Attorney, community leader, Donald Cohn dies at 84 22 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am

Donald Cohn, who died of a heart attack on Aug. 12 at the age of 84, was a man of deep integrity. An attorney by profession, he was a born teacher. He connected with people at an emotional level and u...

Dog day evening 22 Aug 2013 | 12:13 am

1.Police said three males approached a 58-year-old man at the corner of W. 225th Street and Jacobus Place in Marble Hill around 7:00 p.m. on Aug. 13, ordering two pit bulls with them to attack the man...

Pols call for LG redesign 22 Aug 2013 | 12:10 am

Local politicians and environmentalists have called on LG Electronics to redesign construction plans for their  new headquarters to prevent obstructing views of the New Jersey Palisades from the Hudso...

Tintinnabulation still resonates at Poe Cottage 22 Aug 2013 | 12:09 am

Nestled among the bustling Fordham streets teeming with students, shoppers and traffic, sits the once placid cottage where one of America's most notoriously tormented and eminent writers plied his cra...

On summer's playgrounds everyone wins 22 Aug 2013 | 12:06 am

Robert Castillo slipped out of a family wedding so he could play a game of pickup football with his son, a nephew and a stranger at Van Cortlandt Park. It's not that Castillo wasn't enjoying the nup....

City's efforts to match kids, therapists fall short 22 Aug 2013 | 12:04 am

Nearly one year after the city expanded the number of agencies it contracts to connect therapists to private school students and preschool-age children, many independent therapists in the area reliant...

Diabetes in the Bronx: epicenter of an epidemic 22 Aug 2013 | 12:01 am

The Bronx and New York City are positioned at the perilous front of the country's escalating diabetes epidemic. According to a recent survey published by the New York City Department of Health, one i...

Lehman grads lead in serving high-needs schools 21 Aug 2013 | 11:59 pm

A Department of Education [DOE] study found graduates from Lehman College are frequently among newly hired teachers in the city's so-called highest-needs public schools from 12 local colleges and univ...

Bill would speed co-op applications 21 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm

A bill circulating in the City Council would establish a timetable for co-op boards and management companies to issue a decision on applications for residence within 45 days of submission. The bill's...

Rock and egg roll 21 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm