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• International student visas revoked at Lehman College, Fordham University

  16-04-2025 23:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  The impact of the Trump administration’s higher education crackdown is hitting the Bronx, as one international student’s visa was revoked at CUNY Lehman College and four at Fordham University. The students are among the 1,300-plus current and recent graduates at 210 nationwide colleges that have had their visas revoked or legal status changed as of April 16, according to the trade publication Inside Higher Ed. Citing a “troubling trend,” Fordham University said
  
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• City Council leaders slam Adams officials for absence from Trump funding cuts hearing

  16-04-2025 23:20 via amny.com
  
  City Council leaders on Wednesday fumed over Mayor Eric Adams administration officials not showing up to a hearing on preparing for Trump's deep funding cuts and submitting written testimony instead — a move they said shows Hizzoner "remains silent" in the face of Trump's attacks.City Council Member Lincoln Restler (D-Brooklyn), a frequent Adams critic, opened the proceedings by pointing out that no one from the mayor's administration was present. The hearing came after the council release
  
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• Tentative deal reached to modify New York’s discovery reform law

  16-04-2025 22:54 via bxtimes.com
  
  Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters in Albany on Tuesday that lawmakers had reached a tentative agreement to modify the state’s 2019 discovery reform law, which currently mandates that prosecutors promptly share evidence in criminal cases.State legislators have spent months negotiating with Gov. Kathy Hochul and district attorneys over proposed changes to the law. The revised deal aims to ease some of the stringent requirements around evidence disclosure and make it harder for cas
  
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• Housing lottery launches for four units in Woodstock, rent starts at $2,515

  16-04-2025 21:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to stay updated on the latest housing lotteries in New York City.New York City has launched a housing lottery for four units in a 5-story residential building at 686 Eagle Ave. in the Woodstock neighborhood of the Bronx.The building has 13 units, with nine at market rate. All four of the affordable units are for people earning 130% of the area median income and with an asset limit of $201,890.Two of the units set aside are one-bedroom, with a mon
  
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• Average rent climbs slightly across select Bronx neighborhoods, report shows

  16-04-2025 20:19 via bxtimes.com
  
  The average rental price across four Bronx neighborhoods saw a slight year-over-year uptick in March 2025, according to a new market report by real estate firm M.N.S. Real Estate.The study, which analyzed trends in Concourse/Highbridge, Morris Heights/University Heights, Mott Haven and Riverdale, found that average rents across all unit types rose 1.56%—from $2,421 in March 2024 to $2,459 last month.While one-bedroom and two-bedroom units experienced moderate gains, stu
  
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• Gunman sought after man fatally shot near Bronx school

  16-04-2025 19:54 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx detectives are on the hunt for the gunman who shot a man dead Tuesday night steps away from a school.According to police sources, officers from the 42nd Precinct received a 911 call of a person shot just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday night. The responding cops found 34-year-old Carlos Teron unconscious and unresponsive by a school and daycare center outside of 1988 Clinton Avenue. He had been shot in the head.EMS rushed Teron to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he clung to life in critical condi
  
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• Housing lottery launched for 17 units in West Farms, rent starts at $2,440

  16-04-2025 19:48 via bxtimes.com
  
  Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to stay updated on the latest housing lotteries in New York City.New York City has launched a housing lottery for 17 affordable units at 2070 Honeywell Ave. in the West Farms neighborhood of the Bronx.The units are located in a 7-story residential development that features 54 residences, with 37 at market rate. The 17 units set aside are intended for applicants earning 130% of the area median income and with an asset limit of $201,890.[caption id
  
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• Mayor Adams restores $167 million in 3-K and pre-K funding left out of his January budget plan

  16-04-2025 19:30 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday he would restore $167 million in early childhood education funding in his upcoming Executive Budget that had been left out of his preliminary spending plan — $30 million less than what the City Council called for in its own proposal this month.The $167 million commitment breaks down into $112 million for expanding the city's universal preschool program for 3-year-olds — known as 3-K—and $55 million for universal pre-K special education classes
  
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• Bronx man fatally shot steps away from school: cops

  16-04-2025 15:25 via amny.com
  
  Bronx detectives are on the hunt for the gunman who shot a man dead Tuesday night steps away from a school.According to police sources, officers from the 42nd Precinct received a 911 call of a person shot just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday night. The responding cops found 34-year-old Carlos Teron unconscious and unresponsive by a school and daycare center outside of 1988 Clinton Avenue. He had been shot in the head.EMS rushed Teron to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he clung to life in critical condi
  
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• Road report: Here’s where lead-foot drivers repeatedly get speed-camera tickets in NYC

  16-04-2025 11:55 via amny.com
  
  Brooklyn and Manhattan are plagued with three of NYC’s most frequent super speeders, and they all have at least one thing in common, according to a new report: They drive luxury vehicles.Transportation Alternatives, a public transit advocacy group, released new data that lists the city’s top 10 super speeders and where they most commonly get ticketed. While these lead-foot motorists drive various vehicles, most drive cars purchased within the previous two years, including Audi, Merce
  
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