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UPDATE Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Accountability over the “Epstein Files”

By DAVID GREENE
This week, we asked readers for their opinions on the “Epstein Files” and if they believe anyone else will be held accountable for sex crimes or for assisting Jeffrey Epstein with the sex crimes he perpetrated. It’s been widely reported that Epstein died in custody in 2019 as he awaited his trial on sex trafficking charges. He was convicted a decade earlier and spent 13 months in a county jail, which included a work-release program, for soliciting prostitution from a minor.

To Balance the Budget, Mamdani Details Two Paths – Tax the Rich or Let the Middle Class Fund the Gap

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Preliminary Budget on Tuesday, Feb. 17, outlining the scope of what was described as a fiscal crisis he said he inherited from the prior administration. The mayor presented two paths forward to balance the budget (a legal requirement): raise revenue from the wealthiest New Yorkers and most profitable corporations and end the drain of City resources to the State, or have working and middle-class New Yorkers fund the gap.   

Bronx Man Gets 17 Years for Shooting Ex-Girlfriend in Face in Jealous Rage

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Friday, Jan. 30, that a man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for attempted murder in the second-degree for shooting his former girlfriend in the face after hunting her down at a local nightspot in the Mt. Eden section of The Bronx. 

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | NCB Appoints Dr. Sheba Thomas as NCB’s Deputy Chief Nursing Officer

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Christopher Mastromano, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi/North Central Bronx announced Jan. 20 the appointment of Dr. Sheba Thomas as deputy chief nursing officer at the hospital’s North Central Bronx campus. With what he said was an impressive background and a commitment to excellence in patient care, Mastromano said Thomas is “poised to make a meaningful impact in her new role.”