Families

UPDATE Two Former NYPD Cops Sentenced after Pleading Guilty to Sex Abuse of Intoxicated Woman

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Monday, Jan. 12, that two former NYPD officers were sentenced in the sexual abuse of an intoxicated woman on Friday, Jan. 9, at Bronx Criminal Court, with one of the defendants required to register as a sex offender and both sentenced to probation and sex offender treatment programs as part of the plea agreement. The sentences imposes equated to those negotiated between the prosecution and the defense under the terms of a plea deal.

NYC North Central Bronx & Jacobi Medical Center Welcome First Babies of the New Year

By SÍLE MOLONEY
At 12:58 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, Norwood’s North Central Bronx Hospital welcomed its first baby of the year delivered at the hospital, Ridhaan Mollik. Ridhaan weighed in at 6 pounds 9.5 ounces, and is 20.1 inches long, according to hospital officials, who said the baby boy is the first child of Sornaly Kor Aky.

UPDATE New York Private Hospitals Poised for Potential Strike Action by NYS Nurses Association

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Nurses who had been negotiating with their respective employers through the weekend ending Sunday, Jan. 4 over their working conditions and latest contracts have seen little progress at the table, according to the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). A spokesperson for the union said on Monday, Jan. 5, that in just seven days, as many as 21,000 nurses at 15 private hospitals in New York City and Long Island could go on strike in what they say would be the biggest nurse strike in New York history.