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.”  

Calling All Choirs

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, July 5- The Pathmark Gospel choir competition is back and better than before! 

Does your church, school or community choir have what it takes to compete? All gospel singing groups are invited to audition and compete in the 12^th Annual Pathmark Gospel Competition for over $10,000 worth of prizes. 

This year the historic contest takes place on Saturday, July 21, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, NY. Entries are on a first-come, first-serve basis, so sign your choir up quickly.

For more information or to register for the competition, please visit http://www.pathmark.com/gospel_choir.asp.

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): NYPD Pours Cold Water on Illegal Fireworks

Bronx News (Bxnews.net): NYPD Pours Cold Water on Illegal Fireworks: BRONX, NEW YORK, July 3- The NYPD reminds all New Yorkers to celebrate the 4 th of July safely and legally this week.  Through ...

NYPD Pours Cold Water on Illegal Fireworks

BRONX, NEW YORK, July 3- The NYPD reminds all New Yorkers to celebrate the 4^th of July safely and legally this week. 

Through July 1, police have made 93 separate seizures of assorted illegal fireworks in various volume through arrests, vehicle check points and buy operations. The firecrackers, aerial displays, rockets and fireworks cakes confiscated so far fill more than 300 boxes and bags, from individual packages up to gallon trash bags.

Fifty-six individuals have been arrested for illegal fireworks and an additional 33 issued summonses. Fifty cars were found to have been transporting illegal fireworks, 12 of which were confiscated from their operators. Citizens are encouraged to call 311 to provide information about anyone using or selling illegal fireworks, and 911 to report crimes in progress.

Fireworks violations increase as the Fourth of July approaches. From Jan. 1 to July 5 last year the NYPD made 579 seizures of illegal fireworks, or an estimated 6,500 lbs – more than three tons – of assorted pyrotechnics. Confiscated fireworks are destroyed in controlled burns at the NYPD range in Rodman’s Neck, the Bronx.