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• Judge extends order blocking ICE from re-establishing Rikers Island office in win for City Council

  25-04-2025 23:53 via amny.com
  
  A state judge on Friday extended an order barring Mayor Eric Adams' administration from allowing federal immigration authorities to re-establish offices on Rikers Island, handing a win to the City Council that filed a lawsuit April 15 seeking to block the move.Judge Mary Rosado on April 25 extended a temporary restraining order (TRO) she issued earlier this week that will continue to block the Adams administration's executive order allowing federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ho
  
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• Hostos Community College holds immigration town hall amid growing deportation fears

  25-04-2025 23:15 via bxtimes.com
  
  Immigration professionals shared their personal stories and professional insights Thursday at Hostos Community College in the South Bronx during a town hall discussion on the impact of immigration policies, the college announced.The event, titled “Beyond Borders: Future of Immigration in America,” was led by Cynthia Katz, managing attorney at HIAS (formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), and Hostos alumna and immigration social worker Denise Herrera. In addition to sharing their
  
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• City Council passes Farías’ bill limiting non-essential helicopter flights from city heliports

  25-04-2025 20:36 via bxtimes.com
  
  The New York City Council on Thursday voted to pass a landmark bill sponsored by Council Majority Leader Amanda Farías that will prohibit non-essential helicopter flights from city-owned heliports unless they meet the Federal Aviation Administration’s strictest noise standards.The bill’s passage comes just two weeks after a deadly sightseeing helicopter crash along the Hudson River claimed six lives, reigniting calls for greater oversight. The measure, which passed overwhelmin
  
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• Author Oscar Perry Abello holds signing for new book on finance and banking at Ponce Bank

  25-04-2025 18:29 via bxtimes.com
  
  Oscar Perry Abello, the author of the new book “The Banks We Deserve: Reclaiming Community Banking for a Just Economy,” recently held a book signing, public reading and a discussion on the future of finance and banking across New York State and the United States at the Ponce Bank branch at 2244 Westchester Ave. in the Bronx.Abello’s book urges readers to critically examine who the financial system is truly designed to serve. It invites a reimagining of banking—one that pl
  
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• Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club modernizes flagship Bronx clubhouse with $7.5M upgrade

  25-04-2025 18:17 via bxtimes.com
  
  On April 21, the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club unveiled a $7.5 million renovation of its flagship Lucile Palmaro Clubhouse in Castle Hill, which serves hundreds of Bronx children and teens each day.The renovated space includes colorful, modernized furnishings, a new state-of-the-art digital learning lab and a performing arts space. The existing game room, culinary arts kitchen and arts and crafts studio underwent a “complete transformation” that will allow the center to serve 100 mo
  
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• District Attorney hosts evening of kinship and support for crime survivors

  25-04-2025 18:07 via bxtimes.com
  
  On April 25, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark welcomed dozens of survivors to her annual Tribute to Crime Victims, offering an uplifting show of solidarity to Bronxites who have endured trauma and loss.Held at the Bronx Zoo, this year’s event centered on the theme “Kinship, Connecting and Healing,” and featured a powerful blend of food, music, dance, and poetry. The program also included heartfelt testimonials from three speakers who shared their journeys of resilience afte
  
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• In celebration of Arbor Day, Hochul awards nearly $1M for Bronx reforestation projects

  25-04-2025 17:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul marked Arbor Day 2025 with a major boost for urban reforestation—announcing $15 million in statewide funding through the new Community Reforestation (CoRe) grant program, including nearly $1 million for projects in the Bronx aimed at improving air quality and reducing heat in vulnerable neighborhoods.Two leading Bronx organizations—the Bronx River Alliance and The New York Botanical Garden—received a combined $929,000 to expand tree-planting efforts along the
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Bronx teen program in jeopardy after federal grant cut by Trump administration

  25-04-2025 17:06 via bxtimes.com
  
  A summer program that gives South Bronx teens an opportunity to study environmental justice issues alongside Columbia University researchers is now in jeopardy after the Trump administration abruptly cut its federal grant.The Department of Health and Human Services pulled the plug on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant in mid-March, disrupting the Bronx Environmental Health Summer Training for Justice program. The initiative served students from The Laboratory School of Finance and Techn
  
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• Op-Ed: Our Bronx, Our Roots, Our Future

  25-04-2025 07:52 via bxtimes.com
  
  This Arbor Day is more than a celebration of trees and green spaces—it’s a call to action for bold, systemic change that uplifts communities too often overlooked in our borough and across our city.We are at a critical moment as we await the release of the Mayor’s Executive Budget. Now is the time to demand that our city’s government fully fund our parks and ensure that our city’s streetscape and green spaces have trees planted and maintained in the neighborhoods tha
  
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