Wakefield: Search for Gun-Wielding Man Who Threatened Two Other Men

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance identifying the individual seen in the attached surveillance photo and video who is wanted for questioning in connection to a menacing incident that occurred in the 47th precinct. On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at approximately 5.48 p.m., in front of 4766 Matilda Avenue, in the Wakefield section of the Bronx, an the suspect exited a blue Nissan sedan and proceeded to engage in a verbal dispute with a 42-year-old man and a 45-year-old man. The suspect then displayed a firearm and verbally threatened the victims. He later fled on

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The deadline to enter the affordable housing lottery for units in a building in the Kingsbridge Heights section of the Bronx is approaching in the next four days, as reported by YIMBY, the architecture, construction, and real estate website on Friday, April 2. The housing lottery closes in four days for 2720 Claflin Avenue, a four-story residential building in Kingsbridge Heights in The Bronx. Designed by Fred Geremia Architects & Planners, the building has five units available on NYC Housing Connect, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development’s online portal. The units are available at 130

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, April 2, that a Bronx man has been indicted on a total of 66 charges – including multiple counts of attempted murder, assault and robbery charges – for viciously slashing and assaulting eight people in the Bronx. Clark said the defendant, JayQawn Byers, 22, of 4331 Byron Avenue, was arraigned on Friday on 66 counts, including seven counts of attempted murder in the second degree, 15 counts of first-degree assault, 16 counts of second-degree assault, seven counts of third-degree assault, attempted assault in the third degree, two counts of first-degree

By DAWN CLANCY

In March 2020, New York City was designated the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for nearly 5 percent of the world’s COVID-19 cases. Meanwhile, the Bronx was ranked 62 [out of 62] by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as New York State’s unhealthiest county, and has consistently remained one of the region’s hardest hit counties by the coronavirus. At Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7)’s Health and Human Services Committee meeting, held on March 16, Michelle Avila, committee chair, shared recent COVID-19 infection rate data from the City’s health department to

By MICHAEL HOROWITZ

Passover, which started on the evening of March 27, is one of the most meaningful times of year for Jewish people throughout the world. The holiday, which will conclude on Sunday night, April 4, combines what is important for families with what is important for Jews as a distinct people. The holiday, in a more modern context, links Jews to struggles for liberation and freedom in our country and throughout the world. On a very personal level, Passover is a time for my family and other families to get together for very special Seder meals that are very rich

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of the unidentified man seen in the attached photo and video, who is sought in connection with an assault that occurred in the 46th precinct, close to the border of University Heights. It was reported to police that on Monday, March 29, 2021 at 11.45 a.m., in front of 4 East Burnside Avenue, in Mount Hope, the victim, a 61-year-old man, was approached by the suspect who punched him in the face. The victim was knocked to the ground and was rendered unconscious. EMS responded, and

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

Caring for a child with special needs requires a lot of attention. Add a second child and the work multiplies. Add living on the third floor of a building with a broken elevator, inside an apartment with a roach and rodent infestation, and it is enough to drive a tenant to protest her living conditions. These are the conditions Daisy Reyes faces on a daily basis. Reyes, mother of a two-year-old and a 12-year-old who uses a wheelchair, was one of about a half dozen tenants who took to the street on Saturday, March 20, in front of

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

As part of a new, holistic approach aimed at combatting the culture of gun violence, concentrated in a few specific blocks of the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx, the NYPD’s 52nd precinct has launched a multi-agency, community collaboration to tackle the issue. Announced by Deputy Inspector Thomas J. Alps during the Bronx Community Board 7 executive meeting on March 18, part of the initiative involves giving the area a type of physical make-over, while also partnering with City agencies and community-based organizations to address unemployment and quality of life issues that plague the neighborhood. As a first

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