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• Schools Chancellor David Banks leaving post amid continued City Hall turmoil

  24-09-2024 22:37 via amny.com
  
  Schools Chancellor David Banks is retiring from his post as head of the city’s public school system at the end of the year — the latest high-profile resignation to rock an Adams administration besieged by turmoil in recent weeks.
  The retirement announcement comes amid a series of FBI probes into several high-ranking city officials close to Mayor Eric Adams. Banks, along with his partner, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, both had their phones seized by federal agents on Sept. 4 as pa
  
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• BREAKING | Schools Chancellor David Banks retiring from post amid continued City Hall turmoil

  24-09-2024 22:37 via amny.com
  
  Schools Chancellor David Banks is retiring from his post as head of the city’s public school system at the end of the year — the latest high-profile resignation to rock an Adams administration besieged by turmoil in recent weeks.
  The retirement announcement comes amid a series of FBI probes into several high-ranking city officials close to NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Banks, along with his partner Sheena Wright, both had their phones seized by federal agents on Sept. 4 as part of the invest
  
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• High honors: These 16 NYC public and private schools were named Blue Ribbon Schools for 2024

  24-09-2024 22:00 via amny.com
  
  The Big Apple is shining with pride as a hefty handful of NYC schools achieved National Blue Ribbon School status this year, the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) announced on Tuesday.
  The 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools in NYC include 14 NYC Department of Education elementary, middle and high schools — including two charter schools and two private schools.
  “It is an incredible honor to have 12 of our public schools recognized with the National Blue Ribbon Schools Award,”
  
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• Bronx filmmaker defies odds: from NYCHA housing to producing 6 films in 6 years

  24-09-2024 19:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  Wilfred La Salle, who grew up in the West Farms neighborhood, is forging his own path in the art of feature films — with the goal of becoming “the world’s greatest” independent filmmaker.
  He founded La Salle Productions Inc. and is almost singlehandedly creating full-length movies on a nonexistent budget — often using actors and locations from his native borough. 
  “We’re doing these films essentially broke,” La Salle, 38, said in an interview
  
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• 2024 World Series odds: Yankees trail only Dodgers while Mets enter top 10

  24-09-2024 19:33 via amny.com
  
  It turns out 2024 is not so bad of a time to be a New York baseball fan, after all, because we all know the city is better when both teams are good. 
  The Yankees have been atop that mantle all season as the best team in the American League. With the final week of the season officially underway, the only thing left to do before the postseason is to clinch the American League East crown and the No. 1 overall seed in the AL. 
  The dynamic duo of Aaron Judge and Juan Soto headline a team wi
  
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• Bronx man sentenced to 12 years for shooting inside Jacobi Hospital Emergency Room

  24-09-2024 19:08 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced last week that a Bronx man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for opening fire inside the emergency room of NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi in 2022, sending patients and staff scrambling for safety.
  The shooter, Keber Martinez, 25, was sentenced by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Jeanette Rodriguez-Morick after pleading guilty to first-degree Assault.
  Clark condemned the Martinez’ actions, emphasizing the danger posed to innocent bystanders
  
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• Riverdale Senior Services celebrates 50 years with 50 copies of a new 50-page cookbook

  24-09-2024 17:54 via bxtimes.com
  
  Members of Riverdale Senior Services (RSS) were enjoying high tea and food samples in one room, while winners could be heard shouting, “Bingo!” in the next – a common occurrence at RSS, especially with the organization commemorating 50 years of providing a plethora of activities and programming to the community and beyond, free of charge.
  “Our role in the community is to be a safe, bold space of belonging for older adults to live their happiest and best lives,” Floy
  
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• Housing lottery launches for 6-story residential building in Bedford Park, rent starts at $3,052

  24-09-2024 16:51 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York City has launched a housing lottery for a 6-story residential building in Bedford Park.
  The building, located at 3178 Villa Ave., features 22 residences, with all but one available through the housing lottery for individuals earning 130% of the area median income.
  Each of the designated units are studios, with a monthly rent of $3,052. Households of up to two people are eligible, provided their combined annual income falls between $104,640 and $161,590.
  Photo via NYC Housing Connect
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• Bronx Borough President allocates nearly $400K for public safety initiatives

  24-09-2024 16:38 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, alongside NYPD Deputy Chief Keiyon S. Ramsey and other city leaders, announced on Monday the allocation of $395,000 to enhance public safety across the borough. The funds, part of the fiscal year 2025 budget, will go toward the installation of new surveillance cameras and the acquisition of a Mobile Command Van to support law enforcement efforts.
  The announcement, held on the steps of Borough Hall at 851 Grand Concourse, emphasized the importance of pro
  
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• Bronx subway stabbing leaves man seriously wounded: cops

  24-09-2024 14:56 via amny.com
  
  An early-morning subway stabbing in the Bronx on Tuesday left a man seriously wounded and a suspect on the lam, police reported.
  Law enforcement sources said the attack occurred at about 2:57 a.m. on Sept. 24 at the 138th Street-Grand Concourse station on the 4/5 lines in Mott Haven.
  Officers from the 40th Precinct and NYPD Transit District 11, in responding to a report of an assault, found the victim, a 45-year-old man, wounded on the northbound side of the station. 
  The northbound platfor
  
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• Op-Ed | Another year of ‘Getting Stuff Done’ for New Yorkers

  24-09-2024 14:00 via amny.com
  
  I am proud to be a New Yorker, and as your mayor, I am even prouder to announce that our city is getting safer, stronger, and more affordable every day. But you don’t have to take my word for it: just look at the numbers. We just released the annual Mayor’s Management Report — our city’s report card. It details just how much progress we have made over the last fiscal year. We’ve driven down crime, removed tens of thousands of illegal guns and mopeds from our streets
  
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