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• Bronx DA urges lawmakers to tighten cannabis and retail theft laws to protect small businesses

  13-12-2024 21:44 via bxtimes.com
  
  With the holiday shopping season in full swing, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark and local leaders in business are calling on elected officials to reassess how cannabis offenses and retail theft are prosecuted, warning that current laws fail to protect Bronx communities.In a Dec. 6 letter from the DA and 12 local Business Improvement District (BID) leaders to elected officials, Clark argued that existing laws are too lenient, enabling crimes that harm small businesses.Clark argued that Bronx
  
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• Affordable housing lottery launches for 50 units reserved for seniors in Wakefield

  13-12-2024 20:21 via bxtimes.com
  
  An affordable housing lottery has opened for Wakefield Grace Senior Housing, a newly constructed six-story mixed-use building located at 4750 White Plains Rd. in Wakefield.The building, designed by Marin Architects and developed by The Finch Group in collaboration with Wakefield Grace United Methodist Church, offers 73 residences, with 50 units now available through NYC Housing Connect for residents with incomes between 50 and 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging from $0 to $83,88
  
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• Lincoln Medical Center in the South Bronx named top performing hospital for maternal care

  13-12-2024 18:55 via bxtimes.com
  
  Lincoln Medical Center was named a 2025 High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care by U.S. News & World Report on Wednesday. The South Bronx hospital earned high marks for avoiding unnecessary C-sections and episiotomies, as well as achieving high rates of vaginal births after C-sections.NYC Health + Hospitals Chief Women’s Health Officer Wendy Wilcox congratulated the staff and leadership at Lincoln, along with three other NYC Health + Hospitals that gained the designation.“Thi
  
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• Citi Bike expansion to bring new stations to Norwood and Riverdale in 2025

  13-12-2024 18:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a significant expansion of Citi Bike on Friday, extending bike-share access to underserved communities in the outer boroughs, including Norwood and Riverdale in the Bronx. Beginning in fall 2025, the expansion will add over 250 new stations and 2,900 bikes citywide, half of which will be electric.“This Citi Bike expansion is the latest way we’re making it easier and more affordable to get around New York City, particularly for low-income New Y
  
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• The Kid Mero looks to elevate local talent in his home boro: ‘I love the Bronx so f—-n’ much’

  13-12-2024 18:28 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Kid Mero (real name Joel Martinez), one of the biggest entertainers from the Bronx, is working to bring up the next generation of new talent — coming from unexpected places. “There’s a dude right now in some random country, town — spin the globe, point a finger, and there’s a guy who’s the most brilliant biochemist of our time. And he’s just sitting in a tree reading a book, because he doesn’t have access,” said Mero in an interview
  
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• City debunks drone reports over LaGuardia after real emergency unfolds in Queens skies

  13-12-2024 18:00 via qns.com
  
  As drone hysteria swept from New Jersey across the Hudson River to New York City on Thursday night, fueled by online reports of nearly a dozen large drones spotted over Queens, a genuine emergency unfolded in the skies above the borough.The Port Authority and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that a flight out of LaGuardia Airport earlier in the evening was forced to make an emergency landing at JFK Airport after a bird strike blew out an engine on the aircraft.American Airlines fl
  
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• Bronx man sentenced to 12 years for assaulting and starving teenage siblings: DA

  13-12-2024 17:59 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Bronx man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for brutally assaulting and starving two teenage siblings under his care, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Dec. 11, 2024.Michael Ramos, 35, formerly of Burke Avenue, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree assault last month. Bronx Supreme Court Justice Audrey Stone imposed two consecutive six-year sentences, followed by three years of post-release supervision.“The defendant was the guardian of these siblings, and he
  
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