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• MTA unveils new elevators at Third Ave-East 149th Street

  05-05-2025 22:21 via bxtimes.com
  
  After a 17-month outage, two MTA elevators at Third Avenue-149th Street, servicing the 2 and 5 trains, are now back in service, the MTA announced May 1. Locals are “really excited” for the return of service at the bustling intersection known as The Hub, which sees some of the heaviest foot traffic in the city at over 200,000 visitors per day, according to Pedro Suarez, executive director of the Third Avenue Business Improvement District (BID).  The extensive project in
  
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• What’s happening | Mother’s Day celebrations, Gospel, scavenger hunts, art projects and more

  05-05-2025 22:13 via bxtimes.com
  
  McDonald’s Gospelfest!Friday, May 9, 8-10 p.m.Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. W. $37-$123Lehman Center for the Performing Arts is proud to present THE MCDONALD’S GOSPELFEST with legendary, best-selling artists YOLANDA ADAMS, SHIRLEY CAESAR, DORINDA CLARK COLE, and KAREN CLARK SHEARD, on Mother’s Day Weekend, Friday, May 9, 2025, at 8 p.m. This one-night-only show promises to deliver an amazing spiritual production, produced and directed by A.
  
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• Here’s where 7 new NYC public schools will open this September

  05-05-2025 22:05 via amny.com
  
  City officials announced on Monday that seven new public schools will soon open in NYC, offering more classroom space and more support for students with learning disabilities. Mayor Eric Adams and Public Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos announced the news on May 5. They said the schools will open across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island in time for the 2025-2026 school year. The schools will help provide more access to technical education, provid
  
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• Centerlight PACE showcases artistic talents in first-ever exhibit

  05-05-2025 21:56 via bxtimes.com
  
  Paintings, drawings, and mixed media pieces lined the walls of 2401 White Plains Rd. on May 1 as local seniors proudly showcased their work at a special art exhibit hosted by Centerlight Healthcare’s PACE program.The inaugural event brought together members from all 11 of the nonprofit’s sites across New York City, highlighting the diverse talent and artistic expression that has flourished through Centerlight’s long-running creative programming. Guests were treated to live musi
  
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• MSHP celebrates opening of new health center in I.S. 229

  05-05-2025 21:24 via bxtimes.com
  
  The school-based health program Montefiore School Health Program (MSHP) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its new health center inside I.S. 229 Dr. Roland Patterson Middle School, located at 275 Harlem River Park Bridge in the Bronx.This health center will provide medical, mental, dental, vision and community health services to the 525 students at the school and the neighboring P.S. 274 The New American Academy. These services include immunizations and physicals, as well as t
  
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• Bronx families face voucher freeze as Adams, Hochul clash over childcare funding

  05-05-2025 19:31 via bxtimes.com
  
  Ongoing budget disputes between New York City and Albany halted enrollment in a vital childcare voucher program Monday that serves more than 60,000 families statewide—many of them in the Bronx, where parents face the city’s highest childcare cost burden.First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro announced Monday that families applying for subsidies through the threatened Child Care Assistance Program would be waitlisted indefinitely, blaming Albany for the $350 million shortfall in funding need
  
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• Pelham Bay Little League launches 71st season with festive parade—and a plea for support

  05-05-2025 17:52 via bxtimes.com
  
  Little leaguers flooded Crosby Avenue on Saturday morning in a show of neighborhood pride, teamwork, and tradition as Pelham Bay Little League & Softball launched its 71st season with its annual opening day parade. But behind the cheers, chants, and colorful uniforms, league officials used the moment to spotlight a sobering reality: the community program is in desperate need of financial support.The parade began at 9 a.m. at the intersection of Crosby Avenue and Westchester Avenue, winding i
  
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• Mayor Adams unveils panic button program at Bronx bodega to curb crime across NYC

  05-05-2025 15:16 via bxtimes.com
  
  Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday that 500 bodegas across New York City will soon be equipped with panic buttons to help protect store workers and deter crime—starting with a Bronx deli.Standing outside Pamela Green Deli at 1798 Crotona Ave., Adams held up one of the devices, which he said would directly connect shop employees with the NYPD in an emergency. The $1.6 million investment, part of a new safety program dubbed “SilentShields,” will prioritize stores located in areas
  
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