Fieldston: Police Appeal for Help Locating 40-Year-Old Man Reported Missing

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is appealing to the public for help locating a 40-year-old man reported missing from the Fieldston section of The Bronx.

Major Drug Stash Location Uncovered near Yankee Stadium & Two Bronx Men Arrested

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Two Bronx men were arrested on narcotics possession charges following an investigation that dismantled a major drug stash location near Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, federal prosecutors said Monday. A court authorized search of a home located at 69 West 164th Street, Apt. 2, yielded a combined total of around 2.5 kilograms (over five pounds) of cocaine, ketamine, and MDMA, as well as around 30 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, over 100 pounds of marijuana, and $85,000 cash, they said.

UPDATE Belmont: Displaced Residents Plead for Help in Search of Trapped Pets 15 Days after Fatal Fire

By DAVID GREENE

Surviving displaced residents of the devastating fire in Belmont on April 21 in which two people were killed say they have been calling 311, the FDNY, and local elected officials to seek answers on the cause of the fire, retrieval of any salvageable belongings, and on the status of at least seven cats and one dog believed to have been left behind inside the building.

UPDATE City Council Progressive & Black, Latino & Asian Caucuses Support Calls for CityFHEPS Expansion

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYC Council’s Progressive caucus and Black, Latino and Asian caucus, together with a group of advocates, held a rally at City Hall on Thursday, April 30, to call for the immediate expansion of the CityFHEPS program, described as “a lifeline for New Yorkers facing homelessness.”

One Injured in Amalgamated Housing Ceiling Collapse

By DAVID GREENE

]The FDNY said one person was injured after a reported ceiling collapse inside a residential apartment building operated by Amalgamated Housing Corporation in Van Cortlandt Village.

UPDATE Allerton: 27-Year-Old Man Shot at NYCHA Pelham Parkway Houses Building

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 27-year-old man is stable after being shot in the vicinity of NYCHA’s Pelham Parkway Houses in the Allerton section of The Bronx, police said.

Norwood: Discarded Batteries Cause Garbage Truck Fire

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A fire broke out in a garbage truck in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Monday morning, April 27. Resident Marcos Sierra who, as reported, previously ran for City Council in District 11, shared the attached photo of the fire which ignited inside an NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) truck. “Be careful what you throw out!!” Sierra wrote.

Kingsbridge Heights: No Injuries after Residential Fire on West 197th Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY

There were no injuries reported following a residential fire in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx on Tuesday, April 28, according to the FDNY.

New City Council Animal Welfare Caucus Launches

By Síle Moloney

City Council Speaker Julie Menin (C.D. 5) and Council Member Harvey Epstein (C.D. 2) announced March 6 that a new Animal Welfare Caucus has been formed at the City Council.