Deaths

Hope on Wheels

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On a dark, cloudy night in late September 2023, around 12 days after one-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici tragically and accidentally overdosed on fentanyl at El Divino Niño daycare center, a cover for an underground fentanyl operation, Michael, 45, and Ashley, 31, huddled together under the infamous nearby Kingsbridge underpass at the Grand Concourse and East Kingsbridge Road in Kingsbridge Heights. Sometimes they squabbled, not in an aggressive way but like an overly familiar elderly couple.

Pushing Through the Pain…

By SÍLE MOLONEY
In a historic mental and physical challenge, after training for around one year in efforts to raise awareness about positive mental health and suicide prevention, mental health advocate Alex Moreno, an Allerton resident, pulled a car for a little over two miles along The Bronx’s Pelham Parkway South from White Plains Road to Eastchester Road on Sunday, Sept. 14.

Op-Ed: Missing Voices from NYC’s Post-9/11 Fallen Service Member Memorial

By JOSEPH A. BELLO
Memorials are sacred spaces. They offer a place for remembrance, reflection and connection, while also educating future generations. An example of this is the Queens Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a decade-long project spearheaded by Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 32 and then–Borough President Melinda Katz.

AOC Explains No Vote on Charlie Kirk Resolution and Trump Administration’s “Assault” on Free Speech

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) released a statement on Friday, Sept. 19, following her opposition to a resolution “honoring the life and legacy” of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, 31, who was murdered allegedly by lone shooter Tyler Robinson during a Utah Valley University college campus event on Sept. 10, one of many held by Kirk during which he, students and members of the public typically debated various topics. The resolution later passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, Politico reported.