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B.R.A.G. Senior VP David Caba Honored as Trailblazer

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Cure violence interrupters, Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence (B.R.A.G.), announced in late May that City & State publication recognized David Caba, senior vice president with Good Shepherd Services, the nonprofit which runs the B.R.A.G. program, on its Nonprofit Trailblazers list. “Thank you for all of your hard work!” B.R.A.G. members wrote in response to the news.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi Celebrates Pride Month

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi held a celebration and march around the facility’s campus in Morris Park on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, with staff and patients of the public hospital participating in the event. 

Annual Salute to the Land of the Free Fireworks Display Held at Orchard Beach to Mark Fourth of July

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Democratic Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, Republican City Council Member Kristy Marmorato (CD 13), Rafael Rogers, president of the Business Initiative Corporation of New York (BICNY), Rafael Rogers; Julias Drake, director of operations for the Bronx Tourism Council, The Grucci Family, “America’s First Family of Fireworks,” and Monica Morales, emcee and PIX 11 reporter and host of “Monica Makes It Happen,” joined together for the Annual Salute to the Land of the Free Fireworks Extravaganza at Pelham Parkway’s Orchard Beach on Thursday, June 2, to advance of Independence Day,

Mayor, Council Speaker Strike Deal on $112.4 Billion Balanced FY 2025 Budget

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council Finance Chair Justin Brannan, members of the City Council, and senior members of the Adams administration announced an agreement on Friday, June 28, for an on-time, balanced, and fiscally-responsible $112.4 billion adopted budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.

City Council Member Eric Dinowitz Confirms Full Restortion of Proposed Budget Cuts to NYC Public Libraries

By SÍLE MOLONEY
After months of what was described as dogged perseverance, District 11 City Council Member Eric Dinowitz, described by his office as a well-known champion for investment in local public libraries, confirmed that the previously proposed cuts to the public library budget will be fully restored as part of the latest FY 2025 $112 billion city budget, broadly agreed between Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council on Friday, June 28.