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• Mott Haven tenants triumph over landlord, regain cooking gas after 16 months

  10-05-2024 22:42 via bxtimes.com
  
  Residents of 230 Brook Ave. in the South Bronx are celebrating a successful organizing effort that led to the reinstatement of their cooking gas following a 16-month outage.
  When the gas was initially shut off, it didn’t seem like there would be a long-term problem, said a 60-year-old tenant who spoke with the Bronx Times but did not want his name published for fear of backlash from the management company, Langsam Property Services Corporation. The Bronx Times contacted the company but did
  
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• BREAKING: Police identify suspect in horrific Bronx rape involving victim dragged down street with belt

  10-05-2024 22:22 via amny.com
  
  Police have identified the man wanted for a brutal rape in the Bronx, where the suspect is seen wrapping a belt around the victim’s neck and dragging her down the street before engaging in a disturbing sexual act.
  According to Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, cops are looking for 39-year-old Kashaan Parks, who police believe used a belt to choke out a 45-year-old woman on 152nd Street and 3rd Avenue before dragging her between two parked cars on May 1 and raping her. With the suspect iden
  
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• BREAKING: Police identify suspect in horrific Bronx rape involving victim dragged by belt

  10-05-2024 22:22 via amny.com
  
  Police have identified the man wanted for a brutal rape in the Bronx, where the suspect is seen wrapping a belt around the victim’s neck and dragging her down the street before engaging in a disturbing sexual act.
  According to Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, cops are looking for 39-year-old Kashaan Parks, who police believe used a belt to choke out a 45-year-old woman on 152nd Street and 3rd Avenue before dragging her between two parked cars on May 1 and raping her. With the suspect iden
  
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• BREAKING: Police identify man believed to be Bronx belt rapist

  10-05-2024 22:22 via amny.com
  
  Police say they have identified the man responsible for the brutal, viral rape in the Bronx in which the monster wrapped a belt around his victim’s neck.
  According to Chief of Patrol Joseph Kenny, cops are looking for 39-year-old Kashaan Parks, who police believe used a belt to choke out at a 45-year-old woman on 152nd Street and 3rd Avenue before dragging her between two parked cars on May 1st and raping her. With the sicko identified, cops believe an arrest will be imminent.
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• EmblemHealth hosts grand opening of new Fordham Road location

  10-05-2024 21:24 via bxtimes.com
  
  EmblemHealth, one of the largest nonprofit health insurers in the United States, has recently announced the opening of its newest Neighborhood Care location on Fordham Road.
  The facility is in the heart of the Bronx. It provides New Yorkers with one-on-one, in-person services connecting residents with community-based resources and programs designed to improve health. EmblemHealth’s Neighborhood Care is a unique model that addresses the barriers to good health by providing food, housing, tr
  
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• Tenants file lawsuit against NYCHA, Disability Assistance office alleging rental discrimination during pandemic

  10-05-2024 19:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  Two city agencies have been slapped with a federal lawsuit accusing them of discriminatory rental practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
  The lawsuit— filed April 30 by Fordham Law School’s Housing and Urban Law Clinic on behalf of primarily Black and Hispanic renters — accuses the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the New York Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) of “categorically deprioritiz[ing] both occupants of government-funded s
  
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• Bronx BP hosts Bronx Week Labor Breakfast

  10-05-2024 18:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  On May 9, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson hosted this year’s Bronx Week Labor Breakfast. This year’s co-sponsor was LiUNA!
  The event honored Jeff Crews, IATSE Local 1; Carl Johnson Jr., Plumbers Local Union No. 1; Victor Nieves, Carpenters Union Local 212; Julio Romero, TWU Local 106; William Woodruff, United Federation of Teachers, as well as having the chair of the state Senate’s labor committee, New York State Sen. Jessica Ramos — as this year’s keynote sp
  
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• Saint Barnabas High School hosts mental health symposium

  10-05-2024 16:22 via bxtimes.com
  
  An enlightening assembly hosted by the  Saint Barnabas High School National Honor Society and the Albanian Club, took place on April 30. The gathering explored the profound effects of stress and trauma on the body and anxiety, which often occurs during the teenage years.  
  Two accomplished professionals in coordination with the American Albanian Educators Association spoke with the Saint Barnabas student body, faculty, and administration. Dr. Jackie Rukaj and Doctor of Psychology
  
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• Op-Ed | Ritchie Torres is right. To help vulnerable communities, policymakers must embrace crypto

  10-05-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  “Blockchain technology can liberate the lowest income communities from the high fees of the traditional financial system,” Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx) said at a policy forum last year.
  He’s right. So, why haven’t more of our government leaders – from City Council to Congress – embraced this technology’s potential? Unfortunately, negative headlines, misinformation, and bad actors have led policymakers to blacklist this te
  
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• Cops release new images of Bronx monster who choked woman with a belt before raping her between parked cars

  10-05-2024 14:51 via amny.com
  
  Police have released new images of the sicko who used a belt to lasso a woman around the neck before dragging her between two cars in the Bronx earlier this week and brutally raping her in one of the most disturbing acts of sexual assault caught on tape in years.
  The highly disturbing footage has gone viral online and outraged many due to its horrific nature, resulting in a public outcry for the perpetrator to be apprehended.
  The vicious attack took place at around 5 a.m. on May 1, when a 45-yea
  
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