men were shot at 182nd Street subway station (servicing the B & D lines) on the Grand Concourse in Fordham Heights in The Bronx on Saturday, May 22. Users of the Citizen’s App had reported that police said the incident unfolded on the mezzanine level of the station at around 6 p.m. on Saturday. Police later confirmed to the Norwood News by phone that both men are alive. “It was a robbery that went bad,” said an NYPD spokesperson. “The perpetrator got shot, as did the victim.” The spokesperson added that both were male

By DAVID GREENE

Family and friends paid their final respects to the Hon. Aurelia Greene, the former New York State assemblywoman and Bronx deputy borough president, who died on Saturday, May 8, as reported by Norwood News. The former deputy borough president lay-in-state in the Rotunda of the Bronx County Courthouse from Monday, May 17 until Wednesday, May 19. A service was held on Thursday, May 19, at the Bronx Christian Charismatic Prayer Fellowship at 1069 Morris Avenue, the same church where her husband, the late Dr. Jerome Greene, had been pastor. A homegoing service was then held on Thursday, May