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• Airbnb claims short-term rental laws harm outer boroughs such as the Bronx

  17-12-2024 19:38 via bxtimes.com
  
  For those traveling to NYC for the holidays, finding an affordable place to stay will likely prove challenging. Hotel prices averaged $301 per night in 2023, and given the city’s new restrictions on short-term stays in people’s homes, there are fewer alternatives on Airbnb and other booking websites.About a year has passed since enforcement of Local Law 18 of 2022, known as the Short-Term Rental Registration Law, took effect — and Airbnb says the restrictions are costing Bronx
  
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• South Bronx breaks ground on $44 million HEArts Center at former Lincoln Detox site

  24-09-2026 23:19 via bxtimes.com
  
  Nearly 15 years after the closure of the former Lincoln Recovery Center, South Bronx community leaders broke ground Wednesday on a $44 million center that aims to carry the site's legacy of holistic health into a new generation.Following over a decade of advocacy to reclaim the site, the HEArts Center is set to open in 2028. The long-vacant, 26,805-square-foot building will become a resident-led community hub for health, education, workforce development, arts and cultural programming.“I ju
  
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• War of words: Netanyahu attacks Mamdani in UN address; the mayor calls his claims ‘baseless lies’

  24-09-2026 23:00 via amny.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu singled out Mayor Zohran Mamdani for a direct attack from the United Nations General Assembly podium Thursday, calling him “the antisemitic mayor of New York” and accusing Hizzoner of trying to silence him.The broadside came near the end of a roughly 40-minute address that began amid a mass walkout, with diplomats leaving the General Assembly hall as Netanyahu approached the podium. Much of the chamber was left empty as he began speaking.Mamd
  
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• ‘Fair Fares’: City Council moves to make it easier for low-income New Yorkers to get half-priced subway and bus rides

  24-09-2026 22:15 via amny.com
  
  The City Council took a key step on Thursday toward simplifying the onerous enrollment process for the city's program that provides reduced-cost OMNY cards to very low-income riders: Fair Fares.The council overwhelmingly passed a bill — Intro. 248 — requiring the city Department of Social Services (DSS), which oversees the Human Resources Administration (HRA) that runs the program, to streamline its current enrollment procedure. Transit and anti-poverty advocates have long argued tha
  
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• Monroe Houses community center reopens after a nearly $4.5 million renovation

  24-09-2026 17:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  After years of waiting, the residents of Monroe Houses finally got to walk back into their newly renovated community center.Council Member Amanda Farías joined Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, NYCHA officials, Monroe Houses Tenant Association leaders and residents on Sept. 16 for a ribbon cutting celebrating the completion of the nearly $4.5 million renovation.The project was years in the making and faced several setbacks along the way. Early issues with funding and the scope of th
  
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• FIRST ON amNY: NYC Council bill would require apps turn over data on time it takes e-bike riding workers to make deliveries

  24-09-2026 16:40 via amny.com
  
  The NYC Council is looking to pass new legislation aimed at requiring app-based delivery companies to fork over data and potentially face new regulations regarding the time it takes their workers on e-bikes and e-scooters to do their job around the five boroughs.The so-called “Safe Delivery Time Act" — sponsored by City Council Transportation Chair Shaun Abreu (D-Manhattan) and set to be introduced Thursday — is designed to address the issue of delivery workers riding e-bikes,
  
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• FIRST ON amNY: NYC Council bill seeks delivery app mandates to turn over data on timing of deliveristas’ duties

  24-09-2026 16:40 via amny.com
  
  The NYC Council is looking to pass new legislation aimed at requiring app-based delivery companies to fork over data and potentially face new regulations regarding the time it takes their workers on e-bikes and e-scooters to do their job around the five boroughs.The so-called “Safe Delivery Time Act" — sponsored by City Council Transportation Chair Shaun Abreu (D-Manhattan) and set to be introduced Thursday — is designed to address the issue of delivery workers riding e-bikes,
  
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• Socrates Solano takes over as Community Board 10 district manager in the East Bronx

  24-09-2026 16:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Community Board 10 has a new district manager, with longtime city government official Socrates S. Solano taking over the East Bronx board after more than 25 years working in public service.Solano comes to CB10 with experience across several corners of city government, most recently serving as Associate Executive Director of Intergovernmental and External Affairs for NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln. He has also worked in the Mayor’s Office Community Affairs Unit, the Public Advocate&rs
  
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• Half-mile Sedgwick Avenue stretch remains dumping hotspot despite cleanup efforts

  24-09-2026 15:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Illegal dumping continues to ravage a half-mile portion of Sedgwick Avenue into a trash-strewn corridor.As recently as late last month, the Bronx Times witnessed the severe condition of the sidewalks and tree lawns along Sedgwick Avenue between University Avenue and West 167th Street, located in Highbridge and in close proximity to the Harlem River.The half-mile-long stretch of Sedgwick Avenue was riddled with discarded objects which range from used mattresses and old cardboard boxes to emp
  
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• Live Legionella confirmed in seven South Bronx cooling towers

  24-09-2026 13:25 via bxtimes.com
  
  NYC Health has confirmed live Legionella bacteria in seven cooling towers in the South Bronx as it continues investigating the latest cluster of Legionnaires’ disease that has sickened 22 people and killed two.Initial PCR testing on Sept. 13 detected Legionella bacteria in 10 cooling towers across ZIP codes 10451 and 10456. Subsequent culture testing confirmed that seven of those towers contained live Legionella bacteria at the time of sampling. Only live Legionella can cause Legionnaires&
  
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• Hochul leads Blakeman in two new polls as Trump, Mamdani loom over governor’s race

  23-09-2026 23:00 via amny.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul leads Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman in two polls released Wednesday, though the surveys differ sharply on the size of her advantage less than six weeks before Election Day.A Siena poll found Hochul leading Blakeman 50% to 41% among likely voters, little changed from her 49% to 39% lead in August. A Quinnipiac University poll, also released Wednesday, put Hochul ahead 58% to 39%.The polls come as Blakeman seeks to tie Hochul to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, while the governor&rsq
  
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• Two-alarm Bronx fire leaves one dead, another injured after jumping from window

  23-09-2026 22:35 via amny.com
  
  A Bronx resident died Wednesday morning in a two-alarm fire while another man was hospitalized after he reportedly leaped from the burning building to the street below. According to police and FDNY sources, the blaze erupted inside of a six-story apartment building located at 1484 Montgomery Avenue at around 7:45 a.m. According to FDNY Deputy Chief Andrew Holzmaier, the fire swiftly spread to nearby apartments and even to the roof.Police sources report that officers on scene found a  3
  
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• Two Bronx groups receive city grants to combat hate, bias and discrimination

  23-09-2026 21:55 via bxtimes.com
  
  Two Bronx recipients are among 13 citywide awardees receiving a total of $120,000 in community grants aimed at preventing hate, bias and discrimination, the city announced Wednesday.Madison Langford and Kingsbridge Heights Community Center will each receive funding through the city’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes to support community-led initiatives in the borough.The grants were awarded through the New York City Office of Community Safety’s Office for the Prevention of Ha
  
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• Housing lottery running for 14 units at Longfellow Marmion Apartments in West Farms, rent starts at 30% of tenant’s income

  23-09-2026 20:38 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 is in progress for 14 total housing units at Longfellow Marmion Apartments, located at 1900 Longfellow Ave. and 1968 Marmion Ave. in the West Farms neighborhood.The two 5-story residential buildings that comprise Longfellow Marmion Apartments have 54 total housing units, with 40 at market rate. Eight of the units set aside in the housing lottery are int
  
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• Bronx gets first busway as Mamdani admin completes Tremont Avenue project

  23-09-2026 20:00 via amny.com
  
  Nearly 40,000 bus riders will now have the chance to move around the Bronx faster with the city's completion of the borough's first busway.Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office announced Wednesday that the city's Department of Transportation has finished construction on the once-stalled project to add busways to Tremont Avenue — one of the borough's essential crosstown thoroughfares.DOT completed the project a little over a month after first breaking ground on it and nearly two months after commit
  
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• More than 12,000 runners hit the streets for Bronx 10 Mile’s 30th anniversary

  23-09-2026 19:03 via bxtimes.com
  
  Over 12,000 athletes gathered on Sept. 19 to run the sold-out New Balance Bronx 10 Mile, produced by New York Road Runners (NYRR). Now in its 30th year, it continues to bring runners of all ages together to cross the finish line.The course began on Grand Concourse and E 165th St., and finished next to the Yankee Stadium subway station on E 161st St. and River Ave. The driving force behind the race was an opportunity to emphasize health and wellness for both runners now and for generations o
  
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• Why is the historic Bronx park next to Yankee Stadium falling apart despite City Council members raising millions to fix it?

  23-09-2026 15:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  Macombs Dam Park, a community park that rests in the shadow of Yankee Stadium, one of the richest sports franchises in the world, is deteriorating due to a decade of city neglect, a major fire and a debate over the broken promises of public funding.Built directly on the footprint of the old Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, the park opened in 2010 as part of a deal to replace the loss of public parkland when the new stadium was built across the street. Yet, over the past decade, it has degraded into
  
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• MTA to launch campaign educating riders on OMNY use, amid continued fare cap complaints

  23-09-2026 14:00 via amny.com
  
  The MTA will soon launch a public information campaign aimed at informing riders on how best to employ the relatively new OMNY tap-and-pay system, in response to some straphanger complaints specifically surrounding its fare-capping feature, a top agency official said on Tuesday.MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, during a Sept. 22 Citizens Budget Commission breakfast event in Manhattan, said the agency is gearing up to inform riders on the optimal ways to use OMNY. He said the information will be di
  
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• Signal issues: Council presses City Hall over influencer records as key officials decline to testify

  22-09-2026 23:45 via amny.com
  
  The messages were set to disappear, but the questions surrounding them have not.Less than three weeks after City Hall acknowledged that disappearing messages had been enabled in a Signal group used to communicate with social media influencers, City Council members pressed the Mamdani administration on Tuesday over whether government records should have been preserved from the chat.But the communications officials with firsthand knowledge of how the group operated did not testify.Instead, the adm
  
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• Signal issues: Council presses City Hall over influencer records as admin declines to send key official

  22-09-2026 23:45 via amny.com
  
  The messages were set to disappear, but the questions surrounding them have not.Less than three weeks after City Hall acknowledged that disappearing messages had been enabled in a Signal group used to communicate with social media influencers, City Council members pressed the Mamdani administration on Tuesday over whether government records should have been preserved from the chat.But the communications officials with firsthand knowledge of how the group operated did not testify.Instead, the adm
  
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• Art installation celebrating immigrant New Yorkers comes to the Bronx

  22-09-2026 22:43 via bxtimes.com
  
  A public art installation at Mill Pond Park is putting the faces and stories of immigrant New Yorkers on display as part of a citywide campaign celebrating the communities that have helped shape New York.The New York Immigration Coalition opened the Bronx chapter of its annual New York Proud campaign on Sept. 15, bringing large-scale portraits and personal stories of immigrant New Yorkers to the South Bronx.The installation at Mill Pond Park, near Exterior Street and East 150th Street along the
  
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• Bronx Democratic Party honors education advocate Crystal McQueen-Taylor

  22-09-2026 22:22 via bxtimes.com
  
  From fighting for Bronx classrooms to championing statewide education advocacy, a longtime educator’s journey came full circle at a recent gala.The Bronx County Democratic Party honored StudentsFirstNY’s own Crystal McQueen-Taylor at its annual dinner gala earlier this month at Marina Del Rey in Throggs Neck.StudentsFirstNY is one of the state’s largest education advocacy organizations dedicated to improving public school options for all New York children.Among other honorees,
  
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• MTA boss Lieber says agency’s targeting ‘kooky’ work rules, health insurance contributions in labor talks with transit union

  22-09-2026 21:45 via amny.com
  
  In the MTA's contract negotiations with the union representing nearly 40,000 New York City Transit workers — Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100 — the authority is pushing to ensure that some workers show up to the job more often while also increasing all health care contributions, agency Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said on Tuesday.The MTA is pursuing both changes possibly in exchange for the wage increases that Local 100 is seeking, Lieber said during a Sept. 22 Citizens Budget C
  
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• Renaissance Youth Center celebrates $7 million investment and new home in the South Bronx

  22-09-2026 20:34 via bxtimes.com
  
  You may have heard the band “Music with a Message” perform on Good Morning America, at Lincoln Center, Yankee Stadium, or even Carnegie Hall. But today, the band performed at their home, the Renaissance Youth Center, celebrating major renovations announcements to their permanent home.Joined by elected officials, parents, and community members, the Renaissance Youth Center (RYC) celebrated 25 years of serving the community on Sept. 17., with a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate thei
  
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• Renaissance Youth Center celebrates $7 investment and new home in the South Bronx

  22-09-2026 20:34 via bxtimes.com
  
  You may have heard the band “Music with a Message” perform on Good Morning America, at Lincoln Center, Yankee Stadium, or even Carnegie Hall. But today, the band performed at their home, the Renaissance Youth Center, celebrating major renovations announcements to their permanent home.Joined by elected officials, parents, and community members, the Renaissance Youth Center (RYC) celebrated 25 years of serving the community on Sept. 17., with a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate thei
  
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• City expands outreach to two more ZIP codes amid South Bronx Legionnaires’ outbreak

  22-09-2026 19:35 via bxtimes.com
  
  The New York City Health Department has expanded its community outreach to two additional South Bronx ZIP codes as it continues investigating a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease that has now sickened 22 people and killed two.The department announced Saturday that it was expanding outreach to ZIP codes 10455 and 10459 after identifying cases within a few blocks of ZIP code 10456, one of two ZIP codes at the center of the investigation.The expanded outreach area includes parts of Mott Haven,
  
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• DoorDash to pay at least $131.5M after NYC finds it underpaid 260,000 workers

  22-09-2026 17:30 via amny.com
  
  DoorDash will pay at least $131.5 million to settle a New York City investigation that found the delivery giant failed to properly pay more than 260,000 workers, a record enforcement action that will also force changes to how the company tracks and pays delivery workers in the five boroughs.Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced the settlement Tuesday, calling it the largest labor enforcement action in city history and the largest U.S. municipa
  
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• What’s happening | Plant sale, scavenger hunt, Boogie Down Comedy and more

  22-09-2026 15:23 via bxtimes.com
  
  Plant SaleFriday, Sept. 25, 12-4 p.mWave Hill, 4900 Independence Ave.Free with admission to the grounds ($4-10)Take a piece of the garden home with you at Wave Hill’s renowned Plant Sale! Open to the public, this special event offers a thoughtfully curated selection of plants for every kind of gardener—whether you’re a seasoned expert or just beginning to explore the magical world of plants. Garden staff will be available to answer questions and help you find the right plants f
  
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• Nearly 30 years after closing, Paradise Theatre set to reopen as a Bronx arts center

  22-09-2026 14:51 via bxtimes.com
  
  Nearly a century ago, the historic Loew’s Paradise Theatre opened in the Bronx. Later this year, the New York City landmark movie palace will be finding new life as the Paradise Performing Arts Center. With approximately 4,000 seats, the Paradise Performing Arts Center (PPAC) will be the second-largest theatre in New York after Radio City Music Hall. “Every borough of New York City has major performing arts centers except The Bronx, so we've reimagined a magnificent, underu
  
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• At Gracie Mansion, Trump says it ‘feels like a home’ as Mamdani advances Sunnyside Yard talks

  22-09-2026 00:44 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump held their latest meeting Monday, this time at Gracie Mansion, to open technical talks between City Hall and the White House over the mayor’s $21 billion federal funding pitch to build 12,000 homes above Sunnyside Yard in Queens.The mayor initially pitched the idea to Trump during a trip to Washington back in February, and while Monday's conversation on the Upper East Side advanced the massive Queens proposal, it stopped well short of a feder
  
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