UPDATE Karla Cabrera Carrera is New CB7 District Manager, Residents Disappointed at Bronx Week Parade Move

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Karla Cabrera Carrera, the former assistant district manager of Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7), was elected as the new district manager for the board during CB7’s general board meeting held April 27. Cabrera Carrera was voted in following 20 votes in the affirmative and 6 abstentions. She has been hired at a salary of $96,000 per annum. As reported, the position of district manager had been vacant since the departure of former district manager Ischia Bravo who stepped down at the end of last year to take up a new role as Bronx County Clerk. Cabrera Carrera

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest print edition. There were all manner of City jobs up for grabs at the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services job fair held at Monroe College in Fordham Manor on Saturday, April 22. New York City Mayor Eric Adams also showed up to encourage Bronxites, and others who had traveled to the Boogie Down, about the benefits of working for his administration. Addressing the sizeable afternoon crowd of an estimated 350 people, which according to the fair organizers, had dwindled since the morning, Adams

By SÍLE MOLONEY

THE NYPD IS seeking the public’s assistance locating the people seen in this video who the department says are sought in connection with a robbery and assault that occurred at 80 West Fordham Road in Fordham Manor on May 7, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating the people seen in the attached video and photos who the department says are sought in connection with a robbery that occurred in Fordham Manor. Police said that on Sunday, May 7, at around 1.45 p.m., in front of 80 West Fordham Road, a 38-year-old

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD said that a Norwood man reported missing on Sunday, May 7, has returned home. Prior to returning home, as reported, police said Robert Lang of Tryon Avenue in Norwood had last been seen on Saturday, May 6, at around 11 p.m. leaving his home. He was described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing 215 pounds, with a light complexion, a medium build, brown eyes and gray hair. Prior to returning home, he had last been seen wearing eye glasses, a blue t-shirt, and blue shorts. On Wednesday, May 10, police confirmed Lang had returned home

By SÍLE MOLONEY

POLICE RESPOND TO a shooting at 189 Burnside Avenue in University Heights on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Video courtesy of the Citizens’ App. The NYPD announced on May 8 that pursuant to an ongoing investigation, a 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder following the fatal shooting of Johnny Gaston on Burnside Avenue in University Heights in mid-December 2022. He is the second man arrested in connection with the case. As reported, the NYPD had been asking for the public’s assistance locating and identifying the people seen in the attached photos who they said were sought for

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES

Jerome Gun Hill Business Improvement District (BID) held a free Earth Day event, together with Friends of Mosholu Parkland (FOMP), at the Jerome Garden Plaza under Mosholu Parkway subway station by Jerome Avenue in Norwood on Saturday, April 22, 2023. From noon to 3 p.m., volunteers joined kids and BID and FOMP representatives for a community clean-up, beautification, giveaways, healthy food, and other activities. Elizabeth Quaranta, executive director of FOMP and who also runs the Keeper’s House Community “Edible” Garden on the Reservoir Oval in Norwood, is recovering from a knee injury but didn’t miss the event.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Developers and local officials recently gathered to celebrate the beginning of construction of a new multifamily rental property at 70 Pier Street in Yonkers, as reported by YIMBY. Led by Ginsburg Development Companies, the four-story building is located in the city’s Ludlow neighborhood and will eventually contain 36 rental apartments, ground-floor retail space, and parking garage for up to 35 vehicles. Prior to demolition, 70 Pier Street was occupied by a low-rise office building and garage used by the Yonkers Parking Authority, which Ginsburg acquired in June 2017, according to YIMBY. As part of the project, the developer

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Historic Districts Council (HDC), the citywide advocate for New York City’s historic neighborhoods, announces its annual preservation conference, “Looking Beyond Landmarks: Celebrating That Which is Difficult to Preserve.” The conference will take place at New York Law School, 185 West Broadway in Manhattan on May 20. Looking Beyond Landmarks will examine sites that are difficult to preserve, including sites of cultural significance, non-buildings, places of commemoration and trauma, and monuments and public art. Hear from communities, scholars, and advocates on how they are preserving memory and how that is reflected in our physical space and structures. The

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Editor’s Note: Check back for more updates as we add more events. Transportation Updates For updates on Bronx Street and Bridge closures, subway changes, and other transportation-related updates, click here. Friendly Voices Program for Seniors If you are an older New Yorker feeling lonely or isolated, NYC Ageing can connect you with a friendly volunteer to talk with over the phone or video chat. Call (212)-Ageing-NYC (212) 244 -6469 and ask about the Friendly Voices Program. Liz Krueger’s 2023 Virtual Roundtable for Boomers & Seniors A virtual roundtable for Boomers and seniors will be held on Thursday,

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