Politics

Elected Officials Encourage New Yorkers to Make Use of Family Enrichment Centers (FEC)

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Elected officials are encouraging New Yorkers to make full use of the City’s local Family Enrichment Centers (FEC). Launched in 2017, these are welcoming walk-in, family-centered spaces, open to all, co-designed with community members, and run by the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). The availability of such centers seems all the more relevant given the latest wave of violence unleashed against young people in The Bronx. Some of the programs include medical support, parent discussion groups, men’s discussion groups, and clothes and food distribution.  

Two Female Jewish Victims of Midtown Manhattan Mass Shooting Attended School in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
More Bronx connections have come to light following Monday’s tragic mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan in addition to Det. First Grade Didarul Islam [posthumously promoted from police officer], 36, a Bangladeshi American, husband, father of two, with another baby on the way, assigned to the Bronx’s 47th Precinct, whose funeral took place on July 31, as reported.

Bronxite Wants More Mental Health Support after Armed Man Arrested following Fatal Manhattan Mass Shooting

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A young police officer assigned to The Bronx’s 47th Precinct in the North Bronx, was fatally shot, along with five other people, including the gunman, during an active shooter incident that unfolded in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening, July 28, at around 6.30 p.m. police said. Four people died during the incident, including the gunman, who reportedly shot himself, and one remains in critical but stable condition in hospital, they said.

UPDATE Bronx Det. Didarul Islam Returned Home to Parkchester & Hochul Calls for National Ban on Assault Rifles

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
Following the dignified transfer on Monday night, July 28, of slain Det. First Grade Didarul Islam [posthumously promoted from police officer] from Midtown Manhattan, where he was killed by an active shooter earlier that day, several hundred NYPD police officers, detectives, and top-ranking police officials, including Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, joined Bronx residents on Tuesday, July 29, in a guard of honor as his body was transferred into his local mosque at 1203 Virginia Avenue in Parkchester.

Governor Issues State of Emergency re Flood Watch as B/D/M/F Trains Disrupted Due to Outage

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flood watch for Thursday, July 31, starting at 2:14 a.m. until Friday,  Aug. 1, at 8 a.m., with officials saying flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible in sections of southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey, and southeast New York, including across the five boroughs, as well as in northern Nassau, northern Westchester, Rockland, Southern Nassau, and Southern Westchester counties.