UTICA TEEN SHOT DEAD IN THE SOUTH BRONX
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN AND ROCCO PARASCANDOLA (NYDN)
A masked gunman shot and killed an upstate teen who was back home in the Bronx to visit his grandparents Monday night, police said.
Justin Williams, 16, was shot in the stomach by a man wearing a ski mask in Mott Haven about 11:40 p.m., cops said. The gunman fled with an accomplice, also wearing a ski mask, and is still being sought.
SINGLE ‘OCCUPY WALL STREET’ PROTESTOR TAKES ON THE BRONX
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
Occupy Wall Street became Occupy 161st St. Tuesday, with a lone protester from the downtown movement canvassing a welfare line in the South Bronx.
Abraham Weiss, a 26-year-old social worker, said he came from Zuccotti Park to the Melrose Job Center to protest New York’s byzantine welfare system and rally support for the cause.
FEDERAL ROUNDUPS NABS MELROSE DRUG CREW
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
Melrose residents Wednesday applauded the arrests of suspected murderous thugs from the Courtlandt Ave. Crew and God’s Favorite Children street gangs, but also braced for a possible spike in violence if new outfits compete to fill the void.
Police and agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives busted the Courtlandt Ave. Crew on Tuesday, socking eight men with murder, racketeering, drug trafficking and weapons possession charges.
OWNER PLANS $10 MILLION FACELIFT FOR OLD BRONX COURTHOUSE
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
The Gray Lady is getting a $10 million makeover.
The old Bronx County courthouse in Melrose - a bulky Beaux Arts structure nicknamed the Gray Lady - has been boarded-up for more than 30 years.
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
IT TAKES A (BORICUA) VILLAGE TO REBUILD SOUTH BRONX
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
When Roberta Tyler gazes up at Boricua College and Boricua Village - nearly complete after three years of construction - she sees “education.” Alfredo Diego sees “a business opportunity.” Jumel Reid sees “crowds of people” and Katty Aviles sees “a new home.”
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
The Bronx needs more bank for its buck.
Nearly 270,000 Bronx residents - 29% of the borough’s population - do not have bank accounts, according to a city study that also found many of them distrust banks.
