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• FDNY fines driver $4,000 for blocking hydrant during deadly Bronx fire

  04-03-2025 21:01 via bxtimes.com
  
  For the first time in city history, the FDNY issued a criminal summons to a vehicle owner who illegally blocked a fire hydrant that hampered firefighters' efforts to put out a deadly blaze.The unnamed driver was fined $4,000 for parking a red sedan on Feb. 12 in front of a hydrant outside a Buddhist temple complex on Anthony Avenue in Tremont, where a fire erupted. The vehicle obstructed firefighters' access to the site.The fire, sparked by a space heater, claimed the lives of two people—a
  
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• State of the City: Speaker Adams lays out vision for NYC leadership in speech teeing up mayoral run

  04-03-2025 20:15 via amny.com
  
  Adrienne Adams delivered her final State of the City address as Council speaker on Tuesday — focusing on the kind of leadership she believes the Big Apple needs now as she appears ready to launch a bid for mayor.The speaker used her roughly 45-minute annual speech, which she delivered at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 4, to tout her record leading the city legislature since 2022 and tee up her likely mayoral campaign. She insisted the city desperately needs a leader who can take on Presid
  
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• Bronx man sentenced to 10 years for setting fire to ex-girlfriend’s apartment: DA

  04-03-2025 19:55 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Bronx man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of arson and burglary for setting fire to his ex-girlfriend’s apartment, forcing building residents to evacuate, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Tuesday.Michael Williams, 57, of Mohegan Avenue, was sentenced by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Audrey Stone last week to 10 years in prison and five years of post-release supervision for second-degree arson, along with a concurrent sentence of five years in
  
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• Comptroller: Bronx landlords among worst heat violators, blasts HPD over its enforcement

  04-03-2025 18:22 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released a report Monday criticizing the city for allegedly failing to enforce heat violation laws, which he says has led to persistently cold apartments—primarily in the Bronx—and has increased the risk of structural fires.The report, titled Turn Up the Heat, found that while the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD)—the agency responsible for enforcing the housing code—was largely effective in addressing chronical
  
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• More New Yorkers going into debt due to rising food costs, poll finds

  04-03-2025 17:15 via amny.com
  
  Rising food costs are eating a hole in New Yorkers' budgets and driving them into debt, a new poll released Tuesday found.No Kid Hungry New York unveiled alarming statistics about the financial and health struggles residents are facing due to the skyrocketing food costs. The survey, which engaged 1,596 respondents between Feb. 8 and 14, reveals that a staggering 53% of New Yorkers report an increase in debt over the past year as food prices surge.The rising cost of living, particularly food expe
  
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• Former Kingsbridge daycare owner gets 45 years for toddler’s fentanyl death

  04-03-2025 16:53 via bxtimes.com
  
  The owner of a Kingsbridge daycare where four children suffered fentanyl poisoning—resulting in the death of a 22-month-old boy—was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison.Grei Mendez, 37, was handed down the sentence on March 3 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York after pleading guilty to narcotics charges in October 2024, Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky announced.Prosecutors said Mendez and her co-conspirators, including her husband, stashed more than
  
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• Affordable housing lottery opens in Mott Haven; 1 bedrooms start at $3,661

  04-03-2025 16:10 via bxtimes.com
  
  An affordable housing lottery has officially launched for a newly constructed seven-story residential building in Mott Haven.The building, located at 91 Bruckner Blvd., features 89 residences, with 27 units available through NYC Housing Connect for tenants earning up to 130% of the area median income (AMI).Developed by Anshel Fridman of Artist Construction LLC, the building offers 13 one-bedroom units at a monthly rent of $3,661 for individuals and households earning between $125,520 and $181,74
  
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• Op-Ed | Meeting crisis with compassion: Helping migrants on the path to their American Dream

  04-03-2025 14:45 via amny.com
  
  New York City is a city built by immigrants, and we are not just stronger because of our diversity — we are the greatest city on the globe because of it. Since 2022, we have faced an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers across the five boroughs as conditions worsened in countries abroad. Our administration met that influx head-on, offering newcomers food, clothing, and shelter. Thanks to our efforts, over 189,100 of the 232,600 of the migrants — or 81 percent — who requested
  
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