{"id":148466,"date":"2026-02-28T16:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/148466\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:39:07","slug":"news-12-the-bronx-341","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/148466\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | The Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local officials and political figures throughout New York City are taking to social media to voice their thoughts on the recent attack against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a Democrat representing parts of Manhattan and the Bronx, expressed disapproval on X, stating in part, \u201cDonald Trump\u2019s illegal <a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/us-and-israel-launch-a-major-attack-on-iran-and-trump-urges-iranians-to-take-over-your-government\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">strikes on Iran<\/a> will drag America and our allies into an endless war, putting innocent lives at risk.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, a Democrat, criticized President Donald Trump on X, saying \u201cAmericans will not stand for another reckless war that endangers families here and abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Brooklyn Councilmember Chi Oss\u00e9 also opposed the act in a post on X. \u201cDozens of Iranian children are dead. We cannot start another endless war and another endless slaughter,\u201d he said in part.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Nydia Valazquez, a Democrat who represents parts of Brooklyn and Queens, echoed the same sentiment on her X page, calling the strikes \u201cillegal\u201d and accused Trump of \u201cdragging us into another endless conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, of Staten Island, voiced approval for the decision on X. \u201cThe United States, the Middle East and the world will be a safer and more peaceful place when the oppressive and murderous Iranian regime is eliminated.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local officials and political figures throughout New York City are taking to social media to voice their thoughts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[5219,128,14670,60,9,24,63,2304,129,131,130,655],"class_list":{"0":"post-148466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-attack","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-president-trump","16":"tag-the-bronx","17":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","18":"tag-the-bronx-news","19":"tag-trump-administration"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}