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Jerome Park Memorial Event Planned for Saturday, May 13, for those Lost to COVID-19

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Once again, a coalition of community groups and residents, including Friends of Jerome Park, will hold a memorial event to honor all those lost to COVID-19, for another year. The event takes place at University Avenue and Reservoir Avenue (at Fort Washington Walk) in Jerome Park, on Saturday, May 13, at 1 p.m. and all are welcome to attend.   On Oct. 23, 2021, a tree-planting ceremony took place at the same location to memorialize all victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. Marianne Kraft, one of organizers of Saturday’s event, said trees were the perfect symbol to honor those lost, since


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Burgos Condemns Use of E-Verify System for Immigrants as Federal NYC Delegation Calls to Allow Asylum Seekers Work

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Following the passage of a new law in the Florida state legislature that would require employers of 25 employees or more to step up requirements to check the immigration status of workers, Democratic Bronx Assemblyman Kenny Burgos (A.D. 85) and Democratic State Sen. Jessica Ramos (S.D. 13), who represents parts of Queens, released a statement on Monday, May 9, condemning the move.   According to reporting by the Tampa Bay Times, part of the new bill requires all businesses with 25 or more employees to use the federal E-Verify system to check the immigration status of workers. Since 2021, such


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Ten Rikers Island Detainees Charged with Assault Leaving 4 Men with Vicious Injuries in Bloody Gang Violence

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, May 12, that four current and six former detainees of Rikers Island jail have been charged with violent attacks that occurred inside the jail. She said three men were brutally beaten during a “war” between alleged Bloods and Crips gang members, and one man was left with deep wounds after what was described by the District Attorney’s office as a “petty dispute.”   In the context of the announcement, Clark said, “We continue to prosecute violence in our jails, even when the victims do not cooperate with the investigation out of


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Williamsbridge: NYPD Release Video of Group Sought in White Plains Road Shooting of Two

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the people seen in the attached video who department officials say are sought in connection with an assault that occurred at 3762 White Plains Road in Williamsbridge on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Video courtesy of the NYPD   The NYPD has released photos and video of a group of people who department officials say are sought in connection with a shooting that occurred in Williamsbridge on Thursday afternoon, as previously reported, and is asking for the public’s help identifying and locating them.   Police said that on Thursday,


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UPDATE Bedford Park: One Injured in Two-Vehicle Collision involving MTA Bus, Two Allegedly Flee Scene

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  A SMASHED UP car is seen on Jerome Avenue by East 198th Street in Bedford Park after it reportedly collided with an MTA bus at 6.10 a.m. on Friday morning, May 12, 2023. Video courtesy of a local resident One man was hospitalized and two people allegedly left the scene of a reported two-vehicle road accident which occurred in Bedford Park early on Friday morning under the elevated train tracks of the 4 train.   A police spokesperson told Norwood News the collision occurred at Jerome Avenue by East 198th Street in Bedford Park after on Friday morning, May


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UPDATE Williamsbridge: Man, 21, Shot in Leg under Elevated Train Tracks of 219th Street Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A 21-year-old hospitalized man is in stable condition after he was shot in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx on Thursday afternoon, police said. A second man was also shot, officials said.   The incident occurred at White Plains Road and East 219th Street subway station on Thursday afternoon, May 11, underneath the elevated train tracks of the 219th Street Subway Station. A police spokeswoman told Norwood News on Thursday, based on a preliminary police report, “At around 13.45 this afternoon, we have a 21-year-old male….looks like he was shot at.. in the leg and he was taken to Montefiore


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Woman, 64, from Kingsbridge Heights Dies After Being Hit by Two Cars on Major Deegan Expressway

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A 64-year-old woman from Kingsbridge Heights has died after being hit by a vehicle on the Major Deegan Expressway, police said.   An NYPD spokesperson said that on Wednesday, May 10, at around 7.40 p.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian who had been struck on the northbound Major Deegan Expressway at the exit area to North Mosholu Parkway [in Van Cortlandt Park].   “Upon arrival, officers observed a 64-year-old female, unconscious and unresponsive, lying on the roadway,” the spokesperson said. “EMS responded to the location and transported the aided female to


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District Council 9 Painters & Allied Trades Conduct Apprenticeship Recruitment Drive in May

By SÍLE MOLONEY
District Council 9 commenced a formal structural steel and bridge painter apprenticeship recruitment drive on May 8, which continues to May 19, at the District Council 9 Finishing Trades Institute of New York (DC 9) training center in Long Island City, NY. The recruitment drive covers applicants from New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley regions.   DC 9 is a chapter of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, an organization of painters, decorators, wall coverers, drywall finishers, sign painters, metal polishers, bridge & structural steel painters, civil service painters, lead abatement workers, glaziers & architectural


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New York Institute for Special Education Students Race Once Again for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

By SÍLE MOLONEY
More than 100 preschoolers, aged 3 to 5, who are participants in the “Readiness Program” at the New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE) raced their tricycles once again throughout the school halls for the school’s annual “Trike-a-Thon” fundraiser benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.   The annual event took place this year at the school, located at Frampton Hall, 985 Astor Avenue in the Allerton section of The Bronx, on Wednesday, May 10. From 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., the preschoolers, organized in different teams, put their feet to the gas, so to speak, raising money for a worthy


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