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AOC, Paris Hilton Call for Passage of Bill Offering Right to Sue Perps for Sexually Explicit Deep Fake AI Images

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx Democrat, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Republican Rep. Laurel Lee (FL-15) and businesswoman and activist, Paris Hilton were joined by other advocates and elected representatives on Thursday, Jan. 22, in Washington D.C. as they called for the passage of the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act (DEFIANCE Act), bipartisan legislation that would grant survivors the right to take civil action against those who knowingly produce, distribute, solicit and receive, or possess with the intent to distribute, nonconsensual sexually-explicit digital forgeries i.e. deep fake, pornographic AI images.

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Apparent Decline of Good Subway Etiquette

By SÍLE MOLONEY
This week, we asked readers for their opinions on etiquette in the New York City subway system further to a video shared on social media by a relatively young New Yorker in which he complains that the situation is way worse than in prior years (particularly as many commuters stand in the doorway wearing headphones, and do not hear people asking them to move).

B.R.A.G. Honored with Keys to City of New York

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx Rises Against Gun Violence (B.R.A.G.), the cure violence program run by the nonprofit, Good Shepherd Services (GSS), received the Keys to the City of New York from former NYC Mayor Eric Adams, in the presence of Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, during a ceremony at City Hall on Dec. 29, 2025. The group also received a certificate of recognition from NYC Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD).

Nurses Continue Strike Action on Day 6 Under Snowfall

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Montefiore nurses which make up some of the estimated 15,000 striking nurses in The Bronx and Manhattan, continued their strike action on Day 6 outside Montefiore Medical Center, a private non-for-profit hospital, in Norwood, The Bronx and at other Montefiore locations on Saturday, Jan. 17. The strike began on Monday, Jan. 12, as reported, following failed prior negotiations between the parties. [Read our previous coverage by clicking on the previous links and read our Day 2 story here, Day 3 and 4 here and Day 5 here.

Student Supports Nurses on Day 5 of Strike: “The Nurses Took Care of Me. I’ll Never Forget That”

By SÍLE MOLONEY
An estimated 15,000 nurses, who are members of New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), in The Bronx and Manhattan at Montefiore, Mount Sinai, and New York Presbyterian private hospital systems continued their strike action on Friday, Jan. 15, which began on Monday, Jan. 12, as reported. The strike followed failed prior negotiations between the parties, as reported, and mainly centers around nurse/patient ratio and other working conditions. [Read our previous coverage by clicking on the links provided and here for Day 2 coverage, and here for Day 3 and 4.]