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• Queens gang leader convicted of murder for 2020 shooting death of Bronx man: DA

  11-02-2025 22:42 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Southeast Queens gang leader was found guilty of murder in the second degree for the death of a 22-year-old Bronx man during a broad daylight shooting in Rufus King Park in Jamaica in October 2020 during a marijuana deal gone wrong.Chance Goode, 22, of Dillon Street in Jamaica, was convicted by a jury on Monday following a four-week trial in Queens Supreme Court. The jury deliberated about a day before reaching a verdict.According to the charges and trial testimony, on Oct. 15, 2020, at approx
  
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• ‘Intolerable’: Hochul pushes back at Con Edison’s proposed rate hikes, says it makes New York less affordable

  11-02-2025 21:15 via amny.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul slammed on Tuesday a proposed Con Edison rate hike for New York energy users as "intolerable" — and said her office would be pushing back hard against the utility giant to stop it.Hochul said combating the proposed uptick in energy rates, which could impact millions of customers with increases of as much as 14% of their current bills, is necessary to preserving the livelihoods of average New Yorkers.“When people are trying to put money back in their pockets, and the
  
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• Affordable housing lottery launches for four units in Crotona, Studios start at $2,415

  11-02-2025 19:59 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York City has launched a housing lottery for four units in a 6-story residential building at 751 Crotona Park N. in the Crotona neighborhood of the Bronx.The building features ten total residences, with six being at market rate. The four "affordable" units have been set aside for those earning 130% of the area median income and with an asset limit of $201,890.[caption id="attachment_120975" align="alignnone" width="930"] Photo courtesy of NYC Housing Connect[/caption]Three of the units set a
  
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• Meet James Stratford, the Bronx native now leading the NYC Young Men’s Initiative

  11-02-2025 19:48 via bxtimes.com
  
  The NYC Young Men’s Initiative (YMI), which invests in programming to support men of color ages 14 to 26, has a new leader: James Stratford, who grew up in the East Tremont area and proudly brings his Bronx background to the role. “I represent and reflect the population being served, and I wouldn’t be who I am without a dedication of resources like YMI,” he told the Bronx Times in an interview about two months after taking the helm at the agency within the Mayor&rsqu
  
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• Bronx BIDs trash DSNYs proposed bin rule, call it an unfair burden

  11-02-2025 17:55 via bxtimes.com
  
  The business improvement groups responsible for maintaining Bronx commercial corridors warned the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) on Monday that a proposed rule requiring them to purchase expensive trash bins to keep garbage bags off the streets could place a significant strain on their already limited budgets.At a public hearing on the proposed rule set to take effect in August, Bronx Business Improvement District (BID) leaders expressed concerns that they already shoulder the cost of supplemen
  
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• Bronx to get new EV fast-charging Hub as part of citywide expansion

  11-02-2025 17:09 via bxtimes.com
  
  Drivers of electric vehicles in the Bronx will soon have more places to charge up as New York State plans to open hundreds of new fast-charging stations across the five boroughs.Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday that 267 new fast-charging stations will be installed at nine locations citywide by 2027, with many expected to open within the next year. Among them, the Bronx will see 20 charging stalls added in the Port Morris section.The expansion is part of a $60 million investment from the NY Gre
  
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• Bronx teen indicted for fatal courthouse shooting, linked to two other gun violence incidents

  11-02-2025 16:56 via bxtimes.com
  
  A 15-year-old Bronx boy has been indicted on murder and weapons charges for fatally shooting a man near the Bronx Hall of Justice in broad daylight, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Monday.Jayden Baez, 15, of College Avenue, has also been charged in connection with a separate shooting that wounded an elderly woman and another incident where gunfire erupted into a crowd.“The defendant, only 15 years old, is allegedly responsible for multiple incidents of gun violence last f
  
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• Op-Ed | Taking the case to Albany for a stronger NYC

  11-02-2025 16:35 via amny.com
  
  Since day one of our administration, our mission has been to make New York City a safer, more affordable city that is the best place to raise a family. Last week, our team and I visited Albany to advocate for funding and legislation so that we can continue to fulfill that mission and keep delivering for working-class New Yorkers.We focused on four key areas. First, passing our “Axe the Tax for the Working Class” legislation to make life more affordable for working-class New Yorkers.
  
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• Trump’s Justice Department ordering Mayor Adams’ criminal indictment dropped in memo

  11-02-2025 01:59 via amny.com
  
  Republican President Donald Trump's Justice Department (DOJ) has instructed Manhattan federal prosecutors to drop Mayor Eric Adams' five-count corruption indictment, according to a DOJ memo.In the memo, a copy of which The New York Times posted online Monday evening, the DOJ's acting second-in-command Emil Bove said the case should be dismissed because of the timing of when Manhattan federal prosecutors brought the charges and "pre-trial publicity that risks impacting potential witnesses and the
  
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