A fourth person was charged Thursday with federal crimes in connection to the Sept. 15 death of a 1-year-old from the effect of fentanyl at a Kingsbridge Heights day care center. more

Orlando Roper, a 35-year-old Kingsbridge man, was arrested in connection to an alleged attack of a 77-year-old woman and assault of a police officer on Oct. 22. more

A “bi-partisan community rally” led by Curtis Sliwa in front of former Manhattan College dorm Overlook Manor over it potentially turning into a shelter for asylum seekers, was perhaps anything but non-partisan as two sides stood opposite each other in the rain last Sunday in a war of words. more

Hate crimes and hate speech has seen an increase in the first three weeks of January, leading up to an educational visit to Riverdale from the New York City Commission on Human Rights. more

The New York City Police Department has spent the past month or so searching for a pair of individuals riding on a dark-colored moped and mugging parkgoers at Van Cortlandt Park for their cell phones. more

Caught red-handed 1. A burglary suspect was caught fleeing the scene of a crime with a stolen TV and some mail in tow on Oct. 5, according to police.  Police apprehended the man while … more

One Riverdale resident is one of many SNAP recipients who have reported that the cards they use to access the funds were hacked. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is supposed to provide food assistance to low-income city families, seniors and people with disabilities, but those benefits are instead sometimes being stolen by criminal hackers. more

To assure Angellyh Yambo’s death was not in vain, U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres has proposed legislation intended to ban ghost guns and expand the perimeter of gun-free school zones. more

Actors and camera crew for NBC-TV’s ‘Law & Order: SVU’ shoot a scene on Riverdale Avenue near the University of Mount Saint Vincent last week. Anyone traveling on Riverdale Avenue would have noticed the many trailers parked there as crews prepared for each day’s shoot. more

A man was arrested and charged for driving with a suspended license in Marble Hill, according to police. more