Private Home Destroyed in House Fire on Yonkers-Bronx Border

By DAVID GREENE

A private home was destroyed after fire broke out in the home which is located on the Yonkers-Bronx border. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries in the blaze. According to a statement released by Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone of the Yonkers Fire Department, the fire was reported at 3.56 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 149 Scott Avenue in Yonkers, on the Wakefield border of the Bronx. According to Citrone’s statement, the two-alarm blaze was “initiated from an electrical outlet that sparked and ignited a mattress.” Firefighters discovered ‘Collyer’s mansion conditions,’ an FDNY term for a cluttered residence according

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department has arrested a woman in Manhattan, for attempted murder for pushing another middle-aged woman onto the subway tracks at a Bronx subway station earlier this month. The police had asked for the public’s assistance on Feb. 9, in ascertaining the whereabouts of the unidentified woman seen in the attached photos and video, who had been sought in connection with the incident, which took place in the 42nd Precinct / Transit District 12. It was reported to police that on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at around 7.50 p.m., on the platform of the 174th

By SÍLE MOLONEY

When 22-year-old Amanda Gorman reflected on the fraught state of the country at President Joe Biden’s inauguration with her poem “The Hill We Climb,” she became, in that moment, one of the most visible examples of a rich tradition: Black poets who speak to the urgency of the day, and center African American historical perspectives. Throughout February, an innovative initiative has been giving the public an opportunity to learn more about that tradition, which stretches back some 250 years, and Lehman College’s Leonard Lief Library has taken a leading role in the effort. Entitled, “Lift Every Voice: Why African American

By SÍLE MOLONEY

State Sen. Brian Benjamin received the endorsement of the Bronx County Democratic Party on Thursday, Feb. 24, in his bid to win the seat for New York City comptroller. Representatives for the Party said it is committed to helping elect Democrats across the borough who will continue to fight for progress and for the residents of the community. The Party’s representatives said the endorsement was based on Benjamin’s extensive experience handling investments, and his background in finance, a crucial skill, they said, for the job of city comptroller. Combined with his work as chair of the Budget and Revenue

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Department of Sanitation’s refashionNYC program, a free and convenient clothing donation and recycling service, has announced that pick-up appointments are now available, and are encouraging New Yorkers to get involved in the clothing recycling program. Agency officials said its partnership with Housing Works provides convenient clothing bin collection, while also fighting the dual crises of homelessness and AIDS. As part of the bin collection program, representatives will visit residential or commercial buildings, as well as schools and other institutions to discuss with residents / workers how many bins they would like, what sizes are best, and

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD released on Thursday, Feb. 24, body-worn camera footage from an officer-involved shooting that occurred on December 30, 2020, in the 48th precinct, which encompasses Belmont, East Tremont, and West Farms. Fordham University’s Bronx campus is located in the precinct’s northern corner, Arthur Avenue runs down the center, and the Cross Bronx Expressway and Crotona Park form the precinct’s southern border. Department officials said the video includes the available evidence leading up to the incident as well as during the incident, and released the video for clear viewing of the totality of the incident. According to

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced on Thursday, Feb. 24, that a Bronx man has been indicted for the sex-trafficking of a 28-year-old New Jersey woman, and is also under another indictment for sex-trafficking a 15-year-old Brooklyn girl. In both cases he allegedly beat and choked the victims. Clark said the defendant, Reginald Cooke, AKA Reggie, 31, of Anderson Avenue in Highbridge, was arraigned on Thursday on three counts of sex trafficking, second-degree promoting prostitution, second-degree strangulation, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, fourth-degree promoting prostitution, third-degree assault, fourth-degree

By MARGARET GROARKE

Presidential elections are important. But your vote also matters, probably even MORE so, in local elections. In New York City elections, we choose the people who will be in charge of many of the things that affect our daily lives. If you care about the quality of local schools, the way NYPD polices your community, the state of the parks, how safe it is to walk, drive or bike on our streets, those are all issues that are dealt with by the mayor and the City Council. So, why did five times as many people vote in the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Lottery announced there were multiple top-prize, winning tickets sold for the Feb 23, TAKE-5 drawing. The tickets were sold in The Bronx and in Huntington Station at the following locations: Lucky Spot Convenience Corp located at 3401 Jerome Ave in the Norwood section of The Bronx, which sold one prize-winning ticket worth $30,317.50 Huntington Card & Smoke Inc located at 517 East Jericho Tpke in Huntington Station, which sold one prize-winning ticket worth $30,317.50 Take-5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. Drawings take place every evening at 10:30 p.m. Winning tickets