Bedford Park: East 205th Street Residents Shaken after Afternoon Shooting

There were no injuries reported but local residents were left shaken after shots were fired in broad daylight on what is a relatively quiet residential street in Bedford Pak, 11 days after Gun Violence Awareness Month wrapped up, and as the City continues to see a general decline in shootings.

UPDATE Allerton: Bronx Tenants from 2910 Wallace Avenue Demand City Action to Return Home After Devastating Fire

The Legal Aid Society joined Assemblyman John Zaccaro Jr. (A.D. 80), City Councilman Kevin Riley (C.D. 12) and some of the 250 displaced tenants of 2910 Wallace Avenue from the Allerton section of The Bronx on Friday, July 11, to demand justice to ensure the affected families can return to their homes, exactly six months after a massive 5-alarm fire ravaged their apartment building in January 2025, injuring eight and displacing over 250 families. 

Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on Socialism

This week, following the recent win in the Democratic mayoral primary of Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani (A.D. 36), a Democratic Socialist, we asked readers for their opinions on socialism. The Merriam Webster definition of socialism is any of various egalitarian economic and political theories or movements advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.