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• BronxWorks announces renovation plans and community priorities at annual Legislative Breakfast

  30-01-2026 23:37 via bxtimes.com
  
  BronxWorks, one of the borough’s largest nonprofits, held its second annual Legislative Breakfast on Jan. 30 and outlined plans for renovations of the Carolyn McLaughlin Community Center under a new $7.5 million investment from elected officials. The planned work will improve accessibility at the historic building’s front entrance, upgrade heating and cooling systems, add an elevator, reconstruct the lobby, renovate the second-floor restrooms and more.BronxWorks executives and s
  
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• Still digging out: Mamdani says city has cleared mounds of snow from 100% of bus stops with shelters, days after winter storm

  30-01-2026 20:45 via amny.com
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday said thousands of city workers and contractors have made a significant dent in clearing the 8 to 15 inches of snow that buried the Big Apple on Sunday from city bus stops and crosswalks.Hizzoner, during an unrelated Jan. 30 news conference, said municipal workers have removed snow from 12,986 out of the city's roughly 14,000 bus stops — about 92% of stops overall and 100% of the 3,400 with shelters — since the blizzard on Sunday. He added they have also
  
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• Grenada weighs pact to accept non-national deportees

  30-01-2026 16:55 via caribbeanlife.com
  Grenada’s government has published the draft of a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. to accept deportees who are unwilling to return home or whose native countries refuse to welcome them back.Made available late Thursday, the agreement is described as a non-binding arrangement. Either party can alter it by giving written notice. The agreement can also be terminated at any time with advance notice.In the MOU's details, Grenada appears to have succeeded in inserting a key clause. It r
  
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