Monday, August 31, 2015
Health News: Tips for Working Out During Your Work Day
Health News: Tips for Working Out During Your Work Day: Tips for Working Out During Your Work Day The average adult in the United States sits for more than eight hours a day. That is not how ...
BRONX NEWS: Soundview Park turned into Movie Theater
BRONX NEWS: Soundview Park turned into Movie Theater: On August 29, 2015, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., in collaboration with the NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, hosted fre...
Soundview Park turned into Movie Theater
On August 29, 2015, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., in collaboration with the NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, hosted free movie night at the new Amphitheater in Soundview Park where every kid received a complimentary mat for participated in a session of yoga.
BRONX NEWS: Subway Clerk Becomes Batman Fights Off Thief
BRONX NEWS: Subway Clerk Becomes Batman Fights Off Thief: CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Subway Clerk Becomes Batman Fights Off Thief You're not stealing his sandwich. A Subway employee fought off a would...
Subway Clerk Becomes Batman Fights Off Thief
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Subway Clerk Becomes Batman
Fights Off Thief
You're not stealing his sandwich. A Subway employee fought off a would-be robber in Hunts Point and it was all caught on camera.
At around 9:21 a.m. on August 22, the suspect walked into a Subway sandwich shop at 1047 East 163rd Street.
To the astonishment of workers he walked behind the counter and proceeded to take money out of the register.
The video then shows the suspect rolling over the counter in fear. The store employee is seen swinging a bat or metal pipe at the thief causing the thug to flee.
Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS (800) 577-TIPS. All calls are confidential.
Fights Off Thief
You're not stealing his sandwich. A Subway employee fought off a would-be robber in Hunts Point and it was all caught on camera.
At around 9:21 a.m. on August 22, the suspect walked into a Subway sandwich shop at 1047 East 163rd Street.
To the astonishment of workers he walked behind the counter and proceeded to take money out of the register.
The video then shows the suspect rolling over the counter in fear. The store employee is seen swinging a bat or metal pipe at the thief causing the thug to flee.
Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS (800) 577-TIPS. All calls are confidential.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
acaba el tiempo para los fanáticos del fútbol de Nueva York
BRONX NEWS: Time Running Out for NY Soccer Fans: Time Running Out for NY Soccer Fans By Howard Goldin BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Experienced NYC goalie Josh Saunders recently sp...
BRONX NEWS: Time Running Out for NY Soccer Fans
BRONX NEWS: Time Running Out for NY Soccer Fans: Time Running Out for NY Soccer Fans By Howard Goldin BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Experienced NYC goalie Josh Saunders recently sp...
Time Running Out for NY Soccer Fans
Time Running Out for NY Soccer Fans
By Howard Goldin
BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Experienced NYC goalie Josh Saunders recently spoke of the crucial nature of the result of each match as the regular season nears its end, “It’s a playoff mentality. It’s essentially do or die every game.”
This is especially true for the expansion club that represents New York City, NYCFC (7-13-7). The club has loaded up with international superstars such as David Villa, Frank Lampard and Andrea Pirlo. The three designated players are experienced in the highest levels of international competition, but are among the older aged players in the league.
The expectations on the club and from its fans have obviously been too high because of the acquisition of these international stars.
NYC coach Jason Kreis spoke about the newcomers after Saturday’s home loss to the Columbus crew SC, 2-1, “It’s unfair. They think [fans] we are supposed to win because of high paid and high profile stars. Not enough credit is given for how difficult it is. Expansion teams are set up not to succeed.”
One of new but experienced players, Andrea Pirlo of Juventus in Italy admitted problems that exist, “We have to try to improve. We have to not repeat the mistakes that allowed us to lose this game. We don’t do team play very well because we don’t know each other well.”
Before Saturday’s match with the Columbus Crew (11-8-8), Kreis stated his club’s plan, “We have to take these eight games one at a time. We have to put all of our focus and energy into this first game. It’s critical we get three points at home.”
His club lost the first of the eight and end points even more desperately if they are to qualify for the playoff. After this weekend’s loss, he said, “We need to win every game. We have seven games and 21 points available.”
The teams that competed seem to be traveling in opposite directions in the MLS standings. Columbus has won five games and drew in two of their last eight contests while NYC has won only two and drew one of their last eight matches. They are not compiling the points necessary to move forward into playoff contention.
A sell-out crowd of 30,018 attended the match on Saturday afternoon. The fans are still coming to Yankee stadium in large numbers. The next game at the Stadium will take place on Wednesday night, September 16.
#NYCFC #Soccer #Futbol #Yamkee Stadium
BRONX NEWS: Heartbreak for NYCFC
BRONX NEWS: Heartbreak for NYCFC: Heartbreak for NYCFC BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Andrew Jacobson scored his first goal in more than two years as New York City FC lost 2-1 t...
Heartbreak for NYCFC
Heartbreak for NYCFC
BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Andrew Jacobson scored his first goal in more than two years as New York City FC lost 2-1 to Columbus Crew SC in front of a sell-out crowd of 30,018 on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
Justin Meram scored the match winner in the 83rd minute as New York City FC drop to 7-13-7 (28 points) and the Crew improve to 11-8-8 (41 points).
Trailing 1-0 in the 29th minute, New York City FC defender Jason Hernandez played a ball in the air ahead to Patrick Mullins, who showed good control by trapping it on his chest. The forward, who was making his first start since July 18, laid the ball off to his side for Jacobson. The midfielder took one touch ahead then unleashed a rocket from 25 yards out to tie the score at 1-1.
It was Jacobson’s sixth goal in Major League Soccer and his first since June 22, 2013.
Columbus took an early advantage thanks to Federico Higuain in the 10th minute. Wil Trapp served up a corner kick into the box that the Crew midfielder met with his head to put the visitors up 1-0.
New York City FC responded less than 20 minutes later, scoring for the first time in a first half since the Club’s 5-3 win over Orlando City SC on July 26.
The Club had a chance to take the lead before the break on a spectacular effort by Mix Diskerud. New York City FC took a quick free kick near midfield. Captain David Villa got the ball on the left and had a nice give-and-go with Frank Lampard, who was making his first start since August 9. Mullins then got the ball and chipped it in front of the net as Mix tried a bicycle kick that went over the bar.
The score remained 1-1 at halftime.
New York City FC came out the aggressor in the second half as Jefferson Mena almost headed home Andrea Pirlo’s corner kick, but it went wide of the net.
After a back and forth half, it was Columbus that escaped with the spoils. The Crew gained possession in midfield as Higuain found Meram on the left side. The second-half substitute cut into the box and placed his shot into the low far corner to make it 2-1.
New York City FC are on a bye Labor Day Weekend and return to action on September 12 against FC Dallas. Kickoff is 8:30 p.m. ET from Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas (YES Network, WFAN, WADO).
Saturday, August 29, 2015
AROUND TOWN NY: New Babies Arrive for Children's Zoo
AROUND TOWN NY: New Babies Arrive for Children's Zoo: New Babies Arrive for Children's Zoo BRONX, NY - AUG. 26, 2015 - Attached photos: A baby North American porcupine was born at W...
Friday, August 28, 2015
BRONX NEWS: ‘Doctors’ Rob Cell Phone Store
BRONX NEWS: ‘Doctors’ Rob Cell Phone Store: ‘Doctors’ Rob Cell Phone Store By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS )- The old joke that doctors wear masks because they don’t w...
‘Doctors’ Rob Cell Phone Store
‘Doctors’ Rob Cell Phone Store
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- The old joke that doctors wear masks because they don’t want you to see their faces when they rob you seems to have been taken literally by a pair of cell phone thieves.
Two bandits dressed as surgeons, complete with masks and scrubs, walked into a Castle Hill cell phone store and made off with phones and tablets.
The bizarre incident occurred at around 6:45 p.m. on August 19. The pair walked into a Metro PCS store at 1204 Castle Hill Avenue, dressed as docs, and pushed their way behind the counter.
The men rifled through the cash register and behind the counter making off with $200 in cash, 20 cell phones and six tablet computers.
The suspects are described as black males between the ages of 20 and 25. They wore medical scrubs, white and blue surgical face masks, latex gloves and dark sun glasses.
Anyone with information in either case is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS.
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COMor by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
#NYPD #Doctors #HealthCare #CellPhones #Bandits
#Surgeons
BRONX NEWS: Worker loses 4 fingers to lawn mower
BRONX NEWS: Worker loses 4 fingers to lawn mower: Worker loses four fingers in lawnmower accident By Michael Horowitz BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A 23-year-old worker in Co-op City...
Worker loses 4 fingers to lawn mower
Worker loses four fingers in lawnmower accident
By Michael Horowitz
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A 23-year-old worker in Co-op City lost four fingers on his right hand in a recent accident involving the use of a lawnmower in the local community, an acting general manager of the Riverbay Corporation confirmed this week.
Noel Ellison said that the temporary worker, whose name was withheld, had been assigned to the Grounds Department, supervised by Donovan Plummer, before the Aug. 12 accident.
Although Ellison wouldn’t comment on the specifics of the accident, an informed management source indicated that the victim didn’t follow proper procedures for the use of the lawnmower.
Ellison said that the 23-year-old worker was treated at Jacobi Hospital following the Aug. 12 accident.
An effort was reportedly made, with limited success, to reattach the victim’s four fingers.
“We really feel terrible about what happened to the young man who had four of his fingers severed in the lawnmower accident,” Ellison said this week. “From all the reports we have received, he was a good worker who could have progressed steadily if this tragic accident hadn’t occurred.”
Ellison emphasized, “It’s always tragic when something like this happens, but it’s especially tragic when this kind of thing happens to a young person who is just starting to make his or her way in the world.”
By Michael Horowitz
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A 23-year-old worker in Co-op City lost four fingers on his right hand in a recent accident involving the use of a lawnmower in the local community, an acting general manager of the Riverbay Corporation confirmed this week.
Noel Ellison said that the temporary worker, whose name was withheld, had been assigned to the Grounds Department, supervised by Donovan Plummer, before the Aug. 12 accident.
Although Ellison wouldn’t comment on the specifics of the accident, an informed management source indicated that the victim didn’t follow proper procedures for the use of the lawnmower.
Ellison said that the 23-year-old worker was treated at Jacobi Hospital following the Aug. 12 accident.
An effort was reportedly made, with limited success, to reattach the victim’s four fingers.
“We really feel terrible about what happened to the young man who had four of his fingers severed in the lawnmower accident,” Ellison said this week. “From all the reports we have received, he was a good worker who could have progressed steadily if this tragic accident hadn’t occurred.”
Ellison emphasized, “It’s always tragic when something like this happens, but it’s especially tragic when this kind of thing happens to a young person who is just starting to make his or her way in the world.”
BRONX NEWS: Are you getting all your benefits?
BRONX NEWS: Are you getting all your benefits?: Are you getting all your benefits? By Michael Horowitz BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Senior citizens who are not sure if they are ge...
Are you getting all your benefits?
Are you getting all your benefits?
By Michael Horowitz
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Senior citizens who are not sure if they are getting all their benefits should come to JASA’s NORC office at 2049 Bartow Ave. between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Aug. 28, Sept. 11, or Sept. 25.
Specialists from LiveOn NYwill be at the JASA site on these days and times to assist shareholders in finding out more about benefits through Medicare, SCRIE,, SNAP, and HEAP, among other programs.
Those going to the JAS office for help are urged to bring documents that verify their identities and information relating to their income and the benefits that they are now receiving.
For further information, call (347( 815-5930, or e-mail at benefits@liveon-ny.org.
By Michael Horowitz
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Senior citizens who are not sure if they are getting all their benefits should come to JASA’s NORC office at 2049 Bartow Ave. between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Aug. 28, Sept. 11, or Sept. 25.
Specialists from LiveOn NYwill be at the JASA site on these days and times to assist shareholders in finding out more about benefits through Medicare, SCRIE,, SNAP, and HEAP, among other programs.
Those going to the JAS office for help are urged to bring documents that verify their identities and information relating to their income and the benefits that they are now receiving.
For further information, call (347( 815-5930, or e-mail at benefits@liveon-ny.org.
BRONX NEWS: Pols Learn to Play Ball
BRONX NEWS: Pols Learn to Play Ball: 100 PERCENT By Robert Press Pols Learn to Play Ball Play Ball was the cry not once, but twice at this year's Bronx Demo...
Pols Learn to Play Ball
100 PERCENT
By Robert Press
Pols Learn to Play Ball
Play Ball was the cry not once, but twice at this year's Bronx Democratic County Barbecue, Baseball Games, and Family Day held at the Castle Hill Little League Field. It was Assembly Speaker's team called Heastie's Hitters against Bronx Democratic County Leader Marcos Crespo's team called Crespo's Crusaders in game one. Heastie's Hitters took an early 3 – 0 lead, but Crespo's Crusaders tied it up and won in extra innings. Even though his team lost Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie was the MVP of the game, gobbling up everything that came his way, and getting on base twice.
Game two featured Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.'s BP Bombers against another team of players put together by County Leader Crespo called Crespo's 2nd Crusaders. In this game Assembly Speaker Heastie went to Crespo's team, but he was again on the loosing side as the game was all but over by the bottom of the first inning when BP Diaz's Bombers scored 9 runs in the top of the first inning. The game ended shortly afterward with the score of 9 – 2 for the BP Bombers.
There was lots of food, people, and very few speeches this year (since almost all of the elected officials were too tired from the baseball games to talk) which made this one of the best Bronx Democratic County events in a while. Just about every elected official from the Bronx and even City Comptroller Scott Stringer was on hand to have some fun. You can go to my blog at www.100percentbronx.blogspot.com to see the many photos of the games, the celebration by Crespo's Crusaders after game one, and the elected officials. Some notes from the games- Congressman Jose Serrano was the catcher for Heastie's Hitters, and after the game he said he now has more respect for those who catch baseball games, and that he was going home to rest up and be ready for the next session of Congress.
Former 80th A.D. Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera was on hand to talk to the new Executive Director of the county organization Anthony Perez. It seems that Ms. Rivera is now back in the Bronx, and is now residing in the 78th A.D. according to her daddy Assemblyman Jose Rivera. Could it be that this year Jose will decide not to run so his daughter Naomi could try to return to the state assembly in his position? It seemed that another possible female contender for Assemblyman Rivera's seat was at the even looking as lovely as ever with her long blonde hair, and also at the event was Assemblyman Rivera's challenger in 2012. It could be a fun race in the 78th Assembly District next year, and I am not going to say that Assemblyman Rivera is going to retire so his daughter Naomi can run for his seat. We will have to wait and see if Jose has had enough of what is going on in Albany now.
Speaking of running, the rumor is that current Vice-President Joe Biden will announce that he is running for President next year. One has to wonder if the current front runner Hillary Clinton is in trouble as her poll numbers could be much better, or is it the fact that you can say one thing to reporters' questions, but you can not lie to the federal authorities that may soon be taking up the question of her e-mails and what went on. I don't expect to hear those famous words that ex-President Richard Nixon uttered as he was being investigated, but you can only go so far Ms. Ex-First Lady.
As it goes on Donald Trump is looking more like a giant snowball rolling down a freshly snowed mountain as his momentum gets larger every day the campaign goes on. People across the country are liking what Trump has to say, because he can say the truth that others are afraid to say. If this continues Trump will, I repeat will be the next president of the United States.
The Bronx Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Job Fair on Wednesday September 9th at the Hutch Metro Center conference room beginning at 4 PM. You can call the BCC at 718-828-3900 for more information, or if you are an employer looking for help email the BCC Executive Director Michelle Dolgow Christofaro at Michelle@bronxchamber.org Also coming up in September from the BCC is the annual BCC Hispanic Heritage Cocktail Reception on Thursday September 17th At Scavello's Restaurant located at 101 City Island Avenue, beginning at 5:30 PM. Check my blog for more details in the archive section on the left under the heading BCC 2015 Hispanic Heritage or call the BCC at 718-828-3900 or visit the BCC website at www.bronxchamber.org
Lastly, check my blog for the latest listing of registered sex offenders living within 1,000 feet of
UPK program affiliated with a public school from State Senator Jeff Klein.
If you have any political information that you want to share or have checked out, any comments about this column, or would like to have an event listed or covered in this column or on my blog you can e-mail us at 100percentbronxnews@gmail.com or call 718-644-4199 Mr. Robert Press.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
$ 31 Millones estafado en Mills Medicaid
BRONX NEWS: $31 Million Bilked in Medicaid Mills: $31 Million Bilked in Medicaid Mills BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A man was convicted of running fraudulent Bronx Medicaid mills that ...
Videos Muestra Malo Antiguo Bronx Devolución
BRONX NEWS: Videos Shows Bad Old Bronx Returning: Videos Shows Bad Old Bronx Returning By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS) - Recent videos capturing shootings and muggings have r...
Niños de la prohibición de Obtención de soda y Pol dice
BRONX NEWS: Ban Kids from Getting Soda- Pol says: Soda Jerk Dim Bulb Pol Wants to Stop Selling Soda to Kids By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- In a city where you...
AROUND TOWN NY: Music, Dance, Theater Class Registration
AROUND TOWN NY: Music, Dance, Theater Class Registration: Registration for music, theater and dance classes BRONX, NEW YORK (AROUND TOWN)-Bronx House School for Performing Arts is currently...
BRONX NEWS: $31 Million Bilked in Medicaid Mills
BRONX NEWS: $31 Million Bilked in Medicaid Mills: $31 Million Bilked in Medicaid Mills BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A man was convicted of running fraudulent Bronx Medicaid mills that ...
$31 Million Bilked in Medicaid Mills
$31 Million Bilked in Medicaid Mills
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A man was convicted of running fraudulent Bronx Medicaid mills that bilked the government out of $30 million and give HIV patients watered down meds.
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Oscar Huachillo, the former owner and operator of multiple HIV/AIDS clinics in New York City, was sentenced in Manhattan federal court to 87 months in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud Medicare out of more than $31 million; he was also sentenced to 60 months in prison, to be served concurrently, for evading more than $3.4 million in federal income taxes by falsely underreporting his income.
As part of the scheme, Huachillo submitted bills to Medicare for expensive treatments that were administered at highly diluted doses or never administered at all, and were often unnecessary. Huachillo previously pled guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud and committing tax evasion before U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla, who imposed today’s sentence.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: “Oscar Huachillo defrauded Medicare out of tens of millions of dollars and evaded millions of dollars in taxes on his illegal windfall. His schemes put patients at risk, undermined and exploited the Medicare program, and cheated honest taxpayers.”
According to the criminal complaint, superseding information, and other documents filed in Manhattan federal court, as well as statements made at related court proceedings:
Huachillo set up and operated multiple health care clinics in New York City that purported to provide injection and infusion treatments to Medicare-eligible HIV/AIDS patients, but that were, in reality, health care fraud mills (the “Clinics”) that routinely billed Medicare for medications that were never provided or were provided at highly diluted doses, and that were often unnecessary because the person being “treated” did not medically need the treatments.
Huachillo and his co-conspirators executed the fraudulent scheme by recruiting HIV/AIDS patients who were eligible for Medicare to come to the clinics multiple times per week, for multiple months, to undergo expensive “treatments” that were often unnecessary. The purported treatments included drugs costing hundreds of dollars each to administer and typically reserved for cancer and anemia patients. Huachillo and his co-conspirators paid the patients cash kickbacks of up to $300 per week in exchange for coming to the clinics and agreeing to undergo the treatments. Patients were also offered approximately $50 for each additional patient they referred to the clinics. Huachillo and his co-conspirators then used these patients’ status as Medicare beneficiaries to submit claims to Medicare for reimbursement for the treatments purportedly administered to the patients, often receiving tens of thousands of dollars in reimbursements per patient. As a result of the scheme, from 2009 through 2013, Huachillo and his co-conspirators defrauded the Medicare system out of at least $31 million.
In addition, Huachillo willfully evaded over $3.4 million in taxes owed to the IRS during the tax years 2009 through 2011 by falsely underreporting his taxable income, including income he had obtained through fraudulent Medicare claims.
In pronouncing the sentence, Judge Failla said, “[I]n the cases I’ve had as a judge, this is the worst fraud I’ve had. $31 million in losses; that’s terrible.” She also said, “The conduct is simply reprehensible.”
In addition to the term of prison, Huachillo, 55, of Manhattan, was sentenced to three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $3,454,244.16 in restitution and $31,177,987.84 in forfeiture, including forfeiture of approximately $14 million of assets that were seized at or around the time of Huachillo arrest in August 2013.
George Juvier, 58, of Manhattan, has been charged separately in connection with the Medicare fraud scheme. In January 2015, Juvier pled guilty to engaging in a health care fraud conspiracy before U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas. Juvier is scheduled to be sentenced at 11:00 a.m. on October 8, 2015, by U.S. District Judge Kimba M. Wood.
Mr. Bharara praised the outstanding efforts of the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of the Inspector General, IRS-Criminal Investigation Division, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the investigation. Mr. Bharara also thanked the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division for their assistance in the investigation.
This case is being handled by the Office’s Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Cohen is in charge of the prosecution.
#Medicaid #Fraud #MedicaidMills #HIV #FBI
AROUND TOWN NY: Music, Dance, Theater Class Registration
AROUND TOWN NY: Music, Dance, Theater Class Registration: Registration for music, theater and dance classes BRONX, NEW YORK (AROUND TOWN)-Bronx House School for Performing Arts is currently...
Videos Shows Bad Old Bronx Returning
Videos Shows Bad Old Bronx Returning
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS) - Recent videos capturing shootings and muggings have residents wondering if the bad old days in the Bronx are returning. In both cases the bad guys struck in broad daylight in front of witnesses and video cameras.
At around 6:30 p.m. on August 24, a gunman opened fire in front of a group in Mount Eden. The surveillance video shows the suspect exiting a GMC SUV and approach a group of men in front of 115 West 172 Street waving a silver handgun. As the group scattered he began firing. One man was hit in the calf.
The gunman then climbed back into the SUV and took off. The victim was treated at Lincoln Hospital.
The suspect is described as a black male who is 5 foot 9 and 150 pounds.
He was last seen wearing a black baseball hat, a white t-shirt, white shorts, and bright blue sneakers.
In an unrelated case, a pair of muggers stuck up a man in Hunts Point in broad daylight.
Surveillance video shows a man sitting on a bench at Casanova Street and Viele Avenue when he was approached by two men demanding cash. One of the men pulled out a gun and pushed the victim up against the wall. The shocked victim handed over his iPhone, gold chain and $60 in cash.
Anyone with information in either case is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS.
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COMor by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential
BRONX NEWS: Ban Kids from Getting Soda- Pol says
BRONX NEWS: Ban Kids from Getting Soda- Pol says: Soda Jerk Dim Bulb Pol Wants to Stop Selling Soda to Kids By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- In a city where you...
Ban Kids from Getting Soda- Pol says
Soda Jerk
Dim Bulb Pol Wants to Stop Selling Soda to Kids
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- In a city where you can buy a hookah at the local bodega to smoke marihuana, one politician wants to ban minors from buying soda.
In the Bronx the smell of pot is everywhere. The smell wafts from the front of apartment buildings and from cars driving by. At least one bodega in every neighborhood proudly displays hookahs in their front windows. Merchants sell with a nod and a wink as it is common knowledge that pot smokers are using them as legal bongs.
Yet despite this Staten Island Assemblyman Matthew Titone believes sugar is the real drug problem in New York. He wants to ban children from being able to buy soda 16 ounces or larger.
“If the adult buys it for the minor, that’s fine. That’s a parent or a guardian making an informed decision,” Titone said.
The career politician equates sugar as being as addictive and as harmful as cocaine and heroine.
Titone said sugar does the same thing to the brain as addictive drugs, including cocaine and heroin.
“People need to be aware of that,” Titone said. “Sugar in large quantities is a dangerous product. Like a gun, it will kill you. It’s just going to take a little longer.”
#SodaBan #Pot #Hookah
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
BRONX NEWS: Dog Days for Slumping Yankees
BRONX NEWS: 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...
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 manager Joe Girardi will not say there is. However, there is a sense the Yankees are in this panic mode after losing two out three to the Houston Astros and three of four to the Cleveland Indians on a homestand that concluded Wednesday afternoon in the Bronx.
Wednesday they looked flat at the plate against a scrappy first place Astros’ team. The Yankees were outscored, 21-3 the last two days and could only get five hits in the series finale loss to Houston. They left the Bronx a quiet ballclub as they try and regroup to end August with three games at Atlanta, and three up in Boston.
Two teams, the Braves and Red Sox are gearing for next year. They have nothing to play for and the Yankees need to win a good amount of those games if they want to overtake Toronto for the division lead. Again, the Yankees want to win the division and not be one of the AL wild card teams but the way things have been going as of late even the wild card is becoming a question.
Flat at the plate may be the word, or the long grind of a 162-game schedule has caught up to a ballclub of veterans who may have been expected to suddenly stop hitting and now face the music.
Once the 40-year-old Alex Rodriguez appeared to be having an MVP season, the comeback player of the year. And one can say it was expected that time would take a toll, as A-Rod went 0-for-4 Wednesday and struck out two more times. The fastball all of a sudden has been difficult to reach for Rodriguez who is 9-for his last 71, a .126 average
All of a sudden the designated hitter spot for A-Rod, and staying off the field at third base is not making manager Joe Girardi look like a baseball guru. It worked before the all-star break, but in the month of August part of the reason the Yankees are not scoring runs, and not winning is the lack of production coming from that DH spot in the lineup.
Then there is Mark Teixeira. Also a part of that run producing lineup in the first half of the season, and a catalyst that put the Yankees as one of the top run producing teams in the major leagues, Teixeira has quickly diminished his chances of being an American League MVP candidate.
Teixeira has not played much eight of the last nine games with an injured shin. Take his once hot bat out of the lineup, and in the cleanup spot, add that up with the lack of production from Rodriguez in the third spot, and of course the decline is evident.
And if Carlos Beltran did not have a hot bat, extending his hitting streak to 10 games with one of the five hits, it could be worse. Beltran had that slow start and is batting .338, scored 11-runs, with seven doubles, five home runs and 14 RBI, in his last 21 games.
Go figure the game of baseball, which also during the grind of a long season has to account for ups and downs, and the injuries. Jacoby Ellsbury was out of the lineup again with a bruise from missing a sliding catch Tuesday night, and there is hope he returns to the lineup down in Atlanta.
Brett Gardner is hitting .104 in the month of August, and bats second after Ellsbury. The table setters are once again down for the count, and for the Yankees that holds significance.
“We are just not hitting,” Girardi said. “That’s the bottom line. That’s kind of been the root of our problems.”
And when good pitching faces the Yankees, well not getting the hits or walks is the problem. The Astros’ pitching staff has allowed two or runs fewer in a franchise record nine consecutive games They held the Yankees to a double, a home run, and four runs, a .165 average in the four games.
Yes it was Dallas Keuchel (15-6) Tuesday night and Colin McHugh (14-7) Wednesday afternoon, a combined 29 wins between the two, and the most wins of any pair of teammates in the majors that shut down the Yankees.
That is only part of the equation, because Girardi and the Yankees have also seen the starting pitching fall apart, and that is happening at the same time when the hitting has gone foul. Michael Pineda was reinstated from the disabled list and took the loss Wednesday with 4.1 innings on six hits and five runs,
But the Yankees, also without starter CC Sabathia for an extended period of time, and with an ineffective Ivan Nova on the mound, well they refuse to say there is panic in their quarters.
“We did face the number one pitching team in the American League,” Girardi said about his team and the inability to hit and score runs. And the explanation from Gardner, an old baseball axiom was, “It is contagious.”
It was quiet in that Yankees’ postgame sanctuary of a locker room. No loud music, or much talking. In fact A-Rod was nowhere to be found. Teixeira said he will rest again for the first game Friday down in Atlanta but said it has been a tough stretch of games, 16 straight before an off day and that may be attributed to this sudden lack of offense again
Or is it that grind and the end of August that has caught up with the aging Yankees of Rodriguez and Teixeira?
“The energy is fine,” Teixeira said. “We just have not been swinging the bats. We went through a really great stretch for a while and now we are going through a tough stretch and hopefully we will get hot again.”.
And with the way Toronto keeps winning, and the Blue Jays appear to be going through a good stretch, the Yankees will have to get that energy going again and real soon.
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By Rich Mancuso
BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- There is no panic in that New York Yankees clubhouse and the manager Joe Girardi will not say there is. However, there is a sense the Yankees are in this panic mode after losing two out three to the Houston Astros and three of four to the Cleveland Indians on a homestand that concluded Wednesday afternoon in the Bronx.
Wednesday they looked flat at the plate against a scrappy first place Astros’ team. The Yankees were outscored, 21-3 the last two days and could only get five hits in the series finale loss to Houston. They left the Bronx a quiet ballclub as they try and regroup to end August with three games at Atlanta, and three up in Boston.
Two teams, the Braves and Red Sox are gearing for next year. They have nothing to play for and the Yankees need to win a good amount of those games if they want to overtake Toronto for the division lead. Again, the Yankees want to win the division and not be one of the AL wild card teams but the way things have been going as of late even the wild card is becoming a question.
Flat at the plate may be the word, or the long grind of a 162-game schedule has caught up to a ballclub of veterans who may have been expected to suddenly stop hitting and now face the music.
Once the 40-year-old Alex Rodriguez appeared to be having an MVP season, the comeback player of the year. And one can say it was expected that time would take a toll, as A-Rod went 0-for-4 Wednesday and struck out two more times. The fastball all of a sudden has been difficult to reach for Rodriguez who is 9-for his last 71, a .126 average
All of a sudden the designated hitter spot for A-Rod, and staying off the field at third base is not making manager Joe Girardi look like a baseball guru. It worked before the all-star break, but in the month of August part of the reason the Yankees are not scoring runs, and not winning is the lack of production coming from that DH spot in the lineup.
Then there is Mark Teixeira. Also a part of that run producing lineup in the first half of the season, and a catalyst that put the Yankees as one of the top run producing teams in the major leagues, Teixeira has quickly diminished his chances of being an American League MVP candidate.
Teixeira has not played much eight of the last nine games with an injured shin. Take his once hot bat out of the lineup, and in the cleanup spot, add that up with the lack of production from Rodriguez in the third spot, and of course the decline is evident.
And if Carlos Beltran did not have a hot bat, extending his hitting streak to 10 games with one of the five hits, it could be worse. Beltran had that slow start and is batting .338, scored 11-runs, with seven doubles, five home runs and 14 RBI, in his last 21 games.
Go figure the game of baseball, which also during the grind of a long season has to account for ups and downs, and the injuries. Jacoby Ellsbury was out of the lineup again with a bruise from missing a sliding catch Tuesday night, and there is hope he returns to the lineup down in Atlanta.
Brett Gardner is hitting .104 in the month of August, and bats second after Ellsbury. The table setters are once again down for the count, and for the Yankees that holds significance.
“We are just not hitting,” Girardi said. “That’s the bottom line. That’s kind of been the root of our problems.”
And when good pitching faces the Yankees, well not getting the hits or walks is the problem. The Astros’ pitching staff has allowed two or runs fewer in a franchise record nine consecutive games They held the Yankees to a double, a home run, and four runs, a .165 average in the four games.
Yes it was Dallas Keuchel (15-6) Tuesday night and Colin McHugh (14-7) Wednesday afternoon, a combined 29 wins between the two, and the most wins of any pair of teammates in the majors that shut down the Yankees.
That is only part of the equation, because Girardi and the Yankees have also seen the starting pitching fall apart, and that is happening at the same time when the hitting has gone foul. Michael Pineda was reinstated from the disabled list and took the loss Wednesday with 4.1 innings on six hits and five runs,
But the Yankees, also without starter CC Sabathia for an extended period of time, and with an ineffective Ivan Nova on the mound, well they refuse to say there is panic in their quarters.
“We did face the number one pitching team in the American League,” Girardi said about his team and the inability to hit and score runs. And the explanation from Gardner, an old baseball axiom was, “It is contagious.”
It was quiet in that Yankees’ postgame sanctuary of a locker room. No loud music, or much talking. In fact A-Rod was nowhere to be found. Teixeira said he will rest again for the first game Friday down in Atlanta but said it has been a tough stretch of games, 16 straight before an off day and that may be attributed to this sudden lack of offense again
Or is it that grind and the end of August that has caught up with the aging Yankees of Rodriguez and Teixeira?
“The energy is fine,” Teixeira said. “We just have not been swinging the bats. We went through a really great stretch for a while and now we are going through a tough stretch and hopefully we will get hot again.”.
And with the way Toronto keeps winning, and the Blue Jays appear to be going through a good stretch, the Yankees will have to get that energy going again and real soon.
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BRONX NEWS: Yankees Falling Fast
BRONX NEWS: Yankees Falling Fast: Yankees Falling Fast Yanks Drop Further from First Place after Series Loss to Houston By Howard Goldin BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS...
Yankees Falling Fast
Yankees Falling Fast
Yanks Drop Further from First Place after Series Loss to Houston
By Howard Goldin
BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The Yankees ended a very disappointing homestand with a mark of 5-5 after winning the first three contests.
Before the 10-game home stand began, the Yanks had compiled a record of 32-21 in games at Yankee Stadium. The Yanks had hoped/expected to be secure in first place at the conclusion of the just ended homestand with Minnesota, Cleveland and Houston, but the Wednesday matinee 6-2 loss dropped them to 1.5 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East.
The three-game series with the Astros was especially embarrassing and does not portend well for the final month of the 2015 season for the New Yorkers. Houston pitching limited the Yanks to four runs in the three games combined. They held the Yankee batters to a minuscule batting average of .165 in the series (15 for 91), and even worse with RISP the Yanks were 0 for 14.
Thanks to the outstanding pitching of Nathan Eovaldi on Monday night, the Yanks were able to register their only win of the series, 1-0 with a walk-off sacrifice fly by Carlos Beltran in the bottom of the ninth, an inning without a Yankee hit. Beltran has been especially effective at the plate as of late. He extended his current hitting streak to 10 games with a single in the first on Wednesday. He has hit safely in 20 of his last 21 games, .338 (23 for 68).
On Tuesday evening, the Yanks were again held to only one run. Dallas Keuchel, the Houston starter, registered his 15th win of the season. Yankee pitching was very troubling as it gave up a season high of 15 runs. Yankee starter Ivan Nova yielded seven runs in four innings. Infielder Brendan Ryan was called upon to pitch the eighth and ninth frames during which he held the Astros scoreless. To add to the club’s embarrassment, he was the most effective of the Yankees pitchers.
Wednesday’s matinee was another disaster for the Yanks. Michael Pineda, in his first start in more than one month, surrendered five runs in 4.1 innings. Each of the nine batters in the Houston starting lineup reached base safely during the contest. The two home runs by designated hitter Evan Gattis raised his team’s total to 174, first in the majors. The win for starter Collin McHugh was his 14th of the 2015 campaign.
Saturday’s and Sunday’s winning pitchers combined total of 29 is the highest of a duo of every major league club.
The Astros are no longer the mediocre National League team of past years. Their 71st win on Wednesday is the highest total they have achieved since 2010 (76-88). Yankee skipper Joe Girardi described the first place club in the American League West, “They pitched very well; they field well; they hit the ball out of the ballpark, and they run the bases well [first place in the American League in stolen bases-97]. That’s a pretty good combination.”
Girardi admitted his team did not hit well, “We didn’t swing the bats well enough versus Cleveland and Houston. It’s been somewhat inconsistent. We got a lot og guys scuffling at the same time. With that’s it’s tough to score runs.” He still remains hopeful. “They can get refreshed. Hopefully, the day off [Monday] will help us physically.”
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BRONX NEWS: Manhattan College Murder
BRONX NEWS: Manhattan College Murder: Manhattan College Murder BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A body was found outside Manhattan College and police have released surveillance vi...
Manhattan College Murder
Manhattan College Murder
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- A body was found outside Manhattan College and police have released surveillance video in an attempt to catch the killer.
On Tuesday, police responding to a 911 call of a man passed out on the street in front of the college at 4582 Manhattan College Parkway, instead found a dead body. Cops say the victim suffered gunshot wounds to the head and torso.
An investigation by 50th Pct. detectives identified the victim as 39-year-old Jorge Luis Vargas of Saint Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan.
Police released surveillance video of the white sedan they believe contained the shooter.
Anyone with information is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls are confidential.
BRONX NEWS: Reward Offered for Armed Gunman Who Robbed Cell Ph...
BRONX NEWS: Reward Offered for Armed Gunman Who Robbed Cell Ph...: Reward Offered for Armed Gunman Who Robbed Cell Phone Store By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- The NYPD is offering a $2,500 r...
Reward Offered for Armed Gunman Who Robbed Cell Phone Store
Reward Offered for Armed Gunman Who Robbed Cell Phone Store
By David Greene
BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- The NYPD is offering a $2,500 reward for the arrest and conviction of an armed robber who held up a Norwood phone store.
Officers from the 52nd Precinct were called to the AT & T store located at 315 East 204 Street, after the hold-up reported at 9:22 a.m. on August 6.
Officials say the slim gunman entered the store and displayed a handgun and wrote a note to employees demanding cash. The suspect reportedly sped away from the scene in a silver, 4-door BMW with an undetermined amount of cash and property.
The manager at the AT & T store refused to comment on the incident. Officials stated that no injuries were reported during the hold-up.
Captured on surveillance video, the suspect appears to be a tall and slim male who was wearing blue jeans and a baseball cap. The individual's identity was partially concealed by a hooded jacket.
Anyone with any information on this individual is urged to call CRIMESTOPPERS at (800) 577-TIPS, all calls remain confidential.
#NYPD #CellPhone
BRONX NEWS: Gomez was the Story in an Ugly Yankees Loss
BRONX NEWS: Gomez was the Story in an Ugly Yankees Loss: Gomez was the Story in an Ugly #Yankees Loss Shouting Match Breaks Out in the Bronx By Rich Mancuso BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The cente...
Gomez was the Story in an Ugly Yankees Loss
Gomez was the Story in an Ugly #Yankees Loss
Shouting Match Breaks Out in the Bronx
By Rich Mancuso
BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The center of attention Tuesday night at Yankees Stadium wasn’t how the Houston Astros easily won a unanimous decision over the Yankees 15-1 which put New York a game back of the Toronto Blue Jays. Instead, Carlos Gomez who was almost wore a uniform of the cross-town Mets was the center of attention.
And for the Mets’ sake, keeping Wilmer Flores was the proper decision. For one thing, Gomez has not made much of an impact in Houston at the plate, and the other aspect of not bringing Gomez to the other side of town is his often and too much of a combative attitude.
Yes, the Yankees could not do anything against Astros’ left hander Dallas Keuchel. He has a 22.0 inning scoreless streak against New York, 2.1 with a 1.13 ERA, and Keuchel became the first 15-game winner in the American League with his 8.0 innings of six hit ball which also gained him more momentum for Al Cy Young Award consideration.
And the Yankees could not get their bats going again, attributed also to a dominant pitcher. The issue of the Yankees once again not scoring runs and getting on base should be more significant for manager Joe Girardi. And there should be this late August concern about right hander Ivan Nova, who gave up five first inning runs and allowed a season high seven runs.
But Gomez and that combative attitude got to Girardi and the Yankees. And on the other side of town the Mets may be relieved they don’t have to deal with a situation that Girardi and his team had to deal with when it came to Gomez.
With the Yankees trailing 9-0 in the sixth inning, and with Gomez at bat, he flied to center off a pitch from Chris Capuano and flipped his bat to the Houston dugout. Gomez said something and the Yankees took exception as the shouting went back and forth.
“When he came back he started yelling at me,” Girardi said. “I wasn’t the guy who said anything. He is a kid who plays hard. But there have been a number of clubs who have taken exception to some of the things he does on the field. He just got a little heated.”
And it went on. As Girardi said, “I just told him, ‘Play the game the right way.’ I know you missed a pitch and you are frustrated by it. I just think it is a little too much.”
Gomez, with that combative attitude would shout back three times, “Shut up” to Girardi and the Yankees bench. And of course that’s when the benches and bullpens emptied with no punches thrown because of the quick actions of the umpires.
But it was another Carlos Gomez incident that occurred on another bad night for the Yankees in the Bronx. And Gomez would later hit his second home run as an Astro, a three run homer to the Yankees bullpen in a six run seventh inning off Capuano, redemption, but not for the Yankees who saw Houston record eight extra base hits and three home runs.
The question is, has Gomez become a team player or one who can’t control this competitive and combative attitude on the field? The Yankees took exception to that fire as they got blown out, and those across town with the Mets may be fortunate they did not have to deal with a player who can spark controversy at any moment.
To the contrary, Houston manager A, J, Hinch was protecting his player. He said, “Carlos is just trying to compete. He’s an emotional player. Obvious they took exception to a few of the actions. It comes from a good place Carlos is just trying to compete. Obviously it is what is is and calmer heads prevailed. It’s a tough feeling on the other side when you have a game like that and it is starting to unravel. He’s an explosive player and can be an impact player If we get a confident version and tonight we saw the emotion,”
Said Gomez, “I did not understand very well what people were yelling at me. I just asked, ‘Why are you yelling at me?’ And then someone came out of the dugout and started screaming, and I said. “Shut up. If you want to tell me something come here and say what you have to say.”
Of course it did not have to come down to the shouting. or the benches and pens coming on the field. Girardi said it is a game of emotions. and there were many times during the course of his playing career where things were said and he showed restraint.
However, Gomez does it his own way no matter how good a commodity he is for the Astros, or for that matter any team. Except the Mets were fortunate to renege on a Gomez deal in their quest to overtake the Nationals, because the last thing they needed was a combative player who would disrupt the good ship at Citi Field.
As for the Yankees, the good thing about baseball is Wednesday and another game with the Astros they need to win.
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Shouting Match Breaks Out in the Bronx
By Rich Mancuso
BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- The center of attention Tuesday night at Yankees Stadium wasn’t how the Houston Astros easily won a unanimous decision over the Yankees 15-1 which put New York a game back of the Toronto Blue Jays. Instead, Carlos Gomez who was almost wore a uniform of the cross-town Mets was the center of attention.
And for the Mets’ sake, keeping Wilmer Flores was the proper decision. For one thing, Gomez has not made much of an impact in Houston at the plate, and the other aspect of not bringing Gomez to the other side of town is his often and too much of a combative attitude.
Yes, the Yankees could not do anything against Astros’ left hander Dallas Keuchel. He has a 22.0 inning scoreless streak against New York, 2.1 with a 1.13 ERA, and Keuchel became the first 15-game winner in the American League with his 8.0 innings of six hit ball which also gained him more momentum for Al Cy Young Award consideration.
And the Yankees could not get their bats going again, attributed also to a dominant pitcher. The issue of the Yankees once again not scoring runs and getting on base should be more significant for manager Joe Girardi. And there should be this late August concern about right hander Ivan Nova, who gave up five first inning runs and allowed a season high seven runs.
But Gomez and that combative attitude got to Girardi and the Yankees. And on the other side of town the Mets may be relieved they don’t have to deal with a situation that Girardi and his team had to deal with when it came to Gomez.
With the Yankees trailing 9-0 in the sixth inning, and with Gomez at bat, he flied to center off a pitch from Chris Capuano and flipped his bat to the Houston dugout. Gomez said something and the Yankees took exception as the shouting went back and forth.
“When he came back he started yelling at me,” Girardi said. “I wasn’t the guy who said anything. He is a kid who plays hard. But there have been a number of clubs who have taken exception to some of the things he does on the field. He just got a little heated.”
And it went on. As Girardi said, “I just told him, ‘Play the game the right way.’ I know you missed a pitch and you are frustrated by it. I just think it is a little too much.”
Gomez, with that combative attitude would shout back three times, “Shut up” to Girardi and the Yankees bench. And of course that’s when the benches and bullpens emptied with no punches thrown because of the quick actions of the umpires.
But it was another Carlos Gomez incident that occurred on another bad night for the Yankees in the Bronx. And Gomez would later hit his second home run as an Astro, a three run homer to the Yankees bullpen in a six run seventh inning off Capuano, redemption, but not for the Yankees who saw Houston record eight extra base hits and three home runs.
The question is, has Gomez become a team player or one who can’t control this competitive and combative attitude on the field? The Yankees took exception to that fire as they got blown out, and those across town with the Mets may be fortunate they did not have to deal with a player who can spark controversy at any moment.
To the contrary, Houston manager A, J, Hinch was protecting his player. He said, “Carlos is just trying to compete. He’s an emotional player. Obvious they took exception to a few of the actions. It comes from a good place Carlos is just trying to compete. Obviously it is what is is and calmer heads prevailed. It’s a tough feeling on the other side when you have a game like that and it is starting to unravel. He’s an explosive player and can be an impact player If we get a confident version and tonight we saw the emotion,”
Said Gomez, “I did not understand very well what people were yelling at me. I just asked, ‘Why are you yelling at me?’ And then someone came out of the dugout and started screaming, and I said. “Shut up. If you want to tell me something come here and say what you have to say.”
Of course it did not have to come down to the shouting. or the benches and pens coming on the field. Girardi said it is a game of emotions. and there were many times during the course of his playing career where things were said and he showed restraint.
However, Gomez does it his own way no matter how good a commodity he is for the Astros, or for that matter any team. Except the Mets were fortunate to renege on a Gomez deal in their quest to overtake the Nationals, because the last thing they needed was a combative player who would disrupt the good ship at Citi Field.
As for the Yankees, the good thing about baseball is Wednesday and another game with the Astros they need to win.
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