Gotham City Panthers Founder Aims to Uplift Local Youth Through Basketball

By JULIAN NAZAR

51-year-old Eric King has observed that the parks near Fordham Manor aren’t as busy as they used to be. “When I was young, it was a different era,” King said. “The kids were outside playing freeze tag. People were playing basketball on the basketball courts.” Nowadays, he sees kids walking down the street, cell phone in hand, texting. “Everyone in this computer age is comatose,” King said. “They are walking, living robots. The energy is not there to the level it was back in my time.” To address this issue, in December 2020, King launched an amateur, youth

By DAVID GREENE

A partial exterior wall collapse that occurred in early March at Tracey Towers has prompted management to erect a sidewalk shed to protect residents and pedestrians, and New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has issued a partial stop work order, shutting the adjacent Tracey Towers playground that had re-opened in 2015 after an infusion of $200,000 in City Council funds. On March 10, a resident contacted Norwood News saying the building’s management, RY Management Co. Inc, had told residents strong winds had brought down the wall. A visit the following day to the massive dual-tower complex, located opposite

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Family Wellness Suite at Tremont Neighborhood Health Action Center reopened for in-person services on Wednesday, April 13, having been closed amid the pandemic during which time it provided virtual services only. The reopening coincided with the beginning of Black Maternal Health Week as well as the reopening of in-person services at the City’s other wellness centers which are located in East Harlem and Brownsville, Brooklyn. Tremont Neighborhood Health Action Center, located at 1826 Arthur Avenue in Tremont, provides mothers and their families with a safe, welcoming, and supportive space where they can participate in a range of

By SILE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, April 26, that a Norwood man has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon for possessing six “ghost guns,” assault-style rifles that he built from parts, along with components to assemble two more guns. According to the investigation, on November 20, inside the Norwood home of Peter Rivera, 67, the defendant, of 300 Reservoir Place, a search warrant was executed in which investigators recovered six completed assault-style rifles, none with serial numbers, as well as firearm components capable of being assembled

By SILE MOLONEY

A 30-year-old man has been arrested following an assault on a 79-year-old bus passenger aboard the BX12 bus according to police. The NYPD had been asking for the public’s help locating the man seen in the attached photo and video who was sought in connection with the incident that occurred aboard the bus traveling in the area south of Co-op City. Police said, “On Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 15.28 hours (3.28 p.m.) aboard a BX12 MTA bus in the vicinity of Bartow Avenue and Edson Avenue, an unidentified disorderly male spat at the victim, a 79-year-old

By SILE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the individuals seen in the attached video who are sought in connection to a reckless endangerment incident which occurred in transit on the number 4 subway line. It was reported to police that on Saturday, April 16, at approximately 1.50 a.m., an unidentified individual displayed a gun on a northbound number 4 subway approaching the Fordham Road subway station in the Fordham Manor section of The Bronx and discharged it multiple times. No injuries were reported. The video recording of the incident is attached. As reported by The Gothamist,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is seeking the public’s assistance locating a 30-year-old man reported missing in Tremont. It was reported to the police that Jordan Washington, of 4275 Park Avenue, Apt 713 Bronx, NY 10457, was last seen on Thursday, March 10, at 2 p.m., inside his home. He is described as male, approximately 6 feet tall, weighs 300 pounds, is Black, has brown eyes, black hair, and was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and gray sweatpants. Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA

By DAVID GREENE

This week, following the recent mass subway shooting in Brooklyn, we asked residents if they feel safe riding the subway. “At this point, I don’t feel safe. I don’t think anyone feels safe due to the system that we have. They had no cameras at the 25th Street station, still no cameras. They got him, of course. They got him, but that’s not the point. The point is you could have avoided this if you had the cameras because you’re supposed to have the cameras, no? With the rise in crime on the subways, you weren’t supposed to have

By DAVID GREENE, SÍLE MOLONEY & JULIAN NAZAR

The NYPD confirmed a 6-year-old boy has fallen down an elevator shaft of a building in the Concourse section of The Bronx and remains in critical condition. The incident happened at 12.35 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, at 1235 Grand Concourse, a multiple, residential Co-op building, in the Concourse neighborhood, comprising 130 residential units. The boy was transported to Harlem Hospital, where he is being treated. Officials from both the NYPD and New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) were at the scene. According to DOB records, there are 79 complaints, 79 DOB violations, including 46 OATH