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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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• Montefiore leaders earn top distinctions

  21-05-2024 17:47 via bxtimes.com
  
  Montefiore’s Staff and Alumni Association on May 4 presented awards to 10 outstanding house officers and four physician assistants who have brought honor and distinction to Montefiore through their commitment to excellence and service. 
  Dr. Yaron Tomer, the Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Dean of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Chief Academic Officer, Montefiore Medicine, was also recognized for his compassionate, science-driven care, being a leader with outstanding character, an
  
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• Yankees’ Marcus Stroman and Alex Verdugo continue to shine as keys to season success

  21-05-2024 16:45 via amny.com
  
  While the 2023 Yankees offseason may be remembered for the acquisition of Juan Soto, it turns out that two other pickups — Marcus Stroman and Alex Verdugo — have also played important roles in the team’s success thus far in 2024. 
  Evidence of that was on display Monday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners. Stroman pitched a season-high 7.1 innings before giving up a run, giving the Yankees several 1-2-3 innings before relief was called in.  
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• MLB Power Rankings 8.0 (Week of May 19): Phillies stay on top, Yankees make big move, Mets in limbo

  21-05-2024 16:30 via amny.com
  
  Our eighth MLB Power Rankings of the 2024 season sees the Yankees nipping at the Philadelphia Phillies’ heels for the top spot after an undefeated week powered by AL Player of the Week Aaron Judge.
  But there is no joy in Metsville, as the Amazin’s sputter along following a frustrating week that saw their closer have one-too-many meltdowns.
  Let’s get to it! 
  2024 MLB Power Rankings 8.0Philadelphia Phillies (Previous #1): It’s always sunny in Philadelphia these days. G
  
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• Tiffany Gomez named winner of BX-Factor $10k competition

  21-05-2024 15:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Tiffany Gomez, founder and lead designer of the Gomez Design Studio, is the first-place winner of The Bronx Economic Development Corporation’s inaugural “BX-Factor: $10K Small Business Challenge,” the corporation announced in a Monday press release. Gomez Design Studio was one of five businesses selected as a finalist from more than 100 applicants to present their business ideas to a panel of judges at Yankee Stadium on May 16.
  Gomez Design Studio is a company that collects, so
  
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• Summer fun 2024: Check out these free activities in the Bronx

  21-05-2024 14:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Summer fun in the Bronx doesn’t have to come at a price. Whether you’re a family looking for a weekend activity with the kids or need something fun to do with your community, there is an abundance of exciting activities offered throughout the borough this summer.Here are some budget-friendly events found to check out this summer.
  Saturdays on the Sound
  Join The Bronx is Blooming on Saturdays at Soundview Park for fun with friends and environmental revitalization. The Bronx-based nonp
  
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• Op-Ed | Spring jobs spring will lead to a summer of opportunity

  21-05-2024 14:00 via amny.com
  
  New York City is in the middle of an economic boom, breaking record after record when it comes to creating jobs and opportunity. Just last week, we celebrated another record high for private-sector jobs in our city, with unemployment falling to 4.8 percent. There is also good news on the equity front, with Black unemployment at its lowest point in half a decade, having decreased by 26 percent since the start of 2022.
  There is no question: our economy is strong. But we are committed to build
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: AOC rallies supporters in the South Bronx ahead of June primary

  20-05-2024 22:45 via bxtimes.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), one of the world’s most prominent political figures who was born to a Parkchester family, rallied at least 100 supporters and volunteers on Sunday, May 19, at the Bronx Brewery’s location on East 136th Street. The Bronx Times was given exclusive access to the event and spoke with AOC following the rally.
  The group gathered ahead of a neighborhood door-knocking mission to prepare voters for the June 15 primary election, in which Ocasio-Cortez
  
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• Yankees’ Aaron Judge mashes his way to AL Player of the Week honors

  20-05-2024 22:11 via amny.com
  
  Yankees slugger Aaron Judge earned American League Player of the Week honors Monday for mashing three home runs and helping to drive the Bronx Bombers to a seven-game winning streak.
  In six Yankees wins against the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox during the week of May 13-19, Judge launched three home runs and five doubles, drove in five runs and scored seven runs. He also drew seven walks at the plate while getting 10 hits in 20 at-bats, good for a .500 batting average.
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• PHOTOS | Bronx Week Parade

  20-05-2024 20:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Dancers on Mosholu Parkway during the annual Bronx Week parade on Sunday, May 19, 2024.Photo Paul Frangipane
  Bronx Community Board 7 on Mosholu Parkway during the annual Bronx Week parade on Sunday, May 19, 2024.Photo Paul Frangipane
  Spectators the Bronx Week parade on Mosholu Parkway on Sunday, May 19, 2024.Photo Paul Frangipane
  Dancers on Mosholu Parkway during the annual Bronx Week parade on Sunday, May 19, 2024.Photo Paul Frangipane
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson attends the annual B
  
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• PHOTOS | The Bronx Ball

  20-05-2024 17:53 via bxtimes.com
  
  A camera man pans across the floor of the Bronx Ball before notable community members are honored. Photographers and videographers flow between tables to capture every moment on May 18, 2024. Photo Max Blease
  Red lights dart across the dance floor during the Bronx Ball held in northern Bronx on May 18, 2024.Photo Max Blease
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson speaks about the strengths of the Bronx and its community during the Bronx Ball on May 18, 2024.Photo Max Blease
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• Bronx students win big with ‘life-changing’ Garden of Dreams Foundation scholarships

  20-05-2024 17:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Several Bronx students were among those recently awarded scholarships from the nonprofit Garden of Dreams Foundation, which works with MSG Sports, MSG Entertainment and Sphere Entertainment to build community and support youth and families experiencing hardship. 
  Of the 13 students from the tri-state area who were awarded scholarships, seven are from the Bronx — and those lucky recipients now have $60,000 less to worry about when it comes to covering their college expenses. 
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• Girl Scouts honor veterans at Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery 

  20-05-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Nearly 50 Girl Scouts honored veterans by placing American flags on gravesites at the Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery on Saturday, May 18. Local Girl Scout Troops 1185, 1096, and 1095 hosted Girl Scouts from across New York City to honor those who fought for the U.S. and to learn about the importance of Memorial Day.
  Over 40 Girl Scouts adorned over 124 graves with American flags. They also engaged in discussions about respect and values. The Girl Scouts’ endeavors served as “a poign
  
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• Bronx double shooting leaves one man dead, another injuried

  20-05-2024 15:15 via amny.com
  
  Bronx detectives are investigating a double shooting on Sunday night that left one man dead and another injured. 
  According to police sources, the bloodshed began when an individual driving a gray Honda Accord pulled up in front of 4032 Ely Ave. in Edenwald at around 10:50 p.m. on May 19 while multiple individuals allegedly fired from the vehicle before zooming away northbound.
  Two men were caught up in the bullet storm, police said. A 40-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the left le
  
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• Yankees sweep White Sox out of the Bronx as Judge, Berti bring the power

  19-05-2024 22:59 via amny.com
  
  The Yankees are in seventh heaven after their seventh-straight win Sunday, as they completed sweeping the cellar-dwelling Chicago White Sox with a 7-2 victory at the Stadium.
  Aaron Judge and Jon Berti homered into Yankee Stadium’s right field short porch, and Carlos Rodón (5-2) won his third straight start for the Bronx Bombers, who are now an AL-best 33-15.
  The Yankees are scalding hot, having won 13 of their last 15, and amid their longest winning streak since Sept. 18-25, 2022. S
  
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• Four Bronx robbers ambush man, shoot him while trying to steal fanny pack: cops

  19-05-2024 15:55 via amny.com
  
  A fearsome foursome in the Bronx is wanted for robbing and shooting a man as he entered a business last week.
  The NYPD released images Saturday of the suspects sought for the violent robbery that occurred at 4:46 a.m. on the morning of May 17 at 3310 3rd Ave. in Morrisania.
  Law enforcement sources said the victim, a 34-year-old man, began to enter the location when the four suspects — two men and women, both unidentified — confronted him.
  According to police, the male robbers pulled
  
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• Week in Rewind: Bronx cops save man who fell into train tracks, NFL stars head to annual youth football camp, county fair returns to Throggs Neck and more

  18-05-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx cops save man who fell into train tracks after medical episode
  Two NYPD officers in the Bronx jumped down onto the train tracks during rush hour on Tuesday afternoon to save a man who had fallen after a medical episode.
  According to police, officers assigned transit overtime at the 3rd Avenue-149th Street Station in the South Bronx responded quickly around 5:30 p.m. on May 14 after bystanders said a man had a seizure and fell into the 2/5 train tracks. The NYPD said the man was only &ldquo
  
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• Clarke Schmidt impresses with 8 shutout innings leading Yankees to 5-0 sweep against Twins

  17-05-2024 23:11 via amny.com
  
  Yankees’ Clarke Schmidt threw Twins’ slugger Carlos Correa a sinker on a 1-0 count Thursday night, and Trent Grisham completed the play by getting under the ball in shallow center field.
  That somewhat mundane play won high praise from Yankees players, who went on to a 5-0 win in a three-game sweep. Marcus Stroman was first in line out of the dugout to greet Schmidt on his way back, while Carlos Rodon had his hand up for a high five for Schmidt, as did the rest of the Yankees.
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• PHOTOS | Rebekah Rehab Gala honors Ken Gelb

  17-05-2024 20:04 via bxtimes.com
  
  Ken Gelb attends a gala honoring him hosted by Rebekah Rehab at Marina Del Rey on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Connie Capaldo from Rebekah Rehab toasted the honoree and announced the rehabilitation clinic would be dedicating and naming its dialysis center the Kenneth T. Gelb Dialysis Room. “This award is very very much deserved,” Capaldo said. “I should know because I worked with him for over 22 years and I know what this man did. He took care of everything and everybody, he had a h
  
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• Oh, The Things You Will Do! 19 Must-Have Graduation Gifts to Celebrate Success

  17-05-2024 19:30 via amny.com
  
  Every year, graduation season reminds me how much older I’m getting. But I try not to make it all about me. I try to make it all about the graduates and how much older they are getting!
  Nowadays, of course, there are graduation ceremonies for kindergartners and sixth graders, even pre-K. More graduations means more graduation gifts. Do I get the kiddie’s games? Do we get our college graduate nephew a trip?
  To make it easier, for our purposes here, let’s stick to your graduate w
  
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• Villa Maria Academy celebrates return of annual International Music Festival

  17-05-2024 16:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  On Saturday, May 11, Villa Maria Academy’s 4th & 5th grade students celebrated the return of the annual International Music Festival featuring cultures and music from around the world.
  On Saturday, May 11, Villa Maria Academy’s 4th & 5th grade students celebrated the return of the annual International Music Festival featuring cultures and music from around the world.Photo Samantha Giorgio
  On Saturday, May 11, Villa Maria Academy’s 4th & 5th grade students celebrated
  
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• Op-Ed | A better approach to protecting children online

  17-05-2024 15:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  As an educator deeply invested in the well-being and development of youth in the Bronx, I am profoundly concerned about the potential ramifications of the proposed Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act in New York. While the bill aims to shield minors’ experiences online through a variety of measures, these well-intentioned efforts could have unintended consequences.
  One troubling aspect of the proposal is its effort to regulate what the bill refers to as “addictive f
  
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• Two Preston High School seniors awarded FIAME scholarship

  17-05-2024 14:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Soon-to-be Preston High School graduates Danielle DeMattia and Christa Petriello were both awarded the FIAME scholarship. The Forum of Italian American Educators gives an annual scholarship to a graduating senior to be used in college.
  Both DeMattia and Petriello were presented with their award at the annual Scholarship Award Celebration on Thursday, May 2, alongside the other scholarship recipients Landon Lynch from Fordham Prep and Antonio Orecchio Jr. from Salesian High School.
  
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• Letter to the Editor | An update regarding NYPD shooting range at Rodman’s Neck

  17-05-2024 14:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  In recent months, there have been some small but significant changes to the proposal to renovate the NYPD Shooting Range at Rodman’s Neck. These changes will affect the scope and timeline of the proposed $300 million project that is slated to (finally) start next year, according to statements provided by the New York City Department of Design and Construction that were provided to the 45th Precinct Community Council. (Full disclosure: the writer is a board member of that Community Cou
  
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• Man slashed in Belmont following dispute with passenger on BX15 bus: NYPD

  17-05-2024 13:30 via bxtimes.com
  
  Police from the 48th Precinct are searching for the crook who slashed a man after having engaged in a dispute while on board a BX15 bus in Belmont last month.
  The victim, a 29-year-old man, was on board the bus at approximately 7:50 p.m. on April 27 when he engaged in a dispute with another passenger. A police spokesperson could not provide details about what the dispute was about.
  The two men got off the bus near East 183rd Street and 3rd Avenue, where the confrontation turned physical and the
  
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• Bronx cops save man who fell into train tracks after medical episode

  17-05-2024 00:48 via bxtimes.com
  
  Two NYPD officers in the Bronx jumped down onto the train tracks during rush hour on Tuesday afternoon to save a man who had fallen after a medical episode.
  According to police, officers assigned transit overtime at the 3rd Avenue-149th Street Station in the South Bronx responded quickly around 5:30 p.m. on May 14 after bystanders said a man had a seizure and fell into the 2/5 train tracks. The NYPD said the man was only “inches away” from the third rail before officers grabbed him.
  
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• Young Bronx students ride tricycles to raise money for St. Jude’s

  16-05-2024 22:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  On Wednesday, May 15, more than 120 preschoolers, ages 3 to 5 from the Readiness Program, alongside a class of kindergarteners and second graders from the Schermerhorn Program at the New York Institute for Special Education in the Bronx, raced tricycles in teams throughout the school halls for the annual “Trike-A-Thon” fundraiser benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The children demonstrated their gross motor and sensory skills while raising money for a charitable
  
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• Why City Council members want to put a social worker in every NYPD precinct

  16-05-2024 21:30 via amny.com
  
  Getting arrested in NYC entails getting cuffed, fingerprinted, placed in a holding cell — and, soon, consulting with a social worker, should a new City Council bill becomes law.
  City Council Member Erik Bottcher (D- Manhattan) introduced legislation at a press conference in Harlem on Thursday that would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to place licensed social workers in all 77 NYPD precincts throughout the city.
  The reason? To potentially break the constant arrest-relea
  
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• ‘We won’t allow that’: City Hall rallygoers demand Mayor Adams roll back cuts to senior centers, meal programs

  16-05-2024 21:15 via amny.com
  
  Advocates, City Council members and hundreds of seniors rallied outside of City Hall on Thursday against Mayor Eric Adams’ $80 million in proposed cuts to the city’s Department of the Aging.
  The proposed $80 million trim, which is part of Adams’ Fiscal Year 2025 executive budget, comes on top of another $20 million cut from the department in the current fiscal year. Advocates say the cuts could result in the closure of 60 senior centers across the city as early as next January
  
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• ‘Possibilities are kind of endless’ for 161st Street BID in Lou Gehrig Plaza

  16-05-2024 21:00 via bxtimes.com
  
  The skies clouded over Lou Gehrig Plaza in the Bronx last Friday as motorists and pedestrians traveled along 161st Street. The area’s most famous attraction is Yankee Stadium, of course, but the 161st Street Business Improvement District (BID) is trying to entice both locals and tourists alike to spend time in the plaza just three blocks east of the home of the Bronx Bombers. 
  Trey Jenkins, the director of the 161st Street BID, has ideas about how to make the spot that overlooks Yanke
  
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