Education

UPDATE Hochul Fires Back at Ted Cruz’s Diss Over Head Attire at Fallen Bronx NYPD Det. First Grade Didarul Islam’s Funeral

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has fired back at Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas after an apparent diss and after he was called out by the Council of American-Islam Relations (CAIR) and others for questioning her decision to wear a head covering while attending the funeral of slain NYPD Det. First Grade Didarul Islam, who was Muslim, on Thursday, July 31.

UPDATE Police Officer Didarul Islam Posthumously Promoted to Detective First Grade at Funeral Service

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
Thousands of police officers from across the New York metropolitan area and beyond gathered at the Parkchester Jame Masjid on Virginia Avenue on Thursday, July 31, to pay their respects and say goodbye to slain Police Officer Didarul Islam, 36, a Bangladeshi American immigrant, father or two with another baby on the way, who was promoted to detective first grade by Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch during the service.

Kingsbridge Heights: Man Wanted for Groping Woman Aboard D Train

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) has launched a housing lottery, described as affordable, for Wakefield Yards, an 11-story mixed-use building at 4641 Furman Avenue in the Wakefield section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY.

Councilman Dinowitz Presents over $750,000 to Local Schools for Various Upgrades

By DAVID GREENE
As students from three local schools were celebrating their graduating classes of 2025, Democratic City Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11) took the occasions to congratulate the students and also present P.S. 207, P.S. 94, and P.S. 8 with various checks totaling more than $750,000 for different upgrades to the respective schools.