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• ‘A groundbreaking initiative’: City’s first pet-friendly homeless shelter opens in the Bronx

  02-05-2024 22:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Some families experiencing homelessness in the city will no longer have to choose between seeking shelter and keeping their beloved pet, thanks to a pilot program announced Thursday, May 2, by the nonprofit Urban Resource Institute. 
  The group operates the Uplift Families Residence, located at 951 Olmstead Ave. in Unionport, which has set aside five apartment-style units for a pilot of the People and Animals Living Safely (PALS) program. The organization is hoping to expand to more units in
  
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• PHOTOS | The Bronx Ball

  20-05-2024 17:53 via bxtimes.com
  
  A camera man pans across the floor of the Bronx Ball before notable community members are honored. Photographers and videographers flow between tables to capture every moment on May 18, 2024. Photo Max Blease
  Red lights dart across the dance floor during the Bronx Ball held in northern Bronx on May 18, 2024.Photo Max Blease
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson speaks about the strengths of the Bronx and its community during the Bronx Ball on May 18, 2024.Photo Max Blease
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• Bronx students win big with ‘life-changing’ Garden of Dreams Foundation scholarships

  20-05-2024 17:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Several Bronx students were among those recently awarded scholarships from the nonprofit Garden of Dreams Foundation, which works with MSG Sports, MSG Entertainment and Sphere Entertainment to build community and support youth and families experiencing hardship. 
  Of the 13 students from the tri-state area who were awarded scholarships, seven are from the Bronx — and those lucky recipients now have $60,000 less to worry about when it comes to covering their college expenses. 
  One
  
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• Girl Scouts honor veterans at Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery 

  20-05-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Nearly 50 Girl Scouts honored veterans by placing American flags on gravesites at the Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery on Saturday, May 18. Local Girl Scout Troops 1185, 1096, and 1095 hosted Girl Scouts from across New York City to honor those who fought for the U.S. and to learn about the importance of Memorial Day.
  Over 40 Girl Scouts adorned over 124 graves with American flags. They also engaged in discussions about respect and values. The Girl Scouts’ endeavors served as “a poign
  
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• Bronx double shooting leaves one man dead, another injuried

  20-05-2024 15:15 via amny.com
  
  Bronx detectives are investigating a double shooting on Sunday night that left one man dead and another injured. 
  According to police sources, the bloodshed began when an individual driving a gray Honda Accord pulled up in front of 4032 Ely Ave. in Edenwald at around 10:50 p.m. on May 19 while multiple individuals allegedly fired from the vehicle before zooming away northbound.
  Two men were caught up in the bullet storm, police said. A 40-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the left le
  
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• Yankees sweep White Sox out of the Bronx as Judge, Berti bring the power

  19-05-2024 22:59 via amny.com
  
  The Yankees are in seventh heaven after their seventh-straight win Sunday, as they completed sweeping the cellar-dwelling Chicago White Sox with a 7-2 victory at the Stadium.
  Aaron Judge and Jon Berti homered into Yankee Stadium’s right field short porch, and Carlos Rodón (5-2) won his third straight start for the Bronx Bombers, who are now an AL-best 33-15.
  The Yankees are scalding hot, having won 13 of their last 15, and amid their longest winning streak since Sept. 18-25, 2022. S
  
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• Four Bronx robbers ambush man, shoot him while trying to steal fanny pack: cops

  19-05-2024 15:55 via amny.com
  
  A fearsome foursome in the Bronx is wanted for robbing and shooting a man as he entered a business last week.
  The NYPD released images Saturday of the suspects sought for the violent robbery that occurred at 4:46 a.m. on the morning of May 17 at 3310 3rd Ave. in Morrisania.
  Law enforcement sources said the victim, a 34-year-old man, began to enter the location when the four suspects — two men and women, both unidentified — confronted him.
  According to police, the male robbers pulled
  
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• Week in Rewind: Bronx cops save man who fell into train tracks, NFL stars head to annual youth football camp, county fair returns to Throggs Neck and more

  18-05-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx cops save man who fell into train tracks after medical episode
  Two NYPD officers in the Bronx jumped down onto the train tracks during rush hour on Tuesday afternoon to save a man who had fallen after a medical episode.
  According to police, officers assigned transit overtime at the 3rd Avenue-149th Street Station in the South Bronx responded quickly around 5:30 p.m. on May 14 after bystanders said a man had a seizure and fell into the 2/5 train tracks. The NYPD said the man was only &ldquo
  
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• Clarke Schmidt impresses with 8 shutout innings leading Yankees to 5-0 sweep against Twins

  17-05-2024 23:11 via amny.com
  
  Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt threw Twins’ slugger Carlos Correa a sinker on a 1-0 count Thursday night, and Trent Grisham completed the play by getting under the ball in shallow center field.
  That somewhat mundane play won high praise from Yankees players, who went on to a 5-0 win in a three-game sweep. Marcus Stroman was first in line out of the dugout to greet Schmidt on his way back, while Carlos Rodon had his hand up for a high five for Schmidt, as did the rest of the Yankees.
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• PHOTOS | Rebekah Rehab Gala honors Ken Gelb

  17-05-2024 20:04 via bxtimes.com
  
  Ken Gelb attends a gala honoring him hosted by Rebekah Rehab at Marina Del Rey on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Connie Capaldo from Rebekah Rehab toasted the honoree and announced the rehabilitation clinic would be dedicating and naming its dialysis center the Kenneth T. Gelb Dialysis Room. “This award is very very much deserved,” Capaldo said. “I should know because I worked with him for over 22 years and I know what this man did. He took care of everything and everybody, he had a h
  
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• Oh, The Things You Will Do! 19 Must-Have Graduation Gifts to Celebrate Success

  17-05-2024 19:30 via amny.com
  
  Every year, graduation season reminds me how much older I’m getting. But I try not to make it all about me. I try to make it all about the graduates and how much older they are getting!
  Nowadays, of course, there are graduation ceremonies for kindergartners and sixth graders, even pre-K. More graduations means more graduation gifts. Do I get the kiddie’s games? Do we get our college graduate nephew a trip?
  To make it easier, for our purposes here, let’s stick to your graduate w
  
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• Villa Maria Academy celebrates return of annual International Music Festival

  17-05-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  On Saturday, May 11, Villa Maria Academy’s 4th & 5th grade students celebrated the return of the annual International Music Festival featuring cultures and music from around the world.
  On Saturday, May 11, Villa Maria Academy’s 4th & 5th grade students celebrated the return of the annual International Music Festival featuring cultures and music from around the world.Photo Samantha Giorgio
  On Saturday, May 11, Villa Maria Academy’s 4th & 5th grade students celebrated
  
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• Op-Ed | A better approach to protecting children online

  17-05-2024 15:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  As an educator deeply invested in the well-being and development of youth in the Bronx, I am profoundly concerned about the potential ramifications of the proposed Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act in New York. While the bill aims to shield minors’ experiences online through a variety of measures, these well-intentioned efforts could have unintended consequences.
  One troubling aspect of the proposal is its effort to regulate what the bill refers to as “addictive f
  
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• Two Preston High School seniors awarded FIAME scholarship

  17-05-2024 14:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Soon-to-be Preston High School graduates Danielle DeMattia and Christa Petriello were both awarded the FIAME scholarship. The Forum of Italian American Educators gives an annual scholarship to a graduating senior to be used in college.
  Both DeMattia and Petriello were presented with their award at the annual Scholarship Award Celebration on Thursday, May 2, alongside the other scholarship recipients Landon Lynch from Fordham Prep and Antonio Orecchio Jr. from Salesian High School.
  
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• Letter to the Editor | An update regarding NYPD shooting range at Rodman’s Neck

  17-05-2024 14:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  In recent months, there have been some small but significant changes to the proposal to renovate the NYPD Shooting Range at Rodman’s Neck. These changes will affect the scope and timeline of the proposed $300 million project that is slated to (finally) start next year, according to statements provided by the New York City Department of Design and Construction that were provided to the 45th Precinct Community Council. (Full disclosure: the writer is a board member of that Community Cou
  
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• Man slashed in Belmont following dispute with passenger on BX15 bus: NYPD

  17-05-2024 13:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Police from the 48th Precinct are searching for the crook who slashed a man after having engaged in a dispute while on board a BX15 bus in Belmont last month.
  The victim, a 29-year-old man, was on board the bus at approximately 7:50 p.m. on April 27 when he engaged in a dispute with another passenger. A police spokesperson could not provide details about what the dispute was about.
  The two men got off the bus near East 183rd Street and 3rd Avenue, where the confrontation turned physical and the
  
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• Bronx cops save man who fell into train tracks after medical episode

  17-05-2024 00:48 via bxtimes.com
  
  Two NYPD officers in the Bronx jumped down onto the train tracks during rush hour on Tuesday afternoon to save a man who had fallen after a medical episode.
  According to police, officers assigned transit overtime at the 3rd Avenue-149th Street Station in the South Bronx responded quickly around 5:30 p.m. on May 14 after bystanders said a man had a seizure and fell into the 2/5 train tracks. The NYPD said the man was only “inches away” from the third rail before officers grabbed him.
  
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• Young Bronx students ride tricycles to raise money for St. Jude’s

  16-05-2024 22:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  On Wednesday, May 15, more than 120 preschoolers, ages 3 to 5 from the Readiness Program, alongside a class of kindergarteners and second graders from the Schermerhorn Program at the New York Institute for Special Education in the Bronx, raced tricycles in teams throughout the school halls for the annual “Trike-A-Thon” fundraiser benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The children demonstrated their gross motor and sensory skills while raising money for a charitable
  
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• Why City Council members want to put a social worker in every NYPD precinct

  16-05-2024 21:30 via amny.com
  
  Getting arrested in NYC entails getting cuffed, fingerprinted, placed in a holding cell — and, soon, consulting with a social worker, should a new City Council bill becomes law.
  City Council Member Erik Bottcher (D- Manhattan) introduced legislation at a press conference in Harlem on Thursday that would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to place licensed social workers in all 77 NYPD precincts throughout the city.
  The reason? To potentially break the constant arrest-relea
  
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• ‘We won’t allow that’: City Hall rallygoers demand Mayor Adams roll back cuts to senior centers, meal programs

  16-05-2024 21:15 via amny.com
  
  Advocates, City Council members and hundreds of seniors rallied outside of City Hall on Thursday against Mayor Eric Adams’ $80 million in proposed cuts to the city’s Department of the Aging.
  The proposed $80 million trim, which is part of Adams’ Fiscal Year 2025 executive budget, comes on top of another $20 million cut from the department in the current fiscal year. Advocates say the cuts could result in the closure of 60 senior centers across the city as early as next January
  
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• ‘Possibilities are kind of endless’ for 161st Street BID in Lou Gehrig Plaza

  16-05-2024 21:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  The skies clouded over Lou Gehrig Plaza in the Bronx last Friday as motorists and pedestrians traveled along 161st Street. The area’s most famous attraction is Yankee Stadium, of course, but the 161st Street Business Improvement District (BID) is trying to entice both locals and tourists alike to spend time in the plaza just three blocks east of the home of the Bronx Bombers. 
  Trey Jenkins, the director of the 161st Street BID, has ideas about how to make the spot that overlooks Yanke
  
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• DOT, Bronx electeds advocate for more red light cameras

  16-05-2024 20:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx electeds and the state Department of Transportation are joining forces to push for more traffic cameras to ticket vehicles that run red lights. 
  The Bronx is home to some of the city’s most dangerous roads. Recent data from the nonprofit Transportation Alternatives showed that the Bronx has the city’s deadliest roadway — East 138th Street — which saw 12 deaths between 2014 and 2023 in just a 1.5-mile stretch. 
  Last year, a record-high 29 New Yorkers were k
  
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• NYC DOT invites commuters to join the citywide Bike-to-Work Day tomorrow

  16-05-2024 20:05 via qns.com
  
  The New York City Department of Transportation is inviting New Yorkers to ditch their rides and grab their bikes tomorrow, May 17, for a citywide Bike-to-Work Day. 
  DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, who heads the citywide department, shared the invitation with city riders at the height of Bike Month. Earlier this month, various city-organized events, such as helmet distributions, group rides and additional educational activities, took place, with more expected to come in June. 
  The be
  
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• Op-Ed | Albany must reform the shadowy lawsuit lending industry this session ends

  16-05-2024 20:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Ailing 9/11 first responders. Brain-injured football players. An elderly Brooklyn resident who fractured a hip after falling into a hole outside her apartment. This seemingly disparate group has one thing in common: they were all victimized two times over.
  Beyond the first incident that caused them bodily harm, they were each revictimized at the hands of the lawsuit lending industry, which preys on and profits from the bad fortune and desperation of others.
  Lawsuit lending, formally known as thi
  
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• MLB Power Rankings 7.0 (Week of May 12): Phillies soar up the charts; Yankees hold steady; Mets in decline

  16-05-2024 19:15 via amny.com
  
  Once again, we crown a new No. 1 in our seventh MLB Power Rankings of the 2024 season — a scrappy team that is currently clicking on all the proverbial cylinders. 
  On the local side, the Yankees continue to rank among the top five in baseball, while the Mets slipped down the charts with symptoms of mediocrity on full display. 
  Let’s get to it! 
  2024 MLB Power Rankings 7.0Philadelphia Phillies (Previous #3): The Phils have the best record in baseball, and with good
  
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• $2.7M settlement for wage violations reached for 332 NYC Health + Hospitals contracted temporary workers

  16-05-2024 18:40 via qns.com
  
  A $2.7 million settlement was reached for prevailing wage violations involving 332 temporary office workers at hospitals and medical centers contracted by NYC Health + Hospitals Corporation and the staffing provider, Winston Support Services, LLC.
  In total, $2,730,526.06 was paid to the workers, which accounts for back wages, civil penalties, and interest. The settlement also applies to temporary office workers at healthcare facilities that Winston Support Services, LLC hired between April 2015
  
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• Borough president hosts annual Bronx Veterans Appreciation Day Luncheon

  16-05-2024 18:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  On May 13, Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson,and her Veterans Advisory Council hosted the annual Bronx Veterans Appreciation Day Luncheon as part of Bronx Week 2024.
  This event was a heartfelt tribute to the courageous men and women who served in the armed forces and live in The Bronx. There were 220 attendees at this year’s luncheon.
  On May 13, Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson,and her Veterans Advisory Council hosted the annual Bronx Veterans Appreciation Day Luncheon as
  
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• Op-Ed | Access to resources is a lifeline for small business owners

  16-05-2024 17:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  As a seasoned small business owner with decades of experience in my field, it goes without saying that I’ve seen my fair share of hiccups along the way. Small business owners are used to that happening, but none of us were prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. My company, the Bronx Design Group, is a full-service graphic design and printing company which provides businesses with needed materials for their day-to-day operations, as well as assists them with events. As you can imagine, when ev
  
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• Gem Pawnbrokers cuts the ribbon at new South Bronx location

  16-05-2024 17:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  On May 15, Gem Pawnbrokers held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new 420 East 149th St. location in the South Bronx.
  Manager Ramon Garcia spoke on the importance of having a store like this in the community. Garcia, who grew up in the area, met with local community members who stopped him for a hug.
  A group photo inside Gem Pawnbrokers at East 149th Street.Photo Jewel Webber
  Those who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony received Gem Pawnbrokers mugs filled with treats, tumblers and more.
  GEM Pa
  
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• ‘A day they will always remember’: NFL stars head to Lehman College for annual youth football camp

  16-05-2024 13:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Middle school students from the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx had the opportunity to practice football and learn about emotional, nutritional and physical wellness with members of the NYPD and a New York Giants star player.
  On May 10, Saint Barnabas Health System (SBH) — in conjunction with the NYPD Sports Unit, Giants linebacker Kayvon Thibodeaux and the New York City Board of Education — hosted its second annual “Youth Football Camp” at Lehman College. The event, wh
  
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