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When Gloria Nixon-Crouch saw the news reports of Russian troops amassing at the Ukrainian border, she feared the worst for the people living there.
After President Joe Biden made it clear war in that part of Europe was imminent, the ceramic artist turned to sculpture. She imagined what the Ukrainians there must be feeling, and their pain. Nixon-Crouch felt helpless so many thousands of miles away, but found a way at least to express her emotions with a 12-inch statue she aptly called, “The Pain of Ukraine.”
“My work basically speaks about the pain that people experience through atrocities like this,” Nixon-Crouch said. “Not only Ukraine, but atrocities that happened through centuries.”
Little did the Spuyten Duyvil artist know how much this piece of art from a former art teacher would resonate on social media. A Facebook post caught the attention of her longtime neighbor Don Appel. He shared it with other Facebook groups, and insisted she put out a news release to share what she’s created.
When Gloria Nixon-Crouch saw the news reports of Russian troops amassing at the Ukrainian border, she feared the worst for the people living there.
Jose Colon was just 17 years old when he was charged with murder. By the time he was 19, a judge sent Jose to prison for at least the next 30 years, if not the rest of his life.
Now 40, the teenager Jose once was is a faded memory, according to wife Jeannie. But he’s done anything but rot.
Jose is now a certified paralegal. He’s completed a number of rehabilitation programs. He survived cancer. And now he’s a clerk in the prison’s education department.
Jose is even working toward a bachelor’s degree. And, of course, he tied the knot with Jeannie.
“He’s done everything that he can possibly do to change himself and try to give back,” his wife said. “The nature of the crime is never going to change, but he as a person can definitely change.”
Jose still has seven years before he’s even eligible for parole. Even when he does get that hearing sometime toward the end of this decade, Jose’s chances of being released from Sing Sing Correctional Facility are grim, given the current laws surrounding parole. If he were to go in front of the board today, “I believe he would be denied parole,” Jeannie said, solemnly.
Jose Colon was just 17 years old when he was charged with murder. By the time he was 19, a judge sent Jose to prison for at least the next 30 years, if not the rest of his life. Now 40, the teenager Jose once was is a faded memory, according to wife Jeannie. But he’s done anything but rot.
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Eric Adams wants to spend so much time focused on parks, some might mistake him for Robert Moses — at least the good qualities of that New York City icon. And the mayor will do that through a new leadership team pulled from the outer boroughs.
Like Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, who until earlier this year, managed the Bronx portion of the more than 30,000 acres set aside for green space. She’s the new deputy parks commissioner, serving under Susan Donoghue, who led neighborhood park efforts from her Prospect Park community in Brooklyn.
Adams focuses his mission on making the park system “equitable,” especially when it comes to the outer boroughs versus Manhattan, by finding the best those boroughs — like the Bronx — has to offer.
Rodriguez-Rosa has led the borough’s parks department since 2015. And now she will be tasked with finding ways to create more green space.
Eric Adams wants to spend so much time focused on parks, some might mistake him for Robert Moses — at least the good qualities of that New York City icon. And the mayor will do that through a new leadership team pulled from the outer boroughs.
The massive fires that seemed to engulf building after building in the borough back in the late 1970s and early ‘80s led many declaring the “Bronx is burning.” In fact, it almost felt unusual to not use the word “fire” in conjunction with “Bronx,” because the two had become so synonymous during that time.
Yet, while times have changed, some things have remained the same. That’s because over the last six months, a string of major fires has plagued the borough. But don’t worry, none of that is lost on Michael Kozo.
He’s the director of the New York Fire Department’s fire safety education unit, and has provided training presentations to just about any group that extends an invitation — including Community Board 8’s housing committee back in January.
The massive fires that seemed to engulf building after building in the borough back in the late 1970s and early ‘80s led many declaring the “Bronx is burning.” In fact, it almost felt unusual to not use the word “fire” in conjunction with “Bronx,” because the two had become so synonymo...
Traditional college students may occasionally feel like they’re serving time — especially right before mid-terms. But there’s a push to make another group of eager learners more traditional as well. And many of them actually have served time.
Getting a degree from prison really wasn’t all that uncommon. That is until President Bill Clinton slashed federal funding in 1994 that helped pay for that expanded education behind bars. Clinton’s “get tough on crime” essentially ended many college programs in prisons across the country, but it did start something else: Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison.
People who serve their time in prison are often scared to leave, especially knowing the odds to lead a decent normal life on the other side are stacked against them. It’s even more difficult if they entered a facility at a very young age.
Educational opportunities and occupations are a significant roadblock for many, making it seemingly impossible to succeed after release.
Traditional college students may occasionally feel like they’re serving time — especially right before mid-terms. But there’s a push to make another group of eager learners more traditional as well. And many of them actually have served time.
Usually it’s the first half of winter commonly known as the season of giving.
But that hasn’t stopped the Association of Riverdale Cooperatives & Condominiums from creating its own season of giving, with several of its member buildings the beneficiaries.
What do those tenant groups need to get $500, or even $2,000? A good idea, and a team of people willing to help see it through.
“It’s something brand new,” said Stephen Budihas, the president of the co-op and condo group. “It’s the only time that we’ve done this. We looked at our financial situation. We’re not rich, of course. We’re a volunteer organization, which earns nominal dues that we charge of our members. But we had enough to spare some” money.
Usually it’s the first half of winter commonly known as the season of giving. But that hasn’t stopped the Association of Riverdale Cooperatives & Condominiums from creating its own season of giving, with several of its member buildings the beneficiaries.
It doesn’t matter if the court is conservative or liberal — Teachers wanting to work in the classroom are going to need a vaccine shot. Maybe two.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected yet another attempt by some educators to skip vaccine requirements on campus, citing a religious exemption.
It’s been a point of contention between school administrations and a handful of educators even before COVID-19 vaccines began rolling out to the public last year. In the months leading up to the coronavirus, it was measles and other childhood shots many were fighting over.
But the COVID-19 vaccine has renewed a number of issues — especially from those who feel they shouldn’t be forced to be inoculated.
It doesn’t matter if the court is conservative or liberal — Teachers wanting to work in the classroom are going to need a vaccine shot. Maybe two. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected yet another attempt by some educators to skip vaccine requirements on campus, citing a religious exemption.
It’s been 11 months since synagogues in and around Riverdale were terrorized by a serial vandal who some described as quite angry after seeing him in released security camera footage.
Over the course of nearly a dozen days, the man shattered windows at four different synagogues, and destroyed Jewish prayer books as well. Prosecutors have charged a Spuyten Duyvil man, Jordan Burnette, with the attacks. And they’re looking to convict him of hate crimes.
But Burnette — who has pled not guilty to the charges — is discovering the wheels of justice don’t move swiftly. He’s set for yet another pre-trial hearing on March 22. There, his defense attorneys are expected to lay some of the groundwork for how prosecutors will ultimately try the case.
Neither Burnette, nor his attorney, Michael Nedick, returned requests for comment.
It’s been 11 months since synagogues in and around Riverdale were terrorized by a serial vandal who some described as quite angry after seeing him in released security camera footage.
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The two officers paused a moment, contemplating what was happening around them.
“War,” the captain said. “We don’t want it. But we’ve got it.”
His first officer looked at him incredulously: “Curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.”
The two officers are fictional, of course, standing on the bridge of a spaceship in a classic episode of “Star Trek.” Capt. Kirk is contemplating outright war with a sworn enemy — the Klingons — while his science officer, Spock, observes what so few of us admit to seeing.
Although Kirk is from Iowa and Spock from another planet, the actors who portrayed them — William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy — are actually descended from Eastern European Jewish families. Ukrainian families, to be exact.
What they experienced on the television screen might be the work of Hollywood’s imagination, but what’s taking place inside Ukraine itself is very real.
The two officers paused a moment, contemplating what was happening around them. “War,” the captain said. “We don’t want it. But we’ve got it.” His first officer looked at him incredulously: “Curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is coming back to North Riverdale, joining U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman in an invitation-only town hall at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
"Speaker Pelosi has led the Democratic Party to new heights in its agenda to deliver for the people, and I am thrilled to have her join us right here to discuss how we can continue fighting and working to deliver resources to our communities," Bowman said, in a release. "The Speaker and I have worked together on beating back the COVID-19 pandemic, restarting our economy, getting people back to work, and I look forward to continued partnership and collaboration with the Speaker to ensure the needs of our neighbors are at the forefront of our legislative agenda."
Pelosi will join Bowman at The Mount on Monday afternoon. They're expected to talk about the anniversary of President Joe Biden's signing of the American Rescue Plan, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and other legislative priorities in Bowman's congressional district.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is coming back to North Riverdale, joining U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman in an invitation-only town hall at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
Police say they're looking for two men they believe robbed a mother and her toddler by gunpoint in her building's lobby.
According to reports, the 35-year-old woman was with her 3-year-old son at her apartment building near Sedgwick Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road just after 8 a.m., Wednesday, when two men walked up and demanded she hand over her valuables.
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It might have otherwise seemed like a typical Sunday morning Mass at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Father Kiril Angelov led the crowded sanctuary through the typical prayers, as well as calls and responses. The choir sang from a balcony in the back of the room, decorated heavily with religious iconography from throughout The Bible’s New Testament. People stood up from the pews, and then sat down again — over and over, always in unison.
Yet there was nothing typical about this particular Sunday morning in Yonkers. Television news cameras and reporters were impossible to miss. Elected officials, including state senate majority leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Yonkers mayor Mike Spano occupied their own seats in the sanctuary. And many were holding small blue and gold flags, representing what was once home either to them, or to those they loved.
As Angelov made his way through the liturgy, minds certainly wandered to what was happening thousands of miles and an ocean away. Days before, Russia had begun its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Casualties were already tallying into the thousands, as troops continued to push toward the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
A number of Bronx synagogues had gathered outside the Russian Mission residential compound on Mosholu Avenue, chanting as loud as they could, hoping anyone on the other side of the heavily fortified fencing might hear them.
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Police are investigating a string of gunpoint robberies that have plagued parts of the Bronx in recent weeks, including two incidents in Kingsbridge that cost local victims more than $4,000 in jewelry. A 45-year-old man said he was walking near the corner of Albany Crescent and West 231st Street in the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 23, when two men walked up to him, flashing a black firearm, according to police. They ran off with the man's jewelry and some other unidentified property valued at $3,000. FULL STORY: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/robbers-targeting-pedestrians-wearing-expensive-jewelry,72442?
Last week was a Black Lives Matter-inspired march. This week, it’s Blue Lives Matter, organized by former congressional candidate and former cop Sammy Ravelo. Ravelo tells The Riverdale Press that it’s not intended as a political event, but some people wore “Trump 2020” hats, and guest speakers included regular cable news channel analyst Darrin Porcher who called Mayor Bill de Blasio, council Speaker Corey Johnson and public advocate Jumaane Williams “lunatics” who are “subsequently destroying public safety.” Ravelo tells The Press that what happened to George Floyd was in Minneapolis, and that those problems don’t exist in New York City. Pick up the Aug. 27 edition of the paper for more on this Friday morning rally.
Police are looking for two men they say were involved in a series of burglaries in the heart of the Kingsbridge business district last month. It started in the early morning hours of July 19, according to police, sometime between 12:30 and 5 a.m., when someone broke through a locked rear door of Palmas Restaurant, 240 W. 231st St. There, one of the men took $200 as well as a Samsung tablet computer before running off with the other man. A couple of nights later, the two men reportedly returned, this time hitting a commercial laundromat, W230 Laundry Services, at 215 W. 230th St., breaking the glass on the front door to get in. This July 21 burglary resulted in a $1,300 cash hall from the register and tip jar, as well as some cleaning supplies. READ FULL STORY HERE: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/kingsbridge-restaurants-laundromat-hit-in-string-of-burglaries,72283?
Police want to have a few words with a man they say was involved in a robbery Monday in Kingsbridge where employees were reportedly threatened by knifepoint. It was the middle of the afternoon on July 20 when police say a man walked into All Wireless and Electronics at 237 W. 231st St., and started arguing with the store clerk. While arguing, the customer reportedly pulled a knife from his pocket, and cut five cell phones from their tethers behind the counter. He also took $440 in cash from the register. READ FULL STORY: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/cell-phone-store-robbed-at-knifepoint,72253?
Police are trying to find a man they say attacked and robbed a woman inside a Popeye's restaurant on Monday in the southernmost part of Kingsbridge Heights. A 25-year-old woman was placing her order at the 118 W, Kingsbridge Road fast food restaurant at dinnertime Monday when, according to police, she got into an argument with another customer. The argument escalated into violence when the man started punching the woman repeatedly and knocking her to the floor, according to video of the incident. FULL STORY: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/police-seek-man-attacked-woman-popeyes,72128?
While many people are staying home in efforts to slow the infection rate of the virus that causes COVID-19, others are finding their way into places they shouldn't be. And no door — or roof — will stop them, apparently. Police are looking for a man they say broke into the Dunkin' coffee shop at 5201 Broadway in the early morning hours of Tuesday, April 7. It was there investigators from the 50th Precinct say a man forced his way through the shop's ceiling. Once there, he pulled $13,500 from cash registers and a safe, before taking off in a maroon Honda Accord from the West 230th Street entrance of the Major Deegan Expressway. Read full story here: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/man-nabs-cash-broadway-dunkin-coffee-nypd-nyc,71766?
Police are looking for two men they said robbed the T-Mobile store on Riverdale Avenue earlier this week. Two men walked into the 5670 Riverdale Ave., store, just after 4 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, with one immediately started cutting display phones from various counter tops, while the other told customers and employees not to move or call anyone, while placing his right hand in his jacket pocket, according to police. For the full story, click here: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/two-rob-t-mobile-store-on-riverdale-avenue-nypd-bronx-nyc,70704?
Police are looking for help from a string of robberies that have targeted Manhattan, Queens and two neighborhoods in this part of the Bronx. Investigators from the New York Police Department believe the have a lead on who might be perpetrating the armed holdups, but hope someone might be able to help detectives identify them. The first such robbery is believed to have taken place around 4 a.m., on Aug. 26 near Broadway and Verveelen Place in Kingsbridge when two men hopped out of a burgundy Kia displaying fi****ms and accosted a couple getting into their own car. The men took off with $200 and some jewelry, and no one was injured. FULL STORY: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/spuyten-duyvil-kingsbridge-string-robberies-nypd,70180?
Police are trying to figure out who shot at a man early Sunday morning not far from the Jerome Park Library. A 23-year-old was standing in front of an apartment building and business strip at 131 W. Kingsbridge Road around 4 a.m., when an unidentified male started firing shots at him, striking him in the back. The man was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, and was reported in stable condition, according to officers from the 50th Precinct. FOR FULL STORY, CLICK HERE: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/police-looking-man-shot-bystander-back-nyc-bronx,69588?
An early-morning argument in front of a bar on Broadway ended with one man in the hospital with multiple stab wounds and the other missing part of his finger. It all started just after 1 a.m., on Tuesday, when the 35-year-old victim — who police did not identify — started to quarrel with another man outside of Keenan's Bar & Grill at 5588 Broadway, near West 231st Street. During the dispute, the other man pulled out a knife, according to police, and stabbed the 35-year-old multiple times in the back. The attack was so brutal, police say, the alleged attacker actually cut part of his finger off his left hand. He then took off south on Broadway. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/police-looking-for-alleged-stabber-who-lost-part-of-finger,69255?
Police say they're looking for two men they believe were involved in a robbery early Monday morning near Kingsbridge Heights. A 74-year-old man was walking toward the corner of West 230th Street and Heath Avenue at 5:40 a.m., on May 6, when he was approached by two men, according to the 50th Precinct. One pulled out a black firearm and demanded, "Give me your money." One of them then punched the older man in the face, while the other grabbed his wallet and cell phone, before both running off. FULL STORY: https://riverdalepress.com/stories/police-looking-for-two-who-mugged-elderly-man-on-heath-avenue,68902?
One woman apparently feels "finders, keepers" is actually a law we're allowed to follow, and is now wanted by the police for questioning over allegedly refusing to return another woman's dropped wallet. It all happened on the mezzanine of the West 231st Street train station at Broadway on the afternoon of Dec. 16. It was a 68-year-old woman was buying a MetroCard from one of the kiosks located outside the 1 train turnstiles when she dropped her wallet. FULL STORY: http://riverdalepress.com/stories/police-looking-for-woman-who-refused-to-return-dropped-wallet,67783
Police are looking for three men they say were involved in a series of heists just before Thanksgiving that earned them loot of more than $25,000. The first burglary, according to the New York Police Department, occurred at the late evening of Nov. 15 at a home near Broadway and West 251st Street, where the three men took off with electronics and brand-name merchandise totaling $8,600. To read the full story, click here: http://riverdalepress.com/stories/three-men-wanted-in-connection-with-burglary-spree,67581?
Police are looking for a woman they believe may have some connection to a string of robberies that have plagued the central part of Riverdale over the past few weeks. It all started Nov. 9, according to the New York Police Department, when someone walked behind an 84-year-old woman in front of a residential building near Oxford Avenue and West 236th Street around 7 p.m., yanking her hip pack off her left arm. That person ran off with $100 in cash and multiple credit cards. Later that evening, a woman tried to use one of the credit cards at the West 225th Street Target store. For the full story, click here: http://riverdalepress.com/stories/cops-on-hunt-for-serial-purse-snatcher-around-north-riverdale,67580?
Police are looking for man they say shot a teenager in the leg in front of the Kennedy Fried Chicken on Kingsbridge Road last week. According to reports, the man — who police described as an Hispanic male wearing all black clothing — fired several shots at a 19-year-old in front of the food place at 67 W. Kingsbridge Road on the outer edge of the 50th Precinct, at around 8:30 p.m., on Oct. 26. Only one of the bullets hit the young man, striking him in the back of the right leg. FOR MORE, VISIT: http://riverdalepress.com/stories/police-hunting-for-kingsbridge-road-shooter,67293?
The Riverdale Press, a nationally known award-winning community newspaper, serves one of New York City’s most interesting and affluent communities in the Bronx.
The Press provides comprehensive coverage of the Northwest Bronx — including Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge Heights, Marble Hill, Spuyten Duyvil, and Van Cortlandt Village. Each week it reaches 10,000 families with hard-hitting reporting, lively features, action-packed photographs, and crusading editorials.
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In 1989, the paper became world famous when its office was firebombed, apparently in retaliation for an editorial defending the right to read Salman Rushdie’s controversial novel The Satanic Verses. For their courage in continuing to publish without missing an issue, the Steins, former owners of The Riverdale Press, were given the prestigious First Amendment Award of the Society of Professional Journalists. Later in 1998, Bernard Stein was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his editorials.
In 2008, The Riverdale Press was bought by another award-winning group of newspapers, Herald Community Newspapers, owned by Clifford and Stuart Richner.
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