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• Mayor Adams holds out ‘tin cup’ seeking another $1.1 billion in migrant aid after Hochul refuses to give any

  04-02-2025 23:35 via amny.com
  
  On "Tin Cup Day," Mayor Eric Adams begged the state for another $1.1 billion in migrant crisis aid after Gov. Kathy Hochul declined to allocate any new funding for the influx in her budget proposal last month.Hizzoner, during his Feb. 4 testimony before state lawmakers for "Tin Cup Day" (an annual convergence of local officials from around the state who come to Albany to lobby for their priorities), said the city has already spent close to $7 billion on housing and otherwise providing for over 2
  
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• South Bronx residents protest new 2,200-bed migrant shelter

  04-02-2025 22:59 via bxtimes.com
  
  About two dozen South Bronx residents gathered on Feb. 4 to protest the city’s plan to open a 2,200-bed migrant shelter at East 141st Street and Bruckner Boulevard—an announcement that took even local elected officials by surprise.Led by Bishop Boyde Singletary of the Alpha and Omega Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, demonstrators stood outside the massive building where internal construction is already underway, chanting, “We don’t want it!” and “Shut it down!
  
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• NYC mayoral race: Two Adams primary challengers rip him at Albany budget hearing over child care cuts

  04-02-2025 21:15 via amny.com
  
  Two state lawmakers running against Eric Adams in this year's Democratic mayoral primary took the chance to attack him in person over his budget cuts to New York City child care programs during a marathon Albany budget hearing on Tuesday.State Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Queens) and Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) both pressed Adams on why his recently released preliminary budget included $300 million in cuts to programs such as universal preschool — also known as 3-K.None of the candi
  
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• Op-Ed | Drowning out the noise — we’re bringing more jobs to every borough, block, and neighborhood

  04-02-2025 20:15 via amny.com
  
  Every day, New Yorkers work hard to build a better future for themselves and their families. They want a chance to get ahead, to buy a home, pay for college, and save for retirement. We know that in order to make New York City the best place on the globe to raise a family, we need the best jobs on the globe. And we need to keep money in the pockets of working-class New Yorkers. That is why from day one of this administration, we have made it a priority to make sure opportunity reaches every
  
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• Congestion pricing: Poll finds more New Yorkers believe Manhattan tolls are dropping traffic, improving commutes

  04-02-2025 20:15 via amny.com
  
  Another group of New Yorkers are in favor of congestion pricing and calling on President Donald Trump to leave the program alone, according to a new independent survey released on Monday.According to a poll of registered voters in New York by research firm Morning Consult, New Yorkers are experiencing faster commutes and less traffic in the first four weeks of congestion pricing in Manhattan. Though Trump has historically spoken out against congestion pricing, leaving the future of the controver
  
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• Bronx Science senior named finalist for NFL Latino Youth Honors

  04-02-2025 17:17 via bxtimes.com
  
  Cecilia Beauchamp, a senior at The Bronx High School of Science, is spending the week in New Orleans as one of eight nationwide finalists for the NFL Latino Youth Honors.The second annual award from the NFL, in partnership with the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and Proctor & Gamble, honors outstanding seniors who excel in flag or tackle football and demonstrate community leadership and academic excellence.Beauchamp told the Bronx Times that her flag football coach, whom she called “lite
  
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• Queens man indicted for murdering Bronx woman with her children nearby

  04-02-2025 16:41 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Queens man has been indicted for fatally stabbing a Bronx woman in her Highbridge apartment while her three young children were present, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced.Lamont Wilson, 46, of 101st Street in Queens, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in connection to the brutal attack on 38-year-old Britney Webb. He was arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas and was remanded.
  
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• Bronx man who stabbed and strangled his mother to death sentenced to 25 years to life: DA

  04-02-2025 16:08 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Bronx man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the brutal 2020 murder of his mother, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced today.Michael Marte, 33, of Clinton Avenue, was convicted of second-degree murder following a three-week jury trial. Bronx Supreme Court Justice Alvin Yearwood handed down the sentence on Jan. 31.“The defendant got into an argument with his mother and then killed her in a particularly gruesome manner before fleeing to California,” Clark s
  
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• Bronx poet Roya Marsh celebrates launch of second book, “savings time”

  04-02-2025 15:09 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx poet Roya Marsh is celebrating the Feb. 4 release of her second collection, “savings time,” described as a “love letter, a call to action and a stark, indelible statement of Black survival.” Marsh, a Parkchester native, told the Bronx Times she got started mainly in performance poetry despite there being no on-campus poetry slams during her college years. She began spending a lot of time at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club, Brooklyn Poetry Slam and
  
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• Castle Hill’s Samara Joy takes home two Grammys at 67th annual awards

  04-02-2025 15:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx-raised jazz vocalist Samara Joy won two Grammys Sunday night at the 67th annual awards ceremony, which celebrated the best artists in the recording industry. The 25-year-old jazz sensation took home Grammys for Best Jazz Vocal Album for her 2023 EP A Joyful Holiday and Best Jazz Performance for the song Twinkle Twinkle Little Me.Sunday night’s awards marked Joy’s fourth and fifth Grammys. She told the Recording Academy that she would give her latest haul to her parents.“W
  
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