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• State of the State: Hochul gears up for reelection fight with affordability and crime focus

  14-01-2025 23:20 via amny.com
  
  In her fourth State of the State address on Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged to address New Yorkers' growing concerns over the state's skyrocketing cost of living and high-profile crimes as a likely tough re-election fight in 2026 looms on the horizon.Hochul's roughly hour-long speech, which she delivered at Albany's Hart Theatre on Jan. 14, appeared, in part, to react to President-elect Donald Trump's significant gains in the Empire State during last year's election. While Trump sti
  
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• NYC subway safety: Hochul and NYPD working to add hundreds of officers to platforms and trains at all hours of day

  14-01-2025 22:20 via amny.com
  
  Every subway train in NYC will have a uniformed police officer on board between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily, Gov. Kathy Hochul said during her State of the State address on Tuesday — adding that other major safety measures are coming to the city's transit system this year.The governor said she is working with the NYPD to increase patrol on platforms and trains. Including the police presence on every in-service, overnight train, approximately 750 NYPD officers will be stationed across NYC, with
  
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• Doctors’ union and NYC H+H reach tentative deal to avert strike

  14-01-2025 20:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Doctors Council SEIU and affiliates of NYC Health+Hospitals (H+H) have reached a tentative deal to avert a strike in which nearly 1,000 doctors at Jacobi Medical Center, North Central Bronx Hospital, Queens Hospital Center and South Brooklyn Health would have walked off the job. The union had advocated for higher pay and other measures to alleviate chronic understaffing and turnover. Months of negotiations in the contract covering 2,800 doctors had made little progress since September, and
  
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• AOC launches fundraiser for victims of Los Angeles wildfires

  14-01-2025 20:26 via astoriapost.com
  [caption id="attachment_87480" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department stand vigilant as they battle wildfires in Los Angeles on Jan. 10. The fires have destroyed thousands of homes and caused widespread damage across the city. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)[/caption]Jan. 14, 2025 By Shane O'BrienUS Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has launched a fundraiser for the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires, raising more than $125
  
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• Congestion pricing: MTA remains tight-lipped on Manhattan toll revenue as traffic declines in first week

  14-01-2025 20:15 via amny.com
  
  Just over a week after congestion pricing launched on Jan. 5, the MTA has yet to say how much money has been reaped from the controversial tolling program's early days.
  During a briefing at the MTA's Lower Manhattan headquarters on Monday, MTA officials said they are still sorting through data and remained more focused on the program's impact on traffic congestion. So far, the agency's data shows an overall 7.51% reduction in traffic within the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ), south of and includin
  
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• Bronx congressman demands action to dismantle open-air drug market in the Hub

  14-01-2025 19:34 via bxtimes.com
  
  Used syringes and needles lay uncapped, littered throughout a one-block stretch of the South Bronx that serves as a haven for drug dealers and users alike. Located in the Hub, one of the borough’s busiest commercial districts, is an open-air drug market operating around the clock — even in broad daylight.For months, Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres has urged both Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul to turn their attention to the Melrose Avenue section of the Hub, where a drug hots
  
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• Crunching the Bronx crime numbers: robberies and grand larcenies plummet to end 2024

  14-01-2025 15:19 via bxtimes.com
  
  As the calendar flipped from 2024 to 2025, robberies and grand larcenies in the Bronx both saw significant declines during the 28-day period from Dec. 9, 2024, to Jan. 5, 2025, compared to the same period of time a year ago, according to the latest crime stats from the NYPD.Robberies across the borough plummeted 29.2% over this period of time, from 449 reported cases in 2023-2024 to 318 in 2024-2025. Of the 12 precincts within the Bronx, 11 experienced decreases in robberies.The 52nd Precinct, w
  
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• Dinowitz announces city council capital funding applications for 2026 are open

  14-01-2025 14:46 via bxtimes.com
  
  Council Member Eric Dinowitz, who represents the 11th district in northwest Bronx, announced that applications for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 City Council capital funding are now open, encouraging nonprofits, schools, city agencies, and cultural institutions to apply for grants to support transformative projects in the Bronx.Dinowitz said the grants are a great way to fund improvement projects in parks, schools, libraries or older adult centers, technology upgrades, health care investments and local
  
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• Bronx murder mystery: Cops find man dead and covered in blood in back of ambulette

  14-01-2025 14:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx detectives are investigating the mysterious death of a man found in the back of a private ambulette parked on a local street Monday.Law enforcement sources said the grisly discovery occurred at about 10:29 a.m. on Jan. 13 outside of 201 Castle Hill Ave. near Castle Hill Point. According to sources familiar with the investigation, the vehicle may have been left abandoned in the community for some time.Officers from the 43rd Precinct, in responding to a 911 call, found a 64-year-old man dead
  
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• Schneps Media to host the 20th annual Bronx Power List

  14-01-2025 14:34 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Bronx Power List marks the exciting launch of Schneps Media’s Power List 20th Anniversary, celebrating two decades of honoring the region’s most influential trailblazers.This milestone will highlight the extraordinary leaders who have shaped the Bronx through their commitment, impact and influence with an event at Villa Barone Manor on Jan. 30 at 6 p.m. The event will recognize previous Power Listers as ICONs, will welcome new Power Listers to the list and include those on an upw
  
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• Op-Ed | Making New York City the best place to raise a family

  14-01-2025 14:00 via amny.com
  
  Last week in Harlem, the neighborhood where generations of Black families have flourished, I reported to New Yorkers on the state of our city and outlined an ambitious agenda to make New York City the best place to raise a family.When we came into office three years ago, COVID, crime, and chaos­­­­­­­ had thrown New York into uncertainty and pushed too many families away. I told you then that we would not just bring our city back; we’d make it better than e
  
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