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Community Op-Ed: Polls are Now Open! Vote Today in this Critical Election 

By ERIC ADAMS
Tuesday, Nov. 8, is Election Day in New York City – your last chance to join millions of New Yorkers in making your voices heard and casting your ballots in these critical elections. The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you can’t vote on Tuesday, you can also vote early in person! Early voting polls will be open through Sunday, Nov. 6. Your poll site may have changed, so it’s important to check your poll site location and its hours [of opening] before you vote at nycvotes.org.   This year, voting is more important than


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Open Streets Listing for Citywide Halloween Trick or Treat Events

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Editor’s Note: Please also refer to our latest Bridge & Street Closures article as well as our latest Out & About listing which includes details of several Halloween events.     New York City officials have advised that they are launching “Trick-or-Streets,” the first-ever activation of nearly 100 car-free streets citywide for Halloween evening, Monday, Oct. 31, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Halloween Open Streets will take place on dozens of the City’s “Open Streets” and on other newly pedestrianized streets.    DOT officials say they are excited to partner with the following local organizations to facilitate Open Streets for special


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Bridge & Street Closures, Roadworks & General Transportation Updates for The Bronx from Oct 28 to 2024

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Editor’s Note: We’re waiting on details of Halloween street closures and will update this story as soon as we receive further details from City officials. For those attending New York’s 49th Annual Village Halloween Parade on Monday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m., please refer to the route map here. Please also check out our article on Open Streets for Halloween Trick or Treat Events, as well as our latest Out & About listing which includes details of several Halloween events.     The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the NYPD have advised of the following street and bridge closures


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UPDATE Unionport: Tragic Fatal Fire Claims the Lives of Four People, including Two Children & One Infant

By MIRIAM QUIÑONES
A fatal fire in the Unionport section of the southeast Bronx has claimed the lives of four people, including three children, police said.   An NYPD spokesperson said the department was advised of the incident on Sunday, Oct. 30, at around 6.03 a.m. Officers from the 43rd Precinct responded to a call regarding a residential fire inside 2165 Quimby Avenue. They said FDNY personnel were at the scene, and extinguished the fire. They recovered a total of six aided individuals from inside the location. A 12-year-old boy and a 10-year-old boy were pronounced deceased at the scene by EMS. Make


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“Red-Faced” Bank Robber Charged in Five Area Heists

By DAVID GREENE
An unarmed Bronx bank robber who police say was captured earlier this month shortly after a heist on East Fordham Road in Fordham Manor, when a dye pack hidden in some stolen cash exploded and splashed distinctive red ink on the robber’s body and clothes, has now been charged in four similar crimes.   As reported, officers from the 52nd Precinct were called to the Capital One Bank, located at 151 East Fordham Road and East 190th Street at 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 14, for a report of a bank robbery. According to police radio transmission at the time


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Woodstock: Housing Lottery Launches for Units at 740 Brook Avenue in The Bronx

By SÍLE MOLONEY
NYC Department of Housing, Preservation & Development (HPD) has launched a new affordable housing lottery for units at 740 Brook Avenue, a 9-story, mixed-use building in the Woodstock neighborhood of the South Bronx as reported by YIMBY . Brook Avenue Apartments is offering 42 newly constructed studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom affordable units.   As previously reported, housing is considered “affordable” if it costs about one-third or less of what the people living in that area earn. Both income eligibility and rent for City-financed affordable housing projects are based on a measure called Area Median Income (AMI).   The AMI


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UPDATE City Council Approves Redrawn Maps dated Oct. 6 Submitted by NYC Districting Commission

By SÍLE MOLONEY
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams sent a letter on behalf of the council to New York City Districting Commission chair, Dennis Walcott, on Thursday, Oct. 27, notifying the commission of the council’s acceptance of the proposed district maps [dated Oct. 6] without objection. The proposed maps will now go to the city clerk for certification.   Adams wrote in the letter, in part, “The Council accepts the Plan without objection, noting that it was passed by 13 members of the Commission after extensive deliberation over legal considerations including the Voting Rights Act of 1965, population deviation limitations and


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New WIC Center Opens in East Tremont as Bronx Continues to Lead in Food Insecurity

By SÍLE MOLONEY
Public Health Solutions (PHS), a Manhattan-based 501C corporation opened a new Neighborhood WIC center in the East Tremont section of The Bronx on Wednesday, Oct. 26. According to PHS representatives, the aim of the center is to connect women, infants, and children (WIC) in the surrounding community with government health and nutrition assistance.    The grand opening included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, a speech from PHS president and CEO, Lisa David, as well as remarks from Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia (A.D. 86), who represents the Bronx neighborhoods of University Heights, Morris Heights, Mount Eden, Kingsbridge, Tremont and Fordham, and from Jeffrey Laufer, director of


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NYC Bar Association Rates Judicial Candidates for Election to New York Civil and Supreme Courts

By SÍLE MOLONEY
The New York Bar Association has completed evaluations of a list of candidates running in uncontested general elections on Nov. 8 for Civil Court and Supreme Court. The review was conducted by the association’s committee on the judiciary.   According to the New York City Bar Association, which was founded in 1870 and has over 23,000 members, its mission is to equip and mobilize a diverse legal profession to practice with excellence, promote reform of the law, and uphold the rule of law and access to justice in support of a fair society and the public interest in the community, the


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