Jerome Park: Search for Missing DeWitt Clinton High School Employee

By DAVID GREENE

According to a New Rochelle police captain, multiple law enforcement agencies are looking for a New Rochelle man and longtime janitor employed at DeWitt Clinton High School, located in the Jerome Park section of The Bronx, who disappeared without a trace nearly one month ago. According to two fliers circulated by the man’s family and the New Rochelle Police Department, Christopher Corcoran, 61, left his home on Shore Road in New Rochelle, N.Y., at 12:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, and has not been seen since. Corcoran is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 115 pounds, has blue eyes

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The sister of a man living in the Bronx is attempting to reach him as she has not heard from him in a few months. Delia Robles, who lives in Arizona, told the Norwood News she was last in contact with her brother, Sammy Dominguez, 58, a few months ago when he said he was staying in a shelter near NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, located at 234 E149th Street in the South Bronx. Robles said as far as she knows the shelter is located 10 blocks to the right of the front entrance to Lincoln Hospital. She does

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Two 11-year-old girls are recovering from their injuries at Jacobi hospital following a hit & run incident in the Belmont section of The Bronx, police said. A police spokesperson said that on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at around 5.40 p.m., officers responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision involving two pedestrians who had been struck in the vicinity of Arthur Avenue and East 180th Street, located in the 48th Precinct. “Upon arrival, officers observed two 11-year-old, female pedestrians with minor injuries,” the spokesperson said. “EMS responded to the location and transported the victims to Jacobi Hospital,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A fire broke out in the Bedford Park section of The Bronx on Monday evening and one person was transported to a borough hospital for treatment. Fire department officials said they received a call at 7.16 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12, regarding a fire in progress at 219 Miriam Street. All Hands were asked to respond by the department, which comprised 12 units and 60 firefighters. The fire was brought under control at 7.35 p.m. a fire department spokesperson said. One patient was “transported to Jacobi” and the cause of the fire is “under investigation.” As the

By DAVID GREENE

Police are currently working to identify the first of two men found dead inside a Bronx subway station within a 24-hour period. One man was found dead inside East 205th Street subway station, the last Bronx stop on the D train. Police in conjunction with the City’s medical examiner’s office are also working to ascertain his cause of death. According to police, the first man was discovered at 7:48 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 6. A police official told Norwood News, “Police responded to a 911 call of an aided individual at the 205 Street subway station located in

By BLANDON CASENAVE

New York City Council is now considering passing a bill, The Fair Chance Housing Act, which would not allow most landlords or management companies to perform criminal background checks on prospective tenants. One of the bill’s supporters, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, has argued that criminal background checks are a loophole that “consigns people with conviction histories to continued cycles of poverty, homelessness, and potential recidivism”. Once again, New Yorkers are caught between politicians on both sides of the aisle that lazily rely on the law to find solutions to economic problems that they are neither creative nor astute enough

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD said on Tuesday, Dec. 13, that a 14-year-old boy who had been reported missing from Wakefield has been found and is safe. Prior to being located, police said Nazir Iqbal of East 231st Street in the Wakefield section of The Bronx had last been seen Sunday, Dec. 11, at 7.30 p.m., inside his home. He was described as male, Hispanic, approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, with a medium complexion, a medium build, brown eyes and dark hair. Prior to being located, he had last been seen wearing a black ‘Guess’ bubble

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A 28-year-old man has died after being fatally shot in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx, police said. On Tuesday, Dec. 13, at around 00.28 a.m., police said officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation [technology that monitors the sound of gunshots] in the vicinity of 2171 Grand Concourse, located within the 46th Precinct. A police spokesperson said, “Upon arrival, officers observed a 28-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, with a gunshot wound to the head in front of 2155 Grand Concourse.” The spokesperson added, “EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Lehman College and Community Band celebrates the holiday season with the “Holiday Cheer 2022 Winter Concert!” a musical performance featuring a mix of holiday selections and classics for wind bands. Free and open to the public, the concert will take place on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 2 p.m. in the Lovinger Theatre music building, Lehman College, located at 250 Bedford Park Blvd. Bronx, NY 10468. Led by Professor Alan Hollander of the college’s music program, the ensemble will perform a wide range of works, including perennial holiday favorites, “Christmas Festival” and “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson; another sleigh