Collection Held for Domestic Violence Survivors ahead of Galentine’s Day Event

By SÍLE MOLONEY
In advance of Galentine’s Day, a global holiday that celebrates women’s friendship and mutual empowerment, typically marked on Feb. 13, a collection of pre-loved or new items, including beauty products, accessories, jewelry, hair products, purses, shoes, clothes, and more was organized to support women living at a Bronx Domestic Violence (DV) shelter. 

Coalition Calls to Eliminate 5-Year Statute of Limitations for Human Trafficking Survivors to Press Charges

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Coinciding with Human Trafficking Awareness Month in January, Northwest Bronx Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (A.D. 81), a Democrat, was among a coalition of elected officials, advocates, and survivors who joined Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr., on Jan. 18, to call on the New York State legislature to support survivors by eliminating the five-year statute of limitations for sex trafficking and child sex trafficking.

A Look Back on Legislative Actions Taken on the 2nd Anniversary of the Twin Parks Fire

By ARIEL PACHECO & SÍLE MOLONEY
As Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson organized a reflective memorial ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 9, to honor the 17 people, including 8 children, mostly of Gambian descent, who lost their lives in one of the deadliest fires in New York City’s history two years ago, we take a look back at the various legislative actions taken since then. The wreath-laying ceremony took place at Bronx Borough Hall on the second anniversary of the tragic Twin Parks fire which broke out in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx on a fateful, cold Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, as snow lay on the roofs of cars and along the street.

UPDATE Feds Settle with NYS Gov Office in wake of Historical Sexual Harassment Allegations against Cuomo

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday, Jan. 26, that it has settled a legal dispute with NY State’s executive chamber (governor’s office) to resolve the justice department’s claims that NYS executive chamber, under former former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, engaged in a pattern or practice of sexual harassment and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.