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• Mamdani says Jewish safety is a priority as he stands by Netanyahu criticism

  27-07-2026 23:50 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani insisted on Monday that his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directed at a political leader rather than Jewish New Yorkers. The mayor also repeated that the safety of the city’s Jewish community remains one of his top priorities.Mamdani was responding to Netanyahu’s accusation on Sunday that the mayor was “fomenting hate” and making Jewish New Yorkers feel unsafe following the stabbing of a Jewish man and an Asian man on the
  
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• The Bronx secures $11.3M for Latino-serving nonprofits through state fund

  27-07-2026 23:04 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Bronx will receive the largest share of a new $30 million state investment in Latino-serving nonprofits, with $11.3 million going to organizations that provide workforce training, education, immigrant services, food security and other programs across the borough.State and nonprofit leaders gathered Monday at Mercy Center in Mott Haven to kick off the Latinos United for Change (LUCHA) Equity Fund Year One Impact Tour, celebrating the inaugural recipients of the statewide grant program. The Br
  
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• ‘New sheriff in town’: NYC’s first Haitian sheriff takes office as TPS expires

  27-07-2026 22:15 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared that "there's a new sheriff in town" on Monday as Edwin Raymond was sworn in to lead New York City’s Sheriff’s Office.The well-worn line carried unusual weight at the Brooklyn College ceremony, as Raymond, the son of Haitian immigrants, took office on the same day Temporary Protected Status expired for more than 300,000 Haitians living in the United States. He also inherits an agency whose former leader, Anthony Miranda, was fired by Mamdani earlier
  
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• ‘New sheriff in town’: NYC’s first Haitian sheriff sworn in as TPS expires

  27-07-2026 22:15 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared that "there's a new sheriff in town" on Monday as Edwin Raymond was sworn in to lead New York City’s Sheriff’s Office.The well-worn line carried unusual weight at the Brooklyn College ceremony, as Raymond, the son of Haitian immigrants, took office on the same day Temporary Protected Status expired for more than 300,000 Haitians living in the United States. He also inherits an agency whose former leader, Anthony Miranda, was fired by Mamdani earlier
  
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• Bronx Defenders union walks off the job, joining ongoing strike of attorneys who represent court clients that can’t afford to pay

  27-07-2026 21:15 via amny.com
  
  Yet another union representing public defenders representing clients who cannot afford attorneys in the city's justice system has gone on strike.Around 300 staff with the Bronx Defenders Union walked off the job on Monday — the third such guild to strike this month over economic demands on behalf of its lowest-paid workers.The move adds further strain on the city's court system. On Friday, 120 staff members of the Harlem-based Neighborhood Defender Services announced they were going on str
  
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• Slashing at Bronx high school leaves two men wounded, teenage suspect on run: cops

  27-07-2026 19:20 via amny.com
  
  Two men were hospitalized after being slashed at a high school in the Bronx on Monday morning, police reported.Law enforcement sources said the bloody incident occurred inside William Howard Taft High School Educational Campus, located at 240 East 172nd St. in Claremont, at about 10:20 a.m. on July 27. Officers from the 44th Precinct rushed to the location after receiving a 911 call of a man slashed at the location.When they arrived, the cops found two victims: a 53-year-old man who had bee
  
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