Bronx Community Board 11 Chair Bernadette Ferrara and Vice Chair Al D’Angelo were officially booted from their positions Thursday night, after being at odds with fellow board members and the office of Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson for months. In a statement posted to social media on April 25, Ferrara said her removal was “all about [manipulation,] power and taking over the community board, starting with public defamation of character.” CB11’s full board meeting agenda on April 25 paved the way for the oustings with a motion item scheduled on whether or not they should remain chair and ..read more

Police in the Bronx shot and killed a dog as the canine mauled its owner to death in a horrific attack early on Friday morning. Law enforcement sources said the grisly scene unfolded at about 3:09 a.m. on April 26 inside an apartment at 1210 Simpson St. in Longwood. Officers from the 42nd Precinct rushed to the location after receiving a 911 call about the incident. Upon arriving at the location, authorities said, they spotted the canine, a pit bull named Max, actively biting its owner, a 41-year-old man, in the neck and leg. The officers then pulled out their firearms and opened fire on the p ..read more

The legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul made a deal on housing as part of the budget. The package would likely mean housing costs for New Yorkers will go up, not down. Ideologues on the left and tenant organizations–which don’t actually represent tenants–want to extend rent regulation, misleadingly called “good-cause eviction,” statewide. The deal will extend it to all New York City apartments. This policy is really just rent control under a different name. It also makes housing providers “guilty until proven innocent” when they need to evict bad tenants, causing them to pass on their losses to ..read more

Columbia University’s week-long protests took a chaotic turn Thursday when pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators clashed as tensions over the college encampments in New York City reached a fever pitch. For many, the now over week-long protest at Columbia University has become a symbol. While some see it as a peaceful stand against war, others it is a representation of antisemitism and terror. The conflicting viewpoints came to a head on April 25 when about a thousand Israel proponents, led by conservative Christian singer and activist Sean Feucht, marched toward the campus and met on 116t ..read more

Bernie Williams was in the center, just like the old days at Yankee Stadium. Only this time he was at Lincoln Center alongside conductor Gustavo Dudamel and making his New York Philharmonic debut. After spending 16 years gaining fame while roaming the grass where Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle once trod, Williams was on the stage made famous by Leonard Bernstein and where guitar great Andrés Segovia once played. Williams performed “Moving Forward,” a jazz-infused work he composed in 2009 that was newly arranged by Jeff Tyzik as part of the orchestra’s spring gala on Wednesday night at David Ge ..read more

Two mistakes by Nestor Cortes doomed the Yankees’ 3-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium. After 1-2-3 first and second innings, Cortes gave up a home run to Nick Allen and a two-run shot to Tyler Nevin in the third inning which created a deficit too great for the Yankees to get out of. Despite those two blips, Cortes went 7.0 innings, allowing thosest three runs on five hits while striking out four. Dennis Santana and Victor Gonzalez both put up scoreless innings apiece out of the bullpen, but the Yankees’ offense sputtered all night, leaving runners in scoring p ..read more

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets went with protection over a pass catcher with their first-round pick in the NFL Draft. Penn State offensive tackle Olu Fashanu was selected at No. 11 overall by New York after the Jets traded down one spot Thursday night. “I’m just excited about Olu,” general manager Joe Douglas said. “A proven pass protector, left tackle. I feel like he can really develop and become an impact player for us moving forward.” The pick came after the Jets dealt the No. 10 overall selection to the Minnesota Vikings — who took Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy ..read more

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid is suffering from Bell’s palsy and played Game 3 with a bulky knee brace to sturdy the 7-footer after dealing with injuries all season. The lingering effects of the time off from his most recent knee surgery s ucked him into a depression — and that was before Embiid was hit with a form of facial paralysis. Embiid pushed aside the pain — mental and physical — and embraced the pressure after he vowed the 76ers were “going to win this series” against the New York Knicks. Embiid scored 50 points, making all four 3-point attempts and scoring 18 in ..read more

ELMONT, N.Y. — New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin’s 2024 playoff debut lasted a little over 27 minutes before getting an early hook.  Sorokin made just 11 saves on 14 shots in Game 3 on Thursday night at UBS Arena, allowing the only three goals the Hurricanes scored in what finished as a 3-2 Carolina victory to put the Islanders in an 0-3 first-round series deficit. The decision came from head coach Patrick Roy, who opted to go to Sorokin despite backup Semyon Varlamov having the hotter hand. He won seven of his last eight appearances of the regular season to help the Islanders cl ..read more

ELMONT, N.Y. — The Islanders have one foot inching toward the exit and another heading down the abyss.  Goals in the first two periods from Brent Burns, Dmitry Orlov, and Sebastian Aho on netminder Ilya Sorokin lifted the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over New York to take a commanding 3-0 first-round series lead on Thursday night at UBS Arena.  Sorokin, who got his first start of the playoffs, yielded three goals on 14 shots (11 saves) and was pulled with 12:46 to go in the second period after Aho made it 3-1 for the visitors. In relief, Semyon Varlamov stopped all eight ..read more