Montefiore Pediatric Physician Wins $400,000 Hyundai Hope Scholar Grant to Further Childhood Cancer Research

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Dr. Allison M. Martin, attending pediatric physician at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and assistant professor of pediatrics, microbiology and immunology at Morris Park’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, was recently awarded a $400,000 Hyundai Hope Scholar Grant from Hyundai Hope on Wheels® (HHOW), Montefiore officials said.

Yonkers: Annual ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Takes Place at Empire City Casino

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The family of ALS Ice Bucket Challenge co-founder, the late Yonkers native Pat Quinn, will join City of Yonkers and Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 1 p.m. to host the Annual ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

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.

Correction Officer Gets Conditional Discharge for Falsifying Suicide Prevention Training for 74 Officers

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Wednesday, July 23, that a NYC Department of Correction (DOC) Officer has been sentenced to a conditional discharge for falsifying suicide prevention training for dozens of officers.

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.

Politicians Join M.S. 45 Principal & Students to Break Ground on $6.05 Million Playground Renovation

By ARIEL PACHECO

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and Councilman Oswald Feliz (C.D. 15) joined students and Doreen Kendall, principal of M.S. 45, the Thomas C. Giordano School, in Belmont on June 27 to break ground on a new $6.05 million renovation of the school’s playground.

Yonkers Teacher Arrested for Harassing Student including Holding Up Dog Collar & Calling her a “B*tch”

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced Wednesday, July 16, that a physical education teacher at Yonkers Middle High School has been arrested for allegedly harassing one of his female students over a period of several months, both over text message and in person.

Fordham Heights: Female Suspect Sought after 77-Year-Old Woman with Walker is Robbed

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo and video who they say is wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx.

Bronx Elected Officials Ask Charter Communications and Altice USA to Restore NY1 Service to The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81), who broadly represents the northwest Bronx, in collaboration with elected Bronx representatives, has written a letter dated July 15, 2025, to Charter Communications and Altice USA regarding the loss of service of the TV station, NY1, in The Bronx.

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Montefiore Pediatric Physician Wins $400,000 Hyundai Hope Scholar Grant to Further Childhood Cancer Research

Yonkers: Annual ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Takes Place at Empire City Casino

Kingsbridge Heights: Man Wanted for Groping Woman Aboard D Train

Correction Officer Gets Conditional Discharge for Falsifying Suicide Prevention Training for 74 Officers

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

Politicians Join M.S. 45 Principal & Students to Break Ground on $6.05 Million Playground Renovation

Yonkers Teacher Arrested for Harassing Student including Holding Up Dog Collar & Calling her a “B*tch”

Fordham Heights: Female Suspect Sought after 77-Year-Old Woman with Walker is Robbed

Bronx Elected Officials Ask Charter Communications and Altice USA to Restore NY1 Service to The Bronx