UPDATE Mayor Issues Security-Related Statement following Iran’s Drone Attack on Israel

By SÍLE MOLONEY

New York City Mayor Eric Adams released the following security-related statement on Saturday, April 13, after Iran launched a drone attack against the State of Israel:

UPDATE Up to a Foot of Inundation in Coastal Areas Forecast for Thursday Night April 11 to Early Friday Morning April 12

By SÍLE MOLONEY

National Weather Service (NWS) New York office officials have advised that up to one foot of flood waters above ground level is expected in vulnerable areas near the waterfront and shoreline in The Bronx, Connecticut, and Southern New Haven County, starting Thursday night, April 11.

Bowman and Federal Progressive Caucus Call on Federal Reserve to Lower Interest Rates

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Before the Federal Reserve’s board of governors’ federal open markets committee meeting on March 20, 23 members of the House and Senate, led by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, called on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to quickly present a plan to start lowering interest rates which the Caucus says continues to squeeze working people.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Addresses Calls for SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayer to Step Down amid Health Concerns

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus leadership released a statement on Saturday, April 6, addressing recent calls for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayer, a Bronx native, to step down from her role amid health concerns.

Bronx BP Hosts Annual Iftar Dinner Dialogue

By SÍLE MOLONEY & ARIEL PACHECO

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson joined the Bronx Muslim community on Thursday, March 14, in the Rotunda of Bronx Borough Hall for her annual Bronx Iftar Dinner Dialogue to mark the holy month of Ramadan, a time for fasting, prayer, and acts of kindness, which this year started on March 12 and concludes on April 9.

Con Edison Restoring Customers’ Power Following Damaging Winds and Drenching Rainstorms

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Con Edison crews are continuing to work to restore 16,100 customers without power in New York City and Westchester County after a powerful coastal storm slammed into the tri-state region Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

UPDATE Dinowitz Reads to Children, Attends Anti-Hate Photo Exhibit at Hostos Community College

By ARIEL PACHECO

City Council Member Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), a Democrat who represents much of the northwest Bronx, spent the morning of March 4 reading to children at the Hostos Children’s Center at Hostos Community College in Mott Haven, and later attending the College’s newly opened anti-hate photo exhibit series at Hostos Research Center.

UPDATE Family of Angellyh Yambo Sues Gun Manufacturer Polymer80, Inc. for Wrongful Death

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The family of the late 16-year-old Bronx teen, Angellyh Marieh Yambo filed a civil lawsuit against Polymer80, Inc., the Ghost Gun manufacturer and dealer who equipped a 17-year-old shooter and named defendant, Jeremiah Ryan, with an untraceable firearm.

Fordham Manor: Migrants Removed from Illegal Migrant Shelter, the 2nd Allegedly Run by the Same Man

By DAVID GREENE

Several West African migrants were evacuated in late February by City officials due to unsafe living conditions from a make-shift, Bronx migrant shelter located at 305 East Kingsbridge Road in Fordham Manor which was allegedly being illegally run by the same man who had already been busted for allegedly trespassing and allegedly running two other illegal shelters, one at the Old Fordham Library building, also in Fordham Manor, and a second in a Queens furniture store.

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UPDATE Mayor Issues Security-Related Statement following Iran’s Drone Attack on Israel

UPDATE Up to a Foot of Inundation in Coastal Areas Forecast for Thursday Night April 11 to Early Friday Morning April 12

Bowman and Federal Progressive Caucus Call on Federal Reserve to Lower Interest Rates

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Addresses Calls for SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayer to Step Down amid Health Concerns

Bronx BP Hosts Annual Iftar Dinner Dialogue

Con Edison Restoring Customers’ Power Following Damaging Winds and Drenching Rainstorms

UPDATE Dinowitz Reads to Children, Attends Anti-Hate Photo Exhibit at Hostos Community College

UPDATE Family of Angellyh Yambo Sues Gun Manufacturer Polymer80, Inc. for Wrongful Death