The Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club announced endorsements for the upcoming primary following meeting on Jan. 24. However, it decided to table endorsements of sitting state senators Gustavo …
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By ERIC HARVEY
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2/9/24
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One neighbor with a lot of determination is standing between the city’s School Construction Authority and a bulldozer at the site of the demolished Visitation Church where it wants to build a school.
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By IZANIA GONZALEZ
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2/9/24
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As part of the city’s annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate, it was determined during a January night spent canvassing the streets of the city that the Bronx is home to 222 unsheltered homeless individuals.
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By IZANIA GONZALEZ
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2/9/24
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Four teens were arrested in connection to two Kingsbridge robberies that occurred past midnight on Jan. 28, police said. During one of those robberies, a woman was dragged into a playground and forcibly touched while at gunpoint.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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2/9/24
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Harriette Lebowitz Schmertz passed away peacefully at her home in Riverdale on Jan. 22, 2024, at the age of 92. She was a 50 plus year resident of Riverdale.
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2/9/24
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The New York City Council voted to override Mayor Adams’ vetoes on two bills on Jan. 30 with a vote of 42-9. The first, the “How Many Stops Act,” seeks to increase police transparency while the second seeks to ban solitary confinement in city jails.
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By ERIC HARVEY
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2/9/24
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The Kingsbridge Library, 291 W. 231st St., has been closed temporarily since Jan. 24 due to emergency repairs, the library’s website states.
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2/9/24
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The Lehman Center for Performing Arts continues its 2024 Spring season with merengue music this weekend followed by a variety of performances, including jazz and hip hop, that will last until May.
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By MACK OLMSTED
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2/9/24
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Two high school sophomores who live in Riverdale were inspired so much by family and friends who attended the 100-day rally at Central Park marking the first 100 days since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel that they decided to start a similar effort locally.
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By MACK OLMSTED
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2/9/24
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The Archdiocese of New York sold the former site of the Church of the Visitation on Van Cortlandt Park South for $29 million to the New York City School Construction Authority and Tishman Speyer on …
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By ABIGAIL NEHRING
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2/4/24
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