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• Gjonaj Celebrates Women’s History Month

  17-03-2018 05:00 via bxtimes.com
  See this story at BxTimes.com.By Robert WirsingBronx TimesIn recognition of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, Councilman Mark Gjonaj celebrated with the Albanian American Woman’s Organization.
  
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• Column | Coming to theaters this May: the 52nd annual Bronx Ball

  29-04-2024 21:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  The 52nd Annual Bronx Ball will be taking place in a very special location: the former Whitestone Multiplex Cinema.
  The ball, which is a celebration of the Bronx Walk of Fame’s new inductees, is held in a new location each May. Located at 2505 Bruckner Blvd., the multiplex was originally opened in the 80s and closed just over a decade ago in 2013. In 2019, a warehouse replaced the theatre, and currently has a lot of open space.
  So much open space that it can be used to host the best night
  
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• Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts to host 11th annual community blood drive

  29-04-2024 20:40 via bxtimes.com
  
  Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts is once again partnering with the New York Blood Center to host a community blood drive on Thursday, May 9, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the second floor Uptown Room at Empire City Casino. Empire City continues to host the annual blood drives to increase awareness and provide a convenient location for guests, employees and area residents to make life-saving blood donations.
  Annually, 700,000 units of blood are needed by patients, but fewer than 500,000 units are don
  
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• What does NYC’s future look like? Extremely hot and wet, a city climate report finds

  29-04-2024 19:45 via amny.com
  
  As if a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was not enough to shake things up in NYC, a new climate assessment released Monday says that NYC will be warmer and wetter, with plenty of rainy and hot days ahead — much of which can lead to intense flooding throughout the city.  
  The New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) announced its fourth full climate assessment report, dubbed NPCC4, confirming the city will be warmer with more extreme heat events. The report also indicates there will
  
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• MTA looks to beef up express bus service ahead of congestion pricing

  29-04-2024 19:25 via amny.com
  
  The MTA plans to boost service on various express bus lines in a bid to spur drivers to switch to mass transit as congestion pricing takes effect in New York City.
  Express buses with the highest weekday ridership will see additional trips per day starting in June should the plan be approved by the MTA Board this week, according to a document posted on the MTA’s website. The routes take riders from outer borough neighborhoods with comparatively scant train access, or none at all, to the hea
  
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• The 47th Precinct Community Council holds 32nd annual Fellowship Breakfast

  29-04-2024 19:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  The 47th Precinct Community Council 32nd Annual Fellowship Breakfast was held at the Eastwood Manor on Wednesday, April 24.
  Barbara Selesky, director of sales and marketing at The Woodlawn Cemetery & Conservancy, received the Beacon of Hope Award for innovative, impactful and visionary leadership for a safe community.
  Left to right: Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson; 47th Precinct CC President Adeyemi LaCrown Oloruntoba; Barbara P. Selesky; 47th Precinct CO Deputy Inspector, Jonathan Ko
  
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• Bronx Week 2024 to kick off May 6

  29-04-2024 17:08 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronxites are invited to celebrate their love of the Boogie Down once again this year for Bronx Week 2024.
  The 52nd annual celebration will include the induction of new Bronx Hall of Fame members, a ball, the Bronx Night Market, a parade, and so much more.
  Check out the top events below.
  Bronx Night Market
  May 11, noon to 7 p.m.
  Lou Gehrig Plaza at 161st Street and Grand Concourse
  Grand Concourse Walking Tour
  May 15, 2 to 4 p.m.
  Meet at Bronx Museum of the Arts at 1040 Grand Concourse. RSVP to s
  
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• Rizzo hits 300th HR, Judge and Volpe also go deep in Yankees’ 15-5 victory over Brewers

  28-04-2024 23:48 via amny.com
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Judge homered in the first inning and played a central role as a baserunner during a seven-run rally in the sixth as the New York Yankees defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 15-5 on Sunday.
  Anthony Rizzo went 4 for 4 and hit his 300th career homer. Anthony Volpe added a three-run shot on his 23rd birthday. Judge went 3 for 4 with three RBIs, including a 441-foot solo shot.
  New York grabbed a half-game lead in the AL East over the Baltimore Orioles, who lost
  
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• Op-ed | MTA maps out the road ahead through climate change

  28-04-2024 16:00 via amny.com
  
  Climate change is always top of mind for a lot of us, and not just because we’re a week from Earth Day. I often talk about mass transit being the antidote to climate change.
  The MTA network allows the New York region to have the lowest carbon footprint per capita in the nation, helping to avoid 17 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions every year.
  That doesn’t make us any less vulnerable to the accelerating impacts of climate change – torrential rainfall, extreme heat,
  
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• Week in Rewind: CB11 chairs stripped of leadership, mental health clinics come to Bronx schools, community boards weigh in on Metro-North megaproject and more

  27-04-2024 18:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Ferrara, D’Angelo stripped of CB11 leadership positions after months of controversy
  Bronx Community Board 11 Chair Bernadette Ferrara and Vice Chair Al D’Angelo were officially booted from their positions on the body Thursday night, after being at odds with fellow board members and the office of Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson for months.
  A motion to let the pair carry out their terms as chair and vice chair failed during CB11’s full board meeting on April 25, even after
  
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• Bronx dog attack leaves man fatally mauled, cops shoot canine

  26-04-2024 23:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Police in the Bronx shot and killed a dog as the canine mauled its owner to death in a horrific attack early on Friday morning.
  Law enforcement sources said the grisly scene unfolded at about 3:09 a.m. on April 26 inside an apartment at 1210 Simpson St. in Longwood.
  Officers from the 42nd Precinct rushed to the location after receiving a 911 call about the incident.
  Upon arriving at the location, authorities said, they spotted the canine, a pit bull named Max, actively biting
  
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• NYC Parks’ new Office of Marine Debris Disposal and Vessel Surrendering begins clean-up of derelict boat fleet within City Island waterways

  26-04-2024 20:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  The City Island waterfront, among other coastal waterways throughout the borough and the city, will have less marine hazards and fewer eye sores after NYC Parks announced the launch of a new office that would keep the city’s waterfront areas safe from marine debris.
  NYC Parks’ April 15 announcement of the creation of their new office, the Office of Marine Debris Disposal and Vessel Surrendering, which was celebrated along with the city’s Department of Citywide Administrative Se
  
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• Black unemployment rate drops significantly in NYC, new economic report shows

  26-04-2024 19:30 via amny.com
  
  The Black unemployment rate in NYC has significantly decreased since 2022, according to a report that the city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) released Friday.
  The EDC, which releases an economic snapshot for the city each month, reports that Black unemployment in New York City fell from 10.7 to 7.9% from Jan. 1, 2022, to April 1, 2024, marking the first time since before the pandemic that the rate has fallen to below 8%.
  The dramatic decrease aligns with NYC Mayor Eric Adams&rsqu
  
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• Congestion pricing will start in Manhattan on June 30

  26-04-2024 18:52 via amny.com
  
  Congestion pricing is happening starting at 12:01 a.m. June 30 after nearly two decades of fierce debate, study and grievances over the concept of charging drivers for heading into parts of Manhattan.
  The MTA confirmed the June 30 launch on Friday, giving drivers around the tri-state area about two months’ notice before putting the toll system into effect on all bridges and roads leading into the Central Business District of Manhattan, south of 60th Street.
  Motorists bringing their cars in
  
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• Congestion pricing: MTA to launch Manhattan toll program on June 30, reports say

  26-04-2024 18:52 via amny.com
  
  Congestion pricing is happening starting June 30 after nearly two decades of fierce debate, study and grievances over the concept of charging drivers for heading into parts of Manhattan.
  According to multiple outlets, the MTA announced the June 30 launch on Friday, giving drivers around the tri-state area about two months’ notice before putting the toll system into effect on all bridges and roads leading into the Central Business District of Manhattan, south of 60th Street.
  Motorists bring
  
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• Congestion pricing: MTA to launch Manhattan toll program on June 30

  26-04-2024 18:52 via amny.com
  
  Congestion pricing is happening starting at 12:01 a.m. June 30 after nearly two decades of fierce debate, study and grievances over the concept of charging drivers for heading into parts of Manhattan.
  The MTA confirmed the June 30 launch on Friday, giving drivers around the tri-state area about two months’ notice before putting the toll system into effect on all bridges and roads leading into the Central Business District of Manhattan, south of 60th Street.
  Motorists bringing their cars in
  
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• Caribbean American Nurses Association/Bronx Manhattan Westchester Chapter appeals for new members

  26-04-2024 16:52 via caribbeanlife.com
  
  The 30-year-old Caribbean American Nurses Association/Bronx Manhattan Westchester Chapter (CANA/BMW) is appealing to nurses to join the Bronx-based organization.
  “We encourage nurses of Caribbean descent to join this organization to make it stronger and more efficient,” Recording Secretary, Jamaican-born Registered Nurse Elaine Mills-Ford told Caribbean Life on Sunday.
  She said CANA/BMW chapter was founded in 1994 in memory of a Barbadian-born registered nurse Vernese Weeks who died
  
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• Op-Ed | Call to Action: We need your voice at upcoming community input sessions

  26-04-2024 16:02 via bxtimes.com
  
  This is a column call to action. I am personally inviting you to attend two important community input sessions I am hosting this May.
  Parkchester and Soundview have two major capital investments coming to them with the Bronx Metro-North developments and the Soundview Skatepark. Community input is critical to big projects like these to ensure the multi-million dollar investments being made in neighborhoods truly serve us and our future.
  The first meeting will be a Parkchester Community Engagement
  
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• Grisly Bronx dog attack leaves man fatally mauled, canine shot dead by cops

  26-04-2024 14:45 via amny.com
  
  Police in the Bronx shot and killed a dog as the canine mauled its owner to death in a horrific attack early on Friday morning.
  Law enforcement sources said the grisly scene unfolded at about 3:09 a.m. on April 26 inside an apartment at 1210 Simpson St. in Longwood.
  Officers from the 42nd Precinct rushed to the location after receiving a 911 call about the incident.
  Upon arriving at the location, authorities said, they spotted the canine, a pit bull named Max, actively biting its owner, a 41-yea
  
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• UPDATE | Ferrara, D’Angelo stripped of CB11 leadership positions after months of controversy

  26-04-2024 14:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Community Board 11 Chair Bernadette Ferrara and Vice Chair Al D’Angelo were officially booted from their positions on the body Thursday night, after being at odds with fellow board members and the office of Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson for months.
  A motion to let the pair carry out their terms as chair and vice chair failed during CB11’s full board meeting on April 25, even after the body’s investigation committee recommended the full board let them remain in th
  
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• UPDATE | CB11 strips Ferrara, D’Angelo of leadership titles in meeting marked by disruptions and a resignation

  26-04-2024 14:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Community Board 11 voted to boot Chair Bernadette Ferrara and Vice Chair Al D’Angelo from their leadership positions Thursday night — in a meeting that involved arguments between board members, disruptions from the gallery, and a resignation on the spot.
  A motion to let Ferrara and D’Angelo carry out their terms as chair and vice chair failed by a vote of 15-22, with three abstentions, during CB11’s full board meeting on April 25, even after the body’s investi
  
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• CB11 strips Ferrara, D’Angelo of leadership titles in meeting marked by disruptions and a resignation

  26-04-2024 14:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Community Board 11 voted to boot Chair Bernadette Ferrara and Vice Chair Al D’Angelo from their leadership positions Thursday night — in a meeting that involved arguments between board members, disruptions from the gallery, and a resignation on the spot.
  A motion to let Ferrara and D’Angelo carry out their terms as chair and vice chair failed by a vote of 15-22, with three abstentions, during CB11’s full board meeting on April 25, even after the body’s investi
  
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• Bronx woman cuffed for killing young daughter: NYPD

  26-04-2024 14:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Bronx mother was arrested Thursday for the murder and torture of her 6-year-old daughter dating back to last year, authorities said.
  Lynija Eason Kumar was marched out of the 42nd Precinct on April 25 en route to her arraignment on charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter. She refused to respond to the allegations.
  Police accuse Kumar of allegedly killing Jalayah Eason, who was found unconscious and responsive on May 26, 2023 inside a 12th floor apartment within the Forest Ho
  
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• BREAKING | Ferrara removed as CB11 chair after months of controversial leadership

  26-04-2024 14:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Community Board 11 Chair Bernadette Ferrara was officially been booted from her position Thursday night, after being at odds with fellow board members and the office of Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson for months.
  In a statement posted to social media on April 25, Ferrara said her removal was “all about [manipulation,] power and taking over the community board, starting with public defamation of character.”
  CB11’s full board meeting agenda on April 25 paved the way
  
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• BREAKING | Ferrara, D’Angelo stripped of CB11 leadership positions after months of controversy

  26-04-2024 14:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Community Board 11 Chair Bernadette Ferrara and Vice Chair Al D’Angelo were officially booted from their positions Thursday night, after being at odds with fellow board members and the office of Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson for months.
  In a statement posted to social media on April 25, Ferrara said her removal was “all about [manipulation,] power and taking over the community board, starting with public defamation of character.”
  CB11’s full board meeting a
  
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• Yankees stifled by Alex Wood, Athletics in 3-1 loss; settle for split of 4-game set

  26-04-2024 04:30 via amny.com
  
  Two mistakes by Nestor Cortes doomed the Yankees’ 3-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics onThursday night at Yankee Stadium.
  After 1-2-3 first and second innings, Cortes gave up a home run to Nick Allen and a two-run shot to Tyler Nevin in the third inning which created a deficit too great for the Yankees to get out of.
  Despite those two blips, Cortes went 7.0 innings, allowing thosest three runs on five hits whilestriking out four. Dennis Santana and Victor Gonzalez both put up scoreless innin
  
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• DJ LeMahieu injury: Yankees’ 3B shut down for at least another week

  25-04-2024 22:22 via amny.com
  
  The New York Yankees returned DJ LeMahieu from his rehab assignment and will shut him down for at least another week, the team announced Thursday, due to continued swelling in his fractured right foot.
  The veteran third baseman suffered the injury during spring training on March 16 and has yet to make his season debut. He appeared to take a step in the right direction earlier this week when the team announced he would begin a minor-league rehab assignment on Tuesday with Double-A Somerset. 
  
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• Fulton Community Reentry Center opens at site of former prison in Claremont

  25-04-2024 22:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  A Bronx building that was once a state prison is now a place of temporary housing and support for people recently released from incarceration, thanks to a partnership between a local nonprofit and the NYC Department of Social Services.
  Now called the Fulton Community Reentry Center, the seven-story building at 1511 Fulton Ave. near Crotona Park in Claremont has housed many local organizations, in addition to the prison, throughout its history dating back to 1907. Gov. Cuomo ordered the prison cl
  
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• Monster mother: Bronx woman cuffed for killing young daughter

  25-04-2024 21:50 via amny.com
  
  A Bronx mother was arrested Thursday for the murder and torture of her six-year-old daughter dating back to last year, authorities said.
  Lynija Eason Kumar was marched out of the 42nd Precinct on April 25 en route to her arraignment on charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter. She refused to respond to the allegations.
  Police accuse Kumar of allegedly killing Jalayah Eason, who was found unconscious and responsive on May 26, 2023 inside a 12th floor apartment within the Forest House
  
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• Bronx pol announces building safety legislation inspired by Billingsley Terrace collapse

  25-04-2024 20:29 via bxtimes.com
  
  Nearly four months after the 1915 Billingsley Terrace partial collapse in Morris Heights, Bronx City Council Member Pierina Sanchez on Thursday announced legislation aimed at establishing stricter regulations for apartment building safety and landlord participation.
  Sanchez, who represents the Bronx’s District 14 on the New York City Council, stood outside City Hall on April 25 and said more should have been done to prevent the collapse in December, which displaced more than 100 people.
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