Report: Sexual Harassment Suit Expected to be Filed Against Councilman Andy King

By DAVID CRUZ Councilman Andy King, the north Bronx legislator known for his flamboyance, is expected to be sued for sexual harassment, according to a published report.

Police Respond to Robbery Spike Worries, While Answering Questions of Teen’s Rooftop Death

By WILLIAM MATHIS Crime within the 52nd Precinct continues to rise, though the police ensured community members at a recent meeting it intends to stem the rise. The meeting rehashed incident involving the death of a 17-year-old who plunged to his death from a rooftop while evading police in early April.

Empowering Male Teens at Monroe College

By JASMINE GOMEZ In a borough where 26 percent of people aged 18 to 24 have no high school diploma, a number of professionals sat at round tables at Monroe College’s Mintz Auditorium hoping to increase those numbers.

Hit and Run on East Gun Hill Road

A traffic agent was seriously injured on East Gun Hill Road by a driver that did not stop, the Norwood News has learned. Police cordoned off the busy stretch by East Gun Hill Road and Putnam Place shortly after noon, and reopened it an hour later. The victim suffered broken bones, according to a police source. The driver involved in the hit-and-run incident has not been found yet. The victim was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center and was listed in critical condition. The Norwood News will have more information as it comes.

Inquiring Photographer

This week we asked readers their thoughts on a recent incident where police chased teens smoking marijuana from the lobby of a building onto a roof, where one teen fell to his death. What was the crime again? It shouldn’t even be considered a crime, and all it does is clog up the courts and the jails. It doesn’t make sense. Winston Bailey, Belmont

Weekend Shootings Surge Following Dormant Season

By DAVID GREENE In a weekend that saw rising temperatures, there was a noticeable uptick in gunfire across the borough that left at least nine victims wounded in a nine-hour period.

Digital Edition of the Norwood News Is Out!

By DAVID CRUZ The latest edition of the Norwood News is hitting 300 locations throughout the northwest Bronx this morning, and it’s loaded with plenty of community news you can use. Here are some stories that can grab you: We begin what’s been happening in the neighborhood’s long running story: developments at the Kingsbridge Armory. Haydee Camacho delves into the story focusing on some folks wishing the Community Benefits Agreement tied to the Kingsbridge Armory Ice Center would have been fleshed out better. Worth a read. Valentine Avenue neighbors are still reeling over the death of a teen who plunged

By JASMINE GOMEZ and DAVID CRUZ The news of a Mott Haven teen plunging six stories from a building in Fordham on April 2 has one neighborhood reflecting on the criminality of marijuana and its effect on their local community.

Latest Edition Of The Norwood News Hits Stands, and Online

By DAVID CRUZ The Norwood News is out with 24 pages of community news you can use, happenings and other nuggets of information. What’s intriguing about this edition (just coincidence really) is it’s heavily park-related. Makes sense, given all the parks that Norwood has been afforded these days. We begin with a push to restore some infrastructure issues at Mosholu Parkway, with representatives from the local institutions urging the community for some momentum in getting elected officials to commit to restoring the parkway. Find out what went on at a March 25 community meeting. One of our more attractive features this edition