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• Rep. Ritchie Torres blasts Gov. Hochul over subway crime

  02-01-2025 23:47 via bxtimes.com
  
  Rep. Ritchie Torres took to social media this week to criticize Gov. Kathy Hochul's response to transit crime, following a series of shocking incidents that have left a handful of New Yorkers injured or killed.The Bronx congressman responded to recent subway assaults on his personal X account, advocating for increased authority to involuntarily “relocate” individuals displaying signs of mental illness and stricter measures to keep repeat offenders off the streets.Following the arrest
  
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• Bronx welcomes its first baby of 2025 with midnight delivery at Montefiore Hospital

  02-01-2025 21:21 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Bronx's population increased by one at exactly midnight on New Year's Day.Montefiore Jack D. Weiler Hospital on Eastchester Road rang in the new year by delivering baby boy, Mauryce Edwards-Williams, the first child to be born in the borough in 2025.The hospital congratulated the baby's parents Vanessa McKayhan and Devin Edwards-Williams on social media."Montefiore Einstein couldn’t be happier to kick off the New Year with the birth of baby boy, Mauryce Edwards-Williams at exactly 12:0
  
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• Pharmacy signs lease at Triangle Plaza Hub in Mott Haven

  02-01-2025 19:55 via bxtimes.com
  
  A long-term lease has been signed by a health pharmacy for retail space at the Triangle Plaza Hub, located at 459 E. 149th St. in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx.Halo Health Pharmacy signed a lease for 1,522 square feet of the 50,000-square-foot grocery-anchored retail and medical office condominium. This marks Halo Health Pharmacy's fifth location in New York City and its first in the Bronx.The lease was signed with the real estate investment company Simone Development Companies. Their
  
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• Permits filed for 8-story residential building in Bedford Park

  02-01-2025 19:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  Permits have been filed for the construction of an 8-story residential building at 3180 Villa Ave. in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx.The proposed development, situated between East 205th Street and Van Cortlandt Avenue East, would rise 75 feet and encompass 17,283 square feet of residential space divided into 27 units. With an average unit size of 640 square feet, these apartments are likely to be rentals.While the proposed development would not have accessory parking, it would featu
  
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• Heal thyself? Hundreds of NYC Health + Hospitals doctors could strike this month in union battle for higher wages

  02-01-2025 19:45 via amny.com
  
  Nearly 1,000 doctors at four NYC Health + Hospitals (NYC H+H) facilities are ready to go on strike this month if their contract demands are not met, the Doctors Council-Service Employees International Union (SEIU) announced on Thursday.The frontline physicians work in various departments, including emergency medicine, at NYC H+H medical centers. The union said on Jan. 2 that they plan to strike on Jan. 13 if their demands are not met; a work stoppage could result in patients experiencing longer-
  
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• Not On My Watch, Inc. holds special Christmas community event

  02-01-2025 19:40 via bxtimes.com
  
  Not On My Watch, Inc., a local organization dedicated to combating human trafficking and domestic violence, hosted a Christmas Girls, Leaders, Advocates, Mentors (G.L.A.M.) and Women Empowerment event on Friday, Dec. 20, in the Not On My Watch, Inc. Empowerment Center, located at 811 Allerton Ave.[caption id="attachment_118678" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Kids taking part in the gift swapping. Photo by Jewel Webber[/caption]The event featured gift swapping, cooked meals, sweet treats, karaok
  
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• Fines begin today for NYC trash container violations under new DSNY rule

  02-01-2025 16:40 via qns.com
  
  In an effort to reduce the piles of black trash bags lining city streets, New York City residents have been required since Nov. 12 to place their curbside trash in secure containers.The NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) mandate applies to all properties with one to nine residential units, including single-family homes. Under the new rule, trash must be set out in garbage pails no larger than 55 gallons, equipped with secure lids.Since the rule's implementation, residents were given a warning p
  
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• MTA worker stabbed in the Bronx while on duty at subway station

  02-01-2025 16:25 via amny.com
  
  Violence once again erupted in the NYC subways on Thursday when an on-duty MTA worker was stabbed on a Bronx station platform just as the first morning rush hour of the new year began.According to law enforcement sources, the male employee, who is in his 40s, was arguing with a man at his Pelham Parkway station post at 6:10 a.m. on Jan. 2, before the situation escalated to a bloody assault.Police could not yet confirm what prompted the argument, but at one point, the suspect whipped out a sharp
  
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