Kids

Youth Cite Benefits of Restorative Justice Program

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) presented a check for $250,000 to Mosholu Montefiore Community Center (MMCC) on Monday, Nov. 6, to support its restorative justice program at the Norwood-based center (MMCC), in the presence of some of the young course participants and course facilitators. Dinowitz said the funding will help support “anti-gun, anti-drug, anti-violence, and anti-gang programs for teens.”

One Year On, Lockett Family Wants Answers

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Family and friends of Kyle Lockett, 21, killed in front of a deli on the corner of Gun Hill Road and Hull Avenue in Norwood on Nov. 3, 2022, are calling for answers from authorities on the first anniversary of his death. The 21-year-old died after a police-involved shooting which followed a separate, armed altercation inside the deli with Ajamu Demmerle, 29, during which Lockett was stabbed and Demmerle was also injured.   

UPDATE Hero Kids Help Family Members Escape House Fire, One Holding One-Year-Old Baby

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A 12-year-old boy, Steven, saved his one-year-old baby sibling from a burning home that raged for over an hour on Nov. 20 in Bedford Park, aided by his 15-year-old best friend, Joshua, who lives next door, while firefighters responded to the blaze, the second of two residential fires, one fatal, to occur the same evening within the boundaries of Bronx Community District 7.

Santa Gets a Ride on the 52nd Precinct Holiday Float Around the Local Neighborhood

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES
As is customary each year during the festive season, members of the 52nd Precinct joined Santa Claus as they traveled aboard their usual Holiday Float through some of the neighborhoods that fall within the boundaries of the precinct i.e. Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge, Norwood, Bronx Park, and University Heights on Wednesday, Dec. 6.

Gillibrand Releases New Report on Anti-Gun Trafficking Law

By SÍLE MOLONEY
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand unveiled her report analyzing initial successes arising from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA)’s anti-gun trafficking section and mental health funding distribution on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Gillibrand’s first-of-its-kind report found that more than 1,300 illegal guns have been seized and more than 200 defendants have been charged under BSCA’s new gun trafficking statute.