violence

Bronx Man Gets 5 Years for Beating MTA Employee on Way to Work

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Friday, May 17, that a Bronx man has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree assault in the vicious beating of an MTA employee at a Bronx subway station.

Man Stabbed to Death on Mother’s Day at Fordham Plaza

By DAVID GREENE
One man is dead, and a second man is in police custody after a dispute led to a fatal stabbing on Mother’s Day at a bus stop at Fordham Plaza. According to the NYPD, police officers from the 48th Precinct were called for a report of a “male stabbed” at a bus stop at East Fordham Road and Webster Avenue in Fordham Manor at 5.52 p.m. on Sunday, May 11.

University Heights: Man Sought for Attempted Theft

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is wanted in connection to a grand larceny incident that occurred in University Heights. 

Conflicts of Interest Board Settles with De Blasio in First Enforcement Action Against an NYC Mayor

Bronx Elected Officials Back a Snowstorm Hearing
By SÍLE MOLONEY
After three years of litigation, the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) has reached a settlement with former Democratic NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to resolve his violations of the City’s conflicts of interest law in connection with his 2019 presidential campaign, board officials announced Wednesday, May 14. As part of the settlement, De Blasio will pay the City a total of $329,794.20 in restitution and fines. They said he has already paid $100,000 of this sum to the Board.