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• Permits filed to expand building in Belmont to 4-story mixed-use building

  26-12-2024 19:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Permits have been filed to expand a 2-story structure at 4432 3rd Ave. in Belmont into a 4-story mixed-use building.Located between Hoffman Street and Lorillard Place, the proposed building would be 41 feet tall and yield 5,474 square feet. A majority of the space would be dedicated to residential use, with 4,354 square feet of space being stretched across seven residences. The remaining 1,12o square feet will be commercial space. With an average unit scope of 662 square feet, the seven resident
  
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• Housing lottery launches for 86 units at 13-story residential building in Mott Haven, rent starts at $1,852

  26-12-2024 18:46 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York City has launched a housing lottery for 86 units in a 13-story residential building at 120 E. 144th St. in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx.[caption id="attachment_118421" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Rendering courtesy of NYC Housing Connect[/caption]This building has 450 total residences, with 364 being offered at market rate. The affordable 86 units have been set aside for those earning 80% of the area median income, with an asset cap of $124,240.[caption id="attachment_11
  
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• NY legislative leaders suddenly reject MTA’s $68 billion capital plan

  26-12-2024 18:10 via amny.com
  
  Two New York political leaders abruptly vetoed the MTA's $68 billion budget to fix mass transit.Although the MTA Board approved the five-year spending plan on Sept. 25, state Senate Majority Leader Andrew Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie sent the MTA a rejection letter on Christmas Eve, just a day before the plan would have been approved, according to Gothamist.
  amNewYork Metro reached out multiple times to both Stewart-Cousins and Heastie to ask why they vetoed the plan but did
  
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• Report: Rental prices in several Bronx neighborhoods remain largely unchanged in 2024

  26-12-2024 17:23 via bxtimes.com
  
  There was very little change in the average rental price in several Bronx neighborhoods for the 12-month period ending November 2024, according to a report by the real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate.The average rental price in the Bronx neighborhoods studied—Riverdale, Morris Heights/University Heights, Mott Haven and Concourse/Highbridge—increased by 0.91% over the 12-month period, from $2,452 in November 2023 to $2,474 in November 2024. While studios experienced a modest increase i
  
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• NYC Parks kicks off Mulchfest with nine Bronx drop-off sites for Christmas tree recycling

  26-12-2024 17:05 via bxtimes.com
  
  The New York City Parks Department launched Mulchfest, its annual Christmas tree recycling program, on Dec. 26. The initiative encourages New Yorkers to recycle their trees at designated parks and green spaces, where they are turned into mulch to support city trees, gardens, and parks.This year’s Mulchfest includes 75 drop-off sites citywide, with nine locations in the Bronx, which include Metropolitan Oval Parkchester, Pelham Bay Park, Soundview Park, Friends of Brook Park Community Garde
  
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• Bronx man fatally stabbed on Christmas Eve after laundromat confrontation

  26-12-2024 16:21 via bxtimes.com
  
  A 36-year-old Bronx man was fatally stabbed on Christmas Eve after a confrontation escalated into violence outside a laundromat in Mount Hope, police said.Officers from the 46th Precinct responded to a 911 call at around 11:43 a.m. Tuesday about a stabbing near East Tremont Avenue and Morris Avenue. They found the victim, identified as Arkmayer Davis, on the sidewalk outside Kleen Panda Laundromat with multiple stab wounds to his torso, leg and arm. Emergency medical personnel rushed Davis to Sa
  
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• Bronx politics: what to expect in 2025

  26-12-2024 15:58 via bxtimes.com
  
  The race for Bronx Borough President Outgoing City Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr., who will complete the maximum two terms representing the South Bronx’s District 17 at the end of 2025, is challenging incumbent Vanessa Gibson for the borough presidency this year. Gibson, who was elected in 2021, made history as the first woman and first Black Borough President elected in the Bronx. Unlike City Council membership, the borough presidency plays an advisory role without binding
  
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• 2024 Year in Review: New York politics dominated by City Hall turmoil

  26-12-2024 13:00 via amny.com
  
  While Donald Trump's re-election stole the political spotlight nationally in 2024, there were plenty of stories keeping the New York political sphere buzzing. From a series of clashes between Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council to Adams' indictment on federal corruption charges, the year in local politics was anything but sleepy.Below, amNewYork Metro compiled some of the biggest events in New York politics in 2024.The 'How Many Stops Act' battle[caption id="attachment_137652202" align="a
  
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