Luis Caraballo, who is studying criminal justice, has been named to the Fall 2022 dean’s list at Buffalo State University. more

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz has put his name on two bills that would criminalize disruptive acts of protest. One would make it a misdemeanor if protesters disrupt speakers at an event, while the other would charge protesters who block a public road or bridge with a felony for domestic terrorism. 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

Tess Cohen, a former prosecutor and now criminal defense and civil rights attorney, says if elected as district attorney she will steer in a different direction from the incumbent Darcel Clark. more

Sallie Caldwell, a Tracey Towers resident and a pillar of the community in Norwood and Bedford Park, passed away on Wednesday morning, June 7. She was 84. more

Through its Bronx Rise Leadership initiative, the Oyate Group has helped out impoverished people throughout New York City, including greater Riverdale. This Thanksgiving they distributed more than 2,000 frozen turkeys to combat food insecurity. more

The Sisters of Charity of New York have started the process of winding down its 200+year-old sisterhood congregation after its delegates voted April 13 to begin a “path to completion.” more

Half a dozen guards from A&H Security have been standing sentry at the Van Cortlandt Motel as workers buzz around them, piling mattresses in the driveway in recent weeks and stretching yellow caution tape across the entrance. A sign taped to the window last Wednesday read, “Sorry no rooms available,” and another sheet of paper next to it said, “DHS Office,” directing guests to the side door around the corner. more

At one time Van Cortlandt Park was a plantation that enslaved Africans built into what we know today. Tijay Mohammed, a Ghanaian-born artist, wanted others to know that as he visualized an art installation to bring honor to them. more