Man Gets 24 Years for Killing Uncle for Lottery Winnings & Killing Family Friend While on the Run

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, Feb. 22, that a man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree manslaughter for the fatal stabbing of his 73-year-old uncle in his South Bronx apartment in June 2018, and for fatally stabbing a woman in a security firm office in the Wakefield section of the Bronx a month later. Clark said the defendant, Idris Abdul Muhaymin, 49, originally from Georgia, was sentenced to 24 years in prison, and five years of post-release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Ralph Fabrizio.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York City is launching a new data tool to gather public input from City communities to help plan for a more equitable future. According to City officials, the new data tool, an interactive website, will better equip New Yorkers with data that can facilitate challenging conversations about housing affordability, racial equity, displacement, and many other issues related to the future of New York City and its neighborhoods. NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) director, Dan Garodnick, and NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) commissioner, Adolfo Carrión Jr., announced on Tuesday, Feb. 22, that public engagement work

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

Police confirm a man was found deceased at Bedford Park Boulevard-Lehman College subway station, which serves the number 4 line, in the early hours of Tuesday, Feb. 22. An NYPD spokesperson told Norwood News an unidentified man was observed by a witness at around 1.40 a.m. on Tuesday morning, lying on the roadbed of the southbound 4 train, at Bedford Park Boulevard-Lehman College subway station, located in the 52nd precinct and transit district 11. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. Southbound 4 trains are delayed while emergency teams respond to a person struck by a train at

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

The NYPD has confirmed a 43-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Norwood man on Saturday. Police responded to a call regarding a man who had been shot on Saturday, Feb. 19, at approximately 3.17 p.m., on the corner of East Tremont Avenue and Belmont Avenue in the Tremont section of The Bronx. Upon arrival, officers discovered a 44-year-old man with five gunshot wounds to the back. EMS responded and transported the victim to Saint Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. There were no initial arrests and the investigation had been

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Renderings have been released by INOA Architecture to reveal The Miroza Tower, a 25-story, residential building to be located at 44 Hudson Street in downtown Yonkers, as reported by YIMBY. When complete, YIMBY reports that the tower will incorporate 250 rental units with a collection of amenity spaces and a small commercial component on the ground floor. The Miroza Tower is the latest property from Azorim Investment, Development & Construction Co. Ltd., a publicly traded Israeli company with real estate projects in the United States, India, Ukraine, Brazil, and Europe. The development site at 44 Hudson Street was

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

A fire in Bedford Park which broke out in a multiple dwelling on Sunday evening has been brought under control, FDNY officials confirmed. The FDNY later confirmed to Norwood News that the department was alerted to the incident at 7.09 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 20 and that it had been reported at 2777 Webster Avenue. It was classified as a 2-alarm incident, with 25 units, comprising 106 firefighters responding to the call. Fire officials said the fire was on the top floor of a 3-story, multiple dwelling. Images from the Citizen’s App showed visible signs of flames

Union Representing NYCHA Workers Backs Torres' Congressional Campaign Run

By SÍLE MOLONEY & JULIAN NAZAR

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) shared in his regular newsletter dated Feb. 2 that the New York State legislature would likely approve newly redrawn maps of The Bronx’s congressional districts, supported by the majority of State legislators, as part of the ongoing redistricting process which follows the 2020 census. The legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, did just that on Feb. 2, and Gov. Kathy Hochul approved the new maps on Feb. 3. The result is that Norwood no longer falls within New York’s Congressional District 13, represented by Rep. Adriano Espaillat, and instead, now falls into Congressional District

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Multimedia exhibition, “BronX BandA: Love and Resilience,” opened on Jan. 31, and runs through May 13 at the Casita Maria Gallery, located at 928 Simpson Street, in the Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx. The exhibition centers on the story of the group, BronX BandA, as well as the Bronxites who inspired their music. Using oral histories, video, photography, and a recently released BronX BandA album, coloring book and short film entitled, “The Casita Sessions,” gallery visitors will experience a diverse mix of storytelling methods celebrating Bronx culture and communities and the music which was created during the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A virtual memorial event is to be held, via Zoom, on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 6.30 p.m. to honor the memory of former Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) member, Jeffrey Hunter. Chad Royer, Bronx CB7 Veterans Affairs committee chair, Raul Gonzalez, Amjad Mujaahid, Alan Delfish and Emmanuel Martinez, chair of Bronx CB7, collectively organized the event, the details of which are included further below in a flyer. In the context of its announcement, Royer explained that some veteran partners organized the event as they wanted to honor Jeffrey Hunter. “He was a dedicated member of Bronx Community Board 7’s

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