Race to Replace Foster in Council Begins
100 PERCENT
By Robert Press
BRONX, NEW YORK, March 1-We told you weeks ago that 77th A.D. Assemblywoman Vanessa Gibson was going to be running for the soon to be vacant 16th City Council seat currently held by Councilwoman Helen Diane Foster.
On Thursday February 21st Assemblywoman Gibson surrounded by her mentor Current Bronx Deputy Borough President Aurelia Greene (and former 77th A.D. Assemblywoman), Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Congressman Jose Serrano, State Senators Rivera and Serrano, Councilwoman Helen Diane Foster, and several of her fellow assembly members made it official that she was running for the City Council 16th Council District seat. The 77th A.D. Male District Leader Benny Catala (we are told) will be running in the special election that will fill the vacant 77th A.D. seat after Assemblywoman Gibson is elected to the City Council.
Senator Jeff Klein held his 18th Annual Black History Month Breakfast this past Saturday, and you can see how things have changed in a few short years. I remember attending a past breakfast where Former Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson was the keynote speaker. That was of course the last time the Democrats held the majority in the state senate. Pardon me, Democrats outnumber Republicans again this year, but it is Senator Klein, not Senator Sampson, who is in charge of the entire senate body. This year former City Comptroller Bill Thompson was the keynote speaker, where as it was Jeff Klein who backed Thompson in his race for Comptroller even though Thompson's opponent was heavily favored to win the Bronx, which he did.
Over 300 people were in attendance, the honorees were Mount Vernon City Council member Richard Thomas, President of the Pelham Parkway Houses Ms. Herma Williams, President of the Throggs Neck Houses Ms. Monique Johnson, and Community Board 8 member Lamont Parker. You can go to my blog at www. 100percentbronx.blogspot.com to see photos of the event.
Friday night February 22nd was the 2nd annual African-American Abrazo by Team Diaz to celebrate Black History Month. Team Diaz consists of State Senator Reverend Rubin Diaz Jr., Assemblyman Marcos Crespo, and Assemblyman Luis Sepulveda of the Castle Hill, Concourse Village, Parkchester, Soundview, and West Farms areas. The honorees were Police Officer Cleneth A. Davis, Ms. Linda Jordan, Deacon Emeritus Douglas B. Williams, Ms. Viola L. Doswell, and Master Michael Dean. On hand with Team Diaz were Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson, Assemblyman Eric Stevenson, Assemblywoman Vanessa Gibson, City Comptroller John Liu, and Councilwoman Letitia James (candidate for Public Advocate). There were also two of Senator Diaz's choices for public office Rev. Eric Salgado for Mayor, and Rev. Joel Bauza for the term limited 15th City Council seat.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Morrisania News: Mom Missing Mom Dismembered
Morrisania News: Mom Missing Mom Dismembered: Police Say Human Remains is Missing Bronx Mom By David Greene BRONX, NEW YORK, February 26- Police officers were called to a gruesome ...
Mom Missing Mom Dismembered
Police Say Human Remains is Missing Bronx Mom
By David Greene
BRONX, NEW YORK, February 26- Police officers were called to a gruesome scene after a resident discovered parts of a human corpse inside several garbage bags, left with the trash along Eagle Avenue.
Officers from the 40th Precinct were first called to 823 and 725 Eagle Avenue in the Morrisania section after a man and his son walking their dog, discovered a leg sticking out from the garbage at 4:30 a.m., on February 26.
A short time later police would converge on a third grotesque scene that was discovered outside of 509 Eagle Avenue in the Melrose section, where more human remains were discovered. Sources say a fourth scene was located at 786 Cauldwell Avenue.
In total, police say the victim was dismembered and her head, torso and legs were discovered inside a duffel bag and several plastic bags scattered along several blocks of Eagle Avenue.
Police would quickly identify the victim as Tonya Byrd, 52, who lived less than a mile from where she was discovered. The mother of three had been missing for two-days, when a son reported her missing Tuesday morning.
Detectives were reportedly canvassing the area for witnesses and for possible surveillance video showing who placed the woman's body in the trash.
Police were also looking to question Byrd's ex-boyfriend, who reportedly picked her up from her job as a home health care attendant, on February 22. Byrd reportedly called in sick the following Monday.
Initial reports from an eyewitness, stated that the suspect fled the scene in a gray or silver SUV, possibly a Dodge Charger.
Police were also reportedly looking to question the woman's oldest son and were reportedly looking for additional clues inside Byrd's Westchester Avenue home.
The medical examiner will determine the cause of Byrd's death.
Friday, February 1, 2013
Morrisania News: Bronx Hails Koch
Morrisania News: Bronx Hails Koch: --> Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. issued the following statement on the passing of Mayor Ed Koch: BRONX, NEW YORK...
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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. issued the following statement on the passing of Mayor Ed Koch:
BRONX, NEW YORK, February 1- “Today the Bronx is mourning the death of a son and one of the city’s greatest and most charismatic public leaders. Mayor Ed Koch was a man of wit and wisdom, a leader who helped lift our city out of the brink of bankruptcy, raising our spirits along the way and securing New York’s place as the capital of the world.
“Mayor Koch was always proud of his Bronx roots. During his administration he helped rebuild the South Bronx, creating a task force that helped restore burned-out buildings while creating new, thriving communities—work that still resonates to this day. He was a man of deep devotion, who after leaving office continued to inspire New Yorkers through his activism and his commitment to a city he fiercely loved.
“While we mourn his loss we honor his legacy, commitment to civil rights and his civic leadership, which will forever live in our hearts and in the millions of lives he touched. On behalf of the 1.4 million residents of the Bronx, I would like to extend our most heartfelt condolences to his family and friends during this very difficult time,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Morrisania News: Feds Shut Down Bx Drug Gang
Morrisania News: Feds Shut Down Bx Drug Gang: --> Ringleaders Charged with Kidnapping, Burning the Victim with an Iron BRONX, NEW YORK, January 10 - The FBI and NYPD announced...
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Ringleaders Charged with Kidnapping,
Burning the Victim with an Iron
BRONX, NEW YORK, January 10- The FBI and NYPD announced charges against 10 members of a criminal organization based on Wyatt Street in the West Farms section of the Bronx. Nine of the defendants were charged with conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine and heroin.
The crew’s alleged ringleader, Anibal Ramos, and one of its members, Anibal Soto, were charged in the original, July 2012 indictment with kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, and the brandishing of a firearm in connection with, and in furtherance of, the kidnapping. Ramos and Soto are alleged to have kidnapped and tortured an individual, including by burning the victim with an iron. The superseding indictment adds narcotics charges against Ramos and also charges him and three of the new defendants with possessing firearms in connection with, and in furtherance of, the crack cocaine and heroin conspiracy.
All eight of the new defendants charged were taken into custody as part of a coordinated operation involving federal and local law enforcement officers. Ramos, who was arrested in August 2012, and Soto, who was arrested in July 2012, remain detained. All the defendants arrested today will be presented in Manhattan federal court this afternoon.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said, “As alleged, for far too long, these defendants were a bloody blight on a Bronx community, contaminating it with poisonous and highly addictive drugs and the guns and brutal violence that are part and parcel of the drug trade. This case demonstrates our commitment to working with our law enforcement partners to identify and prosecute those who engage in this conduct and to expand cases previously charged when we develop new evidence. With the charges we bring today in two separate cases against 19 defendants, the Bronx neighborhoods in which they ran amok are safer places for their residents.”
FBI Assistant Director in Charge George Venizelos, “This case highlights once again the dual threat posed to our communities by the illegal drug trade. The drugs themselves are poison, with life-altering and lethal consequences. And violence almost always comes with the territory. We remain committed to restoring our communities to their law-abiding residents.”
NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said, “The depraved acts of torture described in the indictment need no further characterization, other than to observe that the nexus between drug trafficking and violence is well-established, and the commitment among police and prosecutors to bring its practitioners to justice is unyielding.”
As alleged in the superseding indictment unsealed and other documents filed in Manhattan federal court:
From at least 2000 through August 31, 2012, Ramos was the leader of a drug crew that operated on Wyatt Street in the Bronx and sold significant street level quantities of crack cocaine and heroin. In addition, members of the drug trafficking organization used firearms, threats of violence, and violence to secure and enforce their drug territory, including the kidnapping and brutal torture committed by Ramos and Soto.
Ramos, Joel Cabrera, William Zacchi, Christopher Hernandez, Michael Aviles, Latrell Riddles, Charitza Quintana, Yasmine, Zelayandia, and Jacqueline Hernandez are charged with conspiring to distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute, crack cocaine and heroin.
Ramos, Aviles, Riddles, and Zelayandia are also charged with possessing firearms in connection with, and in furtherance of, the crack cocaine and heroin conspiracy.
Mr. Bharara praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI and the NYPD. He added that the investigation is continuing.
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