Youth-Led Community Coalition Forge Ahead with Underage Drinking Awareness Campaign

By JOSÉ A. GIRALT

A coalition of local community groups made up of many young volunteers joined forces on Dec. 9 during a “Sticker Shock Campaign,” to alert local alcohol retailers of the dangers underage drinking presents to young people. The groups made in-person visits to various stores in Community Boards 5, 7, and 8 with oral presentations, stickers, and posters reminding both store owners and customers that it is illegal and dangerous to provide alcohol to anyone under the age of 21. The campaign was spearheaded by “We Engage in Prevention Awareness,” (WEPA), a community coalition seeking to eliminate substance abuse,

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the driver, the vehicle or both seen in the attached video. The driver is sought in connection with a reckless endangerment incident that occurred in the 52nd precinct. On Monday, Nov. 30, at around 11.13 p.m., the unidentified driver of a black SUV shot multiple times at a group of four or five men who were standing in front of 3330 Hull Avenue in Norwood, before driving away. No injuries were reported as a result of the shooting. The vehicle is described as a

NYPD Probes 52nd Pct. Over Claims of Semen Found in a Water Bottle

By By ALONDRA VASQUEZ

Councilman Andrew Cohen is one step closer to achieving his goal in seeing an annex for the 52nd Precinct. The New York City Council’s preliminary budget report recently released states that it looks to allocate $40.9 million for renovations for the Five-Two. Although it has not been signed off yet by Mayor Bill de Blasio, Cohen is hopeful that funding will be able to go through. On his Twitter account Cohen tweeted, “I’m thrilled that today’s preliminary budget report hearing announced considerations for $40.9 million on this project.” He also thanked Council Speaker Corey Johnson for honoring his request. Cohen

A 13-Year-Old is Arrested for Gun Possession. It Was a Gang Neighborhood

By SHA-NIA ALSTON AND DAVID CRUZ

The gun was unmistakable to plainclothes officers from the 52nd Precinct. They just didn’t expect to see it in the waistband of a 13-year-old boy the evening of April 9. But it happened in the area of East 182nd Street and Jerome Avenue in Fordham Heights at the tip of the Five-Two’s jurisdiction abutting the 46th Precinct. Gun arrests are no stranger to this area, but the age of the kid had some residents pausing: why would a little kid be carrying a gun? The image of the gun can be seen on 52nd Precinct’s Twitter page. The case is

In the fall of 2011, a series of seemingly random acts of violence, most of them on or around Grand Avenue and Fordham Road, put the community on edge and a neighborhood in the spotlight.

Bronx Meetings and Events

Lots of community events happening tonight! The 52 Precinct’s monthly community council meeting will be held tonight at the New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd., from 7 to 9 p.m. Get there early, at 5:30 p.m., and you can check out the garden’s famous holiday train show for free. For more details call council president Brenda Caldwell-Paris at 917-650-0620. Community Board 7 will host its annual holiday tree lighting tonight at 6 p.m., at Bainbridge Avenue and Mosholu Parkway. And last but not least, the Community Education Council for School District 10 meets tonight at 6:30 p.m. at PS

A 21-year-old man was shot and killed on Saturday on Bainbridge Avenue and E. 198th Street — the third homicide this week in the 52nd Precinct.

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