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• Bronx heroes honored at New York Botanical Garden celebration on April 10

  15-04-2025 22:11 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York City Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. honored eight members of the Bronx community for their contributions to the borough at the annual Heroes Recognition Breakfast on Thursday, April 10, in the Garden Terrace Room of New York Botanical Garden, located at 2950 Southern Blvd.The honorees were recognized for going above and beyond the call of duty to improve the borough. The Bronx community members honored at this year's event included Officers Jose Ruiz and Bryant Fuentes of the NYPD
  
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• Lincoln Hospital announces new program to support people with opioid use disorder

  15-04-2025 20:56 via bxtimes.com
  
  NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln announced Tuesday a new pilot program that will launch later this year to provide ongoing support for people with opioid use disorder by regularly connecting them with care and resources for up to a year, according to a press release.The new Hotspotting program will pair patients in the Lincoln Hospital emergency department for opioid use or nonfatal overdoses with a dedicated team that will maintain regular contact, offering them addiction services, medical care,
  
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• Op-ed: New York City should support immigrant delivery workers

  15-04-2025 20:28 via bxtimes.com
  
  New Yorkers delivering meals from restaurants got yet another raise this week, with the City's minimum pay rate for these workers climbing above $21 per hour. But those who only deliver goods from grocery stores across the five boroughs still remain left behind, thanks to a technical loophole in the law.It’s time for the New York City Council to fix this oversight and finally extend the minimum wage to all delivery workers.New York's delivery workers — a largely immigrant population
  
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• City Council sues Adams admin to block order allowing ICE back onto Rikers Island

  15-04-2025 20:25 via amny.com
  
  The City Council sued Mayor Eric Adams' administration on Tuesday in a bid to block its recent executive order allowing federal immigration agents to re-establish offices on Rikers Island.The suit alleges that Adams directed First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro to sign the executive order last week as part of a "corrupt bargain" with President Trump's administration that led to it dropping his federal corruption case. Adams announced his intention to sign the executive order in February, shortly
  
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• EBHF to discuss Black-owned land in the Bronx during 1800s at April 24 meeting

  15-04-2025 20:19 via bxtimes.com
  
  The East Bronx History Forum (EBHF) will host a lecture by educator and art historian John Keith Doherty on Thursday, April 24, exploring Black land ownership in the Bronx during the 1800s. The event, which is the group's 194th meeting, begins at 7:30 p.m. and will take place in the lower level of St. Clare of Assisi Church, located at 1027 Rhinelander Ave.Doherty will discuss several properties in the Bronx that were owned by free Black individuals during and after New York’s Gradual Eman
  
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• Hundreds mourn at Bronx vigil for victims of Dominican nightclub collapse

  15-04-2025 18:28 via bxtimes.com
  
  On April 14, Bronxites gathered at Lou Gehrig Plaza to commemorate more than 220 lives lost to the April 8 roof collapse disaster at Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Hundreds of mourners—joined by over a dozen local elected officials and representatives from the Dominican government—lit candles and waved flags in remembrance of the victims. The Bronx, home to a population that is more than 20% Dominican, stood in solidarity as participants prayed for those
  
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• NYC Mayor’s Race: Front-runner Cuomo denied millions in public funds due to ‘technical error’

  15-04-2025 18:15 via amny.com
  
  The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) on Tuesday declined to reward 2025 NYC mayor's race front-runner Andrew Cuomo millions of dollars he expected to receive in public matching funds.The CFB withheld the funds due to a "technical software error," according to Cuomo spokesperson Rich Azzopardi. Cuomo's campaign had anticipated the board rewarding it roughly $2.7 billion in public funds after raising around $1.5 billion between the beginning and middle of March."Last Friday, the campaign
  
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• Bronx Children’s Museum unveils new exhibit honoring childhood journeys of Black baseball legends

  15-04-2025 18:09 via bxtimes.com
  
  A new permanent exhibit at the Bronx Children’s Museum, unveiled on April 12, celebrates the childhoods of some of baseball’s most iconic Black players—highlighting the early dreams that shaped their paths to the major leagues.Titled Exhibiting Possibilities, the installation spotlights 22 Major League stars from the New York Yankees and Mets, reimagining each athlete as a young child long before the spotlight, the stadiums or the championships. The exhibit was unveiled during&
  
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• Op-Ed | Improving quality of life as we make New York City the best place to raise a family

  15-04-2025 17:05 via amny.com
  
  We all want to enjoy a great quality of life in the greatest city in the world — but it’s the everyday things that matter. New Yorkers don’t want to live with excessive noise, illegal parking, homelessness-related issues, outdoor drug use, aggressive panhandling, and all the other issues that have risen steadily across the five boroughs over the last six years.That’s why the Adams administration is tackling these problems head on with our new NYPD Quality of Life Division
  
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• Bronx slashing suspect slices man’s face in random attack: cops

  15-04-2025 15:50 via amny.com
  
  Cops in the Bronx are looking for the slashing suspect who attacked a man at random over the weekend.The NYPD released on Monday night images of the perpetrator sought for the bloody assault, which occurred just before 3:30 p.m. on April 13 near the corner of Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road, near the historic Kingsbridge Armory.Law enforcement sources said the assailant approached the victim, a 29-year-old man, at the location and asked, "Do we have a problem?"Seconds later, authorities
  
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• Kingsbridge Heights Community Center awarded $50,000 tech grant for new Family Enrichment Center

  15-04-2025 15:28 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC), which serves more than 6,000 Bronx residents at its 3101 Kingsbridge Terrace location, has been awarded a $50,000 tech grant to fund a computer lab, complete with laptops, desktops and printers in its upcoming Family Enrichment Center.Gov. Kathy Hochul announced March 25 that the Office of Faith and Nonprofit Development Services will award $2.1 million in grants of up to $50,000 to 43 different organizations across the state to create Community R
  
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