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• Family of Bronx teen killed by stray bullet says they want to keep her memory alive as funeral date is set

  14-05-2025 23:00 via amny.com
  
  A Bronx family is now raising funds to pay for the funeral of their 16-year-old girl who was murdered with a stray bullet fired during a gang brawl on Monday. Even in death, those closest to 16-year-old Evette Jeffrey say she remains a shining beacon of love as her funeral service approaches. One day after the fatal shooting, Evette Jeffrey‘s grandmother wept to amNewYork over the insurmountable loss.“No matter what I say, she is not coming back,” she cried.Despite the hea
  
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• Bronx man arrested for allegedly shoving elderly woman into wall at Manhattan subway station

  14-05-2025 21:36 via bxtimes.com
  
  Police arrested a 37-year-old Mott Haven man on Wednesday for allegedly shoving a 70-year-old woman into a wall at a Manhattan transit hub earlier this week.Sherlock Arana was taken into custody just before 7 a.m. on May 14 in the 13th Precinct, two days after the unprovoked attack occurred inside a subway passage near Lexington Avenue and East 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan.According to investigators, Arana approached the woman without warning around 8:30 a.m. on May 12 and violently pushed h
  
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• Permits filed for 7-story residential building with 47 units in Crotona Park East

  14-05-2025 21:05 via bxtimes.com
  
  Permits have been filed for the construction of a 7-story residential building with 47 housing units on the vacant lot at 1143 Hoe Ave. in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx.The proposed building would be 65 feet tall and yield 29,737 square feet of space across the 47 units. With an average unit scope of 632 square feet, these residences will most likely be rentals.A rear yard stretching 20 feet in length is also planned for the property. Schools within close proximity to the property i
  
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• Hostos student wins highly competitive scholarship to fund their transfer to a university

  14-05-2025 21:04 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Hostos Community College student in the South Bronx has been awarded the highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, the school announced Wednesday.Marco Alvarez, a 37-year-old honor student, will receive up to $55,000 per year to complete his bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution of his choice. The national award, given by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, supports high-achieving community college students with demonstrated financial need.Alvarez persevered through
  
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• Annual Lenten fundraiser from Anthony J. Merolla Holy Name Society and Big Deal Food Market raises $6,840

  14-05-2025 21:01 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Anthony J. Merolla Holy Name Society at the Church of St. Clare of Assisi/St. Francis Xavier Parish, in partnership with Big Deal Food Market in Morris Park, raised $6,840.15 during the 2025 Annual Lenten Fundraiser, which ran from Tuesday, Feb. 28, through Sunday, April 20.A portion of all supermarket sales during the Lenten season was donated to the parish. According to Big Deal Food Market Owner Miguel Garcia, the fundraiser has now contributed a total of $103,725 to the Church of St. Cla
  
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• All Hallows student fundraiser helps save senior prom

  14-05-2025 20:34 via bxtimes.com
  
  As All Hallows Catholic High School at East 164th and Grand Concourse prepares to permanently close this June, a student launched a successful fundraiser that helped save the Class of 2025’s last hurrah: their senior prom.Without a fundraiser, the prom was at risk of cancellation due to ongoing financial struggles at the 115-year-old school, according to Emilia Coronado, whose son, student Ethan Amaya, started the GoFundMe. The Bronx Times contacted Coronado but did not reach her in time f
  
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• Charter Commission hears Bronx backlash over zoning and land use policies

  14-05-2025 18:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  Community members, advocates, and elected officials gathered at the Bronx Museum of the Arts on Monday to testify at a public hearing on revising New York City’s governing document—the City Charter.The hearing, hosted by the City Council-appointed Charter Revision Commission, is part of an ongoing effort to gather input from residents and lawmakers before proposing changes that could appear on the General Election ballot. The City Charter serves as the foundational framework for city
  
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• NYC Mayor’s Race: Tenants’ group backing Mamdani after his rent freeze call, amNY learns

  14-05-2025 18:30 via amny.com
  
  Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani's Democratic mayoral campaign will receive support from the Tenants Political Action Committee (PAC), amNewYork learned on Wednesday — a decision that adds to the long list of progressive organizations backing the Democratic socialist's City Hall bid.Tenants PAC told amNewYork ahead of its May 14 announcement that it would back Mamdani while encouraging voters to rank "tenant-friendly" candidates in the four remaining spots on their ballots, inste
  
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• Brush with death: Bronx woman left traumatized after stranger tried to shoot her in the head on street

  14-05-2025 17:05 via amny.com
  
  One lucky turn of her head saved a Bronx woman's life — but left her traumatized. A man attempted to shoot a 32-year-old woman in broad daylight in the borough last week, the distraught victim told amNewYork — leaving her fearful of walking the city streets.Speaking with us on the condition of anonymity, the 32-year-old woman said she is still trying to understand exactly what happened on the morning of May 9 in the confines of the 52nd Precinct.“I was walking home from wo
  
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• Latest Bronx stray bullet shooting leaves 15-year-old boy wounded days after teen girl slain

  14-05-2025 16:05 via amny.com
  
  Another Bronx teenager was wounded in a stray bullet shooting early Wednesday morning, just days after a young woman was killed with a haphazard shot.According to police sources, officers from the 49th Precinct rushed to Jacobi Hospital at around 2:28 a.m. on May 14 after learning that a 15-year-old boy had arrived at the medical center with a gunshot wound to the leg.However, sources say that the teenager did not appear to be the intended target.[caption id="attachment_137763853" align="alignce
  
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• NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo continues to lead Democratic primary field, with Mamdani second, in new Marist poll

  14-05-2025 14:40 via amny.com
  
  A Marist College poll released Wednesday revealed that Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to hold a commanding lead in the 2025 Democratic mayoral race, with Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani a distant second as the June 24 primary fast approaches.Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 amid nearly a dozen accusations of sexual harassment that he denies, is the first choice of 37% of 3,383 likely Democratic voters whom pollsters contacted between May 1-8.The poll shows that Cuomo continues to domin
  
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