Bronxites Rally to Save Jerome Station Post Office

By SÍLE MOLONEY

A small but spirited protest was held on Saturday morning, Aug. 22, to save Jerome Station Post Office, located at 2540 Jerome Avenue in Kingsbridge Heights, from potential closure. Local resident, Pereta Rodriguez Ph.d., who said she relies on the post office for essential mail, initially asked three people to join her in saving her local branch, in solidarity with others around the country as part of a national day of protest to save the United States Postal Service. “I wanted to make sure that everyone knew what was at stake,” Rodriguez said. “It’s not just the ballots,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Monday, Aug. 24, NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced that, going forward, additional police officers would be rostered at the weekends in an effort to curb the increased rates of gun violence seen across the Bronx, and across the City in recent months. The NYPD reported that 44 percent of shootings in the last month occurred on Saturdays and Sundays. For the week ending Aug. 23, murder in the Bronx, rose by 400 percent compared to the same period last year. In the 52 precinct alone, two murders were reported in July within six days of each other.

Bronx Projects Take Center Stage in State of the City

By AURÉOLE RIBES & SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the “#Not62 Campaign for a Healthy Bronx” steering committee held a virtual discussion on Wednesday, July 29 entitled, “A Discussion of Health Disparities and COVID-19.” The dialogue focused on why and how the Bronx ended up with the highest rates of COVID-19 cases in the State, from both a historical and an analytical perspective, as well as what could and should be done to shift that disparity. Since 2009, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s county health ranking report has ranked the Bronx in 62nd place out of New York State’s 62 counties

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is asking the public for assistance to help identify and locate two individuals wanted in connection to three burglaries in the 50th precinct. On Sunday, July 19, 2020, between 00.30 a.m. and 5 a.m., an unidentified man entered the Palmas Restaurant, located at 240 West 231st Street in the Kingsbridge area of the Bronx through a locked rear door. Once inside, the wanted subject removed $200 and a Samsung tablet and fled in an unknown direction. One of the mean was wearing a red shirt and the other a white shirt. The man with

By SÍLE MOLONEY

On Aug. 25, at 8.46 a.m., pursuant to an ongoing investigation into a non-fatal stabbing incident which took place in the 50th precinct, in the Van Cortlandt Village section of the Bronx in mid-July, Carlos Gonzalez has been arrested and charged with attempted murder. On July 14, 2020 at approximately 7.11 p.m., in front of 3343 Sedgwick Avenue in Van Cortlandt Village, a 21-year-old female victim was walking with her ex-boyfriend, Carlos Gonzalez, 25, of Manhattan, while pushing their infant son in a baby stroller. A verbal argument ensued at which time Gonzalez allegedly placed the woman in

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York Public Library is hosting outdoor tabling events at several branches throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island, staffed with Census representatives to help New Yorkers complete the 2020 Census before the extended census deadline of Sept. 30. The events are designed to encourage and support response rates in New York City, which currently stands at 56.5 percent. Federal funding is determined by Census response rates and Census information is used to determine New York City’s fair share of $675 billion in federal funds for public education, public housing, infrastructure, and more each year—as well as the

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Public Prep, the nation’s first non-profit network that exclusively develops exceptional, tuition-free PreK and single-sex elementary and middle public schools, is launching the new school year and welcoming students back to virtual classrooms with an annual tradition – a Male Heroes Walk on their first day at Boys Prep Bronx located in the Concourse Village section of the Bronx. This event began seven years ago as a way for scholars to interact with their heroes whether they are family members, professionals, or school staff. They give out high-fives on their way to class as they kick off the school

By DAVID GREENE

Police are looking for an assailant who beat and slashed a taxi driver outside Tracy Towers in the Jerome Park section of the Bronx. Officers from the 52nd precinct were called to 40 West Mosholu Parkway South, at 12:33 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5 in response to a call about an attack. Officials say a 25-year-old victim was beaten and slashed on the left side of his face by a still-unknown, male suspect. The victim was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was treated and later released. One investigator said, “The dispute was over the cab fare.”

By PROFESSOR ANTHONY RIVIECCIO, MBA PFA

As we get ready to watch the Republican convention and the other side of our democracy, one thing that we cannot forget is what the next president is going to have to deal with, whoever it is: the government is going to need tax money for government revenues when it will try to assist lower paid workers with children. What is Joe Biden’s plan for this? 1. He wants to make corporate taxes higher. Under his tax plan, the corporate tax rate would be increased to 28 percent, almost a 30 percent increase from where it is now.