Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Crime on the rise

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Crime on the rise: Wakefield Area News By Mary V. Lauro BRONX, NEW YORK, July 9- There is no doubt that crime is on the rise throughout the City.  From ...

Crime on the rise

Wakefield Area News

By Mary V. Lauro

BRONX, NEW YORK, July 9- There is no doubt that crime is on the rise throughout the City. 

From January 1, 2012 to June 31, 2012, crime throughout the City rose 4.31 percent. In the Bronx it rose 2.67 percent. But don't let those figures fool you. They are averages. Some areas have seen more of a rise than other areas. For example, the 47th Precinct saw a rise of 6.44 percent. That means that so far this year, it is not the contender for the most crime ridden. To date, Comp Stat figures show it at 959 felony crimes running fourth behind the 43rd, 44th and 52nd Precincts.

By the same token, all areas of the 47th Precinct do not have the same crime rate. Of the 11 sections into which the 47th is broken, the safest and least crime ridden is the Woodlawn community which has only three percent of the crime. Compare that with our own Wakefield which has 13 percent, making it the second highest crime section in the 47th. Keep in mind that if crime were equally spread throughout the precinct, all sections would have 9 percent of the crime

With sarcasm we note that so far, we have lost our title to the highest number of homicides. That distinction goes to the 48th which had 8. The 47th had 7. We were, however, the highest in rapes at 19. The 46th trailed us at 16. The 43rd beat us at robbery. It had 255. We had 230. In felonious assault the 43rd also beat us at 248, but we were close behind at 236. But in burglary, we beat them all at 511.We also get the title for the most auto thefts at 111.

The largest drop in crime was achieved by the 40th Precinct which fell by 10.12 percent. The 45th also did well at a drop of 6.61 percent. By contrast, the 47th went up by 6.44 percent.

We never cease to wonder at the 50th Precinct which always has the lowest crime rate, but continues to fall. The 50th includes Riverdale which, as everyone knows, is not a poverty area. One wonders whether its success ties in an overabundance of police presence in its streets. We suggest strolling through Riverdale noting how many patrol cars one meets. Then stroll through Wakefield to note the same thing. But don't hold your breath.

The NYPD loves to include in its Comp Stat figures changes that have occurred 2 years ago as well as 11 and 19 years ago. No matter how much crime rises, it insists that we look at how much more improved crime rates are from the height of the crime wave back in 1993. That is silly. That crime rate was the result of foolishness on the part of the NYPD. We expect it to be more efficient than it was then.

We note however statistics for the 2-year difference which add proof to the increase in crime throughout the City. These past two years the City rose in crime by 4.31 percent, the Bronx by 1.98 percent. Note the, rise in the 47th Precinct was substantially higher at 9.23 percent!

All of this is not to be construed as a criticism of the officers or commanders in our 47th Precinct. We can only praise them for the job they do with their limited resources. It is to be construed as an indictment of the manner by which the NYPD assigns officers. Last April we were overjoyed that Commissioner Kelly sent 43 officers to the 47th which it sorely needed. Less than a month later, 25 were removed!

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Gunman Sought in Fordham Stick-up

By David Greene

BRONX, NEW YORK, July 6- Police have released a surveillance photo of a suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery that took place in the Fordham Section in March.

According to the flyer, the gunman entered the Marion Taylor Tattoo parlor, located at 2433 Jerome Avenue, at 3:30 p.m., on March 21. The suspect fled with an undetermined amount of cash and no injuries were reported.

Detectives from the 52nd Precinct continue to hunt for this individual, described as a male white or Hispanic, 30-years of age, 5 foot 7 in height and weighing 160-pounds and wearing a black cap.

Anyone with any information on this individual is asked to call the 52nd Precinct's detective squad at (718) 220-5836.  

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Burglary Suspect Sought in Norwood

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): Burglary Suspect Sought in Norwood: By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK, July 6- Police have released two surveillance photos of a man wanted in connection with a burgla...

Burglary Suspect Sought in Norwood

By David Greene

BRONX, NEW YORK, July 6- Police have released two surveillance photos of a man wanted in connection with a burglary in Norwood.

The suspect is wanted for breaking into an apartment at 20 E. Mosholu Parkway North, back on May 7.

The suspect is described as a male Black or Hispanic, approximately 25-years of age, 5 foot 8 tall and weighing 200-pounds.

The photos show the man wearing overalls and a white t-shirt underneath. In one photo he is wearing a baseball cap and in a second photo the suspect is wearing the cap backwards.

Anyone with any information on his identity is asked to call the 52nd Precinct detective squad at (718) 220-5836. 

STAY COOL, SAVE ENERGY

NEW YORK, June 6 – Another burst of hot weather looms this weekend, and Con Edison is reminding customers about the best ways to stay cool and save money while doing it.

Saving on your electric bill is easy if you follow Con Edison’s energy-saving tips:

• Turn off air conditioners, lights, and other appliances before leaving home. Use a timer to have your air conditioner turn on shortly before you are scheduled to arrive home; 

• Make sure air conditioner filters are clean so the machines will run at peak efficiency;

• Set thermostats no lower than 78 degrees. Each degree lower increases cooling costs by 6 percent;

• If you have a room air-conditioning unit, close off the rooms not being used; if you have central air, block vents in unused or vacant rooms;

• To reduce heat and moisture in your apartment or home, run appliances such as ovens, washing machines, dryers and dishwashers in the early morning or late at night when it’s generally cooler outside. Use a microwave to cook, or barbecue outside, if possible;

• Keep shades, blinds and curtains closed. About 40 percent of unwanted heat comes through windows. Simply drawing blinds and curtains, which act as a layer of insulation, can reduce heat in your apartment or home, and,

• Try using fans instead of air conditioners, but be sure to leave your windows open for ventilation. Fans use as little as one-tenth the energy as air conditioners.

Con Edison also urges customers with central air conditioning to accept the company’s offer of a free programmable thermostat for homeowners, religious institutions and small businesses. The thermostat can be programmed manually or from the internet. To learn more, call 1-866-521-8600 or visit www.coned.com/cool. 

The company also reminds customers that $25 rebates are available for customers who invest in cost-cutting Energy Star-rated room air conditioners.  Applications for the $25 rebate can be downloaded at www.coned.com/roomacrebates.

Con Edison has invested $1.2 billion for system improvements this year, including $928 million for cables, transformers, and network protectors, $34 million for transmission upgrades, and $208 million on new substation installations and related equipment. (See http://www.coned.com/summerprep for details.)

Despite that, sustained hot weather sometimes triggers service problems or power interruptions. If that occurs, customers can report them, and also view any service restoration information, either online at www.conEd.com, on their cell phones, or on their PDAs.  Customers also may call Con Edison at 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633). 

When reporting an outage, customers should have their Con Edison account number available, if possible, and report whether their neighbors also have lost power. Customers who report outages will be called by Con Edison with their estimated restoration times as they become available.

Energy-savings tips are also available on Facebook at Power of Green, on Twitter @ConEdSara and by downloading the company’s Power of Green iPhone app.

Con Edison’s Green Team continues to offer a host of energy-savings programs for homes and businesses. Customers can take steps to reduce energy usage this summer with rebates and incentives now available for energy-efficient appliances and cooling systems in their homes and businesses. To learn more or enroll, go to www.coned.com/GreenTeam  or call 1-877-870-6118.

Obama Critics are Racists- Pol says

There he goes again:

Candidate who says soda is like heroin now says effort to repeal ObamaCare, ANY criticism of Prez is racist

By Michael Horowitz

City Council candidate Andy King said, this week, that racists are orchestrating the campaign against ObamaCare because they can't stand the fact that a black man is President of the U. S.

King, the executive director of the Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) and a long-time organizer for Local 1199 of the hospital workers' union, said, “There is no respect for the office of the presidency among the racists who have attacked everything the President has done, since his first day in office. No one is always wrong, but as far as the President's critics are concerned, everything he does is automatically wrong because they can't stand having a black man in the White House.”

King, who is widely viewed as the frontrunner to succeed Larry Seabrook as Co-op City's councilman, stressed, in a telephone interview, “The Supreme Court did the right thing in upholding the constitutionality of ObamaCare. They did the right thing for the country, and they upheld respect for the presidency.”

The City Council candidate stressed that the country needs ObamaCare because its provisions extend medical coverage to poor people, assure insurance available for children of parents up to the age of 26, and mandate that Americans can't be denied coverage because of pre-existing medical conditions.

King stressed, “From my point of view, the attacks on ObamaCare, like most of the other attacks on the President, are motivated by racism. The important thing should be that ObamaCare is good for the country.”