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• Fears of ICE deportations at New York schools leave teachers, staff and migrant parents concerned

  29-01-2025 23:00 via amny.com
  
  Families and school staff in New York are concerned over the recent ICE raids and deportation threats.Many migrant and immigrant children were missing from school just days after President Donald Trump rescinded a long-standing internal policy that prevented ICE agents from making arrests at "sensitive locations" like schools and churches.Some schools reported seeing a drop in migrant children's attendance just days following the change."Students are afraid to come to school, especially those in
  
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• New renderings unveiled for upcoming 31-story residential building in Highbridge

  29-01-2025 22:40 via bxtimes.com
  
  Newly released renderings offer a detailed look at a 31-story residential building that will be going up at 1387 University Ave. in the Highbridge section of the Bronx.[caption id="attachment_120332" align="alignnone" width="960"] Rendering courtesy of Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC.[/caption]The building is expected to span 333,508 square feet, with 422 total residential units. The development will feature a mix of housing options, including 125 affordable units, 190 supportive housing
  
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• ‘Completely false’: Mayor Adams’ defense attorney fiercely denies rumors of resignation and possible plea deal with feds

  29-01-2025 21:40 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Eric Adams' criminal defense attorney Alex Spiro on Wednesday vehemently denied an online rumor from a former city lawmaker that Hizzoner would imminently resign and accept a plea deal in his federal corruption case.“He’s not resigning,” Spiro told reporters on Jan. 29 as he came out of a closed-door court conference connected to Adams' case. In a separate post, a reporter with the AP quoted Spiro as saying the rumor is "completely false." When amNewYork Metro asked
  
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• Electeds pledge support for migrants following ICE raid that rattled Highbridge community

  29-01-2025 21:37 via bxtimes.com
  
  Overnight immigration raids on Tuesday in upper Manhattan and the Bronx resulted in one high-profile arrest and left local electeds and groups pledging support for rattled communities.Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reportedly took at least 20 people into custody on Jan. 28, most notably a man who was allegedly a leader of the Tren de Aragua gang out of Venezuela. The kingpin was reportedly facing several criminal charges in Colorado and New York, including burglary, kidnapping a
  
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• NYC subway crime: Teen robbed at gunpoint on Bronx 6 train, cops say

  29-01-2025 16:05 via amny.com
  
  Police are hunting for two gun-wielding suspects who mugged a teen boy inside a Bronx subway station on Monday.According to police sources, the incident unfolded at the East 149th Street stop on the 6 line at around 3:15 p.m. on Jan. 27, in the confines of the 40th Precinct.Cops said a 16-year-old boy was waiting for a 6 train on the southbound platform when two unknown males approached him and brandished a handgun.[caption id="attachment_137740957" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Police are h
  
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• Bronx woman sentenced to 18 years for fatal drag racing crash on Whitestone Expressway in 2023: DA

  29-01-2025 14:30 via qns.com
  
  A Bronx woman was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday in Queens Supreme Court for killing a 62-year-old Uber passenger while drag racing at more than 120 miles per hour against other drivers on the Whitestone Expressway in May 2023.
  Melissa Rodriguez-Lopez, 29, of Kossuth Avenue in the Van Cortland Park section, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the first degree on Jan. 8 for causing the fatal crash, then fled the scene with another racer and reported her vehicle stolen in a failed attempt t
  
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• Carr elected NYC Council minority leader by half of Republican caucus as other half contests the vote

  29-01-2025 00:06 via amny.com
  
  Tensions ratcheted up to a new high within the City Council's Republican Caucus on Tuesday.Half of the six-member conference held a Jan. 28 afternoon meeting where those present elected Council Member David Carr (Staten Island) as their new minority leader. The other half did not show up and are now not only contesting the vote but asking City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to reject the results.The noon Tuesday meeting was held in the City Council minority leader's office inside City Hall and w
  
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