Safety
Ten (Four from The Bronx) Charged with Operating $20M Black Market HIV Medication Fraud Scheme
Federal prosecutors and agency officials announced on Friday, Oct. 20, the unsealing of legal documents, charging ten people, including four from The Bronx, in connection with their involvement in a scheme spanning around a half a decade in which they defrauded Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance companies out of at least approximately $20 million.
Mexican Independence Day Celebrated in The Bronx
Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson joined the Consul General of Mexico in New York and community partners to host a celebration outside Bronx Borough Hall on Friday, Sept. 15, in recognition of Mexican independence. On the sunny September day, the mood was cheery, amid music, laughs, and the raising of the Mexican flag.
University Heights: Two Sought for Multiple Daylight Nonfatal Shooting
Gillibrand Calls for Humanitarian Aid to Address Emergency Needs in Gaza
Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the U.S. senate armed services committee and of the U.S. senate committee on intelligence, is calling on the Biden administration to contribute to the United Nations’ emergency appeal of $294 million to address the immediate humanitarian needs in the West Bank and Gaza in Palestine, in the wake of an escalation of violence in the region following the Hamas attacks on Israel on Saturday, Oct. 7. Gillibrand is joined by 33 of her colleagues in the push, which is led by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut.
Belmont: 18-Year-Old Arrested following Non-Fatal Stabbing of 16-Year-Old
Rivera & Colleagues Introduce Bill to Fund Safe Evacuation of New Yorkers from Israel & Palestine
State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (S.D. 33), Brooklyn-based State Sen. Julia Salazar (S.D. 18), and Brooklyn-based Assembly Member Emily Gallagher (A.D. 50) introduced Bill S7716 on Wednesday, Oct. 18, to allow New York State to financially reimburse New Yorkers who are trying to evacuate from Israel and the Palestinian territories during the ongoing crisis in the Middle East since tensions escalated on Saturday, Oct. 7, following an attack by Hamas on southern Israel, which prompted a bombing of the Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Authority.