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# Weekly Emotional Insight Report ## NYC Borough Sentiment and Positive Action ### 2026-11-09 (2026-W46) Top emotion Fear · Talking about: Mamdani, NYPD, Democratic Congressional, FDNY, Democrats --- ## MANHATTAN **News tone this week**: Even **Trend**: Stable **Top Emotion**: Fear **Most Discussed Concern**: 1 dead, four injured in Manhattan building fire: FDNY **Most Uplifting Community Highlight**: Los Angeles: Taye Diggs, Tisha Campbell, Paula Patton & More Celebrate Lifetime’s Love Of A Lifetime Across 56 stories this week, the emotion that came up most in Manhattan's local news was fear. The trend is stable, with no sharp turn in either direction. The most discussed concern was “1 dead, four injured in Manhattan building fire: FDNY” (PIX11). The most uplifting community highlight was “Los Angeles: Taye Diggs, Tisha Campbell, Paula Patton & More Celebrate Lifetime’s Love Of A Lifetime” (Harlem World Magazine). Suggestions on the board: Show up: Monthly Nature Exploration Hike Series; Send this good news to one person who needs it. --- ## BROOKLYN **News tone this week**: Even **Trend**: Stable **Top Emotion**: Sadness **Most Discussed Concern**: DOE employee charged with murder in stabbing of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez **Most Uplifting Community Highlight**: Club Timehri celebrates 27 years of keeping Caribbean culture alive in Washington Brooklyn spent the week reading sadness, across 66 local stories. The trend is stable, with no sharp turn in either direction. The most discussed concern was “DOE employee charged with murder in stabbing of Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez” (ABC7 New York). The most uplifting community highlight was “Club Timehri celebrates 27 years of keeping Caribbean culture alive in Washington” (Caribbean Life). Suggestions on the board: Show up: Old Stone House: Open Hours. --- ## QUEENS **News tone this week**: Even **Trend**: Stable **Top Emotion**: Fear **Most Discussed Concern**: Queens’ Libraries Hit With Cyber Attack Causing Wi-Fi Outage Throughout The Borough by Dr. Dan Miller, Ph.D. **Most Uplifting Community Highlight**: Victoria’s Secrets | A wonderful week Across 33 stories this week, the emotion that came up most in Queens's local news was fear. The trend is stable, with no sharp turn in either direction. The most discussed concern was “Queens’ Libraries Hit With Cyber Attack Causing Wi-Fi Outage Throughout The Borough by Dr. Dan Miller, Ph.D.” (Queens Gazette). The most uplifting community highlight was “Victoria’s Secrets | A wonderful week” (QNS). Suggestions on the board: Show up: Senior Cardio Sculpt; Send this good news to one person who needs it. --- ## BRONX **News tone this week**: Even **Trend**: Stable **Top Emotion**: Pride **Most Discussed Concern**: Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to represent the family of Javits Frimpong, teen shot and killed on way to school **Most Uplifting Community Highlight**: The Bronx’s historic Little Italy transforms into a holiday wonderland featuring 80-year-old family bakeries, live nativity scenes, and fresh baccala Across 13 stories this week, the emotion that came up most in Bronx's local news was pride. The trend is stable, with no sharp turn in either direction. The most discussed concern was “Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to represent the family of Javits Frimpong, teen shot and killed on way to school” (Bronx Times). The most uplifting community highlight was “The Bronx’s historic Little Italy transforms into a holiday wonderland featuring 80-year-old family bakeries, live nativity scenes, and fresh baccala” (Secret NYC). Suggestions on the board: Show up: Tuesday Stewardship at the Foodway. --- ## STATEN ISLAND **News tone this week**: Even **Trend**: Stable **Top Emotion**: Sadness **Most Discussed Concern**: Firefighters extinguish basement fire at Staten Island home **Most Uplifting Community Highlight**: 2 honored at RUMC’s 20th Annual Emerald Anniversary Gala on Staten Island Staten Island spent the week reading sadness, across 30 local stories. The trend is stable, with no sharp turn in either direction. The most discussed concern was “Firefighters extinguish basement fire at Staten Island home” (SILive). The most uplifting community highlight was “2 honored at RUMC’s 20th Annual Emerald Anniversary Gala on Staten Island” (SILive). Suggestions on the board: Show up: Volunteering at Conference House Park - The Blue Wave. --- ## THE ENGINE Actions this week: 320 (290 done, 0 waiting for accounts, 6 failed). Button presses: 2. Pairs made: 0. --- *Compiled automatically by AURA ENGINE from publicly available sources: local news feeds, NYC 311 Open Data, NYC Parks event listings, NYC Service volunteer listings, the city's community-organization registry, the IRS nonprofit registry via ProPublica, and National Weather Service alerts. No generative model was used; every sentence is built from the data above.*