Health

Mosholu Parkland: FOMP, BetaNYC, CM Dinowitz & Residents Participate in Mapping for Equity Event

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Future of Mosholu Parkland (FOMP), BetaNYC, Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11) and residents, including Venice Turraine, gathered on Friday, July 10, for Part I of a “Mapping for Equity” event which took place along Mosholu Parkway in Bedford Park. The purpose of the event was to map certain public services and resources on Mosholu Parkway in order to use the data to create more equitable and accessible spaces for the neighborhood going forward.  

North Riverdale: Second Sexual Assault Takes Place at Van Cortlandt Park

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is wanted in connection with a sexually motivated robbery that occurred beside or inside Van Cortlandt Park in the the North Riverdale section of The Bronx. It is the second sexual assault to take place at approximately the same location in a month. 

NYS DOH & PPL Move to Dismiss Lawsuit Filed by Trump Administration’s DOJ re Homecare Transition

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Representatives for Public Partnerships LLC (PPL), the fiscal intermediary recently selected by New York State to manage its homecare assistance program, said on Thursday, July 16, that the company, along with NYS Department of Health (DOH), is officially filing a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it and other parties last month by the Trump administration’s U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

Fordham Heights: Fentanyl Seized from Bronx Apt, One Arrested, Two Morris Ave Daycare Centers Evacuated

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Wednesday, March 4, that the operator of a Bronx home daycare center and her husband were each sentenced to 25 years to life in prison by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Margaret Clancy for the accidental death due to fentanyl poisoning of 22-month-old Nicholas Feliz Domenici on Sept. 15, 2023, and for the exposure of three other children to fentanyl who survived the poisoning.