Safety

Bronxites Still Showing Up at Shuttered Fordham DMV Bronx Office

By DAVID GREENE
Despite announcing in August that the Bronx District Office of New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) would be moving from the Belmont section of The Bronx to a new Bronx Terminal Market location in the South Bronx in September, customers with DMV appointments have been observed showing up to the now-closed office. Eleven customers were seen at the former location in October, seemingly unaware that the department had moved premises 14 days earlier, some on spec and some with appointments.

UPDATE 56-Year-Old Bronx Man Arrested for Stabbing of Cab Driver

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Federation of Taxi Drivers (NYSFTD) held a press conference in The Bronx on Wednesday, Nov. 26, to call for justice for a cab driver who was critically injured in an early morning stabbing in The Bronx and to announce a $5,000 reward for information on the perpetrator.

Late-Stage Lung Cancer Diagnoses Plumet to a New Low in The Bronx though Borough Has Highest Rates in NYC

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The five-year survival rate for Stage I or Stage II lung cancer is now more than 65%, compared to just 8% for later-Stages III and IV of the disease, according to the American Lung Association. The news was welcomed by Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) officials who said their clinicians are now finding cancers when they are most treatable and curable thanks to enhanced screening, novel care, access to clinical trials, and community education.