Safety

Day 1: Nurses at Three NYC Private Hospital Systems Strike as Gov. Hochul Declares “State of Emergency”

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
Nearly 15,000 nurses across the City walked off the job before 7 a.m. on Monday Jan. 12, as nurses from three private hospitals Montefiore, Mount Sinai, and New York-Presbyterian, kicked off the largest nurses strike in New York City history. The strike was anticipated as negotiations over contracts failed to reach a resolution by the stated deadline. Read more about the nurses’ concerns in our previous story here. 

Help Prevent Subway Tragedies

By DAVID GREENE
At least two men have died, and three others have been injured in a series of unrelated train-related incidents that took place across Bronx train systems in the past month, according to City officials. No criminality is suspected in relation to the incidents involving the two deceased men, while one of the surviving injured victims was pushed in front of or against a moving train. Meanwhile, City officials are reminding New Yorkers that help is available for those who may be having thoughts of ending their lives.

UPDATE Fordham Heights: Burnside Avenue Building Partially Collapses

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A building in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx partially collapsed on Monday, Jan. 12, NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) officials said. It follows a previous partial building collapse at a NYCHA building in Mott Haven in October 2025, a partial building collapse in Morris Heights in December 2023, another construction site collapse at an Orchard Beach construction site in July 2023, and a wall collapse in Olinville in which six people were injured the same month and year. 

UPDATE 15,000 Nurses Continue Day 2 of Their Strike Action Against Three Private Hospital Systems

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Nurses at Montefiore, Mt. Sinai, and New York Presbyterian hospital systems, who are also members of New York State Nurses Association union, continued their strike action on Day 2, Tuesday, Jan. 13. They are seen here outside Montefiore Medical Center in Norwood. Read more about their concerns in our recent story here, prior to strike action and our follow-up story on Day 1 of the strike here.  

Six Bronx Men Arrested in Drug Packaging Mill Sting Operation, Cocaine, Cash & Fentanyl Seized  

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Six men were arrested and charged in connection with a fentanyl packaging mill operating inside a Bronx apartment building located in the Mt. Eden section of the borough, prosecutors said Tuesday, Jan. 13. According to officials at the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor (SNP), over six kilograms of fentanyl (13 pounds), carrying an estimated street value of more than $1 million, were recovered from the apartment, including tens of thousands of dosage-sized glassine envelopes ready for distribution. They said law enforcement also recovered bulk quantities of cocaine from the apartment.