FDNY Releases Child’s Finger from Seat Belt

By DAVID GREENE

Fire department officials were called when a 4-year-old child got their finger caught in a seatbelt. FDNY confirmed the unusual incident took place at West Kingsbridge Road and Davidson Avenue in Fordham Manor, at 8:40 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 24. Without providing any additional details regarding the child’s gender or circumstances, one unnamed, fire official reported that the patient was treated at the scene and the child’s finger freed from the belt without suffering serious injury.

UPDATE Norwood: Man Shot at on Knox Place

By DAVID GREENE

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the individual seen in the attached video who is sought in connection with a reckless endangerment incident that occurred in Norwood, in the 52nd precinct. Police said they are looking for the gunman who fired several rounds from a handgun at a victim. Police reported that the shooting incident took place outside 3422 Knox Place, between West Mosholu Parkway and West Gun Hill Road at 4:17 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29. Officials said the still, unidentified assailant fired several shots at a

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a 14-year-old girl who has been reported missing and who lives in Melrose in the 44th precinct, Yanirzy Murillo, 14-year-old of 3125 Park Avenue, Apt#11B was last seen Friday, Oct. 1, at approximately 6 a.m., inside her home. She is described as female, approximately 4 feet, 5 inches tall, Hispanic, weighs 100 pounds, has a thin build, a dark complexion, brown eyes with black braided hair. She was last seen wearing a navy blue polo, gray pants, white sneakers, and a black backpack. Anyone with information regarding this missing person

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD has confirmed that an 11-year-old girl who had been reported missing from Castle Hill, in the 43rd precinct has been located. Prior to being found, Toura Oumou, 11, of 2025 Seward Avenue, Apt#7U, had last been seen Friday, Oct. 1, at approximately 7.30 a.m., leaving her home. She was described as female, approximately 5 feet, 4 inches tall, Black, weighs 140 pounds, with a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair. She had last been seen wearing glasses, a black hijab, a pink sweater, blue jeans, black Nike sneakers and she was carrying a black Nike

By SÍLE MOLONEY

First launched in 2019, the New York City International Book Fair / Feria Internacional del Libro NYC, an initiative of the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute, aims to disseminate academic and literary work published in Spanish, whether in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, or the United States, and, at the same time, promote better reading habits within Hispanic communities in New York. This year’s virtual panels and events, which take place from Oct. 1 to Oct. 3 will be streamed on Facebook Live through the @FILNYC account. Last year, the event brought together scholars and authors from more than a

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An affordable housing lottery is open units at Woodlawn Senior Living, located at 69 East 233rd Street in the Woodlawn Heights section of The Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Developed by RiseBoro Community Partnership, and designed by Paul Castrucci Architects, YIMBY reports that the 80-unit, affordable, senior housing development is built with green infrastructure and water conservation, and also has on-site social services. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 55 units for residents at 50 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $0 to $53,700. Residents will have access to a shared

By SÍLE MOLONEY

An affordable housing lottery has launched for units at 186 East 205th Street, an eight-story residential building in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx, as reported by YIMBY. Designed by Badaly Architects, and developed by Franco Sukai, the 42,524-square-foot structure yields 62 residential units. Available on NYC Housing Connect, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s housing portal, are 19 units for residents at 130 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $41,143 to $167,570. Residents will have access to a shared laundry room and outdoor green spaces. Units include name-brand appliances

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations (RAB), the multi-employer group association representing the city‘s real estate industry, and SEIU 32BJ, the union representing 85,000 building service workers in the city, issued, on Saturday, Oct. 2, a comprehensive Memorandum of Agreement covering rules for implementing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for staff working in most city buildings. The agreement, which would cover thousands of commercial and residential properties in the city, sets the process and safeguards which must be followed in the event a site or an employer intends to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Howard Rothschild, president of the realty advisory board

By SÍLE MOLONEY

October marks Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness Month. Between 2017 and 2018, intimate partner homicides in the Bronx increased by 85.7 percent, from seven in 2017, to 13 in 2018, according to a 2019 report by the New York City DV Fatality Review Committee. Meanwhile, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in 2017 that one in four women, and one in seven men will be victims of DV or abuse in their lifetime. On Friday, Oct. 1, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $6.5 million in funding that will allow state-licensed service providers to offer survivors of domestic violence and