Elections 2022: John Zaccaro Jr. on Quality of Life, Housing & Education

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

In the upcoming general election on Nov. 8, voters of Assembly District 80 will decide who best represents their interests in Albany. Running for the seat on behalf of the Democratic Party is a former A.D. 80 male district leader, John Zaccaro Jr., who served in the latter role from 2018 to 2020. If elected to the assembly, he will replace incumbent assembly member, Nathalia Fernandez, who is running as the Democratic nominee in the State Senate District 34 race. Zaccaro Jr. was selected on Sept. 7 by a Bronx Democratic Party committee as the Democratic nominee for

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Officers from the 50th Precinct are asking the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who is sought regarding an incident of public lewdness that occurred on the border of Fieldston and Kingsbridge in Transit District 3. Police said that on Monday, Oct. 31, at around 7.55 p.m., inside the 242nd Street subway station, located at the corner of Broadway and West 242nd Street, a 17-year-old female victim was aboard the northbound 1 train when an individual unknown to her exposed his genitals to her. The victim took a cell phone photo of the person

By DAVID GREENE

An unarmed Bronx bank robber who police say was captured earlier this month shortly after a heist on East Fordham Road in Fordham Manor, when a dye pack hidden in some stolen cash exploded and splashed distinctive red ink on the robber’s body and clothes, has now been charged in four similar crimes. As reported, officers from the 52nd Precinct were called to the Capital One Bank, located at 151 East Fordham Road and East 190th Street at 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, for a report of a bank robbery. According to police radio transmission at the time

By SÍLE MOLONEY

NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) has launched a new affordable housing lottery for units at 740 Brook Avenue, a 9-story, mixed-use building in the Woodstock neighborhood of the South Bronx as reported by YIMBY . Brook Avenue Apartments is offering 42 newly constructed studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom affordable units. As previously reported, housing is considered “affordable” if it costs about one-third or less of what the people living in that area earn. Both income eligibility and rent for City-financed affordable housing projects are based on a measure called Area Median Income (AMI). The AMI

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Bar Association has completed evaluations of a list of candidates running in uncontested general elections on Nov. 8 for Civil Court and Supreme Court. The review was conducted by the association’s committee on the judiciary. According to the New York City Bar Association, which was founded in 1870 and has over 23,000 members, its mission is to equip and mobilize a diverse legal profession to practice with excellence, promote reform of the law, and uphold the rule of law and access to justice in support of a fair society and the public interest in the community, the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who is sought in connection to a robbery that took place aboard the number 4 northbound subway approaching Woodlawn station in The Bronx. Police said that on Sunday, Oct. 16, at around 4.50 a.m., a 42-year-old man was riding the northbound 4 train when a person unknown to him approached. The suspect allegedly stole the man’s wallet before exiting the train at the Woodlawn – Jerome Avenue train station. The wallet contained around $100, a debit card, ID, and a ring (jewelry).

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Ischia Bravo, district manager for Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7), has been appointed as the county clerk for Bronx County at the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, effective Jan. 2, 2023. The news was announced in a press release on Wednesday, Oct. 19, by presiding Justice Rolando T. Acosta. According to Acosta, in her new capacity as county clerk, Bravo will be responsible for the oversight of one of the State’s busiest county clerk’s offices and will serve several functions, including as clerk of the Supreme Court, civil branch, Bronx County

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES

Nonprofit, Berry Awesome Blossom Empowered Sisters (“BABES”) held a back-to-school giveaway and “Stop the Violence” event at Cauldwell Avenue between 161st and 163rd Street, southwest of Forest Houses housing development, in Morrisania on Sept. 10. According to B.A.B.E.S., the group came together to make a difference in the lives of those who need help, adding that they were there to help those in need and for those who don’t know where else to turn to when they need something. They said they did just that at the recent Back-to-School event, adding that the area is underserved because there is “no

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this online story and some copies of the print edition incorrectly referenced Phyllis Nastasio as a Democratic candidate in the upcoming election for A.D. 80. In fact, Nastasio is running on the Republican/Conservative ticket in this race. We apologize for this error. Our profile on Democratic nominee, John Zaccaro Jr., for A.D. 80 can be read here. Raised on Arthur Avenue, Pelham Parkway resident, Phyllis “Tiz” Nastasio is running on the Republican/Conservative ticket in the November general election in A.D. 80 to succeed incumbent, Democratic Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez. She faces John Zaccaro who