Axelbank Family Helps Fund School Library in Memory of Mom, Former Director

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

Family members of the late Muriel “Mickey” Axelbank are making sure students at Marble Hill Nursery School, where the late community leader spent decades as an educator, an assistant director and director, continue to enrich themselves with a well-stocked library. Sons, Jeffrey and Gary Axelbank, the latter a longtime BronxNet TV host, presented a check for $1,800 to the school on June 9, on behalf of the family. School director, David Bleecker-Adams, expressed his gratitude for the donation from Mickey’s three sons. [Arthur Axelbank was unable to attend the presentation]. “It’s a very pleasurable duty to thank you

By DAWN CLANCY, RACHEL DALLOO, MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY

Norwood News caught up with Bronxites at the polls on Primary Day, Tuesday, June 22, to gain some insights into their most pressing concerns, their top choice of candidates, their thoughts on ranked choice voting, and their hopes for the borough’s future. We also scanned social media to see how different candidates were passing the day. District 14 Race Emmanuel Sarpong, 51, is a security worker and we caught up with him at P.S. 306 in Morris Heights, located in City Council District 14. “In the Bronx, we’ve been left really far behind,” he said. “I travel around all

By DAVID GREENE

Police are still looking to identify a male scooter driver, three days after he was struck and killed by an Amazon delivery truck in Van Nest. On Tuesday, June 22, police spokeswoman, Detective Denise Moroney said the collision took place outside 1230 East Tremont Avenue, between Van Nest Avenue and Morris Park Avenue, at 7:18 p.m., on Saturday, June 19. “Police responded to a call of a person struck by a vehicle,” she said. ” Upon arrival, officers observed a male lying unconscious and unresponsive on the street in front of the location with severe trauma.” She continued,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating two people in reported missing on Tuesday, June 22, in Fordham Manor. Katerin Thomas, 16, of 2710 Bainbridge Avenue and her son, Joshua Castillo, 3 months, also of 2710 Bainbridge Avenue in Fordham Manor were both last seen by their uncle on Sunday, June 13, at approximately 6 p.m. inside their home. Photos of both missing persons are attached. Anyone with information in regard to these missing persons is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Board of Elections released the unofficial results of the June 22 primary elections on Tuesday night, following poll closures at 9 p.m. Unofficial results on Election Night saw Oswald Feliz in the lead in the District 15 Democratic primary, with 39 percent of the vote share, Eric Dinowitz in the lead in the District 11 Democratic primary, with 41 percent of the vote share, and Pierina Sanchez in the lead in District 14 Democratic primary, with 39 percent of the vote share. In the Republican District 15 primary, Ariel Rivera Diaz led with 49 percent

By SÍLE MOLONEY

District 11 City Council candidate, Mino Lora, has been facing pressure in recent weeks to explain her alleged support of a controversial, $200 million re-zoning plan, announced in 2018, for the Northern Manhattan district of Inwood, where the candidate’s nonprofit, the People’s Theater Project (PTP) is located. Lora faced criticism from detractors from a number of different perspectives, and has addressed each of them. We will attempt to break them down one by one. Firstly, local Inwood housing activists had objected to the housing component of the plan, concerned they would eventually be “rezoned” or displaced from their

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York State primary elections take place on Tuesday, June 22. The New York City Board of Elections (BOE) has released a recap by party of the absentee ballot applications issued and returned to them as of June 21, 2021. We have included the information as presented by the BOE below, broken down by borough, by Bronx council district and by Bronx assembly district. In terms of the timeline for expected election results, the BOE has advised as follows: When Will Results be Reported? Unofficial election night results will be posted at the close of polls on

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Bar Association announced on June 16 that is has completed evaluations of the following candidates who are running in contested primary elections on June 22 for Civil Court. The review was conducted by the association’s committee on the judiciary. The Committee used two ratings: approved and not approved, and said candidates rated “approved” have affirmatively demonstrated qualifications necessary for the performance of the duties of the position for which they are being considered. Bronx County Civil Court, 2nd Municipal District John Rodriguez — Not Approved Angel Cruz — Not Approved Jessica Flores — Approved Verena C.

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD has arrested a man living in Morris Heights who had been sought in connection with a citywide police impersonation and theft pattern. The pattern spanned a number of police precincts, including the 48th precinct, encompassing Belmont, East Tremont, and West Farms, the 102nd precinct which covers central Queens containing Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill East, Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, and the northern part of Ozone Park, and the Midtown Manhattan North precinct which serves the area of Midtown Manhattan, south of Central Park. On July 20, 2020, at approximately 1.20 p.m., the suspect allegedly engaged in a verbal

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