At 2254 Crotona Avenue in the Bronx, one apartment was abandoned last year after parts of the ceiling collapsed
As property owners run into trouble paying their mortgages, neighborhoods around New York City have been witnessing a disturbing consequence: Small and large apartment buildings are being abandoned in a state of disrepair, leaving tenants in limbo without basic services or even landlords.
In the Bronx, anybody can walk into a four-story building on East 178th Street near the Cross-Bronx Expressway. Someone took the front door off the hinges and sold it for scrap metal. Drugs have been sold out of vacant apartments.
“A nightmare,” said Cesar Guzman, 29, who lives in the building. “I can’t describe it as anything else.” Read more..
Bronx Hardware Store Delivery Driver Delivering More Then Hardware
Bronx - District Attorney Robert Johnson announced Thursday that a 30-year-old Bronx man selling illegal drugs while making legitimate deliveries for the hardware store that employed him.
A grand jury has indicted Luis Fernandez, of 1584 East 172nd Street, the Bronx, on two counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 1st degree, a Class A-1 felony offense, four counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd degree, a Class B felony offense, and two counts of Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia in the 2nd degree, a Class A misdemeanor offense.
Fernandez is facing a maximum sentence of eight to 20 years imprisonment on each count if convicted of the most serious charges, Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the 1st degree. Fernandez, whose bail was set at $50,000 bond or $25,000 cash, was arraigned on the indictment before State Supreme Court Justice Robert Seewald.
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