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• Comptroller audit slams NYCHA over repairs, finds potential millions in wasteful spending

  20-11-2024 23:15 via bxtimes.com
  
  NYC Comptroller Brad Lander and tenant leaders from across the city unveiled a damning audit of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) on Wednesday, exposing $36.6 million in potential misuse of funds for small repair contracts. The report revealed that vendors often failed to provide proof that work was completed, leaving residents dissatisfied with the state of their apartments.
  The audit, which included a survey of nearly 800 NYCHA residents, painted a stark picture of tenant frustration
  
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• Op-ed: War on trash has unintended casualty, business improvement districts

  20-11-2024 22:12 via bxtimes.com
  
  Fordham Road and Long Island City are two completely different neighborhoods. Fordham is the Bronx’s busiest commercial corridor with more than 300 businesses, primarily retail. Long Island City is a multi-use waterfront community including residential, commercial housing, retail and industrial.
  But here’s where our BIDs have never been more aligned…. the Department of Sanitation’s (DSNY) recent mandate to have all BIDs assume responsibility for the containerization of a
  
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• Local doctor warns of food safety concerns amid recent nationwide disease outbreaks

  20-11-2024 21:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  As the holiday season approaches, a local doctor warns of food safety concerns that could put a major damper on your festive spirit — and possibly even be fatal.  
  While the United States has a relatively robust food safety system, people don’t grow all their own food at home, so it’s hard for them to know what they’re really consuming, according to Dr. Yonette Davis, senior medical director at Oak Street Health, which has several clinics in the Bronx and citywi
  
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• Hal Steinbrenner sends mixed message about Yankees’ chances of retaining Juan Soto

  20-11-2024 20:56 via amny.com
  
  New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner made one thing clear regarding his team’s chances of retaining Juan Soto in free agency: He has “no idea” how it will play out. 
  It was a phrase uttered multiple times by the head of the Bronx Bombers on Wednesday at the owners’ meetings, though he eased some of the tensions surrounding the notion that he would be frugal this winter in hopes of improving his team’s payroll.
  “We’re in a better starting position
  
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• Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch named by Mayor Adams as new NYPD commissioner

  20-11-2024 18:48 via amny.com
  
  Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch will take the reins of the NYPD Monday as the city’s new top cop, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday.
  Tisch will succeed interim Police Commissioner Tom Donlon, who took the position back in September following the resignation of Edward Caban, who stepped down amid a federal corruption investigation into the department that involves his brother. She will not only be the second female top cop in the city’s history, but also Mayor Adams’ fo
  
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• BREAKING | Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch named by Mayor Adams as new NYPD commissioner

  20-11-2024 18:48 via amny.com
  
  Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch will take the reins of the NYPD Monday as the city’s new top cop, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday.
  Tisch will succeed interim Police Commissioner Tom Donlon, who took the position back in September following the resignation of Edward Caban, who stepped down amid scandal. She will not only be the second female top cop in the city’s history, but also the fourth different police commissioner in Mayor Adams’ first term.
  “To ensure Ne
  
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• Teens with incarcerated family members meet Bronx-born rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie at swanky Manhattan restaurant

  20-11-2024 18:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  A group of teens with incarcerated family members got the surprise of a lifetime at a special dinner at the Manhattan restaurant Sei Less — a visit from Bronx-born rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie.
  Rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, a Highbridge native, with Children of Promise CEO Sharon Content.Photo Emily Swanson
  The 50 youth from the Bronx and Brooklyn are participants with Children of Promise NYC, a nonprofit serving youth who have an incarcerated parent, sibling or other family member. The
  
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• Congestion pricing in NYC has arrived: Take our amNY poll and tell us what you think

  20-11-2024 18:30 via amny.com
  
  NYC will become the first city in the nation to implement congestion pricing next year. Is it an impactful way to improve air quality in the city while funding critical transit upgrades? Or is it an unnecessary money-grabbing move that will put yet another major dent in the wallets of New Yorkers?
  Opinions on the historic move run the gamut. And amNewYork Metro has launched a poll to hear yours. 
  But first, the facts: The Big Apple will ring in 2025 with the start of the controversial
  
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• Ranking potential Juan Soto landing spots: Mets, Yankees top list as free agency saga heats up

  20-11-2024 18:25 via amny.com
  
  The Juan Soto sweepstakes is taking shape, with at least five teams having already met with the 26-year-old free-agent superstar.
  Following sit-downs with the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox, Soto and his agent, Scott Boras, have met with the three biggest clubs of this competition: the deep-pocketed New York Mets, the New York Yankees, who will hope to retain him after a 41-home-run campaign, and the defending-champion, free-spending Los Angeles Dodgers.
  Other teams have been linked with S
  
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• Mayor Adams restores last of NYPD academy classes he cut last year with budget update

  20-11-2024 18:20 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday he would reinstate the last of five NYPD academy classes that he suspended last year due to budget strains related to the migrant crisis.
  Hizzoner announced the restoration as part of his November update to the $112 billion Fiscal Year 2025 budget agreed upon by his budget team and the City Council in June. The reversal means that 1,600 more NYPD cadets will join the force in 2025, bringing the force’s total headcount to nearly 34,000.
  The update increased t
  
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• DEVELOPING | Mayor Adams restores last of NYPD academy classes he cut last year with budget update

  20-11-2024 18:20 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday he would reinstate the last of five NYPD academy classes that he suspended last year due to budget strains related to the migrant crisis.
  Hizzoner announced the restoration as part of his November update to the $112 billion Fiscal Year 2025 budget agreed upon by his budget team and the City Council. The reversal means that 1,600 more NYPD cadets will join the force in 2025, bringing the force’s total headcount to 34,000.
  The update increased the total F
  
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• NYC rental market sees rise in concessions as competition cools and inventory grows: report

  20-11-2024 17:30 via qns.com
  
  Competition among renters in New York City cooled in October 2024 to the degree that 19.7% of listings were offering concessions on rent, marking the highest level in the city since July 2021 at 22.7%, according to a report by the real estate listing site StreetEasy.
  The rise in listings offering at least one month of free rent is reflective of growth in the rental inventory and an inability for many to afford to rent in New York City. High upfront costs and elevated rents have especially contri
  
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• NYC drought: Substantial rain finally expected for Big Apple amid prolonged dry spell and wildfires

  20-11-2024 17:20 via amny.com
  
  New York City’s prolonged drought will finally get some relief tonight and tomorrow, as up to 2 inches of rain is expected to soak the Big Apple, according to forecasters.
  The National Weather Service indicates a storm system is moving toward the metropolitan area that will arrive at about 10 p.m. tonight, Nov. 20, and provide heavy rain well into Thursday. “The rain could be heavy at times,” the weather service indicated.
  Thursday is expected to be a raw, rainy day in the Big
  
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• Person struck by train in the Bronx, major subway delays

  20-11-2024 15:19 via bxtimes.com
  
  A person was fatally struck by a train near the 3rd Avenue-149th Street subway station early Wednesday morning, causing significant disruptions on multiple subway lines, according to officials.
  The incident occurred around 6 a.m., when a southbound No. 2 train struck the individual, who was pronounced dead at the scene, the FDNY and NYPD confirmed.
  The incident led to delays on the Nos. 2, 3, 4, and 5 subway lines, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Service on the
  
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• Fair Fares: City Council, advocates want more New Yorkers made eligible for transit discounts

  20-11-2024 00:15 via amny.com
  
  City Council members and transit advocates are once again imploring the Adams administration to open up the Fair Fares transit discount to more low-income New Yorkers.
  Nearly a million New Yorkers are eligible for half-priced MetroCards under Fair Fares, with about 200,000 of those coming this past June when eligibility levels were raised to 145% of the federal poverty level, up from 120%. However, this is far from adequate, according to advocates for the program and supporters in the City Counc
  
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• City Council committee set to vote on controversial City of Yes residential zoning overhaul

  20-11-2024 00:11 via bxtimes.com
  A City Council committee is set to vote this Thursday on Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial “City of Yes” package of zoning changes to promote more housing construction in the five boroughs.
  The council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises will discuss the mayor’s “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” plan during a meeting scheduled for 11:15 a.m. Nov. 21. According to a report by Politico, the council committee is expected to vote on a final amende
  
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