Elections

UPDATE Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Quality-of-Life Issues in Williamsbridge Oval as Lawsuit Planned Against City

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
This week, after some negative feedback about quality-of-life issues in and around the Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood, and in Norwood more broadly, were sent on May 19 to the Office of Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), Bronx Community Board 7, and the Jerome Gun Hill BID from George Lunney of Norwood Residents Association, as well as other quality-of-life concerns raised recently by other local residents, Norwood News asked readers for their opinions on the situation.

UPDATE Bronx Day in Albany 2026 Returns after a Decade

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx Day in Albany returned to the Capital Region for the first time in nearly a decade, bringing together business leaders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, cultural institutions and policymakers to highlight the borough’s economic impact and opportunities for growth across New York State.

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Mayor’s Veto of Buffer Zone Bill re Protests at Educational Facilities

By DAVID GREENE & SÍLE MOLONEY
This week, we asked readers their opinions on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s veto, on First Amendment grounds, as reported, of City Council Bill Intro 0175B, sponsored by City Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), that would require the NYPD to establish a plan containing considerations on whether, when, and to what extent security perimeters (buffer zones) could be established outside educational facilities.

A.D. 81 Candidate Morgan Evers Endorsed by Rivera, Jackson & Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Morgan Evers, a teacher and disability activist who launched her campaign to challenge local, 16-term Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz on Dec. 7, 2025 for the 81st Assembly District seat in the upcoming June primaries, has received additional endorsements in recent weeks in the form of local State Senators Gustavo Rivera (S.D. 33), Robert Jackson (S.D. 31), and the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club. 

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the “Tax the Rich” Campaign

By DAVID GREENE
This week, we asked readers for their opinion on the ‘Tax the Rich’ campaign that would increase the taxes of millionaires and wealthy corporations, using the revenue earned from such taxes to restore funding cuts to healthcare and public services, as well as free childcare.