Residents living near the site of Donald Trump’s upcoming Throgs Neck golf course in Ferry Point Park voiced their concern on Monday night, News 12 reports. The site being used for the golf course was previously a landfill, and residents are worried about methane gas coming from the area. State environmental representatives claim that they […]
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Throgs Neck Residents Meet to Discuss Golf Course’s Methane Risk
Posted on 02 October 2012.
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Majora Carter Advocates for FreshDirect
Posted on 01 October 2012.
FreshDirect hired Majora Carter, the award-winning environmentalist, to help the private company win over community support for its move to the Bronx, causing waves of online anger since its first announcement in February, according to DNAinfo. Majora Carter is the founder of a green job nonprofit in Hunts Point, and has recently begun a for-profit consulting firm. […]
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Three-year-old Boy Falls to his Death from a 4th floor Apartment Window
Posted on 01 October 2012.
A 3-year-old boy fell to his death from a fourth-floor apartment window on East 161 Street and Morris Avenue in the Bronx on Saturday, according to the Daily News. Bystanders witnessed the tragedy, but failed to reach him in time to catch him. Several people administered CPR to Gabriel Estevez before the ambulance arrived. Estevez crawled […]
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Police Question Suspect in Hypodermic Needle Robberies
Posted on 01 October 2012.
The suspect, identified as Angel Anthony Cintron, was apprehended Monday in Yonkers, reports NBC 4 New York. Cintron allegedly threatened victims with a hypodermic needle before demanding property from them. Cell phones, iPads and iPods were among the items stolen, police said. He was taken into custody by NYPD officers earlier Monday and will be put through […]
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Police Looking for Norwood Shooting Suspect
Posted on 01 October 2012.
The New York Police Department is searching for a man believed to have shot a 35-year-old man in Norwood on Sunday, reports DNAinfo. The police released a surveillance video on Monday that appears to show the man firing a gun at the victim, who does not appear in the video. Police said that the victim is […]
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Kingsbridge Woman Arrested for Setting Apartment Building Fire
Posted on 01 October 2012.
A Bronx woman was arrested by New York City fire marshals yesterday. She is charged with manslaughter, arson and reckless endgangerment after allegedly setting a fire in her Kingsbridge apartment building. NY1 reports that Wendy Walston, 46, started the fire Sept. 12 inside her second-floor apartment at 2727 University Ave. She shared the apartment with her 50-year-old […]
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Boy falls to his death from apartment window
Posted on 30 September 2012.
A four-year-old boy fell from an apartment window and died in the Concourse Village section of the Bronx on Saturday afternoon. Gabriel Estevez was on the fourth-floor apartment of a building on East 161st Street while his mother was at the Laundromat, neighbors say. People heard the boy screaming and tried heading to the building […]
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75-Year-Old Woman Attacked Inside City Housing Project
Posted on 29 September 2012.
Two men slashed a 75-year-old woman’s throat as she entered her building in the South Bronx, reports the Daily News. The victim, Rosa Rodriguez, was left bleeding in front of her builing in the St. Mary’s Park Houses where she has lived for more than 40 years. Rodriguez is currently hospitalized. Following the incident, neighbors rallied outside the housing project […]
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