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Jacobi Gets Stormwater Upgrade

BRONX - The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) joined with NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and the global design and consultancy firm Arcadis to announce the ongoing stormwater drainage upgrades at the Jacobi Hospital campus. DEP is investing nearly $5 million to build stormwater drainage and storage systems beneath three of the parking lots on the campus through its Resilient NYC Partners program. When completed, the stormwater drainage and storage systems will be able to capture more than 5 million gallons a year. The project will not only help to protect the hospital’s facilities, staff and visitors, but also create additional capacity in the larger Pelham Parkway sewer system, helping to reduce flooding throughout the neighborhood. DEP and Arcadis, who is managing the construction at each site, recently completed similar upgrades at Flushing Hospital in Queens and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with a $1.78 million investment. ...

Bronx Man Charged with Fatally Stabbing Girlfriend in Neck

Police have arrested the boyfriend of a woman who was found dead with multiple stab wounds to the neck inside her apartment. -File Photo

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

September 15, 2023


BRONX - A Bronx man was charged with fatally stabbing his girlfriend in the neck inside his apartment. 




Police arrested 35-year-old Shaheene Ahmad in the death of his girlfiend 23-year-old Zariah Hayes. He was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. 


At around 10:30 pm on September 14, officers from the 49th Precinct responded to a 911 call at 2552 Holland Avenue off of Pelham Parkway. Cops arrived at the apartment to find Hayes lying on the floor, bleeding with multiple stab wounds to her neck. 



Hayes was transported by EMS to nearby Jacobi Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. 


Police took Ahmad, the victim’s 35-year-old boyfriend, into custody at the scene. 


A knife was recovered at the scene. 


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