Though for a second it looked like it might move to New Jersey, the popular grocery delivery service Fresh Direct is staying in town. Governor Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg and Bronx Beep Ruben Diaz Jr. today announced that, thanks to some hefty financial incentives from the city, state and borough, FD is moving from Long Island City to the Bronx. And it's planning on adding 1,000 jobs or so in the next few years to boot. more ›

Hundreds of people gathered outside the 47th Precinct station house last night to protest Thursday's killing of 18-year-old Ramarley Graham at the hands of an NYPD officer. Marching from the family's home on East 229th Street, the crowd chanted "NYPD KKK" and "No Justice, no peace!" According to the Times, Graham's sister Leona Virgo addressed the crowd. "This is not just about Ramarley," she said. "This is about all young black men." more ›

Surveillance video outside the Bronx home of Ramarley Graham shows police struggling to enter the residence and kicking in a door moments before an NYPD officer shot and killed the unarmed 18-year-old in his bathroom. While surveillance footage from a neighboring home showed Graham running down the street with police pursuing, this footage obtained by WPIX 11 shows Graham casually entering his house. Seconds later two NYPD officers with their guns drawn attempt to break down the door. more ›

Commissioner Ray Kelly clarified yesterday that contrary to earlier reports, no struggle occurred between 18-year-old Ramarley Graham and the officer who fatally shot him in the bathroom of his Bronx home on Thursday. The Post reports that the two officers involved have been stripped of their weapons and assigned to desk duty, and the case will be presented to a grand jury to determine whether a crime was committed. "We're still evaluating the actions here," Kelly said. "We see an unarmed person being shot. That always concerns us." more ›

A Bronx mom has been charged after her six-year-old son was given an accidental, lethal dose of methadone—which had been stored in a cold medicine bottle. Raquel DeLeon, 36, was charged Thursday with reckless endangerment in the death of Carlos Rios Jr. DeLeon, who has two prior drug arrests, told police she has a prescription for methadone, but it is unclear why she was storing it in the DayQuil bottle. "As soon as he got sick, he was dizzy, he got in a coma and he died," the boy's maternal grandmother, Letty Muentes, told CBS. more ›

For the third time in a week, an NYPD officer has shot and killed a suspect. Yesterday an unidentified officer killed 18-year-old Ramarley Graham with a single bullet to the chest. The officer, a member of the narcotics unit, had chased Graham into his home, seen him flush something down a toilet and reportedly saw him make "furtive" movements, apparently prompting the cop to fire. Graham—who lived with his mother, grandmother and 6-year-old brother—was immediately mourned by family and neighbors. "Nobody deserves to get shot like that, in your own house," his bereaved mother, Constance Malcolm, cried to reporters. more ›

Two men remain hospitalized after being injured by a shopping cart that was apparently thrown at them from the third floor of a Bronx parking garage. Lounceny Camara, 52, and his friend, Sagne Ibrahima, 30, who had been standing at the Bronx Gateway Center shopping center during the Monday incident, are both in stable condition. The police are continuing to investigate the attack and some think that a fight over a livery cab fare sparked the attack. more ›

Yesterday, police raided a Bronx building which happened to house a five-story marijuana growing operation. Around 800 plants were seized, the equivalent of over 1500 pounds, including 75 pounds of dried marijuana. And the street value? Oh, around $7.5 million. more ›

Bronx resident Javin James was one of several witnesses to an NYPD beatdown caught on video last week, and he says that after he yelled at police to stop, they came after him. James claims he was in his apartment when he saw police beating and kicking 19-year-old Jatiek Reed on Thursday. He went out onto his fire escape and yelled at police to stop because, as he tells NY1, he wanted Reed "to know you are not alone with what is going on there." But after Reed was handcuffed, James says cops came up to his apartment, kicked his door in, and threatened him. more ›

Two men were seriously injured when a shopping cart fell on them at the Bronx Gateway Center. The cart was dropped from a parking garage near the Home Depot around 5 p.m. NY1 reports, "Police say a 52-year-old man is now in critical condition and a 30-year-old man who was sent to Lincoln Hospital is now in stable condition." more ›

A Bronx elementary school teacher is suing the city after the school's principal allegedly became enamored with her, rubbing up against her, winking at her and hugging her. According to the lawsuit obtained by the Post, Kristin Erat, Grant Avenue Elementary School's principal since 2009, kept a photo of Barbara Woods in her desk, and once "told Woods that [she] cannot stop thinking about" her. When Woods informed Erat that she was straight, Erat became "upset, surprised, and disappointed." more ›

Yesterday afternoon, as a Bronx mother was walking around her double-parked minivan to get her three-year-old son out, a man jumped in and stole the car. Luckily, after 45 minutes, police found the car abandoned around the corner—and with the child safe inside. more ›

The boyfriend of a woman whose one-year-old was found dead this week has been arrested and charged with his murder. On Wednesday, baby Richard Fludd was discovered unresponsive in the living room floor of a third-floor apartment where he lived on East 232nd Street. Reginald Smith, 24, now faces charges of murder and assault after the Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be homicide. more ›

Police have charged a suspect in the fatal beating of a 59-year-old Bronx father who was mugged for $15. Devon Downs, 29, was charged with second-degree murder and robbery in the death of former cab driver Bimal Chanda last fall. An accomplice who also joined in on beating Chanda with a metal object has not been caught yet. “The family is really happy to hear about the arrest, they never thought this day would come,” said Chanda family friend and spokesman Mohammed Ali. “Detectives told us it was a really hard case and that it was hard to identify the suspects.” more ›

Police are seeking two suspects who allegedly shot a man who refused to give them his iPhone in the Bronx. The incident occurred last week, on January 18 around 6:30 p.m. when a 23-year-old man was walking on West 190th Street near Grand Avenue. more ›

Police are investigating the death of a one-year-old boy who was found unconscious in his Bronx home yesterday. Baby Richard Flood was discovered unresponsive by his mother’s boyfriend in the living room floor of a third-floor apartment where he lived on East 232nd Street at 11:25 a.m. Wednesday. Sources told NBC that the boy had a cast on his leg from a broken leg, bruises on his face, and cigarette burns on his arms. more ›

The NY Times claims to have solved the mystery of where the D train opossum is, after initially reporting on its subway commute of glory earlier this week. But... more ›

We're not sure how far the Morris Houses are from the infamously huge rat found at a Bronx foot locker, but the housing project definitely has a terrible rat problem. A concerned resident contacted MyFoxNY about the situation. The news crew spotted many, many rats— "Big ones... little ones... even babies"—as well as many burrows. more ›

A South Bronx principal has been accused of using school funds to help pay for her daughter's "Sweet 16" party. Liza Cruz Diaz, principal of Public School 31 on East 156th Street, is also accused of stealing nearly $5,000 more and messing with school records to hide her thefts. Jeez, why couldn't she have done things like a normal parent and just asked Nicki Minaj to perform as a favor? more ›

Police are seeking a man who called 911 from a Tribeca pay phone last night and confessed to killing his girlfriend. A police source tells the Daily News that the call came in around 6:42 p.m. from a phone at Church and Warren Streets and that initially it was deemed to be from a "suicidal male." "He said he wanted to hurt himself," the source says. "Then he confessed to having killed his girlfriend. Then he ran off and left the line open." Thirty minutes later, a 48-year-old woman was found dead of apparent head trauma inside an apartment on East 174th Street in the Bronx. more ›

Last fall, officials investigated allegations that a Bronx high school principal had repeatedly harassed teachers by talking about his penis. Department of Education officials confirmed that Principal John Chase Jr. of Bronxdale High School made at least three remarks about oral sex to female staffers. But he was only disciplined with a letter of reprimand and sensitivity training. And now, fellow teachers and city officials are outraged that he still has his job: “The fact that he’s not being fired is insane,” one teacher told the News. “People are very uncomfortable around this guy. He needs to go.” more ›

On Thursday night, an 11-year-old Bronx boy was shot in the stomach by a bullet that came through the door of his second-floor apartment. Today, police said they have arrested 17-year-old suspect Kijana Jenkins, one of the two alleged shooters. He was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment. While his accomplice is still at large, victim Ryan Aguirre is recovering from the incident: “He is doing much better. We’re all still praying for him, but he’s feeling much better," his mother told the Daily News. more ›

The 2012 baby derby seems to be won by a couple who delivered a 7-pound, 3-ounce, 18.5-inch baby girl at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. The hospital says Rania Ali was born at the stroke of midnight. Also, she is VERY ADORABLE (see picture). But Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn says 5-pound, 8-ounce Emma Sieminska was also the first baby of the New Year (and Emma's pretty cute too)! more ›

Rafael Casiano, the off-duty housing officer who crashed his car last week, seriously injuring his partner, and then blew a (legal) .032 on a breathalyzer test nine hours later, has been forced by a judge to hand over his driver's license. more ›

Cops in the Bronx got a break last night after a 16-year-old chose to shoot a 19-year-old man multiple times early this morning directly outside of a police precinct. The shots were fired just after 1:25 a.m., according to the NYPD, and the perp was nabbed soon after. more ›

A three-month-old baby died after being dropped from what the police say was a "fairly high level" onto a bed in a Bronx apartment, and now her father is under arrest. more ›

Police say a man shot himself in the head while driving on the Throgs Neck Bridge last night. The Daily News reports, "The man was heading northbound from Queens toward the Bronx in a 1999 Chevy Silverado when he took his own life just before he arrived at the tollbooth, cops said." more ›