Employment

Four Transport Changes Required for Some Bronx NYCHA Residents to Get to Bronx City Grocery Store

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was back in The Bronx on Monday, May 18, together with the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to announce that The Peninsula in the Hunts Point section of the borough has been selected as the second site for the City’s municipal grocery store program. The multi-purpose development, which is already underway, is located along Spofford Avenue between Manida and Tiffany Streets and is the former site of the Spofford Juvenile Detention Center.

Belmont: Another Cat and Turtle Rescued Three Weeks after Fatal Fire at 660 East 187th Street

By DAVID GREENE
For three straight weeks, as reported, family members displaced by a 5-alarm, fatal fire in Belmont that also resulted in several injuries, have been back at the building, now encased by a temporary wooden barricade, keeping vigil and searching the broken windows for any glimpse of the estimated seven cats and other animals left behind after the blaze. Residents believe they may still be inside the hollowed-out structure.

Olinville: Two Sought for Armed Robbery of Older Adult

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the two people depicted in the attached photos who they say are wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred in the Olinville section of The Bronx.