The scope and status of when and where security cameras will be installed in the Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood remains in limbo ten days after the fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Ángel Miguel Mendoza Hernández in the Oval on Aug. 5. As reported, State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (S.D. 33) wrote to NYC Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriguez on Aug. 12 asking that funding for cameras requested by NYC Parks and secured last year be utilized to install the cameras as a matter or priority.

Meanwhile, further to a longstanding budget request from Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) last year to install cameras in the Oval, it is still unclear which department, NYC Parks, the NYPD, or a combination of both is ultimately responsible for implementing the request. In the meantime, the need for cameras in th

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