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• Kingsbridge Heights Mural Unveiling

  19-07-2019 06:00 via bxtimes.com
  See this story at BxTimes.com.By Robert WirsingBronx TimesA beautiful new mural made its debut at Kingsbridge Heights Community Center’s Neighborhood Festival in May, drawn and designed by Rob Anderson with the help of KHCC’s tweens. Anderson incorporated pop art, graffiti and bright bold colors to represent the local community.
  
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• Pregnant bus drivers blast MTA over lack of reasonable accommodations

  30-04-2024 22:30 via amny.com
  
  Pregnant bus drivers working for the MTA who are suing the transit agency for allegedly skirting requirements to provide reasonable accommodations publicly blasted the authority Tuesday for its alleged failures.
  Female subway operators are entitled to take on “restricted duty” positions when they’re expecting a child, but the same rights are not extended to pregnant women who drive one of the MTA’s 6,000 city buses.
  Now, six of those women, supported by the Transport Work
  
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• Bronx youth will light up Radio City Music Hall for the Garden of Dreams talent show

  30-04-2024 22:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  For 18-year-old London Nash of Parkchester, the third time really was a charm. After auditioning in 2022 and 2023 for the Garden of Dreams talent show at Radio City Music Hall, she was finally selected this year. 
  When she heard the good news, “I was crying,” Nash told the Bronx Times.At the May 2 show, she will sing “I Am Changing,” performed by Jennifer Hudson in the movie “Dreamgirls.”
  “I think I resonate with the song completely,” Nash sai
  
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• Company behind Pelham Parkway Phase 2 reconstruction suing the city for breach of contract

  30-04-2024 22:05 via bxtimes.com
  
  The construction company hired by the city to complete Phase 2 of the Pelham Parkway reconstruction project has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the city for alleged breach of contract. 
  C.A.C. Industries, Inc., based in Long Island City, filed suit in state Supreme Court Friday seeking over $6 million in compensatory damages, arguing that it was not paid the full amount owed for the project that went years beyond its scheduled completion date. 
  The Pelham project was indeed
  
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• How NYC plans to bring hate crime prevention lessons into public school classrooms

  30-04-2024 21:45 via amny.com
  
  As hate crimes continue to surge locally and nationwide, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday a new curriculum designed to teach public school students all about bias incidents in NYC and beyond. 
  “Teaching About Hate Crimes and their Impact” is a series of hate-crime focused lessons that teach students in grades six to 12 about hate crimes, bias and their impact on individuals and communities. 
  The city’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes (OPHC), along with the
  
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• Bronx Times rakes in five honors at New York Press Association awards

  30-04-2024 19:18 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Bronx Times and Bronx Times Reporter weekly newspapers won five prizes at the New York Press Association’s (NYPA) annual conference upstate last weekend — contributing to Schneps Media Group’s top finish at the contest.
  Bronx Times staffers ET Rodriguez, Mayra Kalaora, Camille Botello and Emily Swanson were recognized for stories they reported and wrote in 2023 during this year’s awards weekend in Saratoga Springs on April 26-27. The NYPA awards recognize outstan
  
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• MLB Power Rankings 5.0 (Week of April 28): Movers and shakers aplenty as Yankees, Mets fall on list

  30-04-2024 19:13 via amny.com
  
  Welcome to the fifth edition of our 2024 MLB Power Rankings where we saw the most movement, yet.
  Both New York teams sagged on our list while AL clubs like the Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins made some considerable moves up.
  Last year’s league champions continue to stall in neutral and there is a new team at the very bottom of our rankings.
  2024 MLB Power Rankings 5.0Atlanta Braves (Previous #1): The Braves’ machine is humming just fine despite a Monday-night collapse against th
  
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• Gunnar Henderson becomes youngest player to hit 10 homers before May 1 as Orioles defeat Yankees 2-0

  30-04-2024 16:16 via amny.com
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunnar Henderson led off the first inning with a homer to become the youngest player in major league history with 10 before May 1 and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 2-0 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series.
  Grayson Rodriguez threw 5 2/3 shutout innings for Baltimore, which won the first meeting of the season between the top two teams in the AL East.
  After fouling off the previous three pitches, the 22-year-old Henderson lined a
  
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• Deadly day in the Bronx: Cops make grim discoveries of dead baby, man fatally shot in separate incidents

  30-04-2024 15:45 via amny.com
  
  Bronx detectives are investigating separate, deadly incidents that occurred on Monday — including one involving a newborn baby.  
  Officers from the 40th Precinct responded to a 911 call at 600 Bergen Ave. at approximately 4 a.m. on April 29 where they found a newborn baby unconscious and unresponsive inside the South Bronx home. EMS were on site and pronounced the baby boy dead at the scene. 
  Law enforcement sources were not able to say if the baby’s parent or guardian
  
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• Bronx resident dubbed executive director of Inside Broadway

  30-04-2024 14:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx resident Katie McAllister has two passions in life: Broadway and arts education. In February, she was named executive director of the nonprofit Inside Broadway.
  Previously the program director of Inside Broadway for more than 17 years, McAllister will now be spearheading Inside Broadway’s programming throughout the year. The nonprofit serves over 75,000 students throughout five boroughs through the in-class residency programs, after school workshops, summer theatre camp, senior citiz
  
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• Op-ed | The fiscal year 2025 Executive Budget gets stuff done for working-class New Yorkers

  30-04-2024 14:00 via amny.com
  
  For over two years, cities across the country have struggled to respond to the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In New York City, slowing tax revenue growth combined with low office occupancy rates, and the expiration of temporary federal stimulus dollars have put a strain on our city’s budget.
  At the same time, as we all know only too well, the pandemic exposed cracks in education, health care, and housing that urgently need to be addressed, and we faced costs related to settling lo
  
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• ‘Not your father’s bank’: Chase Community Center Branch opens on East Fordham Road

  30-04-2024 13:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Last Friday afternoon, the hottest place to see and be seen in the Bronx was not a new club or restaurant or fancy gala — it was the new Chase Bank Grand Concourse Community Center Branch, which the company called “not your father’s bank branch.”
  On April 26, Dozens of former and current elected officials, business executives and community partners from the Hip-Hop Museum and other prominent Bronx locales — along with a steady flow of customers just doing their Frid
  
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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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