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• St. Mary’s Recreation Center reopens after $20.7M renovation

  01-10-2026 23:27 via bxtimes.com
  
  After nearly four years of closure and a $20.7 million renovation, St. Mary’s Recreation Center has reopened in St. Mary’s Park.NYC Parks celebrated the reopening Sept. 30, which also marked the center’s 75th anniversary. City officials, elected leaders and community members gathered in St. Mary’s Park to celebrate the completion of a project that had been more than a decade in the making.The renovation reconstructed the center’s façade, entrance and lobby, r
  
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• MTA boss warns devastating proposed federal cuts to transit funding on the horizon

  01-10-2026 23:10 via amny.com
  
  The MTA faces the grim prospect of $250 million in annual federal funding formula cuts under legislation currently being pushed in the Republican-controlled Congress — reductions that MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber warned Wednesday could spell big trouble for New York's mass transit system.Lieber, during the latest meeting of the agency's board on Sept. 30, warned that the reductions would come in a proposed Republican-led extension to former President Joe Biden's Infrastructure Investment
  
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• New York lawmakers push for sex assault bill amid ‘Cornell Seven’ case

  01-10-2026 21:00 via amny.com
  
  A proposed New York law introduced in the wake of the "Cornell Seven" case would make it easier to prosecute certain sexual assault cases when a victim is too impaired by drugs, including alcohol, to understand what is happening or consent to sexual activity.Bronx lawmakers and survivors of sexual violence held a press conference outside Bronx County Courthouse on Thursday to renew the call for passage of S.10632/A.101, a bill that addresses a specific gap in the Empire State’s sexual assa
  
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• City breaks ground on Sol on Park, new 229-unit affordable senior development

  01-10-2026 19:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  The city broke ground on 229 affordable homes in the Bronx, a fully affordable senior development on the NYCHA Morris Houses site.Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the New York City Housing Authority and development partners broke ground on Sol on Park Thursday, a project that will provide housing for current NYCHA residents, formerly homeless seniors and low- and middle-income older adults.The project will reserve 80 apartments for current Morris Houses residents, while 69 apartments will be set aside for
  
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• These parts of NYC are getting a new fast track for affordable housing

  01-10-2026 18:15 via amny.com
  
  A new fast-track process for affordable housing will take effect in 12 community districts next year, after the Mamdani administration on Thursday identified the neighborhoods where the voter-approved changes will apply.The list runs from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights to the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan, parts of eastern and southern Queens, and much of Staten Island. No Bronx community district appears on the list.Starting Jan. 1, qualifying affordable housing proposals in those distric
  
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• Affordable housing: These parts of NYC are on the Mamdani administration’s fast track for new units. What does it mean for communities?

  01-10-2026 18:15 via amny.com
  
  A new fast-track process for affordable housing will take effect in 12 community districts next year, after the Mamdani administration on Thursday identified the neighborhoods where the voter-approved changes will apply.The list runs from Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights to the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan, parts of eastern and southern Queens, and much of Staten Island. No Bronx community district appears on the list.Starting Jan. 1, qualifying affordable housing proposals in those distric
  
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• Halloween goes car-free: NYC’s Trick-or-Streets brings family fun to every borough

  01-10-2026 17:31 via newyorkfamily.com
  
  [caption id="attachment_408402" align="alignnone" width="800"] Courtesy of NYC DOT[/caption]The city’s largest-ever Trick-or-Streets celebration will bring 160 car-free Open Streets and plazas across all five boroughs to life with free Halloween fun, trick-or-treating, music, games, and more.At a Glance NYC’s biggest-ever Trick-or-Streets celebration features 160 car-free Open Streets and plazas across the five boroughs Halloween and fall festivities take place throughout October 202
  
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• East Bronx set for new transmission line as state approves Propel NY Energy project

  01-10-2026 17:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  The construction of a new bi-directional electrical transmission line that will traverse the east Bronx, has cleared an important hurdle.Propel NY Energy, a consortium comprised of New York Power Authority, New York Transco and WSP, received notification that the NYS Public Service Commission approved its application to construct the single circuit, 3-cable line.The recently obtained environmental certificate ‘green lights’ the work to begin, travelling through lower Westchester, int
  
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• FIFA World Cup brought $2 billion economic boost to NYC

  01-10-2026 15:38 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York City saw an estimated $2 billion in economic activity from this summer’s FIFA World Cup, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Oct. 1.The tournament brought in $1.2 billion in direct visitor spending and $162 million in operational spending, according to an analysis by NYCEDC and Tourism Economics. The broader $2 billion estimate also includes indirect economic activity generated by that spending.Foot traffic at sports bars across the city increased 16% compared with last year during the
  
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• $1.7M outdoor fitness area opens at Shoelace Park for Northeast Bronx residents

  01-10-2026 15:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Residents in the Northeast Bronx have a new place to exercise outdoors following the completion of a $1.7 million fitness area at Shoelace Park.NYC Parks joined local elected officials and Community Board 12 on Sept. 4 to cut the ribbon on the new adult fitness area, replacing outdated bocce courts with new exercise equipment and other improvements throughout that section of the park.The new area includes 10 different fitness components, five of which are fully accessible for people with disabil
  
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• Make a Difference: 500 Reasons to Give Blood

  01-10-2026 15:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Your blood donations Make A Difference. Really, just one donation can save up to three lives. For New Yorker, Anna Woods, that meant the world. Her father, Peter Woods, was an NYPD first responder who spent six months working at Ground Zero. He spent his life in service to his community through the NYPD and as a dedicated blood donor until he developed serious 9/11-related illnesses that he ultimately succumbed to. He was an avid blood donor his entire life.Thanks to generous donors like him, he
  
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