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• Gibson renews calls for a shadier, cooler, Bronx through tree planting ahead of Arbor Day

  24-04-2025 22:46 via bxtimes.com
  
  Standing along the sun-scorched industrial shoreline behind St. Mary’s Cement in Hunts Point on Thursday, Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson renewed calls during a press conference for the city to invest in greener infrastructure across the borough.Gibson, environmental advocates and community partners urged Mayor Eric Adams during the press conference to fully fund the New York City Parks Department (NYC Parks) and plant more trees in the South Bronx to mitigate the disproportionat
  
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• Developer files ethics complaint against Rep. Espaillat over Kingsbridge Armory bid

  24-04-2025 21:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  The developer suing the city over his losing bid for the Kingsbridge Armory project has filed an ethics complaint against U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat and his former chief of staff, calling for an investigation into their alleged improper ties to the winning bidder. In an April 12 letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics shared with the Bronx Times, Manny Tavarez of Agallas Equities accused Espaillat, who represents parts of the northwest Bronx and upper Manhattan, of violating House rul
  
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• NYC Mayor’s Race: TV ads begin to heat up as Mamdani hits Cuomo as one in the same with Eric Adams

  24-04-2025 19:25 via amny.com
  
  The 2025 NYC Mayor's race is entering a new phase with the release of TV ads as the June 24 Democratic primary draws closer.Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign will hit the airwaves Thursday evening with a broadcast ad attacking front-runner Andrew Cuomo as a corrupt politician who will be no different than the scandal-scarred Mayor Eric Adams.With the 30-second spot, Mamdani, a Queens Assembly Member, is the first candidate of the cycle to finance a TV ad directly. Mamdani's
  
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• Report: Bronx rents stay steady, but borough sees highest increase since start of pandemic

  24-04-2025 19:06 via bxtimes.com
  
  While rents across New York City continued to climb in the first quarter of 2025, the Bronx remained relatively stable—experiencing only a slight year-over-year increase in asking prices, according to a new report from Realtor.com.The median asking rent in the Bronx rose just 0.7% from the same time last year, inching up from $2,990 in early 2024 to $3,010 this year. Though modest compared to spikes in other boroughs, that figure marks a dramatic 41.2% jump from the first quarter of 2020,
  
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• ‘They took away all of her dreams’: Family grieves as teens sentenced for stray bullet death of 11-year-old Kyhara Tay

  24-04-2025 16:39 via bxtimes.com
  
  Two teens who admitted killing an 11-year-old girl with a stray bullet during a 2022 Bronx shootout were sentenced in court Wednesday, April 23—and also faced the anguish of the child's grieving family.Matthew Godwin, who was 15 at the time of the fatal shooting, pleaded guilty in March to firing the deadly shots on May 16, 2022. His accomplice, then-18-year-old Omar Bojang, admitted to driving the scooter from which Godwin opened fire.The intended target was a 13-year-old boy, but the bul
  
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• Photos: CM Salamanca holds Annual Precinct Council and Community Board Appreciation BBQ

  24-04-2025 15:20 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York City Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr. held the 2025 Precinct Council and Community Board Appreciation BBQ on Saturday, April 19, in the Dancing Crane Pavilion at the Bronx Zoo.[caption id="attachment_125625" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Photo courtesy of the Office of Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr./C. Vivar[/caption][caption id="attachment_125628" align="alignnone" width="960"] Photo courtesy of the Office of Council Member Rafael Salamanca Jr./C. Vivar[/caption][caption id="
  
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• Op-ed | Viva il Papa! Memories of the people’s pope

  24-04-2025 15:00 via brooklynpaper.com
  
  When I think of Pope Francis, the first thoughts that come to mind are: a holy man, a humble man, and a human being.A holy man: To be holy in the eyes of God is to be like God, who loves all the human beings He created.Humble because Pope Francis believed we are all equal in the eyes of God, and that he was no more entitled or better than anyone else simply because he was the leader of 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide.A human being because he respected all of God's people, regardless of race, nat
  
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• Bronx shooting leaves Yonkers man dead, woman wounded: cops

  24-04-2025 14:25 via amny.com
  
  Bronx detectives are on the hunt for the suspect who shot a Yonkers man dead and wounded a woman on Wednesday afternoon.Police said the double shooting happened near an apartment building and grocery store located at 2690 University Ave. in Kingsbridge Heights just before 5 p.m. on April 23.Officers from the 50th Precinct rushed to the scene after receiving a 911 call about an assault in progress. Upon arriving, they found 28-year-old Marji Daoud, a Yonkers resident, with a gunshot wound to his
  
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• ‘A profound tragedy’: Teens sentenced in Bronx for killing 11-year-old Kyhara Tay with stray bullet during shootout

  24-04-2025 00:34 via amny.com
  
  The young killers who admitted to killing 11-year-old Kyhara Tay on a Bronx street during a 2022 shootout appeared in court on Wednesday afternoon to face sentencing — and the victim's grief-stricken family.Matthew Godwin, who was 15 at the time of the slaying, pleaded guilty to firing the fatal shots that spring afternoon on May 16 while then 18-year-old Omar Bojang admitted to driving the scooter from which Godwin fired the fatal bullet.The pair intended to shoot a 13-year-old boy but st
  
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• NYC Mayor’s Race: AG James, union leaders pitch Speaker Adams as best candidate to take on Trump, stop Cuomo

  24-04-2025 00:00 via amny.com
  
  Seeking to give Adrienne Adams a boost in the 2025 NYC mayor's race, state Attorney General Letitia James and the leaders of three prominent unions on Wednesday rallied to trumpet the City Council speaker as the best mayoral candidate to take on President Trump and block former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's path to City Hall.James, District Council 37 (DC37) Executive Director Henry Garrido, CWA Local 1180 President Gloria Middleton, and UNITE HERE Local 100 President José Maldonado gathered at DC
  
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