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• Housing lottery underway for 169 units at Starhill Phase II in Morris Heights, rent starts at $777

  17-07-2026 22:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  Sign up for our weekly email newsletter to stay updated on the latest housing lotteries in New York City.An affordable housing lottery recently launched for all 169 units at Starhill Phase II, located at 51 Featherbed Ln. in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx.The 6-story residential building's 169 housing units include 55 for those earning 40% of the area median income and with a $67,840 asset limit, 56 for those earning 50% of the area median income and with an asset limit o
  
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• Stand Up to Violence Program Manager honored with proclamation by City Council

  17-07-2026 22:43 via bxtimes.com
  
  NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | North Central Bronx Stand Up to Violence Program Manager Heriberto “Eddie” Miranda was recently issued a proclamation by the New York City Council in recognition of his service, advocacy and unwavering commitment to violence prevention in the Bronx for over a decade.Since becoming a member of Stand Up to Violence's leadership team in 2018, Miranda has helped the program expand its community presence and impact through youth engagement initiatives, work
  
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• The MTA still accepts MetroCards in the OMNY era — but does anyone still swipe? Here are a few who do.

  17-07-2026 22:00 via amny.com
  
  Over half a year after the MTA switched to its OMNY tap-and-pay system, 98% of transit riders in New York City have adopted it. But who, if anyone, still uses the agency's prior payment method: the MetroCard?The MTA ended sales of the MetroCard, which had been in use for three decades, as soon as the calendar flipped to 2026. The agency framed the move as bidding farewell to the iconic yellow-and-blue plastic card and as marking the system's full transition to OMNY after years of introducing str
  
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• Trump administration cuts grant for Bronx teen pregnancy prevention program

  17-07-2026 21:44 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Trump administration recently eliminated grant funding across the state and in the Bronx for a program aimed at preventing teen pregnancy.The nonprofit Children’s Aid has received millions in federal grant funds since 2015 and operated its Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) program under a recently renewed, multi-year grant set to end in 2028. But the organization received a June 26 letter from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stating that funding was terminated as o
  
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• Pelham Bay Little League calls for city action over drug use, encampments around Westchester Avenue fields

  17-07-2026 21:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  Pelham Bay Little League leaders are calling on elected officials and city agencies to address longstanding public safety and quality-of-life issues surrounding the league's fields, while seeking support for an ambitious overhaul of the decades-old facility.At a meeting Friday attended by Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, State Sen. Nathalia Fernandez, Council Member Shirley Aldebol and representatives from the Department of Transportation, Department of Social Services, NYPD, NYC Parks an
  
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• NYC Council gives itself an 18.2% raise — but Mamdani and Menin say no thanks

  17-07-2026 21:15 via amny.com
  
  The City Council voted Thursday to give its members an 18.2% raise, increasing rank-and-file lawmakers’ salaries from $148,500 to $175,500 and approving higher salaries for other elected offices across city government.The measure passed 42-6, with Speaker Julie Menin casting the lone abstention. It marks the first salary increase since 2016 for most of the affected officials and would also raise pay for the mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough presidents, Council speaker and distri
  
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