Norwood: Community Remembers Kyle Lockett on Second Anniversary of Death

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY

A memorial tribute to 21-year-old Kyle Lockett, who was fatally shot by police in Norwood in November 2022, was seen outside 3315 Hull Avenue, between East 209th Street and East Gun Hill Road in Norwood on the second anniversary of his death.

Bedford Park: “Deeply Affordable” Housing Development Opens at 2736 Creston Avenue

By ARIEL PACHECO

A new Affordable Housing Services (AHS) site has opened at 2736 Creston Avenue in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Officials say the new site has created nearly 400 “deeply affordable homes for New Yorkers in shelter” through the AHS initiative” in 2024.

Michael Blake Launches Candidacy for Mayor

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Hon. Rev. Michael Blake, a former Bronx assemblyman for Assembly District 79, announced his campaign for Mayor of New York City at Sankofa Haus in the South Bronx on Tuesday, Nov. 26, under the theme “Tomorrow Begins Today.”

UPDATE Attorney General James’ Office of Special Investigation Releases Report on Death of Kyle Lockett

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York Attorney General Letitia James’ Office of Special Investigation (OSI) released its report on July 24 on the death of Bronxite, Kyle Lockett, 21, who was fatally shot by police on Nov. 3, 2022 in the Norwood section of The Bronx.

Op-Ed: What Went Wrong? Everything

By SILVIA BLUMENFELD

Americans have voted for Donald Trump again. Forty-five will become forty-seven come January and Donald Trump will again have the most powerful job on the planet. It’s a sobering, heartbreaking, but undeniable fact. The billionaires who enabled and engineered his campaign are celebrating.

Female NYPD Employee Arrested for Assault & Child Endangerment

By DAVID GREENE

An off-duty female NYPD employee was arrested in The Bronx on Friday, Dec. 13, police said.

UPDATE Various Parties React to Kimberly Hanzlik’s Release after 13 Years on Murder Charge

By DAVID GREENE

Nearly a dozen friends and family members were at the back of a Bronx courtroom on Tuesday, Nov. 26, when Administrative Judge Alvin Yearwood approved a request from the Office of Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark to vacate the 2011 second-degree murder conviction of Kimberly Hanzlik, 59, for her role in the 1999 killing of Joseph Brown. The victim was shot and killed inside a bar formerly known as Frenchy’s on East Tremont Avenue in Throggs Neck.

Bronx Man Gets 6½ Years for Domestic Assault in Westchester’s Pelham Manor Village

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced on Wednesday, Dec. 4, that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 6½ years in State prison for physically attacking his girlfriend in a Pelham Manor Village parking lot in Westchester County in August 2023.

MLB & Yankees Build New Sensory Room at One World Middle School

By ARIEL PACHECO

Major League Baseball (MLB) and the New York Yankees hosted an event on Oct. 28 to unveil plans to build a new sensory room at One World Middle School in the Edenwald section. Sensory rooms provide a calm and safe environment for kids with autism.