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Bedford Park: Search for Missing 69-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
    The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 69-year-old man from Bedford Park who was reported missing on Sunday.   Fabio Bueno Lopez, 69, of 2800 Parkview Terrace in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx, was last seen in front of 2223 Quimby Avenue, in the borough’s Unionport neighborhood on Sunday, Feb. 6.   He is described as male, is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, and was last seen wearing a black and gray coat, blue jeans, black shoes, and a beige hat. He was covering himself with


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Little Italy: Adams Lunches with Local Officials to Help Promote City’s Restaurants

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Mayor Eric Adams joined local, Bronx elected officials and others on Arthur Avenue in the Little Italy section of the Bronx on Sunday to highlight the importance of the City’s restaurants and restaurant workers to New York’s economy.   The mayor was heard highlighting the need to support hospitality workers, saying, “I was a dishwasher so you know, sometimes people don’t connect the dots, man, you know? We need these restaurants.”   Andrew Rigie, executive director of NYC Hospitality Alliance, chair of NYC Nightlife Advisory Board, 1st vice chair of Manhattan Community Board 7, and host of


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Montefiore Children’s Hospital Co-Authored Study Highlights Danger of Magnetic “Desk Toys”

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  A new study co-authored by two pediatric gastroenterologists at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) has highlighted the danger of small, high-powered magnets commonly sold as “desk toys” for adults, and which are sometimes ingested by children.   The study, published in Pediatrics, combines data from 25 children’s hospitals in the U.S, assessing 596 children over three years when high-powered magnets were reintroduced to the market, after having been removed previously by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 2012. The research shows that: 95 percent of children exposed to the magnets were under 14 years of age; nearly one in


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No Visit to Rikers by Biden as WITNESS launches Hats & Gloves Campaign

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Chair of the New York City Council criminal justice committee, Manhattan City Council Member Carlina Rivera, tweeted on Wednesday that she had written a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden, inviting him to take a tour of Rikers Island during his upcoming visit to New York on Thursday, Feb. 3. However, a visit by the president to the controversial City jail was not on the cards in the end, as confirmed by the White House. The president’s visit was instead taken up with various discussions with Mayor Eric Adams and other gun violence prevention expert groups on immediate strategies to


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Fordham Manor: Freezing Weather Driving Coat Theft?

By DAVID GREENE
  As temperatures dropped to below freezing on Friday, Jan. 21, police responding to a call about a “shoplifter armed with a knife,” arrested the man for shoplifting a winter coat, and a short time later, were called back and made another arrest at the same Burlington Coat Factory store in Fordham Manor.   The caller told the 911 operator that the suspect had been cutting off the anti-theft devices on the stores’ garments, using a knife. Half a dozen patrol units from the 52nd precinct arrived at the scene, quickly apprehended the man, and recovered the winter coat, still


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Neighborhood Notes: Mosholu Pkwy Mobility Workshop, Public Service Fellowship, COVID Testing Sites Reopened & More!

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Local People Reported Missing in Recent Weeks   A 14-year-old girl was reported missing in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx. Click here for more details. An 85-year-old woman was reported missing in Mt Hope section of the Bronx. Click here for more details. A 74-year-old man was reported missing in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx. Click here for details. A 56-year-old man was reported missing in the Allerton section of the Bronx. Click here for more details. A 60-year-old woman was reported missing in the Olinville section of the Bronx. Click here for more details. A


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NWBCCC Bids Fond Farewell to Karen Washington at The Bronx People’s Festival

By DAVID GREENE
  Over 300 Bronxites turned out for a day of learning, planning, and healing, as dozens of local organizations converged on The Mary Mitchell Center, located at 2007 Mapes Avenue in the Crotona section of the Bronx, for “The Bronx People’s Festival” on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.   Participating groups included Mothers on The Move, Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, Laborers International Union of North America, The Point, The Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC), the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative and others. The various groups were on hand to provide guests with assistance, as well as free gifts, as


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Sanchez Chairs Council Committee on Housing & Buildings, as Women Comprise Council Majority

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On Thursday, Jan. 20, the New York City Council appointed recently elected, Bronx, District 14 City Council Member, Pierina Sanchez, as chair of the council’s powerful housing & buildings committee, which has jurisdiction over New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and the Department of Buildings (DOB), as well as rent regulation policies and practices.   HPD is responsible for promoting the quality and affordability of the city’s housing by developing new, affordable housing, enforcing the housing maintenance code, and engaging neighborhoods in planning. DOB is the primary regulator of the construction and real estate industries in


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UPDATE Bronx Defenders Issue Cool Response to Mayor’s Blue Print to Curb Gun Violence

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The Bronx Defenders, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn Defender Services, The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem and Queens Defenders released the a statement on Monday, Jan. 24, in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement earlier on Monday of his “Blueprint to End Gun Violence” in New York City. The mayor’s announcement follows a roundtable discussion held at a public school in Bedford Park on Saturday, Jan. 22, with crisis management teams and violence interrupters, amid a spate of high-profile police and civilian shootings which have taken place since he took office, including, as reported, the shooting of a now 1-year-old


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