Politics

UPDATE Bronx PO Shot Dead with Four Others, One Critical, Crowdfunding Page Launched for Family

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A young police officer from Parkchester assigned to The Bronx’s 47th Precinct in the north of the borough was fatally shot, along with five other people including the gunman, during an active shooter incident that unfolded in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening, July 28, at around 6.30 p.m. the NYPD said. Four other people died during the incident, including the gunman, who reportedly shot himself, and one remains in critical but stable condition in hospital, they added.

The Late Sandra Pabon Honored on Home Turf

By SÍLE MOLONEY
On a glorious summer’s day, in an atmosphere infused with joy and laughter, family, friends, elected officials, and numerous colleagues of the late Sandra Pabon, a former NYPD chaplain and Democratic state committeewoman for A.D. 80, gathered together on her birthday, Saturday, July 19, for a street co-naming ceremony in her memory at the corner of East 204th Street and Hull Avenue in Norwood, close to her former home. As reported, Pabon died on June 2, 2023.

Councilman Dinowitz Presents over $750,000 to Local Schools for Various Upgrades

By DAVID GREENE
As students from three local schools were celebrating their graduating classes of 2025, Democratic City Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11) took the occasions to congratulate the students and also present P.S. 207, P.S. 94, and P.S. 8 with various checks totaling more than $750,000 for different upgrades to the respective schools.

Off-duty CBP Agent Shot in Manhattan Allegedly by Gunman Sought for Prior Bronx Robbery & Stabbing

By SÍLE MOLONEY
An off-duty, 42-year-old, male U.S. Customs & Border Patrol (CBP) officer who was in Riverside Park in Morningside Heights in Upper Manhattan with a 40-year-old female companion on Saturday night, July 19, shortly before midnight, was shot by a 21-year-old man who is wanted for separate crimes some of which took place in The Bronx in December 2024 and January 2025, police said.

UPDATE Espaillat, Sanchez, Hotel & Gaming Trades Council & 1199SEIU Endorse Mamdani for Mayor

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Local elected officials, Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), Bronx Councilwoman Pierina Sanchez (C.D. 14), the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council, the 1199SEIU, and others have all recently endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (A.D. 36) for mayor of New York City in recent weeks in the upcoming general mayoral election. As reported, Espaillat had previously endorsed former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary.