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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).

UPDATE New York Private Hospitals Poised for Potential Strike Action by NYS Nurses Association

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Nurses who had been negotiating with their respective employers through the weekend ending Sunday, Jan. 4 over their working conditions and latest contracts have seen little progress at the table, according to the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA). A spokesperson for the union said on Monday, Jan. 5, that in just seven days, as many as 21,000 nurses at 15 private hospitals in New York City and Long Island could go on strike in what they say would be the biggest nurse strike in New York history.

Norwood: Man Arrested following Lewd Act in Subway Station

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The NYPD said they’ve arrested a 33-year-old man in relation to a lewd act which took place in Norwood in October. Police had been asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo and video who they said was wanted in connection with the incident that occurred confines of the 52 Precinct/Transit District 11.

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.