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• NYC mayor’s race: Cuomo’s opponents bash him over report he’s only lived in NYC full-time since September

  06-03-2025 23:00 via amny.com
  
  Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Democratic mayoral primary opponents piled on him on Thursday over a report that he has only lived in the Big Apple since September.Former city Comptroller Scott Stringer called a last-minute news conference Thursday morning to bash the former top executive over the report by the news site Gothamist following Cuomo's entrance into the race last weekend. The former governor is making his first run for office since resigning as the state's top executi
  
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• Op-Ed | More Than Just a Game: How Mobile Betting is Keeping March Madness Safe and Regulated

  06-03-2025 20:11 via politicsny.com
  
  As sports fans across New York eagerly fill out their brackets and prepare for the excitement of March Madness, it’s worth reflecting on how far we’ve come in ensuring that the billions of dollars wagered on the tournament on mobile platforms, are placed in a responsible, legal, and regulated environment. With another NCAA Tournament upon us, we are reminded that the expansion of legal mobile sports betting has not only been a win for sports fans, it’s also a victory for respon
  
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• Regal Cinemas set to open in Concourse Village, bringing Bronx moviegoers a new silver screen experience

  06-03-2025 19:46 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx movie-goers will soon have more than one commercial cinema in the borough as a new movie theater is set to open this month in Concourse Village.Regal Cinemas will take over operating the 58,000 square foot theater space on 161st Street in Concourse Plaza vacated by Multiplex Cinemas nearly a year ago after 30 years in operation, according to a statement from The Feil Organization, the plaza's landlord. At the time, Multiplex Cinemas said a "business decision" prompted the closure.The Feil
  
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• Bronxites weigh in on borough-based jail plan as early site work begins

  06-03-2025 19:38 via bxtimes.com
  
  Community members gathered on March 5 to provide feedback on the design and amenities of the forthcoming Bronx Detention Center, part of the city's four-facility plan to replace Rikers Island.The planned facility, which will include 1,040 beds, is one of four borough-based jails set to open in the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan. The initiative aims to create safer, more humane conditions while bringing incarcerated individuals closer to courthouses and their home communities as the city
  
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• Bronx families can now register for NYC Parks’ summer camp programs

  06-03-2025 19:08 via bxtimes.com
  
  Families looking to enroll their children in the NYC Parks Department’s popular summer camp programs can now register online, but spots are limited and will be awarded through a lottery system.The Summer Day Camp and Extended Summer Day Camp, open to children across the city from ages 6 to 13, will run from July 7 through Aug. 22, offering a mix of sports, outdoor activities, and educational programming. Parents have until Saturday, March 22, to submit their applications.In the Bronx, fami
  
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• Thousands of cans of baby formula to be distributed to Bronx families after price gouging settlement

  06-03-2025 18:50 via bxtimes.com
  
  Thousands of cans of baby formula are being distributed to families in need across the Bronx as part of a legal settlement reached with two companies accused of price gouging during the 2022 formula shortage.New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that her office secured $675,000 worth of baby formula from Brooklyn-based Marine Park Distribution Inc. and its affiliate, Formula Depot Inc., following an investigation that found the companies had almost doubled the prices during the natio
  
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• NYC mayoral race: Speaker Adams officially joins crowded contest to unseat Mayor Adams

  06-03-2025 14:42 via amny.com
  
  It's now Adams vs. Adams — and plenty of other candidates — in the 2025 NYC mayoral race.Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, confirmed on Thursday that she is officially jumping into the Democratic mayoral primary against Mayor Eric Adams — to whom she is not related.Although the speaker, the first Black woman to hold the position, never planned to run, she said it is necessary given the crises engulfing Mayor Adams' administration and the need to defend the overwhelmingl
  
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