Black Lives Matter: Peaceful Protest in Riverdale As More Legislation Advances

By Síle Moloney

A peaceful Black Lives Matter protest took place in Riverdale on Saturday, Jun. 6, 2020 as part of the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement sweeping the country following the death of George Floyd on March 25, 2020. Approximately 200 protesters, made up of different races, and including members of Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition started the day in Ewen Park and later proceeded through the Riverdale neighborhood to Van Cortlandt Park, gathering by the tortoise and hare statue where they sat, stood, and knelt down at various moments during the event. Opec Vistle captured the protestors marching

By Síle Moloney

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an individual wanted for questioning in connection with an assault within the confines of the 43rd Precinct in Parkchester. On Saturday, Jun. 6, 2020 at approximately 11:55 a.m., a 29-year old male victim got into a verbal dispute with an unknown male individual in front of 1840 East Tremont Avenue, and the situation escalated into a physical confrontation. The male individual then brandished a knife and stabbed the victim several times about the torso, arms and legs, causing lacerations. The attacker then fled eastbound on East Tremont Avenue

By Síle Moloney

Monday, Jun. 8 marked Phase One of the City’s reopening plan, part of the New York Forward initiative, as a bit more life was seen in and around Bainbridge Avenue in the Norwood area of the Bronx. Some people were returning to work for the first time since early March when the COVID-19 pandemic hit hard, and a statewide PAUSE order was implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus. People were seen standing in line, in the morning sunshine, at Chase bank on BainBridge Avenue, adhering to social distancing guidelines, and almost everyone was wearing a mask, an

By Síle Moloney

Police have reported that on Jun. 9, 2020 at approximately 00:10 a.m., officers responded to a call about a 26-year-old male who was stabbed in the chest and left leg outside 344 East 209th Street within the confines of the 52nd precinct. The victim was brought to Jacobi Medical Center. His injuries are not life-threatening and he is in a stable condition. No arrests have yet been made. Police are looking for a suspect who is described as a Black male in his 20s, approximately 5 feet, 10 inches, weighing approximately 180 pounds. Anyone with information with

By Síle Moloney

On Thursday, Jun. 4, 2020, at approximately 6:30 p.m., in the vicinity of Brook Avenue and East 149th Street, officers conducted a car stop in relation to an “open container in a vehicle” violation (alcohol-related). The car in question was occupied by two males and one female. Following an investigation, police recovered a number of items from the vehicle including lighter fluid, two hammers, spray paint, a laser pointer, a helmet, a sledge hammer and fireworks. Alexander Hogan, a 25-year-old male, Garrett Gebhardt, a 21-year-old male and Jacqueline Oglesby, a 25-year-old female were arrested and charged with criminal possession of

By PROFESSOR ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA PFA

If you heard the jobs report and the stock market news last Friday, you would have thought we were just about all the way back! President Donald Trump held a press conference shortly after the report was released and said it was “stupendous”. In May, we actually ADDED 2.5 million jobs, and unemployment tracked in at under 14 percent. The doom and gloom experts thought it was going to be 20 percent. After all, in April, it was reported by the government that we lost 20 million jobs. So, how was the government wrong? Were the numbers tampered with?

By Síle Moloney

On Friday, June 5, 2020, Montefiore University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine stood in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in the call for a more equitable and just society, when staff held a nine-minute silent tribute to George Floyd, the unarmed African-American man who was murdered at the hands of police in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Floyd died of asphyxiation after a White police officer, who has since been charged, pinned him face down on the ground and knelt on his back and neck for nine minutes, even as he pleaded for air and

By Síle Moloney

The New York Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an individual wanted for questioning in connection with an assault on a female NYPD officer within the confines of the 41st precinct. On Thursday, Jun. 4, 2020 at approximately 8:42 p.m., opposite 831 Dawson Street, an unidentified male individual approached a 24-year-old female, uniformed officer assigned to the 41st precinct, while the officer was attempting to enforce the established curfew. The individual became irate, picked up a metal folding chair, and struck the officer on the head and arm. The officer sustained a laceration to

By Síle Moloney & David Greene

On Tuesday, June 2, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. was joined by a number of other Bronx elected officials, community groups and clergy who gathered in the cold light of day at East Fordham Road and Grand Concourse to witness first-hand the trail of destruction left in the wake of Monday night’s looting and riots. It was reported by NYPD that the riots and looting were orchestrated by organized gangs, and not by protestors who have been rallying for police reform in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, at the hands