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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...
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Headphone Wearing Porch Pirate Attacks Deliveryman

Police are searching for a well-dressed porch pirate who attacked a FedEx worker and robbed a package. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice
September 21, 2023


BRONX - Police are searching for a headphone-wearing porch pirate who attacked and robbed FedEx deliveryman inside the lobby of a Bronx building. The whole attack was caught on camera. 




At around 12:40 pm on September 19, a 61-year-old Fed Ex deliveryman was in the vestibule of a Bronx apartment building. The deliveryman had his hands full of packages by the lobby door when a well-dressed man wearing headphones started talking to him. 


The deliveryman appears to look through his packages and then walks away. The head-phone wearing man is seen on video lunging toward FedEx worker. 




Cops said the man on the video kicked the deliveryman and grabbed a package out of the man’s hands. He then ran out of the building and fled in an unknown direction. 


The victim refused medical attention at the scene. 


The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion and facial hair. He was last seen wearing a black button down shirt, white pants and black shoes. He had a black shoulder bag and wore large black headphones. 



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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