A housing group has pledged to restore “dignity” to a Bronx apartment building known as the birthplace of hip-hop. DJ Kool Herc started playing hip-hop records at parties in the building’s recreation room during the 1970s. Now housing... Read Full Story
When other people looked away, photographer and social worker Annie Levy didn't just look, she saw. She saw young adults at Montefiore Medical Center suffering life-threatening illnesses without an outlet to express their emotions...
Three people were injured when scaffolding rained down on them outside a Bronx housing project early yesterday, authorities said. Construction workers for...
It might just be the world's most expensive manicure. The owner of a Bronx salon faces fines up to $19,500 for allegedly refusing a disabled woman's...
Yankee announcer Michael Kay is a real meathead. And now that local TV anchor Jodi Applegate is about to marry him, she's desperately trying to figure out how to please a man wedded to only three foods: steak, bacon, and chicken...
In a one-in-a-million twist of fate, a Bronx nurse welcoming a terminal-cancer patient to her unit discovered he was her long lost father, who had vanished when she was just months old. "It was fate and hope and a miracle. It was...
This terrifying Bronx inferno raged for more than five hours -- and destroyed a row of businesses -- before New York's Bravest could get it under control. The six-alarm blaze appeared to begin at Spice Island music, 4225 White...
Organizations and municipalities with projects to fight pollution in the Bronx River are getting a financial boost from a 2007 settlement between the state...
Alleged bomb plotter James Cromitie may have wanted to kill a "whole synagogue of men," but he wasn't willing to die for his cause, according to a secret recording played in court today. "I'm not worried about nothing. What I'm...
Doctors put a 5-year-old hit-and-run victim into a medically induced coma, but remained hopeful the boy would pull through despite his injuries, family members said yesterday. Joshua Saunders suffered fractured ribs, a broken arm,...
In 1981, Brooke Shields seduced America with her sultry whisper that nothing came between her and her Calvins. That same year, suspected serial killer Jesus Aguilero arrived in New York, where cops believe he saw an opportunity to...
A hit-and-run driver careened into a 5-year-old boy playing baseball with his brother in The Bronx last night -- hurling the child into the air "like a rag...
The alleged ringleader in a plot to blow up two Riverdale synagogues "hated Jews and Jewish people," a government informant testified today. Muslim convert...
Guns, bullets and drugs tossed out the window rained down on Cross Bronx Expressway traffic as cops and the feds raided a heroin mill, authorities said yesterday. No one below was hurt, but the stretch of highway was shut down for...
Brandishing a shoulder-fire missile launcher and a duffel bag loaded with fake explosives, an FBI agent yesterday showed jurors some of the weapons four upstate men allegedly hoped to use to blow up two Riverdale synagogues and shoot...
A violent woman featured on "America's Most Wanted" during her 15 years on the lam in the point-blank shooting a man in Connecticut was nabbed after she beat up her boyfriend in The Bronx, cops said yesterday. Patricia Carrion's...
Mark this one a gutter ball. A staffer at a Bronx elementary school lied about her mother dying to cover for missing three days of work -- but got canned after probers found mom alive and bowling at a local Thursday night league,...
Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada's food giveaways first sparked a near-holy war with a Bronx priest -- now they might have him facing the wrath of the state Board of Elections. The Bronx Democrat -- already under fire over...
Four Muslim men charged with trying to blow up Bronx synagogues and shoot down military planes will be reunited at their trial with someone who was in on the...
Maybe he really is too inept to lead a band of homegrown terrorists. The alleged ringleader in a plot to blow up two Riverdale synagogues -- who's claiming entrapment -- revealed yesterday that he can't even tie a necktie. James...
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There are moments when Germain Ngaba’s mind is miles away when he is preparing for a kick. The Cardinal Spellman junior remembers playing soccer on the streets of Cameroon, his home in Africa until he was around nine. “I played soccer, busted up...
Graduation damaged Columbus last year, yet the Explorers repeated as Bronx A champions. It took a toll on them again this fall, but a three-peat is... 12:41 AM
Over the last few years there were certain names you could just pencil in without hesitation for Bronx Science. Taylor Murtaugh, Alexandra Bushman, Stephanie Mazursky, Maddie Gardiner and Lucie March were mainstays. That group finally etched...
As the rest of The Bronx has struggled, DeWitt Clinton has emerged. John F. Kennedy and Lehman are rebuilding under new coaches – for Lehman, Michael Saunds is its third coach in four years – and Columbus has moved down to the Bowl Division....
Jose Cosme looked at his roster, all the graduating seniors, and started an internal debate. Was moving up to the Bowl division a wise decision, he pondered, after winning the Cup crown last November? Then he thought back to a conversation he had...
It was risky, but Michael Saunds thought it had to be done. One of the new coach’s first orders of duty at Lehman was to oust the returning seniors who weren’t committed to the team philosophy. The Lions didn’t have huge numbers in the first place...
Looking for an evaluation of the Fordham Prep football team from its head coach? Pete Gorynski’s answer varies depending on when you ask the question. “My assessment of this team has been schizophrenic,” he said. “From minute to minute it changes....
Ryan Camilo got to play the role of understudy last season. The junior was moved up from the junior varsity in late October and even started a game in place of the now graduated Kwamayne Davis. The 5-foot-9, 220-pound quarterback completed 11-of-18...
Taylor Ford is about doing whatever it takes. No task or play is too small for the Nazareth forward as long as it aides in her squad coming out on the winning end of the scoreboard. Ford is tenacious on the boards, dives on the floor and finishes...
A year ago, they were the darlings of the CHSAA, a squad comprised largely of sophomores that took eventual Class A intersectional champion Archbishop Molloy to the brink before losing in overtime in the semifinals. Those sophomores are now...
Truman has its fair share of athletes, beasts in the trenches and all-around skilled football players this year. But the Mustangs might not be able to...
Last winter was a trying time for the veterans on the John F. Kennedy football team. It was bad enough that the Knights were coming off one of the worst seasons in program history, missing the playoffs for just the fourth time in three decades....
Mount St. Michael has reason to be throwing the word "confidence" around. At the end of last season the young Mountaineers jelled. They rallied behind the sudden death of teammate Kyle Rembert and were one of the CHSFL’s hottest team on their way...
As recently as late last season, David Diaz was against moving down from the PSAL’s City Championship division to the Bowl division. The program’s...
Anthony Glover raised the Tournament of Champions trophy high above his head for all to see. There was a look of joyous satisfaction on the former St. John’s University standout’s face after three seasons of disappointment in the event and a summer...
Rashawn Stores played in Rucker Park before, but not quite like this. The former All Hallows standout took part in the famed Harlem playground's EBC league, playing on the blacktop in front of energetic crowds. Last weekend Stores got to...
It was a memorable, if not successful night for Kyle Cuffe and his Team 914 mates. The squad lost in the Entertainers Basketball Classic at Rucker Park on Thursday night and then had to zoom uptown to Dyckman in Washington Heights for that...
When Daniel Dingle smiles, the sun reflecting off his silver braces, it’s easy to remember he’s only halfway through high school. The St. Raymond rising junior has a babyface and a quiet politeness that lend to his youth. However, his game on the...
Durand Scott’s shoulders sagged and his head drooped down. His voice was raspy and nearly inaudible. One would have thought the former Rice High star just lost an NCAA tournament game at Miami, where he just completed his freshman season. But in...
Kasim Alston has good reason for calling Imani Tate one of his favorite players. The Bishop Loughlin guard possesses many of the innate qualities a coach is looking for in a young player. She is a hustler with a solid basketball IQ. Tate can be...
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