Category: The Bronx

Two Mitchell-Lama housing complexes in the Bronx — the Findlay House in Morrisania and Jamie Towers in Castle Hill — were among four buildings flagged for unsanitary living conditions in a four-year audit by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released on Thursday. The two other Mitchell-Lama developments included in the audit were Cathedral Parkway Towers in…

According to NYSERDA officials, the program increased the state’s solar deployment by more than 3,000%, leveraged $7.3 billion of private investment, and created 13,400 solar jobs, since its launch in 2011. Solar panels harness energy from the sun. In NYC, utility companies are required to compensate solar panel users for solar energy generated, which in…

As members of New York’s State Assembly reconvene for legislative duty on June 20, state Sen. Gustavo Rivera hopes his Coverage For All proposal — which passed the Senate and needs 79 votes for passage in the Assembly — crosses the finish line. Coverage For All seeks to expand health coverage for all low-income New…

A late-night blaze sent 198 firefighters to a residential apartment building in Soundview where it took hours to control the fire on Sunday, June 11, 2023. Photo Lloyd Mitchell Firefighters battled a raging five-alarm inferno in the Soundview section of the Bronx Sunday evening, where one firefighter suffered what is being considered “serious injuries.” Shortly…

Three men were shot outside of 1787 West Farms Road in the Bronx on Sunday night, police said. Google Maps Cops are looking for the gunman behind a fatal shooting in the Bronx Sunday night. At around 9:15 p.m. on June 11, police responded to a 911 call of multiple people shot in front of…

A woman is dead after a fire at NYCHA’s Butler Houses in the Bronx. Google Maps A woman is dead after a blaze broke out in her Bronx home early Sunday morning, police said. Officials were called to 1408 Webster Ave. in Claremont Village at around 12:48 a.m. on June 11. Upon arrival, units were…

File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Bronx police are looking for the shooter who gunned down a man outside a bodega on Saturday morning. Law enforcement sources said the homicide happened at about 4:46 a.m. on June 10 in front of the grocery store at 1538 University Ave. in Morris Heights. Officers from the 46th Precinct, in responding…

Fire hydrant flushing is a routine practice for the FDNY, but fire officials reported Friday that they found something other than water inside a Bronx hydrant. FDNY personnel were flushing a hydrant while working at the corner of Morris Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway in the Mount Hope section of the Bronx on Friday…

File photo/Lloyd Mitchell Two Bronx shooters who ambushed a man early Friday morning and injured him with a hail of bullets remain at large, police reported. Authorities said the shooting occurred at about 2 a.m. on June 9 in front of an apartment building at 1848 Anthony Ave. in Mount Hope. Based on a preliminary…

A CUNY professor from the Bronx who allegedly attacked a New York Post reporter with a machete is due back in criminal court at the end of the month. According to the complaint from the Bronx District Attorney’s office, Shellyne Rodriguez — a now former professor at Hunter College in Manhattan — berated and threatened reporters Reuven Fenton…