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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...

Wild Brawl Lights Up Social Media

Man Dives Off Car During Beat Down 

An attacker dives off an SUV during a wild brawl near Pelham Parkway. -Social Media

By David Greene 

Bronx Voice 

September 9, 2024 


BRONX - The Pelham Parkway community is reacting to a video posted to several social media accounts that shows a standoff between two groups of young men—before punches started to fly.


The video posted to the social media accounts of City Boy Times and Friends of Pelham Parkway on September 6, shows several young men on scooters surrounding an SUV along Lydig Avenue at Cruger Avenue.


One man climbs atop the SUV, when the men inside the vehicle get out when the brawl begins.


The NYPD was asked about the incident, but they had not responded before the publication of this article.


“Phylis” a 14-year resident of the area was asked if crime and violence in the area was on the rise or decline, she replied, “It’s the same, it’s just that when it gets warm it’s more active. It’s like the summer and spring is when it really gets crazy.”


One resident who recently moved from the area after 20-years in the community, added, “Crime is going up, it’s neither here nor there, the world has gotten worse.”


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