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As part of the city’s annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate, it was determined during a January night spent canvassing the streets of the city that the Bronx is home to 222 unsheltered homeless individuals. more
Four teens were arrested in connection to two Kingsbridge robberies that occurred past midnight on Jan. 28, police said. During one of those robberies, a woman was dragged into a playground and forcibly touched while at gunpoint. more
Harriette Lebowitz Schmertz passed away peacefully at her home in Riverdale on Jan. 22, 2024, at the age of 92. She was a 50 plus year resident of Riverdale. more
The New York City Council voted to override Mayor Adams’ vetoes on two bills on Jan. 30 with a vote of 42-9. The first, the “How Many Stops Act,” seeks to increase police transparency while the second seeks to ban solitary confinement in city jails. more
The Kingsbridge Library, 291 W. 231st St., has been closed temporarily since Jan. 24 due to emergency repairs, the library’s website states. more
The Lehman Center for Performing Arts continues its 2024 Spring season with merengue music this weekend followed by a variety of performances, including jazz and hip hop, that will last until May. more
Two high school sophomores who live in Riverdale were inspired so much by family and friends who attended the 100-day rally at Central Park marking the first 100 days since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel that they decided to start a similar effort locally. more
The Archdiocese of New York sold the former site of the Church of the Visitation on Van Cortlandt Park South for $29 million to the New York City School Construction Authority and Tishman Speyer on … more
Nearly 90 percent of the faculty of Manhattan College that took part in a plebiscite last week cast votes of no confidence in President Milo Riverso. The results of the vote, which included 70 percent of the faculty, and documentation explaining the reasoning behind it, were forwarded to the school’s board of trustees and Riverso. more
Community Board 8 members questioned last week whether the stewards at Van Cortlandt House Museum were the right fit for the community. The New York Chapter of the National Society of Colonial Dames has been critiqued for a “lack of programming” and their membership criteria, which some have argued is exclusionary to people of color. more
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