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UPDATE Allerton: 27-Year-Old Man Shot at NYCHA Pelham Parkway Houses Building
Off-duty NYPD Employee Arrested & Charged with Assault in the Northeast Bronx
Inquiring Photographer: Thoughts on the Mayor’s Veto of Buffer Zone Bill re Protests at Educational Facilities
This week, we asked readers their opinions on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s veto, on First Amendment grounds, as reported, of City Council Bill Intro 0175B, sponsored by City Councilman Eric Dinowitz (C.D. 11), that would require the NYPD to establish a plan containing considerations on whether, when, and to what extent security perimeters (buffer zones) could be established outside educational facilities.
UPDATE Morris Heights: Man Arrested after Dispute & Assault on 58-Year-Old Man
UPDATE: Wakefield: Man 26 Stabbed on White Plains Rd & East 233rd Street
Two Bronx Men & Brooklyn Man Charged with Assault on NYPD Officer using Stolen Car
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Thursday, April 30, that three men were charged with attempted aggravated assault upon a police or peace officer, attempted assault in the first-degree, criminal possession of stolen property, first-degree reckless endangerment, and other related charges for allegedly striking an NYPD officer while driving a stolen car.
CM Oswald Feliz Holds Joint Hearing on School Safety & Crossing Guards
UPDATE Mayor Vetoes Dinowitz Bill on Protesting Around Educational Facilities
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.
