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• Op-Ed | Access to resources is a lifeline for small business owners

  16-05-2024 17:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  As a seasoned small business owner with decades of experience in my field, it goes without saying that I’ve seen my fair share of hiccups along the way. Small business owners are used to that happening, but none of us were prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic. My company, the Bronx Design Group, is a full-service graphic design and printing company which provides businesses with needed materials for their day-to-day operations, as well as assists them with events. As you can imagine, when ev
  
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• Incumbent Benedetto, challenger Soto debate for second time in Assembly District 82 race

  18-06-2024 22:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  With the primary election just a week away, incumbent Assembly Member for the Bronx’s 82nd district, Michael Benedetto, joined familiar challenger Jonathan Soto for a spirited debate on June 17 at the BronxNet studios at Lehman College. 
  The debate was moderated by veteran BronxTalk host Gary Axelbank, who has moderated 96 political debates in the Bronx. 
  This is the third time that Soto, a progressive, will challenge Benedetto, a moderate Democrat who has served since 2005 in th
  
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• Bronx teen poets compete in Parlé Endeavors Teen Poetry Slam

  18-06-2024 19:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Nine teens — including six from the Bronx — showed off their creativity and performance skills in the preliminary round of Parlé Endeavors’ second annual Teen Poetry Slam on June 15. The citywide competition for teenswas created by Kevin Benoit, founder of Parlé Endeavors, a nonprofit focused on youth opportunities for creative expression and entrepreneurship.  
  The young writers’ poems covered a variety of personal topics, including the power of p
  
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• MLB Power Rankings 12.0 (Week of June 16): Yankees stay on top, Mets make big jump

  18-06-2024 18:41 via amny.com
  
  Our latest edition of 2024 MLB Power Rankings continues to bode well for the Yankees, who top our lists for a third straight week. 
  However, the other New York team took a major leap as the Mets are scorching. They are one of three teams to make considerable leaps in our rankings while we continue to parse through some underwhelming and disappointing clubs that we expected so much more from.
  2024 MLB Power Rankings 12.0
  (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)New York Yankees (Previous #1): After taking t
  
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• Anthony Rizzo injury: 1B could miss 4-6 weeks, Yankees call up Ben Rice

  18-06-2024 15:18 via amny.com
  
  Anthony Rizzo was trying to work through a brutal slump but now he has landed on the injured list. 
  The New York Yankees’ veteran first baseman could be sidelined between four and six weeks after suffering a fractured right arm, as first reported by The Athletic. Rizzo suffered the injury during the seventh inning of Sunday night’s 9-3 loss at Fenway Park when he tried to evade Boston Red Sox pitcher Brennan Bernardino, who was trying to cover first base while receiving a throw
  
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• St. Catharine Academy celebrates high school, eighth grade graduations

  18-06-2024 15:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  St. Catharine Academy (SCA) in Pelham Gardens held its 135th graduation ceremony for the class of 2024 on Wednesday, May 29. The school, on June 7, also celebrated its first eighth grade graduation coming to the Williamsbridge Road building in the 1950s. 
  Families gathered to celebrate the remarkable success of the Class of 2024. The all-girls Catholic college preparatory school graduates have earned over $21.7 million in academic grants and scholarships and acceptance to 135 colleges and u
  
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• Op-Ed | Celebrating Juneteenth with a new heritage walk, landmark, and progress

  18-06-2024 14:00 via amny.com
  
  As the second Black mayor of New York City, I am proud to celebrate Juneteenth, a day that commemorates June 19, 1865, when every enslaved Black American was finally free. This is a day of importance not just for Black Americans, but for all Americans. It is a day when the promise of freedom finally matched Black Americans’ lived reality. It is a day when the freedom for which America is known for around the world finally became available to a wider group of citizens.
  However, as we all kn
  
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• NYC rents going up again for stabilized apartments; what the Rent Guidelines Board vote means for 1.1 million tenants

  18-06-2024 03:13 via amny.com
  
  The Rent Guidelines Board voted Monday night to increase the rent for more than 1 million rent-stabilized tenants in the face of infuriated advocates who protested the decision.
  Hundreds took to the streets on the Upper East Side with dozens blocking the entrance to Hunter College where the board — a nine-member mix of tenant, owner and public representatives appointed by the mayor — voted 5-4 to approve a 2.75% increase for one-year leases and 5.25% for two-year leases. 
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• Congestion pricing: Bronx pols split on last-minute decision to pause toll program

  18-06-2024 00:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx politicians are mixed in their support for congestion pricing following Gov. Kathy Hochul’s abrupt announcement earlier this month to delay the start of the Manhattan toll program. 
  Some have expressed frustration with Hochul’s about-face — reported on by nearly every Manhattan-based publication the first week of June — but a few others threw their support to the governor, claiming congestion pricing will burden their constituents. 
  The program, approved b
  
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• Bronx youth get ready for Camp Junior, named in honor of local teen murdered in 2018

  17-06-2024 23:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  June 20 marks six years since 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz was chased, beaten and stabbed to death by gang members in the Belmont neighborhood. As Junior’s family and community celebrate his legacy this week and every day, hundreds of Bronx kids are getting ready to depart for a sleepaway summer camp named in his honor.
  The Bronx Times spoke with Kayla Paulino, who is starting her third summer as the director of Camp Junior.“I wholeheartedly believe that eve
  
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• Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to make 2024 season debut Wednesday

  17-06-2024 21:37 via amny.com
  
  Gerrit Cole, the New York Yankees’ largest reinforcement yet, is headed back to the Bronx Bombers’ ranks. 
  Manager Aaron Boone confirmed on the Talkin’ Yanks podcast on Monday that the veteran right-hander will make his season debut on Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner was sidelined during spring training due to an elbow injury that was originally tabbed as a near-dooming blow for a team whose starting rotation was uncertain.&nb
  
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• CUNY failed to properly investigate incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia, feds say

  17-06-2024 21:30 via amny.com
  
  Several City University of New York (CUNY) colleges improperly investigated antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, the U.S. Department of Education announced Monday.
  The federal education department said it reached an agreement with CUNY mandating that the city’s public college system take several corrective actions — including reopening or initiating investigations of complaints and reports of alleged discrimination.
  The CUNY colleges at the center of the department’
  
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• ‘Stay out of our lanes’: MTA expanding camera enforcement program to combat bus stop blockers, double parkers

  17-06-2024 21:15 via amny.com
  
  The MTA is expanding its automated camera enforcement program beyond those blocking bus lanes — bringing buses capable of issuing tickets to bear on scofflaw drivers slowing down New Yorkers’ commutes.
  Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) launches this week on 623 buses across 14 routes in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. By the end of the year, the MTA says the technology will be on 1,023 buses across 33 distinct routes.
  The buses are equipped with technology that can autom
  
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• PHOTOS | Bronx BP’s LGBTQ+ Taskforce Pride party has special message for youth

  17-06-2024 20:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Vivika Westwood (l.), sitting with Maxxx Tsunami, was the mistress of ceremonies at the BP’s Pride party. “I would tell [the youth] that they’re not alone,” said Westwood. “My wish for them is that they understand that they come from a community that is as old as existence. We have always been here — and we’ll always be here.”Photo ET Rodriguez
  Performer Maxxx Tsunami gave it her all as she strut up and down the restaurant and got down on the floor
  
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• WHEDco unveils plaques at Bronx Music Hall

  17-06-2024 19:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  The Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) unveiled over 40 stainless steel, brass and rose gold recognition plaques on the façade of the Bronx Music Hall on Thursday, June 6, acknowledging individuals and organizations who have played meaningful roles in the development of the Bronx Music Heritage Center and the Bronx Music Hall, and in the artistic, cultural, social and physical fabric of the Bronx.
  Attendees applaud the unveiling of plaques on June 6, 2024.
  
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• NYPD Community Affairs hosts Bronx Father’s Day celebration

  17-06-2024 18:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  The NYPD’s Community Affairs Bureau hosted a Father’s Day Cut & Brunch celebration on June 12, held in honor of the amazing fathers in the Bronx community. The event, held at the BronxWorks Pyramid Cornerstone Community Center (884 Washington Ave.), was free for all fathers.Fathers and all present enjoyed free haircuts, food, drinks, great music and good laughs. 
  A group photo with Officer Cristina Cepeda-Chavez, Officer Dili Jefferson, Officer Sherrell Davis; FEC Commu
  
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• Yankees meet Orioles in massive June clash with Gerrit Cole return looming

  17-06-2024 17:26 via amny.com
  
  With a slim 1.5-game lead over their division rivals in the American League East, the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles will face off in a crucial three-game series for top billing, beginning Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.
  The Yankees, with a robust .676 win percentage, come in with the best record in Major League Baseball. The Orioles, 8-2 in their last 10 games, are tied for the second-best record in the league and are seeking to win the AL East for the second straight season. 
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• BronxNet celebrates community art project grant recipients

  17-06-2024 17:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Ten artists debuted their two-year-long innovative media projects supported by the artists economy initiative Creative Rebuild New York and BronxNet Media and Technology Studios on Thursday, June 13. 
  Participating artists included puppetry artists Alba Enid García Rivas, Kervin Peralta and Paola Poucel; filmmakers Jasmine White and Kobina de Graft Johnson; hip-hop artists and producers Ana “Rokafella” Garcia and Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio; visual artist Mart
  
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• Column | First-of-its-kind reformer pilates studio opens on City Island

  17-06-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Business is thriving in the Bronx because of the community members with unique ideas for small businesses that, once they open, become an essential part of the borough. Wendy Clark is one of these people; Clark recently opened The Pearl, a movement studio on City Island. The business offers classes in pilates, yoga, meditation, dance and even pre- and post-natal movement.
  What sets The Pearl apart from other movement studios in the Bronx is that they offer reformer pilates, which is not offered
  
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• ‘A space to be proud of’: Bronx leaders announce $5.5M in funding for renovations to outdoor field at William H. Taft Educational Campus

  17-06-2024 15:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council Member Althea Stevens and Assemblymember Landon Dais joined school officials in the auditorium of the William H. Taft Educational Campus in the Claremont section of the Bronx on June 14 to present a $5.5 million check for upgrades toward the renovation of the Jonathan Levin Field.
  Shortly before the announcement, the community leaders spoke with the students about the process of the renovation project.
  Dr. Da
  
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• Yankees leave bases loaded in 7th, yield 9 stolen bases in 9-3 loss to Red Sox

  17-06-2024 14:58 via amny.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s Zack Kelly escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the seventh before Connor Wong had a two-run triple in the bottom of the inning, lifting the Red Sox to a 9-3 victory over the MLB-best New York Yankees on Sunday night.
  The Red Sox set a club-record with nine stolen bases, with David Hamilton getting four, to take two of three games from the Yankees. It was the most stolen bases in a major league game this season and the most allowed by the Yankees since May 19,
  
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• New York Botanical Garden celebrates Juneteenth on Bronx Day

  17-06-2024 14:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronxites enjoyed a lively Juneteenth celebration on Bronx Day at the New York Botanical Garden on Saturday, June 15.
  Festivities included live music and dance performances by Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Company and The Everything Cover Band, arts and crafts, face painting, food trucks, and culinary activities.
  Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Company performed on Bronx Day at the New York Botanical Garden.Bronxites enjoyed a lively Juneteenth celebration on Bronx Day at the New York Botanical Garden
  
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• NYC panel could hike rents for stabilized tenants 6.5% in Monday vote

  17-06-2024 14:22 via amny.com
  
  A New York City board will vote Monday night on how much to raise rents this year for the Big Apple’s approximately 1 million stabilized tenants — a hike that could reach as high as 6.5%.
  The nine-member panel, known as the Rent Guidelines Board, will hold its final vote to determine the amount in rent increases stabilized tenants will see this coming year during a June 17 meeting. The proceeding, which is open to the public, will take place at Hunter College’s Assembly Hall at
  
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• Driver in Bronx manages to flee after crashing his luxury car off a parking garage roof

  16-06-2024 21:23 via amny.com
  
  Police in the Bronx are looking for the driver who somehow survived a 50-foot fall after sending his luxury car plummeting off the roof of a parking garage Sunday morning.
  The collision totaled the sedan and took out a chunk of the structure, authorities said. Miraculously, the driver lived to flee the carnage.
  According to police sources, the driver of a Porsche drove off the roof of a Target located at Exterior Street and West 225th Street at around 5:12 a.m. on June 16.
  Amazingly, no one real
  
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• Editorial | Vote George Latimer over Jamaal Bowman in the 16th Congressional District primary

  16-06-2024 21:00 via amny.com
  
  Bronx and Westchester Democrats have a big decision to make in the primary on June 25: Do they want their next Member of Congress to be someone who believes in ideals, or someone beholden to ideology?
  There’s a huge difference between ideals and ideology. Ideals are things for which to strive; ideology is something to impose. Those who believe in ideals act to protect and improve all the people they represent; those who practice ideology work only to protect and improve their cause, even i
  
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• Congestion pricing: Feds give final approval, seem to counter Hochul’s economic reasoning for pausing Manhattan tolls

  16-06-2024 20:16 via amny.com
  
  The Federal Highway Administration’s final approval for the MTA’s now-shelved congestion pricing program gave plaudits to the tolling scheme which Gov. Kathy Hochul scuttled for the sake of easing economic costs to drivers.
  On the contrary, the approval decision on June 14 seemed to indicate that congestion pricing would provide significant economic benefits, including “travel-time savings and travel-time reliability improvements, as well as reduced vehicle operating costs.&rdq
  
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• Bronx man wounded in early-morning shooting near Major Deegan Expressway

  16-06-2024 15:15 via amny.com
  
  Cops in the Bronx are investigating an early-morning shooting on Sunday that left a man seriously wounded.
  Police said the incident happened at about 2:58 a.m. on June 16 near the corner of West 150th and Exterior Streets, below the Major Deegan Expressway and near the Bronx Terminal Market, in Concourse.
  Officers from the 44th Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about shots fired, found a 29-year-old man at the scene with a bullet wound to his leg.
  The corner of East 155th and Exterior Street
  
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• Gerrit Cole’s return on horizon providing more good omens for Yankees

  16-06-2024 13:50 via amny.com
  
  The Yankees sit atop the American League in large part due to what has been an elite rotation. They’ve also done it without their ace and reigning Cy Young Award winner.  
  Gerrit Cole, who won his first Cy Young last season, has yet to throw a pitch for the team this year. He has been sidelined since March due to nerve irritation and edema in his pitching elbow but could return within the week after striking out 10 with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday in what was his thi
  
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• Devers’ 2-run double helps Red Sox beat Yankees, stop Rodón’s 7-start winning streak

  16-06-2024 12:35 via amny.com
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Rafael Devers hit a two-run double and the Boston Red Sox ended Carlos Rodón’s seven-start winning streak by beating the New York Yankees 8-4 on Saturday night.
  Tyler O’Neill and rookie Jamie Westbrook had RBI doubles in a three-run first inning for the Red Sox, who rebounded from an 8-1 loss in Friday’s series opener to win before just the second sellout at Fenway Park this season.
  “It was better today than yesterday,” Red Sox manager Ale
  
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• Week in Rewind: Bronx-born rapper and friends launch Sonrisa, NYPD investigating Bronx deaths, AOC hosts discussion on antisemitism and more

  15-06-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx-born rapper and friends launch Sonrisa, Puerto Rico’s newest rum
  Salsa, reggaeton and freestyle music blasted as hundreds gathered at Con Sofrito’s Puerto Rican Day parade after-party on Sunday, June 9, where a sea of people wearing and waving red, white and blue enjoyed free food, free drinks and the newest Puerto Rican rum to hit the market in partnership with Bronx-born rapper and entrepreneur, Joseph Cartagena — also known as Fat Joe.
  “It gives back to Puerto Ri
  
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