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Quiet Acknowledgment is Powerful: Rethinking Suicide Prevention for Older Adults By Dr. Tyshawn J. Thompson, Clinical Psychologist, Montefiore-Einstein Psychiatry Associates  Bronx Voice  August 21, 2025 NEW YORK - Despite continued awareness and prevention efforts, suicide remains a leading cause of death in the U.S. Many conversations about suicide risk focus on youth and middle-aged populations, while older adults tend to go unnoticed - but they are an important group to consider.  Sadly, death by suicide is highest for men older than 75 years . Older adults can face many factors that increase their risk for suicidal thoughts and actions including: feelings of loneliness, social isolation, grief, family discord, new cognitive and physical deficits, financial strain, and institutionalization.  Recently, I had a conversation with a close family member who shared feelings of anxiety and a fear of losin...
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Co-op City Man ID’d as Stabbing Victim



By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

September 17, 2022


BRONX - A Co-op City man has been identified as the victim who was viciously stabbed to death at Pelham Bay Station. 


Prince McMichael, 27, of Edgar Place has been identified as the victim of the fatally stabbing. 



At around 9:46 pm, police were called to an assault in progress near the bus stop outside a building on the corner of Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue. 


Cops arrived to find a 27-year-old man with multiple stab wounds about the torso.


The victim was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.


An investigation revealed that three men involved in the stabbing fled on foot before cops arrived.


The victim’s name is being withheld pending family notification.


Anyone with information should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls remain confidential.

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