Belmont: Man Sought for Assault & Robbery inside Church

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they said is wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred in Belmont.

UPDATE Park Reservoir Shareholders Receive Funding for Housing Needs

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81) was joined by Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11) at the Park Reservoirs Annual shareholders meeting during the weekend ending Sunday, Nov. 16, when the assemblyman presented a check for $1 million to the shareholders. His office said the funds will be used for essential capital projects “to help Park Reservoir continue to succeed as the first Mitchell-Lama built in New York.”

UPDATE Bedford Park: CB7 Honors Veterans at Community Breakfast

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7), the New York Grey Cadets, Assemblyman John Zaccaro Jr. (A.D. 80), the NYC Civic Engagement Commission, veterans, residents and others gathered at Bedford Park’s Lehman College on Saturday Nov. 15, for a community breakfast in honor of Veterans Appreciation Month, which, as reported, is marked in November in New York City, since 2023. A participatory budget (PB) conversation was also held.

Prayers Up for the MetroCard….One Way or Another…

By SÍLE MOLONEY

With all the talk, official communication by the MTA, and one very comical mock funeral held online for the long-functioning MetroCard, due to bow out on Dec. 31, one would be forgiven for assuming everything is primed for a smooth transition to OMNY-land but no….

FDNY EMS Local 2507 Launches Ad Urging Mayor to honor 2021 Campaign Promise of Wage Equity

By SÍLE MOLONEY

FDNY EMS Local 2507, which represents more than 4,000 emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics and fire inspectors in New York City, recently launched a video ad campaign to urge New York City Mayor Eric Adams to fulfill a commitment from his 2021 mayoral campaign to grant FDNY EMS wage equity with other New York City, front-line first responders i.e. the NYPD and the FDNY.

Bedford Park: Police Arrest 45-Year-Old Bronx Man after Assault at Bedford Park Blvd Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police said they have arrested a 45-year-old man for attempted murder following a stabbing at the Bedford Park Boulevard subway station serving the D train earlier this month.

Bedford Park: Police Appeal to Public for Help Identifying Two Sought for Assault & Robbery

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached media who they say are wanted in connection with a robbery that occurred in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx.

Bronx Special Victims Unit Opens in Kingsbridge

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark joined NYPD officials, City officials, and Maureen Curtis, vice president at Safe Horizon, for the opening of a new Bronx Special Victims Unit in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx on Oct. 27.

Van Cortlandt Village: Chanukah Celebrated Despite Australian Terrorist Attack

By DAVID GREENE

With an NYPD patrol van parked outside and two armed, retired NYPD officers standing guard inside, a few dozen members of the Van Cortlandt Jewish Center (VCJC), celebrated the second night of Chanukah with a holiday party at the Van Cortlandt Village-based center on Monday, Dec. 15.