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• Hochul unpacks details of major effort to combat retail theft — including tougher penalties and tax credits

  01-05-2024 22:10 via amny.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul rolled out the details Wednesday of a $40 million package filled with sweeping measures, including retail-focused anti-theft teams for police, to combat rising retail theft across the state. 
  The legislation included in the recently-enacted state budget features more penalties for anyone who assaults retail workers, as well as a $5 million tax credit to help small business owners invest in security for their shops, such as through new security cameras or devices.“We&
  
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• Hochul mulling revival of congestion pricing as Trump’s second term looms, reports say

  10-11-2024 19:15 via amny.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul is reportedly considering reviving congestion pricing, which she paused this summer, as the start of Donald Trump’s second presidential term looms.
  Politico reported that Hochul is weighing her options with the federal Department of Transportation to revive the toll of driving into Manhattan south of 60th Street. Specifically, she is reportedly interested in whether lowering the base toll for motorists from $15 to $9 would require another lengthy environmental assessment.
  
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• 17-year-old fatally shot in the Bronx in latest act of teen gun violence

  10-11-2024 15:40 via amny.com
  
  Another teenager perished due to gun violence Saturday night, this time in the Bronx, authorities said.
  According to police sources, officers from the 40th Precinct were called to Beekman Avenue and Oak Terrace in Mott Haven at around 7:45 p.m. on Nov. 9 after a 911 call reporting an assault in progress.
  When the officers arrived, they found 17-year-old Xavier Navarez on the ground outside of 601 Oak Terrace with multiple gunshot wounds to his back.
  EMS rushed Navarez to Lincoln Hospital in crit
  
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• How the NYPD helped deliver the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and usher in the holidays in NYC

  09-11-2024 18:00 via amny.com
  
  Bringing the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to the Big Apple every year is possibly the biggest holiday haul this side of Santa Claus on Christmas night.
  For starters, the tree is enormous; this year’s Norway spruce—cut down in western Massachusetts—is 74 feet tall and weighs 11 tons. Such a tree cannot just be tied to the roof of an SUV; it has to be loaded onto a specialized wide-load tractor-trailer, requiring a carefully coordinated police escort to safely transport the
  
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• Column: ‘Savor the Bronx’ restaurant week is returning — Here’s what restaurant owners should know

  08-11-2024 18:50 via bxtimes.com
  
  Savor the Bronx, an annual event that encourages people to try new restaurants and cuisines for an affordable price, will be making a return—and will take place between Feb. 18-24 next year.
  After a two-year pause, the Bronx Tourism Council and the Office of the Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson have decided to bring it back.
  If you’re not familiar with it, Savor the Bronx restaurant week is a six-day event designed to provide restaurants with a vehicle to market to potential new c
  
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• City Island dojo offers martial arts training and mentorship, shaping the next generation

  08-11-2024 18:28 via bxtimes.com
  
  People flock to City Island in the summer for its seafood and atmosphere, but it is also home to a martial arts dojo that is helping turn boys into men.
  In 2010, Pelham Bay resident Edwin Castro opened Dragons Path Academy at 229 City Island Ave. The academy offers several programs for physical fitness and instruction in the art of self-defense including Hapkido, taekwondo, kickboxing and other martial arts.
  Castro, who grew up in the South Bronx in the 1980s when the area was often in flames, f
  
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• Work experience program at New Directions Secondary School boosts attendance and empowers Bronx youth

  08-11-2024 17:04 via bxtimes.com
  
  At New Directions, a small transfer school in the Claremont neighborhood, a work experience program is spurring gains in attendance and helping young people learn valuable skills. 
  New Directions has just 140 students and is geared towards those who haven’t been successful in traditional high schools. These students are often “overage and undercredited,” meaning they should have already graduated or are significantly behind in credits towards graduation, and some are inter
  
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• Royal Coach Diner on Boston Road officially closes

  08-11-2024 16:22 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Royal Coach Diner at 3260 Boston Rd. in the Bronx has officially closed, nearly five months after its owners announced it would be closing.
  On July 20, the owners of Royal Coach Diner posted a letter on social media announcing that they would be shutting down and thanked the community for supporting their business. In the letter, they cited the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and increasing costs as contributing factors for the restaurant’s closure.
  One of the Royal Coach Diner’s am
  
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• Knicks legend Larry Johnson inspires Bronx youth at Jr. Knicks clinic with BronxWorks

  07-11-2024 19:54 via bxtimes.com
  
  Dozens of South Bronx middle school students recently had the opportunity to shoot hoops and chop it up with a New York Knicks legend.
  On Oct. 30, BronxWorks partnered with the New York Knicks for its second annual Jr. Knicks basketball clinic at the Carolyn McLaughlin Community Center, 1130 Grand Concourse. Knicks Legend Larry Johnson joined the Jr. Knicks team in running drills with middle school students while also passing on important leadership skills to the next generation. Last
  
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• Op-Ed | Riding on top of trains takes lives

  07-11-2024 18:30 via amny.com
  
  Last week in New York City, a young girl died, and another was seriously injured while illegally riding on top of a moving subway train. As New Yorkers have seen in far too many headlines — this is not an isolated incident. The allure of social media fame has lured too many young people on top of trains, and the consequences have been deadly. What is worse, the companies whose algorithms promote this deadly content haven’t done nearly enough to put an end to it. 
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• Yankees’ Luis Gil named Baseball Digest’s 2024 AL Rookie of the Year

  07-11-2024 18:26 via amny.com
  
  New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil has been named Baseball Digest’s 2024 American League Rookie of the Year, the publication announced on Thursday. 
  The 26-year-old right-hander becomes the third Yankees player in franchise history to be given AL Rookie of the Year honors by Baseball Digest, joining Derek Jeter in 1996 and Aaron Judge in 2017. He received six of the 11 first-place votes, beating out outfielder Colton Cowser of the Baltimore Orioles and right-handed closer Maso
  
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• Bronx native and WWII veteran Gene Freedman celebrates 100th birthday

  07-11-2024 16:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Eugene “Gene” Freedman, who grew up in the Bronx and now lives in Queens, is celebrating his 100th birthday Thursday. Born on Nov. 7, 1924, to Russian immigrant parents who sought refuge in the United States to escape persecution, Freedman has led a life marked by dedication to family, community, and service.
  A resident of Bayside, for over six decades, Freedman has stayed active and engaged in his community. He enjoys sports like golf, paddle tennis, and tennis and loves reading, of
  
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• Bayside resident and WWII veteran Gene Freedman celebrates 100th birthday

  07-11-2024 16:30 via qns.com
  
  Eugene “Gene” Freedman, a long-time Bayside resident and first-generation American, is celebrating his 100th birthday Thursday. Born on Nov. 7, 1924, to Russian immigrant parents who sought refuge in the United States to escape persecution, Freedman has led a life marked by dedication to family, community, and service.
  A resident of Bayside, for over six decades, Freedman has stayed active and engaged in his community. He enjoys sports like golf, paddle tennis, and tennis and loves r
  
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• Average roommate rent in NYC hold steady in third quarter of 2024: report

  07-11-2024 16:15 via qns.com
  
  After the average rent for roommates in New York City spiked in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by the roommate-finding site SpareRoom indicated prices began to stabilize during the third quarter of 2024, reaching $1,540.
  After hitting its peak average roommate rent of $1,625 during the second quarter of 2023, New York City has seen a steady decline. The cost dropped to $1,581 in the third quarter of 2023 and $1,571 in the fourth quarter. A new low was reached in
  
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• Bronx Times Exclusive: NYC small businesses could get a break from burdensome fines with proposed transparency legislation

  07-11-2024 14:39 via bxtimes.com
  
  Small Businesses in the Bronx and across the city could see a reprieve from burdensome fines with upcoming legislation designed to enhance the transparency and fairness for enforcing city regulations.
  Council Member Oswald Feliz, who represents the 15th district in the Bronx, said he plans to introduce a bill requiring the city to track and map fines frequently issued to small businesses and create support systems for small business owners who want to improve their compliance with city codes.
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• Bronx man killed in single-vehicle crash on the Nassau Expressway in Springfield Gardens: NYPD

  06-11-2024 21:30 via qns.com
  
  A Bronx man was killed in a horrific crash on the Nassau Expressway near JFK Airport early Wednesday morning.Police from the 113th Precinct in Jamaica responded to a 911 call about a vehicle collision near Exit 3 on the Nassau Expressway, where they found the 25-year-old motorist had been ejected from his BMW. EMS responded to the scene and rushed the victim to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. He was later identified as Andre A. Beadle of Mickel Avenue in the Pelham
  
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• NYC immigrant groups denounce Trump’s re-election, pledge to protect immigrant communities

  06-11-2024 18:40 via qns.com
  
  In the wake of Donald Trump being re-elected President of the United States Tuesday, multiple New York City-based immigrant organizations have released statements in which they criticized Trump for his history of anti-immigrant rhetoric and reinforced their missions to protect immigrants from any unconstitutional actions his administration may take to get them deported.
  Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump has been highly critical of the amount of immigrants in the United States, both leg
  
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• With Gleyber Torres likely gone, who takes over 2nd base for Yankees?

  06-11-2024 17:48 via amny.com
  
  With the likely departure of long-time second baseman Gleyber Torres, the position becomes one of many that the New York Yankees will need to fill prior to the 2025 season.
  After a slow start to his 2024 campaign, Torres came alive in the back half of the season, hitting .290 with seven homers and 31 RBI in the final three months of the regular season. After the Yankees declined to give Torres a qualifying offer prior to his free agency, it seems as if his days as a Yankee could be over. If they
  
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• Aaron Boone rumors: Yankees manager’s future to be discussed with backing from Brian Cashman

  06-11-2024 17:31 via amny.com
  
  New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone’s future will be discussed this coming weekend, general manager Brian Cashman said. 
  The skipper’s contract includes an option for the 2025 season, but the veteran GM added that conversations about a new deal are also possible. Boone, having just completed his seventh season as Yankees manager, signed a three-year extension in 2021.
  “I’m a big Aaron Boone fan,” Cashman said at the MLB GM meetings in San Antonio (h/t ESPN). &
  
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• New Yorkers vote to enshrine abortion in state Constitution, approve most of Mayor’s City Charter changes

  06-11-2024 16:51 via bxtimes.com
  
  New Yorkers approved five of the six ballot proposals that came before Big Apple voters on Tuesday, including a measure to enshrine abortion rights in the State Constitution and changes to the City Charter that could give the mayor a bigger hand in the City Council’s lawmaking process.
  Empire State voters passed Proposition 1 — also known as the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) — by a 22% vote margin, with 57% voting in favor of the measure, 35% voting against it and another 8% lea
  
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• Bronx cops find machine gun-toting man inside subway tunnel

  06-11-2024 16:45 via amny.com
  
  Bronx cops arrested a man in a subway tunnel on Tuesday after he was caught carrying a loaded machine gun, law enforcement sources said.
  According to police sources, officers from the NYPD Public Safety Team spotted two men entering the tunnel from the northbound platform of the Kingsbridge Road station on the B/D line at around 3:46 p.m. on Nov. 5.
  The cops followed and later spotted 20-year-old Abraham Sosa allegedly urinating. When the officers approached him, police sources said, the suspect
  
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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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• With resounding support from Bronx and Queens, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clinches fourth term in Congress

  06-11-2024 14:58 via qns.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed a decisive fourth term in Congress on Nov. 5, as New York’s 14th District voters rallied behind her grassroots-driven, progressive leadership.
  Representing a diverse stretch of the Bronx and Queens, Ocasio-Cortez, a steadfast Democrat, once again energized her community and won their resounding support, reaffirming her role as a bold advocate in Washington.
  “Thank you to the people of the Bronx and Queens for re-electing me to another term in Con
  
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• Paving the way: AARP New York launching hands-on sidewalk survey to improve pedestrian safety in NYC

  06-11-2024 13:00 via amny.com
  
  A major national advocacy group is spearheading a movement to get NYC’s sidewalks in tip-top shape, but it needs some help from concerned citizens to make it happen.
  AARP New York announced a hands-on state-wide initiative designed to improve the quality of the Empire State’s many sidewalks. Dubbed Taking it to the Streets: Improving Pedestrian Safety in Your Community, the initiative gives New Yorkers an opportunity to survey the sidewalks — or lack thereof — in the
  
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• Paving the way: AARP New York launches hands-on sidewalk survey to improve pedestrian safety in NYC

  06-11-2024 13:00 via amny.com
  
  A major national advocacy group is spearheading a movement to get NYC’s sidewalks in tip-top shape, but it needs some help from concerned citizens to make it happen.
  AARP New York announced a hands-on state-wide initiative on Monday to improve the quality of the Empire State’s many sidewalks. Dubbed Taking it to the Streets: Improving Pedestrian Safety in Your Community, the initiative gives New Yorkers an opportunity to survey the sidewalks — or lack thereof — in th
  
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• TRUMP RE-ELECTED: Former New York mogul wins back White House despite criminal indictments

  06-11-2024 12:23 via amny.com
  
  Donald Trump is projected to have won the United States presidency.
  The 78-year-old businessman turned politician is expected to have claimed Wisconsin to earn 276 electoral college votes, which is more than the 270 needed to win the election overall.
  Trump declared victory in a speech at his watch party in Florida, saying: “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president.”
  The former president — who w
  
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• TRUMP RE-ELECTED: Former New York mogul wins back White House

  06-11-2024 12:23 via amny.com
  
  Donald Trump is projected to have won the United States presidency.
  The 78-year-old businessman turned politician is expected to have claimed Wisconsin to earn 276 electoral college votes, which is more than the 270 needed to win the election overall.
  Trump declared victory in a speech at his watch party in Florida, saying: “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president.”
  The former president — who w
  
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• Democrats sweep Bronx races with expected wins, high turnout driven by presidential election

  06-11-2024 04:54 via bxtimes.com
  
  There were no surprises in any of the Bronx races, with Democrats winning all of the federal and state races as expected.
  The races were all called almost immediately after polls closed at 9 p.m. Unofficial results released by the NYS Board of Elections indicated that all of the incumbents retained their seats, with just one newcomer emerging: George Latimer. Latimer, who unseated incumbent Democrat Jamaal Bowman in the 16th District congressional primary, cruised to victory against his Republic
  
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• Democrats sweep Bronx races, high turnout driven by presidential election

  06-11-2024 04:54 via bxtimes.com
  
  There were no surprises in any of the Bronx races, with Democrats winning all of the federal and state races as expected.
  The races were all called almost immediately after polls closed at 9 p.m. Unofficial results released by the NYS Board of Elections revealed that all of the incumbents retained their seats, with just one newcomer emerging: George Latimer. Latimer, who unseated incumbent Democrat Jamaal Bowman in the 16th District congressional primary in June, cruised to victory against his R
  
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• LIVE ELECTION RESULTS | Polls close in New York as fate of presidency hangs in balance

  06-11-2024 03:00 via amny.com
  
  It’s all over but the counting.
  The polls have closed in New York in the critical 2024 election for the next president of the United States, and numerous important races for the Senate, House, state Senate and Assembly, and six ballot questions.
  The presidential battle between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump topped all ballots around the country. While the final result remains unknown, AP has already called New York and her 28 electoral
  
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