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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...

Elderly Man Beaten Across from Yankee Stadium

Daylight Robbery Across from Yankee Stadium
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a mugging across from Yankee Stadium. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a mugging across from Yankee Stadium. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

March 25, 2024


BRONX - An elderly man entering his building was knocked upside the head and robbed during a mugging across the street from Yankee Stadium, the NYPD announced. 



At around 1:15 pm on March 24, a 70-year-old man was entering his building in the vicinity of Anderson Avenue and Jerome Avenue, across the street from Yankee Stadium. Cops said a man walked up behind the resident and hit him in the head within an unknown object. 


The attacker then reached into the stunned victim’s right front pocket and removed his wallet, cops said. The attacker then ran out of the building and fled in an unknown direction. 


The victim was transported to a local hospital by private means. He was treated for bruising and injuries. Cops said the victim’s wallet only contained credit cards and a MetroCard. 


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The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion and a medium build. He is said to be around 50 years of age and is 5 foot 10. He was last seen wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, black sneakers, blue winter hat and carrying a black book bag.


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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