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• Thousands of Bronx immigrants may be entitled to part of class action civil rights settlement

  21-05-2025 21:38 via bxtimes.com
  
  Thousands of New Yorkers who were jailed by federal immigration authorities between 1997 and 2012 may be eligible to receive a portion of a $92.5 million class action settlement with the city. The settlement stems from claims that individuals were unlawfully held beyond their scheduled release dates. The deadline to file a claim was recently extended from May 15 to Aug. 15.According to Debbie Greenberger, attorney for the plaintiff class and a partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward &
  
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• NYC Mayor’s Race: Rivals pounce on reported Trump DOJ probe into front-runner Cuomo

  21-05-2025 18:05 via amny.com
  Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's rivals in this year's Democratic mayoral primary wasted no time in lambasting the frontrunner over reports that President Trump's Justice Department opened a new investigation into him following Congressional Republicans' accusations that he lied to them last year.The contours of the investigation, revealed in a Tuesday report by The New York Times, still remain largely unclear, but it follows Republican lawmakers referring Cuomo to the DOJ for criminal investigation i
  
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• Van Cortlandt Park Alliance honors local veterans at annual gala and fundraiser ahead of Memorial Day

  21-05-2025 17:02 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx elected officials joined the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance (VCPA) on Thursday, May 16, to honor two Bronx veterans who have played key roles in preserving Memorial Grove during the alliance’s annual Spring Shindig gala and fundraiser.Herb Barret, a Korean War veteran and longtime Bronx resident, received the VCPA’s “Betty Campbell-Adams ‘The Betty’ Park Angel Award," which recognizes individuals dedicated to enhancing the park. The award is named in me
  
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• New Head Start centers opening this fall in Pelham Parkway, three other Bronx neighborhoods

  21-05-2025 16:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  Four new Head Start facilities are opening soon throughout the Bronx, marking the nonprofit Grand St. Settlement’s first foray into the borough in a collaborative effort to expand the city’s childcare offerings. The Bronx Times stopped by on May 12 for an exclusive preview of a center opening this fall at 2305 White Plains Rd. in the Pelham Parkway neighborhood. Located on the ground floor of a new 50-unit apartment building — the majority of which are occupied by Section
  
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• Is the Bronx being ‘held hostage’ by stray bullets and the young gang members who fire them?

  21-05-2025 16:23 via bxtimes.com
  
  Hours after the deadly stray bullet shooting of Bronx schoolgirl Evette Jeffrey outside of Bronx Career and College Preparatory High School,  another young female student in the area made a striking comment about life in the borough.“We live in the Bronx. It’s scary everywhere we go,” the student, who goes by the name Rhiny, said of the recent shootings.Jeffrey, 16, lost her life on May 12 when a boy two years her junior opened fire during what police called a schoolyard f
  
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• Small landlords say city is failing them amid New York’s housing crisis

  21-05-2025 13:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Amid New York City’s housing crisis, many small landlords are feeling the pinch of rising maintenance costs, uncooperative tenants and what they view as a lack of support from city and state agencies. While the city’s rental market is often associated with high-rise towers and corporate landlords, small landlords still account for a significant share.Real estate experts told the Bronx Times that an estimated 30 to 50% of the market is owned by small landlords, defined
  
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