Inquiring Photographer: Qualities Bronxites Would Like to See in Newly Elected Judges

By DAVID GREENE
  With the recent judicial elections now over, this week, we asked readers what qualities they want to see in the judges recently appointed to the bench.   “I personally would like to see stricter enforcement, a more punitive enforcement of laws, which affect people who are battered on the subway, muggings and things like that. This whole thing with cashless bail…I know, statistically, they all tell us the data shows it’s not a problem, but perception-wise, we see on the television every night. We see a mugging, a mugging, a mugging, and then you hear the next day that the guy


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UPDATE Neighborhood Notes: RSV Awareness, Coyote Info Session, Senior Apartments & More!

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Muggings in Van Cortlandt Park VCP Alliance officials advised the public in a Nov. 15 social media post that they had learned about a series of muggings that had happened along the southern end of the Putnam Greenway near Van Cortlandt Golf Course in the park. “Please be extra cautious when out in the park, especially as the days get shorter,” they wrote.   Small Homes Rehab NYCHA Program 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


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Yajaira Arias Elected as Bronx Community Board 7 Chair

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) secretary, Yajaira Arias, was elected as the board’s new chairperson at the November general meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Arias succeeds Emmanuel Martinez, who stepped down last summer from the role. Parks chair, Barbara Stronczer, had been acting as interim board chair until the board’s election took place.   Arias told Norwood News that at age 5, her parents moved to The Bronx to 196th Street and Morris Avenue. She attended the P.S. 86 Annex, and later, P.S. 86. At 12, her family moved to the South Bronx where she lived until the age


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Kingsbridge: 6th Annual Cranksgiving Part Bike Ride, Part Food Drive & Part Scavanger Hunt a Success

By SÍLE MOLONEY
  The 6th Annual Bronx Cranksgiving brought together cyclists from all over the City to deliver packaged food and produce to families in need at Broadway Plaza in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx, among other locations, on Saturday, Nov. 12.   Jessica Altagracia Woolford, Kingsbridge Unidos founder, and based on the results to date, likely runner-up candidate for the Working Families Party in the recent Nov. 8 general election for Assembly District 81, joined the event along with other colleagues. Bronx Cranksgiving partnered with Kingsbridge Unidos and cyclists from across the city to deliver purchased food products to families


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Bronx Student at Tennessee College Gets 10 Years for Selling 73 Guns to Undercover Cop

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Wednesday, Nov. 16, that a 23-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking 73 weapons and high-capacity magazines to The Bronx and Manhattan, where they were sold to an undercover NYPD officer.   Clark said of the case, “The defendant, who was a college student at the time in Tennessee, trafficked semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines from the south to New York City. He brought some of the weapons in duffle bags by bus and then sold them to an undercover NYPD officer. The illegal influx of guns


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UPDATE University Heights: 23-Year-Old Woman Reported Missing is Now Home

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said on Monday, Nov. 21, that a 23-year-old woman who was reported missing from University Heights has “returned home and is safe.” It had been reported to police that, prior to returning home, Farzana Richie of 2275 Davidson Avenue, Bronx, NY had last been seen on Wednesday, Nov. 16, leaving her home at around midnight. Police said she was described as female, around 5 feet, 2 inches tall, Asian, weighing around 100 pounds, with a thin build, a medium complexion, brown eyes, and brown hair. She had last been seen wearing pink pants, a white T-shirt with green


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UPDATE Police: 75-Year-Old North Riverdale Woman, Milagros Santos, “Found in Good Condition”

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police said 75-year-old woman, Milagros Santos, reported missing from North Riverdale on Tuesday, Nov. 14, has been found safe.   Milagros Santos, 75, of 5700 Arlington Avenue was described as female, 5 feet, 2 inches in height, Hispanic, weighing around 120 pounds, with brown eyes and gray hair. She had last been seen wearing a mid-thigh length navy blue coat, light grey pants, pink and black slip-on shoes and had her hair in a ponytail with a blue hair tie. .@NYCDHS’s Code Blue is in effect until tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15 at 8:00 AM. If you see a homeless person


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Fordham Heights: Search for Missing 50-Year-old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Police from the 46th Precinct are seeking the public’s help to locate a 50-year-old man from Fordham Heights who has been reported missing.   It was reported to police that Randy Fernandez of 2165 Ryder Avenue, Bronx, NY was last seen on Monday, Nov. 14, at around 7.20 a.m., leaving his home. He is described as male, is around 6 feet tall, weighs around 220 pounds and was last seen wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, and black sneakers.   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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Mt Hope: Two Sought following Assault of 57-Year-Old Man at Tremont Ave Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance identifying two people sought in connection to an assault that occurred at Tremont Avenue subway station in Mt. Hope.   It was reported to police at the 46th Precinct that the incident occurred on Saturday, Nov. 5, at around 1.20 a.m., as a 57-year-old male victim was exiting the subway station, which serves the B and D trains. The man was climbing the subway stairway from the mezzanine level to the street level when two people approached him. One hit the man in the face with an unknown blunt object.   “The


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