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Landlord of Burned Bronx Building Sued to Stop Heat Monitoring

  Hundreds of tenants were displaced after a fire ripped through the top floor of 2910 Wallace Ave. in The Bronx, Jan. 14, 2025.  Credit:  Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY Ved Parkash had 10 properties put in a city housing agency program to track temperatures in chronically cold apartments. One just caught fire, leaving more than 250 homeless.  This article originally appeared in The City. By  Samantha Maldonado ,  Mia Hollie , and  Jonathan Custodio BRONX - The landlord whose Bronx building burned in a five-alarm fire Friday fought the city’s housing agency in court last year in an unsuccessful bid to exit a city program that requires monitoring for landlords with chronic heat complaints. Landlord Ved Parkash owns 2910 Wallace Avenue, a now burnt-out 98-unit apartment building in the Allerton neighborhood of The Bronx, just east of the New York Botanical Garden. That apartment building, along with nine others ...
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Van Driver Killed Crashing into Back of Tractor Trailer on Cross Bronx Expressway



By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 13, 2022 


BRONX - A driver was killed when his van slammed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Cross Bronx Expressway in Throggs Neck. 




At around 8 am on October 12, police responding to a 911 call in the center lane of the northbound Cross Bronx Expressway found a 2019 Chevrolet van smashed into the back of a 2017 Peterbilt Tractor. Cops found the 29-year-old driver of the van pinned inside the vehicle with severe internal injuries. 




Responding EMS pronounced the van driver dead at the scene.  



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A preliminary investigation by police revealed that both the tractor and the van were traveling northbound on the Cross Bronx. When they reached Philip Avenue, the van struck the rear of the Peterbilt Tractor. What caused the van to slam into the tractor is unclear at this time. 


The NYPD’s Highway Collision Investigation Squad is investigating. 


The 28-year-old driver of the tractor trailer remained at the scene and was not injured. Cops say no criminality is suspected at this time. 


The identity of the victim has not been released pending family notification. 



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