Another story from this week's Riverdale Review and Bronx Press.
By Brendan McHugh
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| A body was found Monday in the lake. |
A body was found in Van Cortlandt Park Lake Monday afternoon, highlighting a lack of patrol in the city’s parks.
Anthony McGurran, 77, was missing from his Bailey Avenue home since Friday. Police say the investigating is ongoing and that the cause of death is not yet known. There were no immediate signs of foul play.
The news of the tragic death, whatever the cause may be, has underlined a problem with parks and crime.
“The Parks Department is responsible for 14 percent of the city’s land and it’s completely unacceptable that the city is not tracking and reporting crime,” said Geoffrey Croft of NYC Parks Advocates, a parks watchdog group.
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