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UPDATE VA Dismisses An Additional 1,400+ Probationary Employees as Hochul Announces Plans to Hire Some
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced Feb. 24 the dismissal of more than an additional 1,400 employees in non-mission critical positions. It followed a previous VA announcement of 1,000 dismissals on Feb. 13, which is part of what the Trump Administration says is its government-wide effort to make agencies more efficient.
Pelham Parkway: 33-Year-Old Man Dies in Fatal Shooting on White Plains Road
UPDATE Trump Administration Layoffs on Advice of DOGE Worry Bronx Vets
Hours after rumors circulated on social media on Feb. 13 that members of the new U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), run by unelected billionaire Elon Musk, a special federal government employee, would visit the Bronx VA Medical Center in Fordham Manor on Feb. 14, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the dismissal of 1,000 employees at unspecified VA sites across the country.
UPDATE Wakefield: 30-Year-Old Man Who Died in Fatal Stabbing on White Plains Road is from Yonkers
Bronx Man Gets 15 Years for Shooting Ex-Girlfriend and Man in Jealous Rage in Front of Five Children
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Bronx man was sentenced to 15 years in prison and five years post-release supervision after pleading guilty to attempted murder in the second degree for shooting two people inside a Wakefield home in The Bronx, leaving his ex-girlfriend paralyzed.
Inquiring Photographer: Opinions on DOJ Dropping Bribery Charges for Now Against Eric Adams
This week, we asked readers their opinion on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) memo dated Monday, Feb. 10, directing the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York to drop the bribery and corruption charges formally brought against New York City Mayor Eric Adams last year, which resulted from a 2023 investigation into his 2021 mayoral election campaign and related campaign financing. As reported, the mayor had his iphones and other devices seized by federal agents in November 2023 as part of that investigation.