A correction officer at Rikers Island has been suspended for neglecting required checks before Aramis Furse died in custody last month, a city watchdog and federal monitor revealed—adding this is hardly the first such lapse. With 28 staffers discipl…
NYPD detectives, never ones to let a day in El Bronx pass quietly, released images of two young men wanted for a brazen daylight mugging on East 149th Street that left a 73-year-old with bruises and lighter pockets—specifically, minus a necklace and a phone. The pair slipped away on foot, and we’re left with a Crime Stoppers hotline and the faint hope that data, not luck, cracks the case.
Police in New York discovered Susan Longton, aged 50, dead with head and body trauma in her Morris Heights apartment, sparking yet more speculation on urban safety. While friends described Longton as quiet and kind, the medical examiner will determine her cause of death—though as ever in the Bronx, one is left wondering whether the city’s statistics or its stories are more troubling.
The New York Yankees, apparently keen to avoid a bidding frenzy, have capped their offer for Cody Bellinger at five years and $160 million, bracing for agent Scott Boras’s legendary brinkmanship and the lure of more generous suitors like the Mets. While Bellinger’s versatility and clubhouse popularity are not in doubt, it seems the Bronx purse strings are now tightly knotted—until, perhaps, some desperate owner’s wallet accidentally springs open.
Talks between the Yankees and Cody Bellinger have stalled, with team brass unwilling to go past five years, $160m, while the outfielder and Scott Boras are angling for seven. This impasse lets the Mets, fresh off signing Bo Bichette for $126m, sniff around—though they, too, seem fond of short-term offers. Manhattan dollars, it seems, stretch only so far—even for Swiss Army bats.
In the Bronx’s Morris Heights, police found Susan Longton, 50, dead with head and body injuries in her apartment after a Saturday morning 911 call. Neighbours described her as friendly yet private; actual cause of death awaits the medical examiner’s report. While residents express shock, we note New York’s rarely short of intrigue, even if official explanations tend to arrive somewhat behind schedule.
