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• Kingsbridge Heights Mural Unveiling

  19-07-2019 06:00 via bxtimes.com
  See this story at BxTimes.com.By Robert WirsingBronx TimesA beautiful new mural made its debut at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center’s Neighborhood Festival in May, drawn and designed by Rob Anderson with the help of KHCC’s tweens. Anderson incorporated pop art, graffiti and bright bold colors to represent the local community.
  
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• Yankees rally in 9th, Judge breaks out of slump in 6-4 win over Blue Jays to avoid sweep

  18-04-2024 02:10 via amny.com
  
  A four-run spectacle fueled by Aaron Judge’s go-ahead single in the top of the ninth resulted in a come-from-behind 6-4 win for the New York Yankees on Wednesday evening at Rogers Centre, avoiding the sweep at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays.
  It started with Giancarlo Stanton’s solo shot into the second deck. Then, Gleyber Torres singled and Alex Verdugo doubled to put men on second and third with no outs, still. OswaldoCabrera’s groundout brought up pinch-hitter Jose Trevin
  
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• Sen. Rivera’s legislation sparks debate over government-funded long term care plans, dividing advocates

  17-04-2024 23:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Homecare Savings and Reinvestment Act, sponsored by state Sen. Gustavo Rivera, will eliminate government-funded long-term care (MLTC) plans if it becomes law.
  These plans were meant to streamline care and services, such as physical therapy or podiatry, for people with Medicare and Medicaid with long-term medical needs who wish to live at home. 
  However, while some health advocates have said that eliminating these plans would disrupt care and that MLTCs have a high satisfaction
  
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• Three reasons why the Yankees pitching staff is unreliable of late

  17-04-2024 22:51 via amny.com
  
  Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Yankees’ pitching is less-than-reliable.
  After a red-hot start to the season, the Bronx Bombers woke up on Wednesday, April 17, the last day of their series against Toronto 12-5 with their third consecutive loss. 
  Why is that?
  Foul (ball) Trouble 
  Carlos Rodon didn’t suddenly pick up a basketball and leave Yankee Stadium for Madison Square Garden, so no, he’s not picking up fouls like a center.Foul balls ate at him in his
  
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• Forest Hills Stadium unveils huge summer concert lineup full of music stars

  17-04-2024 21:45 via amny.com
  
  Neil Young, Pitbull, and the Marley Brothers are among the big acts set to play Forest Hills Stadium this summer.
  The landmark arena nestled in Queens announced an electrifying lineup Wednesday for the inaugural season of its second century. 
  The stadium is known for its old-world charm and rich musical legacy, continually drawing some of the biggest names in the music and entertainment industry. Originally constructed in the 1920s as the venue for the U.S. Open tennis tournament, it transi
  
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• Sign of the times: Why vacant storefronts continue to plague NYC

  17-04-2024 21:25 via amny.com
  
  The number of vacant storefronts in NYC is growing, and the City Council demanded solutions to the economic problem during an oversight hearing at City Hall on Wednesday. 
  NYC Council Member Oswald Feliz, (D-Bronx) chair of the council’s Committee on Small Business, led the economy-focused hearing, explaining to members of the city’s Small Business Service (SBS) that business owners are being forced to shut down or not open at all due to high rents, chain-store competition and r
  
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• Morrisania tenants sue landlords of South Bronx residence, citing several open violations

  17-04-2024 21:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Dozens of Morrisania residents from adjacent apartments who claim to have tolerated substandard living conditions for years, have filed a lawsuit against the buildings’ landlords, with assistance from a nonprofit legal aid provider.
  On April 16, the Legal Aid Society’s Housing Justice Unit Group Advocacy and 62 tenants who live at the connected high-rise apartment buildings located in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx filed a lawsuit against Fordham Fulton Realty Corporation,
  
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• Turnabout is ‘Fare Play’: NYPD says fare evasion operation led to 175 arrests of armed or drug-carrying suspects in a week

  17-04-2024 18:00 via amny.com
  
  NYPD transit brass said Tuesday that “Operation Fare Play” was a winning move for public safety, resulting in 175 arrests of dangerous criminals during a concentrated effort to combat fare evasion. 
  The week-long initiative between April 8-12 saw an extra 150 cops per day were posted at turnstiles solely to stop fare evaders, complementing a surge of about 1,000 officers daily into the subways to keep the peace. NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper said it was just an extension
  
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• Lehman’s Institute for Literary Studies canceled a panel on the struggles for Palestine. What are the implications?

  17-04-2024 18:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Earlier this year, the Lehman College Institute for Literary Studies in the Bronx was gearing up for an antiracism writing conference that leadership said was meant to “support professors in teaching students who are struggling.” But less than two weeks before the original date of the conference, Feb. 16, the institute struck a panel from the lineup after its title turned controversial.
  In “Globalize the Intifada! Mapping struggles for Palestine between the streets and our
  
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• Drive-by shooting in Mount Eden leaves man dead, three others wounded: NYPD

  17-04-2024 16:09 via bxtimes.com
  
  Police are searching for drive-by shooters on scooters who shot one man dead and left three people wounded in a hail of bullets in Mount Eden on Tuesday evening.
  Law enforcement sources said the gunfire erupted at the corner of Mount Eden and Townsend Avenues in Mount Eden at about 6:15 p.m. on April 16.
  Based on a preliminary investigation, Assistant Chief Benjamin Gurley reported, the shooters rode up to the location on the back of two scooters from the eastbound side of Mount Eden Avenue and
  
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• What’s Happening | Birdwatching, wildflower walks and more!

  17-04-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Spring Wildflower Walk
  Thursday, April 18, from 3 to 4 p.m.
  Seton Falls Park
  East 233rd Street and Baychester Avenue
  Free admission
  Explore which plants are in bloom in the parks of the Bronx! Learn how to identify different species of flowers and pick up some botany basics on this engaging and educational hike with the Urban Park Rangers!
  Intro to Birding at Wave Hill
  Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to noon
  Wave Hill House4900 Independence Ave.
  $17 admission
  Anyone can be a birder!
  Ryan Mandel
  
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• 5 Weekend Getaways, No Car Required

  17-04-2024 14:53 via newyorkfamily.com
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  5 Weekend Getaways, No Car Required
  With the school year starting to wind down, you and your family are likely due for a vacation. As much fun as NYC is, we all need to get away sometimes. 
  Living in the city means it’s not always easy to jump in the car for a quick weekend getaway. But thankfully, there are weekend getaway spots that are accessible from New York City without a car. Get your Metro-North, NJ Transit and Amtrak tickets ready for these five weekend getaway s
  
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• Guerrero Jr. has 2 RBI as Blue Jays win 5-4, Yankees lose first series this season

  17-04-2024 04:53 via amny.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base four times and had two RBIs, Yusei Kikuchi won for the first time this season and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 5-4 on Tuesday night, handing New York its third consecutive loss.
  Bo Bichette hit an RBI single and Justin Turner added a sacrifice fly as the Blue Jays became the first opponent to win a series against the Yankees this year. New York had won its first five series for the third time in franchise history, matching its sta
  
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• Bronx drive-by shooting leaves man dead, three others wounded – and cops hunting scooter-riding suspects

  17-04-2024 03:14 via amny.com
  
  Police in the Bronx are on the hunt for drive-by shooters on scooters who shot one man dead and left three people wounded in a hail of bullets on Tuesday evening.
  Law enforcement sources said the gunfire erupted at the corner of Mount Eden and Townsend Avenues in Mount Eden at about 6:15 p.m. on April 16.
  Based on a preliminary investigation, Assistant Chief Benjamin Gurley reported, the shooters rode up to the location on the back of two scooters from the eastbound side of Mount Eden Avenue and
  
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• NYC lawmakers seek to ban ‘non-essential’ chopper flights from city heliports

  16-04-2024 22:05 via amny.com
  
  New York City lawmakers are seeking to ban “non-essential” helicopter flights from city-owned heliports, in a bid to curb excessive noise and pollution they argue is generated simply for unnecessary flights by tourists and wealthy commuters.
  The city sees thousands of helicopter trips originate from its two city-owned heliports, but those trips are significantly outpaced by the growing number of complaints to 311 about them. More than 59,000 complaints were made to 311 about helicopt
  
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• Anthony Volpe looking natural at Yankees’ lead-off spot

  16-04-2024 19:09 via amny.com
  
  The decision to move Anthony Volpe to the leadoff spot in place of Gleyber Torres is paying dividends.
  Before he was moved down last week, Torres was slashing .200/.281/.240 with 10 hits, five runs scored, and five walks in 50 at-bats. Volpe, by comparison, has been a revelation over his first five games batting lead-off.
  “To be able to hit at the top of this lineup and hit in front of guys like [Juan Soto] and try to get on base and do my job, I feel like it’s a good place to be,&rd
  
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• NYPD implements American Sign Language training for recruits as part of equity and inclusion initiative

  16-04-2024 15:30 via qns.com
  
  The city’s police officers are now being taught American Sign Language (ASL) as part of an equity and inclusion initiative to better communicate with the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. 
  Over 600 NYPD recruits who are set to graduate this May participated in basic ASL training at the Police Academy in College Point on Friday, Apr. 12. The initiative’s rollout, which came days ahead of American Sign Language Day on Apr. 15, is part of a broader ASL program spreading throughou
  
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• Jackie Robinson remembered around MLB on 77th anniversary of him breaking baseball’s color barrier

  16-04-2024 14:46 via amny.com
  
  Major League Baseball marked the 77th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the sport’s color barrier on Monday.
  Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947, beginning the end of the racial segregation that had relegated Black players to the Negro Leagues for decades.
  “Jackie Robinson became the most vilified, targeted subject of verbal abuse and malicious treatment in the sports arena since Jack Johnson had the audacity to become heavyweight cham
  
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• Bassitt gets 2nd straight victory as Blue Jays win 3-1, hand Yankees first back-to-back losses

  16-04-2024 14:40 via amny.com
  
  TORONTO (AP) — Chris Bassitt pitched into the seventh inning to win his second straight start, Alejandro Kirk reached base three times and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Yankees 3-1 on Monday night, handing New York consecutive losses for the first time this season.
  “We are not happy about it, but it happened,” said infielder Oswaldo Cabrera, who drove in New York’s only run. “We are just getting ready for tomorrow’s game.”
  New York (12-5) lost 8-7 at Cl
  
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• Op-Ed | Scoring a goal for affordable housing

  16-04-2024 13:00 via amny.com
  In November 2022, our administration announced a historic once-in-a-generation transformation of the Willets Points neighborhood in Queens. This neighborhood, which was once called the “Valley of Ashes” and known for its junkyards, is now being transformed into a vibrant neighborhood with 2,500 new all-affordable homes — the largest all-affordable housing project in the city over the last 40 years — a  new school, 150,000 square feet of new open public space, retail
  
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• Big hate in the Big Apple: Why New York City saw record levels of antisemitism last year, according to Anti-Defamation League

  16-04-2024 12:00 via amny.com
  
  Antisemitic incidents in New York state reached troubling historic levels last year, a new report released on Tuesday from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) shows. 
  In its annual audit on antisemitic incidents in New York and across the U.S., the anti-hate organization reported a massive 110% surge in antisemitic incidents in the Empire State last year, including episodes of physical violence. In total, there were 1,218 incidents, the highest number ever recorded by ADL in the state and the
  
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• Hochul unveils ‘conceptual’ $237B state budget deal focused on housing, retail theft, illicit weed shops

  16-04-2024 02:14 via amny.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday afternoon announced the “parameters of a concept agreement” for a $237 billion Fiscal Year 2025 state budget — two weeks past the spending plan’s April 1 deadline.
  But while Hochul said she, state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie all agreed to the tentative deal she announced in a Monday afternoon news conference, the state Senate was reportedly still debating the details of a housing plan at the s
  
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• Yankees’ long-time radio voice John Sterling retires after 36 years

  15-04-2024 23:19 via amny.com
  
  Long-time radio voice of the New York Yankees, John Sterling, has retired effective immediately, the team announced Monday.  
  Sterling has been a mainstay over the airwaves for more than 35 years, joining the booth in 1989 where he called 5,420 regular-season games and 211 postseason games. He will be recognized during a pregame ceremony on April 20 against the Tampa Bay Rays.
  “I am a very blessed human being. I have been able to do what I wanted, broadcasting for 64 years,&rdquo
  
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• Man fatally shot in Bronx apartment building

  15-04-2024 22:39 via bxtimes.com
  
  A 26-year-old man was shot dead in the hallway of a Bronx apartment building early Monday morning, police reported.
  Law enforcement sources said the deadly shooting occurred at approximately 3:18 a.m. at 1102 Longfellow Ave. in Longwood.
  Officers from the 41st Precinct arrived to find the victim covered in blood with a gunshot wound to the torso.
  EMS responded to the scene and rushed the victim to NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police
  
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• NY HEAT Act could bring big energy savings to Bronx households

  15-04-2024 21:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  As the delayed state budget is being finalized, some local environmental groups are advocating for the NY HEAT Act, which could bring big savings for Bronxites’ energy bills. 
  The cost of heating, cooling and fueling homes is a significant burden to many households throughout the state but especially in the Bronx. The HEAT Act would help the state transition away from systems that run on fossil fuels while ensuring that low-income households and neighborhoods are protected from high c
  
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• Bronx McDonald’s shooting leaves one dead, one in critical condition: cops

  15-04-2024 20:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx detectives are investigating a shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant early on Monday morning that left a man dead and another critically wounded, police reported.
  Law enforcement sources said the deadly double shooting occurred at 279 E. 149 St. in Melrose at approximately 4:03 a.m. on April 15.
  Officers from the 40th Precinct responded to a 911 call of two males shot. When they arrived, they saw two men riddled with gunshot wounds throughout their bodies.
  EMS came to th
  
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• Bronx high-speed collision yields two deaths

  15-04-2024 18:31 via bxtimes.com
  
  Two people are dead following a high-speed collision in the Bronx over the weekend that also left three people injured and a driver in custody for allegedly driving drunk.
  Police say 23-year-old John Delorbe, of Mount Hope, was allegedly speeding in a BMW SUV with 21-year-old passenger Angel Tussan of Fordham Heights a little after 4 a.m. on April 13.
  At the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Fordham Road, police say Delorbe sped northbound through a red light and smashed into a Nissan SUV driven
  
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• Bronx’s 52nd Precinct teams up with Zaccaro for Easter Egg Hunt

  15-04-2024 18:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  State Assemblymember John Zaccaro, Jr., and Bronx Liaison Lt. Nelson Bonilla and PO Echevarria hosted an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 6, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the 52nd Precinct on Webster Avenue.
  A little girl smiles at the Easter Egg Hunt as she gets her face painted. Photo Miriam Quinones
  The event had music, popcorn, face painter, giveaway, hot cocoa, Easter eggs and a visit from the Easter Bunny.
  Children hunt for eggs at the Easter Egg Hunt outside the 52nd Precinct on Webste
  
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• Two dead in high-speed Bronx collision; driver booked for allegedly being drunk

  15-04-2024 17:10 via amny.com
  
  Two people are dead following a high-speed collision in the Bronx over the weekend that also left three people injured and a driver in custody for allegedly driving drunk.
  Police say 23-year-old John Delorbe, of Mount Hope, was allegedly speeding in a BMW SUV with 21-year-old passenger Angel Tussan of Fordham Heights a little after 4 a.m. on April 13.
  At the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Fordham Road, police say Delorbe sped northbound through a red light and smashed into a Nissan SUV driven
  
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• Legal Hand hosts free resume building workshop for Bronxites

  15-04-2024 17:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  On April 10, Legal Hand hosted a resume building workshop in the Bronx with Levern Coger-Sanchez, a professional with over 30 years of experience in tailoring resumes for success.
  Topics of instruction included self-assessment, research, crafting marketing materials, networking, formatting guidelines, elevator pitches and more. Attendees were also given the opportunity to ask questions, give their inputs and experiences.
  Workshops will be every Wednesday and are free and open to all at the new L
  
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