THIS WEEK: In The Bronx Borough Of New York City

• The Bronx Fire Victims: Passionate Students and Hardworking Parents - The New York Times 

  The smoky blaze that took 17 lives in the Bronx a week ago Sunday tore at the heart of a tiny, tight-knit community of Gambian immigrants in New ...

• YU Students, Staff Volunteer To Help Bronx Neighbors After Fire Took 17 Lives and ...YU Commentator

  9's devastating fire in a Bronx apartment complex that took the lives of 17 — nine adults and eight children — and left over 100 displaced ...

• BREAKING Medical Incident Reported During Prayer Service of 17 Bronx Fire Victims ...Norwood News

  16, at 10 a.m. at the Islamic Cultural Center, at 371 East 166th Street in the Morrisania section of the Bronx for the 17 victims, ...

• Heat sensor bill aims to hold landlords accountable after deadlyBronx fire - ABC7 New York 

  U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15), NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson will join ...

• FDNY responds to fire at Tremont auto shop - News 12 Bronx 

  A fire broke out at a car auto shop in the Tremont section of the Bronx on Sunday morning. The fire started at the I & S Auto Body Shop on Park ...

• Hochul: NY providing $2M to assist tenants displaced by Bronx fire - NY1 

  People look at a memorial for the victims of an apartment building fire near the site of the fire in the Bronx borough of New York, Thursday, Jan.

• 'We Are All Linked Together': Hundreds Mourn Twin Parks Fire Victims - THE CITY

  Emotions ran raw outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Sunday as hundreds of mourners gathered in heated tents to pray and publicly ...

• Bronx fire: Mass funeral held for 15 victims of apartment building fire - YouTube

  A Bronx community gathered Sunday to pay its final respects to perished loved ones, a week after a fire-filled a high-rise apartment building with ...

• Bronx fire victims' funeral draws huge outpouring of grief - Hawaii Tribune-Herald Hawaii Tribune-Herald

  NEW YORK — The caskets were brought one by one — all 15 of them — on a frigid winter day, as hundreds of mourners filled a Bronx mosque Sunday to ...

• Bronx DA drops rape charges against Rikers medic, blaming criminal justice reform - NY Daily News

  The Bronx District Attorney quietly dropped all charges against a former Rikers Island physician's assistant who was accused of sexually abusing ...

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• New York State announces $2 million fund for victims of Bronx fire as mass funeral held Henry Herald

  Benjamin made the announcement at a mass public funeral for the victims at the Islamic Cultural Center in the Bronx on Sunday morning. "As the ...

• Bronx firefighters battle heavy flames, extreme cold in stopping three-alarm auto shop blaze ...amNewYork

  Extreme cold complicated the efforts of Bronx firefighters in battling a three-alarm fire at an auto body shop on Sunday morning.

• New York State announces $2 million fund for victims of Bronx fire as mass funeral held - KESQ

  Benjamin made the announcement at a mass public funeral for the victims at the Islamic Cultural Center in the Bronx on Sunday morning. “As the ...

• New York State announces $2 million fund for victims of Bronx fire as mass funeral held - CNN

  New York State is giving $2 million to a fund for the victims of last week's Bronx fire that killed 17 people, New York Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin...

• Mass funeral held for most of the Bronx fire victims - The Washington Post

  Apartment fire victims mourned in mass funeral: 'People are dying because they lived in the Bronx'. People gather for funeral prayers for the ...

• 'Unimaginable tragedy': Funeral held for 15 victims of Bronx fire - NY1

  Bronx fire funeral. People move a casket of Ousmane Konteh, 2, to the hearse after the funeral service for victims from the apartment building ...

• FUNERAL SERVICE BRONX - AP FILE.jpeg | | wdrb.com

  People look through window during the funeral service for victims of a deadly apartment fire, at Islamic Cultural Center for the Bronx on Sunday, ... 

• Outpouring of grief as victims of Bronx fire laid to rest - ABC27

  A Bronx community is gathering to pay final respects to perished loved ones, a week after a fire-filled a high-rise apartment building with thick, ... 

• Hochul announces $2 million in aid for displaced Bronx fire tenants - New York Post

  Governor Kathy Hochul announced Sunday that the state will offer tenants displaced from the gruesome Bronx fire $2 million in assistance as they ... 

• Islamic Cultural Center holds funeral service for 15 victims of Bronx fire News 12 Bronx

  A funeral service was held at the Islamic Cultural Center to lay to rest 15 of the 17 victims of the fatal Bronx apartment building fire.

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• DJs host Bronx music marathon to raise funds for Twin Parks fire victims News 12 Bronx

  An all-day music marathon is being held in the Bronx to support the victims of the fatal Twin Parks fire. The live DJ-a-thon features different ...

• Yankees ink top international free agent | Bronx Pinstripes | BronxPinstripes.com 

  As the Yankees continue to make moves this offseason, please be sure to follow Bronx Pinstripes for all breaking news! Related ...

• A BRONX TALE **Revised** - Harborside Productions LLC Auditions - Broadway World

  Equity actors for chorus parts in A BRONX TALE (see breakdown)....

• Man killed while opening door to gunman in East Village shooting: NYPD | amNewYork

  Excellence Community SchoolsMiddle School Teachers (ELA, Math, Science, History) — Grades 6-8 (NY) · Bronx HouseDirector of Tween/Teen Programs & ...

• 2 weeks in, does NYC Mayor Eric Adams still have swagger? - Las Vegas Sun News

  A fire had ripped through a Bronx apartment building, killing 17 people, including eight children. Adams called it a “horrific, horrific painful ... 

• Safety doors failed in NYC high-rise fire that killed 17 | National | wdrb.com

  Staffs cleans the floor at the scene of a fatal fire at an apartment building in the Bronx on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in New York.

• Bronx organization expands outreach to help those impacted by fatal Twin Parks fire News 12 Bronx

  "We Achieve" dropped off donations of clothing, food and other items at Assemblymember Yudelka Tapia's office on Friday. Founder Raynard Gainey wanted ...

• Out & About: MLK Days of Action, Ballet Folklórico de México, Ballet for Kids & More ...Norwood News
  

  Northwest Bronx Indivisible is hosting a virtual townhall event on the New York Health Act on Jan. 23, at 3 p.m. See attached flier for more ...

• New York braces for evictions with key renter protection set to lapse today | amNewYork

  FILE PHOTO: New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at an event during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Bronx borough of New York ...

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• Donations Sought For Displaced, Injured Families Of Bronx Fire | Wantagh, NY Patch

  WANTAGH, NY — Long Islanders can donate to families who were impacted by the devastating fire last weekend in the Bronx. 

• Two teens cuffed in deadly gang assault in the Bronx that resulted in a man getting hit by a train amNewYork

  Two teens were arrested for their alleged roles in assaulting a man on a Bronx subway platform and ultimately causing his rescuer to be hit by an ...

• Survivors of Deadly Bronx Fire File Suit, Alleging Landlords Knew of Safety ProblemsI nsurance Journal

  Survivors of a Bronx apartment building fire that killed 17 people last week have already filed a lawsuit, charging that the landlords knew of ...

• Portland company being sued over deadly Bronx apartment fire - Yahoo News

  Jan. 13—Portland-based LIHC Investment Group is being sued as one of three owners of a 19-story Bronx apartment building that caught fire Sunday, ...

• How you can help families affected by Bronx fire - ABC7 New York

  A massive fund- and supply-raising effort is underway in the wake of the devastating fire that left at least 17 people dead in the Bronx.

• What we lost, what we carry: Taking stock of the damage of the Bronx fire - Indiana Gazette

  ... the goings-on in tiny tea shops in Queens, barbershops in Manhattan, temples of worship in Brooklyn and, yes, apartment buildings in the Bronx.

• Man reunites with toddler he saved from deadly Bronx fire - NY1NY1

  It was a tearful and joyful reunion in the Bronx as 26-year-old Mahamed Keita hugged the little girl he saved from a burning building.

• Winter freeze, Bronx fire, Georgia Bulldogs: Week in Photos - The Global Herald

  ABC News published this video item, entitled "Winter freeze, Bronx fire, Georgia Bulldogs: Week in Photos" - below is their description. 

• Communal funeral for Bronx fire victims set for Sunday - NewsNation Now

  A communal funeral is being held Sunday for those who died in a blaze that broke out last week in a high-rise Bronx apartment.

• Two teens busted for New Year's clash on Bronx subway platform that killed good Samaritan

  The male suspects, a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old, surrendered at different Bronx precincts Wednesday with family members, police said.

4 days ago

• Portland company being sued over deadly Bronx apartment fire The Portland Press Herald

  Two residents filed a lawsuit this week in Bronx County's supreme civil court, with the plaintiffs' attorneys seeking class-action status, according ...

• Awake NY Aids Those Affected by the Bronx Fire With a Collaborative Benefit Tee - Hypebeast

  All proceeds will go to Until Freedom — a nonprofit that works with teams on the ground in the Bronx. awake ny union la fear ... 

• Bronx high-rise fire: Memorial wall pays tribute to victims as we learn more about lives lost - KESQ

  NEW YORK (WCBS) — We now know the identities of all 17 people who were killed in Sunday's tragic fire at a Bronx high-rise.

• Bronx fire deaths prompt safety inspections in Paterson NJ northjersey.com

  Paterson's high-rise buildings will undergo a special round of Fire Department safety inspections in reaction to the Bronx fire that killed 17 ...

• Bronx Fire Survivors Seek $3 Billion, Blame Building Owners - Bloomberg.com

  A couple who survived the Bronx, New York, apartment fire that claimed 17 lives over the weekend are seeking at least $3 billion in damages from ...

• Bronx Fire: Resident captures video of frightening evacuation - FOX 5 New York

  Video footage recorded by a resident of the Bronx building where 17 people died in a fire on Sunday shows heavy smoke pouring out of windows.

• Bronx Woman Convicted Of Kidnapping | USAO-SDNY | Department of Justice

  Bronx Woman Convicted Of Kidnapping. Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that....

• Bronx High-Rise Fire: All 17 Victims Identified, Youngest Was Just 2 Years Old – CBS New York

  And I hope soon they will be in heaven,” Drammeh said. Watch: Christina Fan's 5 p.m. Report On The Deadly Bronx High-Rise Fire. A few floors above the ...

• Funerals await for most victims of Bronx fire that killed 17 | Nation/World News | beloitdailynews.com

  Funerals await for most victims of Bronx fire that killed 17. Many of the victims of New York City's deadliest fire in years are still awaiting burial ...

• Caught On Video: Woman Beaten, Stabbed On Bronx Sidewalk - CBS New York

  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Police are searching for the suspects behind a brutal assault caught on video in the Bronx.

5 days ago

As Officials Blame Tenants After 17 Die in Bronx Fire, Activists Say Greed & Neglect Are to ...YouTube

A massive fire in an apartment building in the Bronx, New York, killed 17 people, including eight children, on Sunday.

• Family of 5, including 3 children, among the victims of the deadly NYC apartment fire - NPR

  Officials have released the names of the people who died from the weekend apartment building fire in the Bronx. The deaths of the 17 victims were ...

• Bronx deli attack - YouTube

  A woman went after a man with a hammer and another man fired at him in a Bronx bodega.

• Bronx fire victims identified: What we know about victims of NYC fire - USA Today

  Multiple families, a child as young as 2: These are the victims of the Bronx apartment fire ... NEW YORK – The youngest was 2 years old. The oldest, 50....

• The faces of Bronx fire victims - New York Post

  Mustapha Dukureh was the oldest of the Dukureh children to die in the Bronx blaze. He was 12 years old. Family Handout.

• Victims ofBronx apartment fire identified - WSB-TV

  Photos: NYC apartment fire Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal fire at an apartment building in the Bronx....

• Here's What We Know About The 17 Victims Of The Bronx Fire - BuzzFeed News

  People hold candles during a candlelight vigil outside the apartment building in the Bronx on Jan. 11, 2022. The fire in a Bronx apartment building on ... 

• “We Are All Hurt” — What We Know About The Victims Of The Bronx Fire - Gothamist

  ... died together as well — devastating friends and loved ones within the 19-story building that is the heart of the Bronx's Gambian community.

• Bronx Dad Says Door Got Stuck Open While He Rescued Daughter in Fire - The Daily Beast

  A third-floor resident of the Bronx apartment where a deadly fire originated on Sunday, eventually killing at least 17, said he didn't realize ...

• Bronx fire: all 17 victims who died, including eight children, identified | New York | The Guardian

  Bronx fire: all 17 victims who died, including eight children, identified. Tenants file $3bn class action lawsuit against building's owners ...

6 days ago

• How fleeting choices, circumstances doomed 17 in Bronx fire | Nation & World | dailyunion.com

  NEW YORK (AP) — It started as just another January morning, the damp chill prompting a family on the third floor of a drafty Bronx apartment tower ...

• Faulty Fire Doors Were Flagged Six Times Before DeadlyBronx Blaze, Report Says - The Daily Beast

  Inspectors repeatedly flagged broken fire doors at the Bronx high-rise where 17 people died in a blaze on Sunday, the New York Post reports.

• Relative of Bronx family killed in fire shares their story: 'A joy to be around' | PIX11

  FORDHAM HEIGHTS, the Bronx — Two days after Sunday's tragic fire in the Bronx took the lives of at least 17 people, including eight children, ...

• Bronx residents deliver aid to fire victims | News | wcfcourier.com Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

  Aid has been pouring in to victims of a deadly apartment building fire in the Bronx that killed 17 people. As crews worked to clean the building ...

• Bronx Fire Highlights Racial Disparity in Accidental Deaths Time Magazine

  Why People of Color Are More Likely to Die in Accidents Like the Bronx Apartment Fire. 19 Killed, Including 9 Children, in Fire at New York City ...

• FatalBronx fire: Probe into why doors didn't automatically close, mayor says | Newsday

  Investigators are examining why safety doors at Sunday's deadly apartment fire in the Bronx failed to close automatically as required by law, ...

• New York Bronx fire a 'shock in our country' Gambia ambassador says - CNN

  The Bronx apartment building that was devastated by a deadly fire Sunday had been a beloved home for many immigrants from The Gambia for years, ...

• Bronx fire dad's anguish: I pushed door so far open saving my daughter, it stuck

  The dad in the Bronx apartment where Sunday's deadly blaze began acknowledged to The Post on Monday that he apparently pushed the front door back ...

• After deadly Bronx fire, CT fire agencies share tips on heater safety - CT Insider

  A person walks past an apartment building which suffered the city's deadliest fire in three decades, in the Bronx borough of New York, Tuesday, ...

• The Bronx Fire Is Eric Adams's First Big Test After a Bumbling Start to His Mayorship The New Republic

  New York City Mayor Eric Adams holds a press conference outside the Bronx apartment building that was the site of a deadly fire this weekend.

7 days ago

• Malfunctioning space heater blamed in Bronx fire that killed 10 adults, 9 children - Today Show

  New York City Fire Commissioner Dan Nigro said a malfunctioning electric space heater caused the Bronx apartment fire that killed 19 people, ...

• 17 People — Including 8 Children — Killed InBronx Fire - ForbesForbes

  A devastating blaze that tore through a 19-story apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York City on Sunday injured many and killed 17, ...

• Bronx fire: baby rescued from burning New York building – video | US news | The Guardian

  Bronx fire: baby rescued from burning New York building – video. Play Video. 1:05. A baby was rescued from a massive fire in New York where at ...

• Sorrow, grief shatters Bronx community after deadly fire ksat.com

  Sorrow is welling across a Bronx community Monday, a day after a fire and choking smoke engulfed a high-rise apartment complex and killed 17 ...

• New York revises the death toll in fatal Bronx fire to 17, including 8 children - NPR

  New York City authorities have revised down the number of people who died in a five-alarm fire inside a Bronx high-rise building on Sunday.

• Muslim Community, Elected Leaders Rallying In Support Of Bronx Apartment Building Fire ...CBS New York

  “Those who came all the way from Africa, Gambia, in search of a better life right here in this great borough, the borough of the Bronx. They're part ...

• Bronx Apartment Building Was Home to a Large African Community - The New York Times

  The high-rise in the Bronx where 17 people died in a fire on Sunday was home to many African immigrants who chose their apartments for the ...

• Mayor Revises Bronx Fire Death Toll to 17, Cautions Count Could Still Rise - NBC New York

  The 5-alarm Bronx apartment fire was caused by a space heater -- and made catastrophically worse because the door to the unit where it erupted was ...

• What We Know About the Bronx Apartment Building Fire - The New York Times

  On Sunday, a five-alarm fire ignited in a 19-story Bronx apartment building, filling the high-rise with thick plumes of smoke that trapped tenants ...

• Bronx apartment fire kills 19, including 9 children - SFGATE

  NEW YORK (AP) — A malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire that filled a high-rise Bronx apartment building with thick smoke Sunday morning, ...

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