NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue joined Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Assembly Member Harvey Epstein (A.D. 74), State Sen. Brian Kavanagh (A.D. 26), Manhattan Council Member Carlina Rivera (C.D.2), along with local kids and community members on Tuesday, June 28, to celebrate the start of the outdoor pool season at Hamilton Fish Pool on […]
After polls closed on Election Night, Tuesday, June 28, on the first of two separate Primary Election Days being held in 2022 due to redistricting, New York City Board of Elections released the initial, unofficial results in the races for governor, lieutenant governor and State Assembly, as well as in the following Bronx races: Delegate […]
State Sen. Alessandra Biaggi (S.D. 34) introduced legislation S9481 on Tuesday, June 28, to allow a private right of action against individuals, firms, corporations, or associations who manufacture, distribute, or sell semi-automatic rifles, including AR-15 style semi automatic rifles, in New York State. New Yorkers will be legally permitted to bring cases against those who […]
Editor’s Note: In a previous version of this story, it was stated incorrectly that a donation of $405 to the campaign for Jessica Altagracia Woolford came from Ivet Contreras, spokesperson for Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14). In fact, the donation was from Ivan Contreras from Brooklyn, unaffiliated with the congresswoman. We apologize sincerely for this […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul approved a new law requiring schools to consider installing a silent, panic-alarm system on Thursday, June 23. Approval of what’s known as “Alyssa’s Law” comes in the wake of several mass shootings, which have made many elected officials consider more strict gun safety and school safety laws. Andy Pallotta, president of […]
A Bronx mother has been left “enraged” and “shaken,” following news that at the Harlem school attended by two of her children, a 17-year-old male student was found to have been in possession of a gun on the school campus on Tuesday, June 7. He has since been arrested. Police said at approximately 12.30 […]
After a series of recent mass shootings, including one racially motivated one at a supermarket in Buffalo, NY on May 14, another at a flea-market in Houston, TX on May 15, another the same day at a Taiwanese church in California, and another on May 24 at an elementary school in Uvalde, TX, Bronxites took […]
One 45-year-old driver is dead, and a second driver is on the run after a fatal, early morning collision on Webster Avenue in the Morrisania section of the borough. A female spokesperson at the NYPD confirmed the 4:26 a.m. crash involving two moving SUVs and other parked cars at Webster Avenue and East 168th […]
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Friday, June 3, that the first 300 people who register for and complete the 5K Run Walk Roll Against Gun Violence, on Saturday, June 4, to kick off Gun Violence Awareness Month, will win two free Yankees game tickets. In the context of the announcement, Clark […]
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