Fordham Manor: Migrants Removed from Illegal Migrant Shelter, the 2nd Allegedly Run by the Same Man

Several West African migrants were evacuated in late February by City officials due to unsafe living conditions from a make-shift, Bronx migrant shelter located at 305 East Kingsbridge Road in Fordham Manor which was allegedly being illegally run by the same man who had already been busted for allegedly trespassing and allegedly running two other illegal shelters, one at the Old Fordham Library building, also in Fordham Manor, and a second in a Queens furniture store.

Vigil Held on 25th Anniversary of Death of Amadou Diallo

Fervently chanting “Amadou! Amadou!” a large crowd of Bronx residents, activists, lawmakers, and clergy joined family members of both the late Amadou Balio Diallo and other young, Black men killed by police in the Soundview section of The Bronx on Saturday, Feb. 3, for a vigil marking the 25th anniversary of Diallo’s death. According to police and media reports at the time, Diallo, a Muslim Guinean, died after he was shot 19 times by police on Wheeler Avenue in Soundview shortly after midnight on Feb. 4, 1999. He was unarmed and aged 23.