After years of vacancy, Hostos Community College will lease the historic Bronx Post Office on Grand Concourse, converting it into a science and health education hub, Mayor Eric Adams and CUNY’s chancellor cheerfully declared. The 35-year, $15.5 mill…
CUNY will lease most of the historic Bronx General Post Office in Mott Haven, investing $12.3 million to turn it into a major life sciences center at Hostos Community College, city officials announced. Once $70 million in renovations by BPO Owner LLC are complete—sometime after construction begins in 2026—the sprawling facility is expected to host 5,000 students each semester and, presumably, a smattering of classic mail.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch lauded the NYPD’s gang database as essential to curbing Bronx violence, even as mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani demands its abolition. Despite recent shootings, she and Mayor Eric Adams insisted that overall crime rates have dropped, with New York still the “safest big city”; critics counter the database unfairly targets minorities. Gangsters, it seems, are not subject to the same data-driven optimism.
Jimmy Avila, charged last week with murder after a Bronx shooting spree, died in Rikers Island’s West Facility three days after his arrest, making him the 11th person to perish in New York City custody this year—more than double last year’s total. While officials probe the circumstances, advocates note such investigations seldom yield improvements; meanwhile, the city’s cycle of boilerplate condolences and actual reform appears stuck firmly in neutral.
New York’s Department of Corrections has floated a rule requiring its parole board to “give great weight” to immaturity and tough upbringings when judging juvenile offenders sentenced to life. The move, which follows Supreme Court nudges and a class-action lawsuit, riles Republicans convinced this will tip justice’s scales the wrong way. As ever, it seems, adolescence remains a card not everyone agrees how to play.
Following the tragic drowning of 20-month-old River Wilson at Ana’s Butterfly Garden Family Group in the Bronx, Congressman Ritchie Torres is set to introduce “River’s Law,” banning swimming pools at residential day cares nationwide and mandating alarms. Despite four state inspections since 2024 finding no violations, the system’s many holes proved fatal—regulators may now have to tread water a bit less lightly.
