Bronx News Roundup, Sept. 24

By lifting zoning restrictions, and offering tax increntives, the city is hoping to encourage the buildings of supermarkets in neighborhoods where fresh produce is hard to come by.

There was a bomb scare last night at a warehouse in Highbridge.

In an editorial, the Post criticizes the Bronx DA for initially failing to contest the release of a drug dealer who was shot dead an assistant district attorney in 1990.

Police have arrested a man and 16-year-old boy in connection with the shooting death of a young mother in Mott Haven on Tuesday afternoon. Aisha Santiago was hit by a stray bullet when an argument between two groups of men turned violent.

A Bronx man, injured in a fall from a fire escape, could face jail-time after stealing a friend's identity so he could access health insurance.

Bronx Community College's volleyball team is on a roll, winning its first six games of the season.

Following the arrest of a bogus real estate agent, Bronx BP Ruben Diaz, Jr. is urging other victims to come forward. Josie Almonte allegedly stole thousands of dollars from unsuspecting apartment hunters in Northern Manhattan and the Bronx.

More on Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi's failed attempts to rent two mansions in Riverdale.

Bronx News Roundup, Sept. 15

Away from politics and Primary Day, here's the rest of today's Bronx news:

With Fashion Week upon us, The Times has a story about the designers Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein, both of whom - by an amazing coincidence - grew in Norwood within a few blocks of each other.

More on Jimmy Grove, the Harlem resident who won $168 million in a convenience store on Fordham Road.

Five men, including two from the Bronx, have been charged with gang-raping an 18-year-old Hofstra University student.

At a recent "town-hall" healthcare meeting in Parkchester, Congressman Joseph Crowley refused to accept questions from the floor, instead insisting that he talk with constituents one-on-one.

Livery cab drivers working out of the Bronx gathered in Highbridge yesterday, to air their concerns about a recent spate of passenger-on-driver murders.

This spring, the Uzi-wielding drug dealer who shot dead a Bronx assistant district attorney in 1990, was unreleased on parole. State parole officials and the Bronx DA's Office have launched probes into how this was allowed to happen.