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Woman Indicted for Shoving Commuter onto Bronx Subway Tracks as Train Approached

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, March 16, that a Manhattan woman has been indicted on attempted murder charges, along with some additional charges for allegedly pushing a woman onto the subway tracks as a train pulled into a station in Crotona Park East in the Bronx.   According to the investigation, at approximately 7:50 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2021, on the platform of the 2/5 subway line at the Southern Boulevard and East 174th Street subway station, the defendant, Luz Sanchez, 29, of Lexington Avenue, Manhattan,  approached the victim, Rosa Elizabeth Galeas Florencio, 54, and pushed


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Man Shot on Perry Avenue in Norwood

By DAVID GREENE
Police are looking for an individual responsible for shooting a man in the leg in an area behind St. Brendan’s Church in Norwood in the 52nd precinct. Police were called to the corner of Perry Avenue and East 206th Street at 3:09 p.m. on Saturday, March 11 following receipt of an alert.   They said a 21-year-old man was shot in the knee, and had run to a nearby building to call for help. The victim told police while walking home, he heard gun shots and was struck in the knee.   EMS responded and transported the victim to St.


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Bowman to Join Students & Tenants Breaking Down Relief from Federal Stimulus Package

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Congressman Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) will join a teach-in on March 15 for all New York residents on how the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed last week will translate to emergency relief for tenants, homeless individuals, and students and families across New York. Bowman’s representatives said that over the weekend, the New York State Assembly and Senate released their one-house budget proposals, which included some reversal of tax breaks for the rich to raise $7 billion in progressive tax revenue. They said the “Invest in Our New York” campaign — a coalition of over 170 organizations and dozens of legislators


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Advertorial: Financial Advisory Firm Announces Free Resources to Help with Tax Return Filing

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Rivieccio Financial Advisors, a virtual financial advisory firm, announced in a press release dated March 11, that it is making available some free income tax tools and resources to assist clients with their tax return filings for the Tax Year 2020. The group announced that the resources are available on the group’s professional Facebook page for referral by both the general public and by small businesses.   Resources include articles, eBooks, videos, events and webinars. Financial advisor, Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA, said he believes the income tax season 2020 is more about COVID challenges than anything else. “In 2020, our world


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District 15 City Council Race: “Our City” Endorses Crespo, Plans to Spend Five-Figure Amounts in Ads

By SÍLE MOLONEY
As candidates step up the pace in the final weeks ahead of the District 15 City Council special election, which takes place on March 23, Elisa Crespo, an education liaison to the Bronx borough president, received another boost to her campaign with news that the progressive group, Our City, is backing her as their first choice candidate in the race.   According to the group’s website, Our City is a project to win a progressive governing vision for New York City in 2021, centered around the agendas and voices of citywide grassroots movements. “Leading up to the June 22 Democratic


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Update: 13-Year-Old Missing Girl in Fordham Heights is Home and Safe

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Police Department confirmed on March 14, 2021 that a 13-year-old girl who had been reported missing in Fordham Heights is home and safe. Police had been seeking the public’s assistance in locating Sharon Nesmith Shanajah, 13, of 365 Ford Street in Fordham Heights, in the 46th precinct.   It had been reported to the police that Sharon had last been seen on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at approximately 6.30 p.m., inside her home. She was described as being approximately 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 145 pounds, is of a medium build and has a dark


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Charlotte Gardens Vicinity: Search for 39-Year-Old Missing Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating José Garcia, 39, of 695 East 170th Street, in the vicinity of Charlotte Gardens in The Bronx, who was reported missing in the 42nd precinct. It has been reported to police that Garcia was last seen on Friday, March 12, 2021 at approximately 4.30 p.m. inside his home. He is described as being approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds, has a light complexion, brown eyes and black, close cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray sweater, light blue shorts, and Nike sneakers. Anyone with information with


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Update: Bronx Robbery Pattern, including Grand Auto Theft

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
    The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating four men wanted in connection with the theft of three vehicles and the assault of an employee at a Webster Avenue parking garage. The investigation is part of a search to locate and identify the several individuals seen in the attached video and photographs, who are wanted in connection with several robberies that occurred across the borough in recent weeks.   Police were called to the G & S Sons Parking Lot at 2740 Webster Avenue in Fordham Manor in the 52nd precinct regarding a gunpoint auto theft incident at


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Woodlawn Heights: Investigation Continues following Collision of Motorcycle & Truck

By DAVID GREENE
Investigators continue to piece together events leading up to a fatal crash, previously reported by the Norwood News, where a motorcycle crashed into the back of a work truck contracted by New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), at the end of the morning rush-hour. The crash was reported at 9:56 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, on the northbound Major Deegan Expressway, between the East 233rd Street exit in Woodlawn Heights and the McLean Avenue exit in Yonkers. According to an unnamed NYPD official, responding officers from the 50th precinct arrived at the crash scene and “observed a 58-year-old male


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