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FDNY EMS Local 2507 Launches Ad Urging Mayor to honor 2021 Campaign Promise of Wage Equity

By SÍLE MOLONEY
FDNY EMS Local 2507, which represents more than 4,000 emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics and fire inspectors in New York City, recently launched a video ad campaign to urge New York City Mayor Eric Adams to fulfill a commitment from his 2021 mayoral campaign to grant FDNY EMS wage equity with other New York City, front-line first responders i.e. the NYPD and the FDNY.

Two Members of Violent Gang Alliance Charged with Murdering a 16-Year-Old Boy in Belmont

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES
Various federal, State and City officials announced the unsealing of an indictment on Tuesday, Dec. 23, charging Ahmar Garcia, 25, a/k/a “OB,” and Raheem Patterson, 28, a/k/a “Rah Rah,” with allegedly murdering 16-year-old Nisayah Sanchez on Sept. 29, 2021, in the Belmont section of The Bronx as a result of a gang war they said plagued the City throughout that year and cost the lives of multiple young men and boys throughout The Bronx. 

Norwood Student Helps Wheaton College Win International Competition

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Noe Garcia-Bravo, a Norwood resident, and student of the Class of 2026 at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, was part of a student team that earned first place in the Fall 2025 Digital Marketing Competition, an international challenge featuring more than 250 student teams from colleges and universities across the United States and abroad, according to College officials.