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• Pamela Guerrero’s family still awaiting answers two months after she was found dead in Soundview

  24-02-2026 21:50 via bxtimes.com
  
  The family of Pamela Guerrero held a Feb. 19 rally demanding answers about the 29-year-old’s death, with her grieving mother saying she’s received no word from the police or medical examiner since Guerrero’s body was found on Dec. 21.Guerrero’s mother, Paulina Pacheco, stood outside 1235 Stratford Ave. in Soundview, where she said her daughter was found in the cellar. “I want justice for my daughter. I want answers,” she said in Spanish with an English interpr
  
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• Mayor Mamdani declines to back criminal probe into Washington Square Park snowball fight, urges respect for officers

  24-02-2026 21:15 via amny.com
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani refused to endorse on Tuesday calls by police unions and the city’s police commissioner to treat a snowball fight at Washington Square Park as a criminal matter, urging New Yorkers instead to respect officers while repeatedly describing the incident as a snowball fight involving young people.Speaking at a weather-related press conference in Brooklyn on Feb. 24, Mamdani said he had reviewed videos of Monday’s incident, but did not explicitly agree with characteriz
  
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• Opinion | Future Bronx nurses and teachers need help with tuition and loans

  24-02-2026 19:13 via bxtimes.com
  
  In December, the Department of Education proposed new caps on federal loans for graduate students that would have very real, harmful consequences for New York City communities already stretched thin.As part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) implementation, the Trump administration is preparing to finalize guidelines that narrow the definition of “professional” graduate programs, which would exclude fields like nursing, teaching, and physician assistantship, dramatically reduc
  
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• Bronx Health Care Heroes honored on anniversary of COVID-19

  24-02-2026 19:03 via bxtimes.com
  
  Five years after COVID‑19 swept through New York, one Bronx nursing center is marking the anniversary by honoring the staff who stood on the frontlines during the earliest, most uncertain days of the pandemic.At Pinnacle MultiCare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, which reported one of the lowest COVID‑19 death totals among New York nursing homes, staff who cared for residents during the crisis are being recognized by the center and community leaders for their courage and dedication
  
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• Opinion | New York or Nowhere: Excelsior as a catalyst for economic growth in the Bronx

  24-02-2026 18:24 via bxtimes.com
  
  For decades, conversations about economic development have focused heavily around Manhattan. But the outer boroughs, especially the Bronx, which is rich with industrial corridors, health care institutions, small businesses and a growing tech sector, must be central to the state’s long-term economic growth strategy.That’s where the Excelsior Jobs Program comes in.Contrary to popular belief, the Excelsior Jobs Program is not a blank check. It is a performance-based tax incentive progra
  
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• Strive Charter School with extended hours opening this fall in the South Bronx

  24-02-2026 18:14 via bxtimes.com
  
  A new charter school coming to the South Bronx aims to offer families greater flexibility beyond the traditional school day. Strive Charter School will open this fall at 604 East 139th Street, welcoming kindergarten through fourth graders, with plans to add fifth grade after the first year. School leaders expect 325 students to start, with enrollment expanding to approximately 500. The building will be staffed and open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week, year-round, with free bre
  
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