Alessandra Biaggi approaches the stage at the Bronx Alehouse in Kingsbridge to give a victory speech after toppling state Sen. Jeffrey Klein in the Democratic primary on Sept. 13. Biaggi mounted a campaign that seemed unlikely to succeed initially. Yet, through boots on the ground campaigning and a large coalition of volunteers, Biaggi capitalized on widespread resentment of the Independent Democratic Conference, Klein’s group of renegade Democrats that caucused with Republicans.
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Tibbett Diner stands as a promise of a warm meal during the first snow of the season on Nov. 16. The snowstorm caught the city by surprise, and led to the migraine-inducing closure of the George Washington Bridge. Relatively short commutes became hours-long odysseys.
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A Bronx Science student talks about the life of one of the victims of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during a walkout on March 14. Bronx Science and High School of American Studies participated in a walkout at Harris Field, joining a number of other schools across the area — and country — to protest gun violence. The shooting in Parkland, Florida, killed 17 students, and was talked about for months after, with several of the survivors becoming vocal activists.
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Firefighters with Ladder 52 stand for one of six moments of silence on Sept. 11. Ladder 52 dedicated one of its trucks to Lt. Thomas O’Hagan, a Riverdale resident who got his start as a firefighter at the Hudson Hudson Parkway East company. O’Hagan died on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Japanese first lady Akie Abe, center, claps along with Caroline Kennedy, left, and Kirsten Larson, the principal of the Marble Hill School for International Studies, which has a robust Japanese language program and a cultural exchange program with Japan. Abe’s visit to the school on Sept. 26 coincided with the United Nations General Assembly, which her husband, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, participated in.
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Janicesa Rodriguez, a student at Lavelle School for the Blind, feels a sculpture at the school's third annual art exhibit, Vision of Art, on April 13. The school brings together works of art by its students that visitors are encouraged to interact with, upending conventional notions of exhibitions where visitors are generally prohibited from touching the art.
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Children enjoy a sprinkler in Seton Park on July 7. The photographer Eian Kantor, a freelancer for The Riverdale Press, lived in Riverdale until he turned 11, and revisited old haunts for a photography series that published in the Oct. 11 issue of the Press.
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A box labeled ‘mementos’ is among possessions damaged in a two-alarm fire that broke out in a top-floor apartment at 3900 Greystone Ave., on April 30. Firefighters from Ladder 52 on Henry Hudson Parkway in Riverdale responded to 911 calls a little after 1 p.m., preventing the blaze from spreading to other apartments. No one was injured.
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Marion Dolan and Carl Alexander dance to Etta James’ ‘At Last’ at the Senior/Senior Prom at the Park Gardens Rehab and Nursing Center on June 21. The event brought together Park Gardens residents with students from Marble Hill School for International Studies. Dolan and Alexander were crowned prom queen and king.
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Fashion model Marilyn Nieves looks over her shoulder as she walks in Edwin Reyes’ third fashion show at The Point on Sept. 14. A portion of the ticket sales and donations were given to the relief efforts in Puerto Rico, which was ravaged by Hurricane Maria last year.
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Alex Perzow curses a ConEd worker and politicians who he says failed to resolve a weeklong power outage along Sylvan Avenue between West 256th and West 254th streets. A massive tree collapsed during a March 2 storm, tearing down power lines, leaving live wires dangling, and blocking access to vehicles and pedestrians.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — U.S. Representative-elect for New York's 14th congressional district, who toppled incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley last June — gives a speech at the Bronx Alehouse after Alessandra Biaggi's Democratic primary win against state Sen. Jeffrey Klein on Sept. 13.
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