The Bronx News

“To me, what's missing is the horror of the murders that have taken place”

With just a day left in 2007, the city is on track today to close the year with the lowest homicide rate in at least 44 years. via NY Daily News

For New Yorkers, 2007 promised to be a new era of bipartisanship and progress in the Capitol after 12 years of increasing gridlock and hard, personal conflicts among its political bosses. via Post-Standard

“You'd better get in your apartment and shut your mouth.”

QUEENS A large group of young thugs forced a teenager out of a Flushing karaoke bar and attacked him, police said yesterday. via New York Post

“With regard to the records that DOI received and with regard to the charges that were related to the former mayor's security detail, DOI found no criminal wrongdoing”

IT looks like the city might have to take over the botched Ferry Point Park golf course project in The Bronx, which is nowhere near completion after seven years of construction. via New York Post

“They've known one another for a long time. What [Rendell] told me was that she just wanted him to know her side of the side.”

Fist-fighting Philadelphia anchorwoman Alycia Lane cried on the Pennsyvlania governor's shoulder after she was busted for slugging a Manhattan cop. via NY Daily News

“When the Marble Hill Houses were built, the telephone company designated the area code 718”

The Bronx is up and Marble Hill is down - an appeals court has ruled. Although Marble Hill is attached to the Bronx, Appellate Judge Joseph Sullivan says a woman who sued the Housing Authority in the Bronx for ... via New York Daily News

It was a violent night in the Longwood section of The Bronx this morning, where a triple shooting left two people injured and killed one. via Gothamist

“There is demand for fruits and vegetables in these neighborhoods, and this regulatory change will enable the market to meet that demand.”

Mayor Bloomberg speaks during an appearance on Staten Island last month. Two city politicians want to make sure Staten Islanders, as well as all other New York City residents, are eating their veggies. via Staten Island Advance

December 19, 2007 Part One: Part Two: This year, the city witnessed a tragic fire in the Bronx, one that would unite two continents in grief. via NY1

“I got a phone call from one of the workers and, you know, he puts a cop on the phone telling me there's been a double murder in the building, and I thought someone was playing around with me. I hung up on them”

December 18, 2007 Police are investigating the death of a woman and child in the Bronx. via NY1

Okay really, for as long as I can remember really riding the bus or subway could mean simply getting from point A to B, or it could mean risking getting jacked on any given day. via Black Voices

“It sounds silly, but it's kind of true.”

Real estate broker Daniel Wright outside the first Starbucks in Riverdale. Daniel Wright got so tired of Riverdale's lack of a Starbucks that he recruited one. via New York Daily News

New York City The Bronx District Attorney's office announced today that a has been convicted of murdering a another who had a long history of "bad blood" with one of the defendant's friends. via Empire State News

Police are looking for two suspects wanted for holding up seven bodegas in The Bronx. via New York Post

A bandit accused of viciously mugging four elderly women in The Bronx was nabbed yesterday by two cops who recognized him from a police sketch released earlier in the week, authorities said. via New York Post

“I think if the Latin Kings would pay to have [Morris] killed, I'm not sure we would want to trust them for being the cornerstone of the prosecution's case.”

A murder suspect is begging for his life after the Latin Kings put out a contract on him for allegedly killing the 2-year-old nephew of a high-ranking "Queen" on Easter Sunday last year, it was revealed in ... via New York Post

“Al was one of the nicest guys ever”

NEW YORK "They'll Do It Every Time" cartoonist Al Scaduto died Friday at the age of 79. via Editor & Publisher

“I would call this a blatant use of excessive force”

A Long Island plumber has sued the city claiming cops used excessive force during a traffic stop by shocking him with a Taser gun. via Officer.com

Twenty-six people were injured last night in a fire in an apartment building at 2334 Boston Road in the Bronxdale neighborhood, fire officials said. via New York Times

“I can't believe my father's gone”

Only one person thought it was still safe for Franco Scorcia to take to the streets by bike - and that was Franco Scorcia. via New York Daily News