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Elections 2022: Biaggi Changes Course, Announces Campaign for NY Congressional District 17

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Your poll site may have changed. Check your voting card before you go to vote.   Democratic State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (S.D. 34) announced a change in her bid to become a New York congresswoman on Tuesday, May 24, as she unveiled that she had switched her candidacy for Congress in the upcoming New York Democratic primary from New York’s third congressional district (NY-3) to New York’s seventeenth congressional district (NY-17), setting the scene for another showdown between who some voters see as a moderate, establishment, Democratic incumbent and a progressive Democratic challenger.   The open NY-17 seat is in


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Bronx Hospitals & Elected Officials Honor Bronx Nurses During Nurses Week, May 5-12

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The annual Nurses Week celebration took place across the country between Friday, May 6, and Thursday, May 12. As usual, it was another  occasion to thank and honor the many nurses working in the borough who continue to go above and beyond the call of duty amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.   As described by nationaltoday.com, from assisting with life-threatening ER crises, to delivering babies, and caring for the elderly in their last moments, nurses perform some of the most difficult and heartbreaking tasks in the medical world. As workers who perform the most essential healthcare tasks, they serve as


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UPDATE Parks Dept: Cordoned Off Section of Williamsbridge Oval Unrelated to Legionnaires’ Cluster

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation has allayed fears that a section of Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood may have been cordoned off to curtail the potential spread of Legionnaires’ disease, following an announcement on Saturday, May 21, by the Bronx Borough President that the City’s health department were investigating a now confirmed cluster of the illness that had been identified in the Highbridge and Melrose sections of the borough.   Legionnaires’ disease is a form of pneumonia. “Four people have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease since May 9, 2022, and results for other individuals are pending,” Gibson


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Wakefield: Search for Missing 68-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a 68-year-old man reported missing from the Wakefield section of The Bronx.   It was reported to police that Eduardo Ortiz, of 1050 East 230th Street was last seen at his home on Monday, May 23, at approximately 2.30 p.m. He is described as being around 5 feet, 1 inch tall, weighs around 130 pounds, and was last seen wearing a light blue, polo shirt with yellow and white stripes.   Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)


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23 Alleged River Park Towers Gang Members Charged with Attempted Murder, Animal Cruelty & Other Charges

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and New York City Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell announced on Tuesday, May 24, that 21 men and one teen, alleged members of the River Park Towers gang, have been charged in a 65-count indictment with conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder, attempted assault, criminal possession of a weapon and numerous other charges related to multiple shootings in and around the River Park Towers complex in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx.   Another indictment charges seven of the defendants with attempted murder, weapons possession, and other charges for an incident on August


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Elections 2022: Louella Hatch Democratic Club Presents Candidates Forum on Tuesday, May 24

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The Louella Hatch Democratic Club announced that it will be interviewing 6 candidates running for office in separate, upcoming elections during a candidates’ forum on Tuesday May 24.   “The Bronx is in a critical stage of transition, and it is important for residents to know the candidates who will be leading the community,” the club members said. Candidates in attendance will be: State Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia (86th AD), State Committeeman Emmanuel Martinez (78th AD), State Assembly Candidate Pooi Stewart (86th AD), Bronx Civil Court judicial candidates, Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor, Taisha L. Chambers, and Sophia Hershman.   The event will take


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Fordham Manor: Bronx Man Charged with Kidnapping, Raping Woman Over Several Days

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Monday, May 23, that a Bronx man has been charged with kidnapping a woman and raping her over the course of five days in an abandoned building in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx.   Clark said, “The defendant allegedly held a 28-year-old woman captive for days, raping and beating her with a tire iron. The victim managed to escape with the help of a passerby. The defendant has been indicted on multiple charges for terrorizing this woman.” According to the prosecution’s investigation, on April 29, the defendant, Timothy Harnett, AKA


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Pelham Bay Park: One Arrested in Double Homicide Vehicle Fire Investigation

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Following the reclassification by the NYPD last year of a vehicle fire in Pelham Bay Park in the East Bronx to a double homicide investigation, the NYPD announced on March 7 that they arrested one person in connection with the incident.   As reported, on Monday, May 16, 2022, at around 4.19 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a vehicle that was reported to be on fire on Shore Road in the vicinity of Pelham Split Rock Course in Pelham Bay Park in the East Bronx. Upon arrival at the location, officers said the “observed a sedan on


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SCOTUS Upholds Dinowitz Law on Vaccine Mandates in New York State Schools

By SÍLE MOLONEY
After the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) denied a last-ditch petition to overturn Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz’s 2019 law to prohibit all non-medical exemptions to school vaccine requirements in New York State, the assemblyman who is running for re-election in Assembly District 81, issued the following statement on Monday, May 23:   “I am very proud that the Supreme Court has upheld our state law, both respecting our state’s right to govern itself as well as the underlying science which supports the core concept of vaccination. Widespread vaccination is essential in order to help keep people with underlying medical


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