Bronx CB7 Supports Independent Cinema & Halt to Library Cuts 

Bronx Community Board 7 (CB7) held its latest monthly general board meeting on Tuesday, May 28, at Monroe College in Fordham Manor, approving two motions to send letters of support to the Bronx Independent Cinema Center (BICC) and the New York Public Library.

Two Men Now Plead Guilty in Fentanyl Poisoning Case of Baby Nicholas Dominici at Bronx Daycare Center

Federal prosecutors and the Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Monday, June 10, that two Bronx men have now pled guilty to various narcotics-related charges which resulted in the death of then one-year-old Nicholas Dominici and injury to three other infants due to fentanyl poisoning at El Divino Niño Daycare Center on Morris Avenue, now closed, in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx in September 2023.

Op-Ed: Skip Dog Pageants & Adopt Instead

Beneath the polished facade of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show [which took place in Queens County from May 11-May 14] lies cruelty obscured by overgroomed coats and circumscribed poses: the suffering caused by deliberately breeding and inbreeding dogs to meet human-dictated “beauty standards.”  

UPDATE Swimming Pool Access Debate Resurfaces as Summer Beckons

Debate over the lack of swimming pools in The Bronx has been raging in recent years, a situation further exacerbated during the pandemic. Frustration was evident during recent summers when, on hot days, long lines were witnessed outside Van Cortlandt Park’s renovated public swimming pool, while inside, only half the pool was open for safety reasons amid an ongoing lifeguard shortage.