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• Middletown Road station to get elevators after decade-long legal battle over ADA compliance

  24-12-2024 20:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  The North Bronx MTA station at the center of a lawsuit brought by disability advocates will finally get the elevators that a federal judge ruled the MTA should have installed a decade ago.The MTA announced on Dec. 13 that the Middletown Road station on the Pelham Bay Park 6 line will now be included in an “accessibility package” adding upgrades that are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to five stations throughout the city beginning in February.The upgrades to
  
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• Take 5 top-prize ticket worth $33,573 sold in the Bronx

  24-12-2024 16:13 via bxtimes.com
  
  The New York Lottery announced that a lucky Bronx resident may have struck it big, with a top-prize-winning ticket for the Dec. 23 Take 5 evening drawing sold locally. The winning ticket, worth $33,573, was purchased at LIQUORS, located at 793 Southern Blvd.Take 5 numbers are drawn from a pool of one through 39, offering players a chance to win twice daily, at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Those holding a winning ticket have up to one year from the date of the drawing to claim their prize.The New Yor
  
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• Photos: 45th Precinct and Toys for Tots partner for Christmas party and toy giveaway

  24-12-2024 16:06 via bxtimes.com
  
  The NYPD's 45th Precinct, which oversees Co-op City and City Island in the Bronx, partnered with Toys for Tots to hold a special Christmas party and toy giveaway on Sunday, Dec. 22, at St. Theresa's Elementary School.Hundreds attended the Christmas event, which ran from 3-7 p.m. at the school located at 2872 St. Theresa Ave. It featured fun games, food, a blow-up obstacle course, face painting, an appearance by Santa Claus and more.[caption id="attachment_118368" align="alignnone" width="1200"]
  
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• White Christmas: NYC sees light snowfall on Christmas Eve as Sanitation Department works to keep streets clear

  24-12-2024 15:40 via amny.com
  
  NYC is enjoying a white Christmas Eve as the city's sanitation crews work to keep streets clear and ice-free for all New Yorkers on Tuesday.The NYC Department of Sanitation issued a winter operations advisory as of 4 a.m. Dec. 24. New Yorkers can expect up to an inch of snowfall on Christmas Eve, with a significant portion of the fluffy white stuff falling in the morning.According to the Weather Channel, the last white Christmas in the five boroughs was in 2009. Historically, the city has an 11%
  
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• Year in Review: Bronx daycare tragedy and immigration fraud cases see closure with guilty pleas and sentencing

  24-12-2024 15:08 via bxtimes.com
  
  This year brought some measure of closure to a case that captured the attention of Bronxites and people nationwide.
  Grei Mendez, who operated a daycare out of her Kingsbridge home where four children suffered fentanyl poisoning in Sept. 2023, pleaded guilty in federal court to three drug-related charges. Each count carries a minimum of 20 years, with a potential life sentence. One-year-old Nicholas Feliz Dominici died from exposure to fentanyl hidden throughout the apartment, and three othe
  
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