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• Bronx residents voice concerns over Bally’s casino project at public hearing

  27-02-2025 23:53 via bxtimes.com
  
  More than 100 people filled a Bronx high school on Tuesday for Community Board 10’s public hearing to weigh in on Bally’s proposed casino project in Throggs Neck.Many residents in attendance voiced strong opposition to the Bally’s Bronx casino plan, which would add a 3.1 million-square-foot complex to Ferry Point Park. Bally’s already operates the city-owned golf course on the site, formerly managed by a company associated with President Donald Trump.The attendees, mostly
  
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• Former Bronx immigration attorney sentenced to nearly six years for fraud scheme

  27-02-2025 23:29 via bxtimes.com
  
  Kofi Amankwaa, a former Bronx immigration attorney, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison on Feb. 26 for orchestrating a yearslong immigration fraud scheme that led to the deportation of some of his clients.Amankwaa, who practiced in the South Bronx, pleaded guilty in September 2024 to filing fraudulent applications on behalf of his clients. He falsely claimed that they were victims of abuse by their children or other relatives, seeking legal status for them under the Violence Against Wom
  
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• Bronx man arrested for unprovoked attack on 7 train rider in Corona: NYPD

  27-02-2025 22:10 via qns.com
  
  A Bronx man was arrested Wednesday morning and booked at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows for an unprovoked attack on a 7 train rider in Corona nearly two weeks earlier.Marlon Serrano, 51, of Wales Avenue in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court later in the day, where he was criminally charged with assault in the second degree for the beatdown that occurred on a Flushing-bound 7 train on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 13.The 37-year-old man was approached
  
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• Bronx native Army veteran fired under Trump cuts with days left in probationary period

  27-02-2025 21:51 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Bronx native veteran was abruptly fired Feb. 13 from the Lyons VA Medical Center in New Jersey as part of the Trump administration’s across-the-board cuts of recently hired federal employees. He started the job in February 2024 and was four days shy of completing the probationary period. The 31-year-old Army veteran, referred to in this story as John Doe, requested his name be withheld because his supervisor has filed an appeal to the government for reinstatement. Doe worked as
  
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• NYC gas prices among the most affordable in the U.S.—here’s where to fill up

  27-02-2025 18:04 via qns.com
  
  Gas prices in NYC? Surprisingly, not terrible.New York City ranks among the top major cities in the United States when it comes to the most affordable gas prices, according to a report from the financial services company CashNetUSA.One gallon of gas in New York City costs approximately 12.56% of the local average hourly wage. This is the fifth-lowest percentage for a major city in the country, trailing only Boston, Massachusetts (11.35%), San Jose, California (11.7%), Denver, Colorado (11.76%),
  
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• Grieving mother reacts as Bronx police arrest man wanted for teenager’s murder: ‘I miss my son’

  27-02-2025 16:50 via amny.com
  
  The man accused of fatally shooting a teenager in the Bronx last summer was arrested Wednesday as the boy’s mother continues to grieve for her son.According to police sources, 37-year-old Kenhy Sarrias-Buelvas of Washington Heights was charged on Feb. 26 for shooting 16-year-old Kemari Sanders at the corner of Bryant Avenue and Jennings Street on Aug. 23, 2024. Sanders suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, paralyzing him.[caption id="attachment_137747143" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]
  
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