NEW YORK — The New York City Police Department launched an investigation Friday after a man was fatally stabbed over a noise complaint in the Bronx. Police responded to a 911 call at around 1:44 a.m. that alerted them to the stabbing. The incident took place inside 808 Elsmere Place, in the Crotona section of … Read more
In the middle of the mass for the celebration of Saint Patrick in the Cathedral that bears his name, this sculpture was unveiled and blessed under the title “Set the oppressed free.” Enrique Salvo, rector of the Cathedral of San Patricio. The work shows more than 50 figures of women, men and even children victims … Read more
Following the increase in the number of fires caused by electric bicycle batteries, Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres, together with officials from the Fire Department, presented a bill to regulate the sale of electric bicycle batteries at the federal level. “The time has come for the United States Congress to take action,” Torres said. The legislation … Read more
In order to get them kits of food to people over 60 years of age and with the greatest food need in the city, several volunteers met this Saturday under the call of Food Bank NYC organization. “This work is very necessary, it is an honor to help people who need the most, and especially … Read more
The alligator rescued over the weekend from a frozen New York lake had swallowed a bathtub stopper, according to authorities. The nearly 5-foot-long female was torpid and exposed to the cold when she was found Sunday in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park lake, according to a spokesman for the Bronx Zoo, where she is recovering. After being … Read more
“Very exciting to be the first Latina in this position,” said Ischia Bravo. It is not for less. Bravo is the first Latina commissioner of juries of the Supreme Court of The Bronx and also the secretary of the supreme court. In both positions she is responsible for the criminal and civil branch. “After 20 … Read more
A kick from behind sent a 34-year-old man downstairs on the subway, causing him to fall resoundingly, breaking both legs. The blow was delivered by an individual who appears in the image of the surveillance video and who, according to the authorities, also shamelessly seems to take a photo as a trophy of the cowardly … Read more
A 19-year-old teenager who had been reported missing was found dead. According to the police investigation, the young man identified as DeAndre Matthews had last been seen leaving his home last Monday night, in the East Flatbush sector. Her body was found Tuesday afternoon on freight train tracks near Nostrand Avenue in Midwood. The corpse … Read more
Police share the identities of the two people who died after being shot in a shooting yesterday in the Bronx. It is about Jeremiah Smith and Salvatore Rivera. Both were shot in the torso and chest and pronounced dead at St. Barnabas Hospital. The assailant was also arrested and identified, and now faces charges of … Read more
One man was killed and three others wounded in a shooting in the Bronx on Friday afternoon, according to police reports. The shooting happened at the corner of East Tremont and Hughes avenues in the Tremont neighborhood around 2:30 p.m., according to police. The fatality was a 24-year-old man who was shot in the chest. … Read more