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• New report finds the Bronx is home to the most chronic litterers

  12-05-2025 22:12 via bxtimes.com
  
  A new study released May 12 highlights a disconnect between New Yorkers’ attitudes toward littering and their own behavior — with Bronx residents among the worst offenders.The Sanitation Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with the city’s Department of Sanitation, surveyed more than 1,000 residents across the five boroughs. While 80% of respondents agreed that littering is a problem in the city, nearly half of Bronx residents — 47% — admitted they don’t al
  
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• Bronx man fatally stabbed on Mother’s Day amid citywide surge in weekend violence

  12-05-2025 20:01 via bxtimes.com
  
  Cops in the Bronx are investigating the stabbing death of a 31-year-old man on Mother’s Day, according to the NYPD.Officers from the 48th Precinct responded to a report of a stabbing near the intersection of East Fordham Road and Webster Avenue in Fordham North shortly before 6 p.m. on May 11.Police said they found a 31-year-old man with multiple stab wounds to the torso at the scene. EMS rushed the victim to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.The NYPD identified the victi
  
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• New RFK Bridge path connects Bronx cyclists to Manhattan with safer, car-free access

  12-05-2025 19:55 via bxtimes.com
  
  NYC's Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (also known as the RFK or Triborough Bridge) now has more bike and pedestrian access under an ongoing plan from the MTA to overhaul accessibility on its bridges, the agency announced on Monday during a press conference on Randall’s Island.The upgrades are part of the agency’s $128 million investment from its 2020-2024 capital plan to make crossing selected MTA bridges easier for cyclists, micro-mobility users and pedestrians. The RFK Bridge, which
  
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• What’s happening | An anti-prom, fun in the park and more

  12-05-2025 19:40 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Anti-PromFriday, May 16, 6:30-9 p.m.Clason's Point Library, 1215 Morrison Ave.FreeCalling all teens! Come hang out and dance the night away at Bronx Anti-Prom, the Library's annual celebration for teens, featuring music, art activities, snacks, and more. Special outfits are optional… but always encouraged! Anti-Prom welcomes and celebrates young people of all sexualities and gender identities and expressions. Register now for free! This event is TOTALLY FREE, although you do have to
  
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• Nonprofit group homes in New York face funding shortfall, leading to staffing crisis

  12-05-2025 19:00 via amny.com
  Almost anyone who works in a group home in New York will say that it is a labor of love.
  They do it for the smiles they get from bringing their developmentally disabled clients out for a sparkly manicure or whipping up their favorite meals at night. They do it for a ‘thank you’ they hear from a mostly nonverbal resident after helping them get dressed in the morning.One thing they do not do this critical work for is a competitive salary. According to politicians, caregivers and other
  
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• NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo gets $1.5M in public funds, but CFB withholds another $622K over alleged ‘improper coordination’ with super PAC

  12-05-2025 18:45 via amny.com
  Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo learned Monday that the city's Campaign Finance Board (CFB) would give his campaign $1.5 million in public matching funds — but chose to withhold another $622,000 over a super PAC supporting his mayoral campaign.The CFB awarded the 2025 mayoral frontrunner Cuomo public matching funds on May 12 after his campaign resolved clerical errors that prevented him from earning a payout last month. However, the panel decided in the same vote to withhold an additional $622,00
  
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• Kingsbridge Heights Community Center celebrates community leaders and 51 years

  12-05-2025 15:25 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Northwest Bronx boogied down to a swanky Midtown Manhattan venue Thursday for the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center's (KHCC) annual Bronx Blossoms Cocktail Soiree, a celebration and fundraiser for the organization.The soiree recognized the 51 years the nonprofit community center has offered services to Bronxites—such as providing residents with free meals and offering therapy sessions—and also honored two borough leaders and their corporate partner who KHCC said made a &l
  
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• Bronx Catholics welcome Pope Leo XIV, express hope for a papacy rooted in charity

  12-05-2025 13:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronxites were hopeful on Friday, the first full day of the papacy of Leo XIV, that the first American leader of the Catholic Church would prioritize a commitment to the poor and strengthen governance within the church.Following the celebrations as white plumes of smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the conclave’s election of Pope Leo XIV, the newest head of the Vatican addressed 1.4 billion Catholics, including roughly 2.5 million in New York City, from the balcony of St. Pe
  
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• Editorial: Preston High School Sacramental Prep Program welcomes 22 members to deepen their faith

  12-05-2025 07:28 via bxtimes.com
  
  On May 7, Preston High School joyfully celebrated the Sacraments of Initiation with 21 students and one staff member during a beautiful Mass led by Bishop Edmund Whalen. This mass signifies the culmination of the sacramental preparation program at Preston High School, beginning its fifth year in the coming fall.The program is structured to allow members of the PHS community to receive any or all of the Sacraments of Initiation by participating in a sacramental prep course. Most of the participan
  
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• Speed cameras to be installed at MTA bridges and tunnels to target lead-footed drivers in construction zones

  12-05-2025 02:12 via bxtimes.com
  
  The MTA is set to zoom in on drivers who recklessly speed through construction zones on its bridges and tunnels, and make them pay.As part of the recently approved $254 million state budget, Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers agreed to expand an existing construction-zone speed camera program to the MTA’s seven bridges and two tunnels: the Bronx-Whitestone, Cross Bay, Henry Hudson, Marine Parkway, Robert F. Kennedy, Throgs Neck and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridges; and the Hugh L. Carey and Mi
  
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