University Heights: Search for Missing 12-Year-Old Boy

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The NYPD is seeking the public’s help locating a 12-year-old boy reported missing from University Heights.   It was reported to police that Saul Delorbe of 2257 University Avenue was last seen leaving his home on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at around 00.50 a.m. He is around 4 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs around 100 pounds, has a thin build, a light complexion, black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray sweat-suit and black jacket.   Anyone with information regarding this missing person is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or


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Espaillat, Ocasio-Cortez Lead Efforts in D.C. to Provide Shelter for the Unhoused & Asylum Seekers

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx Congress members, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), have introduced what has been described as critical new legislation to protect housing insecure migrants and individuals. H.R.9210 aims to waive certain requirements for Community Development Block Grant amounts, used for public service activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to homelessness and emergency rental assistance needs.   In the context of the bill’s introduction, the representatives said, “Our bill will eliminate the 15 percent cap on housing public services, as stipulated in the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and extend CDBG emergency grant payments from three to


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University Heights: Suspect Sought in Non-Fatal Shooting, Victim Struck in Head Area

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Officials from the 52nd Precinct are calling on the public to help with an investigation into a non-fatal shooting incident in University Heights.   They said the incident occurred on Nov. 26 at around 2:24 a.m. opposite 138 West Fordham Road. Police said a suspect shot and struck a victim in the head area before fleeing in the pictured vehicle.   A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information in relation to the incident.    Residents are asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS with any information they may have. Calls are confidential.       

UPDATE Highbridge: Three-Vehicle Fire Reported on Cross Bronx Expressway

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A three-vehicle fire has been reported on the Cross Bronx Expressway at around 12.30 on Nov. 29, 2022. Video courtesy of the Citizens’ App. New York State Alert System reported a vehicle fire on the southbound lane of the Cross Bronx Expressway, just past the Major Deegan Expressway on Tuesday morning, Nov. 29.   Police later said the fire broke out at around 00.34 a.m. on Tuesday and that officers responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision on the southbound Cross Bronx Expressway, underneath University Avenue, located in the 46th Precinct.   “Upon arrival, officers observed a


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Norwood: Youth, 21, Shot by Police, Laid to Rest; Gunshot Victim, 29, Walked 7 Blocks After Incident

By SÍLE MOLONEY, UFON UMANAH & DAVID GREENE
Editor’s Note: The following story is an updated and extended version of the one published in our latest print edition.   Dozens of friends and family members came together to mourn the loss of Kyle Styles Lovera Lockett, 21, at Granby’s Funeral Service, Inc. in Wakefield on Friday, Nov. 11. As reported, the young man was fatally shot when police intervened in an altercation between Lockett and a 29-year-old man, later named as Ajamu Demmerle, in front of a deli on the corner of Gun Hill Road and Hull Avenue in Norwood on Thursday, Nov. 3.   As reported, police


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Mt Hope: Three Sought following Robbery of 34-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking the public’s help identifying the two people seen in the attached photos who are sought for questioning in connection to a robbery by a group of three that occurred in Mt. Hope.   Police said that on Saturday, Sept. 3, at around 9.30 a.m. in front of 1 East Burnside Avenue, a 34-year-old male victim was walking along the street when the driver of a white, Kia Telluride SUV pulled up alongside him, and three people got out and surrounded him.   Police said one of the three allegedly gestured to the victim’s waistband and said


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Montefiore Resident Doctors Call on Hospital to Form Voluntary Union

By ARIEL PACHECO
  Montefiore Medical Center residents and fellows requested voluntary union recognition during a press conference held outside the Norwood-based hospital, one of the largest teaching hospitals in New York City, on Nov. 1. The group pointed to conditions that they say were exacerbated during the pandemic and which they say continue to persist.   Over 1,200 residents and fellows asked for better compensation, better pay, and improved benefits like improved family leave. Many say they have been overworked and understaffed. The residents also called for yearly bonuses and more support staff. Some residents say they work 80 hours a week


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UPDATE Mother of Two Infants Fatally Stabbed at Mt. Hope Shelter Charged with their Murder

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
The two infants who, as reported, died having been stabbed multiple times on Saturday, Nov. 27, following an apparent domestic incident at a family shelter in the Mt. Hope section of The Bronx, have been formally identified, along with their 22-year-old mother who has been charged with their murder, police said.   The deceased were identified by the NYPD as Octavius Fleming-Canada, an 11-month-old baby boy of 246 Echo Place (the shelter) in the Mt. Hope section of The Bronx, and his 3-year-old brother, Dashawn Fleming, of the same address.   Their 22-year-old mother (previously reported by police as being


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NYCHA Program Renovates 18 Homes in The Bronx, Queens & Brooklyn for Public Housing Residents

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has partnered with local agencies to renovate 18 homes throughout The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens, and make them available to public housing residents through the Small Homes Rehab-NYCHA Program. The initiative is the latest effort by the Adams administration to help communities of color throughout New York City build and maintain wealth through homeownership.   NYCHA Interim CEO, Lisa Bova-Hiatt, said, “Across the country, the high cost of homeownership is even greater for households of color relative to White households.” She added, “The Authority is committed to being part of the solution around


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