Morrisania

John Liu, Comptroller: City Needs to Analyze Causes of Five-Year Surge in Lawsuits

In on our article this week on the five-year surge in civil rights lawsuits, we pointed out that the city does little to analyze the causes of those claims in an effort to identify problem officers or troubling trends that can be corrected. City Comptroller John Liu also knows there's a problem, ac ... More >>

NYPD: Black People Rarely Get Robbed, Frequently Get Shot

The NYPD released new crime statistics earlier this week, and here's what we've learned: blacks and Latinos are shot more frequently than any other ethnic groups, blacks and Latinos shoot people at higher rates than any other ethnic group, and black people rarely get robbed.According to a new report ... More >>

C'mon, New York City Babies, Learn To Dodge Bullets Already

For the third time since July, a baby failed to get out of the way of a stray bullet in one of New York's five boroughs -- and since the people of Gotham clearly aren't going to stop shooting each other, we at the Voice feel it's far time that babies take a little initiative here and learn to dodge ... More >>

Rondell "Spyder" Pinkerton Charged With Second-Degree Murder In Shooting Death Of 4-Year-Old

The Bronx District Attorney's Office announced this afternoon that Rondell "Spyder" Pinkerton has been formally charged with murder in the shooting death of a 4-year-old boy.In addition to the second-degree murder charge, Pinkerton also has been charged with one count  of first-degree assault, ... More >>

Teen Admits To Firing Shots In Death Of Bronx 4-Year-Old

Two people -- including a 17-year-old thug -- have been arrested in the shooting death of a Bronx 4-year-old over the weekend.Rondell Pinkerton, 17, admitted to police that he fired shots during a charity basketball tournament at the Forest Houses project in Morrisania on Sunday, one of which is sus ... More >>

Behavior Problems Continue To Plague Bronx School; 8-Year-Old Charged With Slashing Classmate With Razor

When school officials at P.S. 132 in Morrisania said last month that behavior problems were rampant at the school, they apparently weren't kidding. The latest episode involves a student slashing a classmate with a razor. That student, police say, is 8 years old.According to police, the 8-year-old sl ... More >>

U.S. Postal Service May Cut More Than 30 NYC Post Offices to Save Money

​Today in things we don't really worry about until we order something from Amazon, the Post Office, which lost $8 billion last year, is considering closing 1 in 10 retail outlets and is studying 3,653 local offices, branches, and stations throughout the U.S., many of which could be replaced by ... More >>

Chancellor Walcott: Change That Kids Can Believe In?

Is the new broom actually just, 'another mouthpiece for the mayor'?

Who Stabbed Dennis Marquez to Death? What Do These Guys Know About It?

Cops have finally released a video of people they want to talk to about the still-unsolved murder by stabbing of Bronx teen Dennis Marquez on Sunday, March 13, in Morrisania. Marquez, 16, of 1878 Harrison Avenue, was found mortally wounded at about 1:45 a.m. The NYPD hasn't labeled the guys in t ... More >>

One of Our 'Ten Worst Tenants' Is Sentenced

​Last week, one of the tenants named on our 'Ten Worst Tenants' -- our cover story from last week -- was sentenced to five years' probation at the Bronx Supreme Court. Arlether Middleton, a day-care provider who abused her role as tenants' association president to steal thousands of dollars fr ... More >>

NYC's Ten Worst Tenants

We hope you don't live next to these people

Pascual Flores, 22, Stabbed to Death During Beer Run in Brooklyn; Bronx Teen Shot Dead

​Saturday night's party went on too long for Pascual Flores. The 22-year-old Bronx man was stabbed to death shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday, February 20, in Brooklyn, at Liberty and Sheridan avenues in East New York. Cops say he had left a party with another man to get more beer when they were confro ... More >>

Violent Robbers in the Bronx — New Ones

Cops are asking for help in finding the jerks responsible for a couple of violent robberies this week in the Bronx, one in the north and the other in Morrisania. On Monday, at about 5:50 p.m., a 74-year-old man was hit from behind by a scumbag at the corner of Park Avenue and Gouverneur Place in ... More >>

The Poorest Congressional District in America? Right Here, in New York City

​There are 435 congressional districts in the United States of America. And the poorest one in the country is right here in New York City. Can you guess which one it is?

Lion Cub-Naming Contest Almost Certain to Result in Parental Naming Regret

​Remember that New York Times article on parental naming regrets that addressed totally neurotic stereotypical Times readers good parents who felt so much guilt over naming their little girl "Presley" when she just didn't look like a "Presley" that they endured lengthy legal proceedings to get ... More >>

Morrisania Man Stabbed to Death

View Larger Map DATE: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 2:35 a.m. LOCATION: In front of 200 East 165 St., Morrisania, The Bronx. Early Saturday, the police say, a 31-year-old man was stabbed repeatedly in the chest and back outside the above address. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was declare ... More >>

Somebody Got Murdered: Lunchtime Stabbing in the Bronx

View Larger Map DATE: Jan. 5, 2010, at 12:53 p.m. LOCATION: 819 E. 167 St., Morrisania, The Bronx. It's usually the other way around, but the police say a woman fatally stabbed a man Tuesday around lunchtime in the Bronx. The victim was 22, but the police haven't released his name yet. The accuse ... More >>

A Thanksgiving Honor Roll: NYC's Unsung Heroes

Lauding the oft-overlooked people in a city of celebrity

Survey Says: New Yorkers Pretty Happy with City Services

Today's "Oldster Beats Mugger" Story

Weekend Peek-In: Pre-Primary Report (Updated)

The ABCs of Knowing Your Rights

Helping kids coexist with the police

The Young and the Helpless

New York City evicts a social service center, and leaves a hole in the heart of the South Bronx

Jesus Is My Hype Man

The South Bronx's premiere hip-hop pastor expertly mingles the dope with the dopey

Arson for Hire

The Men Who Are Burning New York

Coming of Age

1976–1985: Punk to Pomo, Basquiat to Breakdancing

Landlords Vote With Bucks

Where the Real Estate Dollars Are Going

New York’s Mean Streets

Starve and Sever

Is the Mayor Trying To Get Out of the Hospital Business?