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Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Arrest of DL Leader and BOE Employee Nicole Torres

By DAVID GREENE
After federal prosecutors recently announced that Nicole Torres, an NYC Board of Elections employee and a Bronx district leader in Assembly District 81, which broadly covers the northwest Bronx, was arrested for allegedly illegally demanding payments from Bronx residents to herself and to a local Bronx organization in exchange for selecting those individuals as poll workers, and for allegedly falsifying documents to fraudulently obtain poll worker paychecks, this week, we asked readers if they still had faith in the NYC Board of Elections ahead of November’s presidential and other general elections.

Fourteen Alleged “1300” Gang Members/Associates Charged with Multiple Bronx Shootings, Carjackings

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark and New York City Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban announced on Friday, Aug. 2, that 15 people, including 14 alleged members and associates of the “1300” gang, were charged under two separate indictments for allegedly conspiring to commit various violent crimes committed across The Bronx, including attempted murder (shooting), conspiracy and gang assault. One of the victims was a teenage girl and another an older adult. One of the associates is also charged separately for shooting four people and the group were also involved in a spate of carjackings and and a gang assault on an off-duty police officer.