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• Which NYC intersections have had the most traffic deaths and injuries since 2022?

  09-12-2025 23:45 via amny.com
  Newly released data jointly analyzed by several safe streets advocacy groups in their push for a bill to outlaw parking near crosswalks also identified some of the Big Apple's most dangerous intersections over the past few years.Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, and Open Plans unveiled the analysis on Tuesday, finding that 12,261 New Yorkers have been killed or seriously injured since the start of 2022. Over the same period, they found that there are 118 instersections wher
  
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• Photos: Young Kings and Queens Chess Club finishes free intergenerational chess sessions program at Baychester Library

  09-12-2025 23:29 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Young Kings and Queens Chess Club wrapped up their intergenerational chess program with its final session at the Baychester Library, located at 2049 Asch Loop in Co-op City, on Sunday, Dec. 7.[caption id="attachment_137532" align="alignnone" width="935"] Photo courtesy of the Young Kings and Queens Chess Club[/caption]More than 60 people took part in this program, which was put together by Young Kings and Queens Chess Club Founder Romeo Davis and the library and began last June.[caption id="
  
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• Bronx President Gibson hosts ‘Tree Lighting Extravaganza’ to kick off holiday season

  09-12-2025 23:27 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson hosted the annual "Tree Lighting Extravaganza" event on Friday, Dec. 5, at Lou Gehrig Plaza.[caption id="attachment_137510" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Several community members gathered to celebrate the lighting of the Christmas tree at Lou Gehrig Plaza. Photo by Jewel Webber[/caption][caption id="attachment_137522" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Photo by Jewel Webber[/caption]The Tree Lighting Extravaganza also featured the distribution of gifts,
  
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• Community Board 1 launches twice-monthly book exchange

  09-12-2025 23:24 via bxtimes.com
  
  Community Board 1, which serves the South Bronx neighborhoods of Mott Haven, Melrose and Port Morris, held its first-ever book exchange event on Dec. 6, providing free books to neighbors of all ages.The board’s Education, Youth and Young Adults Committee set up a table outside the office at Third Avenue and East 156th Street and invited passersby to take any titles they wanted. As the sidewalks bustled with holiday shoppers, several stopped to browse the offerings for themselves or to add
  
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• NYC’s most dangerous: Safe streets coalition spotlights hazardous intersections in push for universal ‘daylighting’ bill

  09-12-2025 22:30 via amny.com
  A coalition of safe streets advocates released a new analysis of Department of Transportation (DOT) data on Tuesday, highlighting the city's most dangerous intersections. The group is pushing the City Council to vote on a bill that would eliminate parking near intersections across the five boroughs, with the goal of making them safer.The collective — comprised of advocates with Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, and Open Plans — found that 12,261 N
  
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• Tax relief: How New York seniors will get up to $300 off their property tax bills

  09-12-2025 17:30 via amny.com
  New York seniors could get some tax relief in an increasingly expensive economy thanks to new state law put on the books over the weekend.Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation on Dec. 6 that aims to enhance real property tax exemptions for seniors in the Empire State. Named legislation S5175A/A3698A, the law allows localities to provide a real property tax exemption for seniors who meet the income eligibility limits, and other criteria, up to 65% of the assessed valuation of their properties
  
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• Op-Ed | Creating safe public and green spaces for our children

  09-12-2025 14:00 via amny.com
  From day one, our administration’s North Star has been public safety. We have gone to work to sweep out crime and illegal activities from our neighborhoods, and because of this work, we are currently in our eighth consecutive quarter of crime reductions. That means for almost two straight years — since January 2024 — crime has consistently declined each quarter in New York City.But public safety is about more than just policing. To make sure our communities feel safe and are sa
  
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