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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...

Gun Totting Thief Sticks Up Bodega



By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

December 21, 2022


BRONX - A Bronx bodega stickup was caught on video with the crook swinging around a handgun terrorizing the store employee across the street from the Bronx VA Hospital.


At around 7:30 pm on December 7, an 18-year-old employee was working in the grocery store at 117 West Kingsbridge Road. Suddenly a man dressed in black burst into the store and started waving a handgun around demanding cash. 





Cops say the perp made off with $2,500 cash and then ran out. No injuries were reported.




Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to 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 are strictly confidential.



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