Riley Leads Press Conference at City Hall to Close Rikers

By SÍLE MOLONEY

District 12 City Council Member Kevin Riley and District 33 City Council Member Lincoln Restler lead a rally entitled, “A Pathway to Closing Rikers Island and Ending Mass Incarceration in NYC,” by safely reducing the jail population at City Hall in Manhattan on Tuesday, April 11, together with other council members and advocates for the incarcerated. As reported, Rikers Island jail has been plagued with bad press for many years due to, among other reasons, the number of people who have died while in custody, awaiting trial, and the number of violent incidents involving both detainees and NYC Department of

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The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the people seen in the attached photos who the department says are sought in connection with an attempted assault that occurred on the southern border of University Heights. It was reported to police that on Monday, April 10, at approximately 2.05 p.m., two unidentified male individuals on a blue moped approached two unidentified male individuals who were walking in the vicinity of Andrews Avenue South and West Burnside Avenue. A police spokesperson said one of the two got off the moped, displayed a gun and shot multiple rounds in

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The NYPD is asking for the public’s help locating the person seen in the attached photo who they said is sought in connection with the robbery of an elderly person which took place in Bedford Park. It was reported to police that on Saturday, April 8, at around 01.10 a.m., in the vicinity of East 199th Street and Briggs Avenue, a 68-year-old male victim was entering his residential building when an unidentified man approached him from behind and pushed him to the ground. A police spokesperson said, “The victim fell on his face and the individual then forcibly

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Fire department officials said one elderly female resident was hospitalized following an “all hands” fire at 2364 Tiebout Avenue in Fordham Heights on Tuesday, March 28. An FDNY spokesperson said the department received a report of smoke and a fire on the 4th floor of the 6-story, multiple dwelling at 1:16 p.m. on the day of the blaze. Twelve fire units, comprising 60 personnel arrived at the scene, according to the FDNY. “One civilian in serious condition [was] transported to Jacobi Hospital,” the spokesperson later said, adding that the fire was brought under control at 2.22 p.m. and the

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Former Democratic female district leader for the 80th assembly district and Democratic candidate for city council in District 13, Irene Estrada, briefly broke down why she is running for the seat against incumbent, City Councilwoman Marjorie Velázquez when we spoke to her at the 25th Throggs Neck St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 12. Estrada, whose two daughters serve with the NYPD, and who is on the clergy council of the 49th Precinct, said, “Our streets are a mess with crime.” She added, “We also need to bring back the school safety task force. They took it away after COVID.

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Plenty of happy faces (as well as the occasional, green one!) were seen at the 25th Throggs Neck St. Patrick’s Day Parade held this year on Sunday, March 12. Parade organizers said they were proud to have Mrs. Lois Harr and Mr. Roger Slattery leading the marchers down the parade route as this year’s grand marshals. To the rousing sound of pipe and marching band music, the parade kicked off around noon from the corner of East Tremont and Lafayette Avenues and the route, lined by revelers and well-wishers, bedecked in the obligatory green, was just about a mile

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A group of eight State lawmakers held a press conference at the entrance to Rikers Island jail on Thursday, April 6, amid, they said, reports of “continued unsafe and inhumane conditions,” at the jail. The visit was scheduled as legislators awaited updates from three-way budget negotiations, and in the context of those negotiations, they allege Gov. Kathy Hochul was “pushing civil rights rollbacks that would result in many more people being held at Rikers without being convicted of a crime.” Among the group were State Sen. Nathalia Fernandez (S.D. 34) who represents parts of The Bronx, State Sen.

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The NYPD said a man who had been sought for sexually assaulting and robbing a 73-year-old woman in her home in the Indian Village section of the Bronx, has been arrested. Prior to the arrest, police had been asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who department officials said was sought in connection to a burglary that occurred in Indian Village, located southeast of Pelham Parkway. Police said it was reported to them that on Thursday, March 23, at around 9.30 p.m. in the vicinity of Williamsbridge Road and Lydig Avenue, an

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The following is an extended version of the story that appears in our latest edition. Bedford Park resident and community volunteer, Miriam Quiñones, was one of five impressive women honored during a Women’s History Month celebration organized by Bridgefield Civic League in the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx on Saturday, March 18. During the event, Quiñones, who is also a freelance photographer with Norwood News, along with each of the other four honorees, was presented with a plaque by president of Bridgefield Civic League, Debra Garland, as well as proclamations from both the City Council, presented by District

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