Spuyten Duyvil: Man Sought for Assault on Older Adult

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The MTA police department (MTAPD) is seeking the public’s help identifying a suspect sought for an assault at the Spuyten Duyvil MetroNorth station, on Monday, March 24, at around 12.15 p.m.

UPDATE Op-Ed: In Celebration of the Life & Legacy of Lydia Sadler, Church of the Mediator Vestry Senior Member

By STEPHANIE COGGINS

Early last month, I received a direct message from a friend of mine, alerting me that Lydia Sadler had suffered a traumatic asthma attack, resulting in complications that put her on life support in the NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in Manhattan. Several days later on Feb. 12, the follow-up message relayed the catastrophic news: Lydia had died, selflessly donating her organs for the furtherance of someone else’s life.

Kingsbridge Heights: Group Sought for Assault & Robbery of Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached video and photo who they say is wanted in connection with an attempted robbery that occurred in Kingsbridge Heights.

University Heights: Older Woman Punched in the Face in Unprovoked Attack

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating the person seen in the attached video who they say is wanted in connection with an assault that occurred in University Heights section of The Bronx.

UPDATE Danielle Guggenheim Petitions to Run in Council District 11

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Petitioning is underway for those seeking to get on the electoral ballot to become candidates in the upcoming June primaries in New York City, and Danielle Herbert Guggenheim, a self-described, single mother, Black and Caribbean American who has served 25 years with the City’s Board of Education, and has tutored children with special needs, is among them.

UPDATE Norwood: Second Ceiling Collapse reported on Dekalb Avenue

By DAVID GREENE

For the second time in two months, firefighters were called to a second Dekalb Avenue building in Norwood for a report of a ceiling collapse. In the latest incident, Jumratan Inshanali, a 33-year resident of 3561 Dekalb Avenue, said she was sitting in her bedroom with her home health aide on Monday, March 10, when water started to pour out of her ceiling and into her first-floor apartment.

BP Gibson & Friends of Firefighters: Firefighters in Critical Need of Mental Health Counseling

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson and Nancy Carbone, executive director of Friends of Firefighters, “an organization that provides counseling to New York’s Bravest,” recently wrote an op-ed in The Bronx Times in which they talked about a critical need for available mental health counseling for NYC firefighters.

Kingsbridge: One Sought for Assault on Older Adult inside 231st Street Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached photo who they say is wanted in connection with an assault that occurred in Kingsbridge.

UPDATE Op-Ed: Aging Can be Isolating; A New Men’s Group Offers a New Outlook

By JA'DEE MURPHY

Aging is a mixed bag. We can all have light-hearted conversations about joint pains, expanding waistlines, and keeping our cholesterol in check, but what society doesn’t talk about nearly enough is how isolating getting older can be. For those of us with complex health conditions that curb our movement, and often frustratingly confine us to our homes, our world and social circles get smaller and smaller as we age.