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University Heights: Affordable Housing Lottery Closes in Six Days for Units at 2625 Grand Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The affordable housing lottery closes in six days for units at 2625 Grand Avenue, a four-story residential building in University Heights, The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY, the architecture, construction, and real estate website on Friday, March 26.   Designed by Fred Geremia Architects & Planners, the building has six units available on NYC Housing Connect, at 130 percent of the area median income, ranging in eligible income from $47,315 to $159,640.    

Update: Safety Bollards Designed to Protect Pedestrians Becoming a Nightmare for Drivers

By DAVID GREENE
It’s perhaps still too early to tell if a New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) bollard pilot program designed to protect pedestrians from moving traffic will be successful in the long-term, but initial findings show that it’s creating a nightmare for some drivers, and appears to be causing a number of vehicle accidents.   The installation of bollards – two-foot high, cylindrical-shaped barricades placed along streets and traffic islands around the city – has become a hot topic of debate online among Bronx drivers. The bollard program was launched by DOT at the end of 2019. Among some of


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Update: Changes to Bronx D Line Subway Service in April Due to Manhattan Bridge Inspections

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced on Friday, March 26, that changes to the D line are planned in April due to inspection of the Manhattan Bridge by the New York State Department of Transportation, as well as track maintenance work by NYC Transit personnel. The works will require the complete closure of the tracks used by the B and D trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan, and changes to Bronx and Manhattan subway services over two weekends in April.   On the weekends of April 16-19, and April 23-26, beginning at 11:30 p.m. Friday until 2 a.m. Monday, D


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NYPD Detective Arrested in 52nd Precinct for Sexual Abuse of Child

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On Thursday March 25, 2021, at approximately 11 a.m., Franco Johnson, a 42-year-old, off-duty, NYPD detective, was arrested and charged in the 52nd precinct with six counts of sexual abuse, two counts of “course of sexual conduct against a child” and two counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child.   According to the NYPD Online system which now tracks police misconduct records, there are no complaints on file for Johnson. We found just one listing for a detective under the name Franco A. Johnson.   The Twitter user group “placard corruption” which tweets regularly about alleged illegal


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Doctors Host Facebook Live Event To Answer DC 37, 32BJ Union Members’ Vaccination Questions

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Tonight, March 25, DC 37 Executive Director Henry Garrido, 32BJ President Kyle Bragg, Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Deputy Commissioner Dr. Torian Easterling and AdvantageCare Physicians President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Navarra Rodriguez will host a discussion about the COVID-19 vaccine.   They will be answering questions from DC 37 and 32BJ members and sharing resources to help members make an appointment to get vaccinated. Earlier this month, Garrido and Bragg received the first dose of the vaccine. They will get their second dose on Friday, March 26.   WHAT: Facebook Live to answer questions on the COVID-19


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Mt Eden: Search for Missing 30-Year-Old, Barefoot Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Clifton James, 30, of 1395 Nelson Avenue, who has been reported missing and who lives in the 44th precinct. It was reported to police that James was last seen Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 4 p.m., walking southbound on Nelson Avenue towards the Edward L. Grant Highway. He is described as being approximately 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, has a thin build, light complexion, brown eyes and black hair, and was last observed walking barefoot. Anyone with information with regard to this missing person


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Fernando Cabrera Releases Statement on Anniversary of Happy Land Social Club Fire

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Council Member Fernando Cabrera, who represents the 14th City Council District, issued the following statement on Thursday, March 25, in remembrance of the victims of the 1990 Happy Land Social Club Fire, in which the lives of 87 members of the Honduran and Garifuna community were tragically lost. As reported by The New York Times, the victims died when a jealous lover set a fire at the Happy Land Social Club in the West Farms section of the Bronx.   “On this day in 1990, 87 Bronx lives were tragically lost, mostly members of the Honduran and Garifuna community. The


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NYPD Announces New Online Remote Reporting Service for Certain Offenses  

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department announced on Wednesday, March 24, a new online system the public can use to report certain, low-level police complaints. The new NYPD On-Line Reporting Service system is operational on the department’s website— NYPDonline.org – for acceptance of complaints relating to lost property, petit larceny, misdemeanor criminal mischief and graffiti.   Department officials said it is the latest in a series of innovations designed to deepen the digital links between New Yorkers and their police. The agency confirmed that it has recently placed career and discipline information about all 35,000 officers online, has published a


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Olinville: Shooting in Crowded Playground

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the vehicle and individuals seen in the attached video and photographs in connection to a reckless endangerment incident that occurred in the 47th precinct.   It was reported to police that on Friday, March 12, 2021, at approximately 5.36 p.m., at Magenta Playground (Olinville Avenue and Rosewood Street) in the Olinville section of the Bronx, near Gun Hill Houses, an individual discharged several rounds from a firearm into a crowd inside of the playground. The individual fled southbound on Olinville Road on a scooter operated by


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