City Employee Arrested on Assault Charges in Bronx

By Síle Moloney

On Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020 at 00:38 a.m., an off-duty New York City male employee was arrested and charged within the confines of the 44th precinct, which covers the neighborhoods of Grand Concourse, Bronx Terminal Market, and Yankee Stadium. Diego Carmona-Suero, 33, an employee at the New York City Department of Sanitation was charged with assault. An arrest is not proof that a person is guilty of a crime.

Norwood: Man Wanted in Connection with Forcible Touching Incident

By DAVID GREENE

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual shown in the attached video and photograph in connection with a forcible touching incident that occurred within the confines of the 52nd precinct. It was reported to police that on Monday Sept. 14, 2020, at approximately 6.50 p.m., at the intersection of Wayne Avenue and Reservoir Oval West in the Norwood section of the Bronx, the individual grabbed a 45-year-old female victim’s buttocks and then fled on foot. The individual is described as male, is 6 feet tall, and of a slim

By DAVID GREENE

Police are looking for a brazen gunman who fired into an apartment building on a crowded street in Norwood. According to NYPD spokeswoman, Sergeant Jessica McRorie, the incident was reported at 2.57 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, outside of 3307 Hull Avenue at East 209th Street. No injuries were reported. McRorie said, “An unknown person in a grey sedan did discharge a firearm in the direction of another person and then fled the location.” She added, “There are no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.” One neighborhood resident said a half dozen young members of the Bloods gang

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at approximately 6.30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding an aided infant inside of 1285 Washington Avenue, Morrisania Houses, in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, within the confines of the 42nd precinct, Police Service Area (PSA) #7. Upon arrival, officers observed a 7-month-old male baby unconscious and unresponsive, with no obvious signs of trauma observed. EMS also responded to the location and transported the aided infant to BronxCare Health System hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death. The identity of the deceased

By SÍLE MOLONEY

President Donald Trump’s doctors said during a press briefing on Oct. 3, that the president is being administered remdesivir, a drug trialed in the Bronx to treat patients with COVID-19, as a joint research initiative by Montefiore Health System and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Einstein/Montefiore was the first New York site to take part in what is an ongoing international drug treatment study. The first iteration of the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT) began in various locations on Feb. 21, though candidate recruitment only began in the Bronx in March. Remdesivir is described as an investigational, broad-spectrum

By DAVID GREENE

Investigators from the FDNY’s Fire Marshal unit are investigating the second blaze to strike a commercial business along a popular shopping hub over a three-day period in the Norwood section of the Bronx. FDNY officials reported that the fire broke out inside the W&K Beauty Salon & Barber Shop, located at 6 West Gun Hill Road. According to an unnamed official, the fire broke out at 10.47 p.m., on Sunday, Sept. 27 and 60 FDNY members from 12 fire units brought the blaze under control by 11.28 p.m. Fire Marshals from the FDNY’s Bureau of Fire Investigation were

By Síle Moloney

Over 50 Bronx students, parents and community members will march through Education Mile on Saturday, October 3rd as part of Dignity in Schools’ National Week of Action calling for police-free schools. The protest, organized by Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition and Sistas and Brothas United (SBU), will drop banners demanding police-free schools and investment in restorative justice at six schools — Dewitt Clinton High School, Bronx Science High School, High School for American Studies, Walton Campus, P.S. 86, and P.S. 340. The protest comes as students re-enter school for the first time after six months of home learning

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Former Bernie Sanders national organizer and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, Latchmi Gopal, is officially running to replace Ritchie Torres in New York City’s 15th City Council district. She join Ischia Bravo, Ischia, Elisa Crespo, Oswald Feliz, John E. Sanchez, and Julian S. Sepulveda. Gopal enters the race on the back of her experience with economic and social causes across the country as well as in the Bronx. She is currently director of communications and strategic partnerships for Unemployment Workers United, a multiracial and multigenerational movement which advocates for a new “normal” that restores dignity and guarantees a

Bronx Teen First Vaping-Related Death in New York State

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Oct. 1 the launch of an innovative technology-based tool, the COVID Alert NY, to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. “Contact tracing has been instrumental in stopping the COVID spread, and we have worked hard over these past months to establish a nation-leading testing and tracing program. Today, we are building on that effort [….] with our official Exposure Notification App created by the New York State Department of Health in partnership with Google and Apple,” the governor wrote. “With COVID Alert NY, you can use your phone to receive alert notifications if