UPDATE Spuyten Duyvil: MTA Bus Crashes into High Wall by Independence Ave after Seemingly Failing to Navigate Turn

There were no injuries reported after a BxM1 bus crashed into a high wall by 2601 Henry Hudson Parkway and Kappock Street / Independence Avenue in the Spuyten Duyvll section of The Bronx on Friday morning, Jan. 17, according to City officials.   The FDNY said they received a call at 8.40 a.m. for a report of a bus hanging from an overpass. They said there were no reported injuries but emergency units are continuing to operate at the scene. The MTA later confirmed that the FDNY helped the driver off the bus. When contacted, an NYPD spokesperson said at


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Montefiore Einstein Names Inaugural Chief Pharmacy Officer

Ruth E. Cassidy B.S., PharmD, MBA, FACHE, FASHP was named the inaugural chief pharmacy officer at Montefiore Health System on Monday, Jan. 6, hospital officials said. Dr. Cassidy assumed her new position the same day.

Fordham Manor: Man Arrested in Subway Station with Machine Gun Living in Daycare Building?

After police officers scuffled with two trespassers inside Fordham Manor’s Kingsbridge Road Subway Station, which serves the D train on Election Day, Nov. 5, a concealed AR-15-style assault weapon fell to the ground, as reported. Court records show one of the men has since been released without bail and the NYPD said he lives in a three-story building in the Van Nest section of The Bronx that also houses a children’s daycare on the first floor.