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By Dr. Edleen Sarette-Exama, DNP, MSN RN, Care Coordinator, VNS Health Health Plans  Bronx Voice  February 18, 2025 BRONX - While February is Heart Health Month, given the statistics, heart health should really be a priority all year long.  In New York State alone, almost 18% of adults 65 and older report they have some form of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and 27% of all deaths are the result of CVD. And here’s another alarming fact: While many factors can increase the chances of cardiovascular disease and stroke, people with diabetes have twice the chance of developing CVD compared to the population as a whole. As a registered nurse and care manager at the home- and community-based health care nonprofit VNS Health, I work with individuals who often suffer from multiple chronic illnesses. Diabetes in particular is  common, especially among people of color. Diabetes is a challenging disease to manage, and it can fee...

Perv Exposes Self on Bronx Bus


Police are searching for this man in connection with a committing a lewd act on a city bus.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

February 25, 2023


BRONX - Cops are searching for a perv who exposed himself to a woman on a bus riding on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx.




At around 6 pm on February 11, a 23-year-old woman boarded a BX1 bus on the Grand Concourse near East 203rd Street.



While on the bus she noticed a man in a red hoodie exposing himself and committing a lewd act.



The perv got off the bus at West 231st Street and Broadway. But not before his image was caught on surveillance video.

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The suspect is described as as a male with a dark complexion, brown eyes, and short black hair. He was last seen wearing a red hoodie, red sweat pants and dark colored shoes.




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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