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Month: April 2020

City Announces Plan to Distribute COVID Masks, but Snubs East Bronx

April 30, 2020 Sasha Gonzales 0

The Bronx will have 11 of the city’s 55 planned locations, officials said, but none will be located in the East Bronx: a sprawling area with some of the highest poverty and coronavirus death rates rates in the nation, as well as more residents of color than any other borough.

Less Than 1 Percent of NYC Small Business Loans for COVID Went to Bronx: Data

April 29, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

New York City’s COVID-19 small business loan program—meant to shore up struggling local merchants—has awarded less than one percent of its funds to Bronx businesses so far, with 99 percent going to owners in other boroughs, city officials said Wednesday.

Woman Found Dead in Trash Can Was Strangled: Authorities

April 28, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

Becky Crown, who lived on the Upper West Side, was found partially nude with traumatic injuries, her corpse left inside a residential garbage can behind 4464 Park Ave., according to police.

Bronx Assembly Candidate Calls Life-Saving HPV Vaccine “Poison,” Questions “Motive” for Proposed Mandate

April 27, 2020 Sasha Gonzales 0

“It makes me question the motive and who profits from making every child in NY take this poison,” the first-time political candidate, and public school parent, said in the Nov. 2019 post.

Deaths of Two Bronx Women Ruled Homicides

April 25, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

Dominique Ben-David, 22, and Lesa Whitlow, 57, ware found found slain in separate incidents earlier this month.

State Opens Probe into Bronx Nursing Home Amid Wave of COVID Deaths

April 24, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

A state official told Bronx Justice News multiple employees at Bronxwood Assisted Living in Williamsbridge have reported a lack of personal protection equipment and supplies, no face coverings for residents, and mismanagement by administrators, leading to the deaths of 12 or more residents.

Testing Suggests 21 Percent of NYC Residents Contracted Coronavirus

April 23, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

The testing program, part of a multi-phase effort by the state to assess how many New Yorkers have contracted the disease, randomly surveyed 3,000 residents at stores across 19 counties and 40 locations.

As COVID Death Toll Climbs, a Grim Milestone is Reached in The Bronx

April 22, 2020 Sasha Gonzales 0

Residing in the national epicenter of the pandemic, Bronx residents account for a confirmed 30,142 coronavirus infections, with 2,719 deaths recorded here as of Monday night.

Woman’s Body Found Dumped in Residents’ Trash in Tremont

April 21, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

NYPD detectives are investigating the death of a woman found partially nude with traumatic injuries in Tremont, her corpse left inside a residential garbage can. 

Nurse’s Union Sues Montefiore, Demands More N95 Masks for “War Zone”

April 20, 2020 Kevin Deutsch 0

The New York State Nurses Association filed a lawsuit against Montefiore Medical Center Monday, alleging the Bronx hospital is failing to properly protect staffers from COVID-19.

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