Category: The Bronx

Attorney General Letitia James on Jan. 22 announced charges against Bronx immigration lawyer Kofi Amankwaa, who allegedly scammed clients out of thousands of dollars from 2016 to 2023, causing some to have their green cards denied and several others to be deported.  Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced…

Miguel Dyer, left and Bernadette Ferrara were colleagues and friends until Ferrara’s comments regarding gay marriage led to Dyer’s resignation as her city council campaign treasurer. Photo courtesy Miguel Dyer A former Bronx community board member who feels that he was unjustifiably removed from his position on the board seeks a new role in the…

The NYPD has reported at least eight Bronx teens are still missing in a trend of recent incidents involving missing adolescents in the past month, including (l-r) Myers, Aytch-Epps, Ferreire and McCullough. Photos courtesy NYPD Multiple teenagers from across the Bronx are missing in an alarming trend that has plagued the borough in recent weeks,…

File photo/Lloyd Mitchell An NYPD sergeant assigned to a Bronx precinct is facing manslaughter charges for allegedly throwing a cooler at a fleeing suspect, killing him last summer. According to multiple investigations, Sgt. Erik Duran was working undercover during a sting operation on Aug. 23, and lured Eric Duprey into selling him drugs near Aqueduct…

The Bronx Zoo houses thousands of Madagascar hissing cockroaches in its Madagascar! exhibit. Photo Julie Larsen Maher The Bronx Zoo’s popular Name-a-Roach program is back this Valentine’s Day season for its 13th year. Since 2011, thousands of people from around the world have symbolically named Madagascar hissing cockroaches after their partners — or ex-partners. As…

Passengers wait for the Metro-North in July 2023. File photo Aliya Schneider The New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) is proposing to rezone areas surrounding two of the four new Metro-North stations coming to the Bronx as part of the Penn Access megaproject.  Officials from DCP outlined their vision for rezoning the areas…

Landon Dais, 42, is the Democratic nominee for the 77th State Assembly District special election on Feb. 13. Photo courtesy Landon Dais campaign Next month, voters in the Bronx’s 77th state Assembly District will head to the polls for a special election to fill former Assemblymember Latoya Joyner’s seat. Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a proclamation…

Two people were killed, including a teenage girl, when a driver crashed into an oil tanker truck in the Bronx. File Photo/Lloyd Mitchell Two people are dead and one is in critical condition after the driver of a car they were in smashed into an oil tanker truck early Sunday morning. Police say a 23-year-old…

File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Police in the Bronx are investigating a triple shooting early on Sunday morning that left a man dead and two others seriously wounded. Law enforcement sources said the gunfire erupted at about 6:08 a.m. on Jan. 21 on the 4100 block of White Plains Road in Williamsbridge. Officers from the 47th Precinct,…

Yanely Henriquez, mother of gun violence victim Angellyh Yambo, spoke at the Jan. 19 summit next to a photo of her daughter. Also present were representatives of Guns Down Life Up, East Side Houses, the YMCA, and other organizations that support the positive development of young people. Photo Emily Swanson High school students and advocates…