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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...

Muggers Steal Moped at Knife Point


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

December 17, 2022


BRONX - Police are looking for a pair of robbers who threatened and robbed an elderly man of his moped in Fordham.


Police released surveillance video of the suspects who struck near Union Hospital off of the Fordham Road BID.


At around 5 am on December 8, a 61-year-old man was sitting on his moped in front of a grocery store at 221 East 188th Street when he was approached by two men.


One of the men displayed a large knife that looked like a hunting knife. They then forcibly removed his moped.


The robbers took off with the moped on Valentine Avenue heading toward Fordham Road.


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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