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• Man and woman in Bronx found shot to death in possible murder-suicide: cops

  09-05-2024 22:30 via amny.com
  
  Police in the Bronx found two people shot to death inside a home on Thursday afternoon in a possible murder-suicide, authorities reported.
  According to police sources, the victims — a 24-year-old man and a woman in her 20s — were found by 46th Precinct officers unresponsive inside 1697 Davidson Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx at around 1:39 p.m. on May 9.
  Both victims were discovered with gunshot wounds to their heads. EMS pronounced them dead at the scene; their id
  
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• Report from Lander suggests NYC’s migrant shelter stay limit enforced in ‘haphazard’ fashion, ‘disregarded humanity’

  09-05-2024 22:20 via amny.com
  
  City Comptroller Brad Lander on Thursday excoriated Mayor Eric Adams’ 60-day shelter stay limit for migrants in a new report finding the policy has been implemented in a “haphazard and arbitrary” fashion, without proper guidelines or staffing.
  Lander, during a May 9 news conference outside the Row Hotel migrant shelter, said that the policy did not live up to its own goals.
  “This is not a policy designed or implemented to help families achieve stable housing and self-suff
  
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• Whoo hoo – NYC Parks Now Have Baby Changing Tables in 1,200 Park Restrooms!

  09-05-2024 21:56 via newyorkfamily.com
  Photo: NYC Parks
  NYC Parks Now Have Baby Changing Tables in 1,200 Restrooms
  Many city parents know that NYC Parks are their kids’ lifeline. Rain or shine, especially in the early stages, the playground is where our little ones want to be. The baby and toddler years are the best, and spending hours at our city parks is #parentlife. So is changing diapers. And who hasn’t been at the slide and swings—trying to handle a diaper change on their baby because a changing table is unavai
  
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• Bronx man killed in hail of bullets on Belmont street corner

  09-05-2024 21:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  Detectives in the Bronx are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a man in a hail of bullets on Wednesday evening, authorities confirmed.
  Police said the shooting happened at about 6:32 p.m. on May 9 near the corner of East 187th Street and Beaumont Avenue in Belmont.
  Officers from the 48th Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about the shooting, found 30-year-old Jeffrey Lopez lying on the ground amid a slew of bullet casings; he had been shot in the head. Cops reported that 11
  
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• Nearly 250K Bronx households to lose federal internet subsidy unless Congress steps in

  09-05-2024 19:43 via bxtimes.com
  
  Many low-income Bronx households could soon pay more for home internet unless funding for a key federal benefit is restored, according to a report by the Center for an Urban Future, a New York City-based think tank.
  The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provides an internet subsidy of up to $30 per month for low-income families with children in public schools. It also gives households a one-time discount of up to $100 towards the purchase of a computer or tablet.
  But funding for the federal
  
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• Bronx man gunned down in hail of bullets at street corner: NYPD

  09-05-2024 13:35 via amny.com
  Detectives in the Bronx are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a man in a hail of bullets on Wednesday evening, authorities confirmed.
  Police said the shooting happened at about 6:32 p.m. on May 9 near the corner of East 187th Street and Beaumont Avenue in Belmont.
  Officers from the 48th Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about the shooting, found 30-year-old Jeffrey Lopez lying on the ground amid a slew of bullet casings; he had been shot in the head. Cops reported that 11 round
  
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