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By Neel P. Chudgar, M.D., cancer surgeon at Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center and assistant professor of cardiothoracic and vascular surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine  Bronx Voice  August 6, 2025  BRONX - Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. — largely because it is diagnosed at a late stage. The five-year survival rate for stage I or II lung cancer is over 65%, compared to just 8% for later-stage III and IV disease, according to the American Lung Association. In the Bronx, historically patients have been diagnosed at more advanced and less curable stages than people in other places in the U.S. To turn the tide in our community, in 2022 Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive C...

Arrest in Fatal Westchester Square Stabbing


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 25, 2022


BRONX - Police arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing inside a Westchester Square apartment building.



Police arrested 18-year-old Taliq Carter of Odell Avenue. He was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. 


No word on a motive for the slaying.




At around 2:41 am on November 23, police were called to 2511 Westchester Avenue. In the sixth floor stairwell area police found 23-year-old Rodney Truss unconscious and unresponsive. He suffered a stab wound to his right leg. 




Responding EMS pronounced Truss dead at the scene.

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