UPDATE Parents of Child Found Alone in the Soundview section of The Bronx Located

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD confirmed on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 1, that the parents of an unidentified girl found alone on Dec. 31, in the Soundview section of The Bronx have been located and an investigation into the incident is currently ongoing. Earlier on Sunday, police had been appealing to the public for help identifying the young girl, pictured in the attached photo, and locating her parents or guardians. According to the NYPD, on Dec. 31, at 6:25 p.m. in front of 1208 Leland Ave in Soundview, the unidentified child had been observed walking alone and was removed to NYC Health

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The City’s public health system’s first baby of 2023 was welcomed at NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health at the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, 2023. Named Kingsley Mei, the baby boy weighs 6 pounds, 7.6 ounces, and measures 19 inches. Kingsley was born to parents, Dexin and Holly. This is the Brooklyn couple’s first boy. Later on New Year’s Day, at 9:04 a.m., NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln welcomed newborn baby boy, Emilio Araujo, who weighed in at 8 pounds and 15.7 ounces. As New Year’s Day drew to a close, at 11:30 p.m., NYC Health +

By DAVID GREENE

Police continue to investigate the disappearance and now mysterious death of New Rochelle resident and longtime DeWitt Clinton High School employee, Christopher Corcoran, 61, whose body was discovered in the woods on Hunter Island, just North of Orchard Beach, on Monday, Dec. 26. As reported, according to New Rochelle police, multiple law enforcement agencies had been looking for the employee of DeWitt Clinton High School, located in the Jerome Park section of The Bronx. who had disappeared without a trace nearly one month ago. Clinton faculty and students were notified of Corcoran’s passing on the school’s Instagram page

By DAVID GREENE

As the year draws to a close, we are continuing to publish some of the stories we couldn’t get to earlier this year [due to staff shortages]. An 18-wheel tractor-trailer knocked over a street sign on the border of Fordham Manor and University Heights after its rear wheels got caught on a relatively new pair of street bollards, two-foot-high plastic barricades designed to protect pedestrians on a traffic island and slow down city traffic. The NYPD reported the incident was the second such crash to have occurred at that particular location in less than 8 hours. An unnamed

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating a 16-year-old girl reported missing in Wakefield. It was reported to police that Saniyah Roberts of 4426 Edson Avenue, Bronx, NY was last seen on Friday, Dec. 23, at around 7 a.m., leaving her home. She is described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs around 150 pounds, has a medium build, brown eyes, and black hair. She was last seen wearing a black puffer coat with SpongeBob characters on it, red Uggs, and was carrying a red, Spray Grounds purse. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Amid the winter storm, the NYC Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) is reminding parents and caregivers with infants about the ways to keep their children safe while sleeping. Officials said there is serious danger associated with babies less than a year-old sleeping with parents in adult beds, or sleeping with blankets or quilts, which can create a risk of suffocation. To keep babies warm and safe, parents and caregivers are urged to dress them in an extra layer of infant clothing or in a wearable blanket, such as a sleep sack. ACS Commissioner Jess Dannhauser said, “With a winter

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking the public for assistance in locating and identifying the individual seen in the attached video who is sought for questioning in connection to the murder of Jeffrey Pierre, 42, in the Wakefield section of The Bronx earlier this month. Video courtesy of the NYPD The NYPD is asking the public for assistance in locating and identifying the individual seen in the attached video and photos who is sought for questioning in connection to the murder of Jeffrey Pierre, 42, in the Wakefield section of The Bronx earlier this month. Police released the video and photos on

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a coastal flood warning which is in effect until Friday, Dec. 23 at 1 p.m., and a wind advisory which is in effect until 10 p.m. on Friday. Officials said two to three feet of flooding above ground level is expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline in The Bronx, Northwest Suffolk, Northern Queens and Northern Nassau counties from 8 a.m. on Friday. As reported, a severe weather warning was issued by NWS, starting on Thursday, Dec. 22, when officials said there had been no changes to the hazards,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Health Commissioner Issues Advisory NYC health commissioner, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, issued a new advisory on Dec. 9 as NYC faces high levels of a triple onslaught of COVID-19, flu, and RSV cases. New Yorkers are strongly urged to wear masks in public, indoor settings, and crowded outdoor settings, to get vaccinated, test regularly, wash hands regularly and stay home, if sick. For more information, visit here. He said this is especially important for people who are – or are meeting – those who are at increased risk for complications from COVID-19, RSV, or the flu, such as those age 65

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