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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 ...

Military Families in Need Receive Toys at Bronx Zoo

Photos by Julie Larsen Maher © Bronx Zoo



BRONX - Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson and officials from the Bronx Zoo were joined by Santa and Mrs. Claus at the zoo to distribute toys to local Bronx military families in need this holiday season.


Spanning two BP administrations and now in its 14th year, this event has become a tradition in the Bronx. The partnership between the Bronx Zoo and the BP Gibson is continuing to serve members of the community who have served their country but find it difficult to make ends meet during the holidays.



As a holiday treat for those in attendance at the Borough President’s toy giveaway event, Santa and Mrs. Claus was also on hand for photo opportunities and to help give away the toys.





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