As People Begin to Hit the Parks, FOMP Encourages Bronxites to Maintain Clean, Healthy Air

By SÍLE MOLONEY

As the warmer weather starts to kick in, as Bronxites venture outdoors, and barbecuing season approaches, Friends of Mosholu Parkland (FOMP) has launched a Clean Air initiative to remind community members to be mindful of those with asthma, and to take pro-active measures to maintain clean, healthy air in their respective communities. “The community of Mosholu deserves clean, fresh, and unpolluted air,” said Elizabeth Quaranta, executive director of FOMP, adding that with the high rates of asthma in The Bronx, the message was even more important. As reported previously by Norwood News, according to the New York City

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York State Assemblywoman for the 80th Assembly District, Nathalia Fernández, said the latest New York State Budget of $212 billion, the largest in the State’s history, invests in the future of The Bronx. Fernández released a statement on Thursday, April 8, describing the new budget as “bold and progressive,” one that will bring much-needed aid to Bronxites and galvanize the state’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. “These critical investments in our infrastructure, small businesses, schools, and health care services will strengthen our borough’s response, and most importantly, help people get back to work,” she said, acknowledging that the COVID-19

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts of a man who has been reported missing in the 46th precinct which covers the Fordham, University Heights, Morris Heights and Mount Hope neighborhoods. José Borbon, 31, of 20 Richman Plaza in the Morris Heights section of The Bronx, New York was last seen at his home at 8 p.m., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. He is described as being approximately 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Candidate for New York City Comptroller, Zach Iscol, voiced his support, on Tuesday, April 6, for the passage of New York State Senate Bill S6040, the Sex Trade Survivors Justice and Equality Act. Among other things, the bill would decriminalize people in prostitution, mandate that they receive access to necessary social services, strengthen laws against sex trafficking, and advance criminal justice reform. This approach is known in some circles as partial decriminalization of the sex trade or the equality model. Advocates for the model say it is a survivor-centered approach, where the focus is on harm reduction and

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Police responded to a 911 call about a person who had been shot in front of 1125 University Avenue, in the Highbridge section of The Bronx, in the 44th precinct, on Monday, April 5, at approximately 10.12 p.m. Upon arrival, officers observed two adult victims inside a late model Bentley, both having sustained gunshot wounds. The first, a 39-year-old woman, the front seat passenger, sustained gunshot wounds to her neck and torso. The second, a 37-year-old man, the vehicle operator, sustained a gunshot wound to his left leg. EMS responded to the location and transported both victims to

By SÍLE MOLONEY

With the results of the March 23, District 15 (and District 11) City Council special election still not yet known, and as candidates gear up for the June City Council primaries, District 15 candidate, Elisa Crespo, announced on Tuesday, April 6, that she will not be running in June. Crespo issued a statement on Twitter announcing her decision but did not give any specific reason for not running again. As reported by Norwood News, Crespo, an education liaison to the Bronx borough president whose candidacy we previously profiled, won 15.08 percent of the vote in the special election, based

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, April 6, that a Bronx man has been charged with stabbing his 6-year-old quadriplegic son, with assaulting a 16-year-old girl, and with keeping them both hostage in his apartment. The defendant, Tyree Scott, 29, of Rogers Place, in the vicinity of the Longwood section of The Bronx, was arraigned on charges of attempted murder in the second degree, first-degree assault, three counts of second-degree assault, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree unlawful imprisonment, third-degree assault and two-counts of endangering the welfare of a child before Bronx Supreme Court justice

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 5.59 a.m., an off-duty, New York City employee was arrested and charged in the 45th precinct, which covers Co-op City and City Island in The Bronx. Crystal Soto, 31, a New York City social worker in the Administration for Children’s Services was charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of stolen property and criminal possession of a firearm. Her name does not appear on the ACS website. Norwood News has reached out to the Bronx District Attorney’s office, the NYPD and to the City administration

By DAVID GREENE & MIRIAM QUIÑONES

One year on from a previously unimaginable pandemic that, so far, has taken the lives of three million people worldwide, a dozen or so nurses and hospital staff gathered at Jacobi Medical Center in the Morris Park section of The Bronx, to honor the late RN Freda Ocran who, it is understood, was the first nurse based at a New York City public hospital to have died in the line of duty from COVID-19. On Sunday, March 28, hospital staff joined family members and elected officials to remember Freda on the first anniversary of her passing, and to honor

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