Best Buy Store at Fordham Plaza Set to Shutter on March 1

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Best Buy store located on Fordham Plaza, at Fordham Road and Webster Avenue on the border of Fordham and Belmont, is set to close, according to representatives of the electronics chainstore.

UPDATE DOT Invites Proposals for New Vendors on Fordham Plaza with a Deadline of April 11

By DAVID GREENE

New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodríguez is inviting proposals from retail or food service businesses to operate in three different spaces at Fordham Plaza located on Fordham Road on the Fordham / Belmont border.

UPDATE VA Dismisses An Additional 1,400+ Probationary Employees as Hochul Announces Plans to Hire Some

By SÎLE MOLONEY

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced Feb. 24 the dismissal of more than an additional 1,400 employees in non-mission critical positions. It followed a previous VA announcement of 1,000 dismissals on Feb. 13, which is part of what the Trump Administration says is its government-wide effort to make agencies more efficient.

UPDATE Trump Administration Layoffs on Advice of DOGE Worry Bronx Vets

By DAVID GREENE

Hours after rumors circulated on social media on Feb. 13 that members of the new U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), run by unelected billionaire Elon Musk, a special federal government employee, would visit the Bronx VA Medical Center in Fordham Manor on Feb. 14, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the dismissal of 1,000 employees at unspecified VA sites across the country.

UPDATE Poultry Markets Reopen & Zoo Tackles Bird Flu

By DAVID GREENE

Live poultry markets in New York are back open after a five-day closure was implemented by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday, Feb. 7, after the avian flu/bird flu or H5N1 virus was discovered in bird flocks at seven live bird markets in The Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. Officials said the ordered closures were mandated for testing, cleaning and disinfection of poultry markets in New York City, Westchester and Long Island.

Former Bronx Prosecutor Pleads Guilty to Fraud

By SÍLE MOLONEY

NYC Department of Investigation (“DOI”) officials announced Friday, Feb. 14, that a former Bronx County prosecutor, her brother, and her mother pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining affordable housing in Manhattan via NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD).

Con Ed: Power Restored to 115 Norwood Residents as Hochul Calls for Rejection of Con Ed Rate Hike

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Con Edison said that power has been restored to residents at Parkside Place and East 207th Street in Norwood after a reported outage on Thursday morning, Feb. 13.

New Phone Area Code Selected for The Bronx Could Begin in Q4 2026

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) announced on Thursday, Feb. 13, that residential, business and wireless customers within the existing area codes that serve The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Marble Hill section of Manhattan should begin to prepare for the introduction of a new area code (465), once the supply of central office codes under the existing area codes exhausts.

UPDATE Bedford Park: “Dexter” Film Shoot Prohibits Parking, Frustrating Residents & Ruining Superbowl Sunday

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A number of Bedford Park residents are extremely frustrated that their Superbowl Sunday was disrupted due to having to move their cars amid heavy snow on Sunday night, Feb. 9, to facilitate filming in their neighborhood this week from Monday, Feb. 10, through Wednesday, Feb. 12 of the new Paramount+ “Dexter” show.