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Twenty-Two City Council Members Call on State to Give City Power to Tax Millionaires

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Twenty-two members, a minority, of the New York City Council’s 51 member-body released a joint statement on Wednesday, Feb. 25, calling on the State legislature and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to pass the Fair Share Act, legislation they say would grant New York City the authority to enact a 2% income tax increase on millionaires.  

Kingsbridge: Mom Asks Culprits to Turn Themselves in as Christopher Redding Remembered

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
In an interview on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14, a little more than 72 hours after getting a call to say her son had been shot and killed at West 238th Street and Broadway in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx, the grieving mother of Christopher Redding, 16, recalled her son’s final day and decried the four teens who allegedly chased him down and shot him to death.

UPDATE Tributes Paid to Salsa Legend & Bronx Native Willie Colón who has Died Age 75

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Musicians, elected officials, and regular Bronxites, many from the Bronx Puerto Rican community, have been paying tribute to musician, salsa legend, producer, 10-time GRAMMY nominee, and Bronx native, Willie Colón, following his death, age 75, on Saturday, Feb. 21, reportedly at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Westchester County.