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• Bounced checks, missing W-2s and lost benefits: Inside a Throggs Neck therapy practice in turmoil

  02-01-2026 23:56 via bxtimes.com
  
  Staff members from a Throggs Neck private therapy practice are accusing the owner of financial mismanagement, which resulted in some employees missing pay and at least one being denied unemployment benefits after being laid off in April. The Bronx Times spoke with seven former employees, both on and off the record at Counseling & Psychotherapy (C&P) of Throggs Neck. They all said that the owner, Charles Bonerbo failed to provide 2024 W-2s and paystubs and several were missing at lea
  
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• Lincoln Hospital honored by American College of Surgeons for meritorious patient outcomes

  02-01-2026 22:15 via bxtimes.com
  
  Just days before the start of the new year, NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln was given national acclaim for its strong surgical quality and patient outcomes, having been recognized as a meritoriously performing hospital by the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) in 2024.NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln is one of just 76 hospitals across the United States to earn this distinction from the ACS. Each of these hospitals are required to track the outcom
  
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• Housing lottery in progress for nine units in Soundview residential building, rent starts at $2,055

  02-01-2026 21:46 via bxtimes.com
  
  Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to stay updated on the latest housing lotteries in New York City.A housing lottery is ongoing for nine units in a 6-story residential building at 714 Beach Ave. in Soundview.The building has a total of 41 housing units, with 32 available at market rate. All nine units set aside are intended for those earning 80% of the area median income and with an asset limit of $129,600.Six of the apartments set aside are one-bedroom units, which can accommoda
  
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• Financing secured for Renova West, upcoming affordable and supportive housing development in Morrisania

  02-01-2026 21:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  Financing has recently been secured for the construction of Renova West, an upcoming 19-story affordable and supportive housing building at 860 Concourse Village E. in Morrisania.The $193 million project will bring 266 affordable apartments to the neighborhood, as well as an Institute for Community Living Bronx Health Hub, which will occupy approximately 7,000 square feet and provide expanded access to integrated physical and behavioral healthcare, including counseling, housing support, care coo
  
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• Meet Mike Flynn, Mayor Mamdani’s newly minted Transportation Department head

  02-01-2026 20:45 via amny.com
  Zohran Mamdani's very first act as mayor was to announce his Department of Transportation commissioner.The newly minted Hizzoner named transportation veteran Mike Flynn as the head of DOT, an agency that is key to executing one of his central campaign promises: delivering "fast and free" city buses.Mamdani named Flynn, who has years of experience as a transportation official and consultant, as DOT's new boss moments after being sworn in as mayor during a midnight ceremony inside the decommission
  
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• An afternoon with the birders of the Bronx: counting birds for the Holiday Season

  02-01-2026 19:33 via bxtimes.com
  
  Trudging along in weather proof boots, layers of thermal protected jackets and gloves, Richard Aracil and Edmundo Martinez spent Sunday with their eyes to the skies and the shoreline, tracking birds in the Bronx.The two braved freezing temperatures from dawn to late afternoon to contribute vital data to the annual NYC Christmas Bird Count, a community science program which observes and records the numbers of different species of birds across the United States.Coordinated locally by birding organ
  
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• NYC landmarks, including miniature Brooklyn Bridge, highlight Holiday Train Show at NYBG

  02-01-2026 19:08 via brooklynpaper.com
  Kenia Pittman, director of exhibition design operations at the New York Botanical Garden, towers over the Brooklyn Bridge as she talks. But this is more of a baby Brooklyn Bridge than the real thing.While few structures are as symbolic of Brooklyn as this signature bridge, Pittman describes the architecture of the Garden’s massive miniature, built for its holiday train exhibit, along with a series of other landmarks from Brooklyn and beyond, constructed to scale.“The Brooklyn Bridge
  
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