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• Parents lead change in the Bronx child welfare system through local nonprofit RISE

  18-02-2026 23:01 via bxtimes.com
  
  Each year in New York City, more than 2,000 children are removed from their homes and placed into foster care. Tens of thousands of additional families become involved in child abuse and neglect investigations. These cases disproportionately affect low-income communities. While Black and brown New Yorkers make up less than half of the city’s population, they account for more than 80 percent of child welfare investigations.Nowhere is this impact felt more strongly than in the Bronx, th
  
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• Mamdani breaks ground on East Harlem affordable housing and arts center in former NYPD parking lot

  18-02-2026 22:27 via bxtimes.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined the Feb. 18 groundbreaking for a mixed-use development in East Harlem, where an NYPD parking lot will be transformed into hundreds of affordable homes and a vibrant arts hub. The future 20-story Timbale Terrace on East 119th and Lexington Ave. will include 341 affordable units for residents earning $30,000 to $130,000 per year, 97 supportive units for formerly homeless New Yorkers and the new Casa Belongó Music and Arts Center on the ground floor and cella
  
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• Transit advocates call out Mamdani for leaving Fair Fares expansion out of preliminary budget

  18-02-2026 21:35 via amny.com
  Transit advocates blasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani for declining to increase funding for the city's discounted fare program in the preliminary budget proposal he released on Tuesday.Advocates with Riders Alliance and the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee (PCAC) to the MTA pointed out that Mamdani's $127 billion spending plan does not fund an expansion of the Fair Fares program, which currently provides New Yorkers making 150% of the federal poverty level with half-priced public transit trips."Th
  
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• Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson kicks off ‘Future Focus Bronx’ initiative with hiring event

  18-02-2026 18:42 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson partnered with the New York State Department of Labor and EmblemHealth to host a hiring event to kick off Gibson's "Future Focus Bronx" initiative on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Bronx Borough Hall, located at 851 Grand Concourse.[caption id="attachment_140401" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson (sixth from left) with organizers of the job fair. Photo courtesy of the Bronx Borough President's Office[/caption]Announced by Gi
  
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• Dr. Julie Gafney appointed Hostos Community College Vice President for Institutional Advancement

  18-02-2026 18:27 via bxtimes.com
  
  Hostos Community College announced the appointment of Dr. Julie Gafney as the new Vice President for Institutional Advancement on Tuesday, Feb. 18.Dr. Gafney has an extensive record of mission-aligned advancement, fiscal stewardship and community engagement, putting her in a good position to help advance the strategic goals of Hostos Community College and further elevate the school's impact. She has experience leading complex, cross-functional teams and has played a role in university-wide strat
  
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• Mamdani appoints new rent guidelines board majority, setting stage for promised rent freeze 

  18-02-2026 17:40 via amny.com
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed five new members and reappointed one to the city’s Rent Guidelines Board on Wednesday — a move that gives his selections a majority on the panel and moves him one step closer toward enacting the rent freeze that he promised while campaigning last year.The nine-member board sets annual rent adjustments for the city’s rent-stabilized apartments, lofts, and single-room occupancy units. Mamdani, who made a rent freeze a cornerstone of his mayoral camp
  
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• Let the Summer Begin! Check Out the Ultimate Summer Camp Guide Now

  18-02-2026 16:00 via newyorkfamily.com
  Let the Summer Begin, Check Out the Ultimate Summer Camp Guide NowThere’s nothing like camp season. The buzz. The warm days. The label-maker living on your kitchen counter. It all means one thing: your kid is about to grow in ways you can’t quite measure yet.In our Ultimate Guide to Summer Camp issue, we’re here to help you find the right summer fit for your family. From the big benefits of day camp to easing those first-day jitters, we’re talking about the emotional side
  
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• Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company celebrates Lunar New Year at Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture

  18-02-2026 01:05 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Nai-Ni Chen dance company held its annual dance show at the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture, CUNY’s Hostos Community College’s performing arts center in the South Bronx, as part of the festivities celebrating Lunar New Year. The dance company was founded in 1988, in New Jersey, by Taiwanese immigrant dancer Nai-Ni Chen and her husband, Andrew N. Chiang. It is proudly women-led and features dancers from diverse backgrounds, which reflects on its mission to be &l
  
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