Religion

Norwood: Discarded Batteries Cause Garbage Truck Fire

By SÍLE MOLONEY
A fire broke out in a garbage truck in the Norwood section of The Bronx on Monday morning, April 27. Resident Marcos Sierra who, as reported, previously ran for City Council in District 11, shared the attached photo of the fire which ignited inside an NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) truck. “Be careful what you throw out!!” Sierra wrote.

UPDATE Mayor Vetoes Dinowitz Bill on Protesting Around Educational Facilities

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani vetoed on Friday, April 24, City Council Intro 175-B-2026 sponsored by local Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), on free speech grounds. The bill, along with Intro 0001-2026, passed in the council in March. The former would require the police commissioner to establish a plan to address and contain the risk of physical obstruction, physical injury, intimidation, and interference at educational facilities while preserving and protecting the rights to free speech, assembly, and protest, according to Dinowitz’s office.

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.

Easter Celebrated Across The Bronx

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES & SÍLE MOLONEY
Bronx Christians recently observed Good Friday and and celebrated Easter Sunday, marking the end of 40 days of Lent which, according to various sources, is a period of repentance, the purpose of which is the preparation of believers for Easter through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, as well as mortifying the flesh, simply living, and self-denial.

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the “No Kings” Movement

By DAVID GREENE
This week, we asked readers their opinions on the growing “No Kings” movement after three Bronx rallies were held in the borough on Saturday, March 28, including one at East 161st Street in front of Bronx Borough Hall, one in the northwest Bronx and one in the East Bronx.

UPDATE Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Iran and the Possibility of an Attack on the United States

By DAVID GREENE
This week, we asked readers their opinion on the current situation in Iran, and if they think America could be attacked at home in retaliation for having started a bombing campaign, together with Israel, against Iran on Feb. 28, killing the Iranian leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as around 175 people, mostly children, after a school was struck. Since then, Reuters report that around 3,134 Iranians have been killed.