Many skaters say that even parents in the vicinity rarely keep an eye on their youngsters. One exception the other day was Michael Saunders, who works at a telephone company and grew up in Bronxdale when the only place to skate was the sidewalk or the street.

Published by New York Times on August 30, 2008.

Mourners filled the Community Protestant Church on East Gun Hill Road in the Baychester section of the Bronx and lined the streets outside, closing ranks with a woman they said exemplified the unheralded hazards and heroism of a profession that many New Yorkers regard with contempt.

Published by New York Times on August 26, 2008.

The pedestrian bridge, which dates to 1848 and connects Manhattan with the Bronx, was built as one of the nation's earliest aqueducts and brought water to Manhattan from the Croton River in Westchester.

Published by amNY.com on August 26, 2008.

Transit cops Michelle Anglin and Koleen Robinson are accused of attacking a Bronx man out of road rage in Williamsbridge on Aug. 15. They have been stripped of their guns and badges.

Published by New York Daily News on August 23, 2008.

In Westchester County, the affluent Bronxville district decided not to pursue a pre-kindergarten program for about 100 students because, as Superintendent David Quattrone put it, “the vast majority of parents prefer to use the private programs in our community.” He also cited financial and space constraints.

Published by New York Times on August 23, 2008.

But the news was even scarier for the 300,000 people who live within 10 miles of the controversial Indian Point nuclear power plant in Westchester County, about 24 miles north of the city.

Published by New York Daily News on August 22, 2008.

Donnette Sanz's funeral will be held at the Community Protestant Church at 1659 E. Gun Hill Road in the Bronx. The viewing will be at the church Monday 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., followed by a funeral service starting at 11a.m.

Published by New York Daily News on August 20, 2008.

Two police officers are facing a Friday court date after being arrested and charged with pummeling and pistol-whipping a Bronx man while they were off duty.

Published by New York Sun on August 20, 2008.

Donnette Sanz, 33, a traffic enforcement agent employed by the police, was hit by a 1986 Dodge while on duty at an intersection in the Bronx. Sanz, who was eight months pregnant, was then thrown into the path of a school bus, according to a police report.

Published by New York Sun on August 15, 2008.

Fordham University will make a new foray outside New York City on September 9 when it opens its Westchester campus.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 14, 2008.

Dr. Winfried Edelmann, a Riverdale resident, has received tenure at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

Published by Riverdale Press on August 14, 2008.

It issued three safety violations to Tishman Construction Corp., the construction manager for the project. Inspectors are still investigating.

Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

In an effort to rally support for a proposed 16-mile tunnel under Long Island Sound that would link Nassau and Westchester counties, developers held a meeting Wednesday with a Suffolk County legislative committee.

Published by amNY.com on August 13, 2008.

While working for Tishman Construction, John Hoeffner wrote invoices for a nonexistent portable-toilet company, Mr. John, and added his last name to the payee line.

Published by New York Times on August 5, 2008.

The contract, which has a five-year term automatically renewable for another five, unless either side objects, calls for up to 600 clerkships, but resistance at the city’s prestigious medical schools, including New York University and Albert Einstein, has prevented the program from getting off the ground at their training hospitals, Bellevue Hospital Center on the East Side and Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx.

Published by New York Times on August 5, 2008.

“This changes the whole dynamic from an academic relationship to a dollar-based relationship,” said Dr. Michael J. Reichgott, associate dean for clinical affairs and graduate medical education at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

Published by New York Times on August 5, 2008.

A former project accountant for the New York-based Tishman Construction Corp. faces prison time and a large fine for embezzling millions of dollars from the company with forged invoices.

Published by New York Sun on August 5, 2008.

A former project accountant at Tishman Construction Corporation has pleaded guilty to stealing $2.8 million from the company in a phony invoicing scheme, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's office announced this afternoon.

Published by The New York Observer on August 4, 2008.

HOEFFNER forged vendor invoices and altered vendor checks while assigned to the Tishman construction project at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, between March 31, 2006 and May 13, 2008.

Published by The New York Observer on August 4, 2008.

Westchester County says it's been finding a lot of stores selling milk at prices above New York limits.

Published by New York Sun on July 29, 2008.

Joe Regina was walking through Westchester Square, touting the new merchants association and a much-needed city program to clean up the streets, when a passing teen dropped a soda can on the sidewalk.

Published by NYCity News Service on July 28, 2008.

Mercy College is launching an “immediate decision” admissions week on July 28 to enable college applicants to avoid a drawn out application process and gain instant acceptance for the fall 2008 semester. Using a kind of speed dating for prospective students, the private, nonprofit college will set up admissions desks from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at all five of the Dobbs Ferry-based school’s campuses, including its New York City locations in Manhattan and the Bronx.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 23, 2008.

But the pool, like the park it abuts, went into steep decline starting in the 1960s, as middle-class residents fled the surrounding neighborhoods — Morrisania, Crotona, East Tremont, West Farms — and poverty and violence took hold.

Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.

But the pool, like the park it abuts, went into steep decline starting in the 1960s, as middle-class residents fled the surrounding neighborhoods — Morrisania, Crotona, East Tremont, West Farms — and poverty and violence took hold. Today the area has come far from its worst days, thanks in part to a citywide decline in crime and in part to the efforts of residents.

Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.

Carlos (Puto) Ferrero tried to kill himself by swallowing bleach as cops closed in on his Williamsbridge apartment at 11:30 a.m., police and witnesses said.

Published by New York Daily News on July 18, 2008.

The incident happened at 866 Rhinelander Avenue in Van Nest.

Published by NY1 on July 17, 2008.

Steven Armento boasted to detectives from the intensive care unit at Jacobi Medical Center that his .357 Magnum sent Officer Daniel Enchautegui, 28, flying about 10 feet to his death in 2005.

Published by New York Post on July 16, 2008.

Where it came from is still unclear but Miguel Mota of Pelham Parkway knows it's out there because it bit his dog.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 16, 2008.

The popular drug Mirapex helped a Westchester man combat his Parkinson's disease - but, he claims, it also turned him into a compulsive gambler who lost his multimillion-dollar fortune.

Published by New York Post on July 10, 2008.

Finally, a beaver that appeared in the Bronx River last year — the first seen in New York City in 200 years — will be recognized for symbolizing environmental rehabilitation efforts.

Published by New York Sun on July 9, 2008.

The 43rd Precinct covering Soundview and Bronx River showed a 100% increase - with six murders so far this year, compared to three in the same period last year.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

Significant traffic congestion is one of the reasons that N.Y.C. Transit has initiated the new Select Bus Service in the Bronx along the Fordham Road – Pelham Parkway corridor as a means to cut through congestion in major bus corridors.

Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

The department’s biggest recent success stories include reviving parks in Harlem and the once vastly polluted Bronx waterfront, where significant improvements were made to Barretto Point Park, parkland along the Bronx River, Hunts Point Riverside Park and other green space.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on July 7, 2008.

Dr. Karasu is chairman of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

Artist Eddie Gonzalez painted two murals in his memory in 2001, one near Bielfeld's house at Olinville Ave. and Thwaites Place and the other near his firehouse, Ladder 42 in the South Bronx.

Published by New York Daily News on July 5, 2008.

Gonzalez used a combination of spray paint, detailed brush technique and stenciling, with supplies donated by Al Jampol Paint & Hardware on Morris Park Ave. and Ronan Paints on E. 135th St. to finish the work.

Published by New York Daily News on July 5, 2008.

And so in this corner of Harlem, which is known as Mount Morris Park, two sides have formed, each with complaints that many agree are legitimate. The stalemate has bubbled over into a dispute about class, race and culture and has become a flash point in the debate over gentrification.

Published by New York Times on July 5, 2008.

Each block is different, from Park Avenue to Parkside Avenue, from Greenwich Village to Eastchester — each is its own little city, with its own ethnic background, its own mixture, its own traditions.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

She called U.S. Marshals and asked them to promise her son would be safe. A few minutes later, the 49-year-old Westchester man's three weeks on the run came to a halt when he rode a scooter to the police station in Southwick, Massachusetts.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 3, 2008.

An accountant started a fictitious company to embezzle millions of dollars from his employer, Tishman Construction, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

That seems to be the situation in a City Council race in the northeast section of the borough, covering Williamsbridge, Wakefield and Co-Op City.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

Prosecutors say 47-year-old John Hoeffner presented fake invoices from real vendors and subcontractors to Tishman Construction Corp. executives. They say the executives would sign checks to pay them and Hoeffner would alter the checks and deposit them in his bank accounts.

Published by amNY.com on July 2, 2008.

Of the remaining New York City children with lead poisoning, 22 percent lived in Queens, mostly in West Queens and Southwest Queens; 19 percent lived in the Bronx, mostly in Crotona, Tremont, Pelham, Throgs Neck, Fordham, Bronx Park, High Bridge and Morrisania; 13 percent lived in Manhattan, mostly in Washington Heights, Inwood, Central Harlem, Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side; and 4 percent lived on Staten Island, mostly in Stapleton, St. George and Port Richmond.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

Prosecutors say the Queens resident deposited 99 checks that had been made out to vendors and subcontractors on a project at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in the Bronx.

Published by amNY.com on July 2, 2008.

He was also an assistant professor of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and studied liver transplantation, according to his resume.

Published by New York Daily News on June 30, 2008.

Two days later, the impersonators struck again at 10:45 a.m. in Baychester at 1650 East Gun Hill Road.

Published by WNBC on June 26, 2008.

The two men came back to Williamsbridge on May 19 at 1:20 p.m. to rob a victim at East 230 Street.

Published by WNBC on June 26, 2008.

New York authorities say they've concluded a massive effort to crack down on unlicensed home improvement contractors. They've issued nearly 700 violations and seized more than 130 vehicles during a five-week sweep. The city's Department of Consumer Affairs conducted hundreds of routine and undercover inspections along with officials from Westchester and Nassau counties.

Published by SI Live on June 26, 2008.

The last robbery occurred in Eastchester where the police impersonators robbed a victim at 9:30 p.m. on May 21 at Dereimer and Tillotson Avenues.

Published by WNBC on June 26, 2008.

To participate in the Buying Club, residents must live in 10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455, 10456, 10457, 10459, 10460 and 10474. Institutional buyers, including nonprofits that distribute food for the needy, can also take part.

Published by Crain's New York Business on June 25, 2008.