Montefiore Einstein’s Jack D. Weiler Hospital Earns Top Honor for ER Care and Patient Advocacy

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Officials at the Jack D. Weiler Hospital at Montefiore Einstein, located in Morris Park, announced the hospital earned the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Lantern Award on July 23. They said the prestigious award for excellence in nursing advocacy, practice and research, marks the second time Montefiore has been honored by the ENA for its care and commitment to a high-quality work environment.

Councilman Dinowitz Presents over $750,000 to Local Schools for Various Upgrades

By DAVID GREENE

As students from three local schools were celebrating their graduating classes of 2025, Democratic City Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11) took the occasions to congratulate the students and also present P.S. 207, P.S. 94, and P.S. 8 with various checks totaling more than $750,000 for different upgrades to the respective schools.

Belmont: Two Sought for Shots Fired on Park Avenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached video and photos who they say are wanted in connection with a non-fatal shooting that occurred in the Belmont section of The Bronx.

Belmont: Friends Pay Tribute to Belmont’s Saniyah Cheatham, BCC Student Who Died in Police Custody

By DAVID GREENE

Friends and neighbors of Saniyah Cheatham, the 18-year-old who died while in police custody in the Longwood section of the South Bronx on July 5, have spoken to Norwood News, paying tribute to her.

Politicians Join M.S. 45 Principal & Students to Break Ground on $6.05 Million Playground Renovation

By ARIEL PACHECO

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and Councilman Oswald Feliz (C.D. 15) joined students and Doreen Kendall, principal of M.S. 45, the Thomas C. Giordano School, in Belmont on June 27 to break ground on a new $6.05 million renovation of the school’s playground.

Yonkers Teacher Arrested for Harassing Student including Holding Up Dog Collar & Calling her a “B*tch”

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced Wednesday, July 16, that a physical education teacher at Yonkers Middle High School has been arrested for allegedly harassing one of his female students over a period of several months, both over text message and in person.

UPDATE Belmont: BP Gibson Mourns Loss of BCC Student Who Died in Police Custody

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson has mourned the tragic and untimely death of a Bronx Community College student from Belmont who it’s been reported died by suicide in police custody in the Longwood section of the South Bronx in early July.

Op-Ed: Honoring Kehilla: Jewish Celebration of Zohran Mamdani’s Primary Win

By JANET CLARKE

For me, Zohran Mamdani’s win on June 24 is great cause for celebration, celebration as a longtime resident of The Bronx who, on a daily basis, sees the devastation wrought by the corporate-first policies Mamdani seeks to overturn.

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Socialism

By DAVID GREENE

This week, following the recent win in the Democratic mayoral primary of Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (A.D. 36), a Democratic Socialist, we asked readers for their opinions on socialism. The Merriam Webster definition of socialism is any of various egalitarian economic and political theories or movements advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.