Bronx Sports: Dog Days for Slumping #Yankees

Bronx Sports: Dog Days for Slumping #Yankees: Dog Days for Slumping Yankees By Rich Mancuso BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- There is no panic in that New York Yankees clubhouse and the man...

Bedford Park News: Deadly House Party

Bedford Park News: Deadly House Party: Deadly House Party Cops Looking for Shooter who Wounded 2 By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- An all-night house par...

Deadly House Party

Deadly House Party

Cops Looking for Shooter who Wounded 2

By David Greene

BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- An all-night house party ended with gunfire and the wounding of two men in Bedford Park.

Officers from the 52nd Precinct were called to the three-family home at 2836 Valentine Avenue at the corner of East 198 Street, at 6 a.m. on August 22.

Officials say a 23-year-old man was shot in the abdomen and the buttocks and a 36-year-old male was shot in the stomach during a dispute at a house party inside the 3-story home.

Police sources say the two unidentified victims were uncooperative with investigators and police have made no arrests at this time, but continue to investigate. Cops are currently combing through surveillance video from surrounding buildings and businesses along East 198 Street.

Officials could not say if those wounded lived at the home or were guests. Officers were initially looking for one black male armed with a handgun, who fled from the scene on foot. 

BRONX NEWS: Danger for Hillary

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Bronx gets Blacklisted

Bronx Gets Blacklisted

#'The Blacklist' comes to the Bronx

Photos by Miriam Quinn / Pride Photo

BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- The cast and crew of the NBC hit-show "The Blacklist," produced by Sony Pictures Television, spent time shooting in and around Herbert H. Lehman College, along West Bedford Park Boulevard. Actors John Mitchell and Kevin Cameron were spotted working on scenes for the show's third season with other actors and even posed for photos with residents. The show's star James Spader was not seen on the set and the production company refused to give any details on the shoot.  

Bedford Park News: Cops Coming to Reduce Crime

Bedford Park News: Cops Coming to Reduce Crime: City Hall Finally Listens to Wakefield  Cops Coming to Reduce Crime By Robert Press BRONX, NEW ...

Cops Coming to Reduce Crime

City Hall Finally Listens to Wakefield 

Cops Coming to Reduce Crime

By Robert Press

BRONX, NEW YORK,JULY 16- Elizabeth Gill, President of the 47th Precinct Council, demanded action when crime was going way up last year in the 47th Precinct, and it seems that City Hall heard her.

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton came to Cardinal Spellman High School to explain the new 'Summer All Out' police department program. It is a three-month program called 'Summer All Out' in the 10 highest crime police precincts. The mayor and police commissioner praised the new program that was started last month. Crime decreased in the 47th Precinct in Wakefield with shootings down 70 percent for the past month.

In the past the Mayor said that there was a chain of command that had to be gone through to change the deployment of police officers in a precinct. Now that red tape has been cut to allow for an almost instant redeployment of officers where they may be needed when problems pop up. The 47th Precinct has been assigned 26 additional officers for three months, and several other officers commonly refereed to as 'House Mouse Officers' have also been deployed into the streets of the precinct. In all there are 330 additional officers that have been sent to the 10 precincts in the 'Summer All Out' Program which began on June 8th. Other Bronx police precincts in this three month program are the 43rd, 44th, and 46th according to Bronx Assistant Chief Commanding Officer Larry Nikunen. 

Deputy Inspector Stevenson of the 47th Pct. had only praise for his police officers, and he thanked 47th Pct. Council President Elizabeth Gill for her help in getting his command the much needed manpower to reduce the high crime rate. 

Commissioner Bratton spoke of how the NYPD must keep coming up with new strategies to keep ahead of the bad guys. However when asked the question - that it looks like the first thing that the new street officers are doing is looking at car registration and inspection stickers when they arrive on their beat. I then said that to me it looks like these officers might have a ticket quota to fill. 

Commissioner Bratton fired back to me, 'Well that's what it looks like to you', and then stepped away from the podium without any real answer. I asked one of the new officers the same question, and was told if the situation warrants a summons it will be given. 47th Pct. Commanding Officer Stevenson said 'No Comment' when I asked him the same question.  

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