Criminal Justice

Old Fordham Library Debate Heats Up

By ARIEL PACHECO
District 15 City Council Member Oswald Feliz (C.D. 15) hosted a town hall Wednesday, April 23, for residents to gather ideas and explore possibilities for the future use of the old Fordham Library building, located at 2556 Bainbridge Avenue in Fordham Manor. 

UPDATE Tremont: May the Force Be With You; Panic Button Safety Plan to Connect Bodega Owners to NYPD

By SÍLE MOLONEY
“May the Force be with you” was perhaps the underlying message from New York City Mayor Eric Adams to the City’s worst-hit bodega owners when he visited the Tremont section of The Bronx on Sunday, May 4. He was there to announce $1.6 million in funding to equip an estimated 500 bodegas across the five boroughs with new panic buttons which bodega staff can use to immediately call the NYPD in cases of emergency.

UPDATE District 11 City Council Candidate Danielle Guggenheim Responds to Eric Dinowitz on Medicare Advantage

By SÍLE MOLONEY
City Council candidate in the upcoming District 11 Democratic primary election, Danielle Herbert Guggenheim, a self-described single mother and Black and Caribbean American who has served 25 years with the City’s Board of Education, has responded to a letter to the editor published in The Riverdale Press on April 25 titled, “Closing the door on Medicare Advantage,” by incumbent Councilman Eric Dinowitz. 

No Reported Injuries after Unconfirmed Reports of Early Morning Shots Fired in Fordham & Norwood

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced Friday, May 2, that Noel Thomas, 30, of Yonkers, was convicted at trial this week of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and separately in the third degree for which he could face life in prison due to previous felony offenses. The announcement follows the Trump administration’s commitment since inauguration to curb repeat offenders of felony crimes. 

Westchester DA: Yonkers Man Could Get Life as Repeat “Violent Felony Offender” re Illegal Gun Possession

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced Friday, May 2, that Noel Thomas, 30, of Yonkers, was convicted at trial this week of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and separately in the third degree for which he could face life in prison due to previous felony offenses. The announcement follows the Trump administration’s commitment since inauguration to curb repeat offenders of felony crimes. 

Op-Ed: Our Moral Moment

By SILVIA BLUMENFELD
These days, friends here in The Bronx, and all across the country, are telling me that they have stopped listening to the news. I can’t say the same, but in a way, I really do get the reason for that phenomenon.