Ruth Gottesman brought tears of joy to her audience at the Montefiore Health System’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine on Monday — and won a standing ovation — with a single sentence. more

The 24-year-old former Marine who held a 30-year-old homeless man in a chokehold in a subway car May 1 is now facing second degree manslaughter charges. more

In 2006, Yaneley Henriquez stared at her newborn baby, a beautiful girl with chubby cheeks, little toes, and the perfect vision of life. She was the princess Henriquez always wanted. Her name, Angellyh, meant “an angel.” And she was destined to do great things. But those dreams were shattered on April 8, 2022. more

Union members of SEIU 32BJ are ready to strike after learning the contract they bargained for last year is being terminated by the Bronx Realty Advisory Board. more

Some older adults in the northwest Bronx have a hard time keeping up with technology as it progresses in our society. In Riverdale Senior Services, they might think a “tablet” is their daily dose of medicine or “swiping” and “tapping” are dance moves. more

The Bronx sky showed a little more color on the first day of June, also known as the first day of Pride Month. more

With their community vision plan in hand, the Together for Kingsbridge Community Working Group co-chairs are ready to officially take the next step as early as next week. Economic Development Corp. vice president Fernando Ortiz — whose  company owns the Kingsbridge Armory property at 29 W. Kingsbridge Road — announced before an excited crowd of more than 200 union and Kingsbridge community members that an official request for proposals will go out soon for the redevelopment of the historic Kingsbridge Armory. more

Not a single hand rose in opposition or abstention to hiring Farrah Kule Rubin as the new district manager for Community Board 8 on Tuesday, May 9. Following a discussion in executive session, her hiring was approved. more

Houses, villages, and enterprises destroyed. Families torn apart where children were abducted. More than 300,000 casualties. Ukraine still suffers, more than 420 days since the Russians first invaded their country. more

Consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion to scams in 2022, according to the Federal Trade Commission. In first quarter of this year alone there have been nearly 22,688 fraud reports in New York state with 8,083 of them coming from imposter scams. more