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UPDATE Fordham Heights: Burnside Avenue Building Partially Collapses

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A building in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx partially collapsed on Monday, Jan. 12, NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) officials said. It follows a previous partial building collapse at a NYCHA building in Mott Haven in October 2025, a partial building collapse in Morris Heights in December 2023, another construction site collapse at an Orchard Beach construction site in July 2023, and a wall collapse in Olinville in which six people were injured the same month and year. 

UPDATE 15,000 Nurses Continue Day 2 of Their Strike Action Against Three Private Hospital Systems

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Nurses at Montefiore, Mt. Sinai, and New York Presbyterian hospital systems, who are also members of New York State Nurses Association union, continued their strike action on Day 2, Tuesday, Jan. 13. They are seen here outside Montefiore Medical Center in Norwood. Read more about their concerns in our recent story here, prior to strike action and our follow-up story on Day 1 of the strike here.  

Morris Heights: Three Sought for Armed Robbery

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the three people seen in the attached photos who they say are wanted in connection with a gunpoint robbery that occurred in December 2025 in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx.

Council Passes Street Vending Bill Package, Adams Vetoes Bills

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Though the street vendor movement made history on Thursday, Dec. 18, with a supermajority (39/51) of the City Council voting “aye” to pass bills 431-B, 408, and 1251 after years of advocacy and with what was described as a broad coalition of support, former Mayor Eric Adams vetoed the bills, along with around 16 others, on the last day of his term on Dec. 31.  

Norwood: Man Arrested following Lewd Act in Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said they’ve arrested a 33-year-old man in relation to a lewd act which took place in Norwood in October. Police had been asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo and video who they said was wanted in connection with the incident that occurred confines of the 52 Precinct/Transit District 11.

UPDATE Park Reservoir Shareholders Receive Funding for Housing Needs

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) was joined by Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11) at the Park Reservoirs Annual shareholders meeting during the weekend ending Sunday, Nov. 16, when the assemblyman presented a check for $1 million to the shareholders. His office said the funds will be used for essential capital projects “to help Park Reservoir continue to succeed as the first Mitchell-Lama built in New York.” 

Prayers Up for the MetroCard….One Way or Another…

By SÍLE MOLONEY
With all the talk, official communication by the MTA, and one very comical mock funeral held online for the long-functioning MetroCard, due to bow out on Dec. 31, one would be forgiven for assuming everything is primed for a smooth transition to OMNY-land but no….