Politics

Prosecutors Hold Gun Violence Summit at Fordham University

By EMILY SAWAKED
  With June marking Gun Violence Awareness Month, Prosecutors Against Gun Violence (PAGV), in partnership with the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), held their annual conference for the first time in The Bronx, at Fordham University, in the jurisdiction and under the watchful eye of Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, co-chair of PAGV, alongside City Attorney for Columbus, Ohio Zach Klein.   This year’s summit was centered on community restoration and gun violence prevention. With callbacks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summit title was “Prosecutors and the Other Pandemic: Preventing Gun Violence, Restoring Communities.”   Prosecutors from around the country


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Torres and PR Resident Commissioner Urge Biden Administration to Restore Electricity to PR

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15) and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón (PR) sent a letter on Thursday, June 13, to U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm regarding the current energy crisis in Puerto Rico. Torres represents a large section of The Bronx, stretching from the northwest to the south, including a large Puerto Rican community.  

UPDATE Unity Democrats Allege “Dinowitz Democratic Team” Ran Political Campaign Out of Local Nonprofit 

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Local political organization, The Unity Democratic Club, is calling out the “Dinowitz Democratic Team,” a slate of candidates the club alleges were recruited and funded by local Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81), for allegedly violating a long-standing congressional ban on [political] campaign activity by nonprofits, a law administered by the IRS. Early voting begins on Saturday, June 15, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bronx Elected Officials, Housing Advocates & Union Leaders Hold Counter Protests to Trump Rally

By FAHIMA DEGIA
Sitting at his home in The Bronx, Brian Camilo, 21, watched live on television as former U.S. President Donald J. Trump threw paper towel after paper towel into a large crowd of Puerto Ricans who were crammed inside Calvary Chapel, Puerto Rico seeking comfort, reassurance, and support in the wake of Hurricane Maria after it devastated their island in September 2017. For Camilo, the former president’s seemingly flippant actions signaled to him that the wealthy didn’t care about the struggles and hardships of Hispanics.

Former U.S. President Donald J. Trump Hosts Rally in Crotona Park

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
Two days after the defense rested its case in the historic criminal trial held in Manhattan of former U.S. President Donald Trump over his alleged falsification of business records ahead of the 2016 presidential election [and in which Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts on May 30], the former president held a rally in The Bronx’s Crotona Park on Thursday, May 23.

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

By SÍLE MOLONEY
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.