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NYS Assembly Passes Legislation to Restrict the Use of Harmful Chemicals in Menstrual Products

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (A.D. 83) and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal (A.D. 67) announced on Thursday, March 27, the passage of a new law (A.1502, Rosenthal) earlier this week that makes menstrual products safer by restricting the inclusion of certain chemicals like lead, mercury and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), among others, in their production.

UPDATE Danielle Guggenheim Petitions to Run in Council District 11

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Petitioning is underway for those seeking to get on the electoral ballot to become candidates in the upcoming June primaries in New York City, and Danielle Herbert Guggenheim, a self-described, single mother, Black and Caribbean American who has served 25 years with the City’s Board of Education, and has tutored children with special needs, is among them.

UPDATE Norwood: Second Ceiling Collapse reported on Dekalb Avenue

By DAVID GREENE
For the second time in two months, firefighters were called to a second Dekalb Avenue building in Norwood for a report of a ceiling collapse. In the latest incident, Jumratan Inshanali, a 33-year resident of 3561 Dekalb Avenue, said she was sitting in her bedroom with her home health aide on Monday, March 10, when water started to pour out of her ceiling and into her first-floor apartment.

UPDATE Norwood: Man Arrested for Stabbing on E 208th Street

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said they have arrested a man following an assault on a second man in Norwood earlier this month. Police had been asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached video and photos in connection with the incident.  

Kingsbridge Heights: Man Assaulted Aboard Northbound D Train

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A man was assaulted aboard a D train as it approached Kingsbridge Road subway station on Monday night, March 17, according to the NYPD. They said the incident took place at around 9.25 p.m. when a 35-year-old man was aboard a northbound “D” train in the vicinity of Grand Concourse and East Kingsbridge Road. “An individual punched him in the face, causing bruising and pain after a verbal dispute,” they said.  “The victim refused medical attention.”