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Bronx Local News: Digital Eye Strain: How to Protect Your Eyes from Screen Time

Looking at screens all day can lead to tired eyes. An ophthalmologist shares tips on how to prevent digital eye strain from screen time. This article originally appeared in NewYork-Presbyterian Health Matters By Dorothy Cucci  Bronx Voice  November 12, 2025 BRONX LOCAL NEWS - Itchy, irritated eyes. Headaches. Blurry vision. Constantly looking at screens, whether it’s a computer, phone, or TV, can cause an uncomfortable but benign condition called digital eye strain, also known as computer vision syndrome. The average American employee spends seven hours a day on the computer either in the office or at home, according to the American Optometric Association. Since most of us can’t avoid screens completely, how can we protect our eyes and feel more comfortable? “Screens are here to stay, so I don’t want my patients to feel anxious and think they have to cut out screens completely,” says Dr. Lisa Park , an ophthalmologist at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia Universit...
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Man Pistol Whipped, Choked, Robbed Tween - Gets 20 Years

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Bronx Voice 

February 10, 2025

            

BRONX - A Bronx man was sentenced to 20 years for pistol whipping, choking and robbing a 12-year-old girl who was returning home from school, prosecutors said. 


The defendant, Gabriel Narvaez, 46, formerly of East 164th Street, was sentenced to 20 years in prison each on first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary and seven years in prison for second-degree assault to run concurrently plus five years post-release supervision by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Jeanette Rodriguez-Morick. He was found guilty by a jury on November 12, 2024. 


“The defendant followed the girl home and brutally attacked her at the front door of her family’s apartment,” said Bronx District Attorney Clark. “Despite her injuries, she fought back. Hopefully, this sentence will bring a measure of justice to this brave child.”


According to the facts brought out at trial, on March 9, 2020, at approximately 3:50 p.m. on East 139th Street in the Mott Haven section, the defendant was outside the victim’s building when she came home from school. He followed her in and pulled a gun, and then pistol-whipped, punched, kicked, and choked her. As she struggled with the defendant, he took her keys and cellphone. 


Neighbors interrupted the attack, and the defendant ran out the front door. He left behind a surgical mask and baseball hat he was wearing. A DNA profile was extracted from those objects which matched the defendant, and he was arrested on November 19, 2020. The victim was transported to the hospital with gashes to her head, bruises to her body, and internal bleeding. After she was treated and released, she required follow up treatment to include psychiatric counseling.
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