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• Bronx electeds, immigrant rights groups show disappointment over Trump victory

  06-11-2024 16:28 via bxtimes.com
  
  As Americans woke up Nov. 6 to the news of another Donald Trump presidency, local elected officials and nonprofit groups expressed disappointment at the result. 
  Bronx voters cast 339,883 ballots in the Nov. 5 election, with preliminary Board of Elections results showing 72% support for Kamala Harris, who received 244,385 votes, and 27% for Donald Trump, with 91,542 votes.
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, who showed strong support for Harris from her personal social media accounts, i
  
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• West Bronx, Upper Manhattan elected officials urge developers to prohibit ICE from using Marble Hill Target parking lot

  08-10-2026 17:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  A coalition of West Bronx and Upper Manhattan elected officials are urging the owners of the Shops at Marble Hill to prohibit federal immigration agents from using the plaza’s Target parking lot as a staging area for enforcement activity.In a letter sent Monday Oct. 5 to Kingsbridge Associates, the developers of the plaza, the officials asked the company to confirm whether it has authorized Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to use the privately owned parking lot. If so, they ask
  
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• New York Botanical Garden launches inaugural Día de los Muertos celebration through Nov. 2

  08-10-2026 16:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has launched an inaugural annual Día de los Muertos celebration, which will include artistic installations and various events throughout the month. Through to November 2nd, the NYBG’s Everett Children’s Adventure Garden is redecorated in recognition of the Mexican holiday "Día de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead), which is commonly celebrated on November 1 and 2. “We're really honored to introduce this new fall experience at
  
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• Bronx workers rally against alleged labor abuses on affordable housing projects

  08-10-2026 15:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Workers and Bronx community advocates are calling on the city to crack down on labor brokers on affordable housing projects, saying low-wage and unsafe working conditions have left some of the very people building the city’s housing struggling to support their own families.At a community town hall hosted by LIUNA Local 79, current and former labor-broker workers shared their experiences with wages, working conditions and alleged retaliation.The event comes as Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s a
  
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• Ex-boyfriend of Bronx woman pushed off 15th-floor balcony to her death as she held her baby is arrested for her murder

  08-10-2026 14:45 via amny.com
  
  The man wanted for allegedly pushing his ex-girlfriend to her death from a 15-story Bronx apartment balcony as she held their child has been arrested, police reported.Law enforcement sources said that 31-year-old Angel Carrasco, who had been wanted since Tuesday, was cuffed by the Regional Fugitive Task Force and was held at the 49th Precinct overnight.
  Carrasco had been previously arrested for allegedly beating the victim — 23-year-old Nathaly Ramirez, the woman he would later allegedly s
  
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• Editorial | Does Mamdani really care about Jewish New Yorkers?

  08-10-2026 13:30 via amny.com
  
  Oct. 7 is a date that all Jewish people relive the moments when 1,600 Israeli men, women, and children were brutally slaughtered, with hundreds more taken hostage for up to 2 years, during Hamas’ terrorist attack of 2023.It was a disgusting act of the worst traits that humans can have, and the worst crime committed against Jewish people since the Holocaust. The only parallel we have to Oct. 7 here in the U.S. would be 9/11.Had the U.S. suffered a similar attack of the same proportions as I
  
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• 2026 Governor’s Race: Hochul leads Blakeman by 11 points in new poll as Dems take a bite out of his public safety claims

  08-10-2026 00:20 via amny.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul holds an 11-point lead over Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman in a new statewide poll released Wednesday, as New York Democrats seek to turn one of the Nassau County executive’s signature campaign issues, public safety, against him.The Marist poll found Hochul leading Blakeman 53% to 42% among registered voters, with 5% undecided. Blakeman led among independents, 49% to 42%, while the two candidates were tied at 48% among suburban voters.Hochul held a commanding advant
  
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• Photos | BP Gibson hosts ‘Empowerability’ job fair

  07-10-2026 23:20 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson partnered with the New York State Department of Labor to host the "Empowerability" job fair on Friday, Oct. 2, in the Rotunda of Bronx Borough Hall, located at 851 Grand Concourse.The job fair was intended to help Bronx residents, including those with disabilities, find employment opportunities, including remote positions.[caption id="attachment_149263" align="alignnone" width="1200"] The Empowerability job fair was held by Bronx Borough President Vaness
  
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• Montefiore joins national study testing early-stage breast cancer treatment without surgery

  07-10-2026 21:32 via bxtimes.com
  
  For some women diagnosed with stage zero breast cancer, treatment can mean surgery even if the disease has not spread beyond the milk ducts.Now, Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) is participating in a national clinical trial examining whether some patients with DCIS can instead be treated with medication and close monitoring, potentially avoiding surgery unless the disease shows signs of progressing.Sheldon M. Feldman, M.D., chief of the Division of Breast Surgery and Breas
  
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• Academy of Mount St. Ursula joins pilot program teaching students essential life skills

  07-10-2026 21:10 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Bronx high school is joining a year-long pilot program designed to help students develop essential life skills.Last month, the Education Revolution Association (ERA) announced the Academy of Mount St. Ursula had been selected for the Year Two pilot of ERA’s Life Discovery Classroom curriculum.As schools and educational institutions in the U.S. prioritize creativity, collaboration, adaptability and critical thinking, among essential life and success skills, employers throughout the countr
  
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• Venture House Bronx opens new clubhouse for New Yorkers living with mental illness

  07-10-2026 20:39 via bxtimes.com
  
  A new clubhouse in the Bronx is offering something medication alone cannot: connection, purpose and community.The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 28 to celebrate the opening of the newly constructed Venture House Bronx, a community-based mental health clubhouse located at 2494 Elm Place in Fordham Heights.The new clubhouse facility includes a commercial kitchen, dining space, art and media studios and a wellness center, in addition
  
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• Bronx baby’s condition improves day after being shoved with her mother 15 stories off apartment building balcony

  07-10-2026 18:15 via amny.com
  
  The 8-month-old baby who fell in her mother's arms after they were pushed 15 stories off a Bronx apartment building is on the verge of making a miraculous recovery, according to police sources.The infant's mother, 23-year-old Nathaly Ramirez, died while holding her baby after plunging from a 15th-floor balcony of 2550 Olinville Ave. in Allerton early on the morning of Oct. 6. But being held by her mother partially cushioned the infant's landing; both were clinging to life when officers from the
  
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• How some NYC bodegas are using AI to help decide what to charge you — with an eye on bigger profits

  07-10-2026 18:00 via amny.com
  
  New Yorkers are getting used to seeing AI-generated signs and posters on neighborhood storefronts, from bodega windows to signs at deli counters. Less visible is what the technology is starting to do behind the counter — including helping some stores decide what to charge.At one Brooklyn deli Tuesday afternoon, a worker scanned a box of Life Cinnamon cereal into the store’s new point-of-sale system, Bodega AI, while showing amNewYork how it handles pricing.  The price of the cer
  
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• Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Chair and Commissioner of the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission Midori Valdivia

  07-10-2026 16:00 via politicsny.com
  
  PoliticsNY’s latest special edition, Inside Government: Transportation features the government officials shaping New York’s transportation landscape. Today’s Q&A is with Chair and Commissioner of the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (NYC TLC) Midori Valdivia. The NYC TLC which is responsible for licensing and regulating New York City's medallion taxi cabs, for-hire vehicles, commuter vans and paratransit vehicles, along with the businesses that operate them.How has your ca
  
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• After a breast cancer diagnosis at 33 years old, Anna Desai advocates for women to get tested early

  07-10-2026 15:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  When Anna Desai was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer at 33, she was navigating the uncertainty of a cancer diagnosis at the same time the COVID-19 pandemic upended daily life. Six years into remission, she says the most important lesson she's learned, is for women to advocate for their health.Desai, 40, works for a financial services firm specializing in corporate philanthropy. She was diagnosed with Stage 0, or non-invasive, ductal carcinoma when she was just 33 years old.She had her annual
  
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• ‘Always advocate’: How one mother’s persistence led to a breast cancer diagnosis during pregnancy

  07-10-2026 14:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  When expecting mother Deana Jean noticed something unusual in her breast, her doctors told her not to worry.Jean was five and a half months pregnant with her third child in 2016. Her OB/GYN, who delivered her other two children, assured her that the feeling was related to her milk ducts and the changes caused by pregnancy.But Jean remained uneasy despite her doctor’s reassurance during weekly check ups over the next six weeks.“I know that you don't want to image me because of the rad
  
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• Bronx man charged in unprovoked stabbing on J train in Woodhaven that killed a Corona father of four: DA

  06-10-2026 22:30 via qns.com
  
  A Bronx man is being held without bail after he was charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of a Corona man on a rush-hour J train in Woodhaven in an unprovoked attack late last month.
  Jyrell Thomas, 25, of Trinity Avenue in the Melrose section of the South Bronx, was arraigned Monday in Queens Criminal Court on a criminal complaint charging him with murder in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon for allegedly stabbing 59-year-old Mesias Lojano to death on Wedne
  
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• CUTENESS ALERT: Bronx Zoo debuts adorable snow leopard cub

  06-10-2026 21:00 via amny.com
  
  The Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Bronx Zoo welcomed the arrival of its newest furry resident: An adorable snow leopard cub born earlier this year who made her public debut on Sept. 30.Zoo staff said the young female feline, born on May 31 to parents Dari and Moutig, is "doing well" after passing her physical exams and routine vaccinations. New Yorkers and visitors can see her exploring the zoo's sprawling Himalayan Highlands habitat. Her birth brings the total number of snow leopards at
  
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• Community volunteers rally to clean up streets around Pelham Bay Little League fields

  06-10-2026 20:47 via bxtimes.com
  
  State Senator Nathalia Fernandez' office helped organize a community cleanup around Pelham Bay Little League on Sunday, Sept. 20, bringing students, neighbors and local officials together to clear trash from the streets surrounding the fields.The cleanup took place the day after National CleanUp Day, an annual event held on the third Saturday of September that encourages people across the country to volunteer in parks, trails and other public spaces.The Pelham Bay effort followed concerns raised
  
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• DOT proposes bike network that would connect Throggs Neck to Ferry Point Park

  06-10-2026 20:33 via bxtimes.com
  
  The New York City Department of Transportation is proposing a new bicycle network through Throggs Neck that would add protected bike lanes, change traffic patterns on several neighborhood streets and repurpose an estimated 70 parking spaces.DOT presented the proposal to Bronx Community Board 10’s Municipal Services Committee on Sept. 9. The approximately two mile network is intended to create new connections to Ferry Point Park, the Throggs Neck Ferry Landing and the Hutchinson River Green
  
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• NYC says it can handle AI-powered cyberattacks, but other safeguards are still catching up

  06-10-2026 20:30 via amny.com
  
  New York City says it is prepared to defend its computer systems from AI-powered attacks. Keeping tabs on how its own workers are using the technology is another story.At a marathon City Council hearing Monday, officials in the Mamdani administration acknowledged that the city cannot technically monitor employees’ use of outside AI tools, is still staffing the office charged with overseeing algorithmic systems, and does not yet know how the technology could reshape its workforce.The admiss
  
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• 50,000 to rally in Central Park for iconic Making Strides breast cancer awareness walk this month

  06-10-2026 18:57 via amny.com
  
  Tens of thousands of breast cancer survivors, families and supporters will gather in Central Park on Oct. 18 for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk as the fundraiser returns for its 33rd year in New York.The annual fundraiser is hosted by the American Cancer Society and features approximately 50,000 survivors every year as one of the largest Making Strides walks in the country. It brings the city together to raise money and honor those affected by breast cancer.The event will be held
  
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• Suspects accused of stabbing off-duty cop in Bronx robbery attempt are identified

  06-10-2026 17:45 via amny.com
  
  Police have identified the two suspects who, they say, brutally stabbed an off-duty detective in the Bronx last week.NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, during a briefing at One Police Plaza on Oct. 6, said that 25-year-old D’Angelo Caraballo, who has two prior arrests and 24-year-old Sneider Mejia, allegedly attacked Detective Jose Mercedes of the 44th Precinct while robbing him at around 1:45 p.m. on Oct. 2 near 3174 Rochambeau Ave. in Norwood. Law enforcement sources said the two susp
  
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• Breast cancer is not just a 50+ disease. What younger women should know

  06-10-2026 17:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Breast cancer is more common as women get older, but Dr. Anitha Srinivasan warns against thinking of it only as a disease affecting women over 50.Srinivasan, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan, said she regularly treats younger women and has seen patients in their 40s present with advanced breast cancer.“In my own clinical practice, I too often see young women in their 40s presenting with advanced breast cancer,” she said. That experience has shaped h
  
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• An abnormal mammogram is not a cancer diagnosis: what you should do next

  06-10-2026 17:08 via bxtimes.com
  
  An abnormal mammogram does not automatically mean breast cancer, but it does mean doctors may need to take a closer look.Dr. Anitha Srinivasan, Deputy Chief Medical Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan, told the Bronx Times that  mammograms allow doctors to look for abnormal growths within the breast tissue or ducts. She recommends annual screening beginning at age 40, in part because each new mammogram can be compared with previous images.“I always tell my patients that a m
  
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• NYC to allocate $9 million to non-profits for youth gender-affirming care as private hospitals retreat

  06-10-2026 16:51 via gaycitynews.com
  
  The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is planning to steer nearly $9 million to non-profit health providers to deliver gender-affirming care services for trans youth after multiple private hospitals gave in to pressure from the Trump administration and stopped providing such care to youth and some adults."[The Department of Health] will contract with organizations providing or facilitating the provision of gender-affirming care to patients under age 18," stated a notice poste
  
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• AARP New York hosts panel on the future of Social Security

  06-10-2026 14:31 via amny.com
  
  Concerned that Social Security could soon turn into “Social Insecurity” amid declining funds, older residents recently united to say no to cuts.Schneps Media, PoliticsNY and the Bay Ridge Courier presented on Sept. 29 “Protecting the Promise: A Social Security Forum” sponsored by AARP New York, at the Greenhouse Cafe in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, during which federal officials discussed the perilous future of Social Security.According to the officials, Social Security will no l
  
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• AI giants give few clear answers to key safety questions at NYC Council hearing amid whistleblower warnings

  06-10-2026 00:30 via amny.com
  
  Four leading artificial intelligence companies were questioned under oath at City Hall Monday, but repeatedly stopped short of giving lawmakers clear answers on some of the central safety questions driving New York City’s push to regulate the industry.Representatives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google did not put a number on the risk of catastrophic harm from increasingly powerful AI systems, did not give a blanket commitment that failing an independent safety test would automatically
  
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• NYC Ferry fare hikes coming Oct. 19, as system gives middle schoolers discounted trips

  06-10-2026 00:15 via amny.com
  
  New York City Ferry riders will soon have to cough up an additional 50 cents per ride and $1 per 10-trip pass come Oct. 19, when a new fare hike takes effect.The fare for a single one-way NYC Ferry trip will increase from $4.90 to $5, while a 10-trip bundle will now cost $30 — up from $29. The ferry service, which is overseen by the quasi-governmental Economic Development Corporation (EDC), emphasized that the per-trip price of the bundle would be $3, equal to the cost of a subway or bus t
  
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• Man arrested in connection with anti-LGBTQ assault in the Bronx

  05-10-2026 22:35 via gaycitynews.com
  
  A 29-year-old man was arrested and hit with multiple hate crime-related charges on Oct. 5 in connection with an alleged anti-LGBTQ assault in the Bronx in late June.Anthony Reyes, of the Bronx, was charged with two counts of assault as a hate crime, two counts of menacing as a hate crime, and an additional assault charge more than three months after he and one other individual allegedly attacked a 43-year-old man at the intersection of Elliot Place and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx.Police said Reye
  
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