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• Bronx Zoo’s Valentine’s Day tradition returns: Name a cockroach after your ex

  17-01-2025 21:53 via bxtimes.com
  
  Cockroaches are for lovers—or… erm, ex-lovers.Back by popular demand, the Bronx Zoo has announced the return of its "Name-a-Roach" program, where you can name a Madagascar hissing cockroach after your ex. After all, they’re both creepy.For a $15 donation, the Zoo will send a digital certificate proudly displaying the new name of one of their Madagascar hissing cockroaches, featured in the Madagascar! exhibit. But these namesakes aren’t just for exes—guests can also
  
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• Three Bronx Catholic schools to close amid financial struggles and declining enrollment

  17-01-2025 21:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  The options for Catholic education in the Bronx and surrounding areas continue to shrink, as three longstanding Bronx schools announced plans to close at the end of the academic year. This follows the Archdiocese of New York’s February 2023 decision to shutter 12 schools citywide, including six in the Bronx.The latest closures will see three longstanding Bronx institutions shut down: All Hallows High School, established in 1909, Sacred Heart School in Highbridge, which has operated since 1
  
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• MTA bus crash leaves vehicle dangling off Bronx overpass; driver rescued safely

  17-01-2025 20:36 via bxtimes.com
  
  An MTA bus driver was safely rescued this morning after a crash left the front of the bus precariously hanging off an overpass in the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood of the Bronx.The incident occurred at approximately 8:32 a.m. at the intersection of Kappock Street and the Henry Hudson Parkway, according to an MTA spokesperson. The MTA driver, who was operating a BxM1 bus, crashed while attempting to avoid a double-parked car, according to reports.The bus had no passengers on board at the time of th
  
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• Stringer poll has him leading current Dem mayoral field, but throws win to Cuomo if he jumps in

  17-01-2025 20:15 via amny.com
  
  Former city Comptroller Scott Stringer would win the ranked-choice Democratic primary for mayor if it were held today, according to new polling released by his campaign.However, if and when former Gov. Andrew Cuomo jumps into the race, the poll of 1,000 New York City Democrats found that he, and not Stringer, would handily win.The poll found that Stringer, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2021, would lead the current field, with 18% of those surveyed ranking him number one out of five.Mayor E
  
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• NYC’s undocumented subway vendors: Struggles, survival and the fear of deportation

  17-01-2025 19:40 via qns.com
  
  It is a typical Tuesday evening in the Times Square—42 St subway station. Subway trains continue their ceaseless beat across the city while commuters dart in every direction to catch their rides. Amid this chaotic labyrinth of underground passages and platforms, newly arrived immigrants line the walkways, selling candy and fruit in a determined effort to carve out a living.The challenges faced by these migrant vendors are almost insurmountable, as they strive to make a living by selling of
  
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• Bronx Defenders form alliance to protect New York evidence sharing requirements

  17-01-2025 18:04 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Bronx Defenders, a public defense nonprofit, joined forces with more than a dozen criminal justice organizations on Monday to launch a coalition aimed at protecting a state law that requires the prompt sharing of evidence with defendants.The coalition, concerned about preserving New York’s evidence-sharing requirements—known as “Kalief’s Law”—warns that lawmakers and district attorneys are seeking to weaken critical aspects of the law. Such efforts, the co
  
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• Bronx County Bar president Sergio Villaverde aims to reform courts and strengthen community ties

  17-01-2025 16:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  Sergio Villaverde, president of the Bronx County Bar Association, is using his one-year term to advocate for a better court system and increased outreach in his native Bronx community. The 57-year-old family law attorney was elected in July and installed in an October ceremony.“I’m very active here in the Bronx,” he said in an interview with the Bronx Times. “This is where I’m from, and this is what I do.”The Bronx County Bar Association was established in 190
  
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