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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 ...

Man Stabbed in Neck with Glass Bottle Outside Bronx Assemblyman’s Office

Stabbed in Neck with Glass Bottle 

The NYPD is searching for three men in connection with the stabbing of a man in the Bronx. The victim was stabbed in the neck with a piece of a glass bottle. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for three men in connection with the stabbing of a man in the Bronx. The victim was stabbed in the neck with a piece of a glass bottle. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

January 24, 2024 


BRONX - A Soundview man was stabbed in the neck with a glass bottle outside the offices of a Bronx assemblyman. Cops said the stabbing was result of an arguement. 


At around 5:15 am on January 14, a 20-year-old man got into an arguement with three men standing in front of the offices of Assemblyman Kenny Burgos at 1163 Manor Avenue - the office was closed at the time. 


Cops said the arguement became heated and then turned physical with the trio attacking the man. Then one of the suspects took a piece of glass from a bottle and stabbed the man in the neck. 


The attackers then ran eastbound on Westchester Avenue. 


The victim, who sustained heavy bleeding, was rushed by EMS to Jacobi Medical Center. He was listed in stable condition.


Investigators said no property was taken during the attack. 


The NYPD released surveillance video of the alleged attackers. The first suspect is described as a male with a heavy build and a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, dark-colored jeans, and a baseball cap.


The second individual is described as a male with a slim build and light complexion.


The third individual is described as a male with a slim build and light complexion.


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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