Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Heat and Hot Water Availability during the Cold Snap

By DAVID GREENE & FAHIMA DEGIA

This week, we asked readers their opinions on the heat and hot water situations where they live during the recent cold snap.

Botanical Square Residents Without Gas Since 2024

By DAVID GREENE

Bronx residents of four apartment buildings at Botanical Square in Bedford Park have been without a gas service for over a year since a Webster Avenue water main on Dec. 16, 2024, caused havoc in the local area, as reported at the time.

It’s Primary Season…..“Do Not Boo, Vote!”

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Former Democratic U.S. President Barack Obama once famously said during a campaign rally, “Do not boo. Vote!” This was essentially the message shared at Downey’s Bar in Riverdale on Sunday, Feb. 1, as three Unity Democrat candidates seeking election in the upcoming Democratic primaries in Assembly District 81 made their respective pitches to around 80 local Bronxites.

Kingsbridge: Male Sought for Assault on Elderly Man on New Year’s Eve

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached video and photo who they say is wanted in connection with an assault on an elderly person that occurred in the Kingsbridge section of The Bronx in December.

Fordham Heights: Male Sought for Robbery of 72-Year-Old Man

By SÍLE MOLONEY

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they say is wanted in connection with a robbery of an elderly person that occurred in the Fordham Heights section of The Bronx.

Throggs Neck: Two Firefighters & Two Civilians Injured in Early Morning Fire

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Two civilians incurred minor injuries and two firefighters were also injured but not seriously after a 2-alarm fire broke out in the Throggs Neck section of The Bronx in the early hours of Wednesday, Jan. 28, according to the fire department.

UPDATE Spuyten Duyvil: AG Opens Investigation into Civilian Death involving Off-Duty Port Authority Officer

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Officials from New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) announced Monday, Jan. 26, that OSI has opened an investigation into the deaths of a man and woman who died seemingly from gunshot wounds in the Spuyten Duyvil section of The Bronx last Thursday, Jan. 22.

Second ‘No Kings’ Rally Held in Northwest Bronx

By DAVID GREENE

For the second time in less than three months, a large crowd gathered in the Riverdale section of The Bronx to protest the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration after American military forces attacked Venezuela on Saturday, Jan. 3, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot and killed Minneapolis protester Renee Nicole Good on Wednesday, Jan. 7.

AOC, Paris Hilton Call for Passage of Bill Offering Right to Sue Perps for Sexually Explicit Deep Fake AI Images

By SÍLE MOLONEY

Bronx Democrat, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), Republican Rep. Laurel Lee (FL-15) and businesswoman and activist, Paris Hilton were joined by other advocates and elected representatives on Thursday, Jan. 22, in Washington D.C. as they called for the passage of the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act (DEFIANCE Act), bipartisan legislation that would grant survivors the right to take civil action against those who knowingly produce, distribute, solicit and receive, or possess with the intent to distribute, nonconsensual sexually-explicit digital forgeries i.e. deep fake, pornographic AI images.