Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Wednesday, Nov. 12, that a Bronx man was sentenced to seven years in prison for attempted murder in the second-degree for firing shots on a crowded street, striking a 2-year-old boy in the back, as reported at the time, as he walked with his mother on Fordham Road in 2024.

State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (S.D. 33), chair of the New York State Senate health committee, is urging Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to hold firm on a vote to ensure tax credits needed to protect healthcare coverage for millions of constituents is secured amid the ongoing federal government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history at seven weeks.